NC BL 10/00/2006 Table: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, Bulletin 3135-09, December 2005 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $13.73 1.9 36.7 $12.96 1.9 36.5 $18.23 3.3 37.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 23.78 5.0 37.3 23.37 5.7 37.3 24.28 8.9 37.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.75 6.8 40.3 28.03 7.2 40.3 37.43 15.2 40.6 Professional and related.......................................... 21.46 4.5 36.2 20.09 5.9 35.4 22.58 7.4 36.9 Service............................................................. 9.41 6.0 32.1 7.93 6.0 30.2 12.89 7.3 37.8 Sales and office.................................................... 11.81 2.8 35.6 11.64 2.9 35.4 14.32 3.0 40.0 Sales and related................................................. 10.31 6.8 32.8 10.31 6.8 32.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.66 3.0 37.5 12.48 3.1 37.3 14.32 3.0 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.55 8.2 39.9 14.48 8.9 39.9 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 12.41 12.4 40.0 12.23 12.7 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.36 4.0 39.8 16.45 4.4 39.8 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.70 2.9 38.7 12.73 2.9 38.9 – – – Production........................................................ 12.82 3.1 39.3 12.84 3.2 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.41 6.0 37.5 12.46 6.2 38.2 – – – Full time........................................................... 14.31 2.0 39.8 13.57 2.0 39.8 18.41 3.5 39.7 Part time........................................................... 7.82 5.8 20.3 7.39 5.6 20.8 13.99 9.7 15.6 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 13.68 1.9 36.7 12.89 1.8 36.6 18.23 3.3 37.4 Time................................................................ 13.51 2.2 36.3 12.62 2.3 36.1 18.23 3.3 37.4 Incentive........................................................... 15.99 2.6 41.0 15.99 2.6 41.0 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.74 2.8 38.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.28 3.5 34.7 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 11.62 4.6 35.0 11.62 4.6 35.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.19 2.9 38.6 14.00 3.0 38.4 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 17.01 2.2 37.2 15.22 2.7 37.8 18.78 2.8 36.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.73 1.9 $14.31 2.0 $7.82 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.55 8.3 31.55 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.55 7.0 37.55 7.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.31 8.1 26.31 8.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.57 8.9 22.57 8.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.99 6.4 21.15 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.34 1.7 23.47 1.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.54 1.6 23.54 1.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 1.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.00 7.4 23.33 8.0 19.44 24.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.01 5.3 14.05 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.65 6.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.36 1.5 23.31 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.82 6.2 23.29 .7 37.25 12.4 Registered nurses................................................. 26.12 9.3 26.20 9.7 24.38 1.4 Level 7 .................................................. 22.72 1.2 22.64 1.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.54 .8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.34 4.5 18.68 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 6.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.88 6.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 6.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.93 9.2 23.84 9.6 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.20 6.2 16.21 6.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.44 3.5 10.43 3.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.20 5.2 10.20 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.61 6.2 8.61 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.92 2.6 10.92 2.6 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 7.1 9.25 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.47 9.3 8.47 9.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.41 13.4 9.41 13.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.27 8.8 8.27 8.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.88 7.0 10.88 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.96 2.6 10.96 2.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.80 10.7 13.04 9.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.48 10.1 8.55 8.0 6.10 12.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.59 2.9 6.73 1.2 6.44 6.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.31 25.6 – – 4.91 31.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 6.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. $7.54 6.2 $7.62 8.3 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.60 11.5 10.05 12.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.91 28.1 – – $2.95 35.6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.85 31.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.49 5.6 8.07 9.5 6.68 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 6.71 3.1 – – 6.64 2.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.77 6.6 8.53 11.5 6.69 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 6.58 2.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.86 13.7 11.44 16.5 7.51 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.59 6.8 8.91 8.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 6.6 10.26 7.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 5.0 8.79 8.2 7.51 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.88 4.5 8.17 8.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.60 4.6 9.46 4.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.32 5.2 8.53 9.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 5.5 8.26 10.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.08 6.6 – – 8.18 12.4 Child care workers................................................ 8.09 7.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.31 6.8 11.55 6.1 6.92 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 14.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 9.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.06 3.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.38 4.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.17 9.1 10.28 8.6 6.92 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 14.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 9.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 3.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 15.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 4.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 15.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 4.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.87 15.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 11.4 13.09 18.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.66 3.0 12.91 2.8 9.03 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.86 3.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 2.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 2.6 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.50 2.6 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.33 5.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. $11.79 7.2 $12.21 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.04 3.8 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.82 5.9 11.82 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.94 4.0 12.94 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 3.8 12.57 3.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.65 3.2 13.01 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.56 2.7 12.56 2.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 3.3 10.62 3.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 11.0 12.91 11.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 6.4 12.93 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.01 6.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.48 4.6 13.48 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.49 7.0 12.49 7.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.90 4.1 12.90 4.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.13 5.6 12.76 3.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.41 12.4 12.41 12.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.36 4.0 16.36 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 3.9 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.76 2.1 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.39 2.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.64 5.2 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.80 4.7 14.80 4.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.64 1.6 17.64 1.6 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.53 3.0 17.53 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 4.7 20.65 4.7 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 6.1 13.51 6.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.82 3.1 12.82 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.20 1.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.19 2.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.29 3.7 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.59 5.3 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.63 3.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.53 7.7 17.53 7.7 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.06 13.1 11.06 13.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.03 1.4 12.03 1.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.82 1.9 9.82 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 6.9 11.88 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.50 1.5 12.50 1.5 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.26 5.7 12.29 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.30 10.8 9.26 11.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. $13.62 7.7 $13.62 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 6.2 14.88 6.2 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.29 6.6 11.29 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.28 4.0 12.28 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 1.1 12.68 1.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.17 4.1 17.17 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 4.1 10.45 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.42 2.1 18.42 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.51 2.7 19.51 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.11 8.9 20.11 8.9 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 19.70 1.0 19.70 1.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.01 1.7 19.01 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.84 4.0 19.84 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.11 8.9 20.11 8.9 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.22 2.9 13.22 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.70 1.2 12.70 1.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.42 .6 13.42 .6 – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.14 6.0 12.14 6.0 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.66 2.7 13.66 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 1.0 13.38 1.0 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 5.2 12.22 5.2 – – Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 .2 10.93 .2 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 10.7 13.55 10.7 – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.37 4.6 14.37 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 9.7 13.79 9.7 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.25 .5 15.25 .5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 8.9 14.17 8.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.97 9.9 10.97 9.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 .0 11.41 .0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.73 1.2 15.73 1.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.71 1.6 13.71 1.6 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 5.7 12.45 5.7 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 1.5 12.80 1.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.89 6.9 11.89 6.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.44 11.1 8.44 11.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.59 4.0 11.59 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.01 1.9 13.01 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.52 6.4 17.52 6.4 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 6.3 10.95 6.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.41 6.0 12.87 5.5 $8.64 13.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 6.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.96 4.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 14.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. $17.35 5.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.77 8.3 $16.17 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.09 2.7 18.09 2.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.08 6.8 16.08 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.09 2.7 18.09 2.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.88 5.1 11.75 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 5.7 11.48 7.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.26 4.2 13.26 4.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.12 4.9 10.51 3.5 $8.19 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.68 5.7 10.20 4.9 7.78 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.41 5.4 10.24 5.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.22 4.2 10.38 4.9 9.43 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.89 5.4 10.14 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 7.9 10.24 8.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.50 8.7 10.38 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 8.7 9.16 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.85 3.1 10.85 3.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $12.96 1.9 $13.57 2.0 $7.39 5.6 Management occupations.............................................. 29.92 8.0 29.92 8.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.84 9.2 24.84 9.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.57 8.9 22.57 8.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.14 15.9 22.57 16.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.21 8.1 20.77 8.9 14.90 21.8 Level 4 .................................................. – – 14.29 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.65 6.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.98 3.5 23.98 3.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.98 1.3 23.61 .5 28.96 17.0 Registered nurses................................................. 27.49 11.6 27.60 11.9 24.20 2.9 Level 8 .................................................. 23.55 .7 23.54 .8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.97 3.6 18.32 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 6.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.88 6.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 6.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.93 9.2 23.84 9.6 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.20 6.2 16.21 6.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.62 6.4 9.62 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.20 5.2 10.20 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.61 6.2 8.61 6.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.18 7.9 9.18 7.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.47 9.3 8.47 9.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.41 13.4 9.41 13.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.27 8.8 8.27 8.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.33 13.7 10.33 13.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.21 10.9 8.26 8.5 5.88 13.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.50 3.2 6.73 1.2 6.24 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.14 27.8 – – 4.46 32.0 Level 3 .................................................. 8.57 6.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.28 4.1 7.30 6.0 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.57 12.7 10.05 12.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.91 28.1 – – 2.95 35.6 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.85 31.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.14 5.5 7.64 7.7 6.48 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 6.58 3.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.28 7.2 7.95 9.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $8.98 11.0 $9.56 16.5 $7.51 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.41 4.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.09 5.7 8.35 10.9 7.51 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.41 4.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.80 6.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.43 5.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.73 1.6 – – 7.25 7.0 Child care workers................................................ 7.69 .8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.31 6.8 11.55 6.1 6.92 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 14.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 9.5 8.94 13.1 6.85 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.06 3.5 10.31 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.38 4.5 17.38 4.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.17 9.1 10.28 8.6 6.92 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 14.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 9.5 8.94 13.1 6.85 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.87 3.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 15.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 4.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 15.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.77 4.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.87 15.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 11.4 13.09 18.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.48 3.1 12.74 3.0 9.03 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.86 3.2 10.39 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 2.7 11.33 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.01 2.8 12.98 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.51 4.0 13.51 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.54 6.8 17.54 6.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.69 7.5 12.13 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.93 3.8 12.83 3.6 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.82 5.9 11.82 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.05 4.5 13.05 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 3.8 12.57 3.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.65 3.2 13.01 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.56 2.7 12.56 2.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 3.3 10.62 3.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 11.0 12.91 11.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 6.4 12.93 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.01 6.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $13.08 4.1 $13.08 4.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.63 13.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.23 12.7 12.23 12.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.45 4.4 16.45 4.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.42 3.9 12.42 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.64 5.2 19.64 5.2 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.72 6.4 14.72 6.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.64 1.6 17.64 1.6 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.53 3.0 17.53 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 4.7 20.65 4.7 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 6.1 13.51 6.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.84 3.2 12.84 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 4.8 9.03 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.20 1.6 10.20 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 1.0 12.71 1.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.39 2.5 15.39 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.29 3.7 16.29 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.59 5.3 18.59 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.63 3.7 20.63 3.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.53 7.7 17.53 7.7 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.06 13.1 11.06 13.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.03 1.4 12.03 1.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.82 1.9 9.82 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 6.9 11.88 6.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.50 1.5 12.50 1.5 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.26 5.7 12.29 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.30 10.8 9.26 11.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.62 7.7 13.62 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 6.2 14.88 6.2 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.29 6.6 11.29 6.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.28 4.0 12.28 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 1.1 12.68 1.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.17 4.1 17.17 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 4.1 10.45 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.42 2.1 18.42 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.51 2.7 19.51 2.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.11 8.9 20.11 8.9 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 19.70 1.0 19.70 1.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.01 1.7 19.01 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.84 4.0 19.84 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.11 8.9 20.11 8.9 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.22 2.9 13.22 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. $12.70 1.2 $12.70 1.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.42 .6 13.42 .6 – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.14 6.0 12.14 6.0 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.66 2.7 13.66 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 1.0 13.38 1.0 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 5.2 12.22 5.2 – – Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 .2 10.93 .2 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 10.7 13.55 10.7 – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.37 4.6 14.37 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 9.7 13.79 9.7 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.25 .5 15.25 .5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 8.9 14.17 8.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.97 9.9 10.97 9.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 .0 11.41 .0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.73 1.2 15.73 1.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.71 1.6 13.71 1.6 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 5.7 12.45 5.7 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 1.5 12.80 1.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.89 6.9 11.89 6.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.44 11.1 8.44 11.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.59 4.0 11.59 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.01 1.9 13.01 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.52 6.4 17.52 6.4 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 6.3 10.95 6.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.46 6.2 12.93 5.7 $8.59 13.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.43 6.2 9.94 5.7 7.68 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.92 4.8 10.79 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.06 14.1 16.06 14.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.35 5.2 17.35 5.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.30 8.5 16.77 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.09 2.7 18.09 2.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.95 5.3 16.95 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.09 2.7 18.09 2.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.88 5.1 11.75 5.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 5.7 11.48 7.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.26 4.2 13.26 4.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ $10.12 4.9 $10.51 3.5 $8.19 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.68 5.7 10.20 4.9 7.78 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 10.41 5.4 10.24 5.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.22 4.2 10.38 4.9 9.43 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.89 5.4 10.14 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 7.9 10.24 8.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.50 8.7 10.38 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.20 8.7 9.16 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.85 3.1 10.85 3.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.23 3.3 $18.41 3.5 $13.99 9.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.78 7.1 20.90 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 1.7 23.47 1.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.54 1.6 23.54 1.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.47 1.7 23.47 1.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.90 7.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.85 25.6 12.85 25.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.32 3.0 14.32 3.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.73 1.9 $14.31 2.0 $7.82 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.55 8.3 31.55 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 9.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.51 13.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.31 8.1 26.31 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.11 8.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.36 4.6 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.57 8.9 22.57 8.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.99 6.4 21.15 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 23.00 2.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.28 4.8 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.54 1.6 23.54 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.54 1.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.00 7.4 23.33 8.0 19.44 24.5 Group I................................................... 13.22 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.34 6.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.01 9.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.12 9.3 26.20 9.7 24.38 1.4 Group II.................................................. 23.10 1.0 23.03 1.0 24.38 1.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.34 4.5 18.68 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.84 6.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.88 6.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.84 6.9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.93 9.2 23.84 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.93 9.2 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.20 6.2 16.21 6.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.44 3.5 10.43 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.90 4.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 7.1 9.25 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.25 7.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.41 13.4 9.41 13.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.41 13.4 9.41 13.4 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.88 7.0 10.88 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.46 6.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.80 10.7 13.04 9.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.48 10.1 8.55 8.0 6.10 12.8 Group I................................................... 7.08 7.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.54 6.2 7.62 8.3 – – Group I................................................... $7.54 6.2 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.60 11.5 $10.05 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.11 6.4 8.91 .5 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.91 28.1 – – $2.95 35.6 Group I................................................... 2.91 28.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.85 31.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 2.85 31.0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.49 5.6 8.07 9.5 6.68 2.0 Group I................................................... 7.48 5.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.77 6.6 8.53 11.5 6.69 .7 Group I................................................... 7.76 6.7 8.52 11.7 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.86 13.7 11.44 16.5 7.51 3.0 Group I................................................... 9.02 5.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 5.0 8.79 8.2 7.51 3.0 Group I................................................... 8.45 4.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.32 5.2 8.53 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.32 5.2 8.53 9.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.08 6.6 – – 8.18 12.4 Group I................................................... 8.08 6.6 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.09 7.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.09 7.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.31 6.8 11.55 6.1 6.92 3.4 Group I................................................... 8.41 11.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.72 4.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.17 9.1 10.28 8.6 6.92 3.4 Group I................................................... 8.21 11.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Group I................................................... 7.86 13.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.88 13.2 8.35 15.5 6.97 2.7 Group I................................................... 7.86 13.9 8.36 17.6 6.97 2.7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.87 15.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.62 11.4 13.09 18.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.25 11.0 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.66 3.0 12.91 2.8 9.03 7.8 Group I................................................... 11.95 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.46 6.6 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.79 7.2 12.21 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.54 8.3 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.82 5.9 11.82 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.81 4.2 12.81 4.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.94 4.0 12.94 4.0 – – Group I................................................... $12.57 3.8 $12.57 3.8 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 12.65 3.2 13.01 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.01 4.8 12.56 2.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 3.3 10.62 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.62 3.3 10.62 3.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 11.0 12.91 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 4.6 11.46 4.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 6.4 12.93 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.55 4.1 13.55 4.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.01 6.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.01 6.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.48 4.6 13.48 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.67 3.8 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.90 4.1 12.90 4.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.13 5.6 12.76 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.63 13.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.41 12.4 12.41 12.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.00 7.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.36 4.0 16.36 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.95 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.60 3.6 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.80 4.7 14.80 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.19 1.8 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.64 1.6 17.64 1.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.27 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.80 1.5 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.53 3.0 17.53 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.53 3.0 17.53 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 4.7 20.65 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.65 4.7 20.65 4.7 – – Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 6.1 13.51 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.27 5.1 13.27 5.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.82 3.1 12.82 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.94 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.21 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.53 7.7 17.53 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.15 .2 19.15 .2 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.06 13.1 11.06 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.93 12.9 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.03 1.4 12.03 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.03 1.4 – – – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.26 5.7 12.29 6.1 – – Group I................................................... $12.26 5.7 $12.29 6.1 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.29 6.6 11.29 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.23 5.8 – – – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.17 4.1 17.17 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.01 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.84 2.8 – – – – Upholsterers.................................................... 19.70 1.0 19.70 1.0 – – Group I................................................... 19.00 1.7 19.00 1.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.96 2.1 19.96 2.1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.22 2.9 13.22 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.20 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.24 2.6 – – – – Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.14 6.0 12.14 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 8.3 11.48 8.3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.66 2.7 13.66 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.52 2.9 12.52 2.9 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 5.2 12.22 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 5.2 – – – – Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 .2 10.93 .2 – – Group I................................................... 10.93 .2 10.93 .2 – – Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 10.7 13.55 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.55 10.7 13.55 10.7 – – Cutting workers................................................... 14.37 4.6 14.37 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.22 3.5 – – – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.25 .5 15.25 .5 – – Group I................................................... 15.07 1.0 15.07 1.0 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.97 9.9 10.97 9.9 – – Group II.................................................. 13.71 1.6 13.71 1.6 – – Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 5.7 12.45 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.45 5.7 – – – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 1.5 12.80 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.80 1.5 12.80 1.5 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.89 6.9 11.89 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.55 6.1 – – – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 6.3 10.95 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.95 6.3 10.95 6.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.41 6.0 12.87 5.5 $8.64 13.2 Group I................................................... 12.05 4.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.77 8.3 16.17 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.77 8.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.08 6.8 16.08 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.08 6.8 16.08 6.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.88 5.1 11.75 5.8 – – Group I................................................... $11.88 5.1 $11.75 5.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.12 4.9 10.51 3.5 $8.19 13.5 Group I................................................... 10.10 5.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.22 4.2 10.38 4.9 9.43 8.5 Group I................................................... 10.22 4.2 10.38 4.9 9.43 8.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.50 8.7 10.38 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.43 9.0 10.32 6.9 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.14 $9.40 $12.00 $15.72 $22.34 Management occupations.............................................. 15.65 19.56 29.09 40.41 49.28 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.50 19.13 24.04 32.20 37.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 12.73 12.73 24.65 28.22 28.22 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.99 15.65 23.64 25.07 27.00 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.47 23.32 23.64 25.38 26.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.46 16.01 20.87 24.79 40.95 Registered nurses................................................. 19.14 21.50 24.43 27.53 40.95 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.37 16.43 17.50 17.50 23.84 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.37 13.77 15.18 16.43 16.43 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.89 22.95 23.79 23.79 30.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.37 14.64 16.01 16.01 21.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.85 8.57 10.00 11.47 13.53 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.50 7.88 9.05 11.15 11.52 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 7.50 9.70 11.47 11.52 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 10.36 11.36 13.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 12.43 13.10 14.94 15.81 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.50 6.21 7.03 8.84 11.50 Cooks............................................................. 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.50 9.55 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.35 7.00 8.25 9.25 10.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 7.03 8.00 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.80 6.21 7.28 9.00 10.65 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.84 7.14 9.78 10.51 15.40 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.84 6.84 8.00 9.88 10.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.84 6.84 7.14 9.78 10.51 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 7.00 7.75 8.50 10.50 Child care workers................................................ 6.50 6.50 7.75 8.54 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.35 7.00 8.50 11.54 17.13 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 7.00 7.75 10.00 12.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 6.75 7.00 8.36 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 6.75 7.00 8.36 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.00 6.25 8.50 9.50 11.54 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 7.50 10.00 11.25 20.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.55 11.09 12.17 14.32 15.87 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 10.14 12.17 12.95 14.68 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 9.24 9.95 12.25 12.32 15.95 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... $11.82 $12.17 $12.17 $14.03 $14.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.37 11.50 12.64 14.34 14.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 10.00 10.00 11.35 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.60 11.30 12.01 14.61 15.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 10.00 13.91 15.75 15.75 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 9.74 11.73 11.93 12.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.73 12.56 12.98 14.27 15.87 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.73 12.21 12.98 12.98 14.27 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.75 10.78 13.00 14.01 15.24 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 11.00 14.58 16.74 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 13.33 16.13 18.86 20.74 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.50 13.33 13.33 17.83 18.54 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.65 14.60 17.26 20.22 23.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.65 14.60 16.00 21.13 21.13 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 18.45 20.22 23.98 26.90 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 11.00 11.00 14.00 14.81 14.90 Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.00 12.12 15.00 18.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 13.75 16.43 22.09 22.38 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 6.75 9.00 10.56 13.06 15.58 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.85 10.26 11.22 13.50 15.55 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.00 9.00 11.27 14.45 17.45 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 8.50 9.25 11.11 12.50 14.85 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.07 13.03 16.64 21.00 25.35 Upholsterers.................................................... 14.48 16.17 19.00 21.41 26.43 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 9.75 12.27 13.28 14.28 16.34 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 9.75 9.75 13.28 13.85 13.85 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 9.53 12.85 13.28 14.66 16.92 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 9.83 10.18 11.33 13.05 16.35 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 9.83 10.08 10.50 12.70 12.70 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 10.50 11.33 13.05 15.56 17.44 Cutting workers................................................... 10.70 12.42 13.23 16.15 19.05 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 11.77 12.90 14.00 17.81 19.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.75 15.39 Painting workers.................................................. 10.58 11.50 12.28 13.69 14.30 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 11.48 12.01 12.76 13.69 14.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.00 9.25 11.36 15.05 17.21 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.50 9.75 10.10 11.09 14.87 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 9.00 11.14 14.44 18.24 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.36 16.39 19.22 24.12 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.91 12.50 16.50 17.70 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.50 10.75 14.10 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 8.27 10.00 12.00 13.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.00 10.00 12.05 13.15 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... $6.00 $6.65 $9.77 $11.14 $12.75 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $9.00 $11.61 $15.00 $20.22 Management occupations.............................................. 15.24 19.56 26.32 40.41 41.73 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.08 16.93 23.89 32.20 33.07 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 12.73 12.73 24.65 28.22 28.22 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.24 14.28 23.85 31.52 36.34 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.37 16.01 17.50 23.79 27.92 Registered nurses................................................. 19.71 21.75 25.28 28.95 40.95 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.77 16.43 17.50 17.50 23.84 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.37 13.77 15.18 16.43 16.43 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.89 22.95 23.79 23.79 30.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.37 14.64 16.01 16.01 21.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.50 8.00 9.53 11.37 11.52 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.50 7.85 9.00 11.47 11.52 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 7.50 9.70 11.47 11.52 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.36 13.26 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.07 7.00 8.00 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.50 6.50 7.00 7.32 8.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.25 6.75 8.00 9.50 11.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.75 6.00 7.03 8.00 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.80 6.21 7.03 8.25 9.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.84 6.84 7.14 9.37 15.40 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.84 6.84 7.00 8.47 10.83 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.84 6.84 7.00 8.47 10.51 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 6.50 7.55 8.50 9.25 Child care workers................................................ 6.50 6.50 7.70 8.50 9.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.35 7.00 8.50 11.54 17.13 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.25 7.00 7.75 10.00 12.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 6.75 7.00 8.36 11.25 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 6.75 7.00 8.36 11.25 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.00 6.25 8.50 9.50 11.54 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.50 7.50 10.00 11.25 20.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.30 10.76 12.17 13.66 15.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 9.95 12.17 12.95 14.50 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 9.24 9.95 12.25 12.32 15.95 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.17 12.17 12.17 14.03 14.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.37 11.50 12.64 14.34 14.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 10.00 10.00 11.35 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... $10.60 $11.30 $12.01 $14.61 $15.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 10.00 13.91 15.75 15.75 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 9.74 11.73 11.93 12.60 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.75 12.56 12.98 12.98 15.48 Office clerks, general............................................ 5.77 10.20 10.97 13.00 13.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 11.00 12.23 16.10 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 13.33 16.13 20.22 20.78 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.00 13.33 13.33 17.53 18.54 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.65 14.60 17.26 20.22 23.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.65 14.60 16.00 21.13 21.13 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 18.45 20.22 23.98 26.90 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 11.00 11.00 14.00 14.81 14.90 Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.00 12.20 15.05 18.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 13.75 16.43 22.09 22.38 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 6.75 9.00 10.56 13.06 15.58 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.85 10.26 11.22 13.50 15.55 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.00 9.00 11.27 14.45 17.45 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 8.50 9.25 11.11 12.50 14.85 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.07 13.03 16.64 21.00 25.35 Upholsterers.................................................... 14.48 16.17 19.00 21.41 26.43 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 9.75 12.27 13.28 14.28 16.34 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 9.75 9.75 13.28 13.85 13.85 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 9.53 12.85 13.28 14.66 16.92 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 9.83 10.18 11.33 13.05 16.35 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 9.83 10.08 10.50 12.70 12.70 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 10.50 11.33 13.05 15.56 17.44 Cutting workers................................................... 10.70 12.42 13.23 16.15 19.05 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 11.77 12.90 14.00 17.81 19.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.75 15.39 Painting workers.................................................. 10.58 11.50 12.28 13.69 14.30 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 11.48 12.01 12.76 13.69 14.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.00 9.25 11.36 15.05 17.21 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.50 9.75 10.10 11.09 14.87 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 9.00 11.14 14.50 18.77 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 12.00 17.41 19.85 24.12 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.00 14.04 17.44 17.96 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.50 10.75 14.10 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.00 8.27 10.00 12.00 13.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.00 10.00 12.05 13.15 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.00 6.65 9.77 11.14 12.75 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.78 $11.15 $15.23 $23.64 $27.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.99 17.21 23.64 25.07 26.26 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.47 23.32 23.64 25.38 26.26 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 9.44 10.25 12.43 12.79 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.17 9.78 9.81 11.05 35.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.73 12.83 14.49 15.24 15.87 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $10.00 $12.43 $16.13 $23.31 Management occupations.............................................. 15.65 19.56 29.09 40.41 49.28 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.50 19.13 24.04 32.20 37.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 12.73 12.73 24.65 28.22 28.22 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.21 15.65 23.64 25.15 27.00 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.47 23.32 23.64 25.38 26.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.64 16.43 20.88 24.61 40.95 Registered nurses................................................. 19.14 21.45 24.28 27.63 40.95 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.18 17.50 17.50 18.24 23.84 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.89 22.95 23.79 23.79 30.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.37 14.64 16.01 16.01 21.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.85 8.57 10.00 11.47 13.53 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.50 7.88 9.05 11.15 11.52 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.50 7.50 9.70 11.47 11.52 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 10.36 11.36 13.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.35 12.43 13.46 14.94 15.81 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.21 6.70 8.00 9.55 12.46 Cooks............................................................. 6.50 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.55 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 15.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.21 8.00 9.00 10.65 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.21 7.28 8.00 10.00 12.43 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.84 8.00 9.78 10.90 17.69 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.84 6.84 8.47 10.15 10.83 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.84 6.84 8.47 10.15 10.75 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.60 10.10 12.50 18.27 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.00 8.50 11.25 13.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.00 7.00 9.75 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.00 7.00 9.75 11.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.40 8.50 11.00 12.75 20.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.34 12.32 14.49 15.95 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.25 11.09 12.17 14.03 14.50 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 9.24 9.95 12.25 12.32 15.95 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.82 12.17 12.17 14.03 14.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.37 11.58 12.64 14.34 14.50 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 10.00 10.00 11.35 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.60 11.30 12.01 14.61 15.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... $8.50 $10.00 $13.91 $15.75 $15.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.73 12.56 12.98 14.27 15.87 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.73 12.21 12.98 12.98 14.27 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.20 11.25 13.00 14.10 15.24 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 11.00 11.00 14.58 16.74 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 13.33 16.13 18.86 20.74 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.50 13.33 13.33 17.83 18.54 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 13.65 14.60 17.26 20.22 23.98 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 13.65 14.60 16.00 21.13 21.13 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.26 18.45 20.22 23.98 26.90 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 11.00 11.00 14.00 14.81 14.90 Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.00 12.12 15.05 18.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 12.50 13.75 16.43 22.09 22.38 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 6.75 9.00 10.56 13.06 15.58 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.85 10.26 11.22 13.50 15.55 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.00 9.00 11.27 14.45 17.45 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 8.50 9.25 11.11 12.50 14.85 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 10.07 13.03 16.64 21.00 25.35 Upholsterers.................................................... 14.48 16.17 19.00 21.41 26.43 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 9.75 12.27 13.28 14.28 16.34 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 9.75 9.75 13.28 13.85 13.85 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 9.53 12.85 13.28 14.66 16.92 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 9.83 10.18 11.33 13.05 16.35 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 9.83 10.08 10.50 12.70 12.70 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 10.50 11.33 13.05 15.56 17.44 Cutting workers................................................... 10.70 12.42 13.23 16.15 19.05 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 11.77 12.90 14.00 17.81 19.20 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.75 15.39 Painting workers.................................................. 10.58 11.50 12.28 13.69 14.30 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 11.48 12.01 12.76 13.69 14.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.00 9.25 11.36 15.05 17.21 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.50 9.75 10.10 11.09 14.87 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.75 11.63 15.00 19.85 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.60 11.96 16.85 19.85 24.12 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.91 12.50 16.50 17.70 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.29 10.50 13.75 15.50 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 9.00 10.30 12.05 13.97 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 9.00 10.29 12.05 13.15 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.80 9.00 10.21 11.95 13.97 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.50 $6.25 $7.14 $8.25 $11.49 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 8.50 9.50 13.77 25.00 43.46 Registered nurses................................................. 21.75 23.00 25.00 25.50 27.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.00 6.50 7.75 8.84 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.71 5.75 6.15 7.03 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.70 5.85 6.15 7.03 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.14 10.51 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.14 10.51 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.50 6.50 7.25 8.54 11.49 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.00 6.25 6.75 7.50 8.15 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.00 6.25 6.75 7.50 8.15 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.50 6.75 7.50 8.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.50 6.75 7.50 8.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.31 7.50 8.00 11.81 11.82 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.50 6.25 8.25 10.35 13.19 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 5.65 6.25 7.85 9.55 10.57 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 8.50 9.55 10.57 13.19 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.31 $12.43 $569 $494 39.8 $29,314 $25,709 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 31.55 29.09 1,278 1,163 40.5 66,010 56,739 2,092 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.31 24.04 1,053 962 40.0 54,767 49,999 2,082 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.57 24.65 903 986 40.0 46,945 51,272 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.15 23.64 826 886 39.1 36,656 39,175 1,733 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.54 23.64 905 886 38.4 39,600 39,175 1,683 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.33 20.88 888 736 38.1 46,171 38,272 1,979 Registered nurses................................................. 26.20 24.28 1,003 905 38.3 52,179 47,050 1,992 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.68 17.50 711 700 38.1 36,984 36,400 1,979 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.84 23.79 953 952 40.0 49,577 49,487 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.21 16.01 586 576 36.2 30,488 29,971 1,881 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.43 10.00 403 400 38.6 20,944 20,806 2,007 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 9.05 355 343 38.4 18,477 17,826 1,998 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.41 9.70 354 331 37.6 18,405 17,222 1,956 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.88 10.36 420 407 38.6 21,846 21,156 2,009 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.04 13.46 521 536 40.0 27,101 27,857 2,078 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.00 346 310 40.5 17,923 16,640 2,097 Cooks............................................................. 7.62 7.00 303 280 39.8 15,599 14,560 2,047 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.05 9.00 402 360 40.0 20,909 18,720 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.07 8.00 323 320 40.0 16,790 16,640 2,080 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.53 8.00 341 320 40.0 17,737 16,640 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.44 9.78 460 391 40.2 23,907 20,342 2,091 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.79 8.47 352 339 40.0 18,291 17,622 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.53 8.47 341 339 40.0 17,743 17,622 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.55 10.10 456 400 39.5 23,709 20,800 2,053 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.28 8.50 398 340 38.7 20,684 17,680 2,011 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.35 7.00 314 260 37.6 16,323 13,520 1,955 Cashiers...................................................... 8.35 7.00 314 260 37.6 16,323 13,520 1,955 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.09 11.00 531 440 40.6 27,598 22,880 2,109 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.91 12.32 520 494 40.3 27,035 25,688 2,094 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.21 12.17 488 487 40.0 25,388 25,318 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.82 12.25 473 490 40.0 24,580 25,480 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.94 12.17 518 487 40.0 26,925 25,318 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. $13.01 $12.64 $512 $506 39.4 $26,630 $26,287 2,048 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 10.00 425 400 40.0 22,091 20,800 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 12.01 517 480 40.0 26,860 24,981 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 13.91 513 506 39.7 26,695 26,333 2,065 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.48 12.98 539 519 40.0 28,040 27,000 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.90 12.98 516 519 40.0 26,835 27,000 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 13.00 508 520 39.8 26,431 27,036 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.41 11.00 496 440 40.0 25,786 22,880 2,078 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.36 16.13 651 645 39.8 33,866 33,546 2,070 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.80 13.33 580 521 39.2 30,163 27,082 2,037 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.64 17.26 706 690 40.0 36,698 35,905 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.53 16.00 701 640 40.0 36,469 33,280 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 20.22 826 809 40.0 42,942 42,058 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 14.00 541 560 40.0 28,110 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.82 12.12 504 479 39.3 26,214 24,898 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.53 16.43 701 657 40.0 36,466 34,164 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.06 10.56 404 422 36.6 21,030 21,965 1,901 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.03 11.22 467 438 38.8 24,286 22,755 2,019 Sewing machine operators.......................................... $12.29 $11.27 $492 $451 40.0 $25,571 $23,448 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.29 11.11 452 444 40.0 23,492 23,109 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.17 16.64 683 666 39.8 35,516 34,632 2,068 Upholsterers.................................................... 19.70 19.00 784 760 39.8 40,773 39,520 2,070 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.22 13.28 527 531 39.9 27,423 27,620 2,074 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.14 13.28 483 531 39.8 25,118 27,620 2,069 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.66 13.28 545 530 39.9 28,344 27,571 2,076 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 11.33 479 461 39.2 24,927 23,962 2,040 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 10.50 437 420 40.0 22,737 21,840 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 13.05 521 476 38.5 27,104 24,752 2,001 Cutting workers................................................... 14.37 13.23 575 529 40.0 29,885 27,518 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.25 14.00 610 560 40.0 31,725 29,120 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.97 10.00 435 400 39.7 22,640 20,800 2,063 Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 12.28 498 491 40.0 25,886 25,542 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 12.76 512 510 40.0 26,620 26,541 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.89 11.36 462 443 38.9 24,042 23,059 2,022 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 10.10 409 404 37.3 21,255 21,008 1,942 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.87 11.63 530 482 41.2 27,469 24,700 2,135 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.17 16.85 681 708 42.1 35,336 36,816 2,185 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.08 16.50 690 708 42.9 35,775 36,816 2,225 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.75 10.50 503 525 42.8 26,144 27,300 2,225 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.51 10.30 418 412 39.8 21,732 21,403 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.38 10.29 412 404 39.7 21,425 21,008 2,065 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.38 10.21 414 408 39.8 21,515 21,239 2,072 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.57 $12.05 $540 $482 39.8 $28,058 $25,064 2,068 Management occupations.............................................. 29.92 26.32 1,219 1,053 40.7 63,395 54,748 2,119 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.84 23.89 981 955 39.5 50,988 49,685 2,053 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.57 24.65 903 986 40.0 46,945 51,272 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.57 23.85 947 1,192 41.9 43,831 49,176 1,942 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.77 17.50 782 700 37.6 40,656 36,400 1,958 Registered nurses................................................. 27.60 25.28 1,060 988 38.4 55,123 51,400 1,997 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.32 17.50 694 700 37.9 36,091 36,400 1,970 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.84 23.79 953 952 40.0 49,577 49,487 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.21 16.01 586 576 36.2 30,488 29,971 1,881 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.62 9.53 364 360 37.8 18,928 18,720 1,968 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.18 9.00 352 336 38.3 18,293 17,472 1,993 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.41 9.70 354 331 37.6 18,405 17,222 1,956 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.33 10.00 383 360 37.0 19,900 18,720 1,926 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.26 7.28 335 291 40.6 17,420 15,142 2,109 Cooks............................................................. 7.30 7.00 290 280 39.8 15,098 14,560 2,067 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.05 9.00 402 360 40.0 20,909 18,720 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.64 8.00 305 320 40.0 15,885 16,640 2,080 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.95 8.00 318 320 40.0 16,529 16,640 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.56 7.25 387 290 40.5 20,128 15,080 2,105 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.35 6.84 334 273 40.0 17,368 14,217 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.55 10.10 456 400 39.5 23,709 20,800 2,053 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.28 8.50 398 340 38.7 20,684 17,680 2,011 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.35 7.00 314 260 37.6 16,323 13,520 1,955 Cashiers...................................................... 8.35 7.00 314 260 37.6 16,323 13,520 1,955 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.09 11.00 531 440 40.6 27,598 22,880 2,109 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.74 12.17 513 490 40.3 26,701 25,480 2,095 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.13 12.17 485 487 40.0 25,223 25,318 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.82 12.25 473 490 40.0 24,580 25,480 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.05 12.17 522 487 40.0 27,150 25,318 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 12.64 512 506 39.4 26,630 26,287 2,048 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 10.00 425 400 40.0 22,091 20,800 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.91 12.01 517 480 40.0 26,860 24,981 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.93 13.91 513 506 39.7 26,695 26,333 2,065 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $13.08 $12.98 $523 $519 40.0 $27,206 $27,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.23 11.00 489 440 40.0 25,404 22,880 2,078 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.45 16.13 655 645 39.8 34,039 33,546 2,069 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 14.72 13.33 573 500 38.9 29,776 25,999 2,023 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.64 17.26 706 690 40.0 36,698 35,905 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.53 16.00 701 640 40.0 36,469 33,280 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 20.22 826 809 40.0 42,942 42,058 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 14.00 541 560 40.0 28,110 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.84 12.22 505 480 39.3 26,243 24,960 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.53 16.43 701 657 40.0 36,466 34,164 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.06 10.56 404 422 36.6 21,030 21,965 1,901 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.03 11.22 467 438 38.8 24,286 22,755 2,019 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.29 11.27 492 451 40.0 25,571 23,448 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.29 11.11 452 444 40.0 23,492 23,109 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.17 16.64 683 666 39.8 35,516 34,632 2,068 Upholsterers.................................................... 19.70 19.00 784 760 39.8 40,773 39,520 2,070 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.22 13.28 527 531 39.9 27,423 27,620 2,074 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.14 13.28 483 531 39.8 25,118 27,620 2,069 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.66 13.28 545 530 39.9 28,344 27,571 2,076 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 11.33 479 461 39.2 24,927 23,962 2,040 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 10.50 437 420 40.0 22,737 21,840 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 13.05 521 476 38.5 27,104 24,752 2,001 Cutting workers................................................... 14.37 13.23 575 529 40.0 29,885 27,518 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.25 14.00 610 560 40.0 31,725 29,120 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.97 10.00 435 400 39.7 22,640 20,800 2,063 Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 12.28 498 491 40.0 25,886 25,542 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 12.76 512 510 40.0 26,620 26,541 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.89 11.36 462 443 38.9 24,042 23,059 2,022 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 10.10 409 404 37.3 21,255 21,008 1,942 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... $12.93 $11.90 $533 $482 41.2 $27,672 $25,064 2,141 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.77 17.44 711 708 42.4 36,857 36,816 2,197 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.95 17.44 737 708 43.5 38,153 36,816 2,251 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.75 10.50 503 525 42.8 26,144 27,300 2,225 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.51 10.30 418 412 39.8 21,732 21,403 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.38 10.29 412 404 39.7 21,425 21,008 2,065 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.38 10.21 414 408 39.8 21,515 21,239 2,072 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.41 $15.26 $730 $626 39.7 $35,847 $32,611 1,947 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.90 23.64 807 886 38.6 35,567 39,175 1,702 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.54 23.64 905 886 38.4 39,600 39,175 1,683 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.85 9.81 514 392 40.0 26,738 20,405 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.32 14.49 573 580 40.0 29,793 30,148 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $12.96 $11.62 $14.00 $15.22 Management, professional, and related...... 23.37 20.58 26.85 27.64 Management, business, and financial...... 28.03 26.66 29.62 – Professional and related................. 20.09 15.80 24.40 26.37 Service.................................... 7.93 7.57 8.65 10.45 Sales and office........................... 11.64 11.28 12.18 13.75 Sales and related........................ 10.31 10.18 10.63 – Office and administrative support........ 12.48 12.20 12.70 14.00 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.48 13.92 17.00 12.87 Construction and extraction............. 12.23 11.99 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 16.45 16.85 16.86 13.61 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 12.73 10.63 13.38 14.12 Production............................... 12.84 10.65 13.28 14.24 Transportation and material moving....... 12.46 10.59 13.67 13.75 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.9 4.6 3.0 2.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.7 11.4 2.8 3.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.2 12.4 7.4 – Professional and related.......................................... 5.9 5.3 6.3 8.9 Service............................................................. 6.0 7.8 4.1 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... 2.9 5.6 4.8 5.6 Sales and related................................................. 6.8 10.0 14.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 4.7 2.9 6.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.9 11.9 9.9 5.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 12.7 12.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.4 5.8 10.3 6.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.9 4.1 3.5 2.4 Production........................................................ 3.2 5.7 2.4 3.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 7.0 9.9 2.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $12.45 $11.00 $500 $440 40.1 $25,970 $22,880 2,086 Management occupations.............................................. 26.68 22.18 1,076 799 40.3 55,947 41,523 2,097 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.74 16.01 610 576 36.4 31,699 29,971 1,894 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.11 8.50 342 320 37.6 17,809 16,640 1,954 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.08 7.00 329 280 40.7 17,094 14,560 2,115 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.19 10.00 439 390 39.2 22,833 20,280 2,041 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.44 9.00 403 340 38.6 20,933 17,680 2,005 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.35 7.00 312 252 37.4 16,245 13,104 1,945 Cashiers...................................................... 8.35 7.00 312 252 37.4 16,245 13,104 1,945 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.67 11.00 555 440 40.6 28,876 22,880 2,113 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.61 11.93 513 492 40.7 26,658 25,579 2,114 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.53 12.98 501 519 40.0 26,072 27,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.99 11.00 480 440 40.0 24,908 22,880 2,078 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.85 16.13 666 645 39.5 34,621 33,546 2,055 Production occupations.............................................. 10.65 9.42 427 376 40.1 22,196 19,552 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.59 13.75 624 550 40.0 32,431 28,600 2,080 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 9.88 10.75 395 430 40.0 20,543 22,360 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 14.21 12.00 568 480 40.0 29,548 24,960 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.94 8.50 317 340 40.0 16,507 17,680 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.92 10.50 456 440 41.7 23,634 22,880 2,164 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.70 13.00 536 560 42.2 27,684 29,120 2,180 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.80 13.96 646 660 43.7 33,291 33,000 2,249 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.87 9.00 393 360 39.8 20,424 18,720 2,068 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.58 $12.90 $577 $501 39.5 $29,924 $26,046 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 40.72 41.73 1,719 1,678 42.2 89,368 87,264 2,195 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.95 24.04 954 962 39.8 49,590 49,999 2,071 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.77 23.79 965 952 39.0 50,181 49,487 2,026 Registered nurses................................................. 28.51 26.01 1,138 1,033 39.9 59,173 53,706 2,075 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.84 23.79 953 952 40.0 49,577 49,487 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.63 20.87 656 720 35.2 34,135 37,440 1,832 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.02 11.47 425 430 38.6 22,106 22,365 2,006 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.90 11.47 417 430 38.2 21,684 22,365 1,989 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.05 11.47 423 430 38.3 21,975 22,365 1,990 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.06 9.00 362 360 40.0 18,835 18,720 2,080 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.91 8.92 356 357 40.0 18,527 18,554 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.76 6.84 351 273 40.0 18,228 14,217 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.47 6.84 339 273 40.0 17,613 14,217 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.51 12.00 551 456 40.8 28,638 23,733 2,120 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.93 12.25 515 487 39.8 26,760 25,318 2,069 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.62 12.17 505 487 40.0 26,246 25,318 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.81 12.25 512 490 40.0 26,647 25,480 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.08 12.71 506 508 38.7 26,321 26,390 2,012 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 12.57 11.88 503 475 40.0 26,144 24,710 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.68 12.66 502 506 39.6 26,123 26,312 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.45 15.48 618 619 40.0 32,145 32,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.02 14.60 642 584 40.1 33,408 30,368 2,085 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 17.74 17.26 710 690 40.0 36,898 35,905 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.78 17.00 711 680 40.0 36,983 35,360 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.65 20.22 826 809 40.0 42,942 42,058 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 13.51 14.00 541 560 40.0 28,110 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.57 12.80 530 499 39.1 27,550 25,931 2,031 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 19.12 18.34 765 734 40.0 39,779 38,153 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.93 10.56 398 422 36.4 20,699 21,965 1,894 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.07 11.23 468 435 38.8 24,333 22,630 2,016 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.84 12.16 514 486 40.0 26,702 25,293 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.63 12.02 505 481 40.0 26,274 25,002 2,080 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ $12.65 $12.67 $506 $507 40.0 $26,322 $26,354 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.49 17.38 695 705 39.7 36,140 36,650 2,067 Upholsterers.................................................... 19.82 19.00 789 760 39.8 41,011 39,520 2,069 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.13 13.28 523 531 39.8 27,187 27,624 2,070 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 13.39 13.82 531 553 39.7 27,620 28,741 2,063 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.03 13.24 519 530 39.9 26,999 27,539 2,073 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.22 11.33 479 461 39.2 24,927 23,962 2,040 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 10.93 10.50 437 420 40.0 22,737 21,840 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.55 13.05 521 476 38.5 27,104 24,752 2,001 Cutting workers................................................... 15.15 14.32 606 573 40.0 31,522 29,786 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.14 15.78 646 631 40.0 33,571 32,822 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.20 12.75 502 494 38.1 26,130 25,688 1,980 Painting workers.................................................. 12.45 12.28 498 491 40.0 25,886 25,542 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.80 12.76 512 510 40.0 26,620 26,541 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.09 12.31 505 482 38.6 26,251 25,064 2,005 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.28 10.46 416 416 36.9 21,626 21,651 1,916 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.32 12.72 585 497 40.9 30,426 25,861 2,125 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.98 11.20 473 437 39.5 24,598 22,714 2,053 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.00 10.84 438 424 39.8 22,766 22,069 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.26 11.00 448 429 39.7 23,273 22,298 2,066 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.93 11.14 435 446 39.8 22,642 23,171 2,071 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... – – – $13.68 $12.89 $18.23 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 23.78 23.37 24.28 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 29.75 28.03 37.43 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 21.46 20.09 22.58 Service............................................................. – – – 9.41 7.93 12.89 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 11.81 11.64 14.32 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.31 10.31 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 12.66 12.48 14.32 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.51 14.44 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 12.09 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.36 16.45 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 12.56 12.58 – Production........................................................ – – – 12.80 12.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.96 11.99 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – – – 1.9 1.8 3.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.0 5.7 8.9 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.8 7.2 15.2 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.5 5.9 7.4 Service............................................................. – – – 6.0 6.0 7.3 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 2.8 2.9 3.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 6.8 6.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.0 3.1 3.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.2 8.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – 12.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 4.0 4.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 2.5 2.6 – Production........................................................ – – – 3.3 3.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 3.5 3.6 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $13.51 $12.62 $15.99 $15.99 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.78 23.37 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 29.75 28.03 – – Professional and related.......................................... 21.46 20.09 – – Service............................................................. 9.41 7.93 – – Sales and office.................................................... 11.49 11.28 15.78 15.78 Sales and related................................................. 9.11 9.11 19.74 19.74 Office and administrative support................................. 12.76 12.58 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.40 14.31 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 12.23 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.42 16.54 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.05 12.07 16.03 16.03 Production........................................................ 12.03 12.04 16.58 16.58 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.11 12.14 14.36 14.36 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.0 5.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.8 7.2 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.5 5.9 – – Service............................................................. 6.0 6.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 4.5 7.8 7.8 Sales and related................................................. 9.6 9.6 11.6 11.6 Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 3.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.9 9.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 12.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.6 5.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 Production........................................................ 1.3 1.3 5.7 5.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.6 10.0 10.2 10.2 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $12.67 $13.84 $12.51 – – $10.32 $14.60 $8.36 $8.64 Management, professional, and related............................... – 29.37 23.61 – – – 22.25 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 32.31 – – – – 24.48 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 23.06 – – – – 21.71 – – Service............................................................. – – 7.94 – – 7.59 8.61 7.22 – Sales and office.................................................... – 14.04 10.85 – – 12.71 11.97 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.34 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 13.76 12.18 – – 12.42 11.97 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.08 17.35 16.64 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 17.71 16.64 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 13.00 14.04 – – 8.43 – – – Production........................................................ – 13.29 13.83 – – 8.53 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.42 14.07 – – 8.08 – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 15.8 2.8 4.0 – – 1.4 7.2 18.7 13.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – 1.9 15.6 – – – 3.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 4.1 – – – – 6.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 11.8 – – – – 6.2 – – Service............................................................. – – 11.4 – – 2.4 4.7 18.1 – Sales and office.................................................... – 4.4 5.4 – – 4.0 3.1 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 7.4 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 6.4 5.8 – – 4.3 3.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.8 3.4 4.2 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 2.3 4.2 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.5 11.6 – – 8.3 – – – Production........................................................ – 4.1 6.1 – – 8.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 1.8 13.0 – – 8.6 – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 155,400 131,600 23,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 24,100 12,500 11,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 5,800 4,700 1,100 Professional and related.......................................... 18,300 7,700 10,600 Service............................................................. 31,200 23,200 8,000 Sales and office.................................................... 30,300 28,600 1,700 Sales and related................................................. 12,000 12,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 18,300 16,600 1,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11,000 10,100 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4,800 4,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,100 5,500 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 58,800 57,300 – Production........................................................ 40,800 40,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18,100 16,900 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, December 2005 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 6,960 6,937 22 Total in sample....................................................... 269 260 9 Responding........................................................ 195 188 7 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 36 34 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 38 38 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.