NC BL 12/00/2008 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, Bulletin, August 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $13.07 5.1 34.5 $11.16 4.3 33.4 $20.32 11.5 39.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.54 5.9 38.9 24.74 8.9 39.3 26.14 7.3 38.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 30.75 8.1 42.5 30.02 10.7 43.9 32.13 11.9 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 24.42 8.9 38.3 22.78 8.7 37.9 25.42 11.7 38.5 Service............................................................. 7.99 2.6 28.5 7.07 1.9 26.8 12.49 10.2 40.7 Sales and office.................................................... 10.51 4.5 35.6 10.17 4.9 35.2 13.32 4.1 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 10.66 9.1 33.3 10.67 9.1 33.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 10.40 4.2 37.4 9.75 4.3 37.1 13.38 3.6 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.83 5.6 39.9 12.97 6.0 39.9 11.55 7.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 10.82 2.0 39.7 10.68 1.9 39.6 11.69 7.6 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.64 12.1 40.3 16.79 12.3 40.3 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.12 6.8 37.8 9.98 6.9 37.8 13.91 7.6 40.0 Production........................................................ 11.73 5.2 37.9 11.52 5.4 37.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.13 8.0 37.8 9.06 8.1 37.8 – – – Full time........................................................... 14.47 5.9 39.5 12.42 5.1 39.3 20.39 11.4 40.1 Part time........................................................... 7.30 1.7 22.5 7.22 1.6 22.7 14.32 20.8 13.4 Union............................................................... 17.94 25.6 40.0 15.10 28.6 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 13.00 5.1 34.4 11.10 4.3 33.3 20.21 11.7 39.2 Time................................................................ 12.75 5.2 34.2 10.61 4.1 33.0 20.32 11.5 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 19.48 13.0 41.1 19.48 13.0 41.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.30 1.6 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 10.95 5.1 32.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 10.87 5.6 35.5 10.64 5.9 35.4 17.54 9.1 38.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.09 6.8 32.0 11.14 6.9 30.6 16.51 11.6 40.6 500 workers or more................................................. 17.70 9.6 35.6 12.94 4.9 32.4 21.89 14.5 38.9 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.07 5.1 $14.47 5.9 $7.30 1.7 Management occupations.............................................. 32.69 11.1 32.69 11.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.32 10.8 26.32 10.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.26 27.1 18.26 27.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.41 21.8 20.41 21.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.39 21.5 29.39 21.5 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.39 21.5 29.39 21.5 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.26 5.9 12.26 5.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.28 10.8 25.47 10.4 15.00 30.4 Level 9 .................................................. 31.12 1.1 31.15 1.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.67 .9 29.67 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.19 1.4 31.19 1.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 1.2 31.34 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.32 1.4 31.32 1.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 3.5 30.85 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.52 6.2 30.52 6.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.27 1.3 31.27 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.26 1.3 31.26 1.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.25 1.2 31.25 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.26 1.3 31.26 1.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.87 4.2 10.96 4.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.30 14.9 27.64 15.8 19.55 11.0 Level 4 .................................................. 18.65 10.6 17.34 12.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 21.77 19.5 21.77 19.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.33 18.3 45.33 18.3 – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.68 2.5 31.68 2.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.43 12.6 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.62 4.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.58 7.7 8.16 13.5 6.63 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.33 4.4 7.65 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 7.19 4.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.89 1.9 7.07 4.8 6.67 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.03 3.5 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 6.61 .6 – – 6.63 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.64 2.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.94 5.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.52 13.0 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 9.52 13.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.13 16.8 15.13 16.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.06 8.6 14.06 8.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.63 6.8 6.64 9.0 6.63 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.22 4.7 5.83 7.7 6.44 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.88 12.5 6.99 14.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.19 5.2 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.15 7.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.81 4.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.94 6.0 3.19 9.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 4.39 8.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 19.7 2.98 18.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.29 4.0 8.09 9.1 6.77 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.76 3.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.31 4.2 8.09 9.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.77 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.95 5.8 9.03 6.2 8.16 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 6.6 – – 8.10 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 3.5 8.43 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.22 2.8 10.22 2.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.87 6.2 8.96 6.6 8.16 6.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 6.9 – – 8.10 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.32 4.3 8.32 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.23 4.5 9.31 4.4 8.33 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.95 9.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.49 3.7 8.49 3.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 2.4 8.41 10.8 6.80 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.76 1.7 – – 6.79 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.78 1.9 – – 6.66 2.9 Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.78 .8 – – 6.78 .8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.66 9.1 11.65 11.1 7.85 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 2.8 8.50 2.4 7.30 4.5 Level 3 .................................................. 8.93 10.1 9.15 11.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.97 7.5 10.91 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.90 19.5 10.90 19.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.91 22.7 15.91 22.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.47 18.5 12.47 18.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.07 1.9 9.78 3.8 7.86 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.72 3.6 8.25 .4 7.26 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.93 10.1 9.15 11.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.24 6.4 11.18 7.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.20 5.6 8.97 4.2 7.63 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 9.5 – – 7.34 7.6 Cashiers...................................................... 8.20 5.6 8.97 4.2 7.63 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 9.5 – – 7.34 7.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.79 13.3 10.11 11.4 8.50 15.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.50 6.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.87 8.7 11.88 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.40 4.2 10.65 4.2 8.05 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.58 7.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 4.7 8.56 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.51 3.8 9.57 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.08 2.3 11.81 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.16 7.7 13.16 7.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.23 6.7 9.28 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.87 8.9 8.94 9.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 9.63 2.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.83 11.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.64 5.6 11.81 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.53 2.2 9.67 2.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.58 1.8 9.71 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 4.0 9.39 3.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.31 3.6 13.31 3.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.11 6.1 9.31 6.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.02 4.9 8.02 5.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.82 2.0 10.84 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.84 3.9 7.84 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.69 10.7 8.69 10.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.38 13.9 9.46 14.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.52 2.9 14.52 2.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.64 12.1 16.62 12.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.47 12.3 15.34 13.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.73 5.2 12.17 6.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 3.8 7.85 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.03 4.0 10.03 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.74 15.8 12.74 15.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.59 1.5 14.70 8.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.11 2.7 17.11 2.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.52 16.9 9.52 16.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.95 5.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.13 8.0 9.18 8.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 3.3 6.96 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.36 6.4 8.41 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.96 5.2 8.96 5.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.06 7.6 8.06 7.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.55 3.1 7.48 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 4.5 6.80 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.97 3.5 7.97 3.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.88 2.7 7.81 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.55 3.4 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $11.16 4.3 $12.42 5.1 $7.22 1.6 Management occupations.............................................. 30.35 14.9 30.35 14.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.97 11.6 28.97 11.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.26 27.1 18.26 27.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.23 17.1 28.64 18.3 19.55 11.0 Level 4 .................................................. 18.65 10.6 17.34 12.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.17 1.4 32.17 1.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.43 12.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.53 7.9 8.12 14.2 6.63 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.33 4.4 7.65 8.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.94 2.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.89 1.9 7.07 4.8 6.67 1.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.03 3.5 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 6.61 .6 – – 6.63 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.64 2.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.94 5.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.50 8.0 6.34 12.0 6.63 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.21 4.8 5.78 8.3 6.44 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.26 16.3 6.23 24.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 7.19 5.2 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.15 7.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.81 4.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.94 6.0 3.19 9.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 4.39 8.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 19.7 2.98 18.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.06 2.4 – – 6.77 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 6.74 3.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.08 2.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.75 3.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.21 9.1 8.20 10.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.14 6.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.99 6.5 7.90 7.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.34 7.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.55 6.8 8.56 7.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 2.4 8.43 11.4 6.80 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.76 1.7 – – 6.79 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.74 1.6 – – 6.66 2.9 Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.78 .8 – – 6.78 .8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.67 9.1 11.67 11.1 7.85 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.87 2.9 8.49 2.5 7.30 4.5 Level 3 .................................................. 8.93 10.1 9.15 11.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.97 7.5 10.91 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 10.90 19.5 10.90 19.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.91 22.7 15.91 22.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.47 18.5 12.47 18.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.08 2.0 9.79 3.9 7.86 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.70 3.7 – – 7.26 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.93 10.1 9.15 11.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.24 6.4 11.18 7.4 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.20 5.7 8.98 4.4 7.63 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.82 9.9 – – 7.34 7.6 Cashiers...................................................... 8.20 5.7 8.98 4.4 7.63 6.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 13.9 – – 7.77 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.82 9.9 – – 7.34 7.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.79 13.3 10.11 11.4 8.50 15.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.50 6.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.87 8.7 11.88 10.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 4.3 9.98 4.3 7.87 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.58 7.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.34 5.0 8.44 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.49 3.9 9.55 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.78 3.5 11.38 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.21 14.3 12.21 14.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 6.6 9.05 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.87 8.9 8.94 9.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.83 11.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.74 1.3 9.86 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.53 2.2 9.67 2.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.58 1.8 9.71 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 4.0 9.39 3.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 8.43 4.9 8.64 6.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.68 1.9 10.70 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.69 10.7 8.69 10.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.79 12.3 16.77 12.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.47 12.3 15.34 13.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.52 5.4 11.96 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 3.8 7.85 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.03 4.0 10.03 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.74 15.8 12.74 15.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.56 1.6 14.83 9.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.52 16.9 9.52 16.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.95 5.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.06 8.1 9.12 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.12 3.3 6.96 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.36 6.4 8.41 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 4.4 8.76 4.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.06 7.6 8.06 7.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.55 3.1 7.48 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 4.5 6.80 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.97 3.5 7.97 3.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.88 2.7 7.81 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.55 3.4 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.32 11.5 $20.39 11.4 $14.32 20.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 21.3 23.38 21.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.57 9.9 26.70 9.4 18.06 31.7 Level 9 .................................................. 31.12 1.1 31.15 1.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.22 1.2 31.22 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.19 1.4 31.19 1.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 1.2 31.34 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.32 1.4 31.32 1.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 3.5 30.85 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.52 6.2 30.52 6.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.27 1.3 31.27 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.26 1.3 31.26 1.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.25 1.2 31.25 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.26 1.3 31.26 1.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.36 3.8 11.36 3.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.33 15.8 17.33 15.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 2.2 9.59 2.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.57 2.6 9.61 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.57 2.6 9.61 2.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.38 3.6 13.41 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 3.2 12.94 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.01 7.4 14.01 7.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.14 4.0 14.14 4.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.88 3.0 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.69 7.6 11.69 7.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.07 5.1 $14.47 5.9 $7.30 1.7 Management occupations.............................................. 32.69 11.1 32.69 11.1 – – Group III................................................. 36.71 11.5 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.32 10.8 26.32 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.79 7.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.10 7.3 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.26 27.1 18.26 27.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.41 21.8 20.41 21.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.51 6.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.39 21.5 29.39 21.5 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.39 21.5 29.39 21.5 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.26 5.9 12.26 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 12.26 5.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.28 10.8 25.47 10.4 15.00 30.4 Group I................................................... 8.20 10.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.33 21.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.20 3.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.67 .9 29.67 .9 – – Group III................................................. 31.19 1.4 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 1.2 31.34 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.32 1.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Group III................................................. 31.77 .4 31.77 .4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 3.5 30.85 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 30.52 6.2 30.52 6.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.27 1.3 31.27 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 31.26 1.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.25 1.2 31.25 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.26 1.3 31.26 1.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.87 4.2 10.96 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 8.20 10.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.30 14.9 27.64 15.8 19.55 11.0 Group I................................................... 16.06 7.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.91 13.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.33 18.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.68 2.5 31.68 2.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.43 12.6 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.62 4.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.58 7.7 8.16 13.5 6.63 1.3 Group I................................................... 7.58 7.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.89 1.9 7.07 4.8 6.67 1.1 Group I................................................... 6.89 1.9 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 6.61 .6 – – 6.63 1.0 Group I................................................... 6.61 .6 – – 6.63 1.0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.94 5.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.94 5.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.52 13.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.52 13.0 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 9.52 13.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.52 13.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.13 16.8 15.13 16.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.95 20.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.90 19.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.63 6.8 6.64 9.0 6.63 5.5 Group I................................................... 6.63 6.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.19 5.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.19 5.2 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.15 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.15 7.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.81 4.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.81 4.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.94 6.0 3.19 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 3.94 6.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 19.7 2.98 18.7 – – Group I................................................... 2.93 19.7 2.98 18.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.29 4.0 8.09 9.1 6.77 1.5 Group I................................................... 7.29 4.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.31 4.2 8.09 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 7.31 4.2 8.09 9.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.95 5.8 9.03 6.2 8.16 6.6 Group I................................................... 8.77 6.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.87 6.2 8.96 6.6 8.16 6.6 Group I................................................... 8.86 6.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.23 4.5 9.31 4.4 8.33 11.1 Group I................................................... 9.23 4.8 9.32 4.8 8.33 11.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 2.4 8.41 10.8 6.80 .8 Group I................................................... 6.93 2.1 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 6.78 .8 – – 6.78 .8 Group I................................................... 6.78 .8 – – 6.78 .8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.66 9.1 11.65 11.1 7.85 2.6 Group I................................................... 9.16 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 12.48 18.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.91 22.7 15.91 22.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.47 18.5 12.47 18.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.07 1.9 9.78 3.8 7.86 2.7 Group I................................................... 9.01 2.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.20 5.6 8.97 4.2 7.63 6.7 Group I................................................... 8.09 6.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.20 5.6 8.97 4.2 7.63 6.7 Group I................................................... 8.09 6.1 8.80 4.5 7.57 6.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.79 13.3 10.11 11.4 8.50 15.8 Group I................................................... 9.83 16.3 10.04 14.9 8.79 19.4 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.40 4.2 10.65 4.2 8.05 6.9 Group I................................................... 9.45 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 13.70 5.6 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.23 6.7 9.28 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.29 7.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 9.63 2.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.83 11.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.78 12.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.64 5.6 11.81 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.95 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.21 4.6 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.58 1.8 9.71 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.58 1.8 9.71 1.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.31 3.6 13.31 3.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.11 6.1 9.31 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.72 5.2 8.86 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.82 2.0 10.84 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.89 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.21 3.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.64 12.1 16.62 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.98 12.9 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.73 5.2 12.17 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.17 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.43 1.7 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.33 13.2 12.33 13.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.52 16.9 9.52 16.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.95 5.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.13 8.0 9.18 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 8.71 6.4 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.06 7.6 8.06 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 8.06 7.6 8.06 7.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.55 3.1 7.48 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 7.55 3.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.88 2.7 7.81 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 7.88 2.7 7.81 3.0 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. See appendix A 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.10 $9.49 $14.38 $28.04 Management occupations.............................................. 18.96 22.19 34.80 42.44 45.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.96 19.27 27.63 33.65 33.65 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.75 8.00 12.00 28.44 33.17 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.39 12.74 16.03 29.04 36.72 Counselors........................................................ 15.31 18.41 36.72 36.72 36.72 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.31 18.41 36.72 36.72 36.72 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.36 11.20 12.02 13.58 14.93 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.84 12.13 30.58 32.62 37.22 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.73 27.45 31.28 32.62 34.95 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.57 27.62 31.28 33.23 37.78 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 31.28 31.28 31.47 40.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.47 26.73 31.04 34.19 37.22 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.93 10.84 11.19 12.13 12.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.95 14.38 18.37 28.85 39.44 Registered nurses................................................. 24.26 28.85 33.49 34.19 35.83 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.35 10.35 11.70 14.65 25.49 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.90 17.00 18.00 18.50 19.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.20 6.35 6.75 8.00 9.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.20 6.35 6.55 7.09 8.00 Home health aides............................................... 6.10 6.35 6.55 7.00 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.55 6.90 8.00 8.79 8.79 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 6.29 8.00 9.00 9.00 14.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 6.29 8.00 9.00 9.00 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.55 10.77 13.74 17.17 26.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 6.15 6.55 7.55 8.92 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.55 6.80 8.30 8.40 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.00 6.55 6.60 8.30 8.40 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.85 6.20 6.35 7.90 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 3.85 5.85 5.85 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.50 3.65 4.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 6.55 6.57 7.70 9.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.15 6.55 6.57 7.70 9.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.55 7.50 8.80 10.36 10.36 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.55 7.60 8.80 10.36 10.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.97 8.35 9.34 10.36 10.36 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 6.85 7.33 7.60 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.85 6.60 6.85 7.15 7.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 7.40 8.75 11.15 17.82 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.39 9.50 10.11 21.75 28.40 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.39 9.02 9.50 15.57 21.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 6.95 8.00 9.60 12.41 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.87 7.50 9.00 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.87 7.50 9.00 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.80 7.50 8.25 10.35 13.80 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.00 8.00 9.89 12.18 14.21 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.72 7.10 9.00 11.00 12.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.20 8.45 9.50 10.80 11.07 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.55 6.85 7.23 9.50 11.72 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.50 9.00 11.51 14.10 14.10 Medical secretaries............................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.69 11.87 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.00 12.50 14.10 14.10 14.36 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.80 7.50 8.00 10.37 12.78 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.50 8.00 10.39 13.50 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 11.45 15.00 17.82 29.60 Production occupations.............................................. 7.00 8.00 10.75 15.40 17.00 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.55 6.55 8.15 9.50 19.20 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.50 7.00 10.61 11.60 14.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 7.00 8.30 9.59 14.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.55 7.00 8.00 9.40 9.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.95 6.64 7.50 8.30 9.59 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.75 6.75 7.55 8.45 9.88 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.35 $6.85 $8.45 $11.65 $17.85 Management occupations.............................................. 17.84 19.78 22.19 43.00 48.88 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.94 25.53 33.65 33.65 33.65 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.75 8.00 12.00 28.44 33.17 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.95 14.38 18.50 31.00 59.74 Registered nurses................................................. 25.85 29.77 33.49 34.19 35.83 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 10.35 10.35 11.70 14.65 25.49 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.20 6.35 6.75 8.00 9.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.20 6.35 6.55 7.09 8.00 Home health aides............................................... 6.10 6.35 6.55 7.00 7.35 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.55 6.90 8.00 8.79 8.79 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.25 6.00 6.55 7.05 8.40 Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.55 6.80 8.30 8.40 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.00 6.55 6.60 8.30 8.40 Food preparation workers.......................................... 5.85 6.20 6.35 7.90 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 3.85 5.85 5.85 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.50 3.65 4.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 6.55 6.55 7.05 9.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.15 6.55 6.55 7.05 9.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.55 6.55 7.00 8.80 11.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.55 6.73 7.50 8.80 11.04 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.55 6.97 8.10 9.82 11.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 6.85 7.33 7.59 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.85 6.60 6.85 7.15 7.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 7.35 8.75 11.18 17.82 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.39 9.50 10.11 21.75 28.40 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.39 9.02 9.50 15.57 21.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 6.95 8.00 9.60 12.41 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.87 7.50 9.10 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.87 7.50 9.10 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.80 7.50 8.25 10.35 13.80 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.85 7.70 9.00 10.80 13.09 Financial clerks.................................................. 6.66 7.00 9.00 9.95 12.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.55 6.85 7.23 9.50 11.72 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.13 8.59 9.00 10.80 12.50 Medical secretaries............................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.69 11.87 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.55 7.50 7.83 10.00 10.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.50 7.39 10.39 14.10 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 11.45 15.02 18.50 29.60 Production occupations.............................................. 6.92 8.00 10.40 15.39 16.79 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.55 6.55 8.15 9.50 19.20 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.50 7.00 10.61 11.60 14.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 7.00 8.20 9.50 14.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.55 7.00 8.00 9.40 9.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.95 6.64 7.50 8.30 9.59 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.75 6.75 7.55 8.45 9.88 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.62 $11.19 $15.03 $30.58 $36.72 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.02 15.31 18.41 36.72 36.72 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.84 12.13 30.58 32.62 38.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.90 30.37 31.28 32.62 35.25 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.57 27.62 31.28 33.23 37.78 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 31.28 31.28 31.47 40.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.47 26.73 31.04 34.19 37.22 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.84 10.84 11.19 12.13 12.13 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.40 12.26 15.03 21.86 27.36 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.35 8.56 10.06 10.36 10.36 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.35 8.56 10.36 10.36 10.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.35 8.56 10.36 10.36 10.36 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.51 12.00 13.71 14.10 16.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.71 13.71 14.10 14.10 15.34 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.38 12.00 12.78 13.59 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.55 10.40 11.47 12.36 15.38 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $8.25 $10.64 $16.03 $30.58 Management occupations.............................................. 18.96 22.19 34.80 42.44 45.80 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.96 19.27 27.63 33.65 33.65 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 7.75 8.00 12.00 28.44 33.17 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.39 12.74 16.03 29.04 36.72 Counselors........................................................ 15.31 18.41 36.72 36.72 36.72 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.31 18.41 36.72 36.72 36.72 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.36 11.20 12.02 13.58 14.93 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.84 12.13 30.58 32.62 37.54 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.73 27.45 31.28 32.62 34.95 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.57 27.62 31.28 33.23 37.78 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 31.28 31.28 31.47 40.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.47 26.73 31.04 34.19 37.22 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.08 30.51 32.62 32.62 32.62 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.06 10.84 11.19 12.13 12.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 9.95 14.38 18.00 29.87 59.74 Registered nurses................................................. 24.26 28.85 33.49 34.19 35.83 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.35 6.55 7.78 9.00 10.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.35 6.35 6.55 7.35 8.79 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.55 10.77 13.74 17.17 26.65 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.60 5.85 6.33 8.40 9.20 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 2.80 4.25 4.65 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.60 3.85 4.60 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.15 6.33 8.35 9.20 10.38 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.15 6.33 8.35 9.20 10.38 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.55 7.40 9.00 10.36 10.36 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.55 7.71 9.09 10.36 10.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.21 8.35 9.68 10.36 10.36 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 7.50 11.44 14.27 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.61 7.85 9.48 14.00 18.33 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.39 9.50 10.11 21.75 28.40 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.39 9.02 9.50 15.57 21.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.61 7.40 8.60 10.57 13.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.70 7.40 8.75 10.17 12.41 Cashiers...................................................... 6.70 7.40 8.75 10.17 12.41 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.85 7.50 8.51 10.56 14.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.00 8.40 10.00 12.59 14.36 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.00 7.38 9.00 11.12 12.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.63 9.00 11.71 14.10 14.21 Medical secretaries............................................. 7.65 9.00 9.00 10.80 11.95 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.00 12.50 14.10 14.10 14.36 Office clerks, general............................................ 6.80 7.50 8.86 10.39 12.78 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.50 8.00 10.39 13.50 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 11.45 14.99 17.65 29.60 Production occupations.............................................. 7.00 8.50 11.34 15.75 18.00 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 8.50 9.50 11.75 16.00 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 6.55 6.55 8.15 9.50 19.20 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 7.00 8.45 9.59 15.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 6.55 7.00 8.00 9.40 9.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.95 6.55 7.30 8.30 9.59 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.75 6.75 7.55 8.45 9.88 1 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. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.55 $6.85 $7.50 $8.25 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 5.15 6.00 9.32 28.00 31.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.70 11.94 19.00 25.00 28.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.10 6.20 6.60 7.05 7.09 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.10 6.20 6.60 7.05 7.09 Home health aides............................................... 6.10 6.20 6.60 7.05 7.09 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.85 6.50 6.55 6.80 7.70 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.55 6.57 6.90 7.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.55 7.50 7.84 8.00 11.04 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.55 7.50 7.84 8.00 11.04 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.55 6.55 7.50 11.04 11.04 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 6.85 7.15 7.50 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.85 6.60 6.85 7.15 7.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 6.87 7.50 8.25 10.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 6.82 7.40 8.40 10.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.80 7.40 8.00 9.85 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.80 7.40 8.00 9.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.37 6.82 7.60 10.00 12.43 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.55 6.60 7.23 8.50 9.30 1 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. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.47 $10.64 $572 $418 39.5 $27,930 $21,320 1,931 Management occupations.............................................. 32.69 34.80 1,427 1,396 43.6 69,621 62,531 2,129 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.32 27.63 1,053 1,105 40.0 54,754 57,468 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.26 12.00 730 480 40.0 37,976 24,960 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.41 16.03 816 641 40.0 39,122 35,258 1,916 Counselors........................................................ 29.39 36.72 1,173 1,469 39.9 50,540 57,583 1,719 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.39 36.72 1,173 1,469 39.9 50,540 57,583 1,719 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.26 12.02 491 481 40.0 25,511 25,000 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.47 30.58 1,014 1,223 39.8 34,853 42,130 1,368 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.67 31.28 1,181 1,251 39.8 39,986 46,590 1,348 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 31.28 1,244 1,251 39.7 40,611 46,801 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.77 31.28 1,257 1,251 39.6 36,945 46,801 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 31.04 1,229 1,221 39.8 46,055 45,676 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.27 32.62 1,245 1,305 39.8 39,886 48,792 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.25 32.62 1,244 1,305 39.8 39,855 48,792 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.96 11.19 436 448 39.8 14,747 16,742 1,345 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.64 18.00 1,095 720 39.6 56,223 37,440 2,034 Registered nurses................................................. 31.68 33.49 1,257 1,300 39.7 65,131 67,288 2,056 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.16 7.78 278 262 34.1 14,478 13,624 1,773 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.07 6.55 223 184 31.6 11,616 9,555 1,643 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.13 13.74 646 601 42.7 33,603 31,262 2,221 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.64 6.33 237 253 35.8 11,845 12,782 1,784 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.19 2.80 103 80 32.3 5,352 4,154 1,680 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.98 2.60 95 76 32.0 4,955 3,952 1,662 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.09 8.35 296 294 36.6 13,834 13,171 1,711 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.09 8.35 296 294 36.6 13,834 13,171 1,711 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.03 9.00 352 352 38.9 18,173 18,000 2,013 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.96 9.09 347 352 38.7 17,905 17,807 1,999 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.31 9.68 369 369 39.7 19,033 19,182 2,044 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.41 7.50 337 300 40.0 17,124 15,600 2,035 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.65 9.48 462 360 39.7 24,027 18,720 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.91 10.11 652 455 41.0 33,882 23,660 2,130 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.47 9.50 498 380 39.9 25,907 19,760 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.78 8.60 381 330 39.0 19,835 17,160 2,028 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.97 8.75 357 350 39.7 18,538 18,200 2,066 Cashiers...................................................... 8.97 8.75 357 350 39.7 18,538 18,200 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.11 8.51 389 329 38.5 20,252 17,104 2,002 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.65 10.00 425 400 40.0 21,898 20,800 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.28 9.00 371 360 40.0 19,294 18,720 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.81 11.71 474 470 40.1 23,853 24,856 2,020 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.71 9.00 388 360 40.0 20,188 18,720 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.31 14.10 529 564 39.7 25,510 25,602 1,917 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.31 8.86 369 332 39.6 18,888 18,000 2,028 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.84 10.39 434 416 40.0 22,349 21,613 2,062 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.62 14.99 675 600 40.6 35,112 31,200 2,113 Production occupations.............................................. 12.17 11.34 490 454 40.2 25,459 23,587 2,092 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.33 11.75 493 470 40.0 25,646 24,440 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.33 11.75 493 470 40.0 25,646 24,440 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.52 8.15 381 326 40.0 19,806 16,952 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.18 8.45 362 332 39.4 18,695 17,056 2,036 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.06 8.00 322 320 40.0 16,763 16,640 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.48 7.30 293 280 39.1 15,212 14,560 2,034 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.81 7.55 312 302 40.0 16,237 15,704 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $12.42 $9.50 $488 $360 39.3 $25,397 $18,720 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 30.35 22.19 1,375 1,065 45.3 71,475 55,386 2,355 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.97 33.65 1,159 1,346 40.0 60,264 70,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.26 12.00 730 480 40.0 37,976 24,960 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.64 18.50 1,134 740 39.6 58,965 38,480 2,059 Registered nurses................................................. 32.17 33.49 1,276 1,333 39.7 66,338 69,306 2,062 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.12 7.35 275 262 33.8 14,285 13,624 1,759 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.07 6.55 223 184 31.6 11,616 9,555 1,643 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.34 6.32 227 246 35.8 11,803 12,782 1,862 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.19 2.80 103 80 32.3 5,352 4,154 1,680 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.98 2.60 95 76 32.0 4,955 3,952 1,662 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 7.00 308 279 37.5 15,991 14,498 1,950 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.90 7.00 291 279 36.8 15,137 14,498 1,916 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.56 8.26 333 300 38.8 17,293 15,600 2,020 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.43 7.50 337 300 40.0 17,541 15,600 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.67 9.50 463 364 39.6 24,054 18,928 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.91 10.11 652 455 41.0 33,882 23,660 2,130 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.47 9.50 498 380 39.9 25,907 19,760 2,077 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.79 8.60 382 330 39.0 19,847 17,160 2,028 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.98 8.75 357 350 39.7 18,545 18,200 2,066 Cashiers...................................................... 8.98 8.75 357 350 39.7 18,545 18,200 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.11 8.51 389 329 38.5 20,252 17,104 2,002 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.98 9.30 399 370 39.9 20,733 19,240 2,077 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.05 9.00 362 360 40.0 18,820 18,720 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.86 9.05 397 360 40.2 20,642 18,720 2,093 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.71 9.00 388 360 40.0 20,188 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.64 8.00 341 320 39.5 17,754 16,640 2,055 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.70 10.39 428 416 40.0 22,262 21,613 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.77 15.00 682 600 40.7 35,446 31,200 2,114 Production occupations.............................................. 11.96 10.85 481 434 40.2 25,034 22,568 2,093 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.33 11.75 493 470 40.0 25,646 24,440 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.33 11.75 493 470 40.0 25,646 24,440 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.52 8.15 381 326 40.0 19,806 16,952 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.12 8.30 359 328 39.4 18,667 17,056 2,047 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.06 8.00 322 320 40.0 16,763 16,640 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.48 7.30 293 280 39.1 15,212 14,560 2,034 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.81 7.55 312 302 40.0 16,237 15,704 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.39 $15.18 $818 $615 40.1 $33,885 $31,845 1,662 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 18.41 934 736 40.0 43,548 40,211 1,862 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.70 30.58 1,063 1,223 39.8 35,608 45,676 1,334 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.22 31.28 1,242 1,251 39.8 40,908 46,801 1,310 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 31.28 1,244 1,251 39.7 40,611 46,801 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.77 31.28 1,257 1,251 39.6 36,945 46,801 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.85 31.04 1,229 1,221 39.8 46,055 45,676 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.27 32.62 1,245 1,305 39.8 39,886 48,792 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.25 32.62 1,244 1,305 39.8 39,855 48,792 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.36 11.19 452 448 39.8 14,785 16,742 1,301 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.33 15.03 758 728 43.8 39,440 37,867 2,275 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.59 10.06 384 403 40.0 19,736 20,931 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.61 10.36 384 414 40.0 19,733 21,547 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.61 10.36 384 414 40.0 19,733 21,547 2,054 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.41 13.71 537 548 40.0 26,488 25,602 1,975 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.14 14.10 566 564 40.0 27,428 25,602 1,939 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.69 11.47 468 459 40.0 22,858 23,858 1,955 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $11.16 $10.64 $11.14 $12.94 Management, professional, and related...... 24.74 18.85 41.33 23.62 Management, business, and financial...... 30.02 28.24 – – Professional and related................. 22.78 13.03 41.78 20.35 Service.................................... 7.07 7.09 6.89 7.20 Sales and office........................... 10.17 10.57 9.67 9.17 Sales and related........................ 10.67 11.01 9.96 – Office and administrative support........ 9.75 10.11 9.37 9.17 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 12.97 12.88 – – Construction and extraction............. 10.68 10.29 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 16.79 17.18 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 9.98 9.62 9.65 – Production............................... 11.52 10.62 10.72 – Transportation and material moving....... 9.06 9.36 8.77 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.3 5.9 6.9 4.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.9 15.2 10.7 9.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.7 14.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... 8.7 10.9 10.9 6.2 Service............................................................. 1.9 4.4 5.6 2.0 Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 7.3 3.1 6.5 Sales and related................................................. 9.1 12.8 1.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.3 5.3 6.4 6.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.0 7.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 1.9 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.3 14.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.9 7.1 11.4 – Production........................................................ 5.4 9.7 8.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 9.2 14.9 – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $11.40 $9.20 $452 $360 39.7 $23,514 $18,720 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 27.61 20.35 1,164 791 42.2 60,549 41,142 2,193 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.25 33.65 1,170 1,346 40.0 60,836 70,000 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.41 6.32 236 253 36.9 12,286 13,144 1,917 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.76 9.02 475 350 40.4 24,715 18,200 2,102 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.02 10.11 658 455 41.1 34,197 23,660 2,135 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.05 7.69 364 307 40.2 18,910 15,989 2,090 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.02 7.69 407 320 40.6 21,160 16,636 2,111 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.30 9.50 412 380 40.0 21,444 19,760 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.17 9.00 367 360 40.0 19,076 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.73 7.83 345 313 39.6 17,959 16,278 2,058 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.32 9.68 413 387 40.0 21,466 20,134 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.16 15.39 699 613 40.7 36,346 31,893 2,117 Production occupations.............................................. 11.55 10.85 462 434 40.0 24,033 22,568 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.45 8.50 363 340 38.4 18,885 17,680 1,998 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.56 8.00 302 320 40.0 15,730 16,640 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.93 $9.82 $541 $380 38.8 $28,128 $19,760 2,019 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.54 21.93 1,323 816 39.4 68,785 42,407 2,051 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.94 7.85 324 290 36.3 16,867 15,080 1,887 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.18 7.40 294 280 35.9 15,276 14,560 1,867 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.38 10.76 426 411 37.4 22,149 21,362 1,947 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.00 10.35 409 388 37.2 21,272 20,176 1,933 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.24 9.50 369 340 36.1 19,201 17,697 1,876 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.57 9.00 381 360 39.8 19,821 18,720 2,071 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.05 10.04 398 400 39.7 20,716 20,800 2,062 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.04 10.12 402 405 40.0 20,882 21,050 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.07 11.09 486 440 40.3 25,286 22,859 2,096 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.73 7.55 354 302 40.5 18,401 15,683 2,107 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.40 6.81 284 270 38.4 14,772 14,040 1,995 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.94 $15.10 – $13.00 $11.10 $20.21 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 25.54 24.73 26.14 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 30.77 30.05 32.13 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 24.42 22.78 25.42 Service............................................................. – – – 7.74 7.06 11.34 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 10.48 10.14 13.32 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.66 10.67 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 10.36 9.69 13.38 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 12.43 12.53 11.55 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 10.82 10.68 11.69 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 15.78 15.92 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.13 9.99 13.91 Production........................................................ – – – 11.65 11.43 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 9.17 9.10 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 25.6 28.6 – 5.1 4.3 11.7 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.9 9.0 7.3 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.1 10.8 11.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 8.9 8.7 11.7 Service............................................................. – – – 2.1 1.9 4.2 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.5 5.0 4.1 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.1 9.1 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.2 4.3 3.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 5.9 6.4 7.3 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 2.0 1.9 7.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 11.9 12.1 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 6.9 7.0 7.6 Production........................................................ – – – 5.3 5.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 8.2 8.3 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $12.75 $10.61 $19.48 $19.48 Management, professional, and related............................... 24.36 21.90 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 31.10 30.53 – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.95 18.75 – – Service............................................................. 7.95 7.00 – – Sales and office.................................................... 10.32 9.90 11.98 11.98 Sales and related................................................. 9.97 9.97 13.75 13.75 Office and administrative support................................. 10.53 9.84 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.18 12.26 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 10.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 15.32 15.47 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.90 9.76 – – Production........................................................ 11.73 11.52 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.74 8.66 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.2 4.1 13.0 13.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.6 9.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 8.0 10.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 10.3 6.8 – – Service............................................................. 2.6 1.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.8 5.5 12.3 12.3 Sales and related................................................. 11.2 11.2 12.5 12.5 Office and administrative support................................. 3.8 4.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.4 5.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.9 13.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.9 5.9 – – Production........................................................ 5.2 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.4 6.5 – – 1 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. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $10.57 $13.30 – – $14.52 $8.95 $12.50 $6.47 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 23.17 – – – – 26.00 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 24.63 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 7.49 7.11 6.46 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 13.81 8.64 10.19 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 19.32 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 10.62 8.64 10.27 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.46 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 11.65 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 12.54 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 10.07 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.6 2.7 – – 11.2 3.0 5.1 7.0 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 3.2 – – – – 14.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 13.9 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 1.5 2.0 7.1 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 17.6 5.7 6.1 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 23.7 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 5.4 5.7 6.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... .6 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 8.9 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – .6 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 23.0 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 119,700 93,200 26,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 26,000 8,900 17,100 Management, business, and financial............................... 3,500 2,100 1,400 Professional and related.......................................... 22,400 6,800 15,700 Service............................................................. 38,500 33,600 4,900 Sales and office.................................................... 30,800 27,700 3,100 Sales and related................................................. 13,500 13,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 17,300 14,200 3,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9,000 8,100 900 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,900 5,100 800 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3,100 3,000 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15,400 14,900 600 Production........................................................ 5,800 5,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9,600 9,300 – 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,717 4,574 143 Total in sample....................................................... 209 182 27 Responding........................................................ 135 113 22 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 38 33 5 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 36 36 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.