NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3120-15, 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................. $19.02 2.6 37.7 $18.62 3.2 37.4 $20.52 3.4 38.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.18 2.6 38.6 23.05 3.2 38.6 23.58 4.0 38.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.93 2.7 38.5 30.76 3.9 38.8 28.49 2.6 37.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 3.6 40.8 35.23 4.2 41.0 29.82 5.4 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.46 5.9 37.0 14.51 5.9 37.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.30 2.2 38.6 13.67 2.6 38.5 12.21 2.6 39.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.13 3.8 38.6 15.26 4.1 38.6 13.51 5.3 38.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 4.3 39.7 19.40 4.6 39.6 15.33 5.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.31 6.6 39.6 14.31 6.6 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.49 3.6 39.5 13.51 3.9 39.9 13.31 2.9 35.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.46 3.0 35.7 10.36 3.2 35.3 11.37 3.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.43 3.3 32.9 8.16 5.0 30.4 14.66 2.5 39.1 Full time........................................................... 19.89 2.8 40.2 19.67 3.5 40.4 20.62 3.4 39.4 Part time........................................................... 8.20 3.2 21.3 7.99 3.3 21.6 13.27 5.0 16.0 Union............................................................... 21.33 7.4 36.5 21.69 7.8 36.3 14.99 .9 38.5 Nonunion............................................................ 18.78 2.8 37.8 18.23 3.4 37.6 20.65 3.4 38.7 Time................................................................ 19.09 2.7 37.3 18.69 3.4 37.0 20.52 3.4 38.7 Incentive........................................................... 17.29 6.2 49.0 17.29 6.2 49.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.26 9.1 36.9 16.27 9.2 36.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.29 6.0 38.9 16.23 6.2 39.0 18.06 8.1 36.8 500 workers or more................................................. 21.41 2.7 37.2 21.87 3.8 36.3 20.66 3.6 38.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $19.02 2.6 $18.62 3.2 $20.52 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.47 2.8 19.14 3.5 20.56 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.18 2.6 23.05 3.2 23.58 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.81 2.7 25.29 3.4 23.66 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.93 2.7 30.76 3.9 28.49 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.30 1.8 32.61 2.4 29.53 2.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.77 4.1 35.77 4.1 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 46.77 6.2 46.77 6.2 – – Civil engineers............................................. 39.53 7.1 39.53 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.63 3.4 37.63 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.07 12.8 29.70 15.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 44.09 2.6 44.09 2.6 – – Health related................................................ 29.48 5.1 29.35 6.7 29.82 5.8 Registered nurses........................................... 27.36 2.1 26.95 2.7 28.41 2.3 Pharmacists................................................. 38.47 1.6 38.89 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.28 12.2 – – 44.71 12.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 53.78 22.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.05 1.6 21.86 10.0 29.42 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.14 .2 – – 29.17 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.66 .9 – – 29.60 .9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.65 9.5 15.25 23.1 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.03 5.3 – – 31.80 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.01 12.4 – – 19.10 16.6 Librarians.................................................. 20.00 12.4 – – 19.10 16.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.81 6.0 – – 16.05 5.2 Social workers.............................................. 15.66 5.2 – – 16.05 5.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.60 19.7 24.30 22.6 – – Technical....................................................... 25.00 10.0 26.25 11.1 18.11 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.99 10.2 18.94 10.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.90 17.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.08 1.1 16.20 1.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.32 5.4 18.26 5.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.81 9.1 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.98 12.0 27.55 12.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 25.17 7.5 25.17 7.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.05 12.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 3.6 35.23 4.2 29.82 5.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.16 3.8 39.32 4.3 30.99 5.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $31.79 14.1 – – $27.25 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 35.14 10.8 $35.40 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.29 11.0 40.29 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.04 3.1 42.64 4.8 38.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.13 5.2 41.36 5.5 – – Management related............................................ 28.37 5.8 28.92 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.44 8.7 28.44 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 46.63 15.9 46.63 15.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 22.83 17.3 22.83 17.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.16 14.9 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 34.80 23.9 34.80 23.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.77 6.9 25.03 7.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.46 5.9 14.51 5.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.30 10.0 23.30 10.0 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.88 14.8 15.88 14.8 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 21.25 10.8 21.25 10.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 12.59 8.6 12.59 8.6 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.97 4.5 18.97 4.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.72 10.4 9.72 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.95 2.9 7.83 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.30 2.2 13.67 2.6 12.21 2.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.19 6.4 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.01 12.3 19.01 12.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.63 2.9 16.50 3.4 13.60 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 10.88 5.4 10.88 5.9 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.39 8.3 13.50 9.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.28 15.5 13.28 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.72 6.5 12.31 8.4 13.36 8.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.21 4.1 13.23 4.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 10.66 9.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 18.80 11.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.41 7.9 12.19 8.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.93 6.5 11.04 8.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.64 8.8 16.82 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.97 4.4 14.30 5.8 11.26 2.7 Bank tellers................................................ 11.35 7.5 11.35 7.5 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.65 7.1 11.65 7.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 5.0 13.46 6.7 13.60 3.5 Blue collar......................................................... 15.13 3.8 15.26 4.1 13.51 5.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 4.3 19.40 4.6 15.33 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.20 8.2 19.25 8.3 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.57 3.5 14.63 4.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $16.96 3.8 $17.07 4.2 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 20.5 15.43 20.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.67 11.4 17.13 12.2 – – Electricians................................................ 23.18 6.2 23.50 6.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.40 11.2 17.04 13.5 – – Structural metal workers.................................... 13.77 6.7 13.77 6.7 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.29 12.0 9.65 12.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.41 6.0 24.72 3.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.94 8.1 18.94 8.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 26.01 1.7 26.01 1.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.31 6.6 14.31 6.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.17 10.7 17.17 10.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.07 5.5 15.07 5.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.47 3.7 10.47 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.49 3.6 13.51 3.9 $13.31 2.9 Truck drivers............................................... 14.97 12.0 15.07 12.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.48 5.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.51 7.0 10.51 7.0 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.24 7.7 16.46 7.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.46 3.0 10.36 3.2 11.37 3.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.53 5.2 – – 10.74 6.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.51 9.7 11.68 12.2 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.42 4.4 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.89 5.9 9.89 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.30 6.7 8.30 6.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.26 14.0 12.26 14.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.91 10.5 9.85 10.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.04 22.7 10.04 22.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.12 12.8 10.90 15.0 – – Service............................................................. 10.43 3.3 8.16 5.0 14.66 2.5 Protective service............................................ 16.11 4.0 9.47 6.3 18.66 2.8 Firefighting................................................ 17.48 1.0 – – 17.48 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.86 4.6 – – 20.86 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 25.96 9.7 – – 25.96 9.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.34 1.8 – – 12.34 1.8 Food service.................................................. 7.07 7.8 6.80 9.4 8.73 2.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.31 5.8 4.31 5.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.64 19.6 3.64 19.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.19 3.7 8.06 4.8 8.73 2.2 Cooks....................................................... 8.52 5.4 8.52 5.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.63 8.6 7.51 9.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $7.74 8.0 $7.01 12.9 $8.77 2.1 Health service................................................ 9.85 8.8 8.45 10.9 12.29 5.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.91 4.4 9.50 1.8 13.16 7.4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.89 10.4 8.14 11.3 11.26 2.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 8.07 4.0 7.56 3.8 9.85 1.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.86 3.2 6.86 3.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.17 7.1 7.29 7.0 9.89 1.8 Personal service.............................................. 13.73 15.8 14.77 20.2 11.42 9.7 Public transportation attendants............................ 28.33 8.3 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.01 18.4 – – – – 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $19.89 2.8 $19.67 3.5 $20.62 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 20.23 3.0 20.09 3.8 20.66 3.4 White collar........................................................ 23.78 2.7 23.82 3.4 23.65 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.01 2.8 25.56 3.5 23.73 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.06 2.7 30.92 3.9 28.60 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.48 1.7 32.84 2.3 29.67 2.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.77 4.1 35.77 4.1 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 46.77 6.2 46.77 6.2 – – Civil engineers............................................. 39.53 7.1 39.53 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.63 3.4 37.63 3.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.07 12.8 29.70 15.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 44.09 2.6 44.09 2.6 – – Health related................................................ 29.64 5.1 29.53 6.8 29.91 5.9 Registered nurses........................................... 27.53 2.3 27.13 3.0 28.49 2.4 Pharmacists................................................. 38.78 1.3 39.56 1.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.78 12.5 – – 46.01 13.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 54.43 23.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.26 1.2 23.77 9.2 29.50 1.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.14 .2 – – 29.17 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.66 .9 – – 29.60 .9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 27.59 6.7 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.51 4.7 – – 31.80 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.04 13.5 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 20.04 13.5 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.81 6.0 – – 16.05 5.2 Social workers.............................................. 15.66 5.2 – – 16.05 5.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.99 21.0 24.70 22.9 – – Technical....................................................... 25.05 10.0 26.32 11.2 18.11 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.95 10.7 18.90 11.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.90 17.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.08 1.1 16.20 1.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.37 5.6 18.32 5.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.81 9.1 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.98 12.0 27.55 12.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 25.17 7.5 25.17 7.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.05 12.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.22 3.6 35.26 4.2 29.82 5.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.20 3.8 39.38 4.3 30.99 5.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $31.79 14.1 – – $27.25 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 35.14 10.8 $35.40 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.29 11.0 40.29 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.04 3.1 42.64 4.8 38.72 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.21 5.2 41.46 5.6 – – Management related............................................ 28.37 5.8 28.92 6.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.44 8.7 28.44 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 46.63 15.9 46.63 15.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 22.83 17.3 22.83 17.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.16 14.9 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 34.80 23.9 34.80 23.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.77 6.9 25.03 7.6 – – Sales............................................................. 15.96 6.2 16.03 6.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.30 10.0 23.30 10.0 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.79 14.9 16.79 14.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 21.25 10.8 21.25 10.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 12.59 8.6 12.59 8.6 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.97 4.5 18.97 4.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.96 13.1 9.96 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.70 4.2 9.68 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 2.3 13.79 2.8 12.23 2.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 15.19 6.4 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.01 12.3 19.01 12.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.62 3.0 16.48 3.6 13.65 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 10.93 5.7 10.94 6.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.28 15.5 13.28 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.72 6.5 12.31 8.4 13.36 8.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.21 4.1 13.23 4.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 10.66 9.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 18.80 11.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 8.2 12.27 8.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.00 6.6 11.13 8.3 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.06 9.3 17.28 9.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.98 4.4 14.33 5.9 11.26 2.7 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.97 7.9 11.97 7.9 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 5.2 13.49 7.2 13.50 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 15.49 3.9 15.64 4.2 13.58 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 4.3 19.62 4.6 15.33 5.5 Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.20 8.2 19.25 8.3 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.57 3.5 14.63 4.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.96 3.8 17.07 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.67 11.4 17.13 12.2 – – Electricians................................................ $23.18 6.2 $23.50 6.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.40 11.2 17.04 13.5 – – Structural metal workers.................................... 13.77 6.7 13.77 6.7 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.29 12.0 9.65 12.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.40 6.0 24.73 3.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.94 8.1 18.94 8.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 26.01 1.7 26.01 1.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 6.5 14.32 6.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.12 10.7 17.12 10.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.07 5.5 15.07 5.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.48 3.6 10.48 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 4.3 13.88 4.8 $13.58 2.1 Truck drivers............................................... 14.99 12.0 15.09 12.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.84 5.1 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.51 7.0 10.51 7.0 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.25 7.8 16.47 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.84 3.6 10.78 4.0 11.37 3.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.53 5.2 – – 10.74 6.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.51 9.7 11.68 12.2 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.42 4.4 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.89 5.9 9.89 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.81 10.0 9.81 10.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.70 15.6 12.70 15.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.99 10.6 9.93 11.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.09 23.3 10.09 23.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.42 13.1 11.23 15.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.72 4.6 9.18 7.0 14.79 2.7 Protective service............................................ 17.92 2.9 10.83 3.1 18.69 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.86 4.6 – – 20.86 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 25.96 9.7 – – 25.96 9.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.34 1.8 – – 12.34 1.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.18 3.2 10.83 3.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.86 11.2 7.64 13.9 8.87 2.5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.79 19.1 4.79 19.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.18 36.4 4.18 36.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.05 4.4 9.11 6.0 8.87 2.5 Cooks....................................................... 8.88 4.6 8.88 4.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.17 8.1 8.06 8.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.84 5.1 8.82 14.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.93 2.9 9.67 2.7 12.29 5.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 5.2 – – 13.16 7.4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.20 2.6 9.60 3.7 11.26 2.9 Cleaning and building service................................. $8.73 1.9 $8.27 1.6 $9.85 1.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.91 2.7 6.92 2.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.34 4.6 8.74 8.8 9.89 1.8 Personal service.............................................. 15.14 15.1 16.86 18.1 11.74 10.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $8.20 3.2 $7.99 3.3 $13.27 5.0 All excluding sales............................................... 8.45 4.3 8.20 4.4 13.27 5.0 White collar........................................................ 10.78 5.4 10.37 5.6 17.15 13.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.91 6.8 15.69 7.7 17.15 13.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.07 6.8 23.96 8.1 20.51 8.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.51 6.8 24.67 8.2 20.51 8.4 Health related................................................ 27.78 6.5 27.96 6.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.27 2.6 25.35 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 22.14 3.9 – – 22.33 4.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.71 12.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.22 1.6 7.22 1.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.72 6.4 7.72 6.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.92 1.5 6.92 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.23 6.1 11.33 6.1 10.09 26.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 7.6 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.79 8.7 7.73 9.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.68 9.1 7.68 9.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.25 4.4 6.25 4.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.77 6.2 10.77 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.43 5.4 6.39 5.5 8.06 2.2 Protective service............................................ 8.96 7.2 8.94 7.3 – – Food service.................................................. 5.23 7.3 5.16 7.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.33 19.6 3.33 19.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 9.0 2.63 9.0 – – Other food service........................................... 6.10 2.1 6.04 2.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.13 8.7 6.07 9.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $6.04 1.7 $5.96 0.9 – – Health service................................................ 6.43 14.1 6.43 14.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.02 1.5 6.00 1.5 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $799 2.9 40.2 $794 3.6 40.4 $813 3.4 39.4 All excluding sales............................................... 807 3.0 39.9 804 3.8 40.0 815 3.3 39.4 White collar........................................................ 959 2.6 40.3 969 3.2 40.7 931 4.1 39.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 997 2.7 39.8 1,024 3.4 40.1 934 4.0 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,189 2.5 39.6 1,231 3.5 39.8 1,118 2.7 39.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,255 1.9 39.9 1,332 2.5 40.6 1,157 2.5 39.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,476 4.7 41.2 1,476 4.7 41.2 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 1,871 6.2 40.0 1,871 6.2 40.0 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,678 7.8 42.4 1,678 7.8 42.4 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,585 2.9 42.1 1,585 2.9 42.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,214 6.2 39.9 1,220 6.4 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,214 6.2 39.9 1,220 6.4 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,083 12.8 40.0 1,188 15.3 40.0 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 1,764 2.6 40.0 1,764 2.6 40.0 – – – Health related................................................ 1,180 5.0 39.8 1,176 6.7 39.8 1,188 5.9 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 1,094 2.4 39.8 1,079 3.3 39.8 1,130 2.2 39.7 Pharmacists................................................. 1,551 1.3 40.0 1,582 1.6 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,941 13.3 38.2 – – – 1,748 14.0 38.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 2,054 24.6 37.7 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,138 1.7 38.9 951 9.2 40.0 1,146 1.6 38.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,125 .4 38.6 – – – 1,125 .4 38.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,152 1.3 38.9 – – – 1,149 1.4 38.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,099 6.5 39.8 – – – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,253 5.1 39.8 – – – 1,265 4.7 39.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 792 12.8 39.5 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 792 12.8 39.5 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 632 6.0 40.0 – – – 642 5.2 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 626 5.2 40.0 – – – 642 5.2 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,000 21.0 40.0 988 22.9 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 963 7.4 38.4 1,004 8.1 38.2 724 7.7 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 752 11.2 39.7 750 11.6 39.7 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 991 17.3 39.8 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 643 1.1 40.0 648 1.3 40.0 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 733 5.7 39.9 731 5.7 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 873 9.1 40.0 – – – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 1,039 12.0 40.0 1,102 12.6 40.0 – – – Drafters.................................................... 1,007 7.5 40.0 1,007 7.5 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $737 13.3 40.8 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,397 3.6 40.8 $1,447 4.0 41.0 $1,192 5.4 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,531 3.7 41.2 1,637 4.1 41.6 1,239 5.7 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,272 14.1 40.0 – – – 1,090 4.4 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,494 12.4 42.5 1,510 13.2 42.7 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,640 11.7 40.7 1,640 11.7 40.7 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,557 3.3 39.9 1,682 4.9 39.4 1,546 3.8 39.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,646 4.6 42.0 1,751 5.0 42.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,141 5.7 40.2 1,164 5.9 40.2 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,138 8.7 40.0 1,138 8.7 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,862 15.8 39.9 1,862 15.8 39.9 – – – Management analysts......................................... 928 18.4 40.6 928 18.4 40.6 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,047 14.9 40.0 – – – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 1,392 23.9 40.0 1,392 23.9 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,002 6.5 40.5 1,014 7.1 40.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 699 7.5 43.8 703 7.5 43.8 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,087 11.6 46.7 1,087 11.6 46.7 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 672 14.9 40.0 672 14.9 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 856 10.6 40.3 856 10.6 40.3 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 806 7.9 64.0 806 7.9 64.0 – – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 951 1.1 50.2 951 1.1 50.2 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 389 13.0 39.1 389 13.0 39.1 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 381 3.0 39.3 379 3.4 39.1 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 532 2.4 39.7 548 2.9 39.7 485 2.3 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 607 6.4 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 762 12.2 40.1 762 12.2 40.1 – – – Secretaries................................................. 624 3.0 40.0 658 3.6 39.9 546 4.8 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 407 7.7 37.3 407 8.7 37.2 – – – Order clerks................................................ 531 15.5 40.0 531 15.5 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 497 7.6 39.1 477 10.1 38.8 529 8.9 39.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 529 4.1 40.0 529 4.3 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 427 9.8 40.1 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 752 11.4 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 500 8.2 40.0 491 8.5 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 440 6.6 40.0 445 8.3 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 680 9.4 39.9 689 10.1 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 517 4.5 39.9 570 6.1 39.8 450 2.8 39.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 479 7.9 40.0 479 7.9 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 540 5.2 40.0 540 7.2 40.0 540 2.8 40.0 Blue collar......................................................... $624 3.9 40.3 $632 4.2 40.4 $529 5.6 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 773 4.4 40.1 786 4.7 40.1 613 5.5 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 803 9.3 41.8 806 9.4 41.9 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 623 3.5 40.0 585 4.7 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 678 3.8 40.0 683 4.2 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 662 10.8 39.7 680 11.5 39.7 – – – Electricians................................................ 927 6.2 40.0 940 6.5 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 656 11.2 40.0 682 13.5 40.0 – – – Structural metal workers.................................... 551 6.7 40.0 551 6.7 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 412 12.0 40.0 386 12.1 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 936 6.0 40.0 989 3.3 40.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 757 8.1 40.0 757 8.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 1,040 1.7 40.0 1,040 1.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 572 6.5 40.0 572 6.5 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 684 11.0 39.9 684 11.0 39.9 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 603 5.5 40.0 603 5.5 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 419 3.6 40.0 419 3.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 576 3.9 41.6 586 4.3 42.2 490 4.7 36.1 Truck drivers............................................... 639 9.5 42.6 644 9.7 42.7 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 536 8.1 36.1 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 421 7.0 40.0 421 7.0 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 650 7.8 40.0 659 8.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 432 3.6 39.9 429 3.9 39.9 455 3.9 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 421 5.2 40.0 – – – 429 6.0 40.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 460 9.7 40.0 467 12.2 40.0 – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 417 4.4 40.0 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 395 5.9 40.0 395 5.9 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 376 10.8 38.3 376 10.8 38.3 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 502 16.1 39.5 502 16.1 39.5 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 399 10.6 40.0 397 11.1 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 404 23.3 40.0 404 23.3 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 457 13.1 40.0 449 15.4 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 456 4.0 38.9 351 5.6 38.2 589 2.2 39.8 Protective service............................................ 734 3.2 40.9 433 3.1 40.0 767 3.3 41.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 834 4.6 40.0 – – – 834 4.6 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 1,040 9.7 40.0 – – – 1,040 9.7 40.0 Correctional institution officers........................... $493 1.8 40.0 – – – $493 1.8 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 447 3.2 40.0 $433 3.1 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 301 11.4 38.3 299 14.3 39.2 307 6.5 34.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 183 16.8 38.2 183 16.8 38.2 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 159 34.4 38.0 159 34.4 38.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 347 4.8 38.3 362 6.3 39.8 307 6.5 34.6 Cooks....................................................... 349 5.0 39.3 349 5.0 39.3 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 307 8.8 37.6 309 10.7 38.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 323 7.6 36.5 349 14.4 39.6 – – – Health service................................................ 432 2.9 39.5 379 2.6 39.2 489 5.0 39.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 479 5.3 39.9 – – – 524 7.3 39.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 400 2.5 39.2 374 3.6 38.9 447 3.3 39.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 349 1.9 40.0 331 1.6 40.0 394 1.7 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 277 2.7 40.0 277 2.7 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 373 4.6 40.0 350 8.8 40.0 396 1.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 490 7.9 32.3 497 9.8 29.5 469 10.5 40.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $40,138 2.9 2,018 $41,200 3.6 2,094 $37,012 3.4 1,795 All excluding sales............................................... 40,427 3.0 1,999 41,681 3.8 2,075 37,069 3.3 1,794 White collar........................................................ 47,441 2.6 1,995 50,208 3.2 2,108 40,946 4.1 1,731 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,952 2.7 1,957 52,983 3.4 2,073 41,048 4.0 1,730 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,202 2.5 1,870 63,367 3.5 2,050 46,485 2.7 1,625 Professional specialty.......................................... 57,912 1.9 1,840 68,522 2.5 2,086 47,170 2.5 1,590 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,728 4.7 2,145 76,728 4.7 2,145 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 97,277 6.2 2,080 97,277 6.2 2,080 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 87,250 7.8 2,207 87,250 7.8 2,207 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 82,418 2.9 2,191 82,418 2.9 2,191 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 63,148 6.2 2,076 63,426 6.4 2,076 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 63,148 6.2 2,076 63,426 6.4 2,076 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 56,313 12.8 2,080 61,771 15.3 2,080 – – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 91,715 2.6 2,080 91,715 2.6 2,080 – – – Health related................................................ 59,980 5.0 2,023 59,889 6.7 2,028 60,195 5.9 2,012 Registered nurses........................................... 55,650 2.4 2,021 55,122 3.3 2,032 56,868 2.2 1,996 Pharmacists................................................. 77,277 1.3 1,993 76,342 1.6 1,930 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 83,307 13.3 1,641 – – – 74,654 14.0 1,623 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 94,448 24.6 1,735 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,296 1.7 1,480 41,134 9.2 1,731 43,377 1.6 1,470 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,138 .4 1,446 – – – 42,122 .4 1,444 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,262 1.3 1,459 – – – 43,059 1.4 1,455 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 41,770 6.5 1,514 – – – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 53,581 5.1 1,700 – – – 53,863 4.7 1,694 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 38,325 12.8 1,913 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 38,325 12.8 1,913 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,291 6.0 2,042 – – – 33,381 5.2 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 31,926 5.2 2,039 – – – 33,381 5.2 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 51,986 21.0 2,080 51,372 22.9 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 49,668 7.4 1,983 51,744 8.1 1,966 37,668 7.7 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 38,103 11.2 2,010 37,971 11.6 2,009 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 51,519 17.3 2,069 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,943 1.1 2,048 33,089 1.3 2,042 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 37,070 5.7 2,018 36,793 5.7 2,008 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 45,373 9.1 2,080 – – – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 54,036 12.0 2,080 57,307 12.6 2,080 – – – Drafters.................................................... 52,361 7.5 2,080 52,361 7.5 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $38,343 13.3 2,124 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 72,312 3.6 2,113 $75,192 4.0 2,133 $60,696 5.4 2,036 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,030 3.7 2,125 85,031 4.1 2,160 62,939 5.7 2,031 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 65,382 14.1 2,057 – – – 55,967 4.4 2,054 Financial managers.......................................... 77,681 12.4 2,211 78,526 13.2 2,218 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 85,298 11.7 2,117 85,298 11.7 2,117 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 77,115 3.3 1,975 79,576 4.9 1,866 76,878 3.8 1,986 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 85,570 4.6 2,182 91,048 5.0 2,196 – – – Management related............................................ 59,347 5.7 2,092 60,512 5.9 2,092 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 59,152 8.7 2,080 59,152 8.7 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 96,842 15.8 2,077 96,842 15.8 2,077 – – – Management analysts......................................... 48,250 18.4 2,114 48,250 18.4 2,114 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 54,422 14.9 2,080 – – – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 72,394 23.9 2,080 72,394 23.9 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,124 6.5 2,104 52,733 7.1 2,107 – – – Sales............................................................. 36,337 7.5 2,277 36,535 7.5 2,279 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 56,537 11.6 2,427 56,537 11.6 2,427 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 34,924 14.9 2,080 34,924 14.9 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 44,491 10.6 2,094 44,491 10.6 2,094 – – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 41,904 7.9 3,329 41,904 7.9 3,329 – – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 49,475 1.1 2,608 49,475 1.1 2,608 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 20,253 13.0 2,034 20,253 13.0 2,034 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,809 3.0 2,042 19,698 3.4 2,035 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,800 2.4 2,003 28,494 2.9 2,067 22,541 2.3 1,843 Supervisors, general office................................. 31,586 6.4 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 39,602 12.2 2,084 39,602 12.2 2,084 – – – Secretaries................................................. 31,839 3.0 2,039 34,225 3.6 2,077 26,704 4.8 1,956 Receptionists............................................... 20,885 7.7 1,911 21,183 8.7 1,936 – – – Order clerks................................................ 27,623 15.5 2,080 27,623 15.5 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 25,615 7.6 2,013 24,825 10.1 2,016 26,833 8.9 2,008 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,281 4.1 2,065 27,514 4.3 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 22,196 9.8 2,083 – – – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 39,110 11.4 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 25,994 8.2 2,080 25,529 8.5 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 22,878 6.6 2,080 23,154 8.3 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 35,382 9.4 2,074 35,840 10.1 2,074 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,114 4.5 2,012 29,660 6.1 2,070 21,876 2.8 1,943 Data entry keyers........................................... 24,894 7.9 2,080 24,894 7.9 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,786 5.2 2,059 28,066 7.2 2,080 26,982 2.8 1,999 Blue collar......................................................... $32,305 3.9 2,086 $32,855 4.2 2,101 $25,920 5.6 1,909 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,172 4.4 2,082 40,864 4.7 2,083 31,785 5.5 2,073 Automobile mechanics........................................ 41,773 9.3 2,176 41,915 9.4 2,178 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 32,388 3.5 2,080 30,435 4.7 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 35,279 3.8 2,080 35,498 4.2 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 34,433 10.8 2,065 35,347 11.5 2,063 – – – Electricians................................................ 48,211 6.2 2,080 48,879 6.5 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 33,937 11.2 2,069 35,443 13.5 2,080 – – – Structural metal workers.................................... 28,637 6.7 2,080 28,637 6.7 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 21,401 12.0 2,080 20,073 12.1 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 48,682 6.0 2,080 51,442 3.3 2,080 – – – Machinists.................................................. 39,385 8.1 2,080 39,385 8.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 54,105 1.7 2,080 54,105 1.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,765 6.5 2,079 29,765 6.5 2,079 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 35,563 11.0 2,077 35,563 11.0 2,077 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 31,348 5.5 2,080 31,348 5.5 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,802 3.6 2,080 21,802 3.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,290 3.9 2,114 30,366 4.3 2,187 21,090 4.7 1,553 Truck drivers............................................... 33,234 9.5 2,217 33,513 9.7 2,220 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 23,071 8.1 1,555 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 21,869 7.0 2,080 21,869 7.0 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 33,790 7.8 2,080 34,254 8.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,446 3.6 2,070 22,328 3.9 2,072 23,344 3.9 2,052 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,472 5.2 2,038 – – – 21,793 6.0 2,030 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 23,932 9.7 2,080 24,293 12.2 2,080 – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 21,677 4.4 2,080 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 20,563 5.9 2,080 20,563 5.9 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 19,537 10.8 1,992 19,537 10.8 1,992 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,081 16.1 2,053 26,081 16.1 2,053 – – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 20,771 10.6 2,080 20,645 11.1 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,992 23.3 2,080 20,992 23.3 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 23,665 13.1 2,072 23,361 15.4 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,064 4.0 1,969 18,178 5.6 1,979 28,920 2.2 1,956 Protective service............................................ 38,146 3.2 2,128 22,520 3.1 2,080 39,874 3.3 2,133 Police and detectives, public service....................... 43,392 4.6 2,080 – – – 43,392 4.6 2,080 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 54,055 9.7 2,082 – – – 54,055 9.7 2,082 Correctional institution officers........................... $25,662 1.8 2,080 – – – $25,662 1.8 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 23,255 3.2 2,080 $22,520 3.1 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 14,697 11.4 1,870 15,547 14.3 2,036 12,132 6.5 1,368 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,497 16.8 1,984 9,497 16.8 1,984 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 8,265 34.4 1,978 8,265 34.4 1,978 – – – Other food service........................................... 16,555 4.8 1,829 18,811 6.3 2,064 12,132 6.5 1,368 Cooks....................................................... 18,167 5.0 2,045 18,167 5.0 2,045 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 15,186 8.8 1,859 16,020 10.7 1,987 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,880 7.6 1,570 18,163 14.4 2,060 – – – Health service................................................ 22,041 2.9 2,016 19,443 2.6 2,010 24,861 5.0 2,023 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,925 5.3 2,073 – – – 27,250 7.3 2,070 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,191 2.5 1,979 19,061 3.6 1,985 22,150 3.3 1,967 Cleaning and building service................................. 18,032 1.9 2,064 17,092 1.6 2,067 20,281 1.7 2,059 Maids and housemen.......................................... 14,209 2.7 2,055 14,211 2.7 2,055 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,320 4.6 2,069 18,182 8.8 2,080 20,360 1.8 2,059 Personal service.............................................. 23,937 7.9 1,581 25,858 9.8 1,534 19,752 10.5 1,683 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $19.02 2.6 $18.62 3.2 $20.52 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 19.47 2.8 19.14 3.5 20.56 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.18 2.6 23.05 3.2 23.58 4.0 1....................................................... 7.80 3.3 7.59 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.16 3.9 10.19 4.2 9.73 1.0 3....................................................... 10.48 2.1 10.45 3.2 10.53 1.8 4....................................................... 13.38 1.9 13.28 2.3 13.78 2.9 5....................................................... 16.37 2.2 16.74 2.3 14.54 4.7 6....................................................... 20.79 3.1 20.10 3.6 22.72 3.6 7....................................................... 25.89 2.3 24.33 4.1 27.43 1.8 8....................................................... 26.61 3.0 25.88 4.0 27.83 3.4 9....................................................... 30.58 3.4 30.91 4.6 29.61 2.9 10........................................................ 44.20 18.0 46.50 20.8 32.95 4.3 11........................................................ 37.29 4.0 37.95 4.8 34.77 3.4 12........................................................ 48.83 3.3 48.57 3.4 52.11 14.2 13........................................................ 52.58 6.4 52.89 7.1 – – 14........................................................ 68.40 9.1 64.68 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.59 11.7 20.43 12.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.81 2.7 25.29 3.4 23.66 3.9 1....................................................... 9.02 6.9 8.61 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.73 3.9 10.80 4.1 9.69 1.3 3....................................................... 10.76 1.6 10.96 2.5 10.53 1.8 4....................................................... 13.65 2.1 13.60 2.7 13.78 2.9 5....................................................... 16.37 1.9 16.82 1.8 14.54 4.7 6....................................................... 20.99 3.3 20.26 4.1 22.72 3.6 7....................................................... 26.15 2.4 24.70 4.6 27.43 1.8 8....................................................... 27.31 2.4 26.93 3.2 27.83 3.4 9....................................................... 30.71 3.4 31.09 4.6 29.61 2.9 10........................................................ 44.74 19.8 47.52 23.3 32.95 4.3 11........................................................ 36.95 4.3 37.57 5.2 34.77 3.4 12........................................................ 48.83 3.3 48.57 3.4 52.11 14.2 13........................................................ 52.58 6.4 52.89 7.1 – – 14........................................................ 68.40 9.1 64.68 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.44 10.6 23.45 11.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.93 2.7 30.76 3.9 28.49 2.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.30 1.8 32.61 2.4 29.53 2.4 5....................................................... 17.28 7.7 17.95 10.7 15.69 9.0 6....................................................... 25.03 5.4 22.97 7.2 27.46 5.4 7....................................................... 28.43 2.2 29.40 6.1 28.09 2.0 8....................................................... 28.77 2.3 28.74 3.4 28.79 3.0 9....................................................... 28.46 1.8 28.26 2.1 28.92 2.2 10........................................................ 35.86 3.2 37.11 2.8 33.09 7.3 11........................................................ 36.48 6.0 37.51 6.3 31.12 2.7 12........................................................ 47.79 5.0 47.63 5.3 – – 13........................................................ $52.85 13.8 $55.12 15.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.19 14.0 31.99 17.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.77 4.1 35.77 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 28.76 11.9 28.76 11.9 – – 8....................................................... 36.15 6.6 36.15 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.28 3.1 29.28 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 38.04 2.6 38.04 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.02 9.0 39.02 9.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.83 5.3 45.83 5.3 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 46.77 6.2 46.77 6.2 – – Civil engineers............................................. 39.53 7.1 39.53 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.63 3.4 37.63 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 29.30 14.4 29.30 14.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.68 5.6 25.68 5.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.55 3.4 37.55 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.29 7.1 43.29 7.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.09 12.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.31 3.0 27.39 3.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.09 12.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.31 3.0 27.39 3.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.07 12.8 29.70 15.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 44.09 2.6 44.09 2.6 – – Health related................................................ 29.48 5.1 29.35 6.7 $29.82 5.8 7....................................................... 31.50 5.6 29.77 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 26.82 1.9 26.98 2.6 26.41 2.1 9....................................................... 32.12 2.6 31.36 2.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.36 2.1 26.95 2.7 28.41 2.3 7....................................................... 29.35 4.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.40 .9 26.39 1.0 26.41 2.1 9....................................................... 30.16 4.5 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.47 1.6 38.89 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.28 12.2 – – 44.71 12.7 7....................................................... 30.31 12.3 – – 30.31 12.3 9....................................................... 36.66 10.6 – – 38.92 8.1 10........................................................ 37.09 11.7 – – 37.09 11.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 53.78 22.8 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.05 1.6 21.86 10.0 29.42 1.3 6....................................................... 28.22 3.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.16 1.0 28.01 8.2 29.23 .9 8....................................................... 29.83 3.7 – – 30.16 3.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.14 .2 – – 29.17 .1 7....................................................... 29.41 .5 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.82 .4 – – 28.82 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.66 .9 – – 29.60 .9 8....................................................... $30.03 3.9 – – $30.03 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.65 9.5 $15.25 23.1 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.03 5.3 – – 31.80 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.01 12.4 – – 19.10 16.6 Librarians.................................................. 20.00 12.4 – – 19.10 16.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.81 6.0 – – 16.05 5.2 Social workers.............................................. 15.66 5.2 – – 16.05 5.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.60 19.7 24.30 22.6 – – Technical....................................................... 25.00 10.0 26.25 11.1 18.11 7.7 4....................................................... 14.98 3.0 14.89 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.64 4.4 17.33 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.26 4.9 21.16 4.1 16.64 12.9 7....................................................... 22.97 8.9 24.03 9.1 – – 8....................................................... 27.10 6.6 25.69 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 44.84 19.7 44.84 19.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.99 10.2 18.94 10.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.04 6.8 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.90 17.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.08 1.1 16.20 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.38 3.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.71 2.2 16.74 2.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.32 5.4 18.26 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.82 6.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.81 9.1 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.98 12.0 27.55 12.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 25.17 7.5 25.17 7.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.05 12.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 3.6 35.23 4.2 29.82 5.4 5....................................................... 18.75 8.2 19.47 10.2 – – 6....................................................... 21.12 11.8 21.68 13.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.78 8.0 22.50 10.6 23.77 4.4 8....................................................... 25.20 6.8 26.33 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 31.81 5.6 31.57 6.7 32.74 9.4 10........................................................ 37.33 8.0 38.05 9.0 – – 11........................................................ 36.88 4.8 36.84 6.5 – – 12........................................................ 50.70 4.1 50.29 4.0 – – 13........................................................ 52.51 6.4 52.31 6.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.16 3.8 39.32 4.3 30.99 5.7 7....................................................... 26.00 8.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.91 7.2 22.01 10.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.19 6.0 32.02 7.4 32.74 9.4 10........................................................ 35.23 10.7 36.50 15.5 – – 11........................................................ $36.35 5.6 $36.03 8.0 – – 12........................................................ 49.95 4.7 49.35 4.7 – – 13........................................................ 52.36 6.6 52.14 7.2 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.79 14.1 – – $27.25 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 35.14 10.8 35.40 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.29 11.0 40.29 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.04 3.1 42.64 4.8 38.72 3.7 11........................................................ 39.19 4.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.13 5.2 41.36 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.44 10.0 32.44 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.14 14.4 37.14 14.4 – – 12........................................................ 51.87 3.6 51.87 3.6 – – 13........................................................ 49.87 7.3 49.87 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.37 5.8 28.92 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.50 12.1 19.50 12.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.08 13.0 21.68 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.15 11.1 20.28 11.5 – – 8....................................................... 31.85 11.6 32.08 12.1 – – 10........................................................ 38.75 9.9 38.75 9.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.85 7.6 39.85 7.6 – – 12........................................................ 54.05 10.4 54.05 10.4 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.44 8.7 28.44 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 46.63 15.9 46.63 15.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 22.83 17.3 22.83 17.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.16 14.9 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 34.80 23.9 34.80 23.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.77 6.9 25.03 7.6 – – Sales............................................................. 14.46 5.9 14.51 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.32 1.6 7.32 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.50 7.2 8.36 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.14 8.5 9.14 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.80 4.8 12.80 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.38 9.5 16.38 9.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.09 4.6 19.09 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 10.9 21.04 10.9 – – 8....................................................... 21.14 10.1 21.14 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.33 19.2 13.33 19.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.30 10.0 23.30 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 23.14 31.9 23.14 31.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.88 14.8 15.88 14.8 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 21.25 10.8 21.25 10.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 12.59 8.6 12.59 8.6 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.97 4.5 18.97 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 18.57 .0 18.57 .0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.72 10.4 9.72 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... $7.95 2.9 $7.83 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.22 2.9 7.22 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.41 11.4 8.14 13.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.61 4.4 8.61 4.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.30 2.2 13.67 2.6 $12.21 2.6 1....................................................... 9.02 6.9 8.61 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.84 4.0 10.91 4.2 9.69 1.3 3....................................................... 10.76 1.6 10.96 2.5 10.53 1.8 4....................................................... 13.44 2.2 13.38 2.9 13.60 3.3 5....................................................... 15.32 3.2 15.64 3.4 13.72 6.8 6....................................................... 16.83 5.4 17.11 7.1 15.81 4.0 7....................................................... 20.61 2.0 20.71 2.0 – – 8....................................................... 19.44 15.8 19.77 16.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.12 6.8 13.13 7.2 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 15.19 6.4 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.01 12.3 19.01 12.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.63 2.9 16.50 3.4 13.60 4.8 3....................................................... 11.28 4.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.67 3.3 14.91 4.2 14.33 5.6 5....................................................... 17.90 4.0 18.04 3.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.88 5.4 10.88 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.62 7.2 11.62 7.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.39 8.3 13.50 9.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.28 15.5 13.28 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.72 6.5 12.31 8.4 13.36 8.6 5....................................................... 14.34 5.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.21 4.1 13.23 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.18 4.2 13.05 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.35 8.7 14.35 8.7 – – Dispatchers................................................. 10.66 9.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 18.80 11.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.41 7.9 12.19 8.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.93 6.5 11.04 8.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.64 8.8 16.82 9.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.97 4.4 14.30 5.8 11.26 2.7 2....................................................... 11.12 4.1 11.75 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.16 4.3 10.59 7.5 9.88 4.8 4....................................................... 13.88 6.5 14.69 9.8 12.87 5.8 Bank tellers................................................ 11.35 7.5 11.35 7.5 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 11.65 7.1 11.65 7.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 5.0 13.46 6.7 13.60 3.5 3....................................................... 11.45 2.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.25 3.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.03 7.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.13 3.8 $15.26 4.1 $13.51 5.3 1....................................................... 8.01 2.3 7.91 2.4 9.92 2.1 2....................................................... 10.64 4.9 10.55 5.1 12.17 7.7 3....................................................... 12.40 5.0 12.20 6.2 13.38 3.0 4....................................................... 14.37 7.8 14.72 8.5 11.76 1.9 5....................................................... 16.77 5.7 16.87 5.9 13.61 10.7 6....................................................... 18.69 6.0 18.82 6.3 16.49 7.7 7....................................................... 22.65 3.6 23.11 3.6 17.11 1.2 8....................................................... 26.23 6.2 26.23 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 23.08 2.7 23.23 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.03 9.8 14.03 9.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 4.3 19.40 4.6 15.33 5.5 2....................................................... 9.77 7.0 9.77 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.04 13.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.17 5.5 13.63 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.73 9.1 16.85 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.17 5.5 19.39 5.9 16.49 7.7 7....................................................... 22.59 4.3 23.11 4.3 17.17 .9 8....................................................... 27.35 7.4 27.35 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.18 2.9 23.36 2.9 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.20 8.2 19.25 8.3 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.57 3.5 14.63 4.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.96 3.8 17.07 4.2 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 15.43 20.5 15.43 20.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.67 11.4 17.13 12.2 – – Electricians................................................ 23.18 6.2 23.50 6.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.40 11.2 17.04 13.5 – – Structural metal workers.................................... 13.77 6.7 13.77 6.7 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.29 12.0 9.65 12.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.41 6.0 24.72 3.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.94 8.1 18.94 8.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 26.01 1.7 26.01 1.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.31 6.6 14.31 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.72 6.1 8.72 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.75 14.5 13.75 14.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.94 10.2 13.94 10.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.62 3.1 15.62 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.55 7.4 16.55 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.17 10.7 17.17 10.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.07 5.5 15.07 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 15.70 10.8 15.70 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.47 3.7 10.47 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $13.49 3.6 $13.51 3.9 $13.31 2.9 2....................................................... 10.73 7.9 10.78 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.00 5.8 11.36 8.5 13.63 2.8 4....................................................... 16.25 14.7 16.38 15.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.21 8.3 18.33 8.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.97 12.0 15.07 12.2 – – 2....................................................... 13.54 15.1 13.94 15.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.31 6.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.70 22.2 15.70 22.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.48 5.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.51 7.0 10.51 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 4.0 8.87 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.69 8.6 10.69 8.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.24 7.7 16.46 7.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.46 3.0 10.36 3.2 11.37 3.9 1....................................................... 8.17 2.0 8.06 1.9 9.92 2.1 2....................................................... 11.45 8.5 11.31 9.7 12.55 6.1 3....................................................... 12.45 8.6 12.57 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.80 6.5 11.96 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.17 7.1 17.51 6.8 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.53 5.2 – – 10.74 6.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.51 9.7 11.68 12.2 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.42 4.4 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.89 5.9 9.89 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.30 6.7 8.30 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 2.3 7.16 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.36 18.1 10.36 18.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.26 14.0 12.26 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.68 16.5 12.68 16.5 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.91 10.5 9.85 10.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.04 22.7 10.04 22.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.12 12.8 10.90 15.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.67 6.5 7.35 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.10 16.7 11.43 20.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.43 3.3 8.16 5.0 14.66 2.5 1....................................................... 6.77 3.9 6.67 4.0 8.99 8.8 2....................................................... 7.74 7.1 6.51 7.2 10.01 4.5 3....................................................... 9.82 2.8 9.41 3.7 10.60 4.2 4....................................................... 17.38 9.1 18.34 15.7 16.30 3.2 5....................................................... 12.76 4.1 11.78 3.5 13.06 5.4 6....................................................... 19.18 7.2 – – 19.44 7.4 7....................................................... 25.22 5.8 – – 26.01 5.5 8....................................................... 19.72 .7 – – 19.68 1.0 Protective service............................................ $16.11 4.0 $9.47 6.3 $18.66 2.8 4....................................................... 16.46 4.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.27 2.0 – – 12.32 1.9 6....................................................... 19.67 6.3 – – 19.66 6.5 7....................................................... 26.01 5.5 – – 26.01 5.5 8....................................................... 19.68 1.0 – – 19.68 1.0 Firefighting................................................ 17.48 1.0 – – 17.48 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.86 4.6 – – 20.86 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 25.96 9.7 – – 25.96 9.7 7....................................................... 26.62 8.6 – – 26.62 8.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.34 1.8 – – 12.34 1.8 Food service.................................................. 7.07 7.8 6.80 9.4 8.73 2.2 1....................................................... 6.34 4.6 6.20 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 6.34 11.5 5.30 15.5 8.73 4.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.31 5.8 4.31 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 4.74 5.6 4.74 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 3.39 14.7 3.39 14.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.64 19.6 3.64 19.6 – – 1....................................................... 4.18 24.1 4.18 24.1 – – 2....................................................... 3.04 12.6 3.04 12.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.19 3.7 8.06 4.8 8.73 2.2 1....................................................... 7.23 3.3 7.08 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.67 1.1 6.83 3.4 8.73 4.0 Cooks....................................................... 8.52 5.4 8.52 5.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.63 8.6 7.51 9.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.82 9.3 7.70 9.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.18 6.0 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.74 8.0 7.01 12.9 8.77 2.1 1....................................................... 6.50 6.0 6.33 4.6 – – Health service................................................ 9.85 8.8 8.45 10.9 12.29 5.0 2....................................................... 8.97 13.0 7.38 7.5 12.58 7.0 3....................................................... 10.05 4.6 10.18 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 12.2 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.91 4.4 9.50 1.8 13.16 7.4 2....................................................... 12.85 14.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.89 10.4 8.14 11.3 11.26 2.9 2....................................................... 8.21 11.7 7.08 9.0 11.37 4.0 3....................................................... 9.50 5.2 9.52 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.07 4.0 7.56 3.8 9.85 1.7 1....................................................... 6.99 5.6 6.95 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.68 5.9 7.93 13.2 9.14 1.7 3....................................................... 10.69 6.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.86 3.2 6.86 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 3.9 6.90 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.17 7.1 7.29 7.0 9.89 1.8 1....................................................... 7.06 9.6 7.00 9.9 – – 2....................................................... $9.01 5.0 $8.67 14.9 $9.14 1.7 3....................................................... 10.39 6.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.73 15.8 14.77 20.2 11.42 9.7 1....................................................... 7.28 18.5 7.28 18.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.92 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.28 2.5 – – – – Public transportation attendants............................ 28.33 8.3 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.01 18.4 – – – – 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $19.89 2.8 $19.67 3.5 $20.62 3.4 All excluding sales............................................... 20.23 3.0 20.09 3.8 20.66 3.4 White collar........................................................ 23.78 2.7 23.82 3.4 23.65 4.1 1....................................................... 8.87 4.4 8.56 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.48 3.8 10.55 4.1 9.73 1.0 3....................................................... 10.62 1.7 10.69 2.5 10.54 1.8 4....................................................... 13.42 1.8 13.34 2.2 13.77 3.0 5....................................................... 16.42 2.2 16.78 2.3 14.62 4.6 6....................................................... 20.80 3.0 20.12 3.6 22.70 3.6 7....................................................... 25.95 2.3 24.36 4.2 27.54 1.8 8....................................................... 26.62 3.1 25.85 4.3 27.84 3.4 9....................................................... 30.62 3.4 30.97 4.6 29.61 2.9 10........................................................ 44.21 18.0 46.50 20.8 32.94 4.4 11........................................................ 37.30 4.0 37.95 4.8 34.77 3.4 12........................................................ 48.83 3.3 48.57 3.4 52.11 14.2 13........................................................ 52.58 6.4 52.89 7.1 – – 14........................................................ 68.40 9.1 64.68 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.48 11.9 21.36 12.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.01 2.8 25.56 3.5 23.73 4.0 1....................................................... 9.43 6.8 8.92 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.74 4.3 10.81 4.5 9.69 1.3 3....................................................... 10.78 1.7 11.01 2.9 10.54 1.8 4....................................................... 13.63 2.1 13.58 2.7 13.77 3.0 5....................................................... 16.37 1.9 16.80 1.8 14.62 4.6 6....................................................... 21.01 3.3 20.30 4.1 22.70 3.6 7....................................................... 26.21 2.4 24.73 4.7 27.54 1.8 8....................................................... 27.35 2.5 26.97 3.6 27.84 3.4 9....................................................... 30.75 3.4 31.14 4.7 29.61 2.9 10........................................................ 44.76 19.9 47.52 23.3 32.94 4.4 11........................................................ 36.95 4.3 37.57 5.2 34.77 3.4 12........................................................ 48.83 3.3 48.57 3.4 52.11 14.2 13........................................................ 52.58 6.4 52.89 7.1 – – 14........................................................ 68.40 9.1 64.68 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.69 11.1 23.71 12.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.06 2.7 30.92 3.9 28.60 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.48 1.7 32.84 2.3 29.67 2.3 5....................................................... 17.48 8.0 17.97 10.8 – – 6....................................................... 25.10 5.2 23.08 6.9 27.45 5.4 7....................................................... 28.55 2.2 29.51 6.2 28.22 2.0 8....................................................... 28.87 2.2 28.94 3.4 28.81 3.0 9....................................................... 28.49 1.8 28.29 2.2 28.92 2.2 10........................................................ 35.87 3.2 37.11 2.8 33.09 7.4 11........................................................ 36.48 6.0 37.52 6.3 31.12 2.7 12........................................................ 47.79 5.0 47.63 5.3 – – 13........................................................ $52.85 13.8 $55.12 15.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.31 14.6 33.22 17.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.77 4.1 35.77 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 28.76 11.9 28.76 11.9 – – 8....................................................... 36.15 6.6 36.15 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.28 3.1 29.28 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 38.04 2.6 38.04 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.02 9.0 39.02 9.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.83 5.3 45.83 5.3 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 46.77 6.2 46.77 6.2 – – Civil engineers............................................. 39.53 7.1 39.53 7.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.63 3.4 37.63 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 29.30 14.4 29.30 14.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.68 5.6 25.68 5.6 – – 10........................................................ 37.55 3.4 37.55 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 43.29 7.1 43.29 7.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.09 12.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.31 3.0 27.39 3.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.42 6.9 30.55 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.09 12.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.31 3.0 27.39 3.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 27.07 12.8 29.70 15.3 – – Geologists and geodesists................................... 44.09 2.6 44.09 2.6 – – Health related................................................ 29.64 5.1 29.53 6.8 $29.91 5.9 7....................................................... 31.82 5.2 30.16 2.4 – – 8....................................................... 26.47 1.6 26.46 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 32.66 2.7 32.22 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.53 2.3 27.13 3.0 28.49 2.4 7....................................................... 29.39 4.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.52 .8 26.54 .5 – – 9....................................................... 30.59 4.7 – – – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.78 1.3 39.56 1.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.78 12.5 – – 46.01 13.0 9....................................................... 37.19 10.1 – – 39.08 8.1 10........................................................ 37.19 12.1 – – 37.19 12.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 54.43 23.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.26 1.2 23.77 9.2 29.50 1.0 6....................................................... 28.44 2.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 29.16 1.0 28.01 8.2 29.23 .9 8....................................................... 30.16 3.5 – – 30.16 3.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.14 .2 – – 29.17 .1 7....................................................... 29.41 .5 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.82 .4 – – 28.82 .4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.66 .9 – – 29.60 .9 8....................................................... 30.03 3.9 – – 30.03 3.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. $27.59 6.7 – – – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.51 4.7 – – $31.80 4.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 20.04 13.5 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 20.04 13.5 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.81 6.0 – – 16.05 5.2 Social workers.............................................. 15.66 5.2 – – 16.05 5.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.99 21.0 $24.70 22.9 – – Technical....................................................... 25.05 10.0 26.32 11.2 18.11 7.7 4....................................................... 14.97 3.1 14.88 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.64 4.4 17.33 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.26 5.0 21.17 4.2 16.64 12.9 7....................................................... 22.97 8.9 24.03 9.1 – – 8....................................................... 27.47 6.6 26.15 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 44.84 19.7 44.84 19.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.95 10.7 18.90 11.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.90 17.1 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.08 1.1 16.20 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.38 3.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.71 2.2 16.74 2.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.37 5.6 18.32 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.82 6.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.81 9.1 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 25.98 12.0 27.55 12.6 – – Drafters.................................................... 25.17 7.5 25.17 7.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.05 12.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.22 3.6 35.26 4.2 29.82 5.4 5....................................................... 18.75 8.2 19.47 10.2 – – 6....................................................... 21.19 12.0 21.76 14.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.78 8.0 22.50 10.6 23.77 4.4 8....................................................... 25.20 6.8 26.33 8.6 – – 9....................................................... 31.81 5.6 31.57 6.7 32.74 9.4 10........................................................ 37.33 8.0 38.05 9.0 – – 11........................................................ 36.88 4.8 36.84 6.5 – – 12........................................................ 50.70 4.1 50.29 4.0 – – 13........................................................ 52.51 6.4 52.31 6.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.20 3.8 39.38 4.3 30.99 5.7 7....................................................... 26.00 8.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.91 7.2 22.01 10.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.19 6.0 32.02 7.4 32.74 9.4 10........................................................ 35.23 10.7 36.50 15.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.35 5.6 36.03 8.0 – – 12........................................................ 49.95 4.7 49.35 4.7 – – 13........................................................ $52.36 6.6 $52.14 7.2 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.79 14.1 – – $27.25 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 35.14 10.8 35.40 11.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.29 11.0 40.29 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.04 3.1 42.64 4.8 38.72 3.7 11........................................................ 39.19 4.2 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.21 5.2 41.46 5.6 – – 9....................................................... 32.44 10.0 32.44 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 37.14 14.4 37.14 14.4 – – 12........................................................ 51.87 3.6 51.87 3.6 – – 13........................................................ 49.87 7.3 49.87 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 28.37 5.8 28.92 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 19.50 12.1 19.50 12.1 – – 6....................................................... 21.08 13.0 21.68 15.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.15 11.1 20.28 11.5 – – 8....................................................... 31.85 11.6 32.08 12.1 – – 10........................................................ 38.75 9.9 38.75 9.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.85 7.6 39.85 7.6 – – 12........................................................ 54.05 10.4 54.05 10.4 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.44 8.7 28.44 8.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 46.63 15.9 46.63 15.9 – – Management analysts......................................... 22.83 17.3 22.83 17.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.16 14.9 – – – – Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.... 34.80 23.9 34.80 23.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.77 6.9 25.03 7.6 – – Sales............................................................. 15.96 6.2 16.03 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 1.4 8.36 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.31 5.1 9.21 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.71 5.5 9.71 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.94 4.5 12.94 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 9.4 16.68 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.09 4.6 19.09 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.04 10.9 21.04 10.9 – – 8....................................................... 21.14 10.1 21.14 10.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.30 10.0 23.30 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 23.14 31.9 23.14 31.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.79 14.9 16.79 14.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 21.25 10.8 21.25 10.8 – – Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 12.59 8.6 12.59 8.6 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 18.97 4.5 18.97 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 18.57 .0 18.57 .0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.96 13.1 9.96 13.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.70 4.2 9.68 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 2.3 13.79 2.8 12.23 2.5 1....................................................... $9.43 6.8 $8.92 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 4.3 10.95 4.6 $9.69 1.3 3....................................................... 10.78 1.8 11.02 3.0 10.54 1.8 4....................................................... 13.43 2.3 13.37 2.9 13.59 3.4 5....................................................... 15.26 3.3 15.57 3.5 13.72 6.8 6....................................................... 16.83 5.4 17.11 7.1 15.81 4.0 7....................................................... 20.62 2.0 20.72 2.0 – – 8....................................................... 19.44 15.8 19.77 16.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.05 6.9 13.06 7.4 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 15.19 6.4 – – – – Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.01 12.3 19.01 12.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.62 3.0 16.48 3.6 13.65 4.8 3....................................................... 11.30 4.6 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.65 3.3 14.88 4.3 14.33 5.6 5....................................................... 17.79 4.7 17.94 4.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.93 5.7 10.94 6.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.28 15.5 13.28 15.5 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.72 6.5 12.31 8.4 13.36 8.6 5....................................................... 14.34 5.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.21 4.1 13.23 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.18 4.2 13.05 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.35 8.7 14.35 8.7 – – Dispatchers................................................. 10.66 9.8 – – – – Production coordinators..................................... 18.80 11.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.50 8.2 12.27 8.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.00 6.6 11.13 8.3 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 17.06 9.3 17.28 9.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.98 4.4 14.33 5.9 11.26 2.7 2....................................................... 11.16 4.0 11.82 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.15 4.3 10.56 7.6 9.88 4.8 4....................................................... 13.88 6.5 14.69 9.8 12.87 5.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 11.97 7.9 11.97 7.9 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 5.2 13.49 7.2 13.50 2.8 3....................................................... 11.53 2.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.15 3.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.03 7.7 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.49 3.9 15.64 4.2 13.58 5.0 1....................................................... 8.46 2.5 8.36 2.5 9.92 2.1 2....................................................... 10.71 5.2 10.61 5.5 12.17 7.7 3....................................................... 12.60 5.1 12.38 6.4 13.67 2.1 4....................................................... 14.35 7.7 14.70 8.5 11.76 1.9 5....................................................... 16.82 5.9 16.93 6.0 13.61 10.7 6....................................................... 18.69 6.0 18.82 6.3 16.49 7.7 7....................................................... 22.65 3.6 23.11 3.6 17.11 1.2 8....................................................... 26.23 6.2 26.23 6.2 – – 9....................................................... $23.08 2.7 $23.23 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.00 9.8 14.00 9.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 4.3 19.62 4.6 $15.33 5.5 2....................................................... 9.94 8.7 9.94 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.17 5.5 13.63 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.80 9.3 16.92 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 19.17 5.5 19.39 5.9 16.49 7.7 7....................................................... 22.59 4.3 23.11 4.3 17.17 .9 8....................................................... 27.35 7.4 27.35 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.18 2.9 23.36 2.9 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.20 8.2 19.25 8.3 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.57 3.5 14.63 4.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 16.96 3.8 17.07 4.2 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.67 11.4 17.13 12.2 – – Electricians................................................ 23.18 6.2 23.50 6.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.40 11.2 17.04 13.5 – – Structural metal workers.................................... 13.77 6.7 13.77 6.7 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 10.29 12.0 9.65 12.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.40 6.0 24.73 3.3 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.94 8.1 18.94 8.1 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 26.01 1.7 26.01 1.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 6.5 14.32 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.72 6.1 8.72 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.69 14.4 13.69 14.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.94 10.2 13.94 10.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.62 3.1 15.62 3.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.55 7.4 16.55 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 17.12 10.7 17.12 10.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 15.07 5.5 15.07 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 15.70 10.8 15.70 10.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.48 3.6 10.48 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 4.3 13.88 4.8 13.58 2.1 2....................................................... 10.74 7.9 10.79 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 5.9 11.36 8.5 13.99 .5 4....................................................... 16.21 14.7 16.35 15.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.34 8.3 18.47 8.1 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.99 12.0 15.09 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.64 15.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.31 6.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.70 22.2 15.70 22.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.84 5.1 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.51 7.0 10.51 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 4.0 8.87 4.0 – – 3....................................................... $10.69 8.6 $10.69 8.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 16.25 7.8 16.47 8.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.84 3.6 10.78 4.0 $11.37 3.9 1....................................................... 8.51 3.0 8.39 2.9 9.92 2.1 2....................................................... 11.60 8.8 11.46 10.2 12.55 6.1 3....................................................... 12.56 8.6 12.70 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.80 6.5 11.96 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.17 7.1 17.51 6.8 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 10.53 5.2 – – 10.74 6.0 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.51 9.7 11.68 12.2 – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 10.42 4.4 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 9.89 5.9 9.89 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.81 10.0 9.81 10.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.89 8.8 8.89 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.76 18.9 10.76 18.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.70 15.6 12.70 15.6 – – 2....................................................... 13.31 17.0 13.31 17.0 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.99 10.6 9.93 11.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.09 23.3 10.09 23.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.42 13.1 11.23 15.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.84 7.6 7.47 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.17 17.1 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.72 4.6 9.18 7.0 14.79 2.7 1....................................................... 7.35 3.7 7.23 3.9 9.23 8.7 2....................................................... 8.73 8.4 7.41 13.3 10.10 4.4 3....................................................... 10.04 4.5 9.54 7.2 10.60 4.2 4....................................................... 17.65 9.1 18.93 16.0 16.30 3.2 5....................................................... 12.76 4.1 11.78 3.5 13.07 5.4 6....................................................... 19.16 7.4 – – 19.44 7.4 7....................................................... 25.22 5.8 – – 26.01 5.5 8....................................................... 19.72 .7 – – 19.68 1.0 Protective service............................................ 17.92 2.9 10.83 3.1 18.69 2.9 4....................................................... 16.46 4.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.27 2.0 – – 12.33 1.9 6....................................................... 19.66 6.5 – – 19.66 6.5 7....................................................... 26.01 5.5 – – 26.01 5.5 8....................................................... 19.68 1.0 – – 19.68 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 20.86 4.6 – – 20.86 4.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 25.96 9.7 – – 25.96 9.7 7....................................................... 26.62 8.6 – – 26.62 8.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 12.34 1.8 – – 12.34 1.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.18 3.2 10.83 3.1 – – Food service.................................................. 7.86 11.2 7.64 13.9 8.87 2.5 1....................................................... 6.88 6.6 6.71 7.3 – – 2....................................................... $7.15 16.7 $5.85 28.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.79 19.1 4.79 19.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.35 18.8 5.35 18.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.18 36.4 4.18 36.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.05 4.4 9.11 6.0 $8.87 2.5 1....................................................... 7.77 8.4 7.60 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.77 3.4 8.70 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.88 4.6 8.88 4.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.17 8.1 8.06 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.93 11.3 7.79 11.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.84 5.1 8.82 14.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 4.7 6.98 3.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.93 2.9 9.67 2.7 12.29 5.0 2....................................................... 10.62 6.3 8.86 4.4 12.58 7.0 3....................................................... 9.96 5.2 10.03 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.61 12.2 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.02 5.2 – – 13.16 7.4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.20 2.6 9.60 3.7 11.26 2.9 2....................................................... 9.83 3.5 8.64 3.9 11.37 4.0 3....................................................... 9.07 4.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.73 1.9 8.27 1.6 9.85 1.7 1....................................................... 7.58 6.2 7.56 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.73 5.6 8.02 12.8 9.14 1.7 3....................................................... 10.69 6.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.91 2.7 6.92 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.95 3.3 6.95 3.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.34 4.6 8.74 8.8 9.89 1.8 1....................................................... 8.76 14.4 8.84 16.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 5.0 8.67 14.9 9.14 1.7 3....................................................... 10.39 6.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $15.14 15.1 $16.86 18.1 $11.74 10.5 3....................................................... 9.46 4.0 – – – – 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 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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................................................................... $8.20 3.2 $7.99 3.3 $13.27 5.0 All excluding sales............................................... 8.45 4.3 8.20 4.4 13.27 5.0 White collar........................................................ 10.78 5.4 10.37 5.6 17.15 13.2 1....................................................... 6.82 1.6 6.83 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.56 7.4 8.56 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.94 7.9 8.93 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.28 8.0 10.71 8.6 – – 5....................................................... 13.75 18.3 14.48 19.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.76 1.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.16 10.3 26.27 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.69 23.5 10.23 21.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.91 6.8 15.69 7.7 17.15 13.2 1....................................................... 7.34 6.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.61 4.4 10.61 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.41 2.4 10.47 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.78 8.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.76 1.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.16 10.3 26.27 10.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.07 6.8 23.96 8.1 20.51 8.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.51 6.8 24.67 8.2 20.51 8.4 7....................................................... 22.04 .3 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.92 10.4 27.09 11.0 – – Health related................................................ 27.78 6.5 27.96 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 29.13 7.2 29.48 7.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.27 2.6 25.35 2.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.33 2.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 22.14 3.9 – – 22.33 4.2 Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.71 12.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.22 1.6 7.22 1.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.76 1.6 6.76 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.30 5.0 7.30 5.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.72 6.4 7.72 6.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.92 1.5 6.92 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.16 4.3 7.16 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.23 6.1 11.33 6.1 10.09 26.5 1....................................................... $7.34 6.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.61 4.4 $10.61 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.41 2.4 10.47 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.84 10.2 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.50 7.6 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.79 8.7 7.73 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.35 5.1 6.35 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.59 7.0 9.59 7.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.68 9.1 7.68 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.76 2.6 6.76 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.05 5.3 10.05 5.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.25 4.4 6.25 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.24 4.6 6.24 4.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.77 6.2 10.77 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.43 5.4 6.39 5.5 $8.06 2.2 1....................................................... 5.75 5.3 5.72 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 5.60 5.5 5.47 5.8 – – Protective service............................................ 8.96 7.2 8.94 7.3 – – Food service.................................................. 5.23 7.3 5.16 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.43 12.0 5.36 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 4.74 8.7 4.65 8.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.33 19.6 3.33 19.6 – – 1....................................................... 3.58 18.2 3.58 18.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 9.0 2.63 9.0 – – Other food service........................................... 6.10 2.1 6.04 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.35 5.4 6.29 5.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.13 8.7 6.07 9.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.21 1.0 7.21 1.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.04 1.7 5.96 .9 – – Health service................................................ 6.43 14.1 6.43 14.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 6.02 1.5 6.00 1.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.01 1.5 6.00 1.5 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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....................................................... $19.89 $8.20 $21.33 $18.78 $19.09 $17.29 All excluding sales............................................. 20.23 8.45 21.71 19.22 19.46 20.17 White collar........................................................ 23.78 10.78 25.82 23.10 23.54 16.99 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.01 15.91 29.06 24.68 24.79 29.03 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.06 23.07 102.64 29.09 29.93 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.48 23.51 – 31.30 31.30 – Technical....................................................... 25.05 – 102.64 20.68 25.00 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.22 – – 34.20 34.23 – Sales............................................................. 15.96 7.22 8.55 14.65 13.65 16.12 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 11.23 13.35 13.30 13.29 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.49 7.79 20.40 13.43 15.03 18.23 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.29 – 22.60 17.30 19.06 19.63 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.32 – 21.80 12.72 14.31 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.86 – 18.47 11.72 13.47 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.84 7.68 11.77 10.29 10.44 – Service............................................................. 11.72 6.43 19.49 10.06 10.43 – 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....................................................... 2.8 3.2 7.4 2.8 2.7 6.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 4.3 7.3 2.9 2.8 9.6 White collar........................................................ 2.7 5.4 31.4 2.4 2.7 8.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 6.8 35.0 2.4 2.7 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 6.8 7.3 2.2 2.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.7 6.8 – 1.8 1.8 – Technical....................................................... 10.0 – 7.3 3.2 10.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.6 – – 3.6 3.6 – Sales............................................................. 6.2 1.6 22.4 5.9 7.0 7.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 6.1 9.6 2.2 2.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 8.7 2.9 4.2 4.0 6.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.3 – 4.0 5.5 4.6 .7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.5 – 4.1 5.2 6.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 – 7.9 4.5 3.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 9.1 9.5 4.1 3.0 – Service............................................................. 4.6 5.4 17.2 3.0 3.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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....................................................... $18.62 - - - - - $23.95 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 19.14 - - - - - 23.84 - - - White collar........................................................ 23.05 - - - - - 29.48 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.29 - - - - - 29.90 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.76 - - - - - 47.24 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.61 - - - - - 33.01 - - - Technical....................................................... 26.25 - - - - - 105.62 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.23 - - - - - 34.08 - - - Sales............................................................. 14.51 - - - - - 25.97 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 - - - - - 15.13 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 - - - - - 18.22 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.40 - - - - - 24.42 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.31 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.51 - - - - - 15.98 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.36 - - - - - 14.70 - - - Service............................................................. 8.16 - - - - - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 - - - - - 5.7 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 - - - - - 6.2 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.2 - - - - - 11.2 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 - - - - - 13.2 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 - - - - - 14.1 - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 - - - - - 3.0 - - - Technical....................................................... 11.1 - - - - - 20.0 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 - - - - - 10.5 - - - Sales............................................................. 5.9 - - - - - 14.7 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 - - - - - 5.8 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 - - - - - 3.0 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 - - - - - 7.1 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.6 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 - - - - - 8.4 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.2 - - - - - 9.5 - - - Service............................................................. 5.0 - - - - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, 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....................................................... $18.62 $16.27 $19.08 $16.23 $21.87 All excluding sales............................................. 19.14 16.35 19.67 16.83 22.14 White collar........................................................ 23.05 22.27 23.17 19.93 25.76 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.29 24.93 25.34 23.20 26.61 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.76 28.30 30.94 28.42 32.33 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.61 31.02 32.71 30.47 33.99 Technical....................................................... 26.25 24.60 26.42 22.64 28.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.23 35.75 35.09 35.81 34.79 Sales............................................................. 14.51 15.78 14.21 13.19 17.15 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 12.95 13.78 13.74 13.81 Blue collar......................................................... 15.26 12.52 16.01 14.03 18.86 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.40 14.96 20.48 18.01 23.35 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.31 13.23 14.54 12.32 17.77 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.51 12.31 13.98 12.93 15.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.36 8.58 10.88 10.47 11.84 Service............................................................. 8.16 6.91 8.38 7.58 9.10 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 9.2 3.4 6.2 3.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 10.0 3.6 7.1 3.8 White collar........................................................ 3.2 11.7 3.4 6.9 3.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 14.5 3.7 7.9 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.9 10.1 3.9 9.0 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 12.0 2.3 10.2 4.1 Technical....................................................... 11.1 12.4 12.1 3.4 17.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 10.6 4.7 9.6 4.2 Sales............................................................. 5.9 11.0 5.8 7.4 6.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 6.9 2.9 4.7 3.4 Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 6.8 4.4 3.1 4.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 11.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.6 3.5 7.7 5.6 7.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 6.7 5.7 5.9 11.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.2 8.0 3.6 5.2 10.4 Service............................................................. 5.0 13.0 5.4 6.1 9.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.45 $10.00 $15.45 $24.70 $34.39 All excluding sales........................... 7.70 10.39 16.00 25.00 35.00 White collar.................................... 9.00 12.41 19.61 29.93 40.24 White collar excluding sales................ 10.25 13.70 21.85 31.21 41.59 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.85 22.04 27.03 34.17 42.26 Professional specialty...................... 20.27 24.60 29.00 35.63 43.76 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.59 26.75 33.74 42.03 53.06 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.62 39.62 50.50 52.29 57.75 Civil engineers......................... 26.83 34.90 39.32 44.42 52.00 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.53 28.84 35.94 44.00 54.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.70 25.37 27.72 33.05 44.17 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.70 25.37 27.72 33.05 44.17 Natural scientists........................ 14.04 17.31 22.39 37.68 48.80 Geologists and geodesists............... 30.34 38.45 44.28 51.28 54.92 Health related............................ 22.56 24.85 27.46 32.15 37.95 Registered nurses....................... 22.81 24.85 27.00 30.05 32.89 Pharmacists............................. 35.09 35.82 38.30 40.69 41.90 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.50 30.72 39.53 53.43 80.13 Other post-secondary teachers........... 27.93 32.50 47.28 65.71 90.29 Teachers, except college and university... 23.87 25.06 27.97 33.09 37.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.06 25.12 27.86 32.32 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 23.87 25.07 28.08 33.35 38.45 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 19.23 23.66 25.96 31.25 34.50 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.88 26.36 32.15 37.00 40.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 12.64 15.15 19.23 23.56 30.05 Librarians.............................. 12.64 15.15 19.23 23.56 30.05 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.45 13.04 14.48 18.42 23.56 Social workers.......................... 12.45 13.12 14.48 17.57 20.18 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.50 12.01 27.60 30.19 33.10 Technical................................... 13.10 15.54 19.50 24.88 33.89 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.15 16.26 19.83 23.01 24.85 Radiological technicians................ 14.99 17.51 21.88 26.12 42.75 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.44 14.73 16.00 17.31 18.36 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.50 15.75 18.60 21.09 24.39 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.50 14.00 21.00 27.23 27.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.10 20.02 22.48 32.26 38.61 Drafters................................ 15.60 18.00 23.83 30.00 38.50 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.45 12.45 15.08 21.90 27.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.91 21.64 31.00 43.26 53.98 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.61 26.41 34.33 45.17 58.79 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 23.22 27.46 35.44 72.11 Financial managers...................... 26.44 28.94 31.09 43.27 46.71 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $21.64 $31.49 $36.06 $51.83 $65.63 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.54 31.85 37.19 42.80 58.79 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.25 26.68 38.88 49.75 62.50 Management related........................ 15.86 17.60 23.42 36.78 47.25 Accountants and auditors................ 19.00 21.03 26.97 32.74 43.75 Other financial officers................ 19.68 28.85 44.90 55.29 55.67 Management analysts..................... 12.50 16.81 17.29 28.34 45.00 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.90 21.63 21.64 36.78 41.74 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 14.00 15.80 22.12 57.69 57.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 18.27 21.88 28.13 40.58 Sales......................................... 6.45 7.75 10.63 18.02 27.29 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.00 14.78 19.12 27.69 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 10.50 13.00 23.10 23.94 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 14.42 16.34 20.22 24.15 27.33 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 3.50 5.56 12.18 14.79 22.51 Sales workers, parts.................... 7.24 11.54 18.23 27.76 29.87 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.28 8.40 9.67 11.72 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.03 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.75 10.06 12.50 15.73 18.72 Supervisors, general office............. 11.31 12.74 14.95 17.55 19.47 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 15.39 15.39 16.00 25.51 25.51 Secretaries............................. 10.49 12.85 15.55 17.47 21.10 Receptionists........................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.00 12.00 12.60 13.20 19.23 Order clerks............................ 8.25 8.75 11.90 14.27 25.91 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.68 10.97 12.59 14.24 16.33 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.87 11.35 13.25 15.00 17.30 Dispatchers............................. 7.92 8.50 10.44 13.00 13.50 Production coordinators................. 11.22 13.00 20.50 23.56 24.01 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 9.99 12.00 15.80 16.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.10 13.12 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 12.98 15.00 20.35 23.70 General office clerks................... 8.17 9.74 11.66 15.66 19.11 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.82 10.50 13.36 15.28 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 9.75 11.00 13.00 14.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.93 13.03 15.88 17.56 Blue collar..................................... 7.70 9.80 13.52 19.26 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.71 13.50 18.27 24.36 26.75 Automobile mechanics.................... 8.26 10.00 17.49 23.59 33.52 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ $12.97 $14.50 $14.92 $18.84 $18.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.50 13.50 17.00 18.25 25.43 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 9.00 9.00 14.15 18.62 26.01 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.00 15.20 22.00 26.62 Electricians............................ 18.00 21.30 23.68 26.22 26.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.25 12.06 16.75 18.00 25.86 Structural metal workers................ 11.00 13.00 13.25 14.30 15.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 11.00 11.00 16.41 Supervisors, production................. 11.12 14.94 24.04 30.25 35.96 Machinists.............................. 12.25 16.46 19.08 23.50 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.99 25.86 27.23 27.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.06 10.00 13.25 17.50 22.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.65 12.20 16.97 22.80 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... 10.40 13.00 15.75 17.36 18.00 Assemblers.............................. 7.35 9.00 10.00 12.50 14.00 Transportation and material moving............ 7.50 9.23 12.00 17.06 22.74 Truck drivers........................... 9.52 10.75 13.17 19.10 23.17 Bus drivers............................. 10.20 11.51 14.73 16.83 19.08 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 8.75 10.00 12.00 14.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 8.75 10.00 14.08 22.80 24.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.80 9.30 12.09 17.04 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.27 9.25 9.95 11.42 13.31 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 8.50 9.99 11.52 13.00 17.54 Helpers, construction trades............ 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.52 11.69 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.55 18.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 6.00 7.00 10.27 13.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.25 10.50 14.30 20.69 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 8.95 12.06 15.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.25 8.16 9.18 13.83 13.83 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.25 7.80 9.50 15.75 18.10 Service......................................... 5.25 6.50 8.67 12.02 19.25 Protective service........................ 8.50 11.00 14.83 21.00 26.78 Firefighting............................ 14.68 15.44 17.26 20.64 20.64 Police and detectives, public service... 16.73 18.28 21.00 22.96 26.78 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.49 24.05 28.32 28.32 30.02 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.31 13.24 13.24 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 7.00 8.90 10.67 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.50 6.29 7.85 Waiters and waitresses.................. $2.13 $2.13 $2.13 $3.50 $7.98 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.30 7.66 9.65 11.63 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.50 8.25 9.91 10.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.80 7.25 9.25 10.10 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.00 7.19 9.01 10.74 Health service............................ 5.65 7.10 9.28 11.19 16.22 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.00 9.28 10.17 15.60 17.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.50 5.75 8.90 10.50 12.13 Cleaning and building service............. 5.40 6.00 7.38 8.88 11.84 Maids and housemen...................... 5.65 6.00 6.81 7.62 8.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 6.00 7.50 9.34 12.00 Personal service.......................... 5.75 7.50 9.75 16.69 30.74 Public transportation attendants........ 12.44 17.34 26.50 40.15 45.59 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.75 6.25 11.78 14.07 17.13 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.60 $14.85 $23.82 $34.33 All excluding sales........................... 7.05 10.00 15.55 24.30 35.26 White collar.................................... 8.60 12.00 18.75 29.57 42.03 White collar excluding sales................ 10.25 13.52 21.08 31.50 44.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.00 20.91 27.07 35.34 45.43 Professional specialty...................... 20.50 24.60 30.19 37.42 48.84 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.59 26.75 33.74 42.03 53.06 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.62 39.62 50.50 52.29 57.75 Civil engineers......................... 26.83 34.90 39.32 44.42 52.00 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.53 28.84 35.94 44.00 54.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.50 25.45 27.74 33.44 44.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.50 25.45 27.74 33.44 44.32 Natural scientists........................ 14.90 17.48 25.99 40.58 50.72 Geologists and geodesists............... 30.34 38.45 44.28 51.28 54.92 Health related............................ 22.50 24.34 27.00 32.00 37.95 Registered nurses....................... 22.67 24.34 26.46 29.61 32.16 Pharmacists............................. 35.27 36.30 39.48 41.46 42.26 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 12.50 13.47 20.19 28.85 35.24 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.75 10.15 17.16 19.23 21.64 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.50 11.05 27.60 30.19 36.73 Technical................................... 13.44 16.22 20.02 25.96 34.61 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 9.95 16.19 19.69 23.13 24.85 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.57 14.80 16.02 17.50 18.39 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.00 15.80 18.50 20.50 23.49 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 20.02 20.02 26.27 37.40 38.61 Drafters................................ 15.60 18.00 23.83 30.00 38.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.81 22.05 31.49 44.95 55.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.80 28.17 35.84 48.28 62.74 Financial managers...................... 26.44 28.94 34.94 43.27 46.71 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.64 31.49 36.06 51.83 65.63 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.74 29.74 44.22 47.63 57.28 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.60 29.23 42.11 49.79 62.50 Management related........................ 15.80 18.00 24.49 37.00 48.56 Accountants and auditors................ 19.00 21.03 26.97 32.74 43.75 Other financial officers................ 19.68 28.85 44.90 55.29 55.67 Management analysts..................... $12.50 $16.81 $17.29 $28.34 $45.00 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 14.00 15.80 22.12 57.69 57.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 18.17 21.88 28.85 40.58 Sales......................................... 6.40 7.70 10.63 18.02 27.29 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.00 14.78 19.12 27.69 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 9.00 10.50 13.00 23.10 23.94 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 14.42 16.34 20.22 24.15 27.33 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 3.50 5.56 12.18 14.79 22.51 Sales workers, parts.................... 7.24 11.54 18.23 27.76 29.87 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.28 8.40 9.67 11.72 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.40 8.85 10.35 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.72 10.25 12.80 16.14 19.73 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 15.39 15.39 16.00 25.51 25.51 Secretaries............................. 10.49 13.52 16.25 18.50 22.81 Receptionists........................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.00 12.00 12.60 13.46 19.23 Order clerks............................ 8.25 8.75 11.90 14.27 25.91 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.54 9.75 12.61 14.00 17.20 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.87 11.49 13.25 15.00 17.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 9.99 11.50 15.65 15.80 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.00 9.00 10.40 12.50 13.63 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 12.98 15.30 20.35 23.79 General office clerks................... 8.17 10.50 12.65 17.99 21.08 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.82 10.50 13.36 15.28 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 9.75 11.00 13.00 14.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.50 13.03 16.00 17.50 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 9.65 13.75 19.70 24.99 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.65 14.00 18.83 24.52 26.93 Automobile mechanics.................... 8.26 10.00 17.49 25.69 33.52 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.48 14.50 14.74 15.00 16.12 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.50 13.50 17.00 18.25 25.43 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 9.00 9.00 14.15 18.62 26.01 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.00 15.75 22.00 26.62 Electricians............................ 21.30 21.30 23.68 26.22 26.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.25 12.06 17.00 18.00 25.86 Structural metal workers................ 11.00 13.00 13.25 14.30 15.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 7.45 11.00 11.00 Supervisors, production................. $11.12 $16.40 $25.35 $31.25 $36.44 Machinists.............................. 12.25 16.46 19.08 23.50 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.99 25.86 27.23 27.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.06 10.00 13.25 17.50 22.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.65 12.20 16.97 22.80 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... 10.40 13.00 15.75 17.36 18.00 Assemblers.............................. 7.35 9.00 10.00 12.50 14.00 Transportation and material moving............ 7.25 9.00 12.00 17.55 22.80 Truck drivers........................... 9.80 10.75 13.35 19.40 23.82 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 8.75 10.00 12.00 14.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 8.50 10.70 14.08 22.80 24.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.40 7.50 9.10 12.41 17.30 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 8.00 8.50 12.00 13.00 17.54 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.55 18.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 6.00 7.00 10.27 13.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.25 10.50 14.30 20.69 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 8.05 12.06 15.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.25 8.16 9.18 13.83 13.83 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.25 7.25 9.00 15.75 18.10 Service......................................... 5.15 5.65 7.25 9.31 12.00 Protective service........................ 6.25 8.00 9.09 11.00 11.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.04 6.50 8.50 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.50 6.29 7.85 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 7.98 Other food service....................... 5.50 6.00 7.50 9.53 12.00 Cooks................................... 6.50 7.50 8.25 9.91 10.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.75 7.25 9.25 10.10 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 5.55 6.25 7.14 11.03 Health service............................ 5.25 5.65 8.26 10.23 11.75 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.87 8.00 9.25 10.92 12.63 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 5.15 5.65 7.70 9.87 11.25 Cleaning and building service............. $5.35 $5.75 $6.90 $8.00 $10.97 Maids and housemen...................... 5.65 6.00 6.81 7.62 8.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 5.45 6.75 8.00 9.52 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.25 9.23 18.52 37.96 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.28 $11.77 $17.45 $26.78 $34.44 All excluding sales........................... 9.28 11.78 17.55 26.78 34.50 White collar.................................... 10.20 13.78 23.88 30.53 37.22 White collar excluding sales................ 10.27 13.85 24.06 30.55 37.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.54 23.87 26.98 32.86 38.68 Professional specialty...................... 19.50 24.63 27.70 33.34 38.94 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 23.73 25.99 28.16 34.43 38.30 Registered nurses....................... 23.73 25.79 27.48 30.75 34.63 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.73 30.54 38.80 49.85 71.96 Teachers, except college and university... 23.87 25.12 28.13 33.19 37.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.20 25.20 27.86 32.31 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 24.06 25.12 27.97 33.29 38.20 Vocational and educational counselors... 25.06 27.57 32.15 37.11 40.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 12.56 13.25 17.01 22.60 29.61 Librarians.............................. 12.56 13.25 17.01 22.60 29.61 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.45 13.43 14.85 18.88 20.18 Social workers.......................... 12.45 13.43 14.85 18.88 20.18 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.45 12.45 15.73 20.48 26.45 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.91 19.61 27.21 36.56 41.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.91 22.54 29.99 37.46 42.31 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 16.91 26.62 33.20 38.49 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.54 31.96 36.99 41.56 58.79 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.86 9.65 11.66 14.24 16.73 Secretaries............................. 10.23 11.34 13.83 15.53 17.05 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.27 11.88 12.48 15.49 16.32 General office clerks................... 8.07 9.01 11.03 12.68 14.80 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.85 11.32 13.20 15.81 17.59 Blue collar..................................... 9.58 11.36 12.33 16.07 18.87 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.74 12.22 14.49 18.84 20.85 Transportation and material moving............ $9.23 $10.48 $13.35 $16.83 $16.83 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.69 9.84 11.36 11.68 13.66 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.64 9.69 10.54 12.01 13.31 Service......................................... 7.94 9.63 12.83 18.28 24.10 Protective service........................ 11.78 13.24 17.87 22.24 28.32 Firefighting............................ 14.68 15.44 17.26 20.64 20.64 Police and detectives, public service... 16.73 18.28 21.00 22.96 26.78 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.49 24.05 28.32 28.32 30.02 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.31 13.24 13.24 Food service.............................. 7.05 7.33 8.39 9.65 10.76 Other food service....................... 7.05 7.33 8.39 9.65 10.76 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.09 7.55 8.52 9.75 10.71 Health service............................ 8.97 9.28 10.46 15.60 18.01 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.28 9.28 12.88 16.91 18.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.51 9.39 10.10 11.72 18.01 Cleaning and building service............. $7.49 $7.81 $9.53 $11.37 $12.46 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.54 7.86 9.53 11.39 12.47 Personal service.......................... 7.69 8.88 10.71 14.07 16.74 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.33 $10.90 $16.34 $25.23 $35.26 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.06 16.81 25.51 35.70 White collar.................................... 9.70 12.93 20.35 30.24 40.56 White collar excluding sales................ 10.41 13.90 22.25 31.27 41.83 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.00 22.23 27.09 34.24 42.40 Professional specialty...................... 20.52 24.70 29.25 35.84 44.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.59 26.75 33.74 42.03 53.06 Petroleum engineers..................... 29.62 39.62 50.50 52.29 57.75 Civil engineers......................... 26.83 34.90 39.32 44.42 52.00 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.53 28.84 35.94 44.00 54.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.70 25.37 27.72 33.05 44.17 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.70 25.37 27.72 33.05 44.17 Natural scientists........................ 14.04 17.31 22.39 37.68 48.80 Geologists and geodesists............... 30.34 38.45 44.28 51.28 54.92 Health related............................ 22.60 24.85 27.61 32.16 38.30 Registered nurses....................... 22.95 24.85 27.07 30.29 33.08 Pharmacists............................. 34.85 36.30 39.01 40.87 42.26 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.64 31.05 40.28 55.29 81.73 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.24 33.65 48.08 67.54 91.62 Teachers, except college and university... 23.87 25.12 28.13 33.17 37.22 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.06 25.12 27.86 32.32 36.24 Secondary school teachers............... 23.87 25.07 28.08 33.35 38.45 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.19 23.88 26.38 31.50 34.50 Vocational and educational counselors... 23.64 26.63 32.15 37.07 40.74 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 12.64 15.15 18.87 24.04 30.96 Librarians.............................. 12.64 15.15 18.87 24.04 30.96 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.45 13.04 14.48 18.42 23.56 Social workers.......................... 12.45 13.12 14.48 17.57 20.18 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 8.50 12.01 29.31 30.29 36.73 Technical................................... 13.04 15.57 19.56 25.00 33.89 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 10.04 16.19 19.84 23.01 24.85 Radiological technicians................ 14.99 17.51 21.88 26.12 42.75 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.44 14.73 16.00 17.31 18.36 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.50 15.96 18.63 21.09 24.39 Electrical and electronic technicians... 12.50 14.00 21.00 27.23 27.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 18.10 20.02 22.48 32.26 38.61 Drafters................................ 15.60 18.00 23.83 30.00 38.50 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.45 12.45 15.08 21.90 27.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.91 21.64 31.01 43.27 53.98 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.61 26.44 34.33 45.17 58.79 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.37 23.22 27.46 35.44 72.11 Financial managers...................... 26.44 28.94 31.09 43.27 46.71 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $21.64 $31.49 $36.06 $51.83 $65.63 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.54 31.85 37.19 42.80 58.79 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 20.40 26.68 39.12 49.75 62.50 Management related........................ 15.86 17.60 23.42 36.78 47.25 Accountants and auditors................ 19.00 21.03 26.97 32.74 43.75 Other financial officers................ 19.68 28.85 44.90 55.29 55.67 Management analysts..................... 12.50 16.81 17.29 28.34 45.00 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.90 21.63 21.64 36.78 41.74 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products................. 14.00 15.80 22.12 57.69 57.69 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.38 18.27 21.88 28.13 40.58 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.80 12.50 19.38 29.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.00 14.78 19.12 27.69 35.88 Sales, other business services.......... 10.00 11.50 13.00 23.10 25.98 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 14.42 16.34 20.22 24.15 27.33 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats. 3.50 5.56 12.18 14.79 22.51 Sales workers, parts.................... 7.24 11.54 18.23 27.76 29.87 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.50 8.40 9.90 11.80 Cashiers................................ 8.24 8.67 9.60 10.35 12.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.86 10.18 12.56 15.83 18.75 Supervisors, general office............. 11.31 12.74 14.95 17.55 19.47 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 15.39 15.39 16.00 25.51 25.51 Secretaries............................. 10.49 12.93 15.53 17.35 21.11 Receptionists........................... 9.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 Order clerks............................ 8.25 8.75 11.90 14.27 25.91 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.68 10.97 12.59 14.24 16.33 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.87 11.35 13.25 15.00 17.30 Dispatchers............................. 7.92 8.50 10.44 13.00 13.50 Production coordinators................. 11.22 13.00 20.50 23.56 24.01 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.44 9.99 12.00 15.80 16.00 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.75 9.00 10.50 12.50 13.12 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.00 13.00 15.12 20.35 24.00 General office clerks................... 8.17 9.74 11.66 15.67 19.11 Data entry keyers....................... 9.53 10.00 12.00 14.81 14.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.95 13.03 16.00 17.58 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 14.00 19.69 24.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.75 18.62 24.36 26.75 Automobile mechanics.................... 8.26 10.00 17.49 23.59 33.52 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.97 14.50 14.92 18.84 18.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $12.50 $13.50 $17.00 $18.25 $25.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.75 12.00 15.20 22.00 26.62 Electricians............................ 18.00 21.30 23.68 26.22 26.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 10.25 12.06 16.75 18.00 25.86 Structural metal workers................ 11.00 13.00 13.25 14.30 15.00 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 7.45 7.45 11.00 11.00 16.41 Supervisors, production................. 11.12 14.94 24.09 30.25 35.96 Machinists.............................. 12.25 16.46 19.08 23.50 25.43 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c..................... 24.52 24.99 25.86 27.23 27.46 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.06 10.00 13.25 17.47 22.80 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.55 12.20 16.97 22.80 22.80 Welders and cutters..................... 10.40 13.00 15.75 17.36 18.00 Assemblers.............................. 7.42 9.00 10.00 12.50 14.00 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 9.80 12.25 17.50 22.74 Truck drivers........................... 9.53 10.75 13.34 19.10 23.17 Bus drivers............................. 10.70 12.28 15.38 16.83 19.08 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 7.75 8.75 10.00 12.00 14.26 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 8.75 10.07 14.08 22.80 24.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 9.50 12.81 17.30 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.27 9.25 9.95 11.42 13.31 Helpers, mechanics and repairers........ 8.50 9.99 11.52 13.00 17.54 Helpers, construction trades............ 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.52 11.69 Production helpers...................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.55 18.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.40 7.00 9.00 12.41 14.65 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.45 9.25 10.50 15.84 20.77 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 7.00 9.25 12.06 15.75 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.25 8.16 9.18 13.83 13.83 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.60 7.80 9.81 17.00 18.10 Service......................................... 6.00 7.50 9.91 13.72 21.00 Protective service........................ 11.00 12.47 17.56 21.39 26.78 Police and detectives, public service... 16.73 18.28 21.00 22.96 26.78 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 18.49 24.05 28.32 28.32 30.02 Correctional institution officers....... 10.77 11.75 12.31 13.24 13.24 Guards and police, except public service 9.26 10.25 11.00 11.50 13.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.25 7.80 10.00 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.50 6.50 8.65 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.21 3.50 12.00 Other food service....................... 6.42 7.25 8.50 10.10 12.00 Cooks................................... 7.30 7.50 8.50 10.00 10.50 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.70 6.50 8.00 10.00 10.17 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $6.97 $7.21 $8.46 $10.10 $11.80 Health service............................ 7.39 8.84 9.83 12.01 16.91 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.00 9.28 10.34 15.60 17.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.35 8.42 9.65 11.02 13.13 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.85 7.76 9.77 12.52 Maids and housemen...................... 5.70 6.15 6.85 7.71 8.03 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.50 8.51 10.81 13.84 Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.28 10.86 17.13 33.48 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 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, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.60 $6.75 $9.00 $12.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.50 6.50 9.36 13.75 White collar.................................... 6.15 6.75 8.00 11.00 21.85 White collar excluding sales................ 7.90 9.50 13.00 21.34 27.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.00 19.03 24.00 27.45 35.27 Professional specialty...................... 10.00 19.48 24.00 27.46 35.27 Health related............................ 21.85 24.00 26.41 30.69 35.27 Registered nurses....................... 22.56 24.00 25.61 27.00 28.57 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.34 19.50 19.50 23.50 31.25 Teachers, except college and university... 7.75 8.00 10.15 13.47 13.47 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.80 8.80 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.44 9.67 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 6.81 7.50 8.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.30 8.75 10.00 12.58 16.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.50 10.00 13.77 14.90 16.91 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.50 6.50 9.00 10.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.25 5.65 6.50 9.10 10.94 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.30 5.88 6.50 7.95 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.00 8.66 10.35 11.50 14.30 Service......................................... 4.74 5.25 5.75 7.50 9.50 Protective service........................ 5.60 7.50 8.50 9.75 11.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 4.50 5.55 6.50 7.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.26 4.70 6.80 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 4.70 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.50 6.00 6.73 7.70 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.15 5.75 6.83 7.70 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.40 5.50 5.68 6.50 7.00 Health service............................ 5.15 5.25 5.65 6.00 9.60 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.50 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, December 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 884,300 682,200 202,100 All excluding sales............................................. 806,900 605,500 201,400 White collar........................................................ 494,400 354,200 140,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 417,000 277,500 139,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 203,200 117,000 86,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 162,400 82,100 80,300 Technical....................................................... 40,800 34,900 5,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 68,800 55,200 13,600 Sales............................................................. 77,400 76,800 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 144,900 105,300 39,600 Blue collar......................................................... 245,000 226,700 18,300 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 92,500 85,700 6,800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 41,100 41,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 51,700 45,700 6,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 59,700 54,200 - Service............................................................. 145,000 101,400 43,600 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.