NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Pittsburgh, PA, Bulletin 3120-12, December 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................. $17.27 2.5 35.5 $16.17 2.8 35.2 $23.16 1.0 36.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.85 2.2 35.5 18.52 2.6 35.6 27.25 1.8 35.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.16 3.0 34.6 23.86 4.4 34.6 33.18 1.3 34.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.41 4.0 39.2 27.29 4.4 39.2 28.35 9.0 38.6 Sales............................................................. 10.39 7.7 31.4 10.34 7.8 31.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.20 2.9 37.0 12.93 3.4 37.2 15.03 2.2 35.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.09 3.5 38.2 15.48 3.7 38.1 19.33 1.9 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 2.6 39.7 19.68 2.7 39.7 17.90 7.6 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.30 4.9 39.7 13.30 4.9 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 3.3 38.3 14.32 3.4 37.4 19.71 .6 39.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.95 7.2 34.7 12.37 7.6 34.5 18.62 8.9 37.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.06 5.7 31.8 9.76 4.4 30.9 17.31 11.4 37.5 Full time........................................................... 18.29 2.5 39.2 17.21 2.9 39.3 23.57 .9 39.1 Part time........................................................... 9.73 5.9 20.8 9.46 6.0 21.2 14.10 17.4 15.7 Union............................................................... 19.90 4.3 37.3 17.55 6.2 36.9 23.60 1.0 37.9 Nonunion............................................................ 16.06 2.9 34.7 15.76 3.1 34.8 21.63 4.5 32.9 Time................................................................ 17.27 2.5 35.4 16.14 2.9 35.2 23.16 1.0 36.7 Incentive........................................................... 16.93 7.8 35.8 16.93 7.8 35.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.44 8.9 39.4 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.84 5.8 35.1 14.68 6.0 35.0 21.04 2.6 38.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.81 4.8 35.0 14.56 4.5 34.9 26.40 4.7 35.8 500 workers or more................................................. 19.45 3.2 36.0 18.62 4.0 35.7 21.95 2.5 37.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $17.27 2.5 $16.17 2.8 $23.16 1.0 All excluding sales............................................... 17.87 2.6 16.77 3.0 23.24 1.2 White collar........................................................ 19.85 2.2 18.52 2.6 27.25 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.46 2.4 20.18 2.9 27.47 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.16 3.0 23.86 4.4 33.18 1.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.46 3.5 26.09 5.2 34.14 .6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.34 6.9 31.34 6.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.99 3.2 30.99 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.94 11.4 35.94 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.15 7.2 30.15 7.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.35 6.9 28.35 6.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 9.7 25.42 9.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.63 4.4 24.66 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.37 1.1 23.37 1.1 – – Pharmacists................................................. 34.10 1.0 34.10 1.0 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.25 2.5 27.25 2.5 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 16.23 16.5 15.60 16.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.64 21.0 – – 34.26 1.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.75 1.6 18.59 11.1 35.39 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.89 2.5 – – 37.36 2.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.09 3.1 – – 34.77 3.3 Teachers, special education................................. 34.05 13.2 19.57 18.0 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 36.72 19.1 – – 40.96 13.5 Substitute teachers......................................... 12.87 8.6 – – 13.10 8.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.33 5.9 24.96 7.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 22.16 12.1 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.41 9.9 11.28 5.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 14.42 10.2 11.22 5.6 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.79 25.4 30.79 25.4 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.02 11.2 19.02 11.2 – – Technical....................................................... 17.91 8.3 17.71 8.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.36 7.1 16.36 7.1 – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 17.51 5.2 17.51 5.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 18.05 1.2 18.05 1.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.33 1.5 15.31 1.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.21 2.5 12.21 2.5 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.49 8.2 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 23.65 14.7 23.65 14.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.41 4.0 27.29 4.4 28.35 9.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.90 5.9 30.89 6.7 30.93 10.7 Financial managers.......................................... $38.92 20.0 $38.92 20.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.51 11.9 33.51 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – $32.05 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.67 15.3 25.67 15.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.72 29.3 31.72 29.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.02 7.5 33.35 8.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.70 3.2 22.81 3.4 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.46 5.1 20.28 5.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.53 10.0 24.53 10.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.84 7.0 22.84 7.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.68 3.8 23.90 3.6 – – Sales............................................................. 10.39 7.7 10.34 7.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 24.94 24.5 24.94 24.5 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 9.02 8.5 9.02 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.71 5.6 7.36 3.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.20 2.9 12.93 3.4 15.03 2.2 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 15.33 7.7 15.33 7.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.57 3.3 13.81 3.8 16.27 5.0 Stenographers............................................... 14.06 5.5 12.91 3.0 – – Typists..................................................... 10.86 15.3 8.94 10.2 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.14 10.7 17.14 10.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.81 4.5 10.81 4.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.73 8.2 11.73 8.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.36 4.8 19.36 4.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.63 .8 11.63 .8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.37 5.0 12.13 5.5 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.11 1.4 12.11 1.4 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.10 8.0 14.10 8.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.20 7.6 13.20 7.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.89 11.4 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 11.94 5.4 11.94 5.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.73 6.6 12.12 4.8 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.39 10.6 10.39 10.6 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.23 3.5 10.23 3.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.42 9.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.26 3.9 13.47 4.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.09 3.5 15.48 3.7 19.33 1.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 2.6 19.68 2.7 17.90 7.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.21 1.4 18.01 .8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.04 14.3 22.04 14.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 8.6 17.53 8.6 – – Carpenters.................................................. 18.94 10.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ $17.55 8.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 21.74 5.2 $21.74 5.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.30 4.9 13.30 4.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.25 15.7 13.25 15.7 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.03 4.6 13.03 4.6 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 17.66 7.3 17.66 7.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.64 6.2 14.64 6.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.17 2.9 11.17 2.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.78 5.8 11.78 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 3.3 14.32 3.4 $19.71 0.6 Truck drivers............................................... 15.77 5.4 15.63 5.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 18.40 2.4 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.70 4.0 14.70 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.95 7.2 12.37 7.6 18.62 8.9 Production helpers.......................................... 11.81 11.9 11.81 11.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.03 18.6 8.03 18.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.30 6.4 18.30 6.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.18 6.1 10.18 6.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.30 6.1 14.51 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 11.06 5.7 9.76 4.4 17.31 11.4 Protective service............................................ 17.48 26.0 10.74 26.5 25.50 16.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.52 21.5 9.52 21.5 – – Food service.................................................. 7.01 6.2 6.85 6.0 10.62 2.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.48 10.4 4.48 10.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.53 12.0 3.53 12.0 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.84 5.4 5.84 5.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 3.9 8.41 3.9 10.62 2.7 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 10.21 9.7 10.21 9.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.46 4.9 9.47 5.0 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.52 9.7 8.52 9.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.92 3.4 7.54 .9 10.77 2.4 Health service................................................ 10.19 2.3 9.92 2.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.13 6.2 10.10 6.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.21 1.2 9.84 1.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.27 6.8 11.43 10.5 14.05 2.2 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.76 7.6 8.70 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.96 6.0 12.25 9.7 14.06 2.2 Personal service.............................................. 15.12 6.9 15.98 8.1 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.42 17.3 8.02 22.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.29 2.5 $17.21 2.9 $23.57 0.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.71 2.7 17.63 3.1 23.63 1.1 White collar........................................................ 20.81 2.6 19.45 3.0 27.85 2.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.91 2.8 20.58 3.4 28.02 2.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 3.4 24.30 5.0 33.89 1.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.25 4.1 26.70 6.2 34.96 .6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.34 6.9 31.34 6.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.99 3.2 30.99 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.94 11.4 35.94 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.15 7.2 30.15 7.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.35 6.9 28.35 6.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 9.7 25.42 9.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.78 5.2 24.79 5.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.37 1.5 23.34 1.5 – – Pharmacists................................................. 34.03 1.2 34.03 1.2 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.13 2.6 27.13 2.6 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 16.23 16.5 15.60 16.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.74 21.4 – – 34.79 1.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.99 1.6 19.79 11.5 36.35 .3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.89 2.5 – – 37.36 2.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.42 2.7 – – 35.08 2.8 Teachers, special education................................. 34.80 12.2 20.79 19.1 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 40.27 15.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.30 5.9 24.92 7.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 22.01 12.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.90 4.9 12.24 2.5 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.90 4.9 12.24 2.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.92 25.1 30.92 25.1 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.02 11.2 19.02 11.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.16 8.5 17.98 9.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.43 7.0 16.43 7.0 – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 17.51 5.2 17.51 5.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 17.94 .6 17.94 .6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.32 1.7 15.29 1.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.31 2.3 12.31 2.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.49 8.2 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 23.65 14.7 23.65 14.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.37 4.0 27.25 4.5 28.35 9.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.81 6.0 30.79 6.8 30.93 10.7 Financial managers.......................................... 38.92 20.0 38.92 20.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... $33.51 11.9 $33.51 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – $32.05 22.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.67 15.3 25.67 15.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.72 29.3 31.72 29.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.82 7.8 33.14 9.0 – – Management related............................................ 22.73 3.2 22.84 3.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.46 5.1 20.28 5.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.53 10.0 24.53 10.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 23.26 7.7 23.26 7.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.68 3.8 23.90 3.6 – – Sales............................................................. 11.92 9.0 11.87 9.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 24.94 24.5 24.94 24.5 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 10.20 5.5 10.20 5.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.07 7.1 8.54 5.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.26 33.9 12.26 33.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.54 3.0 13.27 3.5 15.31 2.6 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 15.33 7.7 15.33 7.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.82 3.3 14.11 3.8 16.27 5.0 Stenographers............................................... 14.09 5.5 – – – – Typists..................................................... 10.88 15.4 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.80 4.7 10.80 4.7 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.51 5.2 13.51 5.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.40 4.7 19.40 4.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.97 2.2 11.97 2.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.45 4.8 12.22 5.3 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.10 1.4 12.10 1.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.28 7.8 13.28 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.89 11.4 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 11.94 5.4 11.94 5.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.25 7.0 12.50 5.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.42 9.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.69 4.6 13.69 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.54 3.7 15.98 4.1 19.38 1.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.62 2.7 19.75 2.9 17.90 7.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.21 1.4 18.01 .8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.04 14.3 22.04 14.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.60 8.3 17.60 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 18.94 10.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 17.55 8.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 21.74 5.2 21.74 5.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.31 4.9 13.31 4.9 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... $13.25 15.7 $13.25 15.7 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.03 4.6 13.03 4.6 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 17.66 7.3 17.66 7.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.64 6.2 14.64 6.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.18 2.9 11.18 2.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.78 5.8 11.78 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.50 3.1 15.02 3.5 $19.79 0.5 Truck drivers............................................... 15.77 5.4 15.63 5.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.70 4.0 14.70 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.04 8.1 13.47 8.8 18.64 9.0 Production helpers.......................................... 12.03 13.1 12.03 13.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.29 11.2 11.29 11.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21.00 4.0 21.00 4.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.40 3.8 15.66 2.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.42 5.2 10.94 3.6 17.86 10.5 Protective service............................................ 18.86 22.5 11.45 26.0 26.44 12.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.03 22.4 10.03 22.4 – – Food service.................................................. 8.23 10.4 8.05 10.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.30 13.0 5.30 13.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.25 23.5 4.25 23.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.04 3.3 9.93 3.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.48 5.7 10.48 5.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.38 4.9 8.89 2.9 – – Health service................................................ 10.27 2.8 9.96 2.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.12 6.5 10.08 6.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.34 1.4 9.90 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $12.89 6.2 $12.16 10.5 $14.21 2.3 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.79 8.2 8.68 8.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.79 2.7 13.51 5.4 14.13 1.9 Personal service.............................................. 16.91 12.2 18.58 14.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $9.73 5.9 $9.46 6.0 $14.10 17.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.43 6.2 10.14 6.4 14.28 19.9 White collar........................................................ 12.12 6.2 11.82 6.4 16.09 18.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.76 6.3 15.65 6.5 16.57 21.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.04 5.7 20.06 5.2 19.87 24.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.16 6.4 21.41 6.0 19.87 24.9 Health related................................................ 24.07 1.7 24.17 1.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.36 1.3 23.46 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 26.50 15.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.13 21.9 14.40 6.7 19.68 29.1 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.20 5.9 – – 11.34 5.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.64 5.9 14.64 5.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 6.9 7.15 7.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.48 2.8 6.35 2.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.73 4.6 9.61 5.0 10.92 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 10.79 1.8 10.79 1.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 8.70 9.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 2.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.05 8.0 7.73 6.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.12 11.9 8.09 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.58 10.5 7.53 10.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.22 1.4 6.22 1.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.04 13.5 12.04 13.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.00 4.7 6.89 4.7 9.39 10.3 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. $5.94 2.3 $5.83 2.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.76 11.5 3.76 11.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.11 6.6 3.11 6.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.78 12.2 5.78 12.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.27 2.0 7.16 1.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.06 2.4 8.01 2.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.00 2.0 6.82 3.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.65 1.9 9.65 1.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.45 2.4 10.45 2.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 2.6 9.55 2.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.50 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.52 8.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.88 7.8 $7.84 8.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $718 2.4 39.2 $676 2.8 39.3 $921 0.9 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 734 2.6 39.2 692 3.0 39.3 923 1.1 39.1 White collar........................................................ 814 2.4 39.1 764 2.8 39.3 1,071 1.8 38.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 857 2.7 39.1 807 3.2 39.2 1,078 2.0 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,039 3.3 38.8 946 4.9 38.9 1,300 1.5 38.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,132 3.9 38.7 1,037 6.1 38.9 1,340 .5 38.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,252 6.9 39.9 1,252 6.9 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,240 3.2 40.0 1,240 3.2 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,437 11.4 40.0 1,437 11.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,188 7.4 39.4 1,188 7.4 39.4 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,121 7.0 39.5 1,121 7.0 39.5 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,032 10.4 40.6 1,032 10.4 40.6 – – – Health related................................................ 976 5.3 39.4 977 5.4 39.4 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 917 1.6 39.2 915 1.6 39.2 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 1,361 1.2 40.0 1,361 1.2 40.0 – – – Physical therapists......................................... 1,053 2.0 38.8 1,053 2.0 38.8 – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 633 16.3 39.0 610 16.8 39.1 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,150 21.5 37.4 – – – 1,285 1.6 36.9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,342 1.7 38.3 734 12.8 37.1 1,398 .9 38.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,403 2.6 38.0 – – – 1,424 2.1 38.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,318 2.6 38.3 – – – 1,344 2.5 38.3 Teachers, special education................................. 1,359 13.9 39.1 774 18.3 37.2 – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,530 16.0 38.0 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 982 8.1 38.8 957 9.9 38.4 – – – Psychologists............................................... 798 21.3 36.3 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 615 3.3 38.6 481 4.6 39.3 – – – Social workers.............................................. 615 3.3 38.6 481 4.6 39.3 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,135 21.8 36.7 1,135 21.8 36.7 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 713 11.2 37.5 713 11.2 37.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 709 8.8 39.1 703 9.5 39.1 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 656 7.1 39.9 656 7.1 39.9 – – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 700 5.2 40.0 700 5.2 40.0 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 711 .7 39.7 711 .7 39.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 588 3.9 38.4 581 4.3 38.0 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 476 5.4 38.6 476 5.4 38.6 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 910 8.9 38.7 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 946 14.7 40.0 946 14.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,082 3.7 39.5 $1,080 4.0 39.6 $1,096 10.0 38.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,221 5.5 39.6 1,224 6.1 39.7 1,205 12.1 39.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,505 17.7 38.7 1,505 17.7 38.7 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,340 11.9 40.0 1,340 11.9 40.0 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – – – 1,259 25.5 39.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,061 13.3 41.3 1,061 13.3 41.3 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,188 27.1 37.5 1,188 27.1 37.5 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,349 6.7 41.1 1,373 7.7 41.4 – – – Management related............................................ 896 3.4 39.4 903 3.7 39.5 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 808 4.8 39.5 805 5.4 39.7 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 965 10.3 39.3 965 10.3 39.3 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 930 7.7 40.0 930 7.7 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 930 4.5 39.3 940 4.4 39.3 – – – Sales............................................................. 471 9.0 39.5 469 9.2 39.5 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 981 24.1 39.3 981 24.1 39.3 – – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 398 3.6 39.0 398 3.6 39.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 358 6.2 39.4 338 4.3 39.6 – – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 484 33.3 39.5 484 33.3 39.5 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 531 3.1 39.2 521 3.6 39.3 591 1.7 38.6 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 613 7.7 40.0 613 7.7 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 583 3.2 39.3 555 4.1 39.3 640 3.8 39.3 Stenographers............................................... 552 4.1 39.2 – – – – – – Typists..................................................... 407 16.5 37.4 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 431 4.7 39.9 431 4.7 39.9 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 509 5.4 37.7 509 5.4 37.7 – – – Order clerks................................................ 763 4.8 39.3 763 4.8 39.3 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 470 1.8 39.2 470 1.8 39.2 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 489 5.9 39.3 480 6.6 39.3 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 484 1.4 40.0 484 1.4 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 528 7.6 39.7 528 7.6 39.7 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 509 11.4 39.5 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 467 6.3 39.1 467 6.3 39.1 – – – General office clerks....................................... 518 6.2 39.1 494 5.1 39.5 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 383 6.6 36.8 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 539 4.7 39.4 539 4.7 39.4 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 660 3.7 39.9 639 4.0 40.0 769 2.1 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 781 2.8 39.8 787 3.0 39.8 709 7.9 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ $720 1.6 39.6 $711 1.3 39.5 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 882 14.3 40.0 882 14.3 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 703 8.5 39.9 703 8.5 39.9 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 752 10.8 39.7 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 696 8.6 39.6 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 858 5.5 39.4 858 5.5 39.4 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 532 4.9 40.0 532 4.9 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 530 15.7 40.0 530 15.7 40.0 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 521 4.6 40.0 521 4.6 40.0 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 707 7.3 40.0 707 7.3 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 586 6.2 40.0 586 6.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 447 2.9 40.0 447 2.9 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 471 5.8 40.0 471 5.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 702 3.2 40.1 608 4.0 40.5 $786 0.3 39.7 Truck drivers............................................... 649 5.4 41.2 644 5.5 41.2 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 588 4.0 40.0 588 4.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 560 8.1 39.9 538 8.7 39.9 736 9.8 39.5 Production helpers.......................................... 481 13.1 40.0 481 13.1 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 440 10.7 38.9 440 10.7 38.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 840 4.0 40.0 840 4.0 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 656 3.8 40.0 627 2.1 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 477 5.7 38.4 416 4.3 38.0 712 10.5 39.9 Protective service............................................ 750 22.8 39.8 453 26.5 39.5 1,057 12.3 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 396 22.8 39.5 396 22.8 39.5 – – – Food service.................................................. 311 12.6 37.8 304 13.1 37.8 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 196 15.5 37.0 196 15.5 37.0 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 151 25.6 35.6 151 25.6 35.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 385 5.9 38.3 380 6.4 38.3 – – – Cooks....................................................... 419 5.7 40.0 419 5.7 40.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 346 8.8 36.8 324 7.7 36.4 – – – Health service................................................ 404 3.1 39.3 391 2.9 39.3 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 404 6.5 39.9 403 6.4 39.9 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 404 2.3 39.0 385 2.4 38.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $508 6.9 39.4 $476 11.4 39.2 $566 2.1 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 338 11.0 38.5 334 11.1 38.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 547 3.0 39.7 534 6.0 39.5 563 1.8 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 558 6.6 33.0 579 7.7 31.1 – – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $36,477 2.4 1,994 $34,988 2.8 2,033 $42,957 0.9 1,822 All excluding sales............................................... 37,241 2.6 1,990 35,813 3.0 2,032 43,047 1.1 1,821 White collar........................................................ 40,741 2.4 1,958 39,416 2.8 2,027 46,375 1.8 1,665 White collar excluding sales.................................... 42,657 2.7 1,946 41,614 3.2 2,022 46,570 2.0 1,662 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,141 3.3 1,835 48,129 4.9 1,980 51,364 1.5 1,516 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,222 3.9 1,786 52,351 6.1 1,961 52,004 .5 1,488 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,080 6.9 2,076 65,080 6.9 2,076 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 64,467 3.2 2,080 64,467 3.2 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 74,750 11.4 2,080 74,750 11.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,777 7.4 2,049 61,777 7.4 2,049 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 58,301 7.0 2,056 58,301 7.0 2,056 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 53,665 10.4 2,111 53,665 10.4 2,111 – – – Health related................................................ 50,752 5.3 2,048 50,794 5.4 2,049 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 47,664 1.6 2,039 47,601 1.6 2,039 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 70,775 1.2 2,080 70,775 1.2 2,080 – – – Physical therapists......................................... 54,772 2.0 2,019 54,772 2.0 2,019 – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 32,898 16.3 2,026 31,725 16.8 2,033 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48,172 21.5 1,567 – – – 49,789 1.6 1,431 Teachers, except college and university....................... 51,005 1.7 1,458 31,015 12.8 1,567 52,656 .9 1,448 Elementary school teachers.................................. 52,434 2.6 1,421 – – – 53,260 2.1 1,426 Secondary school teachers................................... 49,374 2.6 1,435 – – – 50,366 2.5 1,436 Teachers, special education................................. 53,429 13.9 1,535 33,724 18.3 1,622 – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 59,414 16.0 1,475 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 50,169 8.1 1,983 49,765 9.9 1,997 – – – Psychologists............................................... 39,319 21.3 1,787 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 31,811 3.3 2,000 24,847 4.6 2,030 – – – Social workers.............................................. 31,811 3.3 2,000 24,847 4.6 2,030 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 58,367 21.8 1,888 58,367 21.8 1,888 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 37,082 11.2 1,950 37,082 11.2 1,950 – – – Technical....................................................... 36,882 8.8 2,031 36,558 9.5 2,034 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 34,097 7.1 2,076 34,097 7.1 2,076 – – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 36,416 5.2 2,080 36,416 5.2 2,080 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 36,995 .7 2,062 36,995 .7 2,062 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,578 3.9 1,996 30,235 4.3 1,978 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 24,730 5.4 2,009 24,730 5.4 2,009 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 47,325 8.9 2,014 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 49,182 14.7 2,080 49,182 14.7 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $56,123 3.7 2,051 $56,082 4.0 2,058 $56,443 10.0 1,991 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 63,231 5.5 2,052 63,464 6.1 2,061 61,851 12.1 2,000 Financial managers.......................................... 78,254 17.7 2,011 78,254 17.7 2,011 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 69,700 11.9 2,080 69,700 11.9 2,080 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – – – 63,619 25.5 1,985 Managers, medicine and health............................... 55,168 13.3 2,149 55,168 13.3 2,149 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 60,709 27.1 1,914 60,709 27.1 1,914 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 70,132 6.7 2,137 71,389 7.7 2,154 – – – Management related............................................ 46,573 3.4 2,049 46,937 3.7 2,055 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 42,007 4.8 2,053 41,878 5.4 2,065 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 50,183 10.3 2,046 50,183 10.3 2,046 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 48,382 7.7 2,080 48,382 7.7 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 48,362 4.5 2,042 48,862 4.4 2,044 – – – Sales............................................................. 24,487 9.0 2,054 24,407 9.2 2,056 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 50,991 24.1 2,044 50,991 24.1 2,044 – – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 20,672 3.6 2,027 20,672 3.6 2,027 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,592 6.2 2,049 17,587 4.3 2,060 – – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 25,164 33.3 2,052 25,164 33.3 2,052 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,397 3.1 2,024 27,096 3.6 2,042 29,238 1.7 1,910 Supervisors, financial records processing................... 31,897 7.7 2,080 31,897 7.7 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 30,234 3.2 2,041 28,852 4.1 2,045 33,062 3.8 2,032 Stenographers............................................... 26,659 4.1 1,892 – – – – – – Typists..................................................... 21,172 16.5 1,947 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 22,419 4.7 2,076 22,419 4.7 2,076 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 26,473 5.4 1,960 26,473 5.4 1,960 – – – Order clerks................................................ 39,671 4.8 2,045 39,671 4.8 2,045 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 24,417 1.8 2,040 24,417 1.8 2,040 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,444 5.9 2,043 24,950 6.6 2,043 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 25,161 1.4 2,080 25,161 1.4 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 27,430 7.6 2,066 27,430 7.6 2,066 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 26,448 11.4 2,052 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 24,262 6.3 2,033 24,262 6.3 2,033 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,956 6.2 2,034 25,683 5.1 2,055 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 15,908 6.6 1,527 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,030 4.7 2,048 28,030 4.7 2,048 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,319 3.7 2,075 33,188 4.0 2,077 40,003 2.1 2,064 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,614 2.8 2,070 40,890 3.0 2,070 36,882 7.9 2,061 Automobile mechanics........................................ $37,463 1.6 2,057 $36,966 1.3 2,052 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 45,841 14.3 2,080 45,841 14.3 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,534 8.5 2,076 36,534 8.5 2,076 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 39,129 10.8 2,066 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 36,179 8.6 2,061 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 44,591 5.5 2,051 44,591 5.5 2,051 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,640 4.9 2,077 27,640 4.9 2,077 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 27,393 15.7 2,068 27,393 15.7 2,068 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 27,094 4.6 2,080 27,094 4.6 2,080 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 36,738 7.3 2,080 36,738 7.3 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,360 6.2 2,073 30,360 6.2 2,073 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,245 2.9 2,080 23,245 2.9 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 24,500 5.8 2,080 24,500 5.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,492 3.2 2,086 31,636 4.0 2,107 $40,890 0.3 2,067 Truck drivers............................................... 33,755 5.4 2,140 33,490 5.5 2,143 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,578 4.0 2,080 30,578 4.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,070 8.1 2,070 27,913 8.7 2,072 38,278 9.8 2,054 Production helpers.......................................... 25,021 13.1 2,080 25,021 13.1 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,724 10.7 2,012 22,724 10.7 2,012 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 43,686 4.0 2,080 43,686 4.0 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 34,119 3.8 2,080 32,582 2.1 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,581 5.7 1,980 21,586 4.3 1,974 35,757 10.5 2,002 Protective service............................................ 38,991 22.8 2,068 23,550 26.5 2,056 54,986 12.3 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 20,600 22.8 2,053 20,600 22.8 2,053 – – – Food service.................................................. 15,867 12.6 1,928 15,830 13.1 1,965 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 10,215 15.5 1,927 10,215 15.5 1,927 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7,877 25.6 1,852 7,877 25.6 1,852 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,377 5.9 1,930 19,783 6.4 1,993 – – – Cooks....................................................... 21,793 5.7 2,080 21,793 5.7 2,080 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,714 8.8 1,782 16,845 7.7 1,894 – – – Health service................................................ 20,996 3.1 2,045 20,348 2.9 2,042 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 21,016 6.5 2,077 20,941 6.4 2,077 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,986 2.3 2,029 20,044 2.4 2,024 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $26,397 6.9 2,049 $24,763 11.4 2,037 $29,412 2.1 2,070 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,596 11.0 2,001 17,353 11.1 1,999 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,439 3.0 2,063 27,773 6.0 2,055 29,287 1.8 2,073 Personal service.............................................. 27,816 6.6 1,645 29,625 7.7 1,595 – – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $17.27 2.5 $16.17 2.8 $23.16 1.0 All excluding sales............................................... 17.87 2.6 16.77 3.0 23.24 1.2 White collar........................................................ 19.85 2.2 18.52 2.6 27.25 1.8 1....................................................... 7.42 5.5 7.25 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.60 1.8 8.60 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.20 3.7 10.08 3.9 12.69 5.9 4....................................................... 13.88 3.8 13.65 4.8 14.83 2.8 5....................................................... 15.03 2.8 14.87 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.84 2.4 15.61 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.37 2.7 19.50 2.9 29.62 2.2 8....................................................... 24.48 2.7 21.65 2.3 33.47 3.5 9....................................................... 28.87 2.3 25.49 2.2 37.04 4.7 10........................................................ 28.57 2.9 28.58 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.56 6.3 36.65 8.0 31.79 5.9 12........................................................ 40.61 4.6 40.72 5.4 – – 13........................................................ 48.62 5.6 48.62 5.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.46 2.4 20.18 2.9 27.47 1.8 1....................................................... 9.78 6.8 9.66 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 3.5 9.49 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 2.0 11.02 2.1 12.97 10.0 4....................................................... 13.99 3.9 13.79 4.9 14.84 3.1 5....................................................... 15.25 2.8 15.11 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.95 2.5 15.67 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.39 2.7 19.43 2.8 29.62 2.2 8....................................................... 24.76 2.6 21.81 1.8 33.47 3.5 9....................................................... 28.85 2.3 25.40 2.1 37.04 4.7 10........................................................ 28.57 2.9 28.58 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.55 6.6 36.70 8.5 31.79 5.9 12........................................................ 40.36 4.8 40.43 5.6 – – 13........................................................ 48.62 5.6 48.62 5.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.16 3.0 23.86 4.4 33.18 1.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.46 3.5 26.09 5.2 34.14 .6 5....................................................... 15.36 13.6 15.65 14.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.09 8.8 13.43 10.5 – – 7....................................................... 24.15 4.0 20.59 3.7 33.28 5.5 8....................................................... 27.49 3.1 23.41 2.7 34.80 1.2 9....................................................... 30.26 2.5 25.31 1.8 37.37 4.8 10........................................................ 28.92 4.5 28.96 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 32.49 4.6 32.84 5.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.86 9.9 45.40 12.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.34 6.9 31.34 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.59 2.4 30.59 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 29.94 6.7 29.94 6.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.99 3.2 30.99 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $35.94 11.4 $35.94 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.15 7.2 30.15 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.70 2.6 36.70 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.35 6.9 28.35 6.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 9.7 25.42 9.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.63 4.4 24.66 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.31 6.0 20.15 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.32 2.5 23.45 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.72 1.1 24.72 1.1 – – 10........................................................ 32.88 2.4 32.88 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 32.90 5.1 33.42 5.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.37 1.1 23.37 1.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 2.0 21.66 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.84 1.2 22.97 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 23.58 .6 23.58 .6 – – 11........................................................ 32.91 6.3 33.62 6.8 – – Pharmacists................................................. 34.10 1.0 34.10 1.0 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.25 2.5 27.25 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.77 1.7 27.77 1.7 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 16.23 16.5 15.60 16.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.64 21.0 – – $34.26 1.5 7....................................................... 20.47 4.3 20.47 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 39.42 5.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.75 1.6 18.59 11.1 35.39 1.3 7....................................................... 31.74 6.3 – – 33.55 5.8 8....................................................... 33.42 2.9 20.11 5.6 35.23 1.5 9....................................................... 37.74 5.1 – – 38.41 5.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.89 2.5 – – 37.36 2.2 8....................................................... 36.21 7.9 – – 37.10 7.6 9....................................................... 37.41 1.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 34.09 3.1 – – 34.77 3.3 8....................................................... 32.78 4.0 – – 34.02 2.6 9....................................................... 35.23 3.9 – – – – Teachers, special education................................. 34.05 13.2 19.57 18.0 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 36.72 19.1 – – 40.96 13.5 Substitute teachers......................................... 12.87 8.6 – – 13.10 8.7 7....................................................... 11.41 9.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.33 5.9 24.96 7.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 22.16 12.1 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.41 9.9 11.28 5.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 14.42 10.2 11.22 5.6 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.79 25.4 30.79 25.4 – – 9....................................................... 26.92 9.8 26.92 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $37.88 36.9 $37.88 36.9 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.02 11.2 19.02 11.2 – – Technical....................................................... 17.91 8.3 17.71 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.38 5.0 13.18 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.43 4.0 14.43 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.30 8.5 16.89 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.83 7.7 18.83 7.7 – – 8....................................................... 19.51 3.9 19.51 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 22.22 5.4 22.22 5.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.36 7.1 16.36 7.1 – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 17.51 5.2 17.51 5.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 18.05 1.2 18.05 1.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.31 2.3 17.31 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.79 1.6 19.79 1.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.33 1.5 15.31 1.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.38 4.8 14.61 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.12 2.0 15.12 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.21 2.5 12.21 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.26 6.1 11.26 6.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.49 8.2 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 23.65 14.7 23.65 14.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.41 4.0 27.29 4.4 $28.35 9.0 5....................................................... 17.94 5.6 17.94 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.31 4.1 18.60 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 21.70 4.6 20.66 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 4.1 25.90 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 27.68 4.9 27.68 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.47 6.2 37.09 9.1 – – 12........................................................ 37.99 1.7 37.81 1.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.90 5.9 30.89 6.7 30.93 10.7 7....................................................... 16.43 5.4 16.46 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.69 12.4 20.05 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.35 6.1 25.88 6.3 – – 10........................................................ 26.31 6.4 26.31 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.13 7.3 38.89 12.2 – – 12........................................................ 37.87 2.1 37.67 2.3 – – Financial managers.......................................... 38.92 20.0 38.92 20.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.51 11.9 33.51 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – 32.05 22.3 11........................................................ 37.64 2.6 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.67 15.3 25.67 15.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.72 29.3 31.72 29.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 33.02 7.5 33.35 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.99 13.9 24.99 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 32.42 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ $41.11 7.3 $40.83 8.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.70 3.2 22.81 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.54 6.5 18.54 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.38 6.2 19.59 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 21.20 3.2 20.96 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.95 3.6 25.95 3.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.46 5.1 20.28 5.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.53 10.0 24.53 10.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 22.84 7.0 22.84 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.34 4.6 22.34 4.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.68 3.8 23.90 3.6 – – Sales............................................................. 10.39 7.7 10.34 7.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.45 6.2 6.45 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.91 6.7 8.89 6.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 24.94 24.5 24.94 24.5 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 9.02 8.5 9.02 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.71 5.6 7.36 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.13 6.4 6.13 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.26 12.7 7.03 13.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.20 2.9 12.93 3.4 $15.03 2.2 1....................................................... 9.78 6.8 9.66 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.41 3.3 9.42 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.16 2.0 11.02 2.1 12.97 10.0 4....................................................... 14.20 4.4 14.05 5.7 14.74 2.9 5....................................................... 14.90 3.3 14.36 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.87 3.0 15.73 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.09 11.8 17.76 13.5 – – 8....................................................... 19.81 9.9 19.81 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.33 20.2 11.33 20.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 15.33 7.7 15.33 7.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.57 3.3 13.81 3.8 16.27 5.0 3....................................................... 12.67 7.8 11.84 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.56 1.9 12.82 3.0 14.57 2.4 5....................................................... 17.09 6.3 15.61 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 17.57 4.3 17.32 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 1.3 – – – – Stenographers............................................... 14.06 5.5 12.91 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.23 6.8 – – – – Typists..................................................... 10.86 15.3 8.94 10.2 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 17.14 10.7 17.14 10.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.81 4.5 10.81 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.70 6.4 10.70 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 6.2 11.93 6.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.73 8.2 11.73 8.2 – – Order clerks................................................ $19.36 4.8 $19.36 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 20.13 3.5 20.13 3.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.63 .8 11.63 .8 – – 4....................................................... 11.58 4.6 11.58 4.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.37 5.0 12.13 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.28 3.3 11.19 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.39 6.0 13.39 6.0 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.11 1.4 12.11 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.11 1.4 12.11 1.4 – – Telephone operators......................................... 14.10 8.0 14.10 8.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.20 7.6 13.20 7.6 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.89 11.4 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 11.94 5.4 11.94 5.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.73 6.6 12.12 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.50 7.3 8.64 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.33 10.3 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.39 10.6 10.39 10.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 10.1 10.62 10.1 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.23 3.5 10.23 3.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.42 9.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.26 3.9 13.47 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.85 3.6 13.01 3.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.09 3.5 15.48 3.7 $19.33 1.9 1....................................................... 9.30 6.1 9.13 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 13.36 8.4 13.12 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.83 3.0 12.71 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.00 8.8 15.02 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.40 4.9 16.26 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.38 2.7 16.71 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.48 3.4 22.86 4.0 20.71 3.4 8....................................................... 23.67 7.1 20.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.25 11.5 27.25 11.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.56 2.6 19.68 2.7 17.90 7.6 3....................................................... 12.22 5.4 12.22 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.54 11.7 16.02 13.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 5.2 16.51 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.50 5.9 16.88 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.98 5.2 23.33 5.5 18.34 5.4 8....................................................... 20.81 9.4 20.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.25 11.5 27.25 11.5 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.21 1.4 18.01 .8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.04 14.3 22.04 14.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.53 8.6 17.53 8.6 – – Carpenters.................................................. 18.94 10.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ $17.55 8.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 21.74 5.2 $21.74 5.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.30 4.9 13.30 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 2.9 11.24 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 3.8 11.48 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.88 9.0 12.88 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.33 9.8 16.33 9.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.59 10.3 16.59 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.73 6.7 18.73 6.7 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.25 15.7 13.25 15.7 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.03 4.6 13.03 4.6 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 17.66 7.3 17.66 7.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.64 6.2 14.64 6.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.17 2.9 11.17 2.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.78 5.8 11.78 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.00 3.3 14.32 3.4 $19.71 0.6 2....................................................... 12.87 11.7 11.55 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.98 7.2 12.98 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 17.78 3.8 17.74 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 5.8 15.43 8.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.77 5.4 15.63 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 19.17 7.5 19.21 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.95 9.6 15.70 10.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 18.40 2.4 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.70 4.0 14.70 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.34 4.0 16.34 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.95 7.2 12.37 7.6 18.62 8.9 1....................................................... 9.51 8.4 9.37 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 14.69 10.2 14.87 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 15.21 6.5 14.88 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.02 8.1 17.02 8.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 12.1 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.81 11.9 11.81 11.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.03 18.6 8.03 18.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.67 19.5 6.67 19.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 18.30 6.4 18.30 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 16.84 9.8 16.84 9.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.18 6.1 10.18 6.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.30 6.1 14.51 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 14.40 13.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.06 5.7 9.76 4.4 17.31 11.4 1....................................................... 6.80 6.0 6.59 5.7 11.90 6.3 2....................................................... $8.66 4.7 $8.39 4.6 $12.20 15.2 3....................................................... 10.26 4.2 9.29 2.2 13.65 2.9 4....................................................... 11.79 4.3 11.44 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 20.61 3.8 20.63 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.70 5.8 14.41 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.13 19.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 17.48 26.0 10.74 26.5 25.50 16.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.52 21.5 9.52 21.5 – – Food service.................................................. 7.01 6.2 6.85 6.0 10.62 2.7 1....................................................... 5.73 2.3 5.64 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.60 7.4 6.49 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.24 5.5 7.84 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.22 7.3 10.29 7.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.48 10.4 4.48 10.4 – – 1....................................................... 4.16 12.8 4.16 12.8 – – 2....................................................... 3.57 12.2 3.57 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.95 4.8 6.95 4.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.53 12.0 3.53 12.0 – – 1....................................................... 3.33 7.6 3.33 7.6 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.84 5.4 5.84 5.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.14 1.1 6.14 1.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.56 3.9 8.41 3.9 10.62 2.7 1....................................................... 7.28 4.3 7.15 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.23 5.7 8.14 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 6.2 8.49 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.22 7.3 10.29 7.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 10.21 9.7 10.21 9.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.46 4.9 9.47 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.26 3.7 8.26 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.23 8.3 10.33 8.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.52 9.7 8.52 9.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.92 3.4 7.54 .9 10.77 2.4 1....................................................... 7.43 3.9 7.28 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.46 7.0 8.59 3.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.19 2.3 9.92 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.76 4.3 9.76 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.18 3.1 9.60 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.95 3.1 10.95 3.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.13 6.2 10.10 6.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.21 1.2 9.84 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.88 4.6 9.88 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.58 2.1 9.68 .7 – – 4....................................................... 10.05 4.8 10.05 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.27 6.8 11.43 10.5 14.05 2.2 1....................................................... 9.69 12.0 9.32 13.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.71 11.3 8.69 7.6 – – 3....................................................... $12.76 4.1 $10.25 6.4 $13.76 1.7 4....................................................... 14.81 4.1 14.31 4.8 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.76 7.6 8.70 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.84 4.8 9.84 4.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.96 6.0 12.25 9.7 14.06 2.2 1....................................................... 10.86 9.1 10.53 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 1.3 11.04 5.3 13.76 1.7 4....................................................... 14.90 4.0 14.43 4.7 – – Personal service.............................................. 15.12 6.9 15.98 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.65 5.0 6.65 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.75 6.9 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.42 17.3 8.02 22.4 – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.29 2.5 $17.21 2.9 $23.57 0.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.71 2.7 17.63 3.1 23.63 1.1 White collar........................................................ 20.81 2.6 19.45 3.0 27.85 2.3 1....................................................... 9.16 9.7 8.85 11.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.90 2.1 8.90 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 2.9 10.84 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.05 3.9 13.84 4.9 14.89 2.9 5....................................................... 15.05 2.9 14.85 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.85 2.4 15.60 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.57 3.0 19.43 3.1 31.49 2.7 8....................................................... 24.59 2.9 21.49 2.6 33.78 3.6 9....................................................... 29.19 2.5 25.62 2.4 37.42 5.3 10........................................................ 28.54 2.9 28.55 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.60 6.3 36.72 8.1 31.79 5.9 12........................................................ 40.82 4.6 40.72 5.4 – – 13........................................................ 48.42 5.8 48.42 5.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.91 2.8 20.58 3.4 28.02 2.5 1....................................................... 10.11 7.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.53 4.2 9.53 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.59 1.6 11.46 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.13 4.0 13.95 5.0 14.91 3.2 5....................................................... 15.27 2.8 15.08 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.97 2.5 15.67 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.60 3.1 19.35 3.0 31.49 2.7 8....................................................... 24.90 2.9 21.64 1.9 33.78 3.6 9....................................................... 29.17 2.5 25.52 2.2 37.42 5.3 10........................................................ 28.54 2.9 28.55 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.59 6.7 36.77 8.6 31.79 5.9 12........................................................ 40.58 4.7 40.43 5.6 – – 13........................................................ 48.42 5.8 48.42 5.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 3.4 24.30 5.0 33.89 1.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.25 4.1 26.70 6.2 34.96 .6 5....................................................... 16.10 17.5 16.10 17.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.10 8.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.81 4.7 20.51 3.9 36.31 2.1 8....................................................... 28.15 3.7 23.42 3.4 35.21 1.3 9....................................................... 30.87 2.8 25.46 2.0 37.79 5.6 10........................................................ 28.88 4.6 28.92 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 32.52 4.7 32.88 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.52 9.6 45.40 12.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.34 6.9 31.34 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.59 2.4 30.59 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 29.94 6.7 29.94 6.7 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.99 3.2 30.99 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $35.94 11.4 $35.94 11.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.15 7.2 30.15 7.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.70 2.6 36.70 2.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.35 6.9 28.35 6.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.42 9.7 25.42 9.7 – – Health related................................................ 24.78 5.2 24.79 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.00 6.8 19.82 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.44 3.4 23.53 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.82 .8 24.82 .8 – – 11........................................................ 33.24 7.9 33.91 9.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.37 1.5 23.34 1.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.77 1.7 21.59 1.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.73 1.5 22.82 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.70 1.7 23.70 1.7 – – Pharmacists................................................. 34.03 1.2 34.03 1.2 – – Physical therapists......................................... 27.13 2.6 27.13 2.6 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 16.23 16.5 15.60 16.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.74 21.4 – – $34.79 1.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.99 1.6 19.79 11.5 36.35 .3 7....................................................... 34.82 5.2 – – 36.72 2.1 8....................................................... 33.62 2.8 20.23 5.8 35.41 1.3 9....................................................... 38.21 6.0 – – 38.94 6.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.89 2.5 – – 37.36 2.2 8....................................................... 36.21 7.9 – – 37.10 7.6 9....................................................... 37.41 1.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 34.42 2.7 – – 35.08 2.8 8....................................................... 32.78 4.0 – – 34.02 2.6 9....................................................... 35.26 4.0 – – – – Teachers, special education................................. 34.80 12.2 20.79 19.1 – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 40.27 15.2 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.30 5.9 24.92 7.4 – – Psychologists............................................... 22.01 12.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.90 4.9 12.24 2.5 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.90 4.9 12.24 2.5 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.92 25.1 30.92 25.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.92 9.8 26.92 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.22 36.3 38.22 36.3 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 19.02 11.2 19.02 11.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.16 8.5 17.98 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.46 4.9 13.23 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.16 4.6 14.16 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.47 8.7 17.02 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 18.88 7.9 18.88 7.9 – – 8....................................................... $19.51 3.9 $19.51 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 22.60 6.6 22.60 6.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 16.43 7.0 16.43 7.0 – – Health record technologists and technicians................. 17.51 5.2 17.51 5.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 17.94 .6 17.94 .6 – – 7....................................................... 19.65 1.1 19.65 1.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.32 1.7 15.29 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.46 6.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.05 1.9 15.05 1.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 12.31 2.3 12.31 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.35 5.3 11.35 5.3 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 23.49 8.2 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 23.65 14.7 23.65 14.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.37 4.0 27.25 4.5 $28.35 9.0 5....................................................... 17.94 5.6 17.94 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.25 4.1 18.54 4.7 – – 8....................................................... 21.70 4.6 20.66 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 4.1 25.90 4.2 – – 10........................................................ 27.68 4.9 27.68 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.47 6.2 37.09 9.1 – – 12........................................................ 37.99 1.7 37.81 1.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.81 6.0 30.79 6.8 30.93 10.7 7....................................................... 16.43 5.4 16.46 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.69 12.4 20.05 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.35 6.1 25.88 6.3 – – 10........................................................ 26.31 6.4 26.31 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.13 7.3 38.89 12.2 – – 12........................................................ 37.87 2.1 37.67 2.3 – – Financial managers.......................................... 38.92 20.0 38.92 20.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.51 11.9 33.51 11.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ – – – – 32.05 22.3 11........................................................ 37.64 2.6 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.67 15.3 25.67 15.3 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.72 29.3 31.72 29.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.82 7.8 33.14 9.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.99 13.9 24.99 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 32.42 4.9 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.11 7.3 40.83 8.6 – – Management related............................................ 22.73 3.2 22.84 3.5 – – 5....................................................... 18.54 6.5 18.54 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.34 6.5 19.56 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 21.20 3.2 20.96 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.95 3.6 25.95 3.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.46 5.1 20.28 5.7 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.53 10.0 24.53 10.0 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... $23.26 7.7 $23.26 7.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.68 3.8 23.90 3.6 – – Sales............................................................. 11.92 9.0 11.87 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.68 6.6 9.68 6.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 24.94 24.5 24.94 24.5 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 10.20 5.5 10.20 5.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.07 7.1 8.54 5.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 12.26 33.9 12.26 33.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.54 3.0 13.27 3.5 $15.31 2.6 1....................................................... 10.11 7.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.45 4.0 9.45 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.59 1.7 11.46 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.22 4.5 14.06 5.8 14.80 3.0 5....................................................... 14.90 3.3 14.36 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.87 3.0 15.73 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.09 11.8 17.76 13.5 – – 8....................................................... 19.81 9.9 19.81 9.9 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 15.33 7.7 15.33 7.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.82 3.3 14.11 3.8 16.27 5.0 3....................................................... 12.88 8.5 11.97 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 2.1 12.90 3.4 14.57 2.4 5....................................................... 17.09 6.3 15.61 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 17.57 4.3 17.32 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 1.3 – – – – Stenographers............................................... 14.09 5.5 – – – – Typists..................................................... 10.88 15.4 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 10.80 4.7 10.80 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.51 6.6 10.51 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.19 7.0 12.19 7.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.51 5.2 13.51 5.2 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.40 4.7 19.40 4.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.97 2.2 11.97 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.58 4.6 11.58 4.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.45 4.8 12.22 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.36 3.1 11.26 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.39 6.0 13.39 6.0 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.10 1.4 12.10 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.10 1.4 12.10 1.4 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 13.28 7.8 13.28 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.89 11.4 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 11.94 5.4 11.94 5.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.25 7.0 12.50 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.33 10.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.42 9.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $13.69 4.6 $13.69 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.06 3.8 13.06 3.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.54 3.7 15.98 4.1 $19.38 1.8 1....................................................... 10.13 7.2 10.02 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 14.03 8.2 13.87 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.02 3.0 12.89 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.00 8.8 15.02 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.40 4.9 16.26 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.38 2.7 16.71 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.48 3.4 22.86 4.0 20.71 3.4 8....................................................... 23.67 7.1 20.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.25 11.5 27.25 11.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.62 2.7 19.75 2.9 17.90 7.6 3....................................................... 12.24 5.4 12.24 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.54 11.7 16.02 13.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 5.2 16.51 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.50 5.9 16.88 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.98 5.2 23.33 5.5 18.34 5.4 8....................................................... 20.81 9.4 20.81 9.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.25 11.5 27.25 11.5 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.21 1.4 18.01 .8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.04 14.3 22.04 14.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.60 8.3 17.60 8.3 – – Carpenters.................................................. 18.94 10.3 – – – – Electricians................................................ 17.55 8.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 21.74 5.2 21.74 5.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.31 4.9 13.31 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.26 3.0 11.26 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 3.8 11.48 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.88 9.0 12.88 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.33 9.8 16.33 9.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.59 10.3 16.59 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.73 6.7 18.73 6.7 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.25 15.7 13.25 15.7 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.03 4.6 13.03 4.6 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 17.66 7.3 17.66 7.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.64 6.2 14.64 6.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.18 2.9 11.18 2.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.78 5.8 11.78 5.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.50 3.1 15.02 3.5 19.79 .5 2....................................................... 12.65 14.0 11.23 13.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.55 5.2 13.55 5.2 – – 4....................................................... $17.78 3.8 $17.74 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 5.8 15.43 8.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.77 5.4 15.63 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 19.17 7.5 19.21 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.95 9.6 15.70 10.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.70 4.0 14.70 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.34 4.0 16.34 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.04 8.1 13.47 8.8 $18.64 9.0 1....................................................... 10.47 9.9 10.33 9.9 – – 2....................................................... 15.98 7.7 16.42 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 16.09 7.5 15.75 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.02 8.1 17.02 8.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 12.1 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.03 13.1 12.03 13.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.29 11.2 11.29 11.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21.00 4.0 21.00 4.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.40 3.8 15.66 2.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.42 5.2 10.94 3.6 17.86 10.5 1....................................................... 7.87 7.7 7.61 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.42 5.2 9.04 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.71 4.1 9.64 2.2 13.68 2.9 4....................................................... 12.06 5.0 11.70 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 20.61 3.8 20.63 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.22 4.5 15.03 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.13 19.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 18.86 22.5 11.45 26.0 26.44 12.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.03 22.4 10.03 22.4 – – Food service.................................................. 8.23 10.4 8.05 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.67 3.9 6.54 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.62 22.7 6.62 22.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.16 7.7 8.63 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.49 8.7 10.49 8.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.30 13.0 5.30 13.0 – – 1....................................................... 5.23 10.7 5.23 10.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.25 23.5 4.25 23.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.04 3.3 9.93 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.65 4.8 8.44 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.34 1.5 9.34 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.05 4.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.49 8.7 10.49 8.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.48 5.7 10.48 5.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.38 4.9 8.89 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.84 4.4 8.61 2.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.27 2.8 9.96 2.6 – – 2....................................................... $9.72 4.8 $9.72 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.36 4.7 9.67 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 3.9 11.04 3.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.12 6.5 10.08 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.97 3.2 11.97 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.34 1.4 9.90 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.84 5.3 9.84 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.07 5.9 9.91 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 9.99 5.8 9.99 5.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.89 6.2 12.16 10.5 $14.21 2.3 1....................................................... 9.56 13.6 9.17 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.25 8.2 9.82 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.85 4.0 10.38 7.4 13.74 1.8 4....................................................... 14.90 4.0 14.43 4.7 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.79 8.2 8.68 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.07 3.1 9.91 3.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.79 2.7 13.51 5.4 14.13 1.9 1....................................................... 10.88 10.8 10.49 13.2 – – 2....................................................... 13.01 13.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.35 1.0 11.43 5.3 13.74 1.8 4....................................................... 14.90 4.0 14.43 4.7 – – Personal service.............................................. $16.91 12.2 $18.58 14.7 – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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................................................................... $9.73 5.9 $9.46 6.0 $14.10 17.4 All excluding sales............................................... 10.43 6.2 10.14 6.4 14.28 19.9 White collar........................................................ 12.12 6.2 11.82 6.4 16.09 18.1 1....................................................... 6.74 6.6 6.75 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.75 3.6 7.75 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.38 9.5 8.16 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.98 13.5 10.91 14.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.65 8.3 15.20 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.22 9.1 20.88 7.8 11.94 6.4 8....................................................... 22.99 1.8 23.36 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.17 3.3 24.21 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.23 36.6 21.23 36.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.76 6.3 15.65 6.5 16.57 21.9 1....................................................... 9.22 15.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.25 4.0 9.32 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.22 5.8 8.86 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.36 15.5 11.32 16.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.99 8.4 15.60 7.8 – – 7....................................................... 18.22 9.1 20.88 7.8 11.94 6.4 8....................................................... 22.99 1.8 23.36 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.17 3.3 24.21 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.23 36.6 21.23 36.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.04 5.7 20.06 5.2 19.87 24.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.16 6.4 21.41 6.0 19.87 24.9 5....................................................... 13.52 8.6 14.29 8.5 – – 7....................................................... 17.94 10.6 21.42 9.2 11.94 6.4 8....................................................... 22.99 1.8 23.36 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.42 3.1 24.47 3.0 – – Health related................................................ 24.07 1.7 24.17 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.50 7.9 22.50 7.9 – – 8....................................................... 22.99 .9 23.19 .4 – – 9....................................................... 24.42 3.3 24.42 3.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.36 1.3 23.46 1.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 7.0 22.06 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.17 1.5 23.40 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.28 3.3 23.28 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 26.50 15.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.13 21.9 14.40 6.7 19.68 29.1 7....................................................... 11.50 8.7 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 11.20 5.9 – – 11.34 5.7 7....................................................... 11.41 9.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $14.64 5.9 $14.64 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.84 6.3 12.84 6.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.20 6.9 7.15 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.30 7.1 6.30 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.77 2.9 6.77 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.90 14.7 7.81 15.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.48 2.8 6.35 2.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.13 6.4 6.13 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 6.55 8.9 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.73 4.6 9.61 5.0 $10.92 5.0 1....................................................... 9.22 15.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.25 4.0 9.32 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.23 6.0 8.84 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.50 14.7 13.89 17.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 10.79 1.8 10.79 1.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 8.70 9.4 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.27 2.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.05 8.0 7.73 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.46 5.5 6.05 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.16 15.5 8.63 15.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.69 5.3 10.69 5.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.12 11.9 8.09 5.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.58 10.5 7.53 10.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.27 2.3 6.17 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.07 4.4 7.07 4.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.22 1.4 6.22 1.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.04 1.3 6.04 1.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.04 13.5 12.04 13.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.00 4.7 6.89 4.7 9.39 10.3 1....................................................... 5.65 5.7 5.52 5.7 – – 2....................................................... $7.15 2.8 $7.08 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.31 5.1 8.17 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.97 2.4 10.05 2.6 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.94 2.3 5.83 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 5.16 2.6 5.10 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.58 4.7 6.40 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 6.99 7.3 6.99 7.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.76 11.5 3.76 11.5 – – 1....................................................... 3.34 12.3 3.34 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 3.97 16.3 3.97 16.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.11 6.6 3.11 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 2.97 5.0 2.97 5.0 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 5.78 12.2 5.78 12.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.27 2.0 7.16 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.65 3.8 6.57 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.71 5.6 7.53 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.66 5.3 7.66 5.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.06 2.4 8.01 2.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.00 2.0 6.82 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.72 3.9 6.63 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.65 1.9 9.65 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.27 1.2 10.27 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.27 3.1 9.27 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.44 3.7 10.44 3.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.45 2.4 10.45 2.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.55 2.6 9.55 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.19 3.9 9.19 3.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.50 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.52 8.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.88 7.8 $7.84 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.65 5.0 6.65 5.0 – – 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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....................................................... $18.29 $9.73 $19.90 $16.06 $17.27 $16.93 All excluding sales............................................. 18.71 10.43 20.11 16.73 17.89 16.52 White collar........................................................ 20.81 12.12 27.11 18.42 19.89 17.06 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.91 15.76 28.34 19.94 21.47 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 20.04 33.25 23.25 26.16 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.25 21.16 34.24 25.62 28.46 – Technical....................................................... 18.16 14.64 25.74 16.47 17.91 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.37 – – 27.46 27.41 – Sales............................................................. 11.92 7.20 7.83 10.58 9.54 17.76 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.54 9.73 17.04 12.60 13.22 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.54 8.05 17.66 13.60 16.05 16.86 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.62 – 20.97 17.43 19.99 17.37 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.31 – 14.14 12.39 13.30 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.50 9.12 18.12 13.90 17.13 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.04 7.58 15.42 9.24 12.95 – Service............................................................. 12.42 7.00 15.03 9.12 11.06 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 5.9 4.3 2.9 2.5 7.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 6.2 4.4 2.8 2.6 3.5 White collar........................................................ 2.6 6.2 4.9 2.6 2.3 21.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 6.3 5.0 2.5 2.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 5.7 5.0 3.9 3.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 6.4 4.4 4.7 3.5 – Technical....................................................... 8.5 5.9 28.4 3.6 8.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.0 – – 4.1 4.0 – Sales............................................................. 9.0 6.9 16.7 8.1 6.4 21.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 4.6 4.7 2.8 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 8.0 4.7 3.4 3.7 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 – 5.1 4.2 3.1 2.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 – 7.0 8.7 4.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.1 11.9 2.7 4.4 3.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.1 10.5 6.6 7.2 7.2 – Service............................................................. 5.2 4.7 8.1 5.0 5.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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....................................................... $16.17 $18.44 - - $17.79 - $20.42 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 16.77 18.24 - - 17.71 - 20.53 - - - White collar........................................................ 18.52 22.73 - - 22.43 - 21.29 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.18 22.33 - - 22.31 - 21.54 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.86 26.83 - - 26.43 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 26.09 30.16 - - 30.15 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 17.71 18.60 - - 18.17 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.29 29.42 - - 29.38 - 27.83 - - - Sales............................................................. 10.34 32.89 - - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.93 14.13 - - 13.91 - 17.70 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.48 16.09 - - 15.47 - 19.33 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.68 20.78 - - 19.81 - 24.57 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.30 13.66 - - 13.66 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 15.72 - - 14.97 - 15.04 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.37 14.28 - - 13.95 - 16.63 - - - Service............................................................. 9.76 15.43 - - 15.43 - 21.60 - - - 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....................................................... 2.8 8.9 - - 9.9 - 12.5 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 8.6 - - 9.5 - 12.2 - - - White collar........................................................ 2.6 10.0 - - 12.2 - 18.8 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 10.2 - - 12.1 - 18.0 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 11.1 - - 12.7 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.2 10.1 - - 11.3 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 8.8 4.6 - - 5.5 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 3.9 - - 4.7 - 10.7 - - - Sales............................................................. 7.8 15.2 - - – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 2.6 - - .4 - 8.7 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 6.7 - - 6.7 - 7.5 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 3.9 - - 3.4 - 4.1 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 6.3 - - 6.3 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.4 4.2 - - 2.5 - 5.4 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.6 12.8 - - 14.1 - 6.7 - - - Service............................................................. 4.4 2.7 - - 2.7 - 21.6 - - - 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 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 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....................................................... $16.17 $14.68 $16.48 $14.56 $18.62 All excluding sales............................................. 16.77 14.78 17.18 15.29 19.12 White collar........................................................ 18.52 18.60 18.51 16.86 19.82 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.18 20.20 20.18 19.42 20.67 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.86 26.17 23.58 23.04 23.84 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.09 31.16 25.51 26.21 25.23 Technical....................................................... 17.71 14.25 18.18 16.99 19.04 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.29 24.90 27.71 27.74 27.68 Sales............................................................. 10.34 13.82 9.48 9.50 9.43 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.93 12.02 13.06 13.25 12.89 Blue collar......................................................... 15.48 13.98 16.02 14.50 18.81 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.68 17.16 20.83 18.70 23.40 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.30 12.53 13.47 12.97 14.59 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 14.24 14.35 14.05 14.92 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.37 9.25 13.52 12.19 17.17 Service............................................................. 9.76 6.78 10.39 9.29 12.29 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....................................................... 2.8 6.0 2.9 4.5 4.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 6.1 2.8 4.1 3.6 White collar........................................................ 2.6 8.5 2.8 5.8 4.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 7.9 2.8 5.1 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 11.5 4.3 11.1 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.2 14.5 5.1 16.4 5.3 Technical....................................................... 8.8 9.0 9.8 7.1 12.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 8.8 4.6 4.6 8.5 Sales............................................................. 7.8 19.4 6.6 9.2 13.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 5.7 3.7 5.5 3.1 Blue collar......................................................... 3.7 6.4 3.9 4.6 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.7 3.8 2.9 6.0 8.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 21.0 2.6 2.9 5.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.4 3.4 5.0 8.9 6.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.6 12.0 9.2 12.0 4.2 Service............................................................. 4.4 13.9 3.0 3.9 4.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $10.13 $14.73 $21.21 $29.62 All excluding sales........................... 8.12 10.63 15.30 21.73 30.17 White collar.................................... 8.15 11.36 16.59 25.00 35.70 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 13.00 18.51 25.98 37.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.46 17.71 23.38 31.48 44.51 Professional specialty...................... 15.76 20.80 25.50 34.41 46.24 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.84 24.52 31.15 35.42 41.45 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.11 25.94 31.15 36.87 39.96 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.27 27.55 33.90 42.51 55.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.31 21.00 30.39 36.23 41.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.04 20.80 28.85 35.28 40.27 Natural scientists........................ 14.42 19.69 24.00 34.39 36.00 Health related............................ 18.14 20.72 23.31 25.98 31.75 Registered nurses....................... 18.69 20.88 23.08 25.05 27.42 Pharmacists............................. 30.78 32.30 34.35 35.90 37.21 Physical therapists..................... 21.54 25.03 28.17 29.14 32.06 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 11.38 11.58 12.41 23.69 25.39 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.95 20.32 28.21 37.74 52.59 Teachers, except college and university... 16.08 24.44 33.59 46.01 47.98 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.96 28.11 36.36 47.26 49.00 Secondary school teachers............... 22.40 26.31 32.58 41.90 47.26 Teachers, special education............. 14.87 20.60 35.85 46.43 47.09 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 15.06 27.40 46.24 46.82 47.84 Substitute teachers..................... 9.79 10.00 11.33 16.25 16.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.51 21.15 25.73 28.33 30.00 Psychologists........................... 13.78 16.12 20.99 25.74 27.32 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 8.00 9.43 12.75 18.62 24.42 Social workers.......................... 8.00 9.43 12.42 18.62 24.42 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.26 15.46 22.17 27.80 84.25 Editors and reporters................... 14.26 14.29 18.19 22.43 28.34 Technical................................... 11.36 13.24 15.75 19.73 25.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.46 12.53 16.80 19.87 22.63 Health record technologists and technicians.......................... 12.66 13.74 16.97 22.19 22.19 Radiological technicians................ 13.89 16.55 18.60 19.94 20.43 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.65 14.21 15.00 16.50 16.97 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 11.96 14.00 15.25 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.05 19.16 25.50 25.50 27.17 Drafters................................ 14.82 19.54 22.94 31.20 31.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.99 18.97 24.31 32.30 40.39 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.42 20.87 28.89 37.75 46.85 Financial managers...................... 17.88 23.27 36.88 39.74 92.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $25.55 $28.85 $31.52 $37.47 $52.09 Managers, medicine and health........... 13.67 13.67 29.62 30.03 35.04 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.33 18.46 31.36 56.46 56.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.55 25.29 31.50 39.43 48.72 Management related........................ 15.30 18.25 21.44 25.92 30.91 Accountants and auditors................ 14.91 15.39 20.27 22.84 27.98 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.07 21.41 23.10 25.92 38.50 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 18.01 20.00 20.74 25.24 28.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.87 19.13 22.40 27.40 31.85 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.85 8.25 11.22 15.13 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.90 13.75 27.04 36.06 47.16 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.50 7.34 8.74 10.26 11.28 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.10 7.15 8.50 10.58 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.57 10.19 12.48 15.34 18.90 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 9.52 14.60 14.90 16.83 18.46 Secretaries............................. 9.75 11.63 14.30 17.16 20.05 Stenographers........................... 10.98 12.66 14.00 15.59 17.14 Typists................................. 7.75 7.75 10.00 13.67 17.14 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 9.50 11.60 20.30 21.45 24.40 Receptionists........................... 8.75 9.28 10.58 12.24 12.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.00 9.00 11.80 14.38 15.04 Order clerks............................ 14.30 18.58 18.58 22.49 24.98 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.65 10.09 11.10 13.30 15.15 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.50 10.76 12.48 13.73 14.38 Billing clerks.......................... 10.19 11.00 12.19 13.15 13.91 Telephone operators..................... 9.65 12.09 12.74 19.02 19.02 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.50 10.50 12.02 15.20 17.88 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 11.22 14.61 14.61 16.91 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.01 9.85 11.20 14.30 15.71 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.10 12.02 14.83 18.58 Bank tellers............................ 7.50 8.46 9.79 11.68 13.93 Data entry keyers....................... 8.75 8.85 10.89 11.50 11.63 Teachers' aides......................... 7.60 7.82 10.44 13.15 13.43 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.68 11.57 13.80 15.45 15.93 Blue collar..................................... 8.83 11.35 15.50 20.53 23.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.95 14.98 19.59 24.18 27.68 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.32 15.50 17.53 20.66 22.28 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.20 19.42 21.27 29.19 29.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.39 16.14 18.68 18.68 18.95 Carpenters.............................. 11.87 17.14 17.68 23.05 24.56 Electricians............................ 14.23 14.26 17.89 20.40 20.40 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. $18.15 $19.95 $20.81 $22.46 $27.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.96 9.80 13.00 15.43 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.46 9.46 12.81 15.62 17.88 Extruding and forming machine operators. 9.13 10.56 11.92 14.85 18.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... 13.45 15.32 19.14 20.04 20.04 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.85 12.55 14.40 15.54 20.19 Assemblers.............................. 8.41 8.96 10.07 14.25 15.30 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.80 9.80 9.80 14.84 15.23 Transportation and material moving............ 9.93 13.88 16.59 20.53 22.03 Truck drivers........................... 10.63 12.88 14.50 19.22 23.06 Bus drivers............................. 13.34 16.01 20.53 20.53 20.53 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.95 13.29 15.03 16.47 16.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.20 11.43 17.13 21.25 Production helpers...................... 8.15 8.15 12.15 13.71 15.43 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.35 5.50 7.00 9.40 11.95 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.30 17.69 19.86 22.70 23.61 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.25 10.13 10.13 11.25 11.25 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 12.75 16.02 18.51 18.68 Service......................................... 5.50 7.50 9.80 12.58 17.14 Protective service........................ 6.60 7.48 15.75 26.35 33.30 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.75 7.50 11.22 16.52 Food service.............................. 2.83 5.25 7.25 9.00 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.00 8.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.45 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.75 4.50 5.75 7.25 8.10 Other food service....................... 5.70 7.00 8.50 9.88 11.19 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 6.50 7.27 9.00 13.00 15.77 Cooks................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.37 13.44 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.25 6.30 9.55 10.00 10.78 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.25 7.75 9.00 10.61 Health service............................ 7.24 9.02 10.15 11.15 12.53 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.96 8.67 10.02 11.72 12.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.35 9.25 10.25 11.01 12.53 Cleaning and building service............. 7.33 8.95 12.58 15.37 16.77 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 7.58 9.31 10.40 10.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 10.11 13.88 16.00 16.90 Personal service.......................... 7.09 9.25 10.39 18.90 32.22 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 6.25 6.80 13.14 13.97 15.15 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.60 $13.78 $20.34 $27.64 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 10.07 14.41 20.80 28.07 White collar.................................... 7.91 10.50 15.39 23.03 32.21 White collar excluding sales................ 9.52 12.36 17.70 24.32 33.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.74 16.38 21.64 26.70 35.86 Professional specialty...................... 14.93 19.69 23.70 29.91 37.79 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.84 24.52 31.15 35.42 41.45 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.11 25.94 31.15 36.87 39.96 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.27 27.55 33.90 42.51 55.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.31 21.00 30.39 36.23 41.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.04 20.80 28.85 35.28 40.27 Natural scientists........................ 14.42 19.69 24.00 34.39 36.00 Health related............................ 18.14 20.80 23.31 25.98 32.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.69 20.97 23.08 25.05 27.20 Pharmacists............................. 30.78 32.30 34.35 35.90 37.21 Physical therapists..................... 21.54 25.03 28.17 29.14 32.06 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 11.38 11.58 12.41 17.03 25.39 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.29 14.35 16.21 20.60 29.39 Teachers, special education............. 13.68 14.01 15.76 20.52 33.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.51 21.15 25.73 29.08 29.08 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 7.07 8.97 9.80 13.60 17.91 Social workers.......................... 7.07 8.97 9.80 13.60 17.91 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.26 15.46 22.17 27.80 84.25 Editors and reporters................... 14.26 14.29 18.19 22.43 28.34 Technical................................... 10.99 13.24 15.54 19.47 23.61 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.46 12.53 16.80 19.87 22.63 Health record technologists and technicians.......................... 12.66 13.74 16.97 22.19 22.19 Radiological technicians................ 13.89 16.55 18.60 19.94 20.43 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.24 14.30 15.18 16.50 16.79 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 11.96 14.00 15.25 Drafters................................ 14.82 19.54 22.94 31.20 31.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.39 18.60 23.58 32.19 40.38 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.43 20.11 28.85 37.75 48.80 Financial managers...................... 17.88 23.27 36.88 39.74 92.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 25.55 28.85 31.52 37.47 52.09 Managers, medicine and health........... 13.67 13.67 29.62 30.03 35.04 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.33 18.46 31.36 56.46 56.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... $16.55 $22.67 $33.50 $39.43 $48.72 Management related........................ 15.30 18.33 21.54 26.03 31.81 Accountants and auditors................ 14.91 15.30 20.27 22.84 27.98 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.07 21.41 23.10 25.92 38.50 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 18.01 20.00 20.74 25.24 28.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.79 19.13 22.95 27.40 31.85 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.81 8.10 10.95 15.13 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.90 13.75 27.04 36.06 47.16 Sales workers, apparel.................. 6.50 7.34 8.74 10.26 11.28 Cashiers................................ 5.50 6.00 7.02 8.00 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.36 9.96 12.02 14.85 19.02 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 9.52 14.60 14.90 16.83 18.46 Secretaries............................. 9.35 11.00 13.05 16.27 19.61 Stenographers........................... 11.08 11.92 13.06 13.74 14.70 Typists................................. 7.75 7.75 7.75 10.00 13.01 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 9.50 11.60 20.30 21.45 24.40 Receptionists........................... 8.75 9.28 10.58 12.24 12.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.00 9.00 11.80 14.38 15.04 Order clerks............................ 14.30 18.58 18.58 22.49 24.98 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.65 10.09 11.10 13.30 15.15 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.49 10.45 12.02 13.22 14.42 Billing clerks.......................... 10.19 11.00 12.19 13.15 13.91 Telephone operators..................... 9.65 12.09 12.74 19.02 19.02 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.50 10.50 12.02 15.20 17.88 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.01 9.85 11.20 14.30 15.71 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.10 11.48 13.14 18.58 Bank tellers............................ 7.50 8.46 9.79 11.68 13.93 Data entry keyers....................... 8.75 8.85 10.89 11.50 11.63 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.31 11.06 14.05 15.45 16.84 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.80 14.85 19.68 24.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.94 14.85 19.69 24.68 27.93 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.00 14.98 17.35 20.88 24.18 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.20 19.42 21.27 29.19 29.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.39 16.14 18.68 18.68 18.95 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 18.15 19.95 20.81 22.46 27.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.96 9.80 13.00 15.43 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.46 9.46 12.81 15.62 17.88 Extruding and forming machine operators. 9.13 10.56 11.92 14.85 18.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... $13.45 $15.32 $19.14 $20.04 $20.04 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.85 12.55 14.40 15.54 20.19 Assemblers.............................. 8.41 8.96 10.07 14.25 15.30 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.80 9.80 9.80 14.84 15.23 Transportation and material moving............ 7.25 11.63 14.38 16.47 23.06 Truck drivers........................... 10.13 12.52 14.38 17.88 23.06 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.95 13.29 15.03 16.47 16.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.00 11.25 16.33 19.86 Production helpers...................... 8.15 8.15 12.15 13.71 15.43 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.35 5.50 7.00 9.40 11.95 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.30 17.69 19.86 22.70 23.61 Hand packers and packagers.............. 5.25 10.13 10.13 11.25 11.25 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.88 12.75 16.02 16.33 18.68 Service......................................... 5.25 7.00 9.11 11.00 15.03 Protective service........................ 6.25 6.90 8.13 14.23 17.04 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.75 7.50 11.22 16.52 Food service.............................. 2.83 5.15 7.05 8.75 10.14 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.00 8.10 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.45 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 3.75 4.50 5.75 7.25 8.10 Other food service....................... 5.61 6.85 8.25 9.55 10.83 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 6.50 7.27 9.00 13.00 15.77 Cooks................................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.37 13.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.25 6.30 9.55 10.00 10.78 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.02 7.75 8.50 9.65 Health service............................ 7.10 9.00 10.02 11.00 12.21 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.96 8.67 10.02 11.50 12.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.25 9.00 10.03 11.00 11.51 Cleaning and building service............. $7.00 $8.00 $10.43 $15.39 $16.90 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 7.69 9.26 10.35 10.89 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.16 8.26 11.97 16.45 16.98 Personal service.......................... 6.80 8.81 9.80 27.19 32.22 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 5.15 6.10 6.80 7.20 14.19 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.53 $14.89 $20.53 $28.22 $41.27 All excluding sales........................... 12.53 15.15 20.53 28.22 41.89 White collar.................................... 13.67 16.02 25.50 37.32 46.72 White collar excluding sales................ 13.74 16.32 25.50 37.49 46.82 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.25 24.47 32.01 45.63 47.84 Professional specialty...................... 20.00 25.50 32.96 45.77 47.92 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... 20.77 28.16 32.92 37.74 45.88 Teachers, except college and university... 21.70 26.53 35.06 46.25 48.61 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.44 28.63 37.56 47.26 49.10 Secondary school teachers............... 22.83 26.60 33.59 43.33 47.26 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 27.40 28.61 46.24 47.26 47.98 Substitute teachers..................... 9.79 10.00 11.33 16.25 16.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.32 21.98 28.89 33.65 41.17 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.32 28.89 31.79 37.32 41.17 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 16.32 16.32 36.97 40.19 41.17 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.57 13.34 14.61 16.86 18.90 Secretaries............................. 12.12 14.53 16.02 18.18 20.05 Blue collar..................................... 13.76 17.33 20.53 20.66 22.03 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.69 16.03 17.34 20.66 20.76 Transportation and material moving............ 14.37 18.71 20.53 20.53 22.03 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.34 15.15 20.88 22.03 22.03 Service......................................... 10.34 12.53 15.15 21.39 29.85 Protective service........................ 13.74 21.59 26.35 33.30 35.04 Food service.............................. 9.93 10.13 11.16 11.36 12.19 Other food service....................... 9.93 10.13 11.16 11.36 12.19 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 10.13 10.13 11.16 11.36 12.19 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.55 13.30 14.31 15.32 16.26 Janitors and cleaners................... $11.23 $13.30 $14.31 $15.32 $16.16 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.76 $11.03 $15.62 $22.03 $31.05 All excluding sales........................... 9.20 11.57 16.11 22.40 31.31 White collar.................................... 9.35 12.24 17.65 25.73 36.60 White collar excluding sales................ 10.30 13.46 18.65 26.42 37.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 18.03 23.77 32.58 45.67 Professional specialty...................... 16.50 21.15 25.73 35.53 46.72 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.84 24.52 31.15 35.42 41.45 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 23.11 25.94 31.15 36.87 39.96 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.27 27.55 33.90 42.51 55.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.31 21.00 30.39 36.23 41.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.04 20.80 28.85 35.28 40.27 Natural scientists........................ 14.42 19.69 24.00 34.39 36.00 Health related............................ 18.00 20.65 23.25 25.99 32.36 Registered nurses....................... 18.69 20.95 23.02 25.05 27.72 Pharmacists............................. 30.75 31.94 33.96 36.47 37.21 Physical therapists..................... 21.54 25.03 27.99 29.13 32.28 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 11.38 11.58 12.41 23.69 25.39 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.95 20.30 28.85 37.74 52.59 Teachers, except college and university... 20.39 25.88 34.41 46.24 48.61 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.96 28.11 36.36 47.26 49.00 Secondary school teachers............... 22.43 26.32 33.06 42.17 47.26 Teachers, special education............. 15.76 21.83 40.69 46.43 47.09 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.33 29.86 46.24 47.26 47.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.51 21.15 25.73 28.33 29.08 Psychologists........................... 13.51 15.89 20.84 25.74 25.87 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.43 9.80 16.35 21.40 25.50 Social workers.......................... 9.43 9.80 16.35 21.40 25.50 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.26 15.67 22.29 27.80 84.25 Editors and reporters................... 14.26 14.29 18.19 22.43 28.34 Technical................................... 11.50 13.24 15.93 19.83 25.50 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.53 12.63 16.80 19.97 22.63 Health record technologists and technicians.......................... 12.66 13.74 16.97 22.19 22.19 Radiological technicians................ 14.45 16.55 18.23 19.83 20.19 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.62 14.21 14.92 16.50 16.79 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 11.96 14.11 15.40 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 14.05 19.16 25.50 25.50 27.17 Drafters................................ 14.82 19.54 22.94 31.20 31.20 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.85 18.86 24.20 32.07 40.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.41 20.75 28.89 37.32 47.43 Financial managers...................... 17.88 23.27 36.88 39.74 92.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 25.55 28.85 31.52 37.47 52.09 Managers, medicine and health........... $13.67 $13.67 $29.62 $30.03 $35.04 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 12.33 18.46 31.36 56.46 56.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.55 24.04 31.50 39.43 48.72 Management related........................ 15.30 18.25 21.59 26.03 31.08 Accountants and auditors................ 14.91 15.39 20.27 22.84 27.98 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.07 21.41 23.10 25.92 38.50 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 16.83 20.18 23.45 25.24 28.15 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.87 19.13 22.40 27.40 31.85 Sales......................................... 6.95 7.60 10.00 12.42 17.45 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.90 13.75 27.04 36.06 47.16 Sales workers, apparel.................. 8.00 9.00 10.23 10.55 14.53 Cashiers................................ 7.01 7.57 8.16 10.00 11.65 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 5.67 6.05 7.21 15.24 28.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.94 10.50 12.82 15.71 19.24 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 9.52 14.60 14.90 16.83 18.46 Secretaries............................. 10.10 12.00 14.57 17.72 20.05 Stenographers........................... 10.98 12.69 14.00 15.59 17.14 Typists................................. 7.75 7.75 10.00 13.67 17.14 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.28 10.58 12.24 12.40 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.26 13.31 13.97 15.04 15.04 Order clerks............................ 14.30 18.58 18.58 22.49 24.98 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.32 10.23 11.54 13.30 15.28 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.55 10.91 12.48 13.77 14.42 Billing clerks.......................... 10.08 10.93 12.19 13.13 13.96 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.50 10.50 12.10 15.20 17.88 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 11.22 14.61 14.61 16.91 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 9.01 9.85 11.20 14.30 15.71 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.80 12.02 14.90 19.16 Teachers' aides......................... 7.60 7.82 10.44 13.15 13.43 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.95 12.32 14.05 15.45 18.54 Blue collar..................................... 9.46 12.13 15.98 20.53 24.01 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.98 19.64 24.36 27.68 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.32 15.50 17.53 20.66 22.28 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.20 19.42 21.27 29.19 29.39 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.60 16.14 18.68 18.68 18.95 Carpenters.............................. 11.87 17.14 17.68 23.05 24.56 Electricians............................ 14.23 14.26 17.89 20.40 20.40 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 18.15 19.95 20.81 22.46 27.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.96 9.80 13.06 15.43 19.43 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.46 9.46 12.81 15.62 17.88 Extruding and forming machine operators. 9.13 10.56 11.92 14.85 18.45 Mixing and blending machine operators... 13.45 15.32 19.14 20.04 20.04 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $10.85 $12.55 $14.40 $15.54 $20.19 Assemblers.............................. 8.41 8.96 10.07 14.25 15.30 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.80 9.80 9.80 14.84 15.23 Transportation and material moving............ 11.75 14.30 17.88 20.53 22.03 Truck drivers........................... 10.63 12.88 14.50 19.22 23.06 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.95 13.29 15.03 16.47 16.59 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 10.13 12.75 18.51 21.25 Production helpers...................... 8.15 10.75 12.15 13.71 15.43 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 8.89 10.23 11.95 19.14 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 19.64 19.86 19.86 22.71 23.64 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 12.75 14.62 16.33 18.68 18.68 Service......................................... 6.70 8.65 10.63 13.97 18.90 Protective service........................ 6.75 8.55 17.04 27.36 33.30 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.75 7.75 13.48 16.52 Food service.............................. 2.83 6.18 8.60 10.10 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 5.25 7.40 8.20 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 6.77 8.05 Other food service....................... 8.20 8.60 9.75 11.00 13.50 Cooks................................... 8.60 9.05 9.88 12.63 13.71 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.73 8.50 9.00 10.61 11.36 Health service............................ 7.10 9.01 10.31 11.28 12.69 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.96 8.67 10.02 11.74 12.87 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.25 9.25 10.50 11.11 12.53 Cleaning and building service............. 7.85 10.05 13.30 16.00 16.90 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 7.58 9.48 10.42 10.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 12.12 14.48 16.15 16.90 Personal service.......................... 8.95 9.80 11.67 27.19 32.22 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.25 $6.25 $7.71 $10.25 $19.40 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.50 8.32 11.32 21.49 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.75 8.85 14.65 24.40 White collar excluding sales................ 7.76 9.00 12.23 21.93 26.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.00 14.09 20.43 25.00 28.00 Professional specialty...................... 9.10 15.68 22.00 25.14 29.42 Health related............................ 18.40 20.83 23.70 25.98 30.59 Registered nurses....................... 18.40 20.81 23.70 25.12 27.04 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.00 23.59 23.59 24.38 40.31 Teachers, except college and university... 9.79 10.67 15.00 23.00 32.50 Substitute teachers..................... 9.79 10.00 10.00 11.33 15.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.00 12.53 14.95 17.00 20.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.75 Cashiers................................ 5.35 5.50 6.25 7.00 7.78 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.25 8.00 9.30 10.81 12.25 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.25 10.50 11.00 12.25 General office clerks................... 7.50 7.50 7.50 9.00 12.40 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.00 11.57 11.57 11.92 13.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.50 7.00 9.15 13.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.15 5.51 9.15 12.80 14.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.50 6.60 7.85 10.11 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 5.50 5.80 7.00 7.60 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.50 8.50 10.00 13.70 22.70 Service......................................... 2.83 5.50 7.20 8.79 10.05 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.83 2.83 6.02 7.69 8.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.83 2.83 2.83 5.25 6.45 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 2.83 3.75 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... $2.83 $5.25 $5.75 $6.75 $7.90 Other food service....................... 5.40 6.00 7.25 8.00 9.15 Cooks................................... 7.25 7.25 7.80 8.70 9.38 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.36 5.75 6.75 7.75 8.90 Health service............................ 8.00 9.24 9.44 10.25 11.49 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.33 9.42 10.05 11.50 11.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 9.00 9.44 10.14 11.20 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 7.00 8.00 10.11 11.32 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.00 7.00 7.75 10.11 11.32 Personal service.......................... 5.30 6.50 7.20 9.09 9.83 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, Pittsburgh, PA, December 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 497,600 413,700 83,900 All excluding sales............................................. 453,600 370,600 83,000 White collar........................................................ 277,800 227,600 50,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 233,800 184,500 49,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 108,700 75,700 32,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 87,800 56,300 31,400 Technical....................................................... 20,900 19,400 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 40,800 36,200 4,500 Sales............................................................. 44,000 43,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 84,300 72,600 11,800 Blue collar......................................................... 121,400 102,600 18,900 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,100 34,500 2,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,000 27,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,000 15,100 13,900 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,400 25,900 2,400 Service............................................................. 98,500 83,500 14,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.