NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Mobile, AL, Bulletin 3130-31, August 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................. $16.12 5.0 36.6 $15.18 7.5 36.5 $18.44 2.8 37.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.90 5.5 37.7 17.57 9.0 38.7 21.33 4.2 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.46 5.9 35.9 23.24 11.7 38.4 27.79 4.7 33.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.33 11.0 41.9 34.70 13.3 42.9 27.53 17.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 12.59 11.5 37.3 12.61 12.0 37.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.45 3.0 39.0 12.77 4.2 39.3 11.89 3.1 38.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.21 5.7 38.4 15.40 6.4 38.3 13.70 3.7 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 5.1 40.0 19.98 5.5 40.0 14.96 1.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.70 10.6 38.2 13.70 10.6 38.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 8.0 38.8 12.65 10.0 38.8 13.14 6.3 38.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.46 6.2 35.2 8.68 4.8 34.3 12.64 7.3 39.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.19 6.6 31.7 7.42 8.6 28.5 12.32 2.1 39.5 Full time........................................................... 17.09 4.3 39.8 16.36 6.6 40.2 18.71 2.8 39.1 Part time........................................................... 7.68 8.8 21.6 7.31 9.2 22.6 11.06 16.1 15.1 Union............................................................... 19.65 2.4 34.6 18.58 7.1 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 15.60 5.9 37.0 14.98 7.9 36.3 17.70 4.2 39.4 Time................................................................ 15.77 4.9 36.4 14.64 7.6 36.2 18.44 2.8 37.0 Incentive........................................................... 26.57 18.8 44.5 26.57 18.8 44.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.65 8.2 34.6 12.54 8.3 34.6 19.93 15.9 36.8 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.70 4.3 37.7 16.97 5.3 37.3 15.49 2.2 39.5 500 workers or more................................................. 17.42 8.0 37.0 15.82 17.1 37.6 19.13 3.5 36.5 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $16.12 5.0 $15.18 7.5 $18.44 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.47 5.3 15.54 8.1 18.55 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.90 5.5 17.57 9.0 21.33 4.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.19 6.0 19.21 10.3 21.56 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.46 5.9 23.24 11.7 27.79 4.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.49 5.4 25.70 12.6 28.79 4.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.15 4.1 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.46 1.0 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.23 38.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.68 1.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.65 13.4 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 27.65 13.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.49 5.2 14.56 6.8 16.96 5.8 Social workers.............................................. 15.82 5.8 – – 16.96 5.8 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.26 6.7 18.81 8.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.90 7.5 14.13 8.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.33 11.0 34.70 13.3 27.53 17.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.04 10.0 36.46 12.9 34.82 14.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.24 20.3 – – 31.24 20.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.72 17.5 29.72 17.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.48 15.3 40.45 19.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.01 9.6 21.51 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 12.59 11.5 12.61 12.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 3.9 8.18 3.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 3.0 12.77 4.2 11.89 3.1 Secretaries................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 13.1 13.98 4.0 Receptionists............................................... 7.97 3.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.88 9.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.58 4.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 5.4 11.58 8.2 10.89 6.8 Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 5.7 15.40 6.4 13.70 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 5.1 19.98 5.5 14.96 1.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.14 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.21 5.4 20.21 5.4 – – Electricians................................................ $21.66 7.7 $21.66 7.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.70 10.6 13.70 10.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.13 5.7 20.13 5.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 8.0 12.65 10.0 $13.14 6.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.30 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.46 6.2 8.68 4.8 12.64 7.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.57 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... – – – – 9.44 3.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.36 5.3 8.36 5.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.72 3.8 – – 11.38 .4 Service............................................................. 9.19 6.6 7.42 8.6 12.32 2.1 Protective service............................................ 13.85 2.8 – – 14.39 1.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.06 4.8 – – 19.06 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 11.74 .5 – – 11.74 .5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.81 3.8 – – 15.81 3.8 Food service.................................................. 6.49 12.6 6.16 12.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.05 9.0 6.76 9.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.7 9.02 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.08 3.1 8.71 4.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.99 9.1 7.22 8.2 9.89 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.08 12.8 – – 9.89 7.4 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $17.09 4.3 $16.36 6.6 $18.71 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.37 4.5 16.66 7.0 18.83 3.2 White collar........................................................ 19.48 5.5 18.17 9.1 21.82 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.42 6.0 19.28 10.4 22.08 4.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.71 6.0 23.24 11.9 28.38 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.85 5.5 25.69 12.8 29.48 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.10 4.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.38 1.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.73 39.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.63 2.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.49 5.2 14.56 6.8 16.96 5.8 Social workers.............................................. 15.82 5.8 – – 16.96 5.8 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.30 6.8 18.85 9.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.90 7.5 14.13 8.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.42 11.0 34.85 13.4 27.53 17.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.17 10.1 36.64 13.0 34.82 14.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.24 20.3 – – 31.24 20.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.46 21.7 30.46 21.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.48 15.3 40.45 19.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.01 9.6 21.51 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.78 13.3 13.89 13.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.57 4.4 8.47 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.56 3.1 12.82 4.2 12.06 3.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 13.1 13.98 4.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.41 12.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.58 4.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 5.4 11.58 8.2 10.89 6.8 Blue collar......................................................... 15.69 5.1 15.95 5.7 13.77 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 5.1 19.98 5.5 14.96 1.4 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.14 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.21 5.4 20.21 5.4 – – Electricians................................................ 21.66 7.7 21.66 7.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.17 9.1 $14.17 9.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.13 5.7 20.13 5.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 6.2 13.22 8.0 $13.26 5.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.30 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 7.8 8.97 6.7 12.73 6.8 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.72 3.8 – – 11.38 .4 Service............................................................. 10.37 3.5 8.30 8.6 12.34 2.1 Protective service............................................ 13.89 2.8 – – 14.45 1.6 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.06 4.8 – – 19.06 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 11.74 .5 – – 11.74 .5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.92 3.1 – – 15.92 3.1 Food service.................................................. 7.11 22.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.24 2.7 9.03 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.0 8.74 4.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.83 6.2 $8.03 5.6 $9.89 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.69 5.9 – – 9.89 7.4 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.68 8.8 $7.31 9.2 $11.06 16.1 All excluding sales............................................... 7.54 8.2 7.05 6.8 11.06 16.1 White collar........................................................ 9.76 9.7 9.18 8.8 11.26 17.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.07 13.1 14.11 19.5 11.26 17.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.38 20.6 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 15.61 20.9 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.30 9.0 8.30 9.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.12 4.4 7.12 4.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.68 6.0 9.89 15.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.59 2.9 7.56 3.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.42 5.5 7.43 5.6 – – Service............................................................. 6.46 6.5 6.41 6.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.27 10.4 6.27 10.4 – – Other food service........................................... 6.56 9.1 6.56 9.1 – – 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $681 4.4 39.8 $657 6.7 40.2 $732 2.6 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 690 4.5 39.7 668 7.0 40.1 736 3.0 39.1 White collar........................................................ 769 5.5 39.5 729 9.1 40.1 838 3.9 38.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 802 6.2 39.2 769 10.6 39.9 847 4.6 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 985 6.1 38.3 905 12.2 38.9 1,069 4.7 37.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,055 5.8 37.9 987 13.6 38.4 1,105 4.9 37.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 886 4.4 38.3 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 852 1.1 38.1 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,829 38.6 39.2 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 990 2.1 35.8 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 615 5.1 39.7 577 6.8 39.6 677 5.6 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 631 5.6 39.9 – – – 677 5.6 39.9 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 730 6.6 39.9 752 8.8 39.9 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 555 8.6 39.9 564 9.5 39.9 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,361 12.0 42.0 1,499 14.4 43.0 1,101 17.1 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,538 10.6 42.5 1,593 13.5 43.5 1,393 14.5 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,250 20.3 40.0 – – – 1,250 20.3 40.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,219 21.7 40.0 1,219 21.7 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,659 15.3 40.0 1,618 19.9 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 721 9.6 40.0 860 11.8 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 564 14.1 40.9 570 14.6 41.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 342 4.5 39.9 338 4.3 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 499 3.2 39.7 514 4.3 40.1 471 3.3 39.0 Secretaries................................................. 556 7.9 40.0 554 13.1 40.0 559 4.0 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 456 12.2 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 582 4.2 39.9 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 441 4.8 39.6 463 8.2 40.0 429 5.7 39.4 Blue collar......................................................... 633 5.0 40.3 644 5.6 40.4 551 3.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 779 5.1 40.0 800 5.5 40.0 598 1.4 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ $1,085 17.4 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 803 5.6 39.7 $803 5.6 39.7 – – – Electricians................................................ 866 7.7 40.0 866 7.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 563 9.5 39.7 563 9.5 39.7 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 805 5.7 40.0 805 5.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 565 4.6 42.7 576 5.8 43.5 $530 5.5 40.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 572 5.4 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 393 7.8 40.0 359 6.7 40.0 509 6.8 40.0 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 429 3.8 40.0 – – – 455 .4 40.0 Service............................................................. 417 4.0 40.3 330 8.9 39.7 504 2.9 40.8 Protective service............................................ 589 4.3 42.4 – – – 622 3.6 43.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 769 4.0 40.3 – – – 769 4.0 40.3 Firefighting................................................ 614 2.2 52.3 – – – 614 2.2 52.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 641 2.8 40.3 – – – 641 2.8 40.3 Food service.................................................. 250 19.5 35.2 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 368 3.0 39.8 359 4.2 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 363 3.3 39.8 347 5.1 39.7 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 353 6.1 39.9 320 5.4 39.9 396 7.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 388 5.9 40.0 – – – 396 7.4 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $34,039 4.4 1,992 $33,980 6.7 2,077 $34,155 2.6 1,825 All excluding sales............................................... 34,416 4.5 1,981 34,488 7.0 2,070 34,289 3.0 1,821 White collar........................................................ 37,635 5.5 1,932 37,490 9.1 2,063 37,852 3.9 1,734 White collar excluding sales.................................... 38,854 6.2 1,903 39,443 10.6 2,046 38,131 4.6 1,727 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,385 6.1 1,766 45,508 12.2 1,958 45,277 4.7 1,595 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,141 5.8 1,693 48,793 13.6 1,899 46,112 4.9 1,564 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 46,062 4.4 1,994 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 44,296 1.1 1,979 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 84,420 38.6 1,807 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,430 2.1 1,318 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,004 5.1 2,066 30,003 6.8 2,061 35,207 5.6 2,075 Social workers.............................................. 32,812 5.6 2,074 – – – 35,207 5.6 2,075 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 37,949 6.6 2,074 39,086 8.8 2,074 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,862 8.6 2,077 29,335 9.5 2,076 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,747 12.0 2,183 77,967 14.4 2,237 57,256 17.1 2,080 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,979 10.6 2,211 82,826 13.5 2,260 72,435 14.5 2,080 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 64,988 20.3 2,080 – – – 64,988 20.3 2,080 Administrators, education and related fields................ 63,366 21.7 2,080 63,366 21.7 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,288 15.3 2,080 84,143 19.9 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 37,468 9.6 2,080 44,732 11.8 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 29,336 14.1 2,129 29,628 14.6 2,132 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 17,807 4.5 2,077 17,598 4.3 2,077 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,262 3.2 2,012 26,739 4.3 2,085 22,750 3.3 1,887 Secretaries................................................. 28,908 7.9 2,080 28,787 13.1 2,080 29,084 4.0 2,080 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,732 12.2 2,080 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 30,286 4.2 2,077 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 22,486 4.8 2,018 24,091 8.2 2,080 21,625 5.7 1,985 Blue collar......................................................... 32,804 5.0 2,091 33,492 5.6 2,100 27,925 3.3 2,028 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,489 5.1 2,082 41,601 5.5 2,083 31,117 1.4 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ $56,443 17.4 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,752 5.6 2,066 $41,752 5.6 2,066 – – – Electricians................................................ 45,044 7.7 2,080 45,044 7.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,283 9.5 2,067 29,283 9.5 2,067 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 41,866 5.7 2,080 41,866 5.7 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,720 4.6 2,171 29,926 5.8 2,264 $25,144 5.5 1,897 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,562 5.4 1,927 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,460 7.8 2,080 18,663 6.7 2,080 26,488 6.8 2,080 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,298 3.8 2,080 – – – 23,662 .4 2,080 Service............................................................. 21,190 4.0 2,044 17,135 8.9 2,065 24,994 2.9 2,025 Protective service............................................ 30,621 4.3 2,204 – – – 32,331 3.6 2,237 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 39,976 4.0 2,097 – – – 39,976 4.0 2,097 Firefighting................................................ 31,912 2.2 2,719 – – – 31,912 2.2 2,719 Police and detectives, public service....................... 33,340 2.8 2,094 – – – 33,340 2.8 2,094 Food service.................................................. 11,130 19.5 1,566 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 19,118 3.0 2,070 18,650 4.2 2,066 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,855 3.3 2,070 18,022 5.1 2,062 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 17,746 6.1 2,010 16,660 5.4 2,075 19,078 7.4 1,929 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,998 5.9 1,961 – – – 19,078 7.4 1,929 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $16.12 5.0 $15.18 7.5 $18.44 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.47 5.3 15.54 8.1 18.55 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.90 5.5 17.57 9.0 21.33 4.2 2....................................................... 9.30 2.6 9.34 2.8 8.93 4.7 3....................................................... 10.26 3.0 10.50 5.0 9.98 1.4 4....................................................... 15.10 8.8 16.19 9.7 12.07 3.3 5....................................................... 14.53 5.1 14.64 6.5 14.27 9.2 6....................................................... 18.76 7.5 20.75 9.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.32 2.8 20.98 3.1 18.51 3.4 8....................................................... 26.32 1.4 – – 26.51 1.4 9....................................................... 25.82 3.4 25.00 5.4 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 39.23 5.7 32.05 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.28 20.6 20.15 27.0 17.21 16.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.19 6.0 19.21 10.3 21.56 4.9 2....................................................... 9.46 2.8 9.58 3.1 8.93 4.7 3....................................................... 10.46 3.8 11.04 7.9 9.94 1.5 4....................................................... 13.55 3.2 14.28 4.1 12.07 3.3 5....................................................... 14.48 5.5 14.63 6.7 14.08 11.4 6....................................................... 18.01 6.4 19.79 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.41 2.8 21.12 3.0 18.51 3.4 8....................................................... 26.32 1.4 – – 26.51 1.4 9....................................................... 25.82 3.4 25.00 5.4 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 39.23 5.7 32.05 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.33 20.8 20.25 27.3 17.21 16.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.46 5.9 23.24 11.7 27.79 4.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.49 5.4 25.70 12.6 28.79 4.9 6....................................................... 14.31 6.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.98 3.6 21.47 4.3 19.43 3.8 8....................................................... 26.65 1.6 – – 26.87 1.6 9....................................................... 25.52 3.6 24.19 5.9 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 38.06 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.92 21.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.15 4.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.67 3.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.63 3.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.46 1.0 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.23 38.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.89 5.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.68 1.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.65 13.4 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 27.65 13.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $15.49 5.2 $14.56 6.8 $16.96 5.8 Social workers.............................................. 15.82 5.8 – – 16.96 5.8 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.26 6.7 18.81 8.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.90 7.5 14.13 8.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.33 11.0 34.70 13.3 27.53 17.1 11........................................................ 40.41 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.54 17.8 36.36 19.5 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.04 10.0 36.46 12.9 34.82 14.5 11........................................................ 40.41 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.81 17.8 36.36 19.5 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.24 20.3 – – 31.24 20.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 29.72 17.5 29.72 17.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.48 15.3 40.45 19.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.01 9.6 21.51 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 12.59 11.5 12.61 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.71 3.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 21.48 2.1 21.48 2.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.26 3.9 8.18 3.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 3.0 12.77 4.2 11.89 3.1 2....................................................... 9.47 2.8 9.59 3.2 8.93 4.7 3....................................................... 10.46 3.8 11.04 7.9 9.94 1.5 4....................................................... 13.73 3.4 14.58 3.9 12.02 4.0 5....................................................... 15.26 8.7 15.64 8.9 14.12 21.7 6....................................................... 17.73 17.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 13.1 13.98 4.0 4....................................................... 14.95 9.3 – – 13.17 8.1 Receptionists............................................... 7.97 3.1 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.88 9.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.58 4.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 5.4 11.58 8.2 10.89 6.8 2....................................................... 9.89 7.0 – – 8.99 5.0 4....................................................... 12.95 8.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.21 5.7 15.40 6.4 13.70 3.7 1....................................................... 8.22 7.3 8.22 7.5 8.14 7.9 2....................................................... 9.49 3.1 9.40 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.25 8.5 12.26 8.9 12.11 7.3 4....................................................... 15.22 6.3 16.76 10.4 13.66 1.0 5....................................................... 18.15 5.7 18.15 6.1 18.15 6.4 6....................................................... 20.14 5.7 21.15 5.6 14.51 1.2 7....................................................... 19.22 8.1 19.25 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $21.73 24.6 $22.21 25.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 5.1 19.98 5.5 $14.96 1.4 5....................................................... 17.42 7.5 17.33 7.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.96 4.8 21.20 4.3 14.51 1.2 7....................................................... 19.07 8.0 19.10 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.35 14.8 27.37 14.7 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.14 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.21 5.4 20.21 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 21.24 4.5 21.24 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 21.66 7.7 21.66 7.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.70 10.6 13.70 10.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 2.0 7.56 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 10.4 11.81 10.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.80 3.0 19.80 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.13 5.7 20.13 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 20.15 2.6 20.15 2.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 8.0 12.65 10.0 13.14 6.3 3....................................................... 11.75 12.0 11.77 12.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.30 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.46 6.2 8.68 4.8 12.64 7.3 1....................................................... 8.40 8.7 8.42 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.37 2.7 9.04 3.9 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.57 14.4 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... – – – – 9.44 3.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.36 5.3 8.36 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 5.3 8.36 5.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.72 3.8 – – 11.38 .4 2....................................................... 9.62 4.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.19 6.6 7.42 8.6 12.32 2.1 1....................................................... 6.02 8.4 5.93 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 7.1 7.91 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.87 6.9 8.50 5.8 11.50 9.5 4....................................................... 11.53 7.1 – – 10.59 5.4 6....................................................... 14.66 .3 – – 14.66 .3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.53 5.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.85 2.8 – – 14.39 1.8 4....................................................... 12.30 4.0 – – 11.40 .9 6....................................................... 14.66 .3 – – 14.66 .3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.06 4.8 – – 19.06 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 11.74 .5 – – 11.74 .5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.81 3.8 – – 15.81 3.8 6....................................................... $15.74 0.1 – – $15.74 0.1 Food service.................................................. 6.49 12.6 $6.16 12.3 – – 1....................................................... 5.25 4.7 5.25 4.7 – – Other food service........................................... 7.05 9.0 6.76 9.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.21 2.7 9.02 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.15 2.8 9.15 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.79 3.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.08 3.1 8.71 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 2.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.99 9.1 7.22 8.2 9.89 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.08 12.8 – – 9.89 7.4 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 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $17.09 4.3 $16.36 6.6 $18.71 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.37 4.5 16.66 7.0 18.83 3.2 White collar........................................................ 19.48 5.5 18.17 9.1 21.82 4.0 2....................................................... 9.57 1.7 9.64 1.8 8.99 5.0 3....................................................... 10.43 3.3 10.72 5.4 10.03 1.7 4....................................................... 15.45 11.2 16.80 13.2 12.07 3.3 5....................................................... 14.56 5.1 14.64 6.5 14.37 8.7 6....................................................... 18.76 7.5 20.75 9.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.34 2.8 20.98 3.1 18.56 3.4 8....................................................... 26.35 1.5 – – 26.56 1.5 9....................................................... 25.80 3.4 24.95 5.6 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 39.23 5.7 32.05 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.14 20.8 20.17 27.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.42 6.0 19.28 10.4 22.08 4.8 2....................................................... 9.52 2.8 9.64 3.3 8.99 5.0 3....................................................... 10.57 4.3 11.05 8.0 9.99 1.9 4....................................................... 13.54 3.3 14.27 4.1 12.07 3.3 5....................................................... 14.52 5.5 14.63 6.7 14.20 10.8 6....................................................... 18.01 6.4 19.79 8.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.43 2.8 21.12 3.0 18.56 3.4 8....................................................... 26.35 1.5 – – 26.56 1.5 9....................................................... 25.80 3.4 24.95 5.6 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 39.23 5.7 32.05 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.21 20.9 20.27 27.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.71 6.0 23.24 11.9 28.38 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.85 5.5 25.69 12.8 29.48 5.0 6....................................................... 14.31 6.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.01 3.6 21.47 4.3 19.53 3.8 8....................................................... 26.71 1.6 – – 26.93 1.6 9....................................................... 25.49 3.6 24.08 6.0 26.89 3.4 11........................................................ 38.06 8.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.10 4.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.35 2.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.63 3.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.38 1.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.73 39.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.63 2.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.49 5.2 14.56 6.8 16.96 5.8 Social workers.............................................. 15.82 5.8 – – 16.96 5.8 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $18.30 6.8 $18.85 9.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.90 7.5 14.13 8.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.42 11.0 34.85 13.4 $27.53 17.1 11........................................................ 40.41 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.80 17.8 36.79 19.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.17 10.1 36.64 13.0 34.82 14.5 11........................................................ 40.41 11.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.08 17.8 36.79 19.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 31.24 20.3 – – 31.24 20.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.46 21.7 30.46 21.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.48 15.3 40.45 19.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.01 9.6 21.51 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.78 13.3 13.89 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.03 5.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 27.24 6.0 27.24 6.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.57 4.4 8.47 4.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.56 3.1 12.82 4.2 12.06 3.5 2....................................................... 9.52 2.8 9.64 3.3 8.99 5.0 3....................................................... 10.57 4.3 11.05 8.0 9.99 1.9 4....................................................... 13.72 3.5 14.58 4.0 12.02 4.0 5....................................................... 15.33 8.5 15.64 8.9 14.35 21.0 6....................................................... 17.73 17.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.90 7.9 13.84 13.1 13.98 4.0 4....................................................... 14.95 9.3 – – 13.17 8.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.41 12.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.58 4.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 11.14 5.4 11.58 8.2 10.89 6.8 2....................................................... 9.89 7.0 – – 8.99 5.0 4....................................................... 12.95 8.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.69 5.1 15.95 5.7 13.77 3.3 1....................................................... 8.63 10.0 8.66 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.49 3.1 9.40 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.57 7.3 12.59 7.7 12.11 7.3 4....................................................... 15.22 6.3 16.76 10.4 13.66 1.0 5....................................................... 18.15 5.7 18.15 6.1 18.15 6.4 6....................................................... 20.14 5.7 21.15 5.6 14.51 1.2 7....................................................... 19.22 8.1 19.25 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.73 24.6 22.21 25.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 5.1 19.98 5.5 14.96 1.4 5....................................................... $17.42 7.5 $17.33 7.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.96 4.8 21.20 4.3 $14.51 1.2 7....................................................... 19.07 8.0 19.10 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.35 14.8 27.37 14.7 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 27.14 17.4 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.21 5.4 20.21 5.4 – – 6....................................................... 21.24 4.5 21.24 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 21.66 7.7 21.66 7.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.17 9.1 14.17 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 10.4 11.81 10.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.80 3.0 19.80 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 20.13 5.7 20.13 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 20.15 2.6 20.15 2.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 6.2 13.22 8.0 13.26 5.5 3....................................................... 12.26 10.0 12.31 10.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.30 5.4 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 7.8 8.97 6.7 12.73 6.8 1....................................................... 8.79 11.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.37 2.8 9.04 3.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.72 3.8 – – 11.38 .4 2....................................................... 9.62 4.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.37 3.5 8.30 8.6 12.34 2.1 1....................................................... 6.79 16.8 6.59 18.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 6.8 7.86 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.42 7.0 – – 11.50 9.5 4....................................................... 11.54 7.2 – – 10.60 5.6 6....................................................... 14.66 .3 – – 14.66 .3 Protective service............................................ 13.89 2.8 – – 14.45 1.6 4....................................................... 12.35 3.8 – – 11.45 1.2 6....................................................... 14.66 .3 – – 14.66 .3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 19.06 4.8 – – 19.06 4.8 Firefighting................................................ 11.74 .5 – – 11.74 .5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.92 3.1 – – 15.92 3.1 6....................................................... 15.74 .1 – – 15.74 .1 Food service.................................................. 7.11 22.3 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.24 2.7 9.03 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.19 2.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.11 3.0 8.74 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.05 2.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.83 6.2 8.03 5.6 9.89 7.4 1....................................................... 7.98 6.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.69 5.9 – – 9.89 7.4 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.68 8.8 $7.31 9.2 $11.06 16.1 All excluding sales............................................... 7.54 8.2 7.05 6.8 11.06 16.1 White collar........................................................ 9.76 9.7 9.18 8.8 11.26 17.9 2....................................................... 7.06 3.4 7.06 3.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.07 13.1 14.11 19.5 11.26 17.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.38 20.6 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 15.61 20.9 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.30 9.0 8.30 9.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.12 4.4 7.12 4.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.68 6.0 9.89 15.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.59 2.9 7.56 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.41 3.8 7.37 4.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.42 5.5 7.43 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.41 5.5 7.42 5.6 – – Service............................................................. 6.46 6.5 6.41 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.74 3.5 5.71 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.08 11.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.27 10.4 6.27 10.4 – – Other food service........................................... 6.56 9.1 6.56 9.1 – – 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $17.09 $7.68 $19.65 $15.60 $15.77 $26.57 All excluding sales............................................. 17.37 7.54 19.65 15.95 16.34 22.69 White collar........................................................ 19.48 9.76 22.78 18.32 18.28 32.99 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.42 12.07 22.78 19.71 19.90 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.71 15.38 – 24.81 25.46 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.85 15.61 – 27.42 27.49 – Technical....................................................... 18.30 – – 18.26 18.26 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.42 – – 32.33 30.14 – Sales............................................................. 13.78 8.30 – 12.59 9.15 31.75 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.56 9.68 12.66 12.43 12.36 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.69 7.59 17.85 14.73 15.32 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.44 – 22.93 19.14 19.46 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.17 – 16.75 12.08 13.71 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.23 – 15.65 11.79 12.75 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 7.42 – 9.40 9.54 – Service............................................................. 10.37 6.46 – 9.07 9.19 – 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....................................................... 4.3 8.8 2.4 5.9 4.9 18.8 All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 8.2 2.4 6.4 5.3 38.2 White collar........................................................ 5.5 9.7 5.6 6.6 6.3 12.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.0 13.1 5.6 7.3 5.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.0 20.6 – 7.9 5.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.5 20.9 – 7.8 5.4 – Technical....................................................... 6.8 – – 6.7 6.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.0 – – 11.0 12.5 – Sales............................................................. 13.3 9.0 – 11.5 4.4 8.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 6.0 3.1 3.3 3.0 – Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 2.9 7.1 6.2 5.4 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.1 – 7.7 5.3 5.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 – 7.3 10.9 10.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 – 9.9 7.5 8.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.8 5.5 – 6.2 6.2 – Service............................................................. 3.5 6.5 – 7.1 6.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $15.18 - $32.07 - - - - - - $12.68 All excluding sales............................................. 15.54 - 32.07 - - - - - - 12.91 White collar........................................................ 17.57 - – - - - - - - 15.82 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.21 - – - - - - - - 16.45 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 - – - - - - - - 19.14 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.70 - – - - - - - - 21.15 Technical....................................................... 18.81 - – - - - - - - 15.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.70 - – - - - - - - 26.03 Sales............................................................. 12.61 - – - - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 - – - - - - - - 11.51 Blue collar......................................................... 15.40 - – - - - - - - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.98 - – - - - - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.70 - – - - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 - – - - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.68 - – - - - - - - – Service............................................................. 7.42 - – - - - - - - 8.15 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....................................................... 7.5 - 4.0 - - - - - - 9.3 All excluding sales............................................. 8.1 - 4.0 - - - - - - 8.8 White collar........................................................ 9.0 - – - - - - - - 7.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.3 - – - - - - - - 6.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 11.7 - – - - - - - - 6.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 12.6 - – - - - - - - 5.9 Technical....................................................... 8.9 - – - - - - - - 8.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 13.3 - – - - - - - - 12.5 Sales............................................................. 12.0 - – - - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 - – - - - - - - 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 6.4 - – - - - - - - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 - – - - - - - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.6 - – - - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.0 - – - - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.8 - – - - - - - - – Service............................................................. 8.6 - – - - - - - - 7.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $15.18 $12.54 $16.40 $16.97 $15.82 All excluding sales............................................. 15.54 12.96 16.64 16.84 16.45 White collar........................................................ 17.57 15.46 18.30 17.80 18.88 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.21 18.96 19.28 17.73 21.01 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.24 17.18 24.85 21.54 27.59 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.70 19.63 27.48 23.75 29.26 Technical....................................................... 18.81 – 20.39 19.73 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.70 34.38 34.96 26.31 – Sales............................................................. 12.61 10.40 14.24 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.77 11.60 12.97 14.07 11.53 Blue collar......................................................... 15.40 12.67 16.89 19.15 14.83 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.98 17.41 21.08 23.22 18.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.70 8.42 14.65 14.01 15.05 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.65 – 15.82 17.34 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.68 9.28 8.02 8.54 – Service............................................................. 7.42 6.62 7.96 7.68 8.20 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....................................................... 7.5 8.3 8.7 5.3 17.1 All excluding sales............................................. 8.1 10.0 9.2 5.9 18.0 White collar........................................................ 9.0 15.5 10.4 5.2 21.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.3 21.9 11.7 6.0 22.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 11.7 13.2 13.6 9.4 20.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 12.6 8.2 15.1 12.0 21.0 Technical....................................................... 8.9 – 9.4 11.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 13.3 18.9 19.5 11.2 – Sales............................................................. 12.0 16.5 18.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 13.9 4.1 6.1 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 6.4 6.0 7.3 10.5 9.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.5 1.2 7.1 9.3 6.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10.6 10.9 7.9 16.1 4.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.0 – 7.9 8.9 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.8 4.0 4.7 9.1 – Service............................................................. 8.6 7.3 11.3 8.5 18.9 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.23 $9.25 $13.43 $20.16 $28.28 All excluding sales........................... 7.27 9.51 13.78 20.56 28.82 White collar.................................... 8.50 10.07 14.46 23.39 33.14 White collar excluding sales................ 9.47 11.49 16.33 25.50 33.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.49 17.83 23.19 30.61 40.42 Professional specialty...................... 14.43 20.16 25.50 32.27 44.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 18.90 20.29 22.05 24.36 27.71 Registered nurses....................... 18.90 20.60 22.31 24.34 26.89 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.61 32.27 36.30 41.23 94.53 Teachers, except college and university... 20.46 23.19 27.47 31.02 33.14 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.46 26.66 31.02 33.14 33.14 Librarians.............................. 13.46 26.66 31.02 33.14 33.14 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.21 13.49 14.85 17.83 18.35 Social workers.......................... 12.93 13.59 14.85 17.83 18.35 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.70 13.50 17.36 22.70 26.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.69 11.77 13.50 16.10 18.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.35 20.86 28.08 46.91 51.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.82 25.96 30.79 46.91 52.30 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.57 21.88 30.79 30.79 48.96 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 17.93 23.20 27.07 31.39 34.50 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.25 25.96 46.13 52.30 57.14 Management related........................ 13.67 14.11 16.28 22.26 22.75 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 9.23 12.00 22.22 Cashiers................................ 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.18 10.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.64 9.71 11.33 14.42 17.17 Secretaries............................. 10.50 11.14 14.11 15.55 20.49 Receptionists........................... 6.94 7.60 7.68 7.73 10.09 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.65 9.32 9.86 10.04 16.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.75 13.72 13.90 14.62 17.26 General office clerks................... 8.21 9.43 10.07 13.06 13.94 Blue collar..................................... 7.90 9.95 14.38 18.45 24.10 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.80 15.43 17.68 23.55 28.08 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.81 18.00 24.76 32.63 42.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 15.63 20.98 23.55 24.10 Electricians............................ 14.75 20.30 20.30 24.03 28.86 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $7.50 $9.30 $11.32 $18.32 $22.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 16.55 18.15 21.91 22.44 23.20 Transportation and material moving............ 8.25 9.25 12.05 14.50 16.84 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.28 13.29 14.88 16.23 16.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.40 13.43 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.50 6.50 6.50 7.75 9.21 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 7.04 8.15 9.43 11.52 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.05 8.45 9.32 13.11 15.94 Service......................................... 5.50 6.50 8.34 10.65 14.27 Protective service........................ 9.55 11.18 13.48 15.55 19.26 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.55 17.15 19.14 20.84 22.97 Firefighting............................ 8.29 10.65 11.74 12.94 14.98 Police and detectives, public service... 10.52 13.43 14.81 18.20 21.24 Food service.............................. 3.07 5.25 5.85 7.75 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.15 5.45 6.15 8.35 10.00 Health service............................ 7.73 8.31 9.09 10.00 11.11 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.67 8.14 8.90 9.90 11.21 Cleaning and building service............. 5.75 6.50 7.51 9.02 9.78 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 6.00 7.78 9.34 10.27 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $8.70 $12.15 $18.42 $26.32 All excluding sales........................... 6.95 9.00 13.42 19.50 26.32 White collar.................................... 8.00 9.90 13.67 21.39 32.60 White collar excluding sales................ 9.39 11.30 15.03 22.86 38.57 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.93 14.78 21.24 26.32 44.16 Professional specialty...................... 13.59 17.83 22.47 32.54 45.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 13.49 14.15 17.83 17.83 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.72 13.50 18.42 23.18 26.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.69 12.75 13.50 16.33 18.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.50 23.37 28.08 46.91 52.30 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.27 25.96 28.61 46.91 52.30 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 17.93 23.20 27.07 31.39 34.50 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.39 25.96 51.00 52.30 57.14 Management related........................ 15.62 16.83 22.75 22.75 38.57 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 9.17 11.40 22.22 Cashiers................................ 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.16 10.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.55 9.89 12.00 14.62 18.36 Secretaries............................. 10.50 11.13 14.42 14.42 20.49 General office clerks................... 9.51 9.89 10.11 12.00 13.50 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.60 14.54 19.07 24.65 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.50 15.50 18.00 24.10 28.86 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 15.63 20.98 23.55 24.10 Electricians............................ 14.75 20.30 20.30 24.03 28.86 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.30 11.32 18.32 22.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 16.55 18.15 21.91 22.44 23.20 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 9.25 12.05 14.50 17.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.27 8.75 9.50 11.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 7.04 8.15 9.43 11.52 Service......................................... $5.25 $6.00 $7.00 $8.71 $10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.00 5.15 5.50 7.25 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.35 5.90 7.65 10.00 Health service............................ 7.68 8.10 9.00 10.00 10.08 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 7.98 8.60 9.35 10.00 Cleaning and building service............. 5.75 6.00 7.23 8.19 9.02 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.87 $10.65 $14.71 $23.19 $31.62 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 10.65 14.71 23.19 31.62 White collar.................................... 9.47 11.66 18.38 28.20 33.14 White collar excluding sales................ 9.55 11.70 19.07 28.46 33.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.08 20.43 26.66 31.62 35.98 Professional specialty...................... 17.15 21.88 27.20 32.27 36.63 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.08 14.35 16.23 18.35 21.77 Social workers.......................... 12.08 14.35 16.23 18.35 21.77 Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.11 14.81 22.26 46.13 48.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.57 26.00 30.79 46.13 48.96 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.57 21.88 30.79 30.79 48.96 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.66 9.57 11.04 13.94 16.33 Secretaries............................. 10.06 12.13 14.11 15.55 17.16 General office clerks................... 8.05 8.98 10.03 13.94 13.94 Blue collar..................................... 8.66 10.92 13.43 15.94 18.45 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.09 12.35 14.46 17.57 20.00 Transportation and material moving............ 10.60 11.28 13.29 14.88 16.07 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.05 8.55 12.18 15.94 17.20 Construction laborers................... 6.00 6.00 10.03 12.18 13.43 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.05 8.45 10.43 14.46 15.94 Service......................................... 7.93 9.37 11.18 14.46 18.45 Protective service........................ 10.03 11.18 13.69 17.15 19.85 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.55 17.15 19.14 20.84 22.97 Firefighting............................ 8.29 10.65 11.74 12.94 14.98 Police and detectives, public service... 10.52 13.43 14.81 18.20 21.24 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $7.51 $8.35 $9.37 $10.27 $14.67 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.51 8.35 9.37 10.27 14.67 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.00 $14.11 $21.18 $29.33 All excluding sales........................... 8.33 10.10 14.42 21.63 29.33 White collar.................................... 8.82 10.52 15.03 24.14 33.40 White collar excluding sales................ 9.52 11.77 16.35 25.62 34.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 17.83 23.19 30.61 40.51 Professional specialty...................... 14.81 20.34 25.50 32.31 44.16 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.88 20.21 21.88 24.34 27.71 Registered nurses....................... 18.88 20.60 22.21 24.27 26.87 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.61 32.51 36.63 41.23 94.53 Teachers, except college and university... 23.01 23.76 28.20 31.02 33.14 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.21 13.49 14.85 17.83 18.35 Social workers.......................... 12.93 13.59 14.85 17.83 18.35 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.70 13.50 17.36 22.70 26.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.69 11.77 13.50 16.10 18.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.35 20.92 28.08 46.91 51.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.82 25.96 30.79 46.91 52.30 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 17.57 21.88 30.79 30.79 48.96 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.27 23.20 27.07 31.39 34.50 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.25 25.96 46.13 52.30 57.14 Management related........................ 13.67 14.11 16.28 22.26 22.75 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 9.54 13.34 27.97 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 8.42 9.54 10.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.65 9.71 11.72 14.42 17.17 Secretaries............................. 10.50 11.14 14.11 15.55 20.49 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.55 8.82 10.04 14.08 16.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.75 13.72 13.90 14.62 17.26 General office clerks................... 8.21 9.43 10.07 13.06 13.94 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.40 14.81 19.00 24.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.80 15.43 17.68 23.55 28.08 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.81 18.00 24.76 32.63 42.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 15.63 20.98 23.55 24.10 Electricians............................ 14.75 20.30 20.30 24.03 28.86 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.90 9.95 11.91 18.32 22.50 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 16.55 18.15 21.91 22.44 23.20 Transportation and material moving............ $9.25 $11.28 $13.29 $14.88 $17.28 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.28 13.29 14.88 16.23 16.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 14.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.05 8.45 9.32 13.11 15.94 Service......................................... 6.82 7.52 9.37 12.32 15.23 Protective service........................ 9.55 11.32 13.48 15.55 19.26 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.55 17.15 19.14 20.84 22.97 Firefighting............................ 8.29 10.65 11.74 12.94 14.98 Police and detectives, public service... 11.02 13.43 14.81 18.20 21.24 Food service.............................. 2.23 3.07 7.65 9.17 10.76 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 7.67 8.31 9.02 10.00 11.21 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.60 8.14 8.98 9.98 11.21 Cleaning and building service............. $7.23 $7.23 $8.40 $9.37 $10.42 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.51 8.35 9.27 9.78 14.48 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.30 $6.00 $7.00 $8.71 $10.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 5.75 6.79 8.25 10.00 White collar.................................... 6.10 6.75 9.00 10.00 13.33 White collar excluding sales................ 6.14 8.24 9.86 12.86 24.04 Professional specialty and technical.......... 6.14 6.14 12.86 24.08 26.54 Professional specialty...................... 6.14 6.14 12.86 24.45 26.70 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.50 8.49 9.50 10.50 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.15 6.75 8.00 8.56 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.13 8.91 9.86 9.86 10.56 Blue collar..................................... 6.21 7.04 7.50 8.15 8.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.80 6.88 7.27 8.15 9.43 Service......................................... 5.15 5.50 6.00 7.00 9.41 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.25 5.55 7.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.30 5.75 7.00 10.00 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, Mobile, AL, August 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 84,500 58,600 25,900 All excluding sales............................................. 76,700 51,100 25,600 White collar........................................................ 45,800 27,400 18,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 37,900 19,900 18,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19,400 8,400 11,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 16,000 5,600 10,400 Technical....................................................... 3,400 2,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2,800 1,800 1,000 Sales............................................................. - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15,800 9,700 6,100 Blue collar......................................................... 22,000 19,500 2,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9,000 8,100 1,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,000 5,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3,300 2,600 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4,600 3,800 800 Service............................................................. 16,800 11,800 5,000 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.