NC BL 09/00/2004 Table: Cleveland-Akron, OH, Bulletin 3125-14, January 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................. $19.18 2.1 35.9 $17.99 2.6 36.0 $23.76 3.6 35.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.64 2.4 36.6 22.32 3.1 36.9 27.51 4.3 35.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.55 2.5 35.5 24.72 2.8 35.5 32.40 4.5 35.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.25 4.2 39.7 33.92 4.2 39.8 30.59 11.5 39.5 Sales............................................................. 19.68 8.4 34.7 19.68 8.5 34.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.62 1.7 37.5 14.44 1.8 38.2 15.25 3.8 35.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.45 2.9 38.8 16.29 3.1 38.9 18.17 .8 37.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.90 4.6 39.5 21.28 5.4 39.4 18.79 3.3 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.19 2.5 39.7 15.16 2.5 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.87 5.5 39.0 16.62 6.4 41.1 17.66 9.1 33.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.04 7.0 35.8 11.80 7.1 35.6 16.29 6.4 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.94 3.2 30.4 8.83 3.2 29.3 16.58 6.6 34.0 Full time........................................................... 20.19 2.2 39.6 19.02 2.7 39.7 24.63 3.6 39.2 Part time........................................................... 10.78 5.8 20.4 9.76 6.4 20.8 15.43 9.2 18.7 Union............................................................... 21.61 2.9 37.4 19.99 5.2 38.0 23.11 3.2 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 18.22 2.7 35.4 17.58 3.0 35.7 25.36 6.1 32.6 Time................................................................ 19.02 2.1 35.8 17.74 2.5 35.9 23.76 3.6 35.6 Incentive........................................................... 23.36 8.6 39.4 23.36 8.7 39.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.27 3.4 34.9 16.26 3.5 35.0 16.50 1.4 33.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.93 4.9 35.9 16.90 5.8 36.3 25.17 4.7 33.6 500 workers or more................................................. 22.06 2.6 36.4 21.15 4.1 36.4 23.51 2.6 36.4 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $19.18 2.1 $17.99 2.6 $23.76 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.14 2.1 17.85 2.6 23.77 3.6 White collar........................................................ 23.64 2.4 22.32 3.1 27.51 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 2.4 22.81 3.1 27.55 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.55 2.5 24.72 2.8 32.40 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.03 2.7 27.47 2.8 32.95 5.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.78 2.6 33.89 2.7 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 30.78 6.2 30.78 6.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.15 4.0 34.15 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.26 3.5 30.18 3.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.61 4.7 30.53 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.62 2.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.82 2.9 24.90 3.9 36.94 6.0 Physicians.................................................. 47.84 18.2 38.62 34.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.22 1.5 23.97 1.2 25.85 7.6 Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.43 .3 21.43 .3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.97 7.8 39.20 20.3 41.53 8.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.55 5.1 25.67 8.7 35.63 5.6 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.02 11.6 12.21 11.9 – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.02 3.5 – – 37.76 3.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.62 6.6 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.29 4.9 – – 34.71 4.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.39 5.3 – – 23.62 5.9 Librarians.................................................. 23.54 4.9 – – 23.81 5.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.51 5.0 16.59 5.1 20.77 2.0 Social workers.............................................. 19.51 5.0 16.59 5.1 20.77 2.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.60 6.1 20.63 6.2 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 18.00 5.4 17.90 5.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.09 4.2 19.95 4.5 21.80 9.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.77 9.4 17.77 9.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.15 8.9 19.02 15.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.01 3.4 17.77 3.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 22.03 35.9 22.05 37.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.82 9.6 24.05 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 18.05 16.3 18.05 16.3 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.93 14.1 18.93 14.1 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.29 1.0 20.29 1.0 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.46 17.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 16.36 9.0 14.86 9.9 19.45 10.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.25 4.2 33.92 4.2 30.59 11.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $38.27 5.6 $39.23 5.9 $34.63 13.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.65 24.8 – – 30.65 24.8 Financial managers.......................................... 47.53 7.3 47.59 7.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 35.05 5.9 36.68 6.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.02 8.7 32.29 17.3 47.52 7.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.45 8.1 36.98 8.2 – – Management related............................................ 24.07 4.7 24.44 5.5 22.48 4.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.12 7.4 21.91 8.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.66 13.1 18.73 19.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.08 8.9 24.90 10.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.39 13.1 26.43 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. 19.68 8.4 19.68 8.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 10.7 23.83 11.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 27.08 13.4 27.08 13.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.02 8.2 28.02 8.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 10.30 3.8 10.30 3.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.15 15.7 11.15 15.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.70 6.5 9.43 6.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.62 1.7 14.44 1.8 15.25 3.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.31 6.1 19.47 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.86 3.5 15.99 3.1 15.52 9.6 Interviewers................................................ 12.23 6.8 12.23 6.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.30 6.2 11.81 5.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.03 6.5 15.03 6.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.79 8.6 – – 11.76 8.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.30 5.1 13.35 5.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 6.6 14.44 7.0 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.44 8.9 15.91 13.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.75 5.9 12.75 5.9 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 10.63 5.2 10.63 5.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 11.42 24.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.61 2.7 12.61 2.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.54 13.1 13.54 13.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.02 5.2 13.53 9.0 17.29 5.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.75 9.5 – – 10.86 9.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.73 7.4 14.76 9.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.45 2.9 16.29 3.1 18.17 .8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.90 4.6 21.28 5.4 18.79 3.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.89 20.1 23.89 20.1 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.54 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.40 8.0 21.40 8.0 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.86 6.1 – – – – Millwrights................................................. $28.18 4.0 $28.18 4.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.19 6.3 17.33 9.5 – – Electricians................................................ 25.76 8.5 26.45 8.4 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 21.74 21.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 23.09 6.1 23.84 6.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.41 7.3 21.41 7.3 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.23 4.1 16.23 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.73 8.9 14.17 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.19 2.5 15.16 2.5 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 14.06 21.5 14.06 21.5 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.60 1.0 14.60 1.0 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.49 4.7 18.49 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.31 14.1 18.31 14.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.86 10.2 11.86 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.51 .3 13.51 .3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.76 8.0 16.41 8.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.70 12.5 16.70 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.36 1.9 15.36 1.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.19 11.8 12.19 11.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.87 5.5 16.62 6.4 $17.66 9.1 Truck drivers............................................... 19.61 3.9 19.69 4.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.46 2.9 – – 17.70 3.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.45 8.5 13.45 8.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.04 7.0 11.80 7.1 16.29 6.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.50 5.6 10.46 5.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.59 13.2 12.59 13.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.50 15.7 13.50 15.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.64 7.1 13.64 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.54 10.8 10.87 11.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.94 3.2 8.83 3.2 16.58 6.6 Protective service............................................ 15.98 14.8 9.81 9.5 19.90 10.4 Firefighting................................................ 18.58 5.7 – – 18.58 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.03 6.4 – – 22.03 6.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.94 10.9 9.76 10.3 – – Food service.................................................. 7.61 7.5 7.20 8.8 11.51 5.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.16 24.8 4.16 24.8 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.73 20.1 4.73 20.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.28 26.3 4.28 26.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.18 2.5 8.80 3.1 11.51 5.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.63 8.5 17.65 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.22 5.0 10.95 5.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... $7.23 1.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.73 16.2 $6.65 16.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.12 7.8 7.61 6.2 $10.83 7.9 Health service................................................ 10.47 4.6 9.93 4.3 14.16 9.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.11 6.4 10.55 5.4 15.11 6.2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.75 4.0 9.74 4.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.08 7.4 10.34 9.8 12.51 4.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.96 11.4 8.96 11.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.36 7.4 10.61 10.8 12.47 4.0 Personal service.............................................. 12.33 14.4 9.47 6.7 18.53 13.4 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.54 4.7 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 18.83 8.1 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.00 5.4 7.81 5.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $20.19 2.2 $19.02 2.7 $24.63 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.07 2.2 18.78 2.8 24.64 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.31 2.5 22.93 3.3 28.32 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.54 2.5 23.02 3.3 28.36 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.10 2.5 25.01 3.1 33.34 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.70 2.5 27.82 2.9 33.97 4.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.78 2.6 33.89 2.7 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 30.78 6.2 30.78 6.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.15 4.0 34.15 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.26 3.5 30.18 3.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.61 4.7 30.53 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.62 2.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 27.61 3.3 25.13 5.0 38.18 6.9 Physicians.................................................. 47.30 18.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.41 1.9 24.12 1.3 25.96 8.8 Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.49 .2 21.49 .2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.25 5.9 39.20 20.3 43.30 4.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.84 3.2 – – 37.11 3.3 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.12 11.7 12.28 11.6 – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.16 3.4 – – 37.74 3.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.62 6.6 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.92 2.0 – – 37.15 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.46 2.8 – – 25.03 .9 Librarians.................................................. 24.46 2.8 – – 25.03 .9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.50 5.1 16.46 5.6 20.77 2.0 Social workers.............................................. 19.50 5.1 16.46 5.6 20.77 2.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.60 6.2 20.63 6.2 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 18.00 5.4 17.90 5.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.32 4.6 20.17 4.9 22.10 9.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.03 3.3 17.69 3.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 23.32 47.3 23.42 49.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.82 9.6 24.05 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 18.05 16.3 18.05 16.3 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.93 14.1 18.93 14.1 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.29 1.0 20.29 1.0 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.46 17.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 16.47 9.1 14.86 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 4.3 33.94 4.3 30.67 11.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.32 5.6 39.28 6.0 34.67 13.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.65 24.8 – – 30.65 24.8 Financial managers.......................................... $47.61 7.3 $47.67 7.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 35.05 5.9 36.68 6.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.70 9.6 33.00 21.0 $47.52 7.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.49 8.1 36.98 8.2 – – Management related............................................ 23.98 5.0 24.32 5.9 22.52 4.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.12 7.4 21.91 8.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.66 13.1 18.73 19.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.41 9.2 25.18 10.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.98 13.8 25.94 16.7 – – Sales............................................................. 22.32 7.5 22.34 7.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 10.7 23.83 11.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 28.75 12.6 28.75 12.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.02 8.2 28.02 8.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.88 20.7 13.88 20.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.15 7.8 10.69 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.83 1.6 14.55 1.8 15.85 3.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.31 6.1 19.47 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.79 3.4 15.89 2.7 15.54 9.6 Receptionists............................................... 12.49 6.3 11.97 5.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.03 6.5 15.03 6.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.67 7.1 – – 14.67 7.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.32 5.1 13.35 5.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.53 6.8 14.54 7.1 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.44 8.9 15.91 13.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.87 6.9 12.87 6.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.61 2.7 12.61 2.7 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.51 13.2 13.51 13.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.50 4.9 13.99 9.0 17.67 6.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.29 7.6 15.43 9.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.68 3.1 16.53 3.3 18.40 1.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.98 4.6 21.38 5.4 18.79 3.3 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.54 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.40 8.0 21.40 8.0 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.18 4.0 28.18 4.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.19 6.3 17.33 9.5 – – Electricians................................................ 25.76 8.5 26.45 8.4 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 21.74 21.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 23.09 6.1 23.84 6.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.41 7.3 21.41 7.3 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.23 4.1 16.23 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.73 8.9 14.17 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $15.25 2.6 $15.22 2.6 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 14.06 21.5 14.06 21.5 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.60 1.0 14.60 1.0 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.49 4.7 18.49 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.31 14.1 18.31 14.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.30 9.7 12.30 9.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.51 .3 13.51 .3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.76 8.0 16.41 8.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.70 12.5 16.70 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.36 1.9 15.36 1.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.19 11.8 12.19 11.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.98 5.9 16.66 6.5 $18.34 11.4 Truck drivers............................................... 19.69 4.0 19.69 4.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.45 8.5 13.45 8.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.48 7.9 12.23 8.2 16.29 6.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.38 6.3 12.42 6.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.59 13.2 12.59 13.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.57 18.8 13.57 18.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.66 7.1 13.66 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.73 11.2 11.04 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.68 6.2 10.29 4.3 17.34 7.6 Protective service............................................ 16.20 14.6 9.87 10.0 19.98 11.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.16 6.3 – – 22.16 6.3 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.00 11.3 9.80 10.7 – – Food service.................................................. 10.22 4.1 9.94 5.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.06 14.8 5.06 14.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.61 11.0 5.61 11.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.60 4.7 11.59 6.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.63 8.5 17.65 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.57 4.9 11.60 5.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.14 5.0 8.40 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.58 4.8 10.01 4.4 14.27 10.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.11 6.9 10.54 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.83 4.0 9.83 4.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.66 8.5 11.12 10.9 12.78 10.4 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.96 11.4 8.96 11.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.19 7.3 11.82 9.7 12.73 10.4 Personal service.............................................. 14.15 17.3 10.90 12.7 20.25 9.3 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.89 9.4 8.70 9.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $10.78 5.8 $9.76 6.4 $15.43 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 11.04 6.0 9.94 7.0 15.43 9.2 White collar........................................................ 15.88 7.5 15.29 8.3 17.69 13.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.84 5.2 19.44 4.9 17.70 13.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.84 2.6 21.82 1.5 21.88 7.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.17 3.0 24.05 3.1 22.06 7.2 Health related................................................ 24.30 3.2 24.24 3.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.72 3.9 23.61 4.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.93 6.0 – – 23.03 6.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 23.08 11.0 – – 23.05 11.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 17.00 .0 – – 17.00 .0 Librarians.................................................. 17.48 .0 – – 17.48 .0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.63 4.3 17.78 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.73 13.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.58 4.2 8.58 4.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.47 9.1 8.47 9.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 4.9 8.28 4.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.30 6.1 12.26 8.9 9.70 5.4 Secretaries................................................. 17.61 12.1 17.83 11.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.22 2.0 – – 9.04 .5 General office clerks....................................... 10.76 7.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.12 10.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.17 5.6 8.96 4.7 15.46 .7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.14 2.5 – – 15.46 .7 Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 3.0 – – 15.49 .7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.78 5.8 8.78 5.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.71 2.3 7.71 2.3 – – Service............................................................. $7.22 6.1 $6.44 2.1 $12.34 11.5 Protective service............................................ 12.20 22.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.12 4.2 5.81 3.5 11.32 14.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.86 27.1 3.86 27.1 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.27 20.5 5.27 20.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.78 30.4 3.78 30.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.45 6.9 7.07 8.0 11.32 14.4 Cooks....................................................... 10.51 8.4 9.46 3.4 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.58 2.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.25 15.5 6.12 16.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.57 6.3 7.31 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 9.79 7.1 9.46 6.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.34 5.9 9.33 5.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $9.24 18.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.24 18.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.84 11.3 $6.48 10.0 – – 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 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $800 2.3 39.6 $755 2.8 39.7 $967 3.7 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 795 2.3 39.6 745 2.9 39.7 967 3.7 39.2 White collar........................................................ 958 2.5 39.4 909 3.4 39.6 1,100 3.8 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 967 2.5 39.4 912 3.4 39.6 1,101 3.8 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,096 2.3 39.0 985 3.1 39.4 1,279 3.0 38.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,193 2.2 38.8 1,095 3.0 39.3 1,301 3.6 38.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,359 2.3 40.2 1,364 2.4 40.2 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,231 6.2 40.0 1,231 6.2 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,356 4.3 39.7 1,356 4.3 39.7 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,190 3.5 39.3 1,187 3.6 39.3 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,211 4.7 39.6 1,207 4.8 39.5 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 988 1.8 38.6 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,097 3.3 39.7 998 5.0 39.7 1,524 6.9 39.9 Physicians.................................................. 1,892 18.5 40.0 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 968 2.0 39.7 956 1.6 39.6 1,034 8.8 39.8 Respiratory therapists...................................... 860 .2 40.0 860 .2 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,649 6.5 39.0 1,502 23.6 38.3 1,701 4.7 39.3 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,333 2.3 37.2 – – – 1,386 2.3 37.4 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,185 9.7 36.9 474 8.2 38.6 – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,317 1.6 36.4 – – – 1,393 1.0 36.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,390 6.5 38.0 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,410 2.3 37.2 – – – 1,380 .4 37.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 935 3.6 38.2 – – – 954 1.5 38.1 Librarians.................................................. 935 3.6 38.2 – – – 954 1.5 38.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 778 5.1 39.9 658 5.6 40.0 829 2.1 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 778 5.1 39.9 658 5.6 40.0 829 2.1 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 812 6.3 39.4 813 6.3 39.4 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 719 5.4 40.0 716 5.5 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 801 4.5 39.4 795 4.9 39.4 878 9.8 39.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 714 3.6 39.6 700 4.0 39.6 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 929 47.2 39.8 937 49.5 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 953 9.6 40.0 962 9.9 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 722 16.3 40.0 722 16.3 40.0 – – – Drafters.................................................... 757 14.1 40.0 757 14.1 40.0 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 792 .1 39.0 792 .1 39.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 969 17.1 39.6 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 652 8.8 39.6 588 9.0 39.5 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,333 4.4 40.0 $1,361 4.5 40.1 $1,222 11.6 39.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,542 5.7 40.2 1,584 6.2 40.3 1,385 13.1 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,225 24.8 40.0 – – – 1,225 24.8 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,892 7.6 39.7 1,895 7.6 39.8 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,409 6.2 40.2 1,476 6.3 40.3 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,661 10.7 38.9 1,217 21.3 36.9 1,900 7.3 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,476 8.4 40.5 1,497 8.5 40.5 – – – Management related............................................ 951 4.9 39.7 965 5.7 39.7 892 4.4 39.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 885 7.4 40.0 876 8.6 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 818 12.9 39.6 738 18.8 39.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,015 9.2 40.0 1,007 10.9 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 976 13.1 39.1 1,013 15.7 39.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 886 7.7 39.7 887 7.8 39.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 956 11.0 40.5 966 11.5 40.5 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 1,235 12.1 42.9 1,235 12.1 42.9 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,082 10.3 38.6 1,082 10.3 38.6 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 500 15.7 36.0 500 15.7 36.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 445 7.8 39.9 426 7.5 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 587 1.8 39.6 577 1.9 39.6 624 3.9 39.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 812 6.1 40.0 779 5.7 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 623 3.3 39.5 625 2.3 39.3 618 10.0 39.7 Receptionists............................................... 498 6.2 39.9 477 5.2 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 592 7.1 39.4 592 7.1 39.4 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 551 8.8 37.6 – – – 551 8.8 37.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 523 5.0 39.3 522 4.9 39.1 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 581 6.8 40.0 582 7.1 40.0 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 657 8.9 40.0 636 13.1 40.0 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 508 6.0 39.5 508 6.0 39.5 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 505 2.7 40.0 505 2.7 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 540 13.2 40.0 540 13.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 610 4.6 39.3 560 9.0 40.0 680 7.0 38.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 597 7.7 39.1 603 9.5 39.1 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 667 3.0 40.0 661 3.3 40.0 735 1.2 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 833 4.6 39.7 848 5.4 39.7 750 3.4 39.9 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 781 5.2 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 856 8.0 40.0 856 8.0 40.0 – – – Millwrights................................................. 1,127 4.0 40.0 1,127 4.0 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $727 6.3 40.0 $693 9.5 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,026 8.6 39.8 1,053 8.5 39.8 – – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 859 21.6 39.5 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 905 6.3 39.2 933 7.1 39.1 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 862 7.0 40.3 862 7.0 40.3 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 956 14.7 40.0 956 14.7 40.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 649 4.1 40.0 649 4.1 40.0 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 629 8.9 40.0 567 4.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 609 2.6 39.9 608 2.6 39.9 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 562 21.5 40.0 562 21.5 40.0 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 582 1.3 39.9 582 1.3 39.9 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 740 4.7 40.0 740 4.7 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 733 14.1 40.0 733 14.1 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 492 9.7 40.0 492 9.7 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 530 .8 39.3 530 .8 39.3 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 670 8.0 40.0 656 8.7 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 660 12.3 39.5 660 12.3 39.5 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 615 1.9 40.0 615 1.9 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 488 11.8 40.0 488 11.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 696 4.6 41.0 687 4.8 41.2 $733 11.4 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 842 8.4 42.8 842 8.4 42.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 538 8.5 40.0 538 8.5 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 498 7.9 39.9 488 8.2 39.9 652 6.4 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 489 6.8 39.5 490 7.2 39.5 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 504 13.2 40.0 504 13.2 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 543 18.8 40.0 543 18.8 40.0 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 547 7.1 40.0 547 7.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 469 11.2 40.0 442 12.0 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 499 6.6 39.3 401 4.7 39.0 695 8.1 40.1 Protective service............................................ 655 15.6 40.5 395 10.0 40.0 814 13.4 40.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 887 6.3 40.0 – – – 887 6.3 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 400 11.3 40.0 392 10.7 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 393 4.6 38.5 385 6.0 38.7 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 191 15.3 37.7 191 15.3 37.7 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 209 12.0 37.3 209 12.0 37.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 449 5.5 38.7 453 6.6 39.1 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 614 13.4 36.9 706 7.8 40.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 461 4.7 39.8 461 5.7 39.8 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $352 4.8 38.5 $318 4.2 37.8 – – – Health service................................................ 416 5.6 39.3 392 5.0 39.2 $570 10.5 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 483 6.9 39.9 420 5.7 39.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 383 4.5 39.0 383 4.7 38.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 460 8.9 39.4 437 11.5 39.3 508 10.8 39.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 358 11.4 40.0 358 11.4 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 479 7.9 39.3 461 10.7 39.0 506 10.8 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 537 18.4 38.0 403 11.9 36.9 810 9.3 40.0 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 344 11.1 38.7 336 11.2 38.6 – – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $40,431 2.3 2,002 $38,955 2.8 2,048 $45,474 3.7 1,846 All excluding sales............................................... 40,110 2.3 1,999 38,428 2.9 2,047 45,483 3.7 1,846 White collar........................................................ 47,655 2.5 1,961 46,849 3.4 2,043 49,670 3.8 1,754 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,828 2.5 1,949 46,962 3.4 2,040 49,702 3.8 1,752 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 51,661 2.3 1,838 50,082 3.1 2,002 53,817 3.0 1,614 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,649 2.2 1,780 54,975 3.0 1,976 54,350 3.6 1,600 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 70,666 2.3 2,092 70,922 2.4 2,093 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 64,019 6.2 2,080 64,019 6.2 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 70,518 4.3 2,065 70,518 4.3 2,065 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 61,888 3.5 2,045 61,709 3.6 2,045 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 62,968 4.7 2,057 62,783 4.8 2,056 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 51,393 1.8 2,006 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,028 3.3 2,066 51,890 5.0 2,065 79,055 6.9 2,071 Physicians.................................................. 98,391 18.5 2,080 – – – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 50,313 2.0 2,061 49,706 1.6 2,061 53,602 8.8 2,065 Respiratory therapists...................................... 44,698 .2 2,080 44,698 .2 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 68,198 6.5 1,614 62,833 23.6 1,603 70,059 4.7 1,618 Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,769 2.3 1,416 – – – 52,709 2.3 1,420 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 45,927 9.7 1,430 19,730 8.2 1,607 – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,199 1.6 1,361 – – – 51,880 1.0 1,375 Secondary school teachers................................... 52,329 6.5 1,429 – – – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 53,457 2.3 1,410 – – – 52,200 .4 1,405 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 47,645 3.6 1,948 – – – 49,588 1.5 1,981 Librarians.................................................. 47,645 3.6 1,948 – – – 49,588 1.5 1,981 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40,007 5.1 2,052 34,226 5.6 2,080 42,382 2.1 2,040 Social workers.............................................. 40,007 5.1 2,052 34,226 5.6 2,080 42,382 2.1 2,040 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41,155 6.3 1,998 41,190 6.3 1,997 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 37,403 5.4 2,079 37,222 5.5 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 41,415 4.5 2,038 41,325 4.9 2,049 42,398 9.8 1,918 Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,081 3.6 2,001 36,397 4.0 2,058 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 48,317 47.2 2,072 48,710 49.5 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 48,825 9.6 2,049 50,033 9.9 2,080 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 37,551 16.3 2,080 37,551 16.3 2,080 – – – Drafters.................................................... 39,375 14.1 2,080 39,375 14.1 2,080 – – – Chemical technicians........................................ 41,160 .1 2,029 41,160 .1 2,029 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 50,371 17.1 2,059 – – – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 33,907 8.8 2,059 30,560 9.0 2,056 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $68,785 4.4 2,067 $70,597 4.5 2,080 $61,842 11.6 2,016 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,282 5.7 2,069 82,071 6.2 2,089 69,181 13.1 1,995 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 63,698 24.8 2,078 – – – 63,698 24.8 2,078 Financial managers.......................................... 98,366 7.6 2,066 98,536 7.6 2,067 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 73,281 6.2 2,091 76,775 6.3 2,093 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 77,194 10.7 1,808 58,358 21.3 1,768 86,861 7.3 1,828 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 76,749 8.4 2,103 77,841 8.5 2,105 – – – Management related............................................ 49,459 4.9 2,063 50,172 5.7 2,063 46,409 4.4 2,061 Accountants and auditors.................................... 46,010 7.4 2,080 45,575 8.6 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 42,524 12.9 2,058 38,380 18.8 2,049 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 52,784 9.2 2,078 52,366 10.9 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 50,774 13.1 2,033 52,665 15.7 2,030 – – – Sales............................................................. 46,081 7.7 2,065 46,130 7.8 2,065 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 49,730 11.0 2,105 50,207 11.5 2,107 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 64,201 12.1 2,233 64,201 12.1 2,233 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 56,287 10.3 2,009 56,287 10.3 2,009 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25,976 15.7 1,871 25,976 15.7 1,871 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,121 7.8 2,073 22,155 7.5 2,072 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,327 1.8 2,045 29,936 1.9 2,058 31,706 3.9 2,001 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,249 6.1 2,080 40,506 5.7 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 32,183 3.3 2,038 32,460 2.3 2,042 31,476 10.0 2,026 Receptionists............................................... 25,888 6.2 2,073 24,807 5.2 2,072 – – – Order clerks................................................ 30,792 7.1 2,049 30,792 7.1 2,049 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 28,669 8.8 1,954 – – – 28,669 8.8 1,954 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,218 5.0 2,044 27,130 4.9 2,033 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 30,215 6.8 2,080 30,253 7.1 2,080 – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 34,189 8.9 2,080 33,091 13.1 2,080 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 26,431 6.0 2,053 26,431 6.0 2,053 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 26,239 2.7 2,080 26,239 2.7 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 28,092 13.2 2,080 28,092 13.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 31,321 4.6 2,020 29,104 9.0 2,080 34,292 7.0 1,940 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 30,386 7.7 1,987 31,370 9.5 2,033 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,414 3.0 2,063 34,098 3.3 2,063 38,005 1.2 2,065 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,022 4.6 2,050 43,740 5.4 2,046 39,020 3.4 2,077 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40,636 5.2 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 42,895 8.0 2,004 42,895 8.0 2,004 – – – Millwrights................................................. 55,506 4.0 1,970 55,506 4.0 1,970 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $37,827 6.3 2,080 $36,046 9.5 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 53,362 8.6 2,072 54,779 8.5 2,071 – – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 44,679 21.6 2,055 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 47,076 6.3 2,039 48,522 7.1 2,035 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,826 7.0 2,094 44,826 7.0 2,094 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 49,710 14.7 2,080 49,710 14.7 2,080 – – – Machinists.................................................. 33,766 4.1 2,080 33,766 4.1 2,080 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 32,716 8.9 2,080 29,479 4.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,337 2.6 2,055 31,276 2.6 2,055 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 29,235 21.5 2,080 29,235 21.5 2,080 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 30,270 1.3 2,073 30,270 1.3 2,073 – – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 38,465 4.7 2,080 38,465 4.7 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 37,472 14.1 2,046 37,472 14.1 2,046 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 24,178 9.7 1,966 24,178 9.7 1,966 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 27,582 .8 2,042 27,582 .8 2,042 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 34,114 8.0 2,035 33,353 8.7 2,032 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 34,323 12.3 2,055 34,323 12.3 2,055 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 31,954 1.9 2,080 31,954 1.9 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 25,355 11.8 2,080 25,355 11.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,188 4.6 2,131 35,711 4.8 2,143 $38,142 11.4 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 43,788 8.4 2,224 43,788 8.4 2,224 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,978 8.5 2,080 27,978 8.5 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,696 7.9 2,059 25,239 8.2 2,064 32,380 6.4 1,987 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,916 6.8 2,013 25,496 7.2 2,053 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 26,193 13.2 2,080 26,193 13.2 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 28,234 18.8 2,080 28,234 18.8 2,080 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 28,422 7.1 2,080 28,422 7.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,399 11.2 2,080 22,967 12.0 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 25,658 6.6 2,024 20,753 4.7 2,017 35,342 8.1 2,038 Protective service............................................ 34,076 15.6 2,104 20,520 10.0 2,080 42,325 13.4 2,119 Police and detectives, public service....................... 46,099 6.3 2,080 – – – 46,099 6.3 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 20,794 11.3 2,080 20,379 10.7 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 19,950 4.6 1,952 19,977 6.0 2,010 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,915 15.3 1,959 9,915 15.3 1,959 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 10,870 12.0 1,938 10,870 12.0 1,938 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,620 5.5 1,951 23,501 6.6 2,028 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 29,949 13.4 1,800 36,458 7.8 2,066 – – – Cooks....................................................... 23,964 4.7 2,071 23,998 5.7 2,069 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $17,188 4.8 1,881 $16,483 4.2 1,963 – – – Health service................................................ 21,607 5.6 2,042 20,382 5.0 2,036 $29,656 10.5 2,079 Health aides, except nursing................................ 25,124 6.9 2,074 21,837 5.7 2,072 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,921 4.5 2,026 19,894 4.7 2,024 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,835 8.9 2,044 22,598 11.5 2,033 26,413 10.8 2,068 Maids and housemen.......................................... 18,502 11.4 2,065 18,502 11.4 2,065 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,855 7.9 2,039 23,872 10.7 2,019 26,317 10.8 2,067 Personal service.............................................. 26,557 18.4 1,876 20,291 11.9 1,862 38,537 9.3 1,903 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 17,899 11.1 2,013 17,453 11.2 2,006 – – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $19.18 2.1 $17.99 2.6 $23.76 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.14 2.1 17.85 2.6 23.77 3.6 White collar........................................................ 23.64 2.4 22.32 3.1 27.51 4.3 1....................................................... 8.30 4.1 8.19 4.1 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 11.08 5.6 10.88 4.3 11.79 19.7 3....................................................... 12.72 2.7 12.37 3.1 13.92 6.2 4....................................................... 13.57 2.2 13.43 2.5 14.52 4.9 5....................................................... 18.65 6.8 18.87 7.9 18.01 12.3 6....................................................... 18.30 2.9 18.33 3.3 18.20 4.7 7....................................................... 24.18 6.2 23.35 6.2 25.72 11.8 8....................................................... 25.21 3.6 23.80 3.6 28.04 6.4 9....................................................... 29.82 4.2 26.63 2.4 33.92 5.8 10........................................................ 33.71 7.1 35.01 7.6 27.35 15.3 11........................................................ 36.95 5.1 36.67 4.9 37.92 14.7 12........................................................ 43.05 4.6 42.59 6.0 44.26 5.8 13........................................................ 59.93 3.8 60.70 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.74 9.6 25.51 11.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.17 2.4 22.81 3.1 27.55 4.3 1....................................................... 9.49 4.4 – – 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 11.54 5.7 11.45 3.2 11.79 19.7 3....................................................... 12.94 2.6 12.68 3.0 13.73 6.0 4....................................................... 13.84 2.5 13.71 2.9 14.52 4.9 5....................................................... 17.54 4.8 17.29 3.1 18.01 12.3 6....................................................... 18.25 2.6 18.27 3.0 18.14 4.8 7....................................................... 22.99 6.6 21.31 3.2 25.72 11.8 8....................................................... 24.95 4.1 22.83 3.9 28.28 6.5 9....................................................... 29.75 4.4 26.35 2.4 33.92 5.8 10........................................................ 33.74 7.2 35.05 7.7 27.35 15.3 11........................................................ 36.95 5.1 36.67 4.9 37.92 14.7 12........................................................ 43.05 4.6 42.59 6.0 44.26 5.8 13........................................................ 59.93 3.8 60.70 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.47 8.8 25.96 10.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.55 2.5 24.72 2.8 32.40 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.03 2.7 27.47 2.8 32.95 5.1 5....................................................... 19.05 9.7 – – 18.96 11.7 6....................................................... 17.58 10.8 15.92 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 25.30 13.8 20.63 1.7 31.23 15.9 8....................................................... 27.22 4.5 24.57 4.1 29.43 8.1 9....................................................... 31.17 4.9 26.05 1.9 35.14 5.6 10........................................................ 30.78 5.7 32.09 4.3 27.29 16.0 11........................................................ 34.48 5.0 35.72 4.7 29.09 12.4 12........................................................ 40.10 7.6 40.00 10.0 – – 13........................................................ 54.81 8.2 54.95 9.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.59 7.0 26.43 10.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $33.78 2.6 $33.89 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.65 1.7 30.53 1.7 – – 10........................................................ 30.58 7.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.04 6.4 37.04 6.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 30.78 6.2 30.78 6.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.15 4.0 34.15 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.49 2.6 30.49 2.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.26 3.5 30.18 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 26.62 6.1 26.62 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.55 7.1 29.26 7.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.61 4.7 30.53 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 8.5 28.87 9.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.62 2.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 26.82 2.9 24.90 3.9 $36.94 6.0 7....................................................... 21.41 4.3 21.41 4.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.05 2.7 22.82 .9 – – 9....................................................... 24.78 1.4 24.71 1.6 25.23 1.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.77 20.0 22.38 4.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 47.84 18.2 38.62 34.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.44 18.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.22 1.5 23.97 1.2 25.85 7.6 7....................................................... 22.09 4.0 22.09 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.23 3.2 23.17 1.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.71 1.2 24.63 1.4 25.23 1.1 Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.43 .3 21.43 .3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.97 7.8 39.20 20.3 41.53 8.4 12........................................................ 41.49 4.9 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.57 12.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.55 5.1 25.67 8.7 35.63 5.6 7....................................................... 36.13 7.0 – – 37.26 2.4 8....................................................... 29.74 12.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.22 5.4 – – 37.47 5.1 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.02 11.6 12.21 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 38.62 4.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.02 3.5 – – 37.76 3.6 9....................................................... 36.31 5.4 – – 38.31 3.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.62 6.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.59 7.2 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.29 4.9 – – 34.71 4.2 9....................................................... 34.86 5.1 – – 34.88 5.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.39 5.3 – – 23.62 5.9 Librarians.................................................. 23.54 4.9 – – 23.81 5.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.51 5.0 16.59 5.1 20.77 2.0 7....................................................... 19.75 6.2 19.90 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 18.10 8.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. $19.51 5.0 $16.59 5.1 $20.77 2.0 7....................................................... 19.75 6.2 19.90 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 18.10 8.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.60 6.1 20.63 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.17 9.1 21.17 9.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 18.00 5.4 17.90 5.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.09 4.2 19.95 4.5 21.80 9.8 4....................................................... 13.94 6.4 13.94 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 17.26 4.8 17.33 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.66 1.4 18.64 1.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.46 8.5 22.05 10.7 19.74 4.9 8....................................................... 22.05 5.5 21.90 5.6 – – 9....................................................... 26.65 19.2 26.65 19.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.10 8.4 19.57 7.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.77 9.4 17.77 9.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 19.15 8.9 19.02 15.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.01 3.4 17.77 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.54 2.4 15.54 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.96 .8 18.99 .7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 22.03 35.9 22.05 37.3 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.82 9.6 24.05 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 18.05 16.3 18.05 16.3 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.93 14.1 18.93 14.1 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.29 1.0 20.29 1.0 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.46 17.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 16.36 9.0 14.86 9.9 19.45 10.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.25 4.2 33.92 4.2 30.59 11.5 5....................................................... 16.17 11.2 18.47 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.42 7.5 19.31 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.01 6.2 24.34 8.9 23.51 6.9 8....................................................... 19.79 7.3 19.17 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.24 3.9 26.92 4.9 23.45 4.1 10........................................................ 33.10 6.6 33.19 6.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.75 7.7 37.88 9.8 – – 12........................................................ 44.74 3.5 44.15 4.1 46.19 7.1 13........................................................ 63.69 5.0 63.99 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.13 16.8 38.13 16.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.27 5.6 39.23 5.9 34.63 13.1 7....................................................... 22.66 10.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.11 4.2 28.23 4.9 23.41 5.7 10........................................................ 34.45 10.6 34.45 10.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.75 7.7 37.88 9.8 – – 12........................................................ 44.77 3.7 44.16 4.4 46.19 7.1 13........................................................ $63.69 5.0 $63.99 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.36 29.7 42.36 29.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.65 24.8 – – $30.65 24.8 Financial managers.......................................... 47.53 7.3 47.59 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.04 9.4 27.04 9.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 35.05 5.9 36.68 6.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.02 8.7 32.29 17.3 47.52 7.3 12........................................................ 46.84 7.0 – – 46.53 7.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.45 8.1 36.98 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.36 6.4 27.41 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.00 11.2 45.00 11.2 – – 13........................................................ 62.53 8.0 62.53 8.0 – – Management related............................................ 24.07 4.7 24.44 5.5 22.48 4.4 5....................................................... 18.96 5.4 18.47 7.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.12 3.9 17.85 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 24.48 8.6 25.86 10.9 22.65 8.3 9....................................................... 24.95 7.0 25.17 8.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.12 7.4 21.91 8.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.66 13.1 18.73 19.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.08 8.9 24.90 10.7 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.39 13.1 26.43 15.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.26 8.7 26.10 12.1 – – Sales............................................................. 19.68 8.4 19.68 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.74 2.5 7.74 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 8.2 10.29 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.09 6.6 12.09 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 21.60 15.1 21.60 15.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.84 8.7 18.74 8.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.51 6.8 26.92 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.83 19.9 23.83 19.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 10.7 23.83 11.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 27.08 13.4 27.08 13.4 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.02 8.2 28.02 8.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 10.30 3.8 10.30 3.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.15 15.7 11.15 15.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.70 6.5 9.43 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.59 3.7 7.59 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 11.5 10.17 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.62 1.7 14.44 1.8 15.25 3.8 1....................................................... 9.49 4.4 – – 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 11.54 5.7 11.45 3.2 11.79 19.7 3....................................................... 12.90 2.7 12.63 3.1 13.73 6.0 4....................................................... 13.85 2.9 13.70 3.5 14.52 4.9 5....................................................... 16.98 4.3 16.80 4.3 17.78 15.6 6....................................................... $17.58 3.6 $18.28 5.6 $16.35 1.9 7....................................................... 20.27 2.8 19.61 4.1 21.35 3.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.58 6.8 13.58 6.8 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.31 6.1 19.47 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.86 3.5 15.99 3.1 15.52 9.6 3....................................................... 15.37 7.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.52 2.8 14.57 3.2 14.41 5.9 5....................................................... 17.05 4.0 17.37 3.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.64 7.6 18.95 7.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.59 7.8 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 12.23 6.8 12.23 6.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.30 6.2 11.81 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.14 6.6 12.50 5.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.03 6.5 15.03 6.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.79 8.6 – – 11.76 8.8 1....................................................... 7.43 .4 – – 7.43 .4 4....................................................... 14.27 21.1 – – 14.27 21.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.30 5.1 13.35 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.71 9.3 13.71 9.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.37 6.6 14.44 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.02 7.6 12.99 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.09 5.6 14.09 5.6 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.44 8.9 15.91 13.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.75 5.9 12.75 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.13 7.2 12.13 7.2 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 10.63 5.2 10.63 5.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 11.42 24.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.61 2.7 12.61 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.57 5.5 13.57 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.54 13.1 13.54 13.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.02 5.2 13.53 9.0 17.29 5.4 2....................................................... 10.14 4.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.04 5.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.75 9.5 – – 10.86 9.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.73 7.4 14.76 9.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.45 2.9 16.29 3.1 18.17 .8 1....................................................... 10.39 6.1 10.35 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.37 10.7 10.94 11.2 – – 3....................................................... 16.40 4.8 16.48 5.2 15.57 5.6 4....................................................... 16.39 6.1 16.35 6.4 17.19 4.5 5....................................................... 16.48 3.7 16.37 4.1 17.32 2.9 6....................................................... 19.27 7.7 18.85 9.3 21.23 5.1 7....................................................... 22.31 4.5 22.70 5.3 20.02 1.9 8....................................................... 30.47 14.9 30.47 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.02 14.4 27.98 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $15.02 10.1 $15.02 10.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.90 4.6 21.28 5.4 $18.79 3.3 4....................................................... 16.09 9.8 16.33 10.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 6.3 16.81 7.6 16.95 3.7 6....................................................... 19.39 6.1 18.55 8.1 21.23 5.1 7....................................................... 22.84 3.7 23.48 4.2 19.26 5.4 8....................................................... 30.47 15.6 30.47 15.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.02 14.4 27.98 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.28 15.8 18.28 15.8 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.89 20.1 23.89 20.1 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.54 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.40 8.0 21.40 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.92 3.8 25.92 3.8 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 12.86 6.1 – – – – Millwrights................................................. 28.18 4.0 28.18 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 28.18 4.0 28.18 4.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.19 6.3 17.33 9.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.93 15.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 25.76 8.5 26.45 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.79 8.5 26.49 8.3 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 21.74 21.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 23.09 6.1 23.84 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.01 7.2 26.42 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.41 7.3 21.41 7.3 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.23 4.1 16.23 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.73 8.9 14.17 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.19 2.5 15.16 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 10.20 3.4 10.20 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.69 5.8 11.69 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 17.79 5.5 17.79 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.66 5.7 16.66 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.78 4.1 15.78 4.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.65 4.3 16.65 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.99 11.6 18.76 12.3 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 14.06 21.5 14.06 21.5 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.60 1.0 14.60 1.0 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.49 4.7 18.49 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.31 14.1 18.31 14.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.86 10.2 11.86 10.2 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.51 .3 13.51 .3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.76 8.0 16.41 8.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.70 12.5 16.70 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. $15.36 1.9 $15.36 1.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.19 11.8 12.19 11.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.87 5.5 16.62 6.4 $17.66 9.1 2....................................................... 14.23 10.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 15.68 3.3 15.54 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.47 17.3 16.38 19.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.10 4.4 20.44 6.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 19.61 3.9 19.69 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 19.50 8.9 19.50 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 19.86 8.3 20.76 9.1 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.46 2.9 – – 17.70 3.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.45 8.5 13.45 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 16.48 3.3 16.48 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.04 7.0 11.80 7.1 16.29 6.4 1....................................................... 10.47 9.4 10.45 9.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.28 7.8 14.06 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.73 10.2 13.85 12.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.50 5.6 10.46 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.99 8.6 8.99 8.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 13.2 12.62 15.2 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.59 13.2 12.59 13.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.50 15.7 13.50 15.7 – – 1....................................................... 11.76 29.8 11.76 29.8 – – 2....................................................... 17.15 3.5 17.15 3.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.64 7.1 13.64 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.54 10.8 10.87 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.87 4.1 8.66 4.1 – – Service............................................................. 10.94 3.2 8.83 3.2 16.58 6.6 1....................................................... 7.59 3.4 7.09 3.7 10.45 9.3 2....................................................... 7.97 4.4 7.27 6.1 12.62 6.7 3....................................................... 10.62 4.3 10.13 2.6 13.24 5.8 4....................................................... 13.80 5.2 12.89 2.3 14.79 7.7 5....................................................... 14.72 7.4 12.62 8.2 16.56 7.4 6....................................................... 19.27 12.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.98 5.3 – – 22.30 6.2 8....................................................... 23.36 5.9 – – – – Protective service............................................ 15.98 14.8 9.81 9.5 19.90 10.4 4....................................................... 13.63 4.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.12 7.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.02 6.0 – – 22.22 6.5 Firefighting................................................ 18.58 5.7 – – 18.58 5.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.03 6.4 – – 22.03 6.4 7....................................................... 21.87 2.1 – – 21.87 2.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... $9.94 10.9 $9.76 10.3 – – Food service.................................................. 7.61 7.5 7.20 8.8 $11.51 5.1 1....................................................... 6.66 3.2 6.46 1.8 9.66 4.6 2....................................................... 5.76 8.2 5.37 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.42 3.7 9.42 3.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.16 24.8 4.16 24.8 – – 2....................................................... 3.95 29.4 3.95 29.4 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.73 20.1 4.73 20.1 – – 2....................................................... 3.54 22.4 3.54 22.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.28 26.3 4.28 26.3 – – 2....................................................... 4.35 28.0 4.35 28.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.18 2.5 8.80 3.1 11.51 5.1 1....................................................... 7.12 4.1 6.92 3.7 9.66 4.6 2....................................................... 8.45 10.5 7.92 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.44 4.3 9.44 4.3 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.63 8.5 17.65 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.22 5.0 10.95 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.37 4.8 9.37 4.8 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 7.23 1.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.73 16.2 6.65 16.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.74 7.3 6.74 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.50 34.0 6.18 39.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.12 7.8 7.61 6.2 10.83 7.9 1....................................................... 7.49 6.6 7.25 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 7.8 8.13 3.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.47 4.6 9.93 4.3 14.16 9.4 2....................................................... 8.81 4.7 8.81 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.90 4.0 9.89 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.51 2.5 11.33 2.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.11 6.4 10.55 5.4 15.11 6.2 4....................................................... 11.88 5.2 11.67 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.75 4.0 9.74 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.68 8.7 8.68 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 4.2 9.80 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.08 7.4 10.34 9.8 12.51 4.0 1....................................................... 9.50 14.1 8.88 16.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.31 14.6 – – 13.15 9.7 3....................................................... 11.90 5.8 11.91 6.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.96 11.4 8.96 11.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.36 7.4 10.61 10.8 12.47 4.0 1....................................................... 10.08 13.7 9.45 19.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.32 14.9 – – 13.15 9.7 3....................................................... 12.28 6.4 12.64 7.9 – – Personal service.............................................. 12.33 14.4 9.47 6.7 18.53 13.4 1....................................................... 7.12 8.7 5.95 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.29 8.4 7.28 8.5 – – 3....................................................... $10.95 11.5 $10.05 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.22 16.3 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.54 4.7 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 18.83 8.1 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.00 5.4 7.81 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.30 16.0 10.30 16.0 – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $20.19 2.2 $19.02 2.7 $24.63 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.07 2.2 18.78 2.8 24.64 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.31 2.5 22.93 3.3 28.32 4.1 2....................................................... 11.59 5.4 11.28 4.1 13.14 20.0 3....................................................... 12.94 2.6 12.59 3.0 14.02 6.3 4....................................................... 13.80 2.2 13.66 2.5 14.62 5.2 5....................................................... 18.63 7.1 19.12 7.9 16.85 11.1 6....................................................... 18.29 3.2 18.29 3.7 18.29 4.7 7....................................................... 24.39 6.5 23.46 6.5 26.07 12.2 8....................................................... 25.30 3.7 23.85 3.8 28.09 6.4 9....................................................... 30.17 4.1 26.69 2.5 34.52 4.5 10........................................................ 33.84 7.2 35.01 7.6 27.85 15.6 11........................................................ 37.41 4.4 36.66 5.0 40.27 8.5 12........................................................ 43.05 4.6 42.59 6.0 44.26 5.8 13........................................................ 59.77 4.0 60.51 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.16 9.2 25.88 11.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.54 2.5 23.02 3.3 28.36 4.1 2....................................................... 11.88 5.3 11.58 3.4 13.14 20.0 3....................................................... 13.02 2.7 12.76 3.2 13.82 6.2 4....................................................... 13.90 2.5 13.76 2.9 14.62 5.2 5....................................................... 17.20 4.1 17.36 3.2 16.85 11.1 6....................................................... 18.23 2.9 18.23 3.4 18.23 4.8 7....................................................... 23.16 7.0 21.29 3.4 26.07 12.2 8....................................................... 25.05 4.3 22.83 4.1 28.33 6.6 9....................................................... 30.11 4.2 26.39 2.6 34.52 4.5 10........................................................ 33.87 7.2 35.05 7.7 27.85 15.6 11........................................................ 37.41 4.4 36.66 5.0 40.27 8.5 12........................................................ 43.05 4.6 42.59 6.0 44.26 5.8 13........................................................ 59.77 4.0 60.51 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.81 8.4 26.24 10.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.10 2.5 25.01 3.1 33.34 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.70 2.5 27.82 2.9 33.97 4.4 5....................................................... 17.79 6.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.53 11.7 15.73 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.88 15.0 20.52 2.2 32.03 16.8 8....................................................... 27.45 4.7 24.76 4.5 29.43 8.1 9....................................................... 31.88 4.5 26.19 2.2 35.90 4.0 10........................................................ 30.96 5.6 32.09 4.3 27.81 16.3 11........................................................ 35.33 4.5 35.80 4.7 32.75 10.4 12........................................................ 40.10 7.6 40.00 10.0 – – 13........................................................ 54.28 8.9 54.20 11.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.83 7.1 26.43 10.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.78 2.6 33.89 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.65 1.7 30.53 1.7 – – 10........................................................ $30.58 7.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.04 6.4 $37.04 6.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 30.78 6.2 30.78 6.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.15 4.0 34.15 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.49 2.6 30.49 2.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.26 3.5 30.18 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 26.62 6.1 26.62 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 29.55 7.1 29.26 7.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.61 4.7 30.53 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.24 8.5 28.87 9.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 25.62 2.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 27.61 3.3 25.13 5.0 $38.18 6.9 7....................................................... 21.43 5.6 21.43 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 21.78 3.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.52 1.8 24.41 2.2 25.23 1.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.77 20.0 22.38 4.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 47.30 18.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.44 18.5 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.41 1.9 24.12 1.3 25.96 8.8 7....................................................... 22.25 4.9 22.25 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 21.91 3.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.52 1.8 24.41 2.2 25.23 1.4 Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.49 .2 21.49 .2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.25 5.9 39.20 20.3 43.30 4.8 12........................................................ 41.49 4.9 – – – – 13........................................................ 51.57 12.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.84 3.2 – – 37.11 3.3 7....................................................... 37.63 6.0 – – 38.49 2.6 9....................................................... 36.82 3.6 – – 38.19 2.8 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.12 11.7 12.28 11.6 – – 9....................................................... 38.62 4.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.16 3.4 – – 37.74 3.6 9....................................................... 36.35 5.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 36.62 6.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 36.59 7.2 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.92 2.0 – – 37.15 .4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.46 2.8 – – 25.03 .9 Librarians.................................................. 24.46 2.8 – – 25.03 .9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.50 5.1 16.46 5.6 20.77 2.0 7....................................................... 19.75 6.2 19.90 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 18.10 8.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 19.50 5.1 16.46 5.6 20.77 2.0 7....................................................... 19.75 6.2 19.90 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 18.10 8.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $20.60 6.2 $20.63 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.17 9.1 21.17 9.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 18.00 5.4 17.90 5.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.32 4.6 20.17 4.9 $22.10 9.9 4....................................................... 13.90 6.7 13.90 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.48 5.1 17.55 5.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.70 1.5 18.68 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.57 8.6 22.10 11.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.14 5.8 21.93 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.65 19.2 26.65 19.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.12 8.4 19.59 7.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.03 3.3 17.69 3.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.84 1.9 15.84 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 19.01 1.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 23.32 47.3 23.42 49.5 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 23.82 9.6 24.05 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 18.05 16.3 18.05 16.3 – – Drafters.................................................... 18.93 14.1 18.93 14.1 – – Chemical technicians........................................ 20.29 1.0 20.29 1.0 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.46 17.4 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 16.47 9.1 14.86 10.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 4.3 33.94 4.3 30.67 11.6 5....................................................... 16.14 11.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.42 7.5 19.31 8.2 – – 7....................................................... 24.08 6.3 24.34 8.9 23.68 7.5 8....................................................... 19.79 7.3 19.17 10.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.09 4.2 26.74 5.2 23.45 4.1 10........................................................ 33.10 6.6 33.19 6.7 – – 11........................................................ 39.70 7.8 37.76 10.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.74 3.5 44.15 4.1 46.19 7.1 13........................................................ 63.69 5.0 63.99 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.32 16.9 38.32 16.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.32 5.6 39.28 6.0 34.67 13.1 9....................................................... 27.11 4.2 28.23 4.9 23.41 5.7 10........................................................ 34.45 10.6 34.45 10.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.70 7.8 37.76 10.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.77 3.7 44.16 4.4 46.19 7.1 13........................................................ 63.69 5.0 63.99 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.76 30.0 42.76 30.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 30.65 24.8 – – 30.65 24.8 Financial managers.......................................... 47.61 7.3 47.67 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.04 9.4 27.04 9.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 35.05 5.9 36.68 6.3 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.70 9.6 33.00 21.0 47.52 7.3 12........................................................ $46.84 7.0 – – $46.53 7.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.49 8.1 $36.98 8.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.36 6.4 27.41 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.00 11.2 45.00 11.2 – – 13........................................................ 62.53 8.0 62.53 8.0 – – Management related............................................ 23.98 5.0 24.32 5.9 22.52 4.4 5....................................................... 19.18 5.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.12 3.9 17.85 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 24.54 8.7 25.86 10.9 22.74 8.6 9....................................................... 24.51 7.6 24.67 9.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.12 7.4 21.91 8.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 20.66 13.1 18.73 19.4 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.41 9.2 25.18 10.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.98 13.8 25.94 16.7 – – 9....................................................... 24.09 7.3 – – – – Sales............................................................. 22.32 7.5 22.34 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 7.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.98 8.1 12.98 8.1 – – 5....................................................... 22.17 14.0 22.17 14.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.84 8.7 18.74 8.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.51 6.8 26.92 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.52 19.4 24.52 19.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.62 10.7 23.83 11.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 28.75 12.6 28.75 12.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 28.02 8.2 28.02 8.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.88 20.7 13.88 20.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.15 7.8 10.69 7.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.83 1.6 14.55 1.8 15.85 3.3 2....................................................... 11.88 5.3 11.58 3.4 13.14 20.0 3....................................................... 12.99 2.8 12.71 3.3 13.82 6.2 4....................................................... 13.90 2.9 13.74 3.5 14.62 5.2 5....................................................... 16.98 4.3 16.80 4.3 17.78 15.6 6....................................................... 17.60 3.6 18.28 5.6 16.39 1.9 7....................................................... 20.19 3.2 19.44 5.2 21.35 3.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.84 7.3 13.84 7.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.31 6.1 19.47 5.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.79 3.4 15.89 2.7 15.54 9.6 4....................................................... 14.48 2.9 14.51 3.4 14.41 5.9 5....................................................... 17.05 4.0 17.37 3.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.64 7.6 18.95 7.6 – – 7....................................................... 18.91 9.2 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.49 6.3 11.97 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.17 6.8 12.53 5.8 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.03 6.5 15.03 6.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. $14.67 7.1 – – $14.67 7.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.32 5.1 $13.35 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.71 9.3 13.71 9.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.53 6.8 14.54 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.20 8.1 12.99 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.09 5.6 14.09 5.6 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.............................. 16.44 8.9 15.91 13.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.87 6.9 12.87 6.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.13 7.2 12.13 7.2 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.61 2.7 12.61 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.57 5.5 13.57 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.51 13.2 13.51 13.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.50 4.9 13.99 9.0 17.67 6.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.29 7.6 15.43 9.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.68 3.1 16.53 3.3 18.40 1.2 1....................................................... 10.73 6.8 10.70 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.35 10.9 10.94 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 16.56 4.9 16.65 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.40 6.1 16.35 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.48 3.7 16.37 4.1 17.40 3.2 6....................................................... 19.38 7.8 18.98 9.5 21.23 5.1 7....................................................... 22.31 4.5 22.70 5.3 20.02 1.9 8....................................................... 30.47 14.9 30.47 14.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.02 14.4 27.98 14.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.87 1.8 16.87 1.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.98 4.6 21.38 5.4 18.79 3.3 4....................................................... 16.09 9.8 16.33 10.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.83 6.3 16.81 7.6 16.95 3.7 6....................................................... 19.39 6.1 18.55 8.1 21.23 5.1 7....................................................... 22.84 3.7 23.48 4.2 19.26 5.4 8....................................................... 30.47 15.6 30.47 15.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.02 14.4 27.98 14.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.54 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.40 8.0 21.40 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 25.92 3.8 25.92 3.8 – – Millwrights................................................. 28.18 4.0 28.18 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 28.18 4.0 28.18 4.0 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.19 6.3 17.33 9.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.93 15.7 – – – – Electricians................................................ 25.76 8.5 26.45 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.79 8.5 26.49 8.3 – – Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 21.74 21.8 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 23.09 6.1 23.84 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.01 7.2 26.42 7.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... $21.41 7.3 $21.41 7.3 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.90 14.7 23.90 14.7 – – Machinists.................................................. 16.23 4.1 16.23 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.73 8.9 14.17 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.25 2.6 15.22 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.21 3.4 10.21 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.72 5.9 11.72 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 17.79 5.5 17.79 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.66 5.7 16.66 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.78 4.1 15.78 4.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.65 4.3 16.65 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.99 11.6 18.76 12.3 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 14.06 21.5 14.06 21.5 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.60 1.0 14.60 1.0 – – Numerical control machine operators......................... 18.49 4.7 18.49 4.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.31 14.1 18.31 14.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 12.30 9.7 12.30 9.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 13.51 .3 13.51 .3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 16.76 8.0 16.41 8.7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 16.70 12.5 16.70 12.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.36 1.9 15.36 1.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.19 11.8 12.19 11.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.98 5.9 16.66 6.5 $18.34 11.4 2....................................................... 14.25 11.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 15.54 4.1 15.54 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.49 17.6 16.38 19.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.39 4.5 20.44 6.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 19.69 4.0 19.69 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 19.50 8.9 19.50 8.9 – – 5....................................................... 20.76 9.1 20.76 9.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.45 8.5 13.45 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 16.48 3.3 16.48 3.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.48 7.9 12.23 8.2 16.29 6.4 1....................................................... 11.18 11.0 11.16 11.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.68 7.8 14.52 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.73 10.2 13.85 12.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.38 6.3 12.42 6.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.59 13.2 12.59 13.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.57 18.8 13.57 18.8 – – 1....................................................... 11.35 37.7 11.35 37.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 13.66 7.1 13.66 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.73 11.2 11.04 12.0 – – 1....................................................... $9.03 3.8 $8.80 3.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.68 6.2 10.29 4.3 $17.34 7.6 1....................................................... 9.47 9.5 8.89 10.5 11.21 7.8 2....................................................... 9.19 5.1 8.57 5.2 13.06 15.8 3....................................................... 10.78 4.7 10.30 2.8 13.30 5.8 4....................................................... 14.18 5.5 13.42 3.7 14.90 7.9 5....................................................... 14.62 7.9 12.62 8.2 16.61 8.2 6....................................................... 19.27 12.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.13 5.1 – – 22.48 6.0 8....................................................... 23.36 5.9 – – – – Protective service............................................ 16.20 14.6 9.87 10.0 19.98 11.0 4....................................................... 13.63 4.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.19 5.8 – – 22.41 6.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.16 6.3 – – 22.16 6.3 7....................................................... 22.09 2.5 – – 22.09 2.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.00 11.3 9.80 10.7 – – Food service.................................................. 10.22 4.1 9.94 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.81 2.8 8.65 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.59 13.4 5.79 17.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.68 2.7 9.68 2.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.06 14.8 5.06 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 4.68 19.3 4.68 19.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.61 11.0 5.61 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 5.18 15.2 5.18 15.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.60 4.7 11.59 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.63 2.9 8.41 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.68 2.7 9.68 2.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.63 8.5 17.65 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.57 4.9 11.60 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.63 4.0 9.63 4.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.14 5.0 8.40 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.38 4.0 8.06 3.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.58 4.8 10.01 4.4 14.27 10.5 3....................................................... 9.99 3.7 9.99 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.38 2.2 11.38 2.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.11 6.9 10.54 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.75 5.3 11.74 5.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.83 4.0 9.83 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.90 3.8 9.90 4.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.66 8.5 11.12 10.9 12.78 10.4 1....................................................... 9.71 15.5 9.05 18.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.92 13.1 12.46 19.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 5.3 12.17 6.8 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.96 11.4 8.96 11.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.19 7.3 11.82 9.7 12.73 10.4 1....................................................... $10.44 15.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 13.00 13.5 $12.59 21.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.78 4.9 13.20 6.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 14.15 17.3 10.90 12.7 $20.25 9.3 4....................................................... 18.02 15.1 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.89 9.4 8.70 9.4 – – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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................................................................... $10.78 5.8 $9.76 6.4 $15.43 9.2 All excluding sales............................................... 11.04 6.0 9.94 7.0 15.43 9.2 White collar........................................................ 15.88 7.5 15.29 8.3 17.69 13.8 1....................................................... 7.92 4.0 7.68 2.4 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 9.15 4.6 8.72 4.7 9.74 9.2 3....................................................... 10.71 6.8 10.66 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.22 5.7 11.27 6.1 9.94 4.3 5....................................................... 18.85 22.0 13.20 15.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.44 2.2 18.64 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.81 7.7 21.55 6.3 13.11 21.5 8....................................................... 22.33 2.1 22.71 .6 – – 9....................................................... 25.63 3.8 26.00 2.5 24.97 9.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.61 28.0 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.84 5.2 19.44 4.9 17.70 13.8 1....................................................... 9.01 12.1 – – 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 9.88 5.9 – – 9.74 9.2 3....................................................... 11.58 2.1 11.64 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.57 7.9 12.76 8.8 9.94 4.3 5....................................................... 20.39 18.8 15.81 9.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.44 2.2 18.64 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 19.81 7.7 21.55 6.3 13.11 21.5 8....................................................... 22.33 2.1 22.71 .6 – – 9....................................................... 25.63 3.8 26.00 2.5 24.97 9.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.84 2.6 21.82 1.5 21.88 7.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.17 3.0 24.05 3.1 22.06 7.2 5....................................................... 21.92 18.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.53 9.2 21.38 7.1 – – 8....................................................... 23.04 1.6 23.04 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 3.5 25.31 1.0 24.97 9.7 Health related................................................ 24.30 3.2 24.24 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.33 8.2 21.33 8.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.93 1.8 22.93 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.37 .8 25.39 .9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.72 3.9 23.61 4.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.54 9.5 21.54 9.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.34 3.0 23.34 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.17 1.2 25.16 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.93 6.0 – – 23.03 6.2 9....................................................... 26.27 14.1 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 23.08 11.0 – – 23.05 11.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 17.00 .0 – – 17.00 .0 Librarians.................................................. 17.48 .0 – – 17.48 .0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $17.63 4.3 $17.78 4.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.73 13.4 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.58 4.2 8.58 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.68 2.4 7.68 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.00 2.8 10.00 2.8 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.47 9.1 8.47 9.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.29 4.9 8.28 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.59 3.7 7.59 3.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.30 6.1 12.26 8.9 $9.70 5.4 1....................................................... 9.01 12.1 – – 9.01 12.1 2....................................................... 9.88 5.9 – – 9.74 9.2 3....................................................... 11.57 2.2 11.63 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.59 9.4 12.87 10.4 9.94 4.3 Secretaries................................................. 17.61 12.1 17.83 11.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.22 2.0 – – 9.04 .5 1....................................................... 7.43 .4 – – 7.43 .4 4....................................................... 9.94 4.3 – – 9.94 4.3 General office clerks....................................... 10.76 7.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.12 10.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.17 5.6 8.96 4.7 15.46 .7 1....................................................... 8.71 6.7 8.71 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.40 9.5 10.80 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.71 19.2 8.24 5.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.14 2.5 – – 15.46 .7 Bus drivers................................................. 15.12 3.0 – – 15.49 .7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.78 5.8 8.78 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.72 7.1 8.72 7.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.71 2.3 7.71 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.62 2.2 7.62 2.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.22 6.1 6.44 2.1 12.34 11.5 1....................................................... $6.27 2.7 $6.07 1.3 $8.73 5.3 2....................................................... 6.61 9.7 5.86 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.82 6.3 9.26 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.99 5.6 10.37 5.4 – – Protective service............................................ 12.20 22.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.12 4.2 5.81 3.5 11.32 14.4 1....................................................... 6.14 2.7 6.00 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 5.47 5.3 5.23 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.02 3.5 9.02 3.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.86 27.1 3.86 27.1 – – 2....................................................... 3.65 32.0 3.65 32.0 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.27 20.5 5.27 20.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.78 30.4 3.78 30.4 – – 2....................................................... 3.96 32.8 3.96 32.8 – – Other food service........................................... 7.45 6.9 7.07 8.0 11.32 14.4 1....................................................... 6.71 2.7 6.57 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 15.4 7.60 18.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.51 8.4 9.46 3.4 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 6.58 2.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.25 15.5 6.12 16.2 – – 2....................................................... 5.83 43.5 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.57 6.3 7.31 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.95 3.9 6.84 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.26 5.2 7.78 2.4 – – Health service................................................ 9.79 7.1 9.46 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.35 7.5 9.25 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.92 5.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.34 5.9 9.33 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.25 7.2 9.25 7.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.24 18.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.24 18.1 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.84 11.3 $6.48 10.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.41 8.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 5.21 28.3 5.12 29.3 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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....................................................... $20.19 $10.78 $21.61 $18.22 $19.02 $23.36 All excluding sales............................................. 20.07 11.04 21.73 18.05 19.16 18.06 White collar........................................................ 24.31 15.88 26.18 23.04 23.55 25.24 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.54 18.84 26.68 23.50 24.24 19.26 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.10 21.84 32.49 25.47 27.55 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.70 23.17 33.09 28.30 30.03 – Technical....................................................... 20.32 17.63 26.24 19.38 20.09 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.28 30.73 – 33.36 33.45 – Sales............................................................. 22.32 8.58 11.14 20.15 15.92 27.01 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.83 11.30 14.82 14.57 14.62 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.68 10.17 20.14 13.76 16.43 17.14 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.98 – 23.73 18.55 20.90 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.25 – 19.12 12.78 15.27 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.98 15.14 19.01 13.80 16.29 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.48 8.78 16.66 9.49 12.04 – Service............................................................. 12.68 7.22 16.62 8.55 10.94 – 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....................................................... 2.2 5.8 2.9 2.7 2.1 8.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.2 6.0 2.9 2.6 2.2 16.9 White collar........................................................ 2.5 7.5 4.3 2.8 2.5 8.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.5 5.2 4.3 2.8 2.6 30.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.5 2.6 4.4 2.8 2.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 3.0 4.4 2.9 2.7 – Technical....................................................... 4.6 4.3 16.3 4.2 4.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.3 13.4 – 4.1 4.7 – Sales............................................................. 7.5 4.2 11.5 8.3 11.3 11.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.6 6.1 5.8 1.4 1.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 5.6 4.9 2.2 3.0 18.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.6 – 3.0 5.3 4.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 – 9.9 1.7 2.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 2.5 4.9 9.1 8.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.9 5.8 2.2 7.7 7.0 – Service............................................................. 6.2 6.1 6.0 3.5 3.2 – 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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....................................................... $17.99 - - - $19.94 - $19.78 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.85 - - - 19.77 - 19.49 - - - White collar........................................................ 22.32 - - - 25.84 - 22.36 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.81 - - - 25.70 - 21.51 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.72 - - - 25.97 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 27.47 - - - 30.23 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 19.95 - - - 20.26 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.92 - - - 36.94 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 19.68 - - - 28.37 - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.44 - - - 16.55 - 12.33 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 16.29 - - - 16.62 - 18.81 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 - - - 21.67 - 23.81 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.16 - - - 15.26 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 - - - 15.62 - 18.31 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.80 - - - 13.74 - 15.84 - - - Service............................................................. 8.83 - - - 16.52 - – - - - 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....................................................... 2.6 - - - 2.1 - 12.5 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.6 - - - 2.8 - 14.3 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.1 - - - 2.5 - 23.9 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 - - - 2.5 - 31.1 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.8 - - - 4.1 - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 - - - 5.7 - – - - - Technical....................................................... 4.5 - - - 3.5 - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 - - - 3.3 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 8.5 - - - 12.4 - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 - - - 3.5 - 13.6 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 - - - 3.8 - 9.4 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.4 - - - 8.1 - 2.7 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.5 - - - 2.6 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.4 - - - 9.8 - 12.8 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.1 - - - 3.8 - 13.9 - - - Service............................................................. 3.2 - - - 4.6 - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 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....................................................... $17.99 $16.26 $18.50 $16.90 $21.15 All excluding sales............................................. 17.85 15.44 18.49 16.79 21.09 White collar........................................................ 22.32 21.41 22.55 22.56 22.54 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.81 21.79 23.00 23.50 22.47 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.72 23.35 24.88 25.41 24.50 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.47 30.65 27.16 28.93 25.94 Technical....................................................... 19.95 15.60 20.69 19.49 21.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.92 36.46 33.38 34.13 31.98 Sales............................................................. 19.68 20.72 18.78 18.15 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.44 13.58 14.65 14.28 15.09 Blue collar......................................................... 16.29 15.36 16.58 13.58 24.15 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 18.30 22.43 19.13 27.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.16 13.90 15.45 12.79 23.91 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 16.60 16.63 12.75 21.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.80 12.93 11.35 10.33 17.38 Service............................................................. 8.83 6.61 9.68 9.18 10.50 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....................................................... 2.6 3.5 3.2 5.8 4.1 All excluding sales............................................. 2.6 5.3 3.1 5.6 4.1 White collar........................................................ 3.1 4.7 3.5 5.6 5.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.1 8.1 3.1 5.0 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.8 8.5 3.2 4.9 5.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 6.8 2.9 5.5 4.1 Technical....................................................... 4.5 9.8 5.3 4.5 8.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 8.6 4.7 6.5 5.8 Sales............................................................. 8.5 8.4 15.9 16.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 6.9 2.0 4.4 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.6 2.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.4 4.7 7.7 9.6 2.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.5 4.3 3.9 4.5 3.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.4 11.3 6.4 7.1 6.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.1 10.8 8.0 8.6 9.4 Service............................................................. 3.2 5.1 3.5 3.2 6.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $11.25 $16.29 $24.25 $33.32 All excluding sales........................... 8.35 11.33 16.26 24.13 33.05 White collar.................................... 10.75 14.12 20.43 29.10 41.25 White collar excluding sales................ 11.51 14.72 20.74 29.76 42.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.64 19.15 25.03 33.51 43.82 Professional specialty...................... 17.83 22.36 27.13 36.12 45.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.25 28.85 33.10 38.01 43.95 Industrial engineers.................... 23.08 25.25 32.78 33.65 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.82 28.76 33.09 38.02 45.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.25 25.48 30.00 34.37 40.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.64 25.52 30.08 34.37 40.45 Natural scientists........................ 20.27 20.80 23.24 28.71 31.74 Health related............................ 19.15 21.89 24.35 26.00 29.82 Physicians.............................. 19.15 21.30 22.36 71.80 96.15 Registered nurses....................... 20.00 22.45 24.53 26.00 28.03 Respiratory therapists.................. 19.99 20.94 21.37 21.96 23.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.78 32.11 41.51 48.07 57.52 Teachers, except college and university... 22.88 26.01 34.06 43.59 47.21 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 10.48 18.41 37.21 43.82 48.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.11 28.94 36.08 43.68 47.25 Secondary school teachers............... 23.33 28.21 37.57 45.20 49.53 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.27 26.75 33.73 44.59 47.23 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.42 20.13 25.41 26.82 30.32 Librarians.............................. 15.99 20.73 25.43 26.91 30.32 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.90 15.69 19.00 21.44 27.59 Social workers.......................... 12.90 15.69 19.00 21.44 27.59 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 16.48 20.52 23.86 28.13 Professional, n.e.c..................... 11.40 15.87 17.91 20.19 25.24 Technical................................... 12.60 15.69 18.17 22.44 27.56 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.00 15.64 17.46 20.95 25.40 Radiological technicians................ 10.38 17.93 19.70 21.04 26.82 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.63 16.50 18.90 19.00 20.26 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.50 13.33 17.37 32.24 41.19 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.78 17.80 24.11 27.56 34.30 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 17.86 22.60 26.86 Drafters................................ 10.94 12.65 16.45 25.73 29.61 Chemical technicians.................... 15.10 16.33 17.35 23.45 28.71 Computer programmers.................... 16.07 16.07 25.79 31.47 33.61 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.10 12.25 16.65 18.24 22.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 21.64 28.37 42.26 53.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.72 25.34 34.62 46.24 62.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.39 23.04 25.34 46.24 46.24 Financial managers...................... $20.68 $28.37 $42.35 $62.50 $105.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.64 25.00 38.46 39.63 45.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.27 34.15 41.54 51.64 52.79 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 11.76 25.00 36.47 47.96 61.16 Management related........................ 16.35 18.51 22.18 27.02 38.46 Accountants and auditors................ 17.16 19.42 21.15 24.31 26.20 Other financial officers................ 7.22 16.76 22.12 23.19 28.59 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.34 20.80 24.93 28.00 29.13 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.48 18.17 23.57 29.99 44.65 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.90 16.66 26.17 36.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.90 14.80 19.46 34.36 36.52 Sales, other business services.......... 12.02 18.13 23.86 31.46 41.65 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.34 20.00 26.17 33.65 39.46 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 7.50 8.49 10.50 12.25 12.60 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.90 7.41 8.50 11.43 24.04 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.25 9.26 11.00 13.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.56 13.78 16.92 20.34 Supervisors, general office............. 16.67 17.27 20.48 24.36 24.36 Secretaries............................. 11.64 13.61 15.66 18.10 20.51 Interviewers............................ 10.02 10.53 12.31 12.68 14.42 Receptionists........................... 9.80 10.50 12.16 13.13 16.17 Order clerks............................ 11.75 12.82 15.71 17.16 18.95 Library clerks.......................... 6.75 8.18 11.86 14.71 18.15 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.62 11.47 12.38 16.01 17.26 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.30 12.10 13.69 15.09 18.00 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 11.00 13.50 17.50 19.23 19.23 Billing clerks.......................... 9.00 11.36 13.10 14.04 15.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.17 12.41 Dispatchers............................. 7.26 7.26 8.35 17.95 18.71 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.29 11.00 12.00 14.21 15.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.75 11.75 12.37 13.82 15.81 General office clerks................... 9.75 11.74 12.66 18.85 21.82 Teachers' aides......................... 8.30 9.83 10.77 12.15 12.75 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.75 13.05 14.04 16.42 21.77 Blue collar..................................... 8.61 11.50 15.25 20.32 26.25 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.50 16.05 19.07 26.20 29.82 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 10.80 18.22 18.49 34.02 37.48 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.49 17.49 18.25 21.72 24.54 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.81 15.00 19.00 29.63 30.18 Machinery maintenance................... 10.80 11.70 12.77 14.06 14.06 Millwrights............................. $18.89 $29.35 $29.35 $29.40 $29.82 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.29 14.10 18.76 21.65 23.07 Electricians............................ 18.63 19.28 29.65 31.18 31.18 Painters, construction and maintenance.. 10.00 10.00 23.84 29.71 29.71 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 14.00 18.51 22.00 29.35 29.82 Supervisors, production................. 14.75 16.32 19.50 25.37 34.52 Tool and die makers..................... 13.83 16.50 29.75 30.10 30.98 Machinists.............................. 12.07 16.20 16.66 17.27 17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.00 13.51 14.97 17.93 22.79 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.00 14.11 17.45 25.98 Punching and stamping press operators... 7.50 9.00 12.10 18.29 25.66 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.75 11.75 13.75 16.26 25.71 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.56 15.50 15.75 20.25 26.51 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 13.22 14.87 15.47 25.87 26.26 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.50 9.35 9.90 13.48 16.00 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.94 11.50 13.56 14.84 16.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.96 12.23 15.85 19.40 24.00 Welders and cutters..................... 12.00 13.84 15.90 19.00 25.62 Assemblers.............................. 10.25 10.80 12.65 16.90 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.00 10.60 10.90 13.04 17.75 Transportation and material moving............ 11.00 12.35 16.31 20.86 24.65 Truck drivers........................... 11.57 16.22 20.41 23.90 25.03 Bus drivers............................. 12.89 14.28 18.36 20.40 20.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.87 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.75 10.50 15.79 20.64 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.60 10.00 12.25 15.95 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.75 8.00 12.68 15.25 16.34 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.50 9.00 12.40 20.41 20.81 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.85 10.90 15.18 17.39 17.39 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.35 12.80 18.46 Service......................................... 5.75 7.50 9.78 13.06 19.01 Protective service........................ 8.50 10.00 15.70 20.63 25.42 Firefighting............................ 15.78 15.78 19.01 20.11 21.02 Police and detectives, public service... 18.94 20.40 21.37 25.42 27.32 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 8.50 9.00 12.00 13.13 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.35 7.50 10.00 12.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 10.00 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.50 6.00 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.75 6.50 8.50 11.02 13.75 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.61 13.62 15.75 19.12 22.88 Cooks................................... $8.50 $9.48 $11.02 $12.06 $15.87 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.75 6.00 6.75 8.02 9.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 5.75 6.10 8.00 10.70 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.50 8.00 9.25 11.02 Health service............................ 8.00 9.00 10.14 11.25 13.50 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.71 10.14 11.56 14.17 16.09 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.90 8.76 9.59 10.63 11.49 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.64 10.38 13.31 15.85 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.00 8.87 10.54 11.63 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 10.98 13.31 15.96 Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.47 9.33 15.84 22.60 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.08 7.46 7.97 9.47 11.40 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 9.60 16.75 19.45 22.40 24.55 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.00 7.00 7.47 8.70 11.08 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.85 $10.50 $15.17 $22.99 $30.34 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.60 15.15 22.63 29.82 White collar.................................... 10.30 13.25 19.00 26.86 37.50 White collar excluding sales................ 11.25 13.90 19.23 26.94 37.69 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.75 17.83 22.82 28.29 36.57 Professional specialty...................... 17.44 21.38 25.52 31.83 38.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.67 28.85 33.09 38.02 44.40 Industrial engineers.................... 23.08 25.25 32.78 33.65 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.82 28.76 33.09 38.02 45.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.25 25.48 29.55 34.37 40.08 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.64 25.52 30.08 34.37 40.49 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.97 22.00 24.21 26.00 28.03 Physicians.............................. 19.54 22.36 22.36 51.78 75.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.25 22.45 24.39 26.00 27.60 Respiratory therapists.................. 19.99 20.94 21.37 21.96 23.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.78 30.46 39.92 46.88 57.52 Teachers, except college and university... 11.50 18.41 23.95 30.34 34.91 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 9.45 10.11 11.50 13.04 18.41 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.17 13.25 16.25 20.43 21.22 Social workers.......................... 12.17 13.25 16.25 20.43 21.22 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 16.92 20.52 23.86 28.13 Professional, n.e.c..................... 11.31 15.87 17.71 20.16 22.07 Technical................................... 12.40 15.64 17.95 21.98 27.56 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.00 15.64 17.46 20.95 25.40 Radiological technicians................ 9.68 10.38 20.65 23.42 26.82 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.47 16.50 18.50 19.00 19.15 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.50 13.10 17.37 32.24 41.19 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.78 18.10 26.11 27.56 35.48 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 17.86 22.60 26.86 Drafters................................ 10.94 12.65 16.45 25.73 29.61 Chemical technicians.................... 15.10 16.33 17.35 23.45 28.71 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.00 11.35 15.18 17.79 18.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.88 21.36 29.99 41.47 55.26 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.88 25.72 34.62 45.49 64.90 Financial managers...................... 20.68 28.37 42.69 62.50 105.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.64 34.80 39.63 41.47 45.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $16.16 $27.09 $27.66 $36.95 $36.95 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 11.60 25.24 36.47 49.25 61.16 Management related........................ 16.16 18.17 21.88 28.95 39.84 Accountants and auditors................ 17.01 18.21 20.67 24.04 26.20 Other financial officers................ 7.22 14.87 17.26 22.12 28.59 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.75 20.80 21.77 27.02 33.88 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.48 18.11 23.53 30.29 44.65 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.90 16.34 26.20 36.52 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.90 14.80 19.74 34.52 36.52 Sales, other business services.......... 12.02 18.13 23.86 31.46 41.65 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.34 20.00 26.17 33.65 39.46 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 7.50 8.49 10.50 12.25 12.60 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.90 7.41 8.50 11.43 24.04 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.10 9.10 10.50 13.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.50 13.46 16.71 20.15 Supervisors, general office............. 16.32 16.67 19.83 20.81 22.97 Secretaries............................. 11.52 13.61 16.15 18.15 20.49 Interviewers............................ 10.02 10.53 12.31 12.68 14.42 Receptionists........................... 9.35 10.50 12.00 13.13 13.24 Order clerks............................ 11.75 12.82 15.71 17.16 18.95 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.00 11.47 12.38 14.79 17.67 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 12.10 13.69 15.09 18.15 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 11.00 13.50 14.98 19.23 19.53 Billing clerks.......................... 9.00 11.36 13.10 14.04 15.63 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.17 12.41 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.29 11.00 12.00 14.21 15.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.75 11.75 12.37 13.82 15.81 General office clerks................... 9.75 11.02 12.24 16.34 18.85 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.50 11.50 13.97 18.75 21.77 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.02 15.00 20.21 26.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.30 15.85 19.46 27.45 30.18 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 10.80 18.22 18.49 34.02 37.48 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.81 15.00 19.00 29.63 30.18 Millwrights............................. 18.89 29.35 29.35 29.40 29.82 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.29 13.60 14.32 21.49 23.07 Electricians............................ 18.63 19.68 29.75 31.18 31.18 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 14.00 22.00 22.00 29.35 29.82 Supervisors, production................. 14.75 16.32 19.50 25.37 34.52 Tool and die makers..................... 13.83 16.50 29.75 30.10 30.98 Machinists.............................. $12.07 $16.20 $16.66 $17.27 $17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.00 13.00 14.97 14.97 17.93 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.25 11.00 14.05 17.33 25.98 Punching and stamping press operators... 7.50 9.00 12.10 18.29 25.66 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.75 11.75 13.75 16.26 25.71 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.56 15.50 15.75 20.25 26.51 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 13.22 14.87 15.47 25.87 26.26 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.50 9.35 9.90 13.48 16.00 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.94 11.50 13.56 14.84 16.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.75 12.04 15.69 18.86 24.53 Welders and cutters..................... 12.00 13.84 15.90 19.00 25.62 Assemblers.............................. 10.25 10.80 12.65 16.90 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.00 10.60 10.90 13.04 17.75 Transportation and material moving............ 10.50 11.50 15.25 20.86 24.65 Truck drivers........................... 11.57 16.34 20.41 23.90 25.11 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.87 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.40 10.24 15.18 20.75 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.60 9.83 12.30 15.95 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.75 8.00 12.68 15.25 16.34 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.50 9.00 12.40 20.41 20.81 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.85 10.90 15.18 17.39 17.39 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 9.88 11.00 16.50 Service......................................... 2.13 7.00 8.65 10.50 12.75 Protective service........................ 7.75 8.50 9.00 11.00 12.91 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 8.40 9.00 10.80 12.91 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.00 9.50 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 10.00 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.50 6.00 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.75 6.15 8.00 10.00 13.75 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.33 13.94 17.50 19.12 24.00 Cooks................................... 8.24 9.26 10.00 11.50 15.87 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 5.75 6.00 7.75 10.85 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.25 7.50 8.75 9.94 Health service............................ 8.00 8.75 9.91 10.83 11.85 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.00 9.06 10.16 11.51 13.05 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.75 8.75 9.64 10.63 11.42 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.43 8.90 11.46 15.61 Maids and housemen...................... $7.00 $7.00 $8.87 $10.54 $11.63 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.50 8.73 12.25 15.85 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.47 7.86 10.25 13.65 Service, n.e.c.......................... 5.00 7.00 7.47 8.50 9.75 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.64 $15.49 $20.21 $28.94 $43.59 All excluding sales........................... 11.64 15.49 20.23 28.98 43.59 White collar.................................... 13.33 16.89 24.36 36.52 46.00 White collar excluding sales................ 13.33 16.88 24.36 36.52 46.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.83 23.14 30.32 41.34 47.21 Professional specialty...................... 18.62 23.75 31.23 42.01 47.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.92 20.00 26.64 34.95 75.91 Registered nurses....................... 18.02 20.87 25.49 26.64 34.95 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.37 32.58 41.51 48.07 57.86 Teachers, except college and university... 23.48 27.43 36.04 44.40 47.23 Elementary school teachers.............. 26.28 30.66 38.59 44.46 47.64 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.27 27.02 33.73 44.59 47.23 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.31 20.13 24.01 27.62 30.32 Librarians.............................. 16.55 20.62 24.15 27.62 30.32 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.72 16.47 20.70 23.42 30.29 Social workers.......................... 14.72 16.47 20.70 23.42 30.29 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.48 17.93 20.14 25.70 31.92 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 12.97 16.09 18.61 23.14 28.91 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.56 22.24 25.30 45.45 47.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 13.39 23.04 39.63 46.24 52.79 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.39 23.04 25.34 46.24 46.24 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 39.63 41.03 46.48 52.79 62.50 Management related........................ 16.45 20.91 23.19 23.57 28.27 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.19 12.37 15.00 17.50 21.82 Secretaries............................. 12.16 13.24 14.56 18.10 21.90 Library clerks.......................... 6.75 8.03 11.86 14.71 18.15 General office clerks................... 11.00 11.89 18.58 21.82 25.61 Teachers' aides......................... 8.51 9.95 10.77 12.18 12.96 Blue collar..................................... 12.88 16.26 18.25 20.40 22.95 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.48 16.99 18.88 21.01 23.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $11.15 $14.93 $17.89 $20.40 $22.37 Bus drivers............................. 13.26 15.00 18.36 20.40 20.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 11.76 15.80 16.91 18.30 19.36 Service......................................... 10.03 12.06 15.70 20.11 25.02 Protective service........................ 13.06 15.78 19.86 22.81 27.32 Firefighting............................ 15.78 15.78 19.01 20.11 21.02 Police and detectives, public service... 18.94 20.40 21.37 25.42 27.32 Food service.............................. 8.27 10.81 11.26 12.61 14.57 Other food service....................... 8.27 10.81 11.26 12.61 14.57 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.20 10.68 11.02 11.89 11.89 Health service............................ 9.26 12.63 14.26 15.71 17.30 Health aides, except nursing............ 12.79 13.28 14.96 16.09 17.73 Cleaning and building service............. $8.50 $10.59 $12.44 $14.59 $16.93 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 10.59 12.44 14.59 16.93 Personal service.......................... 9.87 14.95 18.45 22.60 25.95 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $12.15 $17.02 $25.16 $34.36 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.15 16.97 25.00 34.09 White collar.................................... 11.50 14.64 20.80 30.29 42.30 White collar excluding sales................ 11.70 14.91 20.81 30.27 43.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.69 19.53 25.57 34.33 44.46 Professional specialty...................... 18.02 22.36 28.34 36.67 45.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.25 28.85 33.10 38.01 43.95 Industrial engineers.................... 23.08 25.25 32.78 33.65 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.82 28.76 33.09 38.02 45.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.25 25.48 30.00 34.37 40.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.64 25.52 30.08 34.37 40.45 Natural scientists........................ 20.27 20.80 23.24 28.71 31.74 Health related............................ 19.15 21.67 24.08 26.55 34.04 Physicians.............................. 19.15 21.30 22.36 70.43 96.15 Registered nurses....................... 20.00 22.04 24.30 26.01 28.65 Respiratory therapists.................. 19.55 21.32 21.39 22.56 23.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.81 33.48 42.36 48.42 57.54 Teachers, except college and university... 23.41 28.21 35.87 44.40 47.25 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 10.48 18.41 37.21 43.82 48.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.65 28.98 36.36 43.82 47.25 Secondary school teachers............... 23.33 28.21 37.57 45.20 49.53 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 26.01 30.70 36.04 45.08 47.23 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.22 21.54 25.59 27.27 30.32 Librarians.............................. 17.22 21.54 25.59 27.27 30.32 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.89 15.69 18.75 21.44 27.59 Social workers.......................... 12.89 15.69 18.75 21.44 27.59 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 16.48 20.52 23.86 28.13 Professional, n.e.c..................... 11.40 15.87 17.91 20.19 25.24 Technical................................... 12.38 15.64 18.02 22.60 27.56 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.00 16.39 17.50 19.10 21.98 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.47 12.78 18.10 34.75 44.16 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.78 17.80 24.11 27.56 34.30 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.00 17.86 22.60 26.86 Drafters................................ 10.94 12.65 16.45 25.73 29.61 Chemical technicians.................... 15.10 16.33 17.35 23.45 28.71 Computer programmers.................... 16.07 16.07 25.79 31.47 33.61 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.10 12.34 16.73 18.33 22.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 21.64 28.37 42.26 53.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.70 25.34 34.62 46.24 62.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.39 23.04 25.34 46.24 46.24 Financial managers...................... 20.55 28.37 43.30 62.50 105.31 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 21.64 25.00 38.46 39.63 45.57 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $26.27 $36.95 $42.66 $52.79 $52.79 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 11.76 25.00 36.47 47.96 61.16 Management related........................ 16.35 18.48 22.12 26.69 38.46 Accountants and auditors................ 17.16 19.42 21.15 24.31 26.20 Other financial officers................ 7.22 16.76 22.12 23.19 28.59 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 20.80 20.80 25.80 28.00 29.98 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.48 18.17 23.57 29.76 44.65 Sales......................................... 9.50 12.45 20.00 31.21 37.50 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.90 14.80 19.46 34.36 36.52 Sales, other business services.......... 14.28 19.81 24.71 31.46 41.65 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 16.34 20.00 26.17 33.65 39.46 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.02 8.30 11.37 23.00 24.04 Cashiers................................ 7.65 9.50 10.48 12.45 16.98 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.25 11.76 14.00 17.13 20.45 Supervisors, general office............. 16.67 17.27 20.48 24.36 24.36 Secretaries............................. 11.67 13.61 15.51 18.10 20.49 Receptionists........................... 10.30 10.50 12.36 13.24 16.17 Order clerks............................ 11.75 12.82 15.71 17.16 18.95 Library clerks.......................... 10.89 12.25 14.45 17.40 19.83 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.75 11.47 12.38 16.01 17.26 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 12.20 13.69 15.09 18.15 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......... 11.00 13.50 17.50 19.23 19.23 Billing clerks.......................... 9.00 11.36 13.17 14.67 15.63 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.29 11.00 12.00 14.21 15.50 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.75 11.75 12.37 13.19 15.81 General office clerks................... 9.75 12.15 13.48 18.85 21.82 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.75 13.31 14.28 17.97 21.77 Blue collar..................................... 9.10 11.65 15.37 20.41 26.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.81 16.24 19.18 26.20 29.85 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 17.49 17.49 18.25 21.72 24.54 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.81 15.00 19.00 29.63 30.18 Millwrights............................. 18.89 29.35 29.35 29.40 29.82 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.29 14.10 18.76 21.65 23.07 Electricians............................ 18.63 19.28 29.65 31.18 31.18 Painters, construction and maintenance.. 10.00 10.00 23.84 29.71 29.71 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 14.00 18.51 22.00 29.35 29.82 Supervisors, production................. 14.75 16.32 19.50 25.37 34.52 Tool and die makers..................... 13.83 16.50 29.75 30.10 30.98 Machinists.............................. 12.07 16.20 16.66 17.27 17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.00 13.51 14.97 17.93 22.79 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.45 11.19 14.17 17.75 25.98 Punching and stamping press operators... $7.50 $9.00 $12.10 $18.29 $25.66 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.75 11.75 13.75 16.26 25.71 Numerical control machine operators..... 13.56 15.50 15.75 20.25 26.51 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 13.22 14.87 15.47 25.87 26.26 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.80 9.71 11.50 14.50 16.65 Packaging and filling machine operators. 10.94 11.50 13.56 14.84 16.19 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.96 12.23 15.85 19.40 24.00 Welders and cutters..................... 12.00 13.84 15.90 19.00 25.62 Assemblers.............................. 10.25 10.80 12.65 16.90 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.00 10.60 10.90 13.04 17.75 Transportation and material moving............ 11.00 11.80 16.32 20.86 24.65 Truck drivers........................... 11.57 16.34 20.41 23.90 25.11 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 9.87 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.79 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.00 11.00 16.50 20.81 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.06 10.00 11.76 13.50 16.03 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 7.75 8.00 12.68 15.25 16.34 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 5.50 8.00 12.50 20.69 20.81 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.85 10.90 15.18 17.39 17.39 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.90 18.46 Service......................................... 7.50 9.00 11.00 15.52 20.68 Protective service........................ 8.50 10.00 15.78 20.68 26.05 Police and detectives, public service... 17.69 20.68 22.73 25.42 27.32 Guards and police, except public service 7.75 8.50 9.00 12.00 13.26 Food service.............................. 2.13 8.00 10.00 11.89 15.87 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 11.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.74 12.50 Other food service....................... 8.00 9.26 11.00 13.00 16.49 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 12.61 13.62 15.75 19.12 22.88 Cooks................................... 9.26 9.55 11.22 12.06 15.87 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.40 8.00 8.75 10.49 11.89 Health service............................ 8.00 9.01 10.14 11.35 13.62 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.71 10.14 11.34 14.34 16.09 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 9.00 9.64 10.64 11.64 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.73 10.98 13.31 17.07 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.00 8.87 10.54 11.63 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.65 9.30 11.10 13.50 17.42 Personal service.......................... 7.47 7.97 11.25 19.25 24.25 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.47 7.47 8.00 9.40 11.08 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $6.55 $8.50 $13.10 $22.98 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 6.50 8.50 14.52 23.48 White collar.................................... 7.26 8.50 13.34 23.27 25.79 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 11.46 18.90 24.49 26.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.00 18.74 22.98 25.11 26.00 Professional specialty...................... 15.85 21.35 24.09 25.59 26.22 Health related............................ 19.24 23.78 25.00 26.00 26.64 Registered nurses....................... 18.50 24.00 25.00 26.00 26.16 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.71 22.88 23.48 25.31 25.37 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 8.00 22.98 23.27 23.87 28.72 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 12.27 14.97 17.00 19.77 21.59 Librarians.............................. 12.27 15.42 17.00 20.13 21.59 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.40 17.14 18.90 18.90 18.90 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.75 27.09 29.32 37.26 42.31 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.50 7.14 8.00 9.35 11.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.56 7.14 7.70 8.66 10.95 Cashiers................................ 6.25 6.70 7.45 8.50 12.45 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.26 9.27 10.19 13.01 16.50 Secretaries............................. 10.39 13.01 16.50 21.00 24.62 Library clerks.......................... 6.75 6.98 8.28 10.88 13.69 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.61 13.33 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.30 7.30 10.10 11.86 13.32 Blue collar..................................... 6.50 7.40 8.50 12.45 15.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.36 13.43 15.30 17.26 17.26 Bus drivers............................. 12.36 12.89 15.00 17.26 17.26 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 6.80 8.00 9.15 12.60 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.50 7.35 8.25 10.20 Service......................................... 2.13 5.75 7.00 9.00 12.09 Protective service........................ 7.45 8.20 9.52 18.94 18.94 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.05 8.00 10.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... $2.13 $2.13 $2.13 $5.50 $9.00 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 2.13 5.00 8.00 10.20 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.75 5.95 7.00 8.50 11.00 Cooks................................... 7.43 8.50 10.00 12.00 14.57 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.75 6.00 6.35 7.00 8.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 5.75 6.00 7.20 9.45 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 5.95 7.50 8.90 10.81 Health service............................ 7.75 8.03 9.74 11.00 12.29 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.75 8.00 9.20 10.41 11.00 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.00 $7.64 $12.32 $14.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.00 7.64 12.32 14.88 Personal service.......................... 3.50 6.00 7.00 8.50 14.95 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, Cleveland-Akron, OH, January 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 705,400 545,800 159,600 All excluding sales............................................. 662,100 502,900 159,300 White collar........................................................ 361,800 256,900 104,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 318,500 214,000 104,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 162,900 94,500 68,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 127,000 61,200 65,700 Technical....................................................... 36,000 33,300 2,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 52,800 42,000 10,900 Sales............................................................. 43,300 42,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 102,800 77,500 25,300 Blue collar......................................................... 197,100 179,300 17,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 55,800 47,400 8,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 76,700 76,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 24,100 17,000 7,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 40,500 38,400 - Service............................................................. 146,500 109,600 36,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 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.