NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, Bulletin 3125-20, April 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................. $21.33 2.2 35.4 $20.57 2.7 35.0 $24.38 3.1 37.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.88 2.3 37.0 25.42 2.8 37.2 27.57 3.5 36.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.23 3.1 37.0 31.25 4.3 37.5 31.19 2.5 36.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.34 6.2 40.0 34.18 7.4 40.3 30.08 7.5 39.1 Sales............................................................. 18.05 5.3 35.0 18.01 5.3 35.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 16.30 2.9 36.3 16.42 3.5 36.4 15.72 1.0 35.7 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.20 2.8 37.3 17.13 3.1 37.1 17.82 3.4 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 4.1 40.3 22.84 4.5 40.3 19.51 4.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.79 4.8 38.8 14.79 4.8 38.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.95 4.5 36.9 15.73 5.6 36.6 16.78 4.3 38.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.24 5.7 32.6 11.81 5.4 32.1 17.15 18.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.24 3.1 30.2 9.89 3.5 28.3 19.30 2.2 38.0 Full time........................................................... 22.76 2.7 39.5 22.23 3.3 39.6 24.68 3.1 39.0 Part time........................................................... 10.85 3.8 20.1 10.37 4.1 20.3 17.44 10.6 16.9 Union............................................................... 21.54 5.6 34.7 19.13 9.4 33.1 24.44 4.2 36.8 Nonunion............................................................ 21.28 2.8 35.6 20.81 3.2 35.3 24.33 3.0 37.2 Time................................................................ 21.32 2.1 35.3 20.51 2.5 34.9 24.38 3.1 37.0 Incentive........................................................... 21.73 10.9 37.6 21.73 10.9 37.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.68 6.1 34.6 18.69 6.1 34.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.19 6.8 35.7 19.18 7.0 35.7 19.65 4.3 35.8 500 workers or more................................................. 24.11 3.3 35.4 23.76 5.2 34.3 24.57 3.2 37.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $21.33 2.2 $20.57 2.7 $24.38 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 21.61 2.5 20.84 3.0 24.39 3.1 White collar........................................................ 25.88 2.3 25.42 2.8 27.57 3.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 2.4 26.84 2.9 27.62 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.23 3.1 31.25 4.3 31.19 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.10 1.9 33.45 2.5 32.38 2.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.22 7.6 37.05 8.1 30.79 5.7 Civil engineers............................................. 35.18 10.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 37.59 14.7 37.59 14.7 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.40 14.0 33.31 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.27 4.0 36.30 4.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.09 4.1 37.13 4.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.16 16.8 32.70 19.2 22.24 5.5 Health related................................................ 29.30 4.6 29.35 5.1 28.98 9.9 Physicians.................................................. 38.86 22.6 36.76 24.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.96 2.3 28.00 2.4 27.42 4.8 Speech therapists........................................... 31.74 11.7 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.02 2.1 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.15 9.2 32.54 17.9 35.80 2.4 Social science teachers, n.e.c.............................. 42.14 9.4 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.68 .7 – – 36.62 .9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.10 2.9 23.64 10.6 34.17 2.1 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.79 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.77 1.8 – – 34.22 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.59 4.1 29.07 22.8 34.84 4.0 Teachers, special education................................. 32.45 6.7 – – 33.73 5.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.58 18.0 14.44 9.4 36.36 6.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.16 7.7 – – 33.93 4.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.56 6.5 25.15 9.1 23.77 8.9 Librarians.................................................. 24.54 6.6 25.12 9.2 23.77 8.9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.01 19.0 25.07 23.2 24.74 8.0 Economists.................................................. 25.00 22.1 25.00 22.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 24.58 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.66 11.0 22.11 11.1 21.36 16.9 Social workers.............................................. 22.27 10.5 22.46 10.7 22.13 16.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.11 8.9 64.46 2.6 33.78 12.6 Lawyers..................................................... 60.50 7.2 64.46 2.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 32.34 4.6 32.84 4.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 31.65 5.6 31.65 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.30 15.9 22.80 18.9 19.66 6.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.97 11.3 19.97 11.3 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.68 1.5 25.68 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.51 3.1 20.31 1.9 17.51 4.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $16.07 4.8 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.49 13.9 $27.49 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.79 9.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.34 6.2 34.18 7.4 $30.08 7.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.07 7.1 39.52 8.2 32.71 8.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.16 4.4 – – 27.16 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 49.72 21.2 49.72 21.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.26 8.1 40.26 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.91 11.3 41.44 22.5 38.90 10.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.63 9.0 35.74 8.2 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 32.68 5.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 13.1 42.40 13.7 – – Management related............................................ 26.98 4.9 27.16 4.9 26.24 15.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 8.8 26.87 5.9 33.73 19.7 Other financial officers.................................... 35.83 21.7 36.60 23.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 25.94 14.5 25.94 14.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.72 16.7 24.96 18.7 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 30.09 17.2 – – 22.06 11.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.51 9.5 23.43 11.9 – – Sales............................................................. 18.05 5.3 18.01 5.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 20.16 14.0 20.10 14.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 33.51 37.6 33.51 37.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.17 13.5 14.17 13.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.35 10.2 11.35 10.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.30 2.9 16.42 3.5 15.72 1.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 25.82 10.8 26.09 11.5 22.98 8.8 Secretaries................................................. 17.97 5.6 18.41 6.7 16.28 4.1 Interviewers................................................ 14.34 7.4 14.34 7.4 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.48 1.8 9.48 1.8 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 18.01 .0 18.01 .0 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.91 3.9 10.92 4.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.25 9.6 15.25 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.83 7.8 15.83 7.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.55 7.6 – – 11.96 7.8 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.36 6.1 15.61 7.0 14.24 8.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.46 4.1 14.53 4.7 14.02 4.8 Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 6.2 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.47 14.3 11.07 14.2 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.15 3.7 15.15 3.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.08 4.0 16.08 4.0 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 3.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 15.03 3.5 14.58 4.1 15.99 5.3 Bank tellers................................................ 10.17 .3 10.17 .3 – – Data entry keyers........................................... $13.82 8.5 $13.82 8.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.90 3.3 – – $13.67 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.71 5.5 15.84 6.4 14.84 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 17.20 2.8 17.13 3.1 17.82 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 4.1 22.84 4.5 19.51 4.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.12 9.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.94 7.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 5.7 18.03 7.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.92 5.5 27.67 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 4.8 14.79 4.8 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.48 11.5 19.61 12.3 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.12 12.1 10.12 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.74 11.2 15.74 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.74 13.4 14.74 13.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.95 4.5 15.73 5.6 16.78 4.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.53 3.8 15.33 4.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.94 15.8 – – 16.37 3.2 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 14.64 12.8 – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 20.01 9.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20.05 9.0 20.05 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.24 5.7 11.81 5.4 17.15 18.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.63 6.3 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 11.54 7.5 11.54 7.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.95 6.1 9.71 7.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.95 11.6 13.95 11.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.41 14.5 14.41 15.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.24 3.1 9.89 3.5 19.30 2.2 Protective service............................................ 18.66 6.5 10.34 9.8 22.61 3.5 Firefighting................................................ 20.97 1.8 – – 20.97 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.19 2.7 – – 23.40 2.6 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.45 6.4 – – 20.45 6.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.10 1.6 – – 18.10 1.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.28 10.2 9.97 10.0 – – Food service.................................................. 8.87 5.4 8.80 5.6 11.39 1.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.31 9.1 5.31 9.1 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.96 15.3 7.96 15.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.70 7.5 4.70 7.5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.14 18.8 6.14 18.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.22 4.6 11.21 4.8 11.39 1.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.53 8.4 16.53 8.4 – – Cooks....................................................... $11.53 2.8 $11.53 3.0 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.87 23.7 8.87 23.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.16 6.2 10.17 6.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.83 4.2 8.69 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.39 1.9 11.19 2.4 $13.14 4.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.37 6.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.21 2.7 11.12 3.2 12.36 3.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.25 5.5 9.81 6.7 12.83 2.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.08 14.7 10.08 14.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.91 4.6 9.29 8.2 12.59 1.4 Personal service.............................................. 12.94 11.8 13.07 16.2 12.68 12.9 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.78 7.5 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.58 1.8 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.13 4.7 10.95 2.6 – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $22.76 2.7 $22.23 3.3 $24.68 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.95 2.9 22.43 3.7 24.67 3.1 White collar........................................................ 26.64 2.3 26.32 2.7 27.77 3.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.43 2.4 27.31 3.0 27.79 3.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.50 3.1 31.61 4.3 31.25 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.25 1.9 33.62 2.6 32.48 3.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.77 8.4 37.55 9.2 31.46 7.4 Civil engineers............................................. 35.18 10.9 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.40 14.0 33.31 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.23 4.1 36.26 4.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.06 4.2 37.10 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.16 16.8 32.70 19.2 22.24 5.5 Health related................................................ 29.26 5.2 29.36 5.9 28.59 10.2 Physicians.................................................. 38.73 22.7 36.76 24.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.85 2.7 27.87 2.9 27.54 4.8 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.14 2.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.71 9.3 32.41 17.9 35.09 2.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 37.14 1.3 – – 37.19 1.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.27 3.1 23.40 10.5 34.33 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.77 1.8 – – 34.22 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.43 4.3 – – 34.82 4.1 Teachers, special education................................. 32.45 6.7 – – 33.73 5.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.43 17.4 – – 37.99 6.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.16 7.7 – – 33.93 4.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.99 6.6 25.22 9.4 24.64 8.6 Librarians.................................................. 24.97 6.7 25.19 9.5 24.64 8.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.96 19.0 25.01 23.2 24.74 8.0 Economists.................................................. 25.00 22.1 25.00 22.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 24.33 24.0 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.89 10.6 22.46 10.7 21.49 16.1 Social workers.............................................. 22.16 10.6 22.46 10.7 21.91 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 60.31 7.8 – – 35.74 19.2 Lawyers..................................................... 61.81 5.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 32.34 4.6 32.84 4.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 31.65 5.6 31.65 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.77 16.0 23.42 19.4 19.67 6.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.81 11.5 19.81 11.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.63 2.1 25.63 2.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.10 3.9 20.17 3.7 17.49 4.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.66 4.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.49 13.9 27.49 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.82 9.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $33.39 6.2 $34.25 7.4 $30.09 7.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.10 7.2 39.52 8.2 32.77 8.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.11 4.6 – – 27.11 4.6 Financial managers.......................................... 49.72 21.2 49.72 21.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.26 8.1 40.26 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.91 11.3 41.44 22.5 38.90 10.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.63 9.0 35.74 8.2 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 32.68 5.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 13.1 42.40 13.7 – – Management related............................................ 27.00 5.0 27.19 5.0 26.24 15.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 8.8 26.87 5.9 33.73 19.7 Other financial officers.................................... 35.83 21.7 36.60 23.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 25.94 14.5 25.94 14.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.51 18.4 24.89 21.6 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 30.09 17.2 – – 22.06 11.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.51 9.5 23.43 11.9 – – Sales............................................................. 20.14 5.5 20.07 5.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 20.16 14.0 20.10 14.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 33.51 37.6 33.51 37.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.42 11.5 15.42 11.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.46 7.5 11.46 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.65 2.9 16.81 3.5 15.92 1.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 25.85 10.8 26.09 11.5 23.22 8.0 Secretaries................................................. 18.01 6.1 18.49 7.3 16.28 4.1 Hotel clerks................................................ 9.73 .7 9.73 .7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.88 4.6 10.88 4.9 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.06 10.7 15.06 10.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.58 6.4 16.58 6.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.36 8.4 – – 15.16 8.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.38 6.2 15.61 7.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.61 4.0 14.71 4.6 14.02 4.8 Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 6.2 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.82 16.1 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.15 3.7 15.15 3.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.08 4.1 16.08 4.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.11 3.7 14.66 4.4 16.09 5.5 Bank tellers................................................ 10.14 .8 10.14 .8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.68 2.9 – – 13.14 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.28 6.1 16.54 7.1 14.84 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 17.90 3.2 17.91 3.5 17.88 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 4.1 22.84 4.5 19.51 4.3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ $25.12 9.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.94 7.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 5.7 $18.03 7.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.92 5.5 27.67 4.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.91 5.1 14.91 5.1 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.61 12.3 19.61 12.3 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.12 12.1 10.12 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.74 11.2 15.74 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.74 13.4 14.74 13.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.68 4.3 16.63 5.3 $16.84 4.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.49 3.8 15.28 4.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.76 17.4 – – – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 15.35 13.6 – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 20.01 9.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20.05 9.0 20.05 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.38 6.9 12.95 6.9 17.15 18.9 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.63 6.3 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 11.54 7.5 11.54 7.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.06 3.8 11.88 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.67 10.7 15.67 10.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.65 14.7 14.66 15.2 – – Service............................................................. 14.17 5.5 11.26 6.5 19.90 3.4 Protective service............................................ 19.81 5.1 10.41 7.0 22.74 4.0 Firefighting................................................ 20.97 1.8 – – 20.97 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.24 2.6 – – 23.45 2.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.45 6.4 – – 20.45 6.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.10 1.6 – – 18.10 1.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.19 7.3 9.70 5.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.69 6.0 10.66 6.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.52 5.0 6.52 5.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.44 4.6 5.44 4.6 – – Other food service........................................... 12.29 5.0 12.32 5.2 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.53 8.4 16.53 8.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.75 2.5 11.75 2.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.79 5.6 9.68 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.49 1.5 11.28 1.8 13.17 4.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.37 6.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.30 2.0 11.21 2.5 12.40 4.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.89 10.9 11.57 14.6 12.84 2.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.11 15.4 10.11 15.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.39 5.8 12.23 11.5 12.61 1.4 Personal service.............................................. 14.71 14.2 14.27 18.9 15.81 21.2 Service, n.e.c.............................................. $11.90 4.6 $11.37 1.2 – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $10.85 3.8 $10.37 4.1 $17.44 10.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.89 4.0 10.33 4.2 17.64 11.2 White collar........................................................ 16.19 5.5 15.39 5.8 22.61 8.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.68 4.3 18.95 4.9 23.26 8.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.18 5.8 25.35 6.5 29.58 10.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.87 4.2 29.90 4.4 29.79 10.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.60 2.9 29.29 2.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.49 2.5 28.54 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.31 21.8 40.37 37.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.77 9.4 26.86 32.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.94 8.5 – – 17.69 8.0 Librarians.................................................. 18.94 8.5 – – 17.69 8.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.23 15.2 17.21 15.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.51 3.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.65 11.9 10.63 12.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.23 15.0 11.22 15.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.21 4.9 12.11 5.5 12.81 10.6 Secretaries................................................. 17.19 12.2 17.19 12.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.00 7.7 11.01 7.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.62 6.5 – – 9.62 6.5 General office clerks....................................... 13.59 8.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.89 9.2 11.89 9.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.28 6.1 8.06 6.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.18 18.3 7.62 16.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.09 3.0 8.09 3.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.85 4.2 7.85 4.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.15 13.0 9.15 13.0 – – Service............................................................. $7.70 2.2 $7.62 2.3 $9.15 3.7 Protective service............................................ 10.38 18.8 10.23 20.3 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.45 22.2 10.45 22.2 – – Food service.................................................. 5.96 4.8 5.87 4.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.41 14.6 4.41 14.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.15 13.5 4.15 13.5 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 4.58 28.9 4.58 28.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.20 2.1 8.08 1.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.95 3.1 7.78 2.6 – – Health service................................................ 10.63 6.4 10.62 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.63 6.4 10.62 6.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.08 2.0 $8.08 2.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.03 2.3 8.03 2.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.82 5.0 9.43 6.6 $8.07 5.8 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.78 7.5 – – – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $899 2.7 39.5 $881 3.4 39.6 $962 2.8 39.0 All excluding sales............................................... 905 3.0 39.4 887 3.8 39.6 962 2.8 39.0 White collar........................................................ 1,052 2.1 39.5 1,049 2.6 39.8 1,063 3.4 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,081 2.4 39.4 1,086 2.9 39.8 1,064 3.4 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,232 2.4 39.1 1,254 3.4 39.7 1,181 2.5 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,305 1.5 39.3 1,348 2.1 40.1 1,223 2.8 37.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,465 8.0 39.8 1,496 8.9 39.8 1,252 7.3 39.8 Civil engineers............................................. 1,407 10.9 40.0 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,333 13.9 39.9 1,332 15.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,446 4.1 39.9 1,447 4.1 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,479 4.2 39.9 1,481 4.2 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,322 10.5 42.4 1,402 11.4 42.9 890 5.5 40.0 Health related................................................ 1,165 3.9 39.8 1,171 4.2 39.9 1,126 9.6 39.4 Physicians.................................................. 1,776 17.0 45.9 1,714 18.9 46.6 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,078 2.4 38.7 1,076 2.5 38.6 1,102 4.8 40.0 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 966 2.2 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,356 9.4 40.2 1,283 17.3 39.6 1,435 3.1 40.9 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,486 1.3 40.0 – – – 1,487 1.7 40.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,224 3.0 36.8 923 11.6 39.5 1,254 2.6 36.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,239 1.6 36.7 – – – 1,247 1.6 36.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,235 4.8 35.9 – – – 1,244 4.8 35.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,191 8.0 36.7 – – – 1,232 7.3 36.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,333 17.4 39.9 – – – 1,516 6.1 39.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,144 6.5 36.7 – – – 1,226 4.4 36.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 975 6.5 39.0 979 9.4 38.8 969 8.0 39.3 Librarians.................................................. 974 6.6 39.0 978 9.5 38.8 969 8.0 39.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,054 15.6 42.2 1,070 19.4 42.8 981 7.6 39.7 Economists.................................................. 1,082 17.8 43.3 1,082 17.8 43.3 – – – Psychologists............................................... 973 24.0 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 865 11.0 39.5 882 12.2 39.3 854 16.6 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 875 11.2 39.5 882 12.2 39.3 870 17.1 39.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,524 9.6 41.9 – – – 1,418 19.3 39.7 Lawyers..................................................... 2,595 7.6 42.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,270 4.4 39.3 1,288 4.6 39.2 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,237 5.5 39.1 1,237 5.5 39.1 – – – Technical....................................................... 872 12.4 38.3 892 14.9 38.1 772 8.1 39.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 790 11.6 39.9 790 11.6 39.9 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 1,025 2.1 40.0 1,025 2.1 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 708 5.3 37.0 726 6.8 36.0 678 5.8 38.8 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $664 5.0 39.8 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 1,116 14.0 40.6 $1,116 14.0 40.6 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 790 9.7 39.9 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,344 6.5 40.3 1,386 7.8 40.5 $1,186 7.4 39.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,555 7.3 40.8 1,631 8.2 41.3 1,286 7.9 39.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,060 4.7 39.1 – – – 1,060 4.7 39.1 Financial managers.......................................... 1,989 21.2 40.0 1,989 21.2 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,653 9.8 41.1 1,653 9.8 41.1 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,571 10.7 39.4 1,632 21.5 39.4 1,531 9.4 39.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,385 9.0 40.0 1,430 8.2 40.0 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,370 4.7 41.9 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,774 13.6 41.8 1,777 14.2 41.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,067 5.0 39.5 1,073 5.0 39.5 1,041 15.8 39.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,131 9.0 39.4 1,062 6.2 39.5 1,323 20.0 39.2 Other financial officers.................................... 1,419 21.8 39.6 1,449 23.2 39.6 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,013 12.4 39.1 1,013 12.4 39.1 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 925 17.9 39.3 974 20.9 39.1 – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 1,203 17.2 40.0 – – – 882 11.6 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 886 9.9 39.4 916 12.6 39.1 – – – Sales............................................................. 811 5.5 40.2 809 5.5 40.3 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 801 14.2 39.7 802 14.6 39.9 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 1,386 36.7 41.3 1,386 36.7 41.3 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 606 11.7 39.3 606 11.7 39.3 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 458 7.5 40.0 458 7.5 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 656 2.9 39.4 664 3.5 39.5 622 1.1 39.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 1,033 10.8 40.0 1,044 11.5 40.0 917 7.9 39.5 Secretaries................................................. 705 5.9 39.2 720 7.2 39.0 649 4.1 39.9 Hotel clerks................................................ 389 .7 40.0 389 .7 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 434 4.6 39.9 435 4.9 40.0 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 602 10.7 40.0 602 10.7 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 656 5.8 39.6 656 5.8 39.6 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 599 8.2 39.0 – – – 586 8.7 38.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 600 5.8 39.0 608 6.4 38.9 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 575 4.3 39.4 582 4.8 39.6 536 7.2 38.2 Dispatchers................................................. 640 6.2 40.0 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 471 15.8 39.8 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 588 6.1 38.8 588 6.1 38.8 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 642 4.1 39.9 642 4.1 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 591 3.5 39.1 577 4.5 39.4 621 4.3 38.6 Bank tellers................................................ $406 0.8 40.0 $406 0.8 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 465 4.4 36.7 – – – $482 3.7 36.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 642 6.1 39.5 655 7.1 39.6 574 6.7 38.7 Blue collar......................................................... 714 3.1 39.9 714 3.5 39.9 709 3.3 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 905 4.1 40.3 921 4.6 40.3 780 4.3 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,000 9.4 39.8 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 798 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 726 5.7 40.0 721 7.1 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,077 5.5 40.0 1,107 4.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 590 4.8 39.5 590 4.8 39.5 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 738 10.3 37.6 738 10.3 37.6 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 399 13.1 39.4 399 13.1 39.4 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 611 10.6 38.8 611 10.6 38.8 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 590 13.4 40.0 590 13.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 662 4.5 39.7 662 5.6 39.8 661 4.5 39.3 Truck drivers............................................... 625 3.9 40.4 618 4.3 40.4 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 487 21.6 35.4 – – – – – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 614 13.6 40.0 – – – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 800 9.3 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 802 9.0 40.0 802 9.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 530 6.7 39.6 512 6.6 39.6 686 18.9 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 457 6.2 39.3 – – – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 461 7.5 40.0 461 7.5 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 475 5.8 39.4 466 7.0 39.3 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 627 10.7 40.0 627 10.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 572 13.3 39.0 572 13.8 39.0 – – – Service............................................................. 553 5.3 39.0 431 5.6 38.3 807 3.3 40.5 Protective service............................................ 807 5.1 40.7 410 7.0 39.4 936 3.8 41.2 Firefighting................................................ 954 2.4 45.5 – – – 954 2.4 45.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 938 2.9 40.4 – – – 947 2.8 40.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 793 4.7 38.8 – – – 793 4.7 38.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 725 1.5 40.0 – – – 725 1.5 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 401 7.0 39.4 381 4.9 39.3 – – – Food service.................................................. 419 6.1 39.2 418 6.2 39.2 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 250 5.3 38.4 250 5.3 38.4 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 207 5.6 38.1 207 5.6 38.1 – – – Other food service........................................... $486 5.0 39.5 $487 5.2 39.5 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 669 7.6 40.5 669 7.6 40.5 – – – Cooks....................................................... 457 3.3 38.9 456 3.6 38.8 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 387 5.7 39.5 383 6.0 39.6 – – – Health service................................................ 442 2.1 38.5 434 2.5 38.5 $507 3.6 38.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 483 4.8 39.1 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 434 2.9 38.4 429 3.5 38.3 492 4.5 39.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 458 10.6 38.5 440 13.9 38.1 513 3.0 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 395 16.9 39.0 395 16.9 39.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 475 3.9 38.3 455 9.6 37.2 504 1.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 506 6.9 34.4 476 5.9 33.3 592 25.5 37.4 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 457 4.7 38.4 437 1.3 38.4 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $45,526 2.7 2,000 $45,528 3.4 2,048 $45,521 2.8 1,845 All excluding sales............................................... 45,855 3.0 1,998 45,971 3.8 2,050 45,512 2.8 1,845 White collar........................................................ 52,719 2.1 1,979 54,067 2.6 2,054 48,650 3.4 1,752 White collar excluding sales.................................... 54,110 2.4 1,973 56,195 2.9 2,057 48,654 3.4 1,751 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,936 2.4 1,903 64,574 3.4 2,043 51,234 2.5 1,640 Professional specialty.......................................... 62,700 1.5 1,886 69,201 2.1 2,058 52,163 2.8 1,606 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,164 8.0 2,071 77,780 8.9 2,071 65,087 7.3 2,069 Civil engineers............................................. 73,183 10.9 2,080 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 69,331 13.9 2,076 69,281 15.6 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 75,206 4.1 2,076 75,261 4.1 2,076 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 76,917 4.2 2,075 76,986 4.2 2,075 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 68,748 10.5 2,206 72,902 11.4 2,230 46,262 5.5 2,080 Health related................................................ 60,159 3.9 2,056 60,842 4.2 2,072 56,146 9.6 1,964 Physicians.................................................. 92,367 17.0 2,385 89,125 18.9 2,424 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 56,038 2.4 2,012 55,951 2.5 2,007 57,280 4.8 2,080 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 50,221 2.2 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 59,950 9.4 1,778 60,951 17.3 1,880 59,003 3.1 1,681 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 63,833 1.3 1,719 – – – 61,230 1.7 1,647 Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,125 3.0 1,507 41,153 11.6 1,759 50,941 2.6 1,484 Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,489 1.6 1,465 – – – 49,497 1.6 1,447 Secondary school teachers................................... 49,742 4.8 1,445 – – – 50,265 4.8 1,444 Teachers, special education................................. 48,410 8.0 1,492 – – – 49,165 7.3 1,458 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 59,257 17.4 1,773 – – – 65,335 6.1 1,720 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 53,217 6.5 1,708 – – – 56,056 4.4 1,652 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 48,843 6.5 1,955 47,882 9.4 1,899 50,394 8.0 2,045 Librarians.................................................. 48,785 6.6 1,954 47,780 9.5 1,897 50,394 8.0 2,045 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 54,800 15.6 2,195 55,617 19.4 2,224 51,008 7.6 2,062 Economists.................................................. 56,259 17.8 2,250 56,259 17.8 2,250 – – – Psychologists............................................... 50,606 24.0 2,080 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 44,949 11.0 2,054 45,728 12.2 2,036 44,398 16.6 2,066 Social workers.............................................. 45,457 11.2 2,051 45,728 12.2 2,036 45,232 17.1 2,064 Lawyers and judges............................................ 131,241 9.6 2,176 – – – 73,755 19.3 2,064 Lawyers..................................................... 134,919 7.6 2,183 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 65,957 4.4 2,040 66,895 4.6 2,037 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 64,315 5.5 2,032 64,315 5.5 2,032 – – – Technical....................................................... 45,350 12.4 1,991 46,409 14.9 1,982 40,124 8.1 2,040 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 41,062 11.6 2,073 41,062 11.6 2,073 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 53,300 2.1 2,080 53,300 2.1 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,799 5.3 1,926 37,757 6.8 1,872 35,251 5.8 2,015 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $34,517 5.0 2,071 – – – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 58,047 14.0 2,112 $58,047 14.0 2,112 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 41,100 9.7 2,074 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,534 6.5 2,082 71,898 7.8 2,100 $60,747 7.4 2,019 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 80,150 7.3 2,104 84,422 8.2 2,136 65,213 7.9 1,990 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 55,119 4.7 2,033 – – – 55,119 4.7 2,033 Financial managers.......................................... 103,413 21.2 2,080 103,413 21.2 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 85,955 9.8 2,135 85,955 9.8 2,135 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 76,829 10.7 1,925 79,790 21.5 1,925 74,879 9.4 1,925 Managers, medicine and health............................... 72,036 9.0 2,080 74,341 8.2 2,080 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 71,233 4.7 2,180 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 92,041 13.6 2,168 92,311 14.2 2,177 – – – Management related............................................ 55,470 5.0 2,054 55,807 5.0 2,052 54,110 15.8 2,062 Accountants and auditors.................................... 58,807 9.0 2,051 55,210 6.2 2,055 68,773 20.0 2,039 Other financial officers.................................... 73,801 21.8 2,060 75,355 23.2 2,059 – – – Management analysts......................................... 52,692 12.4 2,031 52,692 12.4 2,031 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 48,085 17.9 2,045 50,659 20.9 2,036 – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 62,577 17.2 2,080 – – – 45,885 11.6 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 46,091 9.9 2,047 47,647 12.6 2,034 – – – Sales............................................................. 40,923 5.5 2,032 40,828 5.5 2,034 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 41,647 14.2 2,066 41,695 14.6 2,075 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 72,047 36.7 2,150 72,047 36.7 2,150 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 31,521 11.7 2,044 31,521 11.7 2,044 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,833 7.5 2,080 23,833 7.5 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 33,891 2.9 2,036 34,521 3.5 2,054 31,097 1.1 1,954 Supervisors, general office................................. 53,698 10.8 2,078 54,274 11.5 2,080 47,661 7.9 2,053 Secretaries................................................. 36,672 5.9 2,036 37,454 7.2 2,026 33,769 4.1 2,075 Hotel clerks................................................ 20,235 .7 2,080 20,235 .7 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 22,561 4.6 2,074 22,632 4.9 2,080 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 31,326 10.7 2,080 31,326 10.7 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 34,111 5.8 2,058 34,111 5.8 2,058 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 31,173 8.2 2,030 – – – 30,463 8.7 2,009 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 31,215 5.8 2,030 31,607 6.4 2,025 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,898 4.3 2,047 30,276 4.8 2,058 27,871 7.2 1,988 Dispatchers................................................. 33,276 6.2 2,080 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 24,471 15.8 2,071 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 30,586 6.1 2,019 30,586 6.1 2,019 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 33,408 4.1 2,077 33,408 4.1 2,077 – – – General office clerks....................................... 30,738 3.5 2,035 30,016 4.5 2,048 32,302 4.3 2,007 Bank tellers................................................ $21,092 0.8 2,080 $21,092 0.8 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 18,904 4.4 1,491 – – – $18,878 3.7 1,437 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 33,409 6.1 2,052 34,086 7.1 2,060 29,851 6.7 2,011 Blue collar......................................................... 36,867 3.1 2,059 37,059 3.5 2,070 35,436 3.3 1,982 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 47,047 4.1 2,094 47,882 4.6 2,097 40,508 4.3 2,076 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 51,994 9.4 2,070 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,480 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,769 5.7 2,080 37,510 7.1 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 55,987 5.5 2,080 57,548 4.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,636 4.8 2,054 30,636 4.8 2,054 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 38,366 10.3 1,956 38,366 10.3 1,956 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 20,727 13.1 2,048 20,727 13.1 2,048 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 31,755 10.6 2,017 31,755 10.6 2,017 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 30,510 13.4 2,069 30,510 13.4 2,069 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 33,679 4.5 2,020 34,278 5.6 2,061 31,706 4.5 1,883 Truck drivers............................................... 32,324 3.9 2,087 31,905 4.3 2,088 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 21,226 21.6 1,542 – – – – – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 30,562 13.6 1,991 – – – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 41,624 9.3 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 41,704 9.0 2,080 41,704 9.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,407 6.7 2,049 26,480 6.6 2,045 35,681 18.9 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 21,890 6.2 1,883 – – – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 23,994 7.5 2,080 23,994 7.5 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,686 5.8 2,046 24,242 7.0 2,041 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 32,597 10.7 2,080 32,597 10.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 29,725 13.3 2,029 29,719 13.8 2,028 – – – Service............................................................. 28,483 5.3 2,011 22,406 5.6 1,989 40,877 3.3 2,055 Protective service............................................ 41,952 5.1 2,118 21,327 7.0 2,049 48,676 3.8 2,141 Firefighting................................................ 49,599 2.4 2,365 – – – 49,599 2.4 2,365 Police and detectives, public service....................... 48,763 2.9 2,099 – – – 49,229 2.8 2,099 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 41,220 4.7 2,016 – – – 41,220 4.7 2,016 Correctional institution officers........................... 37,694 1.5 2,083 – – – 37,694 1.5 2,083 Guards and police, except public service.................... 20,877 7.0 2,049 19,834 4.9 2,045 – – – Food service.................................................. 21,675 6.1 2,027 21,722 6.2 2,037 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,994 5.3 1,994 12,994 5.3 1,994 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 10,789 5.6 1,983 10,789 5.6 1,983 – – – Other food service........................................... $25,072 5.0 2,040 $25,314 5.2 2,055 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 34,788 7.6 2,105 34,788 7.6 2,105 – – – Cooks....................................................... 23,531 3.3 2,003 23,727 3.6 2,019 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 19,806 5.7 2,024 19,927 6.0 2,058 – – – Health service................................................ 22,985 2.1 2,001 22,592 2.5 2,003 $26,143 3.6 1,985 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,982 4.8 2,020 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,551 2.9 1,996 22,315 3.5 1,991 25,571 4.5 2,062 Cleaning and building service................................. 23,760 10.6 1,999 22,850 13.9 1,976 26,602 3.0 2,072 Maids and housemen.......................................... 20,520 16.9 2,030 20,520 16.9 2,030 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,611 3.9 1,986 23,550 9.6 1,926 26,113 1.5 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 24,228 6.9 1,647 24,746 5.9 1,734 23,124 25.5 1,462 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 23,291 4.7 1,957 22,725 1.3 1,999 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $21.33 2.2 $20.57 2.7 $24.38 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 21.61 2.5 20.84 3.0 24.39 3.1 White collar........................................................ 25.88 2.3 25.42 2.8 27.57 3.5 1....................................................... 8.94 3.9 9.00 3.9 6.72 3.6 2....................................................... 10.97 3.5 10.82 3.3 14.39 8.1 3....................................................... 12.46 2.8 12.32 3.2 13.96 2.2 4....................................................... 14.37 3.3 14.24 3.8 15.22 3.7 5....................................................... 18.41 6.6 18.85 8.0 16.85 4.8 6....................................................... 19.75 4.2 19.98 4.7 18.54 5.3 7....................................................... 22.93 2.3 22.98 2.7 22.78 4.5 8....................................................... 25.91 3.3 25.49 2.0 27.13 10.4 9....................................................... 31.29 1.9 29.33 3.0 33.51 1.4 10........................................................ 31.27 4.7 31.51 5.5 30.13 5.6 11........................................................ 37.79 5.1 41.11 6.4 31.12 4.4 12........................................................ 45.83 3.9 46.99 3.9 35.60 9.2 13........................................................ 54.75 3.7 60.76 3.3 40.00 5.2 14........................................................ 47.54 16.1 57.16 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.45 6.8 28.07 7.2 34.82 5.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 2.4 26.84 2.9 27.62 3.6 1....................................................... 9.52 5.7 9.69 5.8 6.72 3.6 2....................................................... 11.79 3.4 11.58 3.4 14.39 8.1 3....................................................... 12.59 3.7 12.36 4.3 14.17 2.5 4....................................................... 14.77 3.9 14.67 4.8 15.22 3.7 5....................................................... 17.23 2.6 17.35 3.0 16.85 4.8 6....................................................... 19.51 5.4 19.76 6.4 18.54 5.3 7....................................................... 22.95 2.3 23.02 2.6 22.78 4.5 8....................................................... 26.39 3.6 26.08 2.2 27.18 10.5 9....................................................... 31.29 1.9 29.30 3.1 33.51 1.4 10........................................................ 29.66 5.0 29.54 6.1 30.13 5.6 11........................................................ 38.08 5.3 41.44 6.7 31.30 4.3 12........................................................ 45.83 3.9 46.99 3.9 35.60 9.2 13........................................................ 54.75 3.7 60.76 3.3 40.00 5.2 14........................................................ 47.54 16.1 57.16 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.65 3.2 28.23 3.2 34.82 5.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.23 3.1 31.25 4.3 31.19 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.10 1.9 33.45 2.5 32.38 2.9 5....................................................... 17.26 11.0 16.24 10.5 24.18 11.4 6....................................................... 21.33 4.6 21.82 4.5 19.36 11.1 7....................................................... 25.58 3.3 25.04 3.4 26.78 9.6 8....................................................... 27.91 5.5 26.96 3.7 30.18 13.6 9....................................................... 32.66 2.3 29.76 4.5 35.11 .6 10........................................................ 29.60 8.6 28.52 11.9 32.77 5.2 11........................................................ 37.12 3.3 40.02 4.0 30.67 3.8 12........................................................ 46.24 4.2 47.87 4.0 33.13 13.3 13........................................................ $50.46 4.6 $57.77 6.2 $37.64 2.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.99 4.4 32.58 4.9 27.84 9.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.22 7.6 37.05 8.1 30.79 5.7 11........................................................ 41.33 2.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.33 13.1 48.09 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.71 9.7 – – – – Civil engineers............................................. 35.18 10.9 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 37.59 14.7 37.59 14.7 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.40 14.0 33.31 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.27 4.0 36.30 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.60 2.5 33.60 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 34.75 2.3 34.75 2.3 – – 11........................................................ 39.45 3.2 39.45 3.2 – – 12........................................................ 46.23 5.1 46.23 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.35 2.4 33.35 2.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.09 4.1 37.13 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 34.04 2.6 34.04 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.62 2.6 35.62 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.55 3.3 39.55 3.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.99 5.8 46.99 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.35 2.4 33.35 2.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.16 16.8 32.70 19.2 22.24 5.5 Health related................................................ 29.30 4.6 29.35 5.1 28.98 9.9 6....................................................... 23.56 4.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.35 6.4 24.57 5.8 20.78 11.9 8....................................................... 28.88 1.7 28.83 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.45 4.3 30.23 4.5 – – 10........................................................ 23.51 32.9 21.29 44.2 – – 11........................................................ 30.29 8.4 27.43 3.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.90 5.5 27.68 5.6 – – Physicians.................................................. 38.86 22.6 36.76 24.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.96 2.3 28.00 2.4 27.42 4.8 7....................................................... 24.27 6.2 24.37 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.81 1.7 28.83 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 29.47 3.3 29.69 3.6 – – Speech therapists........................................... 31.74 11.7 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.02 2.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.30 3.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.15 9.2 32.54 17.9 35.80 2.4 10........................................................ 32.57 9.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.73 .7 – – 31.12 1.2 12........................................................ 36.59 11.2 – – – – 13........................................................ 38.61 2.2 43.34 13.0 37.02 1.6 Social science teachers, n.e.c.............................. 42.14 9.4 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.68 .7 – – 36.62 .9 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.10 2.9 23.64 10.6 34.17 2.1 6....................................................... $15.04 2.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 35.74 6.5 – – $36.26 6.5 8....................................................... 32.30 12.3 $29.25 25.3 32.75 13.1 9....................................................... 35.03 1.4 27.13 2.6 35.86 .1 11........................................................ 29.45 4.3 – – 29.73 4.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.79 12.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.77 1.8 – – 34.22 1.2 8....................................................... 32.15 9.6 – – 31.73 10.0 9....................................................... 34.91 2.8 – – 35.72 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.59 4.1 29.07 22.8 34.84 4.0 8....................................................... 36.69 16.0 – – 35.32 18.2 9....................................................... 35.69 1.2 – – 36.00 .9 Teachers, special education................................. 32.45 6.7 – – 33.73 5.4 9....................................................... 31.70 6.4 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.58 18.0 14.44 9.4 36.36 6.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.16 7.7 – – 33.93 4.9 9....................................................... 33.81 9.9 – – 35.58 5.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.56 6.5 25.15 9.1 23.77 8.9 6....................................................... 18.68 9.0 – – 18.68 9.0 9....................................................... 24.37 5.8 – – 22.61 11.4 11........................................................ 21.84 7.3 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 24.54 6.6 25.12 9.2 23.77 8.9 6....................................................... 18.68 9.0 – – 18.68 9.0 9....................................................... 24.37 5.8 – – 22.61 11.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.01 19.0 25.07 23.2 24.74 8.0 Economists.................................................. 25.00 22.1 25.00 22.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 24.58 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.66 11.0 22.11 11.1 21.36 16.9 7....................................................... 18.02 5.1 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 22.27 10.5 22.46 10.7 22.13 16.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 59.11 8.9 64.46 2.6 33.78 12.6 Lawyers..................................................... 60.50 7.2 64.46 2.6 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 32.34 4.6 32.84 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.58 7.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.17 8.1 46.17 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.00 8.6 – – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 31.65 5.6 31.65 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.30 15.9 22.80 18.9 19.66 6.8 4....................................................... 13.54 12.9 12.78 12.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.73 5.9 16.89 2.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.43 6.8 18.51 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.19 3.2 22.61 3.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.66 4.7 22.35 4.2 20.90 7.8 9....................................................... 27.83 10.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.92 12.8 28.92 12.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $19.97 11.3 $19.97 11.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.45 .1 22.45 .1 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.68 1.5 25.68 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.51 3.1 20.31 1.9 $17.51 4.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.07 4.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.13 14.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.49 13.9 27.49 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.79 9.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.34 6.2 34.18 7.4 30.08 7.5 5....................................................... 17.73 6.6 17.87 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.57 9.5 19.05 12.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.16 3.4 22.17 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 24.61 7.5 25.40 8.6 22.15 16.6 9....................................................... 26.52 3.4 28.08 3.6 22.30 7.3 10........................................................ 29.58 4.3 30.53 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 9.1 36.02 12.5 32.50 12.1 12........................................................ 45.00 6.8 45.27 7.4 – – 13........................................................ 61.87 8.3 64.55 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 48.16 17.8 59.65 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.96 13.1 32.26 12.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.07 7.1 39.52 8.2 32.71 8.3 8....................................................... 27.59 9.9 27.46 11.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.32 5.5 28.04 5.7 – – 10........................................................ 30.54 5.0 30.76 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.84 10.0 41.52 9.1 32.42 12.5 12........................................................ 43.02 7.3 43.11 8.0 – – 13........................................................ 61.78 8.7 64.60 9.0 – – 14........................................................ 48.16 17.8 59.65 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.91 17.3 40.29 17.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.16 4.4 – – 27.16 4.4 Financial managers.......................................... 49.72 21.2 49.72 21.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.26 8.1 40.26 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.91 11.3 41.44 22.5 38.90 10.4 11........................................................ 35.45 10.5 – – 37.12 12.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.63 9.0 35.74 8.2 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 32.68 5.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 13.1 42.40 13.7 – – 11........................................................ 46.98 8.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 45.27 10.0 45.16 10.3 – – 14........................................................ 59.04 12.8 59.04 12.8 – – Management related............................................ 26.98 4.9 27.16 4.9 26.24 15.8 5....................................................... 16.92 5.7 16.92 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.60 5.7 17.65 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.35 1.8 23.34 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 21.43 5.6 22.20 4.4 20.23 12.5 9....................................................... $25.97 5.2 $28.11 5.7 $22.52 7.2 11........................................................ 32.39 13.4 32.29 14.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 8.8 26.87 5.9 33.73 19.7 9....................................................... 27.55 4.5 26.47 1.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.83 21.7 36.60 23.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 25.94 14.5 25.94 14.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.72 16.7 24.96 18.7 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 30.09 17.2 – – 22.06 11.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.51 9.5 23.43 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.93 15.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.05 5.3 18.01 5.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.29 2.9 8.29 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.85 4.4 9.85 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 4.6 12.24 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.08 6.3 13.08 6.3 – – 6....................................................... 20.50 4.6 20.50 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 21.37 5.5 – – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 20.16 14.0 20.10 14.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 33.51 37.6 33.51 37.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.17 13.5 14.17 13.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.35 10.2 11.35 10.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.17 3.6 8.17 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.20 2.4 10.20 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.37 6.8 12.39 6.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.30 2.9 16.42 3.5 15.72 1.0 1....................................................... 9.52 5.7 9.69 5.8 6.72 3.6 2....................................................... 11.79 3.4 11.58 3.4 14.39 8.1 3....................................................... 12.62 3.8 12.40 4.4 14.17 2.5 4....................................................... 15.10 3.0 15.21 3.6 14.61 1.8 5....................................................... 17.02 3.7 17.65 4.6 15.51 5.0 6....................................................... 18.89 8.5 19.29 10.6 17.73 5.6 7....................................................... 19.20 2.6 20.09 3.6 17.78 4.2 8....................................................... 25.27 5.0 25.36 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.77 11.8 19.77 11.8 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 25.82 10.8 26.09 11.5 22.98 8.8 Secretaries................................................. 17.97 5.6 18.41 6.7 16.28 4.1 3....................................................... 14.38 9.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.11 6.8 16.24 8.2 15.52 5.0 5....................................................... 17.31 6.2 18.54 4.4 15.46 11.9 6....................................................... 21.49 12.3 22.15 14.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.79 4.5 20.55 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.71 3.8 17.71 3.8 – – Interviewers................................................ 14.34 7.4 14.34 7.4 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.48 1.8 9.48 1.8 – – 3....................................................... $10.00 0.0 $10.00 0.0 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 18.01 .0 18.01 .0 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.91 3.9 10.92 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.94 3.0 10.94 3.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.25 9.6 15.25 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.83 7.8 15.83 7.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.55 7.6 – – $11.96 7.8 1....................................................... 6.67 3.8 – – 6.67 3.8 2....................................................... 11.89 2.8 – – 11.46 .2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.36 6.1 15.61 7.0 14.24 8.8 4....................................................... 15.12 6.7 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.46 4.1 14.53 4.7 14.02 4.8 4....................................................... 14.89 6.0 15.23 6.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 6.2 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.47 14.3 11.07 14.2 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.15 3.7 15.15 3.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.08 4.0 16.08 4.0 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 15.87 3.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 15.03 3.5 14.58 4.1 15.99 5.3 3....................................................... 14.01 4.5 12.29 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.03 3.1 15.48 3.7 17.09 3.4 5....................................................... 14.30 7.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.50 10.2 14.50 10.2 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.17 .3 10.17 .3 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.82 8.5 13.82 8.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.90 3.3 – – 13.67 1.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.71 5.5 15.84 6.4 14.84 4.6 3....................................................... 13.48 5.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.20 2.8 17.13 3.1 17.82 3.4 1....................................................... 10.56 7.5 10.50 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 13.73 14.8 13.88 16.4 12.47 5.0 3....................................................... 12.97 5.0 12.90 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.01 6.4 16.07 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.37 3.8 17.48 4.5 16.86 2.2 6....................................................... 18.62 4.7 18.91 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.35 4.1 22.85 4.1 19.79 4.9 8....................................................... 22.62 3.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.80 4.6 31.34 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.60 10.1 18.38 9.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 4.1 22.84 4.5 19.51 4.3 4....................................................... 14.89 11.7 14.89 11.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.93 7.6 18.28 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 20.92 4.0 20.82 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.91 4.3 23.62 4.2 19.89 4.9 9....................................................... $30.96 5.4 $31.85 5.6 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.12 9.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.94 7.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 5.7 18.03 7.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.92 5.5 27.67 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 24.71 6.3 25.96 5.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 4.8 14.79 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 11.18 8.1 11.18 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 15.41 7.6 15.41 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 7.4 14.73 7.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.63 1.7 16.63 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.21 4.5 16.21 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.08 8.6 20.08 8.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.48 11.5 19.61 12.3 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.12 12.1 10.12 12.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.53 15.4 10.53 15.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.74 11.2 15.74 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.74 13.4 14.74 13.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.95 4.5 15.73 5.6 $16.78 4.3 2....................................................... 9.99 15.4 8.73 19.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.33 8.4 11.90 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.81 9.5 17.93 10.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.46 2.7 17.45 3.9 17.48 3.1 6....................................................... 16.76 6.8 17.41 9.3 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.53 3.8 15.33 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.04 6.8 15.04 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.74 3.3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.94 15.8 – – 16.37 3.2 Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 14.64 12.8 – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 20.01 9.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20.05 9.0 20.05 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.24 5.7 11.81 5.4 17.15 18.9 1....................................................... 10.31 11.4 10.19 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.28 7.5 12.38 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 7.6 11.93 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 7.8 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.63 6.3 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 11.54 7.5 11.54 7.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.95 6.1 9.71 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 4.5 7.57 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.95 11.6 13.95 11.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.70 11.1 12.70 11.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.41 14.5 14.41 15.0 – – 1....................................................... $16.96 9.4 $17.23 9.4 – – Service............................................................. 12.24 3.1 9.89 3.5 $19.30 2.2 1....................................................... 8.67 3.4 8.53 3.6 11.28 2.5 2....................................................... 8.26 10.8 8.06 11.2 11.59 8.5 3....................................................... 9.75 2.7 9.00 2.9 12.65 2.1 4....................................................... 12.46 4.4 11.85 5.2 14.68 6.3 5....................................................... 17.63 4.4 17.20 10.8 17.95 2.2 6....................................................... 17.27 1.8 15.75 4.1 18.88 1.8 7....................................................... 22.83 2.8 – – 23.06 2.4 8....................................................... 19.46 4.6 – – 21.54 7.2 9....................................................... 24.49 13.4 – – 24.54 14.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.65 9.5 13.89 9.3 – – Protective service............................................ 18.66 6.5 10.34 9.8 22.61 3.5 1....................................................... 8.96 4.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.94 6.2 8.94 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 18.76 14.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.59 4.3 – – 17.86 3.1 6....................................................... 19.32 3.8 – – 19.93 .9 7....................................................... 23.26 2.3 – – 23.26 2.3 8....................................................... 21.34 6.3 – – 21.54 7.2 9....................................................... 24.54 14.8 – – 24.54 14.8 Firefighting................................................ 20.97 1.8 – – 20.97 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.19 2.7 – – 23.40 2.6 7....................................................... 24.49 2.3 – – 24.49 2.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.45 6.4 – – 20.45 6.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.10 1.6 – – 18.10 1.6 5....................................................... 17.86 1.1 – – 17.86 1.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.28 10.2 9.97 10.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 6.9 9.00 6.9 – – Food service.................................................. 8.87 5.4 8.80 5.6 11.39 1.4 1....................................................... 7.35 1.9 7.32 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.35 14.8 6.34 14.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.51 2.1 8.33 1.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.94 6.5 10.86 7.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.31 9.1 5.31 9.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.40 4.2 6.40 4.2 – – 2....................................................... 2.84 29.9 2.84 29.9 – – 3....................................................... 4.96 19.2 4.96 19.2 – – Bartenders.................................................. 7.96 15.3 7.96 15.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.70 7.5 4.70 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 3.05 30.4 3.05 30.4 – – 3....................................................... 4.38 17.8 4.38 17.8 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.14 18.8 6.14 18.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.95 10.2 7.95 10.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.22 4.6 11.21 4.8 11.39 1.4 1....................................................... $8.54 7.0 $8.50 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.95 3.2 8.95 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.38 2.8 11.33 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.59 3.8 – – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.53 8.4 16.53 8.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.53 2.8 11.53 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.85 3.6 11.88 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.59 3.8 – – – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.87 23.7 8.87 23.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.16 6.2 10.17 6.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.83 4.2 8.69 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.26 4.9 8.23 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.39 1.9 11.19 2.4 $13.14 4.1 2....................................................... 10.59 9.3 10.59 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 3.8 11.34 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.72 5.9 11.66 6.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.37 6.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.21 2.7 11.12 3.2 12.36 3.9 2....................................................... 10.47 10.1 10.46 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.50 2.2 11.34 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.65 6.6 11.59 6.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.25 5.5 9.81 6.7 12.83 2.9 1....................................................... 9.09 3.8 8.98 4.1 11.92 1.3 2....................................................... 10.45 8.9 9.98 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.67 6.1 – – 13.29 1.9 4....................................................... 13.10 4.9 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.08 14.7 10.08 14.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.97 12.7 9.97 12.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.91 4.6 9.29 8.2 12.59 1.4 1....................................................... 8.76 5.8 8.58 6.8 11.92 1.3 2....................................................... 10.72 10.3 10.16 14.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.28 4.9 – – 13.29 1.9 Personal service.............................................. 12.94 11.8 13.07 16.2 12.68 12.9 1....................................................... 9.54 8.6 – – 10.74 8.6 2....................................................... 9.89 6.7 9.68 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.14 17.4 – – 11.14 17.4 4....................................................... 12.00 3.8 12.38 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 26.52 19.7 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.78 7.5 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.58 1.8 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.13 4.7 10.95 2.6 – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $22.76 2.7 $22.23 3.3 $24.68 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 22.95 2.9 22.43 3.7 24.67 3.1 White collar........................................................ 26.64 2.3 26.32 2.7 27.77 3.5 1....................................................... 9.71 2.8 9.72 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.65 2.9 11.53 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.72 2.9 12.53 3.2 14.53 2.8 4....................................................... 14.63 3.2 14.50 3.7 15.43 3.4 5....................................................... 18.57 6.9 19.03 8.4 16.93 5.4 6....................................................... 19.75 4.4 19.93 4.9 18.76 5.6 7....................................................... 22.95 2.5 22.96 3.0 22.91 4.6 8....................................................... 25.73 3.5 25.26 2.3 27.03 10.2 9....................................................... 31.27 1.9 29.25 3.1 33.56 1.5 10........................................................ 31.33 5.0 31.59 5.8 30.13 5.6 11........................................................ 37.85 5.2 41.14 6.4 31.19 4.6 12........................................................ 45.90 3.9 47.01 3.9 35.03 10.1 13........................................................ 54.59 3.7 60.75 3.3 39.16 5.8 14........................................................ 47.54 16.1 57.16 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.64 6.9 28.26 7.3 35.44 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.43 2.4 27.31 3.0 27.79 3.6 2....................................................... 11.91 3.8 11.74 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.17 3.3 12.95 3.9 14.53 2.8 4....................................................... 14.93 3.6 14.82 4.4 15.43 3.4 5....................................................... 17.21 2.7 17.29 3.2 16.93 5.4 6....................................................... 19.50 5.7 19.69 6.8 18.76 5.6 7....................................................... 22.97 2.5 22.99 2.9 22.91 4.6 8....................................................... 26.22 3.8 25.86 2.6 27.07 10.3 9....................................................... 31.27 1.9 29.21 3.1 33.56 1.5 10........................................................ 29.69 5.0 29.57 6.2 30.13 5.6 11........................................................ 38.14 5.3 41.47 6.7 31.38 4.5 12........................................................ 45.90 3.9 47.01 3.9 35.03 10.1 13........................................................ 54.59 3.7 60.75 3.3 39.16 5.8 14........................................................ 47.54 16.1 57.16 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.56 3.3 28.13 3.3 35.44 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.50 3.1 31.61 4.3 31.25 2.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.25 1.9 33.62 2.6 32.48 3.0 5....................................................... 17.40 11.4 16.26 10.6 – – 6....................................................... 21.62 4.5 21.82 4.5 20.62 13.5 7....................................................... 25.83 3.5 25.20 3.6 27.17 10.3 8....................................................... 27.67 6.0 26.55 4.3 30.08 13.6 9....................................................... 32.70 2.3 29.66 4.7 35.21 .6 10........................................................ 29.65 8.9 28.51 12.6 32.77 5.2 11........................................................ 37.20 3.4 40.06 4.0 30.79 4.1 12........................................................ 46.36 4.3 47.90 4.0 31.86 15.1 13........................................................ 50.13 4.5 57.72 6.2 36.50 3.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... $31.90 4.9 $32.49 5.5 $27.79 10.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.77 8.4 37.55 9.2 31.46 7.4 11........................................................ 41.33 2.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.33 13.1 48.09 7.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 35.18 10.9 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.40 14.0 33.31 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.23 4.1 36.26 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.60 2.5 33.60 2.5 – – 10........................................................ 34.75 2.3 34.75 2.3 – – 11........................................................ 39.45 3.2 39.45 3.2 – – 12........................................................ 46.23 5.1 46.23 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.70 3.0 32.70 3.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.06 4.2 37.10 4.2 – – 9....................................................... 34.04 2.6 34.04 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 35.62 2.6 35.62 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 39.55 3.3 39.55 3.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.99 5.8 46.99 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.70 3.0 32.70 3.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 31.16 16.8 32.70 19.2 22.24 5.5 Health related................................................ 29.26 5.2 29.36 5.9 28.59 10.2 6....................................................... 23.56 4.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.15 7.8 24.50 7.5 20.78 12.2 8....................................................... 28.58 2.0 28.69 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.05 4.0 29.70 3.8 – – 10........................................................ 22.80 34.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.29 8.8 27.27 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.99 7.5 27.99 7.5 – – Physicians.................................................. 38.73 22.7 36.76 24.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.85 2.7 27.87 2.9 27.54 4.8 7....................................................... 24.16 8.2 24.26 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 28.66 2.0 28.69 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.25 3.8 29.49 4.1 – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 24.14 2.2 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.71 9.3 32.41 17.9 35.09 2.6 11........................................................ 32.27 2.1 – – 31.75 2.0 12........................................................ 34.76 16.7 – – – – 13........................................................ 37.42 2.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 37.14 1.3 – – 37.19 1.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.27 3.1 23.40 10.5 34.33 2.3 7....................................................... 37.03 4.6 – – 37.51 4.5 8....................................................... 32.01 12.6 – – 32.75 13.1 9....................................................... 35.10 1.4 – – 35.89 .2 11........................................................ 29.45 4.3 – – 29.73 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.77 1.8 – – 34.22 1.2 8....................................................... 32.15 9.6 – – 31.73 10.0 9....................................................... 34.91 2.8 – – 35.72 1.9 Secondary school teachers................................... $34.43 4.3 – – $34.82 4.1 8....................................................... 35.32 18.2 – – 35.32 18.2 9....................................................... 35.70 1.3 – – 36.04 1.0 Teachers, special education................................. 32.45 6.7 – – 33.73 5.4 9....................................................... 31.70 6.4 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 33.43 17.4 – – 37.99 6.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.16 7.7 – – 33.93 4.9 9....................................................... 33.81 9.9 – – 35.58 5.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.99 6.6 $25.22 9.4 24.64 8.6 9....................................................... 25.18 3.9 – – 24.21 9.8 11........................................................ 21.84 7.3 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 24.97 6.7 25.19 9.5 24.64 8.6 9....................................................... 25.18 3.9 – – 24.21 9.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.96 19.0 25.01 23.2 24.74 8.0 Economists.................................................. 25.00 22.1 25.00 22.1 – – Psychologists............................................... 24.33 24.0 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.89 10.6 22.46 10.7 21.49 16.1 7....................................................... 18.37 4.6 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 22.16 10.6 22.46 10.7 21.91 16.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ 60.31 7.8 – – 35.74 19.2 Lawyers..................................................... 61.81 5.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 32.34 4.6 32.84 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.58 7.6 – – – – 12........................................................ 46.17 8.1 46.17 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.00 8.6 – – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 31.65 5.6 31.65 5.6 – – Technical....................................................... 22.77 16.0 23.42 19.4 19.67 6.8 4....................................................... 13.77 12.1 12.93 11.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.61 6.1 16.70 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.36 8.4 17.40 9.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.09 3.6 22.50 3.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.83 4.8 22.77 3.5 20.90 7.8 9....................................................... 27.83 10.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.95 13.0 28.95 13.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.81 11.5 19.81 11.5 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.63 2.1 25.63 2.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.10 3.9 20.17 3.7 17.49 4.1 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.66 4.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.13 14.1 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 27.49 13.9 27.49 13.9 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.82 9.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.39 6.2 34.25 7.4 30.09 7.6 5....................................................... 17.73 6.6 17.87 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 19.57 9.5 19.05 12.2 – – 7....................................................... $22.16 3.4 $22.17 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 24.55 8.1 25.39 9.2 $22.15 16.6 9....................................................... 26.52 3.4 28.08 3.6 22.30 7.3 10........................................................ 29.58 4.3 30.53 4.7 – – 11........................................................ 34.58 9.1 36.02 12.5 32.50 12.1 12........................................................ 45.00 6.8 45.27 7.4 – – 13........................................................ 61.87 8.3 64.55 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 48.16 17.8 59.65 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.02 13.3 32.26 12.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.10 7.2 39.52 8.2 32.77 8.4 8....................................................... 27.59 9.9 27.46 11.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.32 5.5 28.04 5.7 – – 10........................................................ 30.54 5.0 30.76 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.84 10.0 41.52 9.1 32.42 12.5 12........................................................ 43.02 7.3 43.11 8.0 – – 13........................................................ 61.78 8.7 64.60 9.0 – – 14........................................................ 48.16 17.8 59.65 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.29 17.7 40.29 17.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.11 4.6 – – 27.11 4.6 Financial managers.......................................... 49.72 21.2 49.72 21.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 40.26 8.1 40.26 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.91 11.3 41.44 22.5 38.90 10.4 11........................................................ 35.45 10.5 – – 37.12 12.4 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.63 9.0 35.74 8.2 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 32.68 5.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 13.1 42.40 13.7 – – 11........................................................ 46.98 8.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 45.27 10.0 45.16 10.3 – – 14........................................................ 59.04 12.8 59.04 12.8 – – Management related............................................ 27.00 5.0 27.19 5.0 26.24 15.8 5....................................................... 16.92 5.7 16.92 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.60 5.7 17.65 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.35 1.8 23.34 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 20.80 5.8 21.27 3.3 20.23 12.5 9....................................................... 25.97 5.2 28.11 5.7 22.52 7.2 11........................................................ 32.39 13.4 32.29 14.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 28.68 8.8 26.87 5.9 33.73 19.7 9....................................................... 27.55 4.5 26.47 1.7 – – Other financial officers.................................... 35.83 21.7 36.60 23.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 25.94 14.5 25.94 14.5 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.51 18.4 24.89 21.6 – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 30.09 17.2 – – 22.06 11.6 Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.51 9.5 23.43 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.93 15.9 – – – – Sales............................................................. 20.14 5.5 20.07 5.6 – – 2....................................................... $11.10 4.3 $11.10 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.72 4.4 11.72 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.51 7.4 13.51 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.50 4.6 20.50 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 21.37 5.5 – – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 20.16 14.0 20.10 14.6 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 33.51 37.6 33.51 37.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.42 11.5 15.42 11.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.06 10.4 12.06 10.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.46 7.5 11.46 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.65 2.9 16.81 3.5 $15.92 1.3 2....................................................... 11.91 3.8 11.74 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.17 3.3 12.95 3.9 14.53 2.8 4....................................................... 15.23 3.0 15.32 3.7 14.84 2.1 5....................................................... 16.98 4.0 17.62 4.9 15.43 5.0 6....................................................... 18.89 8.5 19.29 10.6 17.72 5.7 7....................................................... 19.21 2.6 20.11 3.7 17.78 4.2 8....................................................... 25.27 5.0 25.36 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.81 11.9 19.81 11.9 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 25.85 10.8 26.09 11.5 23.22 8.0 Secretaries................................................. 18.01 6.1 18.49 7.3 16.28 4.1 3....................................................... 14.38 9.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.21 7.2 16.38 8.9 15.52 5.0 5....................................................... 17.01 6.6 18.31 5.2 15.46 11.9 6....................................................... 21.49 12.3 22.15 14.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.80 4.6 20.58 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.71 3.8 17.71 3.8 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.73 .7 9.73 .7 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.88 4.6 10.88 4.9 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.06 10.7 15.06 10.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.58 6.4 16.58 6.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.36 8.4 – – 15.16 8.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.38 6.2 15.61 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.16 6.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.61 4.0 14.71 4.6 14.02 4.8 4....................................................... 15.15 6.2 15.57 6.4 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 6.2 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.82 16.1 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 15.15 3.7 15.15 3.7 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.08 4.1 16.08 4.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.11 3.7 14.66 4.4 16.09 5.5 3....................................................... 14.69 3.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.05 3.1 15.48 3.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.30 7.2 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.14 .8 10.14 .8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. $12.68 2.9 – – $13.14 2.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.28 6.1 $16.54 7.1 14.84 4.6 Blue collar......................................................... 17.90 3.2 17.91 3.5 17.88 3.5 1....................................................... 11.74 8.0 11.72 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 15.55 18.1 16.04 20.7 12.47 5.0 3....................................................... 13.11 5.1 13.04 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.16 6.4 16.24 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.47 3.7 17.56 4.4 17.03 1.8 6....................................................... 18.63 4.8 18.93 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.35 4.1 22.85 4.1 19.79 4.9 8....................................................... 22.62 3.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.80 4.6 31.34 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.63 10.1 18.41 9.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 4.1 22.84 4.5 19.51 4.3 4....................................................... 14.89 11.7 14.89 11.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.93 7.6 18.28 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 20.92 4.0 20.82 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.91 4.3 23.62 4.2 19.89 4.9 9....................................................... 30.96 5.4 31.85 5.6 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.12 9.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.94 7.2 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.16 5.7 18.03 7.1 – – Electricians................................................ 26.92 5.5 27.67 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 24.71 6.3 25.96 5.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.91 5.1 14.91 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 11.18 8.1 11.18 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 15.41 7.6 15.41 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.18 8.4 15.18 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.63 1.7 16.63 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 16.21 4.5 16.21 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.08 8.6 20.08 8.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.61 12.3 19.61 12.3 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 10.12 12.1 10.12 12.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.53 15.4 10.53 15.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.74 11.2 15.74 11.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.74 13.4 14.74 13.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.68 4.3 16.63 5.3 16.84 4.3 2....................................................... 12.98 2.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.32 8.5 11.89 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.78 9.7 17.91 10.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.56 2.6 17.45 3.9 17.76 2.0 6....................................................... 16.77 6.9 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... $15.49 3.8 $15.28 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 6.6 14.92 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 17.74 3.3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.76 17.4 – – – – Motor transportation, n.e.c................................. 15.35 13.6 – – – – Operating engineers......................................... 20.01 9.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 20.05 9.0 20.05 9.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.38 6.9 12.95 6.9 $17.15 18.9 1....................................................... 12.47 13.8 12.53 15.6 – – 2....................................................... 13.16 8.1 13.33 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.15 8.2 12.15 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 7.8 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.63 6.3 – – – – Helpers, construction trades................................ 11.54 7.5 11.54 7.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.06 3.8 11.88 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.67 10.7 15.67 10.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.65 14.7 14.66 15.2 – – 1....................................................... 16.96 9.4 17.23 9.4 – – Service............................................................. 14.17 5.5 11.26 6.5 19.90 3.4 1....................................................... 9.68 9.7 9.51 10.1 11.80 1.9 2....................................................... 9.85 7.2 9.60 7.7 12.83 4.9 3....................................................... 10.71 4.6 9.85 5.1 13.21 2.2 4....................................................... 12.73 4.5 12.04 5.3 15.04 6.8 5....................................................... 17.59 4.1 16.76 11.3 18.16 2.2 6....................................................... 17.53 1.9 15.75 4.1 19.63 1.9 7....................................................... 22.83 2.8 – – 23.06 2.4 8....................................................... 19.46 4.6 – – 21.54 7.2 9....................................................... 24.49 13.4 – – 24.54 14.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.99 8.9 14.22 8.9 – – Protective service............................................ 19.81 5.1 10.41 7.0 22.74 4.0 4....................................................... 18.76 14.7 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.11 3.5 – – 17.86 3.1 6....................................................... 19.40 3.9 – – 20.06 .2 7....................................................... 23.26 2.3 – – 23.26 2.3 8....................................................... 21.34 6.3 – – 21.54 7.2 9....................................................... 24.54 14.8 – – 24.54 14.8 Firefighting................................................ 20.97 1.8 – – 20.97 1.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.24 2.6 – – 23.45 2.5 7....................................................... 24.49 2.3 – – 24.49 2.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.45 6.4 – – 20.45 6.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 18.10 1.6 – – 18.10 1.6 5....................................................... 17.86 1.1 – – 17.86 1.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.19 7.3 9.70 5.6 – – Food service.................................................. 10.69 6.0 10.66 6.1 – – 1....................................................... $8.31 13.3 $8.29 13.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.64 17.3 7.64 17.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.93 9.1 9.83 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.30 5.3 11.26 5.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.52 5.0 6.52 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.33 10.3 7.33 10.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.44 4.6 5.44 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.36 8.1 6.36 8.1 – – Other food service........................................... 12.29 5.0 12.32 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.41 13.4 9.38 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.69 2.9 11.66 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.59 3.8 – – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.53 8.4 16.53 8.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.75 2.5 11.75 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.24 3.9 12.25 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.59 3.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.79 5.6 9.68 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.17 5.9 9.13 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 11.49 1.5 11.28 1.8 $13.17 4.1 2....................................................... 10.78 8.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.92 4.1 11.39 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.87 6.1 11.80 6.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.37 6.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.30 2.0 11.21 2.5 12.40 4.0 3....................................................... 11.57 2.5 11.39 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.79 6.7 11.72 6.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.89 10.9 11.57 14.6 12.84 2.9 1....................................................... 10.33 9.4 10.18 10.1 11.97 1.4 2....................................................... 11.40 11.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.13 5.8 – – 13.29 1.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.11 15.4 10.11 15.4 – – 1....................................................... 10.00 13.6 10.00 13.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.39 5.8 12.23 11.5 12.61 1.4 1....................................................... 10.75 8.8 10.48 12.6 11.97 1.4 2....................................................... 12.24 9.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.91 2.4 – – 13.29 1.9 Personal service.............................................. $14.71 14.2 $14.27 18.9 $15.81 21.2 1....................................................... 9.63 11.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.23 11.9 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.90 4.6 11.37 1.2 – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $10.85 3.8 $10.37 4.1 $17.44 10.6 All excluding sales............................................... 10.89 4.0 10.33 4.2 17.64 11.2 White collar........................................................ 16.19 5.5 15.39 5.8 22.61 8.5 1....................................................... 7.81 3.6 7.89 3.8 6.67 3.8 2....................................................... 9.03 5.1 8.82 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 7.8 11.81 8.3 11.83 8.9 4....................................................... 12.24 6.0 12.33 6.4 10.67 19.1 5....................................................... 16.28 8.4 16.41 10.6 15.78 8.6 6....................................................... 19.69 6.9 – – 14.60 5.8 7....................................................... 22.47 9.2 23.61 8.4 15.24 21.6 8....................................................... 28.78 4.6 28.40 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 31.72 3.1 31.45 5.0 32.11 3.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.04 22.6 23.32 27.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.68 4.3 18.95 4.9 23.26 8.7 1....................................................... 7.46 8.5 – – 6.67 3.8 2....................................................... 10.93 6.2 10.31 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.53 8.0 10.42 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.88 9.0 13.12 9.8 10.67 19.1 5....................................................... 17.61 4.7 18.28 3.8 15.78 8.6 6....................................................... 19.69 6.9 – – 14.60 5.8 7....................................................... 22.47 9.2 23.61 8.4 15.24 21.6 8....................................................... 28.78 4.6 28.40 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 31.72 3.1 31.45 5.0 32.11 3.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.33 14.0 31.92 16.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.18 5.8 25.35 6.5 29.58 10.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.87 4.2 29.90 4.4 29.79 10.3 7....................................................... 22.05 9.7 23.28 8.7 – – 8....................................................... 30.73 3.3 30.39 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.72 3.1 31.45 5.0 32.11 3.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.30 13.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.60 2.9 29.29 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 24.69 8.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 29.86 2.0 29.34 1.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.49 2.5 28.54 2.6 – – 8....................................................... 29.30 1.3 29.34 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 47.31 21.8 40.37 37.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.77 9.4 26.86 32.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.94 8.5 – – 17.69 8.0 Librarians.................................................. 18.94 8.5 – – 17.69 8.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $17.23 15.2 $17.21 15.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.51 3.4 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.65 11.9 10.63 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.37 3.3 8.37 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.39 5.3 11.39 5.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.23 15.0 11.22 15.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.21 4.9 12.11 5.5 $12.81 10.6 1....................................................... 7.46 8.5 – – 6.67 3.8 2....................................................... 10.93 6.2 10.31 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.52 9.0 10.39 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.35 5.8 13.79 5.1 10.67 19.1 5....................................................... 17.60 5.3 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 17.19 12.2 17.19 12.2 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.00 7.7 11.01 7.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.62 6.5 – – 9.62 6.5 1....................................................... 6.67 3.8 – – 6.67 3.8 General office clerks....................................... 13.59 8.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.89 9.2 11.89 9.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.28 6.1 8.06 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.70 3.9 7.70 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.31 8.6 7.31 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.43 19.5 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.18 18.3 7.62 16.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.09 3.0 8.09 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.79 3.2 7.79 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.66 7.0 8.66 7.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.85 4.2 7.85 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 4.5 7.57 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.15 13.0 9.15 13.0 – – Service............................................................. 7.70 2.2 7.62 2.3 9.15 3.7 1....................................................... 7.66 3.7 7.61 3.9 9.61 2.6 2....................................................... 6.63 11.0 6.55 11.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.39 4.3 7.28 4.3 8.56 12.7 4....................................................... 10.34 8.8 10.61 8.9 – – Protective service............................................ $10.38 18.8 $10.23 20.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.46 6.8 8.46 6.8 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.45 22.2 10.45 22.2 – – Food service.................................................. 5.96 4.8 5.87 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 6.22 7.4 6.20 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 5.67 11.0 5.66 11.1 – – 3....................................................... 5.95 10.3 5.57 9.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.41 14.6 4.41 14.6 – – 2....................................................... 2.84 32.3 2.84 32.3 – – 3....................................................... 4.44 18.6 4.44 18.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.15 13.5 4.15 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 3.82 14.9 3.82 14.9 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 4.58 28.9 4.58 28.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.20 2.1 8.08 1.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 6.8 7.32 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.34 1.6 8.34 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.91 5.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.95 3.1 7.78 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.28 7.2 7.28 7.2 – – Health service................................................ 10.63 6.4 10.62 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.63 6.4 10.62 6.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.08 2.0 8.08 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.03 2.4 8.03 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.03 2.3 8.03 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.99 2.5 7.99 2.5 – – Personal service.............................................. $8.82 5.0 $9.43 6.6 $8.07 5.8 2....................................................... 8.90 5.7 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.78 7.5 – – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $22.76 $10.85 $21.54 $21.28 $21.32 $21.73 All excluding sales............................................. 22.95 10.89 21.91 21.52 21.68 18.59 White collar........................................................ 26.64 16.19 27.80 25.60 25.97 23.76 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.43 19.68 30.19 26.60 27.13 18.15 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.50 26.18 34.71 30.50 31.23 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.25 29.87 33.82 32.93 33.10 – Technical....................................................... 22.77 17.23 42.94 20.07 22.30 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.39 – 20.87 33.88 33.24 – Sales............................................................. 20.14 10.65 – 18.47 15.71 25.43 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.65 12.21 16.52 16.28 16.37 14.09 Blue collar......................................................... 17.90 8.28 19.64 15.81 17.03 19.24 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.46 – 24.11 21.21 22.03 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.91 – 18.34 13.62 15.15 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.68 8.18 17.13 15.15 15.46 22.74 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.38 8.09 14.21 11.36 12.23 12.37 Service............................................................. 14.17 7.70 15.61 10.97 12.24 – 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....................................................... 2.7 3.8 5.6 2.8 2.1 10.9 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 4.0 5.4 3.0 2.4 12.7 White collar........................................................ 2.3 5.5 8.4 2.4 2.4 11.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 4.3 5.2 2.2 2.3 13.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 5.8 5.7 2.5 3.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 1.9 4.2 1.4 2.2 1.9 – Technical....................................................... 16.0 15.2 42.9 6.0 15.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.2 – 5.0 6.4 6.2 – Sales............................................................. 5.5 11.9 – 7.2 13.1 11.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 4.9 2.8 3.2 3.0 7.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 6.1 5.9 3.1 2.5 17.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 – 5.3 3.4 3.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 – 6.1 4.7 4.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 18.3 7.8 4.0 4.6 3.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.9 3.0 13.1 6.2 5.9 8.3 Service............................................................. 5.5 2.2 6.3 4.4 3.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $20.57 - - - - - $23.18 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.84 - - - - - 23.63 - - - White collar........................................................ 25.42 - - - - - 23.28 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.84 - - - - - 24.03 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.25 - - - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 33.45 - - - - - 33.06 - - - Technical....................................................... 22.80 - - - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.18 - - - - - 36.41 - - - Sales............................................................. 18.01 - - - - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.42 - - - - - 16.57 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.13 - - - - - 23.15 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.84 - - - - - 25.94 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.73 - - - - - 20.62 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.81 - - - - - 18.18 - - - Service............................................................. 9.89 - - - - - – - - - 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....................................................... 2.7 - - - - - 13.7 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 - - - - - 15.0 - - - White collar........................................................ 2.8 - - - - - 20.9 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 - - - - - 24.3 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 - - - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 - - - - - 7.8 - - - Technical....................................................... 18.9 - - - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 - - - - - 3.8 - - - Sales............................................................. 5.3 - - - - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 - - - - - 6.4 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 - - - - - 3.8 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 - - - - - 3.7 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 - - - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 - - - - - 4.3 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 - - - - - 3.3 - - - Service............................................................. 3.5 - - - - - – - - - 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $20.57 $18.69 $21.09 $19.18 $23.76 All excluding sales............................................. 20.84 18.67 21.41 19.34 24.01 White collar........................................................ 25.42 23.90 25.77 23.92 27.72 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.84 25.45 27.13 25.79 28.25 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.25 30.72 31.32 29.89 32.47 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.45 33.66 33.42 33.12 33.66 Technical....................................................... 22.80 20.28 23.16 17.73 27.73 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.18 34.17 34.19 30.00 37.59 Sales............................................................. 18.01 18.84 17.69 18.10 15.08 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16.42 15.40 16.69 17.46 15.99 Blue collar......................................................... 17.13 17.45 17.01 16.58 18.27 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.84 23.99 22.32 22.01 23.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 14.16 15.00 13.71 17.26 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.73 15.71 15.74 15.92 14.43 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.81 10.06 12.49 11.50 14.87 Service............................................................. 9.89 7.93 10.49 10.17 11.05 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....................................................... 2.7 6.1 2.9 7.0 5.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 5.4 3.4 8.7 5.2 White collar........................................................ 2.8 5.6 3.3 5.7 5.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 4.7 3.3 6.7 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.3 4.4 4.9 7.4 4.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 2.5 5.9 2.4 3.2 3.7 Technical....................................................... 18.9 9.8 22.2 14.3 19.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 4.0 9.6 9.5 11.5 Sales............................................................. 5.3 22.0 12.6 12.4 16.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.5 7.6 2.9 7.6 2.7 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 10.5 3.0 3.7 6.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 8.7 2.8 2.5 5.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.8 11.5 6.2 2.8 13.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.6 7.6 7.0 8.5 22.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.4 3.6 7.0 6.9 12.1 Service............................................................. 3.5 9.3 2.8 2.2 6.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $12.00 $17.99 $26.98 $38.27 All excluding sales........................... 8.60 12.06 18.40 27.38 38.53 White collar.................................... 11.07 15.58 22.36 32.68 44.76 White collar excluding sales................ 12.46 16.83 23.89 34.00 45.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.91 22.07 28.85 37.54 47.72 Professional specialty...................... 19.60 24.40 31.04 40.04 48.95 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.12 26.20 34.80 44.00 53.61 Civil engineers......................... 22.12 24.00 30.38 44.17 57.69 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.00 29.59 38.82 44.12 48.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.50 21.55 28.38 43.75 45.91 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.80 28.84 36.06 43.47 49.85 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.74 29.52 36.75 44.27 50.25 Natural scientists........................ 17.31 19.60 26.10 35.66 60.10 Health related............................ 19.02 22.12 28.00 32.69 36.57 Physicians.............................. 10.00 10.00 21.87 61.48 87.18 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 24.28 28.66 32.00 35.04 Speech therapists....................... 21.42 22.12 30.72 40.23 46.27 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 17.15 19.93 23.84 27.31 31.82 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 23.23 32.23 41.13 48.38 Social science teachers, n.e.c.......... 28.75 35.43 42.36 44.74 56.60 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.50 31.30 36.06 42.61 46.22 Teachers, except college and university... 22.86 25.69 31.28 40.87 48.00 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 14.08 20.39 23.89 30.45 40.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.14 26.09 31.28 40.83 47.35 Secondary school teachers............... 24.14 26.41 32.42 41.26 48.99 Teachers, special education............. 23.19 26.41 28.73 38.31 46.78 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.58 23.15 32.13 44.38 49.22 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.55 21.61 29.27 41.25 45.59 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.23 19.45 24.00 29.72 32.72 Librarians.............................. 17.23 19.45 24.00 29.72 32.72 Social scientists and urban planners...... 13.24 18.55 21.88 29.90 42.74 Economists.............................. 13.60 18.40 21.88 29.90 45.72 Psychologists........................... 11.02 11.02 21.31 27.30 45.03 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.28 16.72 19.97 25.27 29.38 Social workers.......................... 16.28 17.32 20.40 25.27 30.16 Lawyers and judges........................ 39.16 51.92 60.10 66.67 76.92 Lawyers................................. 47.04 51.92 60.10 66.67 76.92 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 19.23 23.92 31.11 40.04 46.92 Editors and reporters................... 19.74 28.08 33.50 36.06 38.72 Technical................................... 10.16 15.07 19.57 23.76 29.98 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.73 14.28 17.00 24.12 32.92 Radiological technicians................ 21.94 22.77 26.00 27.88 30.20 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.42 17.99 19.58 21.22 22.56 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 14.77 22.36 23.29 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.24 22.31 28.76 35.34 36.06 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.67 17.50 19.20 20.32 26.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... $17.53 $21.37 $29.64 $40.45 $54.55 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.27 26.44 35.19 48.83 57.53 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.42 21.26 28.54 32.62 39.21 Financial managers...................... 25.34 31.82 33.65 73.41 89.57 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.08 29.92 34.62 50.48 62.40 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.08 27.27 37.59 46.69 57.69 Managers, medicine and health........... 23.03 26.92 31.21 39.85 52.89 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 20.27 21.10 38.46 39.41 39.41 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.37 30.70 39.33 53.73 64.51 Management related........................ 16.30 19.23 23.39 30.83 40.45 Accountants and auditors................ 17.78 21.20 26.92 29.76 35.34 Other financial officers................ 16.89 21.40 23.56 39.62 66.44 Management analysts..................... 19.28 19.58 24.66 30.78 40.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.39 17.17 19.23 25.46 32.45 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 15.59 22.99 27.40 40.45 40.45 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.19 17.06 19.37 27.45 33.70 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.30 13.23 20.63 29.81 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 10.30 21.45 28.20 29.81 Sales, other business services.......... 12.40 13.00 21.15 73.48 73.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.20 9.03 13.22 19.47 19.47 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.50 11.10 13.10 16.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.36 15.38 18.84 24.08 Supervisors, general office............. 16.94 22.25 25.35 34.00 34.00 Secretaries............................. 12.02 14.44 17.17 20.19 25.00 Interviewers............................ 10.97 12.68 14.51 16.38 17.50 Hotel clerks............................ 7.75 8.00 9.27 10.19 12.00 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 11.98 13.94 20.00 20.88 21.59 Receptionists........................... 9.86 10.00 10.00 11.45 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.55 12.54 14.36 18.00 21.83 Order clerks............................ 9.50 14.42 15.60 18.34 21.85 Library clerks.......................... 6.58 8.85 12.00 15.38 19.88 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.97 12.54 15.20 17.79 20.01 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.06 12.50 13.78 16.42 18.09 Dispatchers............................. 12.34 14.27 16.31 17.12 18.97 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.43 8.89 10.61 10.91 17.64 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.07 13.49 15.11 16.83 18.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.71 14.57 16.36 17.58 18.80 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 11.85 14.42 16.59 17.54 17.54 General office clerks................... 10.85 12.67 14.43 16.66 20.68 Bank tellers............................ $9.04 $9.32 $10.00 $10.74 $11.75 Data entry keyers....................... 10.00 11.50 12.25 18.48 18.48 Teachers' aides......................... 9.81 10.35 11.56 15.09 17.62 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.38 12.22 15.04 18.51 22.24 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 12.00 15.80 21.91 27.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.63 17.35 22.50 27.14 30.03 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.84 18.75 25.16 27.25 35.09 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.47 16.00 21.00 23.47 23.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.00 14.90 18.00 21.99 25.32 Electricians............................ 19.36 26.40 29.15 29.15 31.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.15 11.80 12.72 17.00 23.34 Printing press operators................ 15.19 15.73 19.85 22.88 25.82 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.21 8.10 8.75 13.00 13.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.87 12.20 14.23 17.80 25.59 Assemblers.............................. 11.80 11.80 12.72 13.40 26.26 Transportation and material moving............ 7.64 12.65 15.49 20.31 23.18 Truck drivers........................... 11.70 13.50 15.50 17.05 20.36 Bus drivers............................. 7.64 7.85 14.48 17.28 19.69 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 10.77 11.47 12.93 17.28 20.36 Operating engineers..................... 12.00 16.86 20.00 23.62 26.13 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.29 15.30 20.36 26.20 26.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.00 10.92 13.27 19.25 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.68 9.79 13.86 16.92 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.83 10.00 10.80 11.85 14.81 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 8.00 10.16 12.40 12.80 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 10.00 13.50 18.09 20.79 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.83 11.00 11.80 16.83 24.99 Service......................................... 6.40 8.00 10.42 14.46 21.60 Protective service........................ 8.00 10.75 18.14 24.14 28.99 Firefighting............................ 14.84 18.16 21.20 23.27 26.59 Police and detectives, public service... 16.16 18.66 23.53 26.87 29.09 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.30 14.86 18.86 20.97 52.50 Correctional institution officers....... 14.71 15.31 18.35 20.44 21.45 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.63 14.48 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.83 8.50 11.60 14.70 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.75 7.17 10.35 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 6.00 7.00 10.58 14.23 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.97 8.49 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.28 10.35 Other food service....................... $7.00 $8.45 $10.51 $13.31 $16.11 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.40 14.71 16.30 18.75 25.00 Cooks................................... 8.50 10.00 11.25 13.00 15.00 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 4.00 5.90 8.25 13.57 13.57 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.05 8.82 9.79 11.85 12.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.00 8.00 10.27 12.02 Health service............................ 9.00 10.00 11.09 12.78 13.94 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.50 12.34 13.85 14.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.78 10.87 12.55 13.59 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.85 9.03 12.01 14.49 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.16 9.50 13.32 13.46 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.55 7.67 8.50 12.01 14.18 Personal service.......................... 7.00 8.50 11.10 14.30 20.61 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.00 6.90 8.00 8.83 9.50 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.50 8.50 11.50 14.72 14.77 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.11 9.54 11.10 12.90 14.00 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $11.01 $16.89 $26.20 $37.16 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 11.25 17.29 26.87 37.66 White collar.................................... 10.58 14.75 21.63 32.00 44.57 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 16.36 23.08 33.65 45.43 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.25 21.63 28.85 37.12 48.08 Professional specialty...................... 19.41 24.00 31.25 40.06 49.91 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.15 26.20 37.42 44.00 57.69 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.00 29.59 38.82 44.12 48.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.50 21.05 33.61 43.75 45.25 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.80 28.85 36.06 43.47 49.85 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.74 29.52 36.75 44.27 50.25 Natural scientists........................ 17.72 19.60 27.98 38.82 60.10 Health related............................ 19.41 22.66 28.36 32.68 36.00 Physicians.............................. 10.00 10.00 19.98 55.49 87.18 Registered nurses....................... 21.00 24.36 28.81 32.00 35.04 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.50 20.00 27.07 39.21 55.87 Teachers, except college and university... 10.58 16.77 24.15 30.12 31.28 Secondary school teachers............... 16.06 16.06 30.95 32.42 33.75 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.58 10.58 10.58 16.00 26.48 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.39 19.71 24.08 32.72 32.72 Librarians.............................. 17.39 19.71 24.08 32.72 32.72 Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.83 14.14 21.88 29.90 45.72 Economists.............................. 13.60 18.40 21.88 29.90 45.72 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.28 18.64 23.82 25.27 25.58 Social workers.......................... 16.28 18.64 23.82 25.27 25.58 Lawyers and judges........................ 51.92 57.69 63.46 71.15 82.05 Lawyers................................. 51.92 57.69 63.46 71.15 82.05 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 19.23 23.92 31.25 40.04 47.54 Editors and reporters................... 19.74 28.08 33.50 36.06 38.72 Technical................................... 10.00 14.28 19.95 24.58 30.96 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.73 14.28 17.00 24.12 32.92 Radiological technicians................ 21.94 22.77 26.00 27.88 30.20 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.37 18.91 20.68 21.93 22.70 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.24 22.31 28.76 35.34 36.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.78 21.64 30.29 40.87 55.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.27 26.92 35.24 50.87 60.85 Financial managers...................... 25.34 31.82 33.65 73.41 89.57 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.08 29.92 34.62 50.48 62.40 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.15 24.65 30.09 57.54 87.48 Managers, medicine and health........... 26.92 26.92 31.21 39.85 52.89 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.37 30.54 38.85 54.55 67.31 Management related........................ $16.55 $19.28 $23.56 $32.11 $40.45 Accountants and auditors................ 17.78 21.20 27.88 28.85 33.65 Other financial officers................ 16.89 21.40 23.56 42.78 67.36 Management analysts..................... 19.28 19.58 24.66 30.78 40.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.39 15.39 19.23 31.15 52.89 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.39 17.29 20.19 29.90 36.68 Sales......................................... 8.00 10.27 13.20 20.19 29.81 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 10.30 21.45 29.81 29.81 Sales, other business services.......... 12.40 13.00 21.15 73.48 73.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.20 9.03 13.22 19.47 19.47 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.50 11.07 13.10 16.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 12.05 15.45 19.23 24.62 Supervisors, general office............. 16.94 22.25 25.55 34.00 34.00 Secretaries............................. 12.00 14.80 17.73 20.63 26.13 Interviewers............................ 10.97 12.68 14.51 16.38 17.50 Hotel clerks............................ 7.75 8.00 9.27 10.19 12.00 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 11.98 13.94 20.00 20.88 21.59 Receptionists........................... 9.86 10.00 10.00 11.50 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.55 12.54 14.36 18.00 21.83 Order clerks............................ 9.50 14.42 15.60 18.34 21.85 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.86 13.00 15.96 18.46 20.64 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.25 12.50 13.78 16.42 18.09 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.41 8.74 10.61 10.61 17.64 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.07 13.49 15.11 16.83 18.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.71 14.57 16.36 17.58 18.80 General office clerks................... 10.80 11.78 14.41 16.00 20.53 Bank tellers............................ 9.04 9.32 10.00 10.74 11.75 Data entry keyers....................... 10.00 11.50 12.25 18.48 18.48 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.15 12.08 15.04 18.87 22.40 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.80 15.60 22.00 27.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.70 17.68 23.00 27.14 30.03 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.54 15.00 17.66 20.50 25.38 Electricians............................ 20.00 26.90 29.15 29.15 31.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.05 11.80 12.72 17.00 23.34 Printing press operators................ 15.19 16.38 19.92 22.88 25.87 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.21 8.10 8.75 13.00 13.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.87 12.20 14.23 17.80 25.59 Assemblers.............................. $11.80 $11.80 $12.72 $13.40 $26.26 Transportation and material moving............ 7.20 12.29 15.49 20.36 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 11.65 13.25 15.27 17.05 20.36 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.29 15.30 20.36 26.20 26.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.83 10.80 12.80 17.34 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.83 10.00 10.80 11.85 14.81 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 7.75 9.29 12.25 12.80 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 10.00 13.50 18.09 20.79 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.83 10.92 11.80 16.83 24.99 Service......................................... 5.83 7.50 9.18 12.00 14.23 Protective service........................ 7.69 8.00 9.00 10.65 13.89 Guards and police, except public service 7.69 8.00 8.75 10.14 13.57 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.83 8.40 11.50 14.70 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.75 7.17 10.35 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 6.00 7.00 10.58 14.23 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 4.00 5.97 8.49 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.28 10.35 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.25 10.50 13.31 16.30 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.40 14.71 16.30 18.75 25.00 Cooks................................... 8.50 10.00 11.14 13.00 15.00 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 4.00 5.90 8.25 13.57 13.57 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.06 8.82 10.00 11.85 12.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.00 8.00 10.27 12.00 Health service............................ 9.00 9.83 10.82 12.50 13.59 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.75 10.76 12.49 13.63 Cleaning and building service............. 6.85 7.50 8.50 12.01 13.57 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.16 9.50 13.32 13.46 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.25 8.20 10.00 12.13 Personal service.......................... 7.11 8.50 10.87 13.00 18.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.11 9.67 11.10 12.90 13.07 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.59 $16.05 $21.94 $29.72 $41.20 All excluding sales........................... 12.60 16.05 21.93 29.76 41.20 White collar.................................... 14.51 17.54 25.45 34.59 45.67 White collar excluding sales................ 14.54 17.54 25.45 34.67 45.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.97 23.37 28.99 38.40 47.21 Professional specialty...................... 20.60 24.89 30.37 39.86 47.67 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.27 25.61 28.67 31.95 44.17 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ 16.30 17.36 20.94 26.00 31.25 Health related............................ 17.32 20.64 24.65 33.22 49.29 Registered nurses....................... 22.07 23.83 27.46 32.04 33.22 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.47 28.68 34.06 42.61 48.38 Other post-secondary teachers........... 27.39 30.39 36.10 44.16 47.37 Teachers, except college and university... 23.63 26.28 32.49 41.47 48.40 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.34 26.13 32.33 41.05 47.90 Secondary school teachers............... 24.49 26.41 33.00 41.33 49.22 Teachers, special education............. 25.43 26.41 30.57 39.84 48.00 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.15 29.60 35.38 46.98 49.79 Vocational and educational counselors... 21.61 26.13 32.55 42.90 47.49 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.61 19.20 21.55 28.27 34.71 Librarians.............................. 15.61 19.20 21.55 28.27 34.71 Social scientists and urban planners...... 21.31 21.31 21.84 28.67 32.29 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.09 16.69 18.12 24.52 34.05 Social workers.......................... 16.69 16.72 19.35 27.85 34.65 Lawyers and judges........................ 18.05 25.57 27.12 47.04 50.61 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.67 16.86 19.20 20.71 25.51 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.02 16.41 17.32 19.58 19.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.13 20.19 27.10 37.48 47.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.58 21.67 30.72 41.70 48.83 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.42 21.26 28.54 32.62 39.21 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.44 31.48 41.78 46.69 49.44 Management related........................ 16.15 18.27 22.28 27.96 34.86 Accountants and auditors................ 20.58 22.80 25.12 34.86 71.16 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 14.04 15.80 24.25 27.40 27.40 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.23 13.20 15.31 17.38 21.00 Supervisors, general office............. $14.04 $18.70 $25.18 $26.16 $29.40 Secretaries............................. 12.17 13.48 15.12 18.06 22.65 Library clerks.......................... 6.24 8.85 11.45 14.98 17.41 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.28 12.19 15.13 16.35 16.35 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.42 12.70 13.78 16.36 17.24 General office clerks................... 12.36 13.60 15.10 17.66 22.59 Teachers' aides......................... 10.11 11.23 13.47 15.50 18.60 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.22 13.67 15.38 16.20 16.20 Blue collar..................................... 11.77 13.71 16.86 21.91 25.16 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.51 15.11 18.86 24.33 25.37 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.77 13.64 16.06 20.18 22.73 Bus drivers............................. 12.86 14.18 16.06 18.41 20.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 10.73 11.36 13.27 24.97 28.51 Service......................................... 10.92 13.51 18.14 23.60 28.95 Protective service........................ 15.01 17.35 21.60 26.61 31.55 Firefighting............................ 14.84 18.16 21.20 23.27 26.59 Police and detectives, public service... 16.30 18.69 23.85 26.94 29.09 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.30 14.86 18.86 20.97 52.50 Correctional institution officers....... 14.71 15.31 18.35 20.44 21.45 Food service.............................. 9.03 10.96 11.38 11.89 12.69 Other food service....................... 9.03 10.96 11.38 11.89 12.69 Health service............................ 10.81 12.08 13.27 14.18 14.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.78 11.27 12.67 13.27 13.27 Cleaning and building service............. 10.01 11.03 11.96 14.10 17.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.95 11.00 11.86 13.74 16.33 Personal service.......................... 6.18 8.28 11.58 15.70 21.14 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.22 $13.31 $19.47 $28.43 $39.85 All excluding sales........................... 10.35 13.53 19.68 28.76 40.01 White collar.................................... 12.00 16.35 23.08 33.50 45.43 White collar excluding sales................ 12.94 17.04 24.28 34.34 45.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.05 22.12 28.93 38.22 48.07 Professional specialty...................... 19.60 24.40 31.18 40.50 49.14 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.64 26.44 35.58 44.00 54.81 Civil engineers......................... 22.12 24.00 30.38 44.17 57.69 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.50 21.55 28.38 43.75 45.91 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 23.80 28.61 35.83 43.47 49.90 Computer systems analysts and scientists 24.74 29.41 36.75 44.29 50.26 Natural scientists........................ 17.31 19.60 26.10 35.66 60.10 Health related............................ 18.21 21.75 27.62 32.53 37.51 Physicians.............................. 10.00 10.00 21.80 59.76 87.18 Registered nurses....................... 20.50 24.40 28.12 31.87 35.14 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 17.10 20.11 23.84 27.40 32.23 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 23.23 32.23 40.71 48.30 Other post-secondary teachers........... 28.98 32.23 36.06 42.61 46.22 Teachers, except college and university... 22.86 25.69 31.28 40.87 48.07 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.14 26.09 31.28 40.83 47.35 Secondary school teachers............... 24.14 26.41 32.42 41.05 48.99 Teachers, special education............. 23.19 26.41 28.73 38.31 46.78 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.58 24.33 34.10 45.86 49.74 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.55 21.61 29.27 41.25 45.59 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.39 19.71 24.08 30.58 32.72 Librarians.............................. 17.39 19.71 24.08 30.58 32.72 Social scientists and urban planners...... 13.24 18.46 21.88 29.90 42.74 Economists.............................. 13.60 18.40 21.88 29.90 45.72 Psychologists........................... 11.02 11.02 21.31 27.30 45.03 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.28 16.72 19.97 25.27 29.38 Social workers.......................... 16.28 17.19 20.09 25.27 30.04 Lawyers and judges........................ 47.04 51.92 60.10 69.23 79.49 Lawyers................................. 48.08 52.38 61.01 70.77 79.49 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 19.23 23.92 31.11 40.04 46.92 Editors and reporters................... 19.74 28.08 33.50 36.06 38.72 Technical................................... 10.26 15.24 19.58 24.50 30.78 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.73 14.21 16.97 23.76 32.92 Radiological technicians................ 21.94 22.77 26.00 27.14 30.20 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.06 17.32 19.10 20.78 22.08 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.16 16.14 23.00 24.57 Electrical and electronic technicians... 15.24 22.31 28.76 35.34 36.06 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.67 17.50 19.20 20.32 26.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.49 21.37 29.74 40.45 54.55 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.27 26.44 35.19 48.83 57.53 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... $19.42 $20.87 $28.54 $32.62 $39.90 Financial managers...................... 25.34 31.82 33.65 73.41 89.57 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 23.08 29.92 34.62 50.48 62.40 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.08 27.27 37.59 46.69 57.69 Managers, medicine and health........... 23.03 26.92 31.21 39.85 52.89 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 20.27 21.10 38.46 39.41 39.41 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.37 30.70 39.33 53.73 64.51 Management related........................ 16.25 19.23 23.39 31.25 40.45 Accountants and auditors................ 17.78 21.20 26.92 29.76 35.34 Other financial officers................ 16.89 21.40 23.56 39.62 66.44 Management analysts..................... 19.28 19.58 24.66 30.78 40.10 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.39 17.17 19.23 25.96 32.45 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 15.59 22.99 27.40 40.45 40.45 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.19 17.06 19.37 27.45 33.70 Sales......................................... 9.00 11.30 16.00 22.25 36.36 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.30 10.30 21.45 28.20 29.81 Sales, other business services.......... 12.40 13.00 21.15 73.48 73.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.88 10.30 16.51 19.47 20.23 Cashiers................................ 7.95 9.30 11.07 12.31 16.98 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.66 12.59 15.71 19.10 24.62 Supervisors, general office............. 16.94 22.25 25.35 34.00 34.00 Secretaries............................. 12.02 14.44 17.07 20.41 25.21 Hotel clerks............................ 8.00 8.00 10.00 10.66 12.04 Receptionists........................... 9.67 10.00 10.00 11.35 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.54 12.17 14.25 18.13 21.83 Order clerks............................ 12.00 14.42 15.83 18.69 22.21 Library clerks.......................... 11.15 12.09 13.85 17.39 22.16 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.97 12.50 15.34 17.79 20.01 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.50 12.50 14.14 16.46 18.09 Dispatchers............................. 12.34 14.27 16.31 17.12 18.97 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.55 9.00 10.61 16.50 17.64 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.07 13.49 15.11 16.83 18.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 12.93 14.57 16.36 17.58 18.80 General office clerks................... 10.85 12.66 14.62 16.73 20.80 Bank tellers............................ 9.05 9.38 10.00 10.74 11.44 Teachers' aides......................... 9.50 10.55 11.37 14.72 16.71 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.80 12.77 16.20 18.87 22.40 Blue collar..................................... 10.56 12.60 16.50 22.97 27.14 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.63 17.35 22.50 27.14 30.03 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... $17.84 $18.75 $25.16 $27.25 $35.09 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.47 16.00 21.00 23.47 23.90 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.00 14.90 18.00 21.99 25.32 Electricians............................ 19.36 26.40 29.15 29.15 31.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 11.80 13.00 17.30 23.34 Printing press operators................ 15.19 16.38 19.92 22.88 25.87 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.21 8.10 8.75 13.00 13.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.87 12.20 14.23 17.80 25.59 Assemblers.............................. 11.80 11.80 12.72 13.40 26.26 Transportation and material moving............ 10.98 13.30 16.22 20.36 23.62 Truck drivers........................... 11.70 13.50 15.40 17.05 20.36 Bus drivers............................. 7.64 7.74 14.48 17.19 19.69 Motor transportation, n.e.c............. 11.25 11.77 13.50 17.46 20.76 Operating engineers..................... 12.00 16.86 20.00 23.62 26.13 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.29 15.30 20.36 26.20 26.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.83 10.22 11.80 14.37 20.81 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.68 9.79 13.86 16.92 Helpers, construction trades............ 8.83 10.00 10.80 11.85 14.81 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 10.20 12.00 12.40 12.80 13.27 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 13.00 15.70 20.07 20.81 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.50 11.25 11.86 16.83 24.99 Service......................................... 7.69 9.60 12.13 16.80 23.60 Protective service........................ 9.00 14.18 19.05 25.15 29.89 Firefighting............................ 14.84 18.16 21.20 23.27 26.59 Police and detectives, public service... 16.16 18.66 23.63 26.94 29.09 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 11.30 14.86 18.86 20.97 52.50 Correctional institution officers....... 14.71 15.31 18.35 20.44 21.45 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.00 9.50 11.57 14.08 Food service.............................. 4.25 7.80 10.50 13.31 16.07 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 3.90 7.00 8.20 10.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 5.00 7.29 10.55 Other food service....................... 8.00 10.00 11.84 14.00 17.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 8.40 14.71 16.30 18.75 25.00 Cooks................................... 9.01 10.00 11.50 13.19 15.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 8.00 9.25 11.60 13.27 Health service............................ 9.00 10.00 11.29 12.78 14.09 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.50 12.34 13.85 14.86 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.98 11.00 12.55 13.90 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 9.16 11.48 13.46 17.33 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 8.10 9.50 13.32 13.46 Janitors and cleaners................... $8.50 $10.33 $12.01 $13.74 $17.89 Personal service.......................... 7.88 9.98 12.89 15.47 22.79 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.88 9.88 11.64 12.90 14.30 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.83 $7.15 $8.50 $11.59 $20.15 All excluding sales........................... 5.78 7.00 8.25 10.71 21.79 White collar.................................... 7.50 9.22 13.10 20.68 29.39 White collar excluding sales................ 8.85 10.00 18.00 25.46 33.28 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.81 20.35 25.00 32.00 38.04 Professional specialty...................... 19.24 23.95 29.00 35.00 41.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 22.25 24.39 29.39 33.00 35.04 Registered nurses....................... 21.75 23.98 29.00 32.48 33.93 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.24 20.44 51.87 68.93 78.56 Teachers, except college and university... 10.15 14.38 26.48 34.85 47.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.95 15.61 18.56 22.84 22.84 Librarians.............................. 13.95 15.61 18.56 22.84 22.84 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 9.27 10.50 18.78 21.73 22.95 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.54 19.65 20.81 22.54 22.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 9.38 13.10 16.68 Cashiers................................ 7.28 8.00 11.58 13.10 16.68 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 9.48 10.80 14.55 20.00 Secretaries............................. 12.25 14.48 20.00 20.00 20.00 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.88 14.28 Library clerks.......................... 6.00 6.91 8.85 11.15 15.42 General office clerks................... 10.05 13.00 13.09 13.65 19.80 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.50 10.00 10.80 15.04 15.04 Blue collar..................................... 5.98 7.00 7.75 9.00 10.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 4.75 5.92 7.20 7.50 15.70 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.15 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.00 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.77 Service......................................... 2.38 6.50 8.00 9.00 10.50 Protective service........................ 7.50 8.00 8.25 10.00 18.02 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 8.00 8.25 9.75 25.00 Food service.............................. $2.13 $2.38 $6.00 $8.11 $10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.83 8.24 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.83 7.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 4.00 7.00 8.06 Other food service....................... 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.70 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 6.50 7.50 9.00 11.00 Health service............................ 9.00 9.00 10.50 12.34 13.03 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.00 10.50 12.34 13.03 Cleaning and building service............. $6.50 $7.00 $8.00 $8.50 $9.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.50 9.90 Personal service.......................... 6.14 7.00 8.50 9.67 11.58 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 6.00 6.90 8.00 8.83 9.50 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,498,900 1,189,900 309,000 All excluding sales............................................. 1,383,600 1,076,300 307,300 White collar........................................................ 865,100 658,800 206,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 749,900 545,200 204,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 401,100 264,300 136,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 333,900 206,800 127,100 Technical....................................................... 67,300 57,500 9,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 119,200 93,800 25,400 Sales............................................................. 115,300 113,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 229,500 187,100 42,400 Blue collar......................................................... 275,900 246,200 29,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 88,300 78,300 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 49,500 49,200 - Transportation and material moving................................ 70,300 55,300 15,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 67,800 63,300 - Service............................................................. 357,900 284,900 72,900 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.