NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3130-26, April 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $17.05 3.9 34.7 $15.90 4.1 33.3 $19.80 7.1 38.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.00 4.7 35.8 17.54 3.7 34.6 21.95 9.9 38.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.46 2.7 36.4 21.87 3.4 36.4 26.13 3.6 36.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 10.2 40.5 24.91 8.5 40.5 27.42 17.8 40.5 Sales............................................................. 12.42 13.5 25.8 12.50 14.5 25.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.77 3.0 37.1 12.77 2.4 36.2 12.75 8.5 39.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.76 3.8 38.5 15.38 4.2 38.4 18.94 8.4 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.99 3.4 40.0 18.83 3.2 40.0 19.58 12.5 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.90 5.4 38.8 14.90 5.4 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.01 10.8 37.9 15.52 12.8 38.4 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.68 5.5 35.9 10.74 5.5 35.8 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.53 5.9 27.0 9.51 10.7 21.8 13.99 2.2 38.3 Full time........................................................... 17.87 4.0 39.6 16.87 4.2 39.6 20.01 7.4 39.6 Part time........................................................... 11.01 9.3 18.1 10.39 9.3 17.5 15.65 13.3 24.0 Union............................................................... 17.48 2.0 38.3 17.90 3.3 38.6 17.34 2.5 38.2 Nonunion............................................................ 16.89 5.7 33.4 15.69 4.5 32.8 26.14 13.3 39.1 Time................................................................ 16.84 3.7 34.6 15.55 3.3 33.1 19.80 7.1 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 23.38 15.6 38.4 23.38 15.6 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.57 4.6 38.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.30 6.1 36.9 14.20 6.2 36.9 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.73 7.5 30.5 15.35 7.9 30.3 25.50 2.5 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 19.03 4.9 37.4 18.31 3.5 36.0 19.54 7.6 38.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.05 3.9 $15.90 4.1 $19.80 7.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.35 3.8 16.20 3.9 19.92 7.0 White collar........................................................ 19.00 4.7 17.54 3.7 21.95 9.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.74 4.9 18.37 3.9 22.17 9.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.46 2.7 21.87 3.4 26.13 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.87 5.1 23.79 6.3 28.33 7.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.73 4.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.30 26.0 30.30 26.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.60 3.2 25.04 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.86 10.4 – – 28.42 10.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.67 1.8 – – 33.67 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.73 16.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.73 16.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.05 5.6 19.01 4.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.48 1.6 25.48 1.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.36 3.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 10.2 24.91 8.5 27.42 17.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.53 5.7 27.43 11.8 31.90 7.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.89 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 23.27 8.4 25.57 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.73 13.4 23.89 13.1 – – Sales............................................................. 12.42 13.5 12.50 14.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 10.27 5.8 10.27 5.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.43 22.9 9.43 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 3.0 12.77 2.4 12.75 8.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.77 4.8 14.85 4.7 12.48 8.8 Receptionists............................................... 11.24 2.7 11.24 2.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.14 3.3 10.14 3.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.66 6.5 13.80 10.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 5.0 11.72 6.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.76 3.8 15.38 4.2 18.94 8.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.99 3.4 18.83 3.2 19.58 12.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $20.54 4.9 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.31 14.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.90 5.4 $14.90 5.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.69 8.0 16.69 8.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 8.0 13.37 8.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.01 10.8 15.52 12.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.59 9.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 5.5 10.74 5.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.44 7.6 12.44 7.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.53 5.9 9.51 10.7 $13.99 2.2 Protective service............................................ 14.99 2.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.50 22.6 6.87 28.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.58 12.5 2.58 12.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.58 12.5 2.58 12.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.83 5.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.84 5.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.69 5.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.98 14.2 13.74 18.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.39 8.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.87 4.0 $16.87 4.2 $20.01 7.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.95 4.1 16.88 4.3 20.14 7.4 White collar........................................................ 19.86 4.9 18.61 3.9 22.07 10.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 5.2 18.80 4.1 22.30 10.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 2.9 21.77 3.8 26.47 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 5.6 23.52 7.5 28.70 7.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.73 4.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.30 26.0 30.30 26.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.43 4.7 24.68 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.72 3.5 21.86 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.81 11.0 – – 28.34 11.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.67 1.8 – – 33.67 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.56 19.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.56 19.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.12 6.7 19.17 5.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 10.2 24.91 8.5 27.42 17.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.53 5.7 27.43 11.8 31.90 7.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.89 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 23.27 8.4 25.57 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.73 13.4 23.89 13.1 – – Sales............................................................. 16.18 7.0 16.80 5.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.14 3.2 13.30 2.8 12.82 8.6 Secretaries................................................. 13.89 5.1 15.18 5.3 12.48 8.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.48 2.6 10.48 2.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.69 6.8 13.86 10.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.52 4.8 11.93 6.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.08 3.9 15.72 4.3 18.99 8.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.02 3.4 18.86 3.2 19.58 12.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.54 4.9 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.31 14.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.01 6.0 15.01 6.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $16.69 8.0 $16.69 8.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.94 4.4 13.94 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.30 11.2 15.83 13.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.22 3.8 11.29 3.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.41 6.8 10.21 15.0 $14.21 2.5 Protective service............................................ 15.12 3.0 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.80 32.1 7.68 34.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.74 12.5 11.84 13.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.72 6.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.72 6.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $13.31 14.8 $13.98 19.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.88 8.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.01 9.3 $10.39 9.3 $15.65 13.3 All excluding sales............................................... 12.05 8.4 11.42 8.9 15.65 13.3 White collar........................................................ 12.58 11.2 11.85 11.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.60 9.0 14.96 10.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.34 6.7 22.59 3.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.99 8.4 25.89 5.6 – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.15 3.3 7.15 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.71 1.2 6.71 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.87 1.9 9.81 2.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.48 16.0 7.07 14.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – 11.86 8.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.99 12.6 5.18 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.40 15.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $707 4.1 39.6 $667 4.6 39.6 $794 7.3 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 710 4.3 39.6 668 4.7 39.5 798 7.3 39.6 White collar........................................................ 789 4.9 39.7 744 4.0 40.0 867 10.0 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 800 5.1 39.7 752 4.2 40.0 876 10.0 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 924 2.7 39.2 871 3.9 40.0 1,004 2.4 37.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,008 5.4 38.8 941 7.5 40.0 1,079 7.3 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,309 4.8 40.0 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,201 25.2 39.6 1,201 25.2 39.6 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 998 5.8 39.2 982 7.1 39.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 854 5.6 39.3 858 5.9 39.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,021 9.0 36.7 – – – 1,038 9.4 36.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,188 1.5 35.3 – – – 1,188 1.5 35.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 582 19.0 40.0 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 582 19.0 40.0 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 724 6.7 40.0 766 5.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,057 10.0 40.5 1,008 8.5 40.5 1,111 17.5 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,254 5.7 41.1 1,148 11.6 41.8 1,300 8.0 40.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,641 7.8 41.2 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 949 8.8 40.8 1,074 13.4 42.0 – – – Management related............................................ 868 13.4 39.9 954 13.1 39.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 641 7.4 39.6 665 5.9 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 524 3.2 39.9 530 2.8 39.8 513 8.6 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 555 5.1 40.0 606 5.3 39.9 499 8.8 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 415 2.3 39.6 415 2.3 39.6 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 547 6.9 39.9 553 11.0 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 495 5.3 39.5 469 6.9 39.3 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 636 3.8 39.6 621 4.2 39.5 760 8.6 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 761 3.4 40.0 755 3.2 40.0 783 12.5 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $822 4.9 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 692 14.6 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 590 5.7 39.3 $590 5.7 39.3 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 638 8.3 38.2 638 8.3 38.2 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 558 4.4 40.0 558 4.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 650 11.2 39.9 632 13.1 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 436 3.6 38.9 439 3.6 38.8 – – – Service............................................................. 483 8.9 38.9 379 18.5 37.1 $576 1.7 40.6 Protective service............................................ 616 2.2 40.8 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 286 37.8 36.7 281 40.0 36.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 469 12.6 40.0 474 13.1 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 405 9.3 37.7 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 405 9.3 37.7 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 515 16.8 38.7 533 22.0 38.1 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 515 8.2 40.0 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,952 4.1 2,011 $34,628 4.6 2,052 $38,618 7.3 1,930 All excluding sales............................................... 36,059 4.3 2,009 34,630 4.7 2,052 38,820 7.3 1,928 White collar........................................................ 39,949 4.9 2,012 38,645 4.0 2,076 42,067 10.0 1,906 White collar excluding sales.................................... 40,413 5.1 2,008 39,069 4.2 2,078 42,427 10.0 1,903 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,814 2.7 1,901 45,161 3.9 2,074 44,365 2.4 1,676 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,608 5.4 1,834 48,719 7.5 2,071 46,626 7.3 1,625 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,083 4.8 2,080 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 62,468 25.2 2,062 62,468 25.2 2,062 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 49,773 5.8 1,957 51,045 7.1 2,068 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 44,387 5.6 2,043 44,620 5.9 2,041 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,482 9.0 1,492 – – – 41,840 9.4 1,477 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,652 1.5 1,326 – – – 44,652 1.5 1,326 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,275 19.0 2,080 – – – – – – Social workers.............................................. 30,275 19.0 2,080 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 37,566 6.7 2,073 39,821 5.7 2,078 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,943 10.0 2,106 52,398 8.5 2,104 57,790 17.5 2,108 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 65,213 5.7 2,136 59,681 11.6 2,176 67,585 8.0 2,118 Administrators, education and related fields................ 85,351 7.8 2,140 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49,359 8.8 2,121 55,859 13.4 2,185 – – – Management related............................................ 45,137 13.4 2,077 49,599 13.1 2,076 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,356 7.4 2,062 34,592 5.9 2,060 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,232 3.2 2,072 27,533 2.8 2,071 26,592 8.6 2,075 Secretaries................................................. 28,826 5.1 2,075 31,486 5.3 2,075 25,918 8.8 2,076 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,606 2.3 2,061 21,606 2.3 2,061 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,434 6.9 2,077 28,743 11.0 2,074 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,733 5.3 2,055 24,403 6.9 2,046 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,520 3.8 2,023 32,151 4.2 2,046 35,221 8.6 1,855 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,555 3.4 2,080 39,236 3.2 2,080 40,730 12.5 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $42,722 4.9 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 35,995 14.6 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,249 5.7 2,015 $30,249 5.7 2,015 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,932 8.3 1,973 32,932 8.3 1,973 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 28,997 4.4 2,080 28,997 4.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,813 11.2 2,075 32,839 13.1 2,074 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,226 3.6 1,892 22,817 3.6 2,020 – – – Service............................................................. 24,665 8.9 1,988 19,688 18.5 1,928 $28,971 1.7 2,039 Protective service............................................ 30,840 2.2 2,040 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 14,820 37.8 1,899 14,595 40.0 1,901 – – – Other food service........................................... 24,209 12.6 2,062 24,622 13.1 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 21,035 9.3 1,962 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,035 9.3 1,962 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 26,769 16.8 2,011 27,725 22.0 1,984 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 26,796 8.2 2,080 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.05 3.9 $15.90 4.1 $19.80 7.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.35 3.8 16.20 3.9 19.92 7.0 White collar........................................................ 19.00 4.7 17.54 3.7 21.95 9.9 2....................................................... 9.60 3.8 9.41 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.97 6.7 9.93 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.84 8.6 13.53 8.9 11.24 10.8 5....................................................... 14.17 3.3 14.50 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.08 5.4 16.34 4.7 13.89 5.0 7....................................................... 19.11 4.3 19.35 5.0 17.70 5.6 8....................................................... 25.87 14.5 29.75 14.6 20.90 22.2 9....................................................... 27.69 3.1 24.63 1.6 32.05 3.3 11........................................................ 32.77 2.3 31.25 3.8 – – 12........................................................ 33.97 5.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.09 14.6 18.28 11.4 25.99 23.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.74 4.9 18.37 3.9 22.17 9.9 2....................................................... 9.81 3.0 9.65 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.23 2.0 11.20 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.12 5.4 12.58 4.5 11.24 10.8 5....................................................... 14.67 2.6 14.82 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 15.08 5.5 16.40 4.7 13.89 5.0 7....................................................... 19.19 4.8 19.48 5.6 17.70 5.6 8....................................................... 26.17 15.3 30.81 15.4 20.90 22.2 9....................................................... 27.52 3.0 24.30 1.3 32.05 3.3 11........................................................ 32.77 2.3 31.25 3.8 – – 12........................................................ 33.97 5.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.58 14.9 18.76 12.2 25.99 23.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.46 2.7 21.87 3.4 26.13 3.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.87 5.1 23.79 6.3 28.33 7.1 7....................................................... 20.57 6.1 21.35 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 28.44 7.1 28.03 10.8 29.00 8.2 9....................................................... 30.38 3.5 24.98 3.0 32.88 2.0 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.75 16.5 21.41 20.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.73 4.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.30 26.0 30.30 26.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.60 3.2 25.04 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.86 10.4 – – 28.42 10.9 8....................................................... 28.75 .1 – – 28.75 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.67 1.8 – – 33.67 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.73 16.5 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.73 16.5 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.05 5.6 $19.01 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 17.47 7.2 17.79 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.27 12.7 20.27 12.7 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.48 1.6 25.48 1.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.36 3.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 10.2 24.91 8.5 $27.42 17.8 9....................................................... 23.81 1.8 23.74 2.1 – – 11........................................................ 33.79 2.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.00 7.6 23.06 12.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.53 5.7 27.43 11.8 31.90 7.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.67 8.0 28.50 20.7 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.89 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 23.27 8.4 25.57 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.73 13.4 23.89 13.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.83 6.3 18.83 6.3 – – Sales............................................................. 12.42 13.5 12.50 14.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 10.27 5.8 10.27 5.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.43 22.9 9.43 22.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 3.0 12.77 2.4 12.75 8.5 2....................................................... 9.81 3.0 9.65 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.06 2.5 11.02 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.02 5.4 12.54 4.6 10.99 9.0 5....................................................... 15.13 4.8 15.08 4.9 – – 6....................................................... 14.65 6.3 16.14 7.3 13.69 4.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.77 4.6 12.41 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.77 4.8 14.85 4.7 12.48 8.8 4....................................................... 12.88 9.3 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.24 2.7 11.24 2.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.14 3.3 10.14 3.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.66 6.5 13.80 10.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.32 5.0 11.72 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.39 2.3 10.39 2.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.76 3.8 15.38 4.2 18.94 8.4 2....................................................... 11.14 3.7 11.24 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.26 4.6 11.26 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.22 3.2 13.71 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.16 5.2 16.16 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.20 1.6 17.77 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.65 3.6 21.57 4.0 – – 9....................................................... $28.30 5.7 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.99 3.4 $18.83 3.2 $19.58 12.5 5....................................................... 15.51 10.0 15.51 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.49 4.2 21.37 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.20 6.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.54 4.9 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.31 14.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.90 5.4 14.90 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.44 8.3 11.44 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.54 7.5 13.54 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.39 6.5 16.39 6.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.69 8.0 16.69 8.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.37 8.0 13.37 8.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.01 10.8 15.52 12.8 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.59 9.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.68 5.5 10.74 5.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.99 12.9 11.27 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.92 3.0 10.92 3.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 12.44 7.6 12.44 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 13.44 18.5 13.44 18.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.53 5.9 9.51 10.7 13.99 2.2 2....................................................... 8.99 13.3 6.29 21.1 11.30 1.8 3....................................................... 7.83 7.8 7.70 8.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.08 4.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.99 2.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.50 22.6 6.87 28.8 – – 3....................................................... 5.04 15.9 4.76 19.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.58 12.5 2.58 12.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.58 12.5 2.58 12.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.83 5.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.84 5.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.69 5.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.98 14.2 13.74 18.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.39 8.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 2....................................................... 8.52 15.3 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.87 4.0 $16.87 4.2 $20.01 7.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.95 4.1 16.88 4.3 20.14 7.4 White collar........................................................ 19.86 4.9 18.61 3.9 22.07 10.1 2....................................................... 10.38 4.1 10.41 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.88 3.1 10.84 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.93 8.7 13.68 8.9 11.24 10.8 5....................................................... 14.16 3.3 14.49 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.03 5.6 16.34 4.7 13.69 4.2 7....................................................... 18.67 3.9 18.69 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.76 15.2 29.82 15.5 20.90 22.2 9....................................................... 27.58 3.1 24.63 1.6 32.09 3.6 11........................................................ 32.81 2.4 31.34 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 33.97 5.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.13 15.0 19.34 11.4 25.99 23.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 5.2 18.80 4.1 22.30 10.1 2....................................................... 10.38 4.1 10.41 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.28 2.2 11.25 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.18 5.6 12.67 4.6 11.24 10.8 5....................................................... 14.66 2.6 14.82 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 15.04 5.7 16.40 4.7 13.69 4.2 7....................................................... 18.71 4.4 18.73 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 26.07 16.1 30.98 16.4 20.90 22.2 9....................................................... 27.42 2.9 24.30 1.3 32.09 3.6 11........................................................ 32.81 2.4 31.34 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 33.97 5.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.56 15.6 19.79 12.9 25.99 23.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 2.9 21.77 3.8 26.47 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 5.6 23.52 7.5 28.70 7.3 7....................................................... 19.62 5.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.42 7.9 27.93 13.1 29.00 8.2 9....................................................... 30.32 3.6 24.98 3.0 33.00 2.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.35 17.4 20.70 21.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.73 4.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.30 26.0 30.30 26.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.43 4.7 24.68 4.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 21.72 3.5 21.86 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.81 11.0 – – 28.34 11.5 8....................................................... 28.75 .1 – – 28.75 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.67 1.8 – – 33.67 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.56 19.0 – – – – Social workers.............................................. $14.56 19.0 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.12 6.7 $19.17 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.80 21.8 21.80 21.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 10.2 24.91 8.5 $27.42 17.8 9....................................................... 23.81 1.8 23.74 2.1 – – 11........................................................ 33.79 2.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.00 7.6 23.06 12.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.53 5.7 27.43 11.8 31.90 7.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.67 8.0 28.50 20.7 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.89 9.3 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 23.27 8.4 25.57 14.1 – – Management related............................................ 21.73 13.4 23.89 13.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.83 6.3 18.83 6.3 – – Sales............................................................. 16.18 7.0 16.80 5.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.14 3.2 13.30 2.8 12.82 8.6 2....................................................... 10.38 4.1 10.41 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.09 2.9 11.05 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.07 5.6 12.63 4.8 10.99 9.0 5....................................................... 15.13 4.8 15.08 4.9 – – 6....................................................... 14.65 6.3 16.14 7.3 13.69 4.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.92 4.2 13.96 6.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.89 5.1 15.18 5.3 12.48 8.8 4....................................................... 12.88 9.3 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.48 2.6 10.48 2.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.69 6.8 13.86 10.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.52 4.8 11.93 6.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.08 3.9 15.72 4.3 18.99 8.6 2....................................................... 11.19 3.9 11.31 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.26 4.6 11.26 4.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.22 3.2 13.71 1.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.24 5.1 16.25 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.20 1.6 17.77 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.65 3.6 21.57 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.30 5.7 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.02 3.4 18.86 3.2 19.58 12.5 5....................................................... 15.65 9.8 15.66 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.49 4.2 21.37 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.20 6.7 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $20.54 4.9 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.31 14.6 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.01 6.0 $15.01 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.44 8.3 11.44 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.54 7.5 13.54 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.39 6.5 16.39 6.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.69 8.0 16.69 8.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.94 4.4 13.94 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.30 11.2 15.83 13.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.22 3.8 11.29 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 14.9 11.47 16.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.92 3.0 10.92 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.41 6.8 10.21 15.0 $14.21 2.5 3....................................................... 7.94 13.9 7.74 15.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.08 4.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 15.12 3.0 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.80 32.1 7.68 34.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.74 12.5 11.84 13.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.72 6.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.72 6.2 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.31 14.8 13.98 19.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.88 8.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.01 9.3 $10.39 9.3 $15.65 13.3 All excluding sales............................................... 12.05 8.4 11.42 8.9 15.65 13.3 White collar........................................................ 12.58 11.2 11.85 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.22 5.9 8.82 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.92 12.3 7.92 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 9.12 8.5 9.12 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.17 20.5 14.17 20.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.60 9.0 14.96 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.50 5.0 9.13 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 2.7 10.85 2.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.34 6.7 22.59 3.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.99 8.4 25.89 5.6 – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.15 3.3 7.15 3.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.71 1.2 6.71 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.87 1.9 9.81 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.50 5.0 9.13 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 2.7 10.85 2.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.48 16.0 7.07 14.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.24 9.0 10.24 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – 2....................................................... 10.24 9.0 10.24 9.0 – – Service............................................................. – – – – 11.86 8.4 2....................................................... 7.47 17.2 6.15 23.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.61 14.0 7.61 14.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.99 12.6 5.18 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... $9.40 15.8 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.87 $11.01 $17.48 $16.89 $16.84 $23.38 All excluding sales............................................. 17.95 12.05 17.48 17.30 17.16 27.36 White collar........................................................ 19.86 12.58 18.87 19.03 18.80 25.03 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.13 15.60 18.87 20.01 19.53 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.58 22.34 24.93 22.91 23.52 – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.95 24.99 27.74 25.02 25.97 – Technical....................................................... 18.12 – – 18.96 18.05 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.09 – – 27.68 25.11 – Sales............................................................. 16.18 7.15 – 12.42 10.54 18.53 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.14 9.87 12.20 12.94 12.77 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.08 7.48 18.04 14.48 15.42 22.17 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.02 – 20.78 18.15 18.60 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.01 – 17.72 13.11 14.61 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.30 – 19.72 12.54 16.01 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.22 – – 10.02 10.45 – Service............................................................. 12.41 – 14.10 9.58 11.55 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.0 9.3 2.0 5.7 3.7 15.6 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 8.4 2.0 5.7 3.6 16.8 White collar........................................................ 4.9 11.2 3.9 5.8 4.9 23.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 9.0 3.9 5.9 4.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 6.7 3.7 3.5 2.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 8.4 9.8 5.3 5.3 – Technical....................................................... 6.7 – – 4.4 5.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.2 – – 6.5 10.6 – Sales............................................................. 7.0 3.3 – 13.5 13.1 11.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 1.9 9.3 2.3 3.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 16.0 3.2 4.3 4.1 1.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 – 9.3 3.2 3.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.0 – .7 7.7 5.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.2 – 8.8 12.5 10.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.8 – – 6.9 5.0 – Service............................................................. 6.8 – 2.2 10.3 6.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.90 $16.57 – - $16.17 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 16.20 16.53 – - 16.15 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 17.54 19.23 – - 19.61 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.37 19.81 – - 20.37 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.87 25.05 – - 25.05 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.79 28.82 – - 28.82 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 19.01 19.81 – - 19.81 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.91 26.78 – - – - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.50 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 13.00 – - 12.31 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.38 15.39 – - 14.69 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.83 18.95 – - 17.98 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.90 14.72 – - 14.72 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.52 14.03 – - – - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 11.78 – - 12.12 - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.51 – – - – - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.1 4.6 – - 5.3 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 4.7 – - 5.5 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.7 7.5 – - 10.1 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 7.1 – - 8.9 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 13.7 – - 13.7 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 10.7 – - 10.7 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 4.5 10.3 – - 10.3 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.5 10.1 – - – - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.5 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 5.5 – - 2.4 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 3.5 – - 2.6 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 3.5 – - 6.8 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 5.1 – - 5.1 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.8 5.3 – - – - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 3.6 – - 4.3 - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.7 – – - – - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.90 $14.20 $16.47 $15.35 $18.31 All excluding sales............................................. 16.20 14.21 16.89 15.89 18.33 White collar........................................................ 17.54 16.13 17.98 17.07 19.47 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.37 16.39 19.03 18.64 19.54 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.87 19.92 22.52 20.83 24.05 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.79 22.27 24.18 20.99 – Technical....................................................... 19.01 17.69 19.64 20.58 18.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.91 20.56 26.19 28.78 21.92 Sales............................................................. 12.50 13.99 12.17 11.89 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 11.88 13.08 13.11 13.02 Blue collar......................................................... 15.38 14.50 15.63 14.62 16.80 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.83 17.80 19.14 19.81 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.90 – 15.18 13.58 17.70 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.52 11.99 19.90 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.74 – 10.61 9.66 11.51 Service............................................................. 9.51 7.79 10.52 – – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.1 6.2 4.9 7.9 3.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 6.8 4.6 7.7 3.6 White collar........................................................ 3.7 5.8 4.1 6.5 5.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 6.8 4.2 7.4 6.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 4.8 4.1 9.8 8.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.3 4.5 8.2 16.5 – Technical....................................................... 4.5 3.0 7.5 9.0 13.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.5 9.1 10.3 16.4 5.3 Sales............................................................. 14.5 20.5 17.9 19.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.4 3.7 2.3 3.2 4.5 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 4.8 5.1 7.4 7.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 4.6 4.5 6.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 – 6.5 8.6 5.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.8 13.2 14.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 – 6.0 12.8 1.7 Service............................................................. 10.7 8.5 15.9 – – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.75 $11.10 $14.59 $20.98 $28.84 All excluding sales........................... 9.15 11.41 14.78 21.34 29.45 White collar.................................... 9.62 11.61 16.29 24.22 32.66 White collar excluding sales................ 10.49 12.19 16.68 24.22 33.37 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.84 16.00 22.23 29.45 37.38 Professional specialty...................... 14.42 17.92 24.57 31.63 39.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.03 28.78 33.85 36.61 39.52 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.79 16.79 24.04 51.92 51.92 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.20 20.81 23.77 28.70 37.26 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 15.37 17.39 29.45 36.98 39.16 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.88 29.45 35.20 39.16 39.72 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.45 11.41 13.73 17.20 20.96 Social workers.......................... 9.45 11.41 13.73 17.20 20.96 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.85 13.23 16.94 22.12 28.12 Radiological technicians................ 19.34 21.48 28.12 28.12 29.51 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.32 16.00 16.50 19.23 19.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.97 18.37 24.22 32.45 42.83 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.07 22.27 31.55 35.56 47.58 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 33.37 33.37 41.06 47.58 47.58 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 12.97 17.47 20.31 31.55 33.10 Management related........................ 12.19 16.39 20.25 24.22 25.74 Sales......................................... 6.05 7.00 9.71 16.73 20.19 Sales, other business services.......... 6.15 7.41 9.59 12.24 17.31 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 10.30 16.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.34 10.64 11.94 14.56 16.68 Secretaries............................. 10.06 11.61 12.85 15.19 19.53 Receptionists........................... 9.62 10.25 11.36 11.88 14.08 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.05 9.10 9.80 10.89 11.74 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.41 11.61 12.50 15.57 17.00 General office clerks................... 9.88 10.62 12.11 14.50 15.07 Blue collar..................................... 9.20 11.00 14.78 19.85 23.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.50 14.50 18.00 23.17 25.76 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.50 16.04 21.87 24.69 24.75 Supervisors, production................. 13.28 13.61 15.79 17.00 28.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.33 $10.54 $14.78 $18.04 $21.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.15 14.23 17.92 20.35 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 7.60 9.27 10.50 20.35 20.35 Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 10.45 14.16 17.50 25.61 Truck drivers........................... 9.00 12.25 15.00 17.23 17.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 9.50 10.25 11.75 15.06 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.50 9.50 11.27 14.00 18.00 Service......................................... 5.25 8.50 11.60 14.33 17.04 Protective service........................ 11.60 12.06 13.31 15.82 25.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.00 11.00 14.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 2.65 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 2.65 Other food service....................... 6.75 8.00 10.72 14.38 14.38 Health service............................ 9.00 9.25 10.25 11.68 13.48 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.25 10.18 11.52 13.12 Cleaning and building service............. $8.49 $9.86 $11.39 $15.35 $23.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.36 10.86 11.99 15.35 15.35 Personal service.......................... – – – – – 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.84 $10.25 $14.20 $20.35 $24.97 All excluding sales........................... 8.71 10.67 14.38 20.46 25.00 White collar.................................... 9.01 11.41 15.81 22.23 28.12 White collar excluding sales................ 10.08 11.70 16.41 23.12 28.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.15 15.91 20.96 26.36 32.20 Professional specialty...................... 12.52 17.31 23.08 28.70 36.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.79 16.79 24.04 51.92 51.92 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.13 20.98 23.74 27.60 36.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.00 14.05 17.56 23.02 28.12 Radiological technicians................ 19.34 21.48 28.12 28.12 29.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.38 18.46 24.22 25.74 32.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 14.90 22.27 28.05 32.66 37.17 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.22 16.96 26.41 33.10 37.17 Management related........................ 17.45 18.05 23.73 24.22 26.09 Sales......................................... 6.05 7.00 8.94 16.90 20.96 Sales, other business services.......... 6.15 7.41 9.59 12.24 17.31 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.50 7.00 10.30 16.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.14 10.58 11.64 14.56 17.00 Secretaries............................. 11.54 12.85 13.24 16.72 20.11 Receptionists........................... 9.62 10.25 11.36 11.88 14.08 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.05 9.10 9.80 10.89 11.74 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.75 11.59 11.61 17.00 20.46 General office clerks................... 9.88 10.12 11.15 13.30 14.85 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 10.56 14.16 19.06 23.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.25 18.50 23.25 24.81 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.33 10.54 14.78 18.04 21.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.15 14.23 17.92 20.35 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 7.60 9.27 10.50 20.35 20.35 Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 8.75 14.16 17.50 28.50 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $7.00 $9.50 $10.35 $11.85 $15.06 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.50 9.50 11.27 14.00 18.00 Service......................................... 2.13 6.75 8.71 11.65 15.35 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.50 9.75 14.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 2.65 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 2.65 Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.69 8.71 12.80 15.35 23.25 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.96 $12.29 $15.37 $25.88 $35.99 All excluding sales........................... 11.02 12.50 15.37 25.88 35.99 White collar.................................... 10.83 12.70 17.39 29.99 39.16 White collar excluding sales................ 11.05 12.70 17.75 30.34 39.16 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.28 17.16 25.88 35.20 39.34 Professional specialty...................... 15.37 20.02 28.37 36.98 39.72 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.37 20.15 29.45 36.98 39.16 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.88 29.45 35.20 39.16 39.72 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.31 15.69 24.74 35.07 47.58 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.04 20.31 32.45 41.19 47.58 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.34 11.05 12.50 14.72 16.50 Secretaries............................. 9.34 10.57 12.26 14.62 15.19 Blue collar..................................... 13.28 15.40 17.23 23.17 28.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.28 15.40 17.29 23.17 28.64 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 10.86 11.61 12.96 14.60 17.18 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.72 $11.71 $15.35 $21.48 $29.45 All excluding sales........................... 9.75 11.81 15.28 21.63 29.51 White collar.................................... 10.75 12.36 16.79 24.22 33.79 White collar excluding sales................ 10.80 12.50 16.94 24.57 34.31 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.71 15.91 22.06 29.45 38.00 Professional specialty...................... 14.42 17.77 24.57 32.45 39.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 26.03 28.78 33.85 36.61 39.52 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.79 16.79 24.04 51.92 51.92 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.94 19.98 23.74 27.26 37.38 Registered nurses....................... 17.60 18.86 21.63 24.03 25.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.37 17.39 29.45 36.98 39.16 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.88 29.45 35.20 39.16 39.72 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.44 10.60 13.15 18.73 21.40 Social workers.......................... 9.44 10.60 13.15 18.73 21.40 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.85 13.15 16.25 22.79 28.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.97 18.37 24.22 32.45 42.83 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.07 22.27 31.55 35.56 47.58 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 33.37 33.37 41.06 47.58 47.58 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 12.97 17.47 20.31 31.55 33.10 Management related........................ 12.19 16.39 20.25 24.22 25.74 Sales......................................... 7.95 10.83 15.45 20.07 23.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.69 11.21 12.40 14.86 17.00 Secretaries............................. 10.06 11.90 12.85 15.19 19.85 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.10 9.69 10.04 11.25 12.10 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.84 11.61 12.50 15.57 17.00 General office clerks................... 9.93 10.67 12.39 14.50 15.07 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 11.12 15.06 20.25 23.97 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.50 14.50 18.00 23.17 25.76 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.50 16.04 21.87 24.69 24.75 Supervisors, production................. 13.28 13.61 15.79 17.00 28.84 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.38 10.59 14.78 18.04 21.00 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.15 14.23 17.92 20.35 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 9.02 9.37 10.90 20.35 20.35 Transportation and material moving............ $8.75 $11.35 $14.16 $17.50 $26.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.63 11.00 12.18 15.06 Service......................................... 7.39 9.69 12.06 14.38 17.18 Protective service........................ 11.89 12.06 13.46 15.61 22.40 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.65 8.25 14.38 14.38 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.00 8.75 14.16 14.38 14.38 Health service............................ 9.00 9.25 10.25 11.52 13.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.25 10.25 11.52 13.12 Cleaning and building service............. $8.71 $10.12 $11.65 $15.35 $23.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.15 11.11 12.54 15.35 15.35 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.98 $8.50 $11.91 $22.50 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.10 9.47 14.60 25.00 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.24 9.50 15.56 25.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.32 9.71 11.91 20.83 29.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 17.30 22.50 29.86 31.43 Professional specialty...................... 15.56 22.50 27.02 29.86 31.43 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.48 8.38 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.25 6.52 7.00 7.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.05 8.88 9.97 10.80 12.20 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 5.50 6.00 8.36 12.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... - - - - - Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.50 9.50 14.60 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.50 10.97 14.60 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 81,900 58,900 23,000 All excluding sales............................................. 75,300 52,600 22,800 White collar........................................................ 47,700 32,200 15,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 41,100 25,900 15,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17,500 10,300 7,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 12,400 6,200 6,300 Technical....................................................... 5,100 4,100 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7,500 4,000 3,500 Sales............................................................. 6,600 6,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16,200 11,700 4,500 Blue collar......................................................... 18,000 15,900 2,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,700 5,200 1,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4,900 4,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,200 1,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4,200 3,900 - Service............................................................. 16,200 10,800 5,400 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.