NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin 3125-04, May 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $14.07 2.5 37.8 $13.13 2.9 37.5 $18.25 2.0 39.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 16.99 3.6 38.1 15.77 4.8 38.1 21.05 2.3 38.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.04 4.2 37.5 23.41 6.5 37.1 25.03 4.0 38.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.75 8.0 39.9 21.91 10.6 40.5 24.64 13.7 38.7 Sales............................................................. 10.93 12.7 36.9 10.92 12.8 36.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.12 2.8 38.8 12.17 3.5 39.0 11.91 1.5 38.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.80 4.3 39.6 13.84 4.7 39.6 13.36 3.0 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.64 4.1 40.0 16.93 4.6 40.0 15.11 3.7 39.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.58 4.8 39.4 12.58 4.9 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 13.2 41.1 14.70 14.0 41.2 12.18 1.1 39.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.78 7.7 38.5 11.82 8.7 38.3 11.46 4.6 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.49 8.0 35.6 7.38 10.7 34.6 13.52 9.1 41.6 Full time........................................................... 14.48 3.0 39.8 13.54 3.6 39.8 18.34 2.1 39.8 Part time........................................................... 8.66 23.4 22.7 8.63 24.2 23.0 9.91 7.7 15.8 Union............................................................... 13.06 4.3 39.7 12.95 4.2 39.7 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.19 2.9 37.6 13.16 3.5 37.2 18.23 2.0 39.2 Time................................................................ 14.04 2.6 37.8 13.08 3.0 37.5 18.25 2.0 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 16.39 17.9 40.5 16.39 17.9 40.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.73 3.1 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.25 9.7 37.3 12.12 10.0 37.3 21.99 11.2 40.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.03 4.1 37.6 11.73 4.4 37.6 17.05 2.5 37.8 500 workers or more................................................. 17.82 2.8 38.4 17.37 4.7 37.6 18.38 2.2 39.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.07 2.5 $13.13 2.9 $18.25 2.0 All excluding sales............................................... 14.38 2.4 13.41 2.7 18.27 1.9 White collar........................................................ 16.99 3.6 15.77 4.8 21.05 2.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.34 3.2 17.26 4.4 21.09 2.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.04 4.2 23.41 6.5 25.03 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.22 4.6 24.78 8.5 25.65 4.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.11 2.6 30.52 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.48 3.5 31.48 3.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.09 9.9 22.80 10.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.33 1.6 20.30 1.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.92 2.5 22.14 6.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.73 2.1 – – 26.74 2.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 2.4 – – 27.13 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.20 10.3 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.66 9.7 21.30 9.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.70 1.5 14.73 1.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.88 6.3 15.96 5.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.75 8.0 21.91 10.6 24.64 13.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.68 9.5 23.31 12.8 34.84 8.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 42.12 6.4 – – 42.12 6.4 Financial managers.......................................... 21.94 10.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.96 9.0 33.37 .8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.82 33.3 29.33 34.9 – – Management related............................................ 17.76 7.7 18.34 3.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.73 7.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.93 12.7 10.92 12.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.23 37.6 12.23 37.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.32 7.6 8.26 7.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.12 2.8 12.17 3.5 11.91 1.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.3 12.97 3.9 13.63 6.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.32 8.3 12.59 9.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.87 12.6 12.87 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.12 5.1 11.21 6.1 – – Bank tellers................................................ 11.86 .0 11.86 .0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.13 4.4 11.02 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... $13.80 4.3 $13.84 4.7 $13.36 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.64 4.1 16.93 4.6 15.11 3.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.20 4.1 18.20 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.34 8.1 – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 18.97 6.6 – – 18.97 6.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.58 4.8 12.58 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 13.2 14.70 14.0 12.18 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.01 20.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.78 7.7 11.82 8.7 11.46 4.6 Construction laborers....................................... 9.66 7.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.28 11.0 10.35 12.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.49 7.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.49 8.0 7.38 10.7 13.52 9.1 Protective service............................................ 12.38 7.2 9.45 3.4 14.20 3.9 Firefighting................................................ 12.54 1.4 – – 12.54 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.22 4.5 – – 16.22 4.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.64 9.2 8.64 9.2 – – Food service.................................................. 6.53 24.4 6.53 24.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.38 7.4 2.38 7.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.25 2.6 2.25 2.6 – – Other food service........................................... 8.85 10.8 8.85 10.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.39 2.8 8.39 2.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.39 9.1 7.39 9.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.07 .7 9.07 .7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.06 .6 9.06 .6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.13 10.9 7.54 6.1 12.84 18.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.16 3.9 7.16 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.77 18.8 7.80 6.0 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.48 3.0 $13.54 3.6 $18.34 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 14.79 3.0 13.83 3.5 18.36 2.0 White collar........................................................ 17.17 4.2 15.89 5.5 21.19 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.44 4.1 17.28 5.6 21.24 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.90 4.3 23.03 6.7 25.19 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.39 4.7 24.94 8.7 25.82 3.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.17 2.7 30.58 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.48 3.5 31.48 3.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.28 10.4 22.98 10.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.26 1.7 20.22 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.95 2.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.93 1.3 – – 26.93 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 2.4 – – 27.13 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.22 9.2 19.83 8.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.80 3.1 14.84 3.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.88 6.3 15.96 5.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.74 8.1 21.90 10.7 24.65 13.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.69 9.5 23.31 12.8 34.94 8.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 42.12 6.4 – – 42.12 6.4 Financial managers.......................................... 21.94 10.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.07 9.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.82 33.3 29.33 34.9 – – Management related............................................ 17.67 7.8 18.19 3.1 – – Sales............................................................. 11.22 13.3 11.21 13.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.23 37.6 12.23 37.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.47 7.8 8.41 7.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 3.2 12.39 4.0 11.97 1.8 Secretaries................................................. 13.51 4.9 13.12 4.2 13.74 7.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.32 8.3 12.59 9.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.87 12.6 12.87 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.12 5.1 11.21 6.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.13 4.4 11.02 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 13.95 4.1 14.01 4.5 13.36 3.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $16.64 4.1 $16.93 4.6 $15.11 3.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.20 4.1 18.20 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.34 8.1 – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 18.97 6.6 – – 18.97 6.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.77 3.7 12.78 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 13.2 14.70 14.0 12.18 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.01 20.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.00 7.7 12.08 8.8 11.46 4.6 Construction laborers....................................... 9.66 7.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.62 7.0 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.49 7.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.09 5.0 7.90 6.2 13.56 9.2 Protective service............................................ 12.50 6.7 9.59 2.9 14.22 3.9 Firefighting................................................ 12.54 1.4 – – 12.54 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.30 4.4 – – 16.30 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.74 8.9 8.74 8.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.29 14.7 7.29 14.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.44 7.4 2.44 7.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.29 2.3 2.29 2.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 5.3 9.53 5.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.67 4.2 8.67 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.06 .8 9.06 .8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.05 .7 9.05 .7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.59 10.7 7.82 4.7 12.89 18.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.86 18.9 7.85 5.7 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.66 23.4 $8.63 24.2 $9.91 7.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.75 26.4 8.72 27.4 9.91 7.7 White collar........................................................ 13.86 25.1 14.07 26.4 10.29 11.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.33 25.9 16.85 27.1 10.29 11.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.12 29.0 28.95 28.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.97 8.3 7.97 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.15 2.7 9.16 2.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.01 27.1 4.98 27.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 3.04 40.5 3.04 40.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.23 .0 2.23 .0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $576 3.1 39.8 $539 3.7 39.8 $730 1.9 39.8 All excluding sales............................................... 588 3.1 39.8 550 3.7 39.8 730 1.8 39.8 White collar........................................................ 682 4.1 39.7 636 5.5 40.0 823 2.0 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 731 4.0 39.6 691 5.5 40.0 825 2.0 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 943 4.2 39.4 922 6.7 40.0 972 3.9 38.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 999 4.6 39.3 999 8.7 40.1 998 3.9 38.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,212 3.0 40.2 1,233 2.5 40.3 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,259 3.5 40.0 1,259 3.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 926 10.4 39.8 918 10.6 39.9 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 807 1.5 39.8 807 1.6 39.9 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,118 2.4 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,035 1.1 38.4 – – – 1,035 1.1 38.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,041 2.0 38.4 – – – 1,041 2.0 38.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 765 9.4 39.8 793 9.0 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 583 2.7 39.4 586 2.9 39.5 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 589 6.5 39.6 638 5.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 915 8.9 40.2 893 11.9 40.8 964 13.4 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,049 10.8 40.8 961 14.4 41.2 1,375 9.6 39.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,685 6.4 40.0 – – – 1,685 6.4 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 877 10.4 40.0 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,341 10.3 39.3 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,226 34.9 41.1 1,207 36.7 41.2 – – – Management related............................................ 694 7.4 39.3 720 3.5 39.6 – – – Sales............................................................. 450 13.1 40.2 450 13.2 40.2 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 504 37.2 41.2 504 37.2 41.2 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 339 7.8 40.0 336 7.9 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 488 3.2 39.7 493 4.0 39.8 469 1.8 39.2 Secretaries................................................. 533 5.1 39.5 522 4.1 39.8 540 7.8 39.3 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 493 8.3 40.0 504 9.8 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 515 12.6 40.0 515 12.6 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... $440 5.3 39.6 $448 6.1 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 444 4.3 39.9 441 4.6 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 560 4.4 40.1 563 4.8 40.2 $532 3.0 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 665 4.1 40.0 678 4.6 40.0 601 3.9 39.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 728 4.1 40.0 728 4.1 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 528 8.9 39.6 – – – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 759 6.6 40.0 – – – 759 6.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 511 3.7 40.0 511 3.7 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 594 14.7 41.1 605 15.6 41.2 485 1.2 39.8 Truck drivers............................................... 623 22.1 41.5 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 479 7.7 39.9 482 8.8 39.9 458 4.6 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 373 9.6 38.6 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 425 7.0 40.0 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 419 7.5 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 360 5.8 39.6 307 7.2 38.9 575 9.1 42.4 Protective service............................................ 540 8.3 43.2 385 2.8 40.1 643 2.5 45.2 Firefighting................................................ 663 1.2 52.9 – – – 663 1.2 52.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 653 4.6 40.1 – – – 653 4.6 40.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 349 8.9 40.0 349 8.9 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 283 16.3 38.9 283 16.3 38.9 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 91 8.7 37.3 91 8.7 37.3 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 85 3.4 37.2 85 3.4 37.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 378 6.5 39.6 378 6.5 39.6 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 339 5.7 39.2 339 5.7 39.2 – – – Health service................................................ 344 1.2 37.9 344 1.2 37.9 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 343 1.1 37.9 343 1.1 37.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 377 10.9 39.3 305 4.8 39.0 514 18.9 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 386 19.8 39.2 305 6.6 38.9 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $29,433 3.1 2,033 $28,030 3.7 2,070 $34,753 1.9 1,895 All excluding sales............................................... 30,001 3.1 2,028 28,591 3.7 2,067 34,780 1.8 1,895 White collar........................................................ 34,269 4.1 1,996 33,066 5.5 2,081 37,479 2.0 1,768 White collar excluding sales.................................... 36,446 4.0 1,977 35,922 5.5 2,078 37,530 2.0 1,767 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,317 4.2 1,896 47,909 6.7 2,080 42,219 3.9 1,676 Professional specialty.......................................... 46,887 4.6 1,847 51,896 8.7 2,081 42,993 3.9 1,665 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,018 3.0 2,089 64,092 2.5 2,096 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 65,479 3.5 2,080 65,479 3.5 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,164 10.4 2,069 47,713 10.6 2,076 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 41,972 1.5 2,072 41,954 1.6 2,075 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 57,377 2.4 2,053 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,700 1.1 1,548 – – – 41,700 1.1 1,548 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,151 2.0 1,554 – – – 42,151 2.0 1,554 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 39,795 9.4 2,070 41,248 9.0 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,337 2.7 2,050 30,463 2.9 2,052 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 30,613 6.5 2,057 33,200 5.7 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 47,348 8.9 2,082 46,385 11.9 2,118 49,417 13.4 2,005 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 54,098 10.8 2,105 49,926 14.4 2,142 69,054 9.6 1,976 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 87,609 6.4 2,080 – – – 87,609 6.4 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 45,628 10.4 2,080 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,107 10.3 1,881 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,763 34.9 2,138 62,777 36.7 2,140 – – – Management related............................................ 36,112 7.4 2,043 37,462 3.5 2,060 – – – Sales............................................................. 23,422 13.1 2,088 23,412 13.2 2,088 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26,201 37.2 2,143 26,201 37.2 2,143 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 17,626 7.8 2,080 17,489 7.9 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,971 3.2 2,028 25,628 4.0 2,068 22,383 1.8 1,869 Secretaries................................................. 26,935 5.1 1,994 27,155 4.1 2,070 26,809 7.8 1,951 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,627 8.3 2,080 26,190 9.8 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 26,772 12.6 2,080 26,772 12.6 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... $22,414 5.3 2,016 $23,313 6.1 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,084 4.3 2,075 22,926 4.6 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 29,120 4.4 2,088 29,267 4.8 2,089 $27,668 3.0 2,072 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 34,590 4.1 2,079 35,233 4.6 2,082 31,231 3.9 2,067 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 37,852 4.1 2,080 37,852 4.1 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 27,470 8.9 2,060 – – – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 39,454 6.6 2,080 – – – 39,454 6.6 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,558 3.7 2,079 26,562 3.7 2,079 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,892 14.7 2,135 31,481 15.6 2,142 25,202 1.2 2,069 Truck drivers............................................... 32,387 22.1 2,158 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,896 7.7 2,076 25,055 8.8 2,075 23,832 4.6 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 19,392 9.6 2,008 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,096 7.0 2,080 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,813 7.5 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 18,698 5.8 2,057 15,972 7.2 2,021 29,879 9.1 2,204 Protective service............................................ 28,063 8.3 2,245 19,997 2.8 2,085 33,440 2.5 2,351 Firefighting................................................ 34,474 1.2 2,750 – – – 34,474 1.2 2,750 Police and detectives, public service....................... 33,977 4.6 2,085 – – – 33,977 4.6 2,085 Guards and police, except public service.................... 18,174 8.9 2,080 18,174 8.9 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 14,733 16.3 2,022 14,733 16.3 2,022 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4,733 8.7 1,942 4,733 8.7 1,942 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4,419 3.4 1,933 4,419 3.4 1,933 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,645 6.5 2,061 19,645 6.5 2,061 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,648 5.7 2,036 17,648 5.7 2,036 – – – Health service................................................ 17,865 1.2 1,971 17,865 1.2 1,971 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 17,840 1.1 1,971 17,840 1.1 1,971 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,609 10.9 2,045 15,880 4.8 2,031 26,730 18.9 2,073 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,085 19.8 2,038 15,877 6.6 2,023 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.07 2.5 $13.13 2.9 $18.25 2.0 All excluding sales............................................... 14.38 2.4 13.41 2.7 18.27 1.9 White collar........................................................ 16.99 3.6 15.77 4.8 21.05 2.3 2....................................................... 9.69 5.8 9.69 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.49 8.9 10.48 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.94 3.8 12.01 4.8 11.73 4.3 5....................................................... 17.54 4.9 17.40 5.0 18.29 15.5 6....................................................... 15.88 4.7 16.63 5.3 13.76 9.3 7....................................................... 21.24 5.6 20.37 3.2 23.23 13.5 8....................................................... 23.73 2.5 22.21 4.0 25.04 1.3 9....................................................... 29.96 7.8 29.52 9.9 31.79 6.2 10........................................................ 33.67 9.0 33.10 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 29.89 11.3 38.25 7.2 25.81 16.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.34 3.2 17.26 4.4 21.09 2.3 2....................................................... 9.38 5.7 9.28 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 5.1 11.82 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.90 3.7 11.97 5.0 11.73 4.3 5....................................................... 17.18 4.8 16.97 4.7 18.29 15.5 6....................................................... 16.60 4.1 17.91 1.9 13.76 9.3 7....................................................... 21.24 5.6 20.37 3.2 23.23 13.5 8....................................................... 22.97 4.1 20.11 6.3 25.04 1.3 9....................................................... 29.96 7.8 29.52 9.9 31.79 6.2 10........................................................ 33.67 9.0 33.10 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 29.89 11.3 38.25 7.2 25.81 16.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.68 14.4 14.82 15.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.04 4.2 23.41 6.5 25.03 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.22 4.6 24.78 8.5 25.65 4.0 5....................................................... 19.20 10.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.71 8.2 21.41 5.6 24.89 13.8 8....................................................... 23.09 4.7 19.90 7.0 25.32 .7 9....................................................... 28.90 5.8 28.45 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 36.85 9.0 38.69 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 27.21 13.7 36.18 8.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.11 2.6 30.52 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.15 6.6 29.15 6.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.48 3.5 31.48 3.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.09 9.9 22.80 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.23 1.3 19.49 1.4 – – 8....................................................... 20.95 .9 20.89 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.33 1.6 20.30 1.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.21 1.7 20.23 1.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.95 .9 20.89 .9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $27.92 2.5 $22.14 6.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.73 2.1 – – $26.74 2.1 7....................................................... 29.78 10.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 2.4 – – 27.13 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.20 10.3 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.66 9.7 21.30 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.72 1.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.14 4.5 16.17 4.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.91 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.11 6.7 20.11 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.70 1.5 14.73 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.64 3.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.88 6.3 15.96 5.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.75 8.0 21.91 10.6 24.64 13.7 7....................................................... 18.07 8.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.30 5.4 21.87 8.7 – – 9....................................................... 28.65 8.7 25.58 10.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.36 6.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.75 24.0 16.71 24.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.68 9.5 23.31 12.8 34.84 8.8 8....................................................... 21.54 6.8 21.87 8.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.33 9.0 26.04 12.1 – – 11........................................................ 39.32 6.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.33 30.6 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 42.12 6.4 – – 42.12 6.4 Financial managers.......................................... 21.94 10.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.96 9.0 33.37 .8 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.82 33.3 29.33 34.9 – – Management related............................................ 17.76 7.7 18.34 3.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.73 7.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.93 12.7 10.92 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 7.81 7.8 7.75 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.08 10.8 12.08 10.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.23 37.6 12.23 37.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.32 7.6 8.26 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 7.89 8.5 7.78 8.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.12 2.8 12.17 3.5 11.91 1.5 2....................................................... 9.38 5.7 9.28 7.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.76 5.1 11.82 5.1 – – 4....................................................... $11.82 4.0 $11.79 5.5 $11.90 4.3 5....................................................... 17.35 15.6 – – 13.85 4.3 6....................................................... 17.88 2.1 18.33 1.8 16.47 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.38 9.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.36 4.3 12.97 3.9 13.63 6.9 4....................................................... 12.89 5.6 13.76 4.9 12.38 7.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.32 8.3 12.59 9.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.93 7.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.87 12.6 12.87 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.12 5.1 11.21 6.1 – – Bank tellers................................................ 11.86 .0 11.86 .0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.13 4.4 11.02 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 13.80 4.3 13.84 4.7 13.36 3.0 1....................................................... 11.22 7.2 11.23 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.77 3.9 10.78 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 .8 11.86 .9 – – 4....................................................... 13.15 4.3 13.42 4.9 11.63 3.8 5....................................................... 14.44 4.2 14.73 4.7 13.52 4.9 7....................................................... 18.82 3.2 18.85 3.6 18.55 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.64 4.1 16.93 4.6 15.11 3.7 4....................................................... 12.90 2.6 13.01 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.41 2.9 13.55 3.6 13.23 4.9 7....................................................... 18.34 2.2 18.20 2.4 19.67 3.9 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.20 4.1 18.20 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.34 8.1 – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 18.97 6.6 – – 18.97 6.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.58 4.8 12.58 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 11.60 11.4 11.60 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.95 4.1 11.95 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 4.1 13.16 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.34 2.9 14.34 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 13.2 14.70 14.0 12.18 1.1 2....................................................... 9.67 8.0 9.67 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.34 11.6 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.01 20.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.78 7.7 11.82 8.7 11.46 4.6 1....................................................... 10.47 11.0 10.49 11.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.78 3.9 10.87 4.2 – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.66 7.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.28 11.0 10.35 12.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.49 7.5 – – – – Service............................................................. $8.49 8.0 $7.38 10.7 $13.52 9.1 1....................................................... 7.65 16.3 6.48 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 5.77 25.2 5.01 27.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.91 2.9 8.90 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.05 2.2 10.00 2.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.59 .8 – – 13.59 1.0 6....................................................... 13.14 5.1 – – 13.14 5.1 7....................................................... 14.05 10.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ 12.38 7.2 9.45 3.4 14.20 3.9 6....................................................... 13.14 5.1 – – 13.14 5.1 7....................................................... 14.05 10.8 – – – – Firefighting................................................ 12.54 1.4 – – 12.54 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.22 4.5 – – 16.22 4.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.64 9.2 8.64 9.2 – – Food service.................................................. 6.53 24.4 6.53 24.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.32 15.0 5.32 15.0 – – 2....................................................... 3.18 30.1 3.18 30.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.81 4.6 8.81 4.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.38 7.4 2.38 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 2.68 5.4 2.68 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 2.22 2.4 2.22 2.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.25 2.6 2.25 2.6 – – 2....................................................... 2.22 2.4 2.22 2.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.85 10.8 8.85 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.14 7.1 8.14 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.81 4.6 8.81 4.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.39 2.8 8.39 2.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.39 9.1 7.39 9.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.07 .7 9.07 .7 – – 3....................................................... 8.83 3.0 8.83 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.06 .6 9.06 .6 – – 3....................................................... 8.82 3.0 8.82 3.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.13 10.9 7.54 6.1 12.84 18.8 1....................................................... 8.87 18.7 7.17 2.3 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.16 3.9 7.16 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.77 18.8 7.80 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.20 23.6 7.24 4.3 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.48 3.0 $13.54 3.6 $18.34 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 14.79 3.0 13.83 3.5 18.36 2.0 White collar........................................................ 17.17 4.2 15.89 5.5 21.19 2.0 2....................................................... 9.69 5.8 9.69 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.64 9.1 10.64 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.94 4.1 12.00 5.1 11.73 4.3 5....................................................... 17.59 5.0 17.46 5.2 18.29 15.5 6....................................................... 15.99 4.8 16.63 5.3 14.03 9.7 7....................................................... 21.32 5.7 20.46 3.4 23.23 13.5 8....................................................... 23.81 2.6 22.28 4.4 25.04 1.3 9....................................................... 28.13 6.2 27.16 8.3 31.79 6.2 10........................................................ 33.67 9.0 33.10 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 29.94 11.3 38.67 7.1 25.81 16.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.44 4.1 17.28 5.6 21.24 2.0 2....................................................... 9.38 5.8 9.27 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.86 5.2 11.92 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.86 3.8 11.92 5.2 11.73 4.3 5....................................................... 17.23 4.9 17.02 4.8 18.29 15.5 6....................................................... 16.75 4.1 17.91 1.9 14.03 9.7 7....................................................... 21.32 5.7 20.46 3.4 23.23 13.5 8....................................................... 23.03 4.3 20.03 6.8 25.04 1.3 9....................................................... 28.13 6.2 27.16 8.3 31.79 6.2 10........................................................ 33.67 9.0 33.10 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 29.94 11.3 38.67 7.1 25.81 16.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.95 15.0 15.00 15.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.90 4.3 23.03 6.7 25.19 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.39 4.7 24.94 8.7 25.82 3.9 5....................................................... 19.23 10.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.81 8.1 21.54 5.4 24.89 13.8 8....................................................... 23.15 4.9 19.79 7.5 25.32 .7 9....................................................... 28.95 5.6 28.51 7.8 – – 10........................................................ 36.85 9.0 38.69 9.3 – – 11........................................................ 27.21 13.7 36.18 8.2 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.17 2.7 30.58 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.48 3.5 31.48 3.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.28 10.4 22.98 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.32 1.4 19.60 1.2 – – 8....................................................... 20.90 1.2 20.83 1.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 20.26 1.7 20.22 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 20.21 1.7 20.23 1.7 – – 8....................................................... 20.90 1.2 20.83 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 27.95 2.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $26.93 1.3 – – $26.93 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 2.4 – – 27.13 2.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.22 9.2 $19.83 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.20 4.7 16.24 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.91 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.23 7.5 20.23 7.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.80 3.1 14.84 3.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.88 6.3 15.96 5.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.74 8.1 21.90 10.7 24.65 13.8 7....................................................... 18.07 8.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.31 5.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.65 8.7 25.58 10.3 – – 11........................................................ 39.32 6.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.71 24.2 16.71 24.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.69 9.5 23.31 12.8 34.94 8.8 8....................................................... 21.56 6.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.33 9.0 26.04 12.1 – – 11........................................................ 39.32 6.4 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 42.12 6.4 – – 42.12 6.4 Financial managers.......................................... 21.94 10.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.07 9.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.82 33.3 29.33 34.9 – – Management related............................................ 17.67 7.8 18.19 3.1 – – Sales............................................................. 11.22 13.3 11.21 13.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.80 7.9 7.72 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.16 11.0 12.16 11.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 12.23 37.6 12.23 37.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.47 7.8 8.41 7.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 3.2 12.39 4.0 11.97 1.8 2....................................................... 9.38 5.8 9.27 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.86 5.2 11.92 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.81 4.0 11.77 5.5 11.90 4.3 5....................................................... 17.35 15.6 – – 13.85 4.3 6....................................................... 17.88 2.1 18.33 1.8 16.47 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.79 10.0 12.78 10.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.51 4.9 13.12 4.2 13.74 7.6 4....................................................... 12.89 5.6 13.76 4.9 12.38 7.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.32 8.3 12.59 9.8 – – 4....................................................... $11.93 7.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.87 12.6 $12.87 12.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.12 5.1 11.21 6.1 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.13 4.4 11.02 4.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 13.95 4.1 14.01 4.5 $13.36 3.0 1....................................................... 11.66 5.4 11.68 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 4.1 10.87 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 .8 11.86 .9 – – 4....................................................... 13.15 4.3 13.42 4.9 11.63 3.8 5....................................................... 14.44 4.2 14.73 4.7 13.52 4.9 7....................................................... 18.82 3.2 18.85 3.6 18.55 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.64 4.1 16.93 4.6 15.11 3.7 4....................................................... 12.90 2.6 13.01 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 13.41 2.9 13.55 3.6 13.23 4.9 7....................................................... 18.34 2.2 18.20 2.4 19.67 3.9 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.20 4.1 18.20 4.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.34 8.1 – – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 18.97 6.6 – – 18.97 6.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.77 3.7 12.78 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 12.09 9.1 12.09 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.95 4.1 11.95 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 4.1 13.16 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.34 2.9 14.34 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 13.2 14.70 14.0 12.18 1.1 2....................................................... 9.67 8.0 9.67 8.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.34 11.6 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.01 20.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.00 7.7 12.08 8.8 11.46 4.6 2....................................................... 10.93 4.1 11.05 4.6 – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.66 7.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.62 7.0 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.49 7.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.09 5.0 7.90 6.2 13.56 9.2 1....................................................... 7.99 18.4 6.52 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.73 16.4 5.87 18.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.91 2.9 8.90 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.27 3.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.66 .4 – – – – 6....................................................... 13.14 5.1 – – 13.14 5.1 7....................................................... 14.05 10.8 – – – – Protective service............................................ $12.50 6.7 $9.59 2.9 $14.22 3.9 6....................................................... 13.14 5.1 – – 13.14 5.1 7....................................................... 14.05 10.8 – – – – Firefighting................................................ 12.54 1.4 – – 12.54 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 16.30 4.4 – – 16.30 4.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.74 8.9 8.74 8.9 – – Food service.................................................. 7.29 14.7 7.29 14.7 – – 1....................................................... 5.42 16.7 5.42 16.7 – – 2....................................................... 3.35 20.3 3.35 20.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.81 4.6 8.81 4.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.44 7.4 2.44 7.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.29 2.3 2.29 2.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.53 5.3 9.53 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.14 7.3 8.14 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.81 4.6 8.81 4.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.67 4.2 8.67 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.06 .8 9.06 .8 – – 3....................................................... 8.83 3.0 8.83 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.05 .7 9.05 .7 – – 3....................................................... 8.82 3.0 8.82 3.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.59 10.7 7.82 4.7 12.89 18.9 1....................................................... 9.59 19.2 7.45 2.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.86 18.9 7.85 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 10.35 23.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $8.66 23.4 $8.63 24.2 $9.91 7.7 All excluding sales............................................... 8.75 26.4 8.72 27.4 9.91 7.7 White collar........................................................ 13.86 25.1 14.07 26.4 10.29 11.9 3....................................................... 8.95 6.1 8.90 6.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.33 25.9 16.85 27.1 10.29 11.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.12 29.0 28.95 28.7 – – Professional specialty.......................................... – – – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.97 8.3 7.97 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.15 2.7 9.16 2.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 5.01 27.1 4.98 27.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.37 5.3 6.33 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 3.16 42.0 3.16 42.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 3.04 40.5 3.04 40.5 – – 2....................................................... 2.99 42.1 2.99 42.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.23 .0 2.23 .0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.48 $8.66 $13.06 $14.19 $14.04 $16.39 All excluding sales............................................. 14.79 8.75 13.07 14.55 14.38 14.61 White collar........................................................ 17.17 13.86 – 17.34 17.00 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.44 16.33 – 18.89 18.41 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.90 27.12 17.73 24.31 24.04 – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.39 – – 25.28 25.22 – Technical....................................................... 19.22 – – 21.19 20.66 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.74 – – 22.75 22.75 – Sales............................................................. 11.22 7.97 – 10.84 10.62 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 9.15 – 11.87 12.09 – Blue collar......................................................... 13.95 – 12.52 14.15 13.74 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.64 – 17.65 16.49 16.66 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.77 – 11.59 12.87 12.60 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.47 – – 14.76 14.05 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.00 – 11.24 12.09 11.75 – Service............................................................. 9.09 5.01 – 8.48 8.49 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.0 23.4 4.3 2.9 2.6 17.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 26.4 4.4 2.6 2.4 7.1 White collar........................................................ 4.2 25.1 – 4.0 3.6 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.1 25.9 – 3.5 3.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 29.0 7.1 4.8 4.2 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.7 – – 4.6 4.6 – Technical....................................................... 9.2 – – 10.7 9.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 – – 8.0 8.0 – Sales............................................................. 13.3 8.3 – 13.4 12.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 2.7 – 3.7 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.1 – 5.8 4.4 4.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 – 9.0 3.7 4.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.7 – 11.6 3.5 4.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.2 – – 14.6 14.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.7 – 1.4 11.6 8.0 – Service............................................................. 5.0 27.1 – 8.1 8.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.13 $16.73 – - $16.87 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 13.41 16.64 – - 16.76 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 15.77 22.15 – - 22.17 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.26 22.00 – - 22.01 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.41 26.92 – - 26.85 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.78 28.18 – - 28.15 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 21.30 – – - – - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 21.91 23.83 – - 23.95 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.92 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.17 15.17 – - 15.35 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 14.25 – - 13.95 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.93 17.54 – - 18.48 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.58 13.35 – - 13.35 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.70 14.13 – - 14.09 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.82 11.25 – - 10.89 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.38 – – - – - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 3.1 – - 3.1 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 3.3 – - 3.4 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.8 4.3 – - 4.4 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 4.9 – - 5.0 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.5 5.2 – - 5.4 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 8.5 4.6 – - 4.9 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 9.5 – – - – - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.6 18.0 – - 20.4 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.8 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 8.9 – - 8.8 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 2.7 – - 2.3 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 4.0 – - 5.6 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 3.0 – - 3.0 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.0 11.0 – - 11.4 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.7 2.7 – - 1.4 - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.7 – – - – - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $13.13 $12.12 $13.49 $11.73 $17.37 All excluding sales............................................. 13.41 12.46 13.70 12.07 17.00 White collar........................................................ 15.77 13.79 16.46 13.89 20.36 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.26 15.79 17.65 15.72 19.87 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.41 24.73 23.31 27.45 21.82 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.78 24.27 24.81 28.96 23.44 Technical....................................................... 21.30 – 20.93 25.40 19.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 21.91 29.32 19.19 16.96 24.68 Sales............................................................. 10.92 10.52 11.21 9.07 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.17 11.72 12.35 11.73 14.05 Blue collar......................................................... 13.84 14.56 13.59 12.70 16.87 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.93 15.76 17.14 15.49 20.19 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.58 12.88 12.52 11.95 14.46 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.70 15.17 13.90 14.01 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.82 14.27 11.05 10.96 – Service............................................................. 7.38 6.19 7.79 7.27 9.29 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 10.0 3.5 4.4 4.7 All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 10.5 3.4 4.6 4.6 White collar........................................................ 4.8 11.8 5.2 7.2 4.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 12.0 4.9 6.7 5.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.5 28.9 6.6 10.6 6.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.5 26.4 8.6 7.1 10.4 Technical....................................................... 9.5 – 10.8 25.7 11.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.6 11.5 10.7 10.8 20.3 Sales............................................................. 12.8 21.5 16.9 11.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 6.1 5.2 5.2 12.6 Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 13.6 3.9 3.9 1.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 11.2 5.6 5.5 3.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 8.7 5.4 6.5 2.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.0 20.4 10.7 11.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.7 24.4 2.0 2.1 – Service............................................................. 10.7 18.6 8.2 6.0 16.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.00 $12.08 $17.05 $23.77 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.35 12.63 17.45 24.08 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.33 13.75 21.04 29.25 White collar excluding sales................ 9.25 12.03 16.00 22.00 29.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.86 17.45 22.00 28.20 33.36 Professional specialty...................... 17.00 19.19 23.16 29.25 34.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.75 27.00 29.85 32.58 35.38 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.03 28.50 30.77 33.25 38.50 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.00 18.08 20.29 22.40 43.27 Registered nurses....................... 17.18 18.25 20.35 22.00 22.89 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.35 27.46 27.46 29.36 34.33 Teachers, except college and university... 21.04 21.87 26.28 29.25 34.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.07 21.83 25.99 29.25 37.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.95 16.93 22.73 26.82 29.87 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 13.23 14.83 17.50 23.61 28.32 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.59 14.84 15.70 17.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.01 12.93 14.90 16.91 18.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.57 14.97 18.56 25.00 39.24 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.00 17.22 19.99 31.88 48.46 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.98 38.15 40.63 40.67 55.29 Financial managers...................... 19.71 19.77 19.77 22.78 27.89 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.39 30.39 33.19 39.24 39.24 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.46 12.84 16.25 48.46 54.30 Management related........................ 11.00 14.18 17.43 21.92 23.88 Other financial officers................ 16.59 17.44 21.92 21.92 25.81 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.21 8.46 12.10 14.35 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.75 8.00 8.25 11.78 34.18 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.69 9.50 11.44 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.84 12.05 12.95 16.85 Secretaries............................. 9.08 10.71 13.56 15.01 18.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.06 10.00 11.35 13.75 18.98 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.98 11.39 12.95 12.95 18.97 General office clerks................... 9.00 10.15 10.15 12.10 13.25 Bank tellers............................ 8.46 9.69 11.85 13.50 15.01 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.14 10.33 10.33 12.32 13.43 Blue collar..................................... $8.88 $10.81 $13.03 $15.90 $19.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 12.93 16.00 19.51 22.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.05 13.17 20.16 22.25 22.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.34 10.67 12.93 17.40 17.40 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.20 15.12 18.53 23.67 24.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.30 10.41 13.32 14.78 15.58 Transportation and material moving............ 8.85 11.00 13.10 19.75 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 10.00 18.60 19.75 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.59 10.95 12.72 16.78 Construction laborers................... 7.50 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 9.75 10.75 10.75 13.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.41 8.84 10.73 11.41 13.10 Service......................................... 2.13 6.50 8.25 10.50 13.48 Protective service........................ 7.00 9.50 11.76 14.80 18.85 Firefighting............................ 9.74 10.24 11.67 13.90 15.55 Police and detectives, public service... 13.41 14.32 15.27 18.85 19.98 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 7.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.43 9.75 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 2.52 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 2.50 Other food service....................... 5.75 7.50 9.75 10.75 10.75 Cooks................................... 5.65 8.00 8.30 9.00 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 6.86 7.50 9.25 9.91 Health service............................ 7.70 8.00 9.00 9.90 10.67 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.70 8.00 9.00 9.90 10.67 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.00 7.56 9.66 13.64 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 6.50 7.50 7.50 7.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.20 12.08 14.42 Personal service.......................... – – – – – 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $8.29 $11.72 $15.56 $21.10 All excluding sales........................... 7.00 8.75 12.00 16.38 21.52 White collar.................................... 7.94 10.00 12.95 18.50 26.74 White collar excluding sales................ 9.13 11.76 14.33 19.87 28.20 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.83 17.45 20.18 28.10 33.39 Professional specialty...................... 17.25 17.45 21.44 30.73 34.75 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.33 28.11 30.27 32.74 35.75 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.03 28.50 30.77 33.25 38.50 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.00 18.15 20.29 22.32 43.27 Registered nurses....................... 17.18 18.25 20.32 22.00 22.82 Teachers, college and university.......... 13.20 13.20 22.00 30.41 33.19 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.99 14.87 17.72 24.22 28.42 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.71 14.89 15.70 17.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.91 14.35 15.28 17.61 21.32 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.00 14.69 17.43 22.79 31.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 11.36 14.14 17.30 24.25 48.46 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.19 22.60 40.96 40.96 42.10 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.46 12.84 15.75 50.77 54.30 Management related........................ 14.06 15.92 17.44 19.59 23.88 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.20 8.44 12.10 14.50 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.75 8.00 8.25 11.78 34.18 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.50 9.38 11.29 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.99 12.05 12.95 16.96 Secretaries............................. 9.10 10.45 12.77 13.89 15.44 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.99 10.00 11.43 13.12 19.62 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.98 11.39 12.95 12.95 18.97 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.15 10.15 12.10 13.25 Bank tellers............................ 8.46 9.69 11.85 13.50 15.01 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.00 10.33 10.33 12.06 13.61 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 10.95 13.10 16.00 19.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 13.36 16.00 19.68 22.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... $12.05 $13.17 $20.16 $22.25 $22.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.30 10.41 13.48 14.78 15.58 Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 11.00 13.10 19.75 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.59 10.95 12.59 16.95 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.45 8.50 10.75 11.95 13.03 Service......................................... 2.13 6.50 7.60 9.35 10.75 Protective service........................ 6.50 7.00 9.08 10.50 12.86 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 7.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.43 9.75 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 2.52 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 2.50 Other food service....................... 5.75 7.50 9.75 10.75 10.75 Cooks................................... 5.65 8.00 8.30 9.00 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 6.86 7.50 9.25 9.91 Health service............................ 7.70 8.00 9.00 9.90 10.67 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.70 8.00 9.00 9.90 10.67 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 6.50 7.50 7.98 9.35 Maids and housemen...................... 6.50 6.50 7.50 7.50 7.98 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 6.99 7.50 9.35 9.35 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.53 $11.46 $15.39 $23.02 $29.27 All excluding sales........................... 9.52 11.46 15.44 23.13 29.33 White collar.................................... 9.90 13.33 21.04 27.46 32.50 White collar excluding sales................ 9.90 13.42 21.07 27.46 32.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.93 21.04 24.52 28.92 33.36 Professional specialty...................... 16.93 21.34 25.02 28.92 33.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.04 21.87 26.28 29.25 34.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.07 21.83 25.99 29.25 37.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.00 15.44 21.92 33.19 40.63 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.99 30.39 36.98 40.63 43.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.98 38.15 40.63 40.67 55.29 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.21 9.28 11.38 13.87 15.95 Secretaries............................. 9.03 11.19 13.84 15.01 18.12 Blue collar..................................... 9.44 9.97 11.74 14.83 19.71 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.91 10.68 13.50 18.69 23.67 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.20 15.12 18.53 23.67 24.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.89 10.64 11.93 13.11 15.19 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.84 9.53 9.75 13.11 16.78 Service......................................... 9.27 11.06 13.41 15.09 18.82 Protective service........................ 10.12 11.46 14.09 15.72 19.03 Firefighting............................ 9.74 10.24 11.67 13.90 15.55 Police and detectives, public service... 13.41 14.32 15.27 18.85 19.98 Cleaning and building service............. $8.47 $10.67 $12.65 $14.42 $18.82 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.50 $12.63 $17.45 $24.15 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 9.75 12.95 17.76 24.35 White collar.................................... 8.02 10.85 13.98 21.32 29.25 White collar excluding sales................ 9.64 12.10 16.40 22.00 29.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.11 17.45 22.00 28.20 33.03 Professional specialty...................... 17.20 19.27 23.24 29.25 34.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.75 27.00 29.86 32.60 35.38 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.03 28.50 30.77 33.25 38.50 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.00 18.08 20.21 22.32 43.27 Registered nurses....................... 17.16 18.25 20.27 22.00 22.78 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.35 27.46 27.46 29.36 34.33 Teachers, except college and university... 21.04 21.87 26.43 29.25 34.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.07 21.83 25.99 29.25 37.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.31 14.83 17.25 23.10 27.39 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.59 13.79 15.00 15.70 17.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.01 12.93 14.90 16.91 18.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.57 14.75 18.51 24.86 39.24 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.00 17.22 19.99 31.88 48.46 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 36.98 38.15 40.63 40.67 55.29 Financial managers...................... 19.71 19.77 19.77 22.78 27.89 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.39 30.39 33.19 39.24 39.24 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 9.46 12.84 16.25 48.46 54.30 Management related........................ 11.00 14.18 17.43 21.64 23.59 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.21 8.76 12.50 14.50 Supervisors, sales...................... 7.75 8.00 8.25 11.78 34.18 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.93 10.20 12.04 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.30 10.00 12.11 13.02 17.03 Secretaries............................. 9.10 10.84 13.84 15.21 18.35 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.06 10.00 11.35 13.75 18.98 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.98 11.39 12.95 12.95 18.97 General office clerks................... 9.00 10.15 10.15 12.10 13.25 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.14 10.33 10.33 12.32 13.43 Blue collar..................................... 9.06 10.95 13.10 16.00 19.75 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.00 $12.93 $16.00 $19.51 $22.90 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.05 13.17 20.16 22.25 22.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.34 10.67 12.93 17.40 17.40 Electrical power installers and repairers............................ 13.20 15.12 18.53 23.67 24.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.40 10.81 13.50 14.78 15.58 Transportation and material moving............ 8.85 11.00 13.10 19.75 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 10.00 18.60 19.75 19.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 10.00 10.95 13.00 16.95 Construction laborers................... 7.50 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.06 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.50 9.75 10.75 11.95 13.03 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.41 8.84 10.73 11.41 13.10 Service......................................... 2.50 7.50 9.00 10.75 13.79 Protective service........................ 7.50 9.62 11.99 14.85 18.85 Firefighting............................ 9.74 10.24 11.67 13.90 15.55 Police and detectives, public service... 13.41 14.32 15.27 18.85 19.98 Guards and police, except public service 6.50 7.00 9.08 10.00 10.50 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.50 8.30 9.75 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.50 2.83 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.50 2.50 Other food service....................... 7.21 8.15 9.75 10.75 10.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.86 7.00 7.64 9.75 14.65 Health service............................ 7.70 8.00 9.00 9.90 10.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.69 8.00 9.00 9.86 10.63 Cleaning and building service............. 6.99 7.50 8.02 11.06 13.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.29 13.26 18.82 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $5.75 $6.75 $9.00 $13.15 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 5.50 6.50 9.00 13.95 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.00 9.40 13.27 23.69 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 8.00 9.84 18.50 50.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.75 14.70 19.75 50.96 50.96 Professional specialty...................... - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.00 8.19 9.80 12.57 Blue collar..................................... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 6.25 6.50 7.96 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 6.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 140,300 113,800 26,600 All excluding sales............................................. 127,600 101,100 26,500 White collar........................................................ 70,800 52,800 18,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 58,000 40,100 17,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25,400 14,600 10,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 19,200 8,800 10,400 Technical....................................................... 6,200 5,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,300 4,300 2,000 Sales............................................................. 12,800 12,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,300 21,200 5,100 Blue collar......................................................... 33,200 30,300 3,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,900 7,500 1,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,700 10,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5,300 4,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,300 7,300 1,000 Service............................................................. 36,300 30,700 5,600 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.