NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Rochester, NY, Bulletin 3125-23, March 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, Rochester, NY, March 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................................................................. $20.22 3.9 35.3 $19.31 5.3 35.4 $23.40 2.6 34.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.17 4.0 35.9 22.05 5.5 36.3 26.94 3.2 34.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.32 3.6 36.5 25.16 4.8 37.3 33.24 2.3 34.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.12 6.9 38.2 35.05 7.9 38.5 30.26 7.4 37.0 Sales............................................................. 11.82 11.7 32.3 11.82 11.7 32.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.92 4.5 35.2 14.99 6.1 36.0 14.73 1.9 33.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.32 2.2 38.6 17.38 2.6 39.0 16.87 1.4 35.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 1.8 39.9 20.88 2.3 40.0 18.42 2.1 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.04 3.3 39.8 15.06 3.3 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 8.2 33.6 13.56 12.2 36.1 15.74 4.9 29.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 14.84 6.9 35.7 14.89 8.3 35.4 14.60 4.4 37.1 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.99 9.0 29.6 10.23 11.9 27.1 17.76 4.0 35.2 Full time........................................................... 21.30 3.9 38.8 20.40 5.2 39.4 24.29 3.6 36.9 Part time........................................................... 10.85 9.9 19.7 10.49 11.7 19.6 12.68 9.7 20.5 Union............................................................... 21.01 2.4 35.1 17.15 5.2 34.3 23.27 2.3 35.5 Nonunion............................................................ 19.85 5.7 35.4 19.69 6.0 35.6 24.56 10.4 29.1 Time................................................................ 20.29 4.1 35.5 19.39 5.4 35.7 23.40 2.6 34.8 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.32 8.5 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.55 16.2 35.4 18.62 16.3 35.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.41 4.7 33.2 16.54 5.6 33.1 24.12 6.7 34.4 500 workers or more................................................. 22.86 2.8 37.0 22.60 4.3 38.4 23.32 2.2 34.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.22 3.9 $19.31 5.3 $23.40 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.80 4.2 19.98 5.6 23.40 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.17 4.0 22.05 5.5 26.94 3.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.50 3.8 23.66 5.3 26.94 3.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.32 3.6 25.16 4.8 33.24 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.48 4.3 27.29 6.0 33.98 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.49 3.5 32.64 3.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.05 .9 30.05 .9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.00 1.6 37.31 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.07 6.5 24.50 8.1 28.09 7.0 Registered nurses........................................... 24.68 7.0 24.80 8.2 24.04 1.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.96 3.2 40.64 4.2 41.83 1.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.89 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.25 9.7 – – 35.92 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.65 3.7 – – 35.65 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.97 16.7 – – 37.61 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 37.33 3.5 – – 37.33 3.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.14 9.1 – – 33.62 2.9 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.74 5.4 – – 33.04 7.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.37 11.7 15.78 .3 23.24 6.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.42 12.2 15.78 .3 23.67 6.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.30 2.8 19.54 2.8 14.62 10.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.75 2.4 15.64 3.1 16.25 1.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.12 6.9 35.05 7.9 30.26 7.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 43.49 9.1 43.98 10.5 40.65 11.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.33 .9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.06 8.6 40.58 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.51 4.6 24.72 6.0 23.83 2.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.21 5.3 19.87 6.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.93 3.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.09 4.9 30.99 5.6 28.36 6.0 Sales............................................................. 11.82 11.7 11.82 11.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.92 4.5 14.99 6.1 14.73 1.9 Secretaries................................................. $14.09 6.8 $13.74 6.9 $17.74 7.6 Typists..................................................... 13.26 3.7 – – 13.26 3.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.50 5.2 13.10 6.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.48 4.3 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.50 17.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.57 9.0 – – 12.43 8.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.90 4.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.97 .2 – – 9.97 .2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.93 24.0 12.08 26.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.32 2.2 17.38 2.6 16.87 1.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 1.8 20.88 2.3 18.42 2.1 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.76 8.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.04 3.3 15.06 3.3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.78 12.1 15.78 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 4.8 12.65 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 8.2 13.56 12.2 15.74 4.9 Truck drivers............................................... 16.03 7.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.52 8.8 – – 15.51 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.84 6.9 14.89 8.3 14.60 4.4 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.21 5.8 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.99 9.0 10.23 11.9 17.76 4.0 Protective service............................................ 21.94 6.6 20.05 19.7 22.93 3.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.84 4.2 – – 22.65 4.0 Food service.................................................. 7.85 11.8 7.48 12.3 10.92 7.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.43 26.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 13.1 – – 11.10 6.0 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... – – – – 9.51 8.7 Health service................................................ 12.40 3.7 10.34 1.3 14.88 6.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.74 7.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 2.1 10.30 3.6 11.36 4.5 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.87 5.5 9.52 3.5 13.24 5.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.97 5.9 9.67 3.5 13.32 5.8 Personal service.............................................. 8.84 4.2 8.72 4.9 9.44 5.5 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 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, Rochester, NY, March 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................................................................... $21.30 3.9 $20.40 5.2 $24.29 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.70 4.0 20.87 5.4 24.29 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.14 3.9 23.03 5.3 27.72 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.05 3.8 24.13 5.3 27.72 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 3.7 25.31 4.8 33.86 1.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 4.3 27.44 6.1 34.37 1.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.49 3.5 32.64 3.8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.05 .9 30.05 .9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.00 1.6 37.31 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.37 6.0 23.70 7.3 27.84 6.0 Registered nurses........................................... 24.54 8.1 24.52 9.8 24.62 1.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.96 3.2 40.64 4.2 41.83 1.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.89 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.78 10.2 – – 36.41 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.65 3.7 – – 35.65 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.97 16.7 – – 37.61 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 37.33 3.5 – – 37.33 3.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.88 1.6 – – 35.88 1.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.74 5.5 – – 33.10 7.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.43 12.5 – – 23.24 6.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.49 13.0 – – 23.67 6.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.60 2.7 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.84 2.9 15.72 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 7.2 35.03 8.1 30.71 8.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 43.98 9.5 44.38 10.9 41.64 11.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.33 .9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.06 8.6 40.58 9.3 – – Management related............................................ 24.56 4.6 24.72 6.0 24.06 1.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.21 5.3 19.87 6.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.93 3.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.09 4.9 30.99 5.6 28.36 6.0 Sales............................................................. 13.52 11.8 13.52 11.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.50 4.1 15.60 5.5 15.21 2.2 Secretaries................................................. $14.17 6.7 $13.84 6.8 $17.80 8.1 Typists..................................................... 13.24 4.4 – – 13.24 4.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.50 5.2 13.10 6.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.61 4.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.50 17.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.31 8.9 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.99 4.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.05 .5 – – 10.05 .5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.43 9.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.53 2.1 17.58 2.4 17.14 1.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 1.8 20.88 2.3 18.42 2.1 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.76 8.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.04 3.3 15.06 3.3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.78 12.1 15.78 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 4.8 12.65 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 8.8 14.83 13.6 16.33 6.1 Truck drivers............................................... 16.03 7.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.43 12.1 – – 15.54 .7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.15 5.9 15.25 6.9 14.70 4.9 Service............................................................. 14.90 6.8 11.84 11.1 18.81 3.1 Protective service............................................ 22.71 6.7 20.96 21.3 23.56 2.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.84 4.2 – – 22.65 4.0 Food service.................................................. 10.01 14.1 9.69 15.9 11.78 6.5 Other food service........................................... 9.82 14.6 9.41 16.4 12.01 6.3 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.31 2.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.84 5.3 10.28 1.2 15.31 5.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.74 7.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.72 2.4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.99 5.7 9.65 3.5 13.38 6.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.97 6.2 9.67 3.5 13.48 6.4 Personal service.............................................. 9.39 4.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rochester, NY, March 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 9.9 $10.49 11.7 $12.68 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 11.52 13.7 11.22 17.0 12.68 9.7 White collar........................................................ 13.27 11.3 12.99 13.4 14.80 15.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.30 16.1 16.80 21.0 14.80 15.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.90 12.5 22.41 15.0 20.37 16.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.41 11.1 24.74 14.0 23.44 11.8 Health related................................................ 28.54 5.6 28.37 5.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.25 2.3 25.87 .1 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 17.10 16.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.66 7.9 15.73 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.48 2.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.12 6.4 8.12 6.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.90 18.7 9.77 25.3 10.29 2.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.94 34.8 10.02 37.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.38 5.2 – – 14.09 5.8 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – 14.27 6.0 Bus drivers................................................. – – – – 15.44 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 7.50 7.8 7.15 7.7 9.39 4.2 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.31 9.1 6.04 8.0 9.64 9.9 Other food service........................................... – – – – 9.72 10.1 Health service................................................ 10.36 2.7 10.52 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.36 2.7 10.52 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.00 7.2 – – – – 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 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 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................................................................... $826 3.9 38.8 $804 5.2 39.4 $896 3.0 36.9 All excluding sales............................................... 840 4.0 38.7 821 5.4 39.4 896 3.0 36.9 White collar........................................................ 929 4.0 38.5 906 5.5 39.3 1,000 3.5 36.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 961 4.0 38.4 947 5.4 39.2 1,000 3.5 36.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,053 3.7 38.1 991 5.1 39.1 1,207 1.2 35.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,121 4.4 37.7 1,066 6.6 38.9 1,224 1.1 35.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,309 2.7 40.3 1,327 2.9 40.7 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,202 .9 40.0 1,202 .9 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,468 1.9 39.7 1,492 2.2 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,233 8.0 40.0 1,233 8.0 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,233 8.0 40.0 1,233 8.0 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 946 6.4 38.8 930 7.9 39.2 1,022 4.1 36.7 Registered nurses........................................... 957 8.9 39.0 967 10.5 39.4 908 1.5 36.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,406 6.2 34.3 1,373 7.6 33.8 1,498 3.8 35.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,436 3.6 35.1 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,143 8.9 36.0 – – – 1,281 .5 35.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,256 1.8 35.2 – – – 1,256 1.8 35.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,041 14.2 35.9 – – – 1,294 .4 34.4 Teachers, special education................................. 1,286 .9 34.5 – – – 1,286 .9 34.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,345 1.4 37.5 – – – 1,345 1.4 37.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,187 4.5 37.4 – – – 1,185 7.4 35.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 658 13.2 35.7 – – – 839 7.9 36.1 Social workers.............................................. 661 13.7 35.7 – – – 856 7.1 36.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 780 2.8 39.8 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 616 3.4 38.9 621 3.9 39.5 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,335 7.5 39.0 1,382 8.3 39.4 1,150 8.9 37.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,712 9.8 38.9 1,731 11.3 39.0 1,608 11.4 38.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,422 .7 39.1 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,585 8.7 38.6 1,564 9.4 38.5 – – – Management related............................................ 961 4.9 39.1 987 6.0 39.9 885 1.6 36.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 789 5.6 39.1 790 6.1 39.8 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 780 2.9 39.2 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,165 6.2 38.7 1,240 5.6 40.0 1,035 7.1 36.5 Sales............................................................. $541 11.8 40.0 $541 11.8 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 596 4.3 38.5 613 5.7 39.3 $552 1.9 36.3 Secretaries................................................. 535 7.0 37.8 525 7.3 37.9 645 8.7 36.2 Typists..................................................... 501 2.6 37.9 – – – 501 2.6 37.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 520 3.6 38.5 508 4.5 38.8 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 573 4.4 39.2 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 657 18.0 39.8 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 564 9.0 39.4 – – – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 500 4.2 38.5 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 332 .3 33.0 – – – 332 .3 33.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 595 10.5 38.6 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 691 2.4 39.4 696 2.8 39.6 651 .9 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 820 1.6 39.9 835 2.0 40.0 729 2.2 39.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – – – 742 9.2 39.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 599 3.4 39.8 600 3.4 39.8 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 631 12.1 40.0 631 12.1 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 505 5.0 39.9 505 5.0 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 569 8.6 37.0 593 13.6 40.0 531 6.6 32.5 Truck drivers............................................... 639 7.7 39.9 – – – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 411 9.4 30.6 – – – 431 9.5 27.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 570 4.1 37.6 567 5.1 37.2 588 4.9 40.0 Service............................................................. 583 6.8 39.1 467 11.2 39.4 728 3.1 38.7 Protective service............................................ 898 7.0 39.5 822 22.1 39.2 936 2.7 39.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 867 4.5 39.7 – – – 895 4.8 39.5 Food service.................................................. 379 13.4 37.9 377 16.6 39.0 389 7.1 33.0 Other food service........................................... 372 14.0 37.9 366 17.0 38.9 399 8.1 33.2 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 319 2.0 38.4 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 496 4.8 38.6 404 .9 39.3 581 4.8 37.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 564 6.8 38.3 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 418 2.6 39.0 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 435 5.9 39.6 384 3.5 39.8 524 7.5 39.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 434 6.5 39.6 385 3.5 39.8 528 8.2 39.1 Personal service.............................................. 372 4.2 39.6 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 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................................................................... $41,262 3.9 1,937 $41,079 5.2 2,013 $41,785 3.0 1,721 All excluding sales............................................... 41,890 4.0 1,931 41,929 5.4 2,009 41,785 3.0 1,721 White collar........................................................ 45,876 4.0 1,900 46,279 5.5 2,009 44,829 3.5 1,617 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,254 4.0 1,887 48,288 5.4 2,002 44,829 3.5 1,617 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 50,047 3.7 1,813 49,785 5.1 1,967 50,588 1.2 1,494 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,183 4.4 1,756 52,920 6.6 1,929 51,032 1.1 1,485 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 68,070 2.7 2,095 69,022 2.9 2,115 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 62,502 .9 2,080 62,502 .9 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 76,340 1.9 2,063 77,604 2.2 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 64,108 8.0 2,079 64,108 8.0 2,079 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 64,108 8.0 2,079 64,108 8.0 2,079 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,463 6.4 1,988 48,358 7.9 2,041 48,929 4.1 1,758 Registered nurses........................................... 49,752 8.9 2,027 50,285 10.5 2,050 47,221 1.5 1,918 Teachers, college and university.............................. 54,689 6.2 1,335 54,612 7.6 1,344 54,894 3.8 1,312 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 55,111 3.6 1,348 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 46,970 8.9 1,478 – – – 51,366 .5 1,411 Elementary school teachers.................................. 50,001 1.8 1,403 – – – 50,001 1.8 1,403 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,199 14.2 1,491 – – – 52,020 .4 1,383 Teachers, special education................................. 52,731 .9 1,413 – – – 52,731 .9 1,413 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 52,761 1.4 1,471 – – – 52,761 1.4 1,471 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 53,909 4.5 1,698 – – – 49,926 7.4 1,509 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 34,103 13.2 1,850 – – – 43,196 7.9 1,859 Social workers.............................................. 34,227 13.7 1,851 – – – 44,041 7.1 1,861 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 40,542 2.8 2,069 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,029 3.4 2,022 32,291 3.9 2,054 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,418 7.5 2,030 71,842 8.3 2,051 59,816 8.9 1,948 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 89,043 9.8 2,025 89,986 11.3 2,028 83,642 11.4 2,008 Administrators, education and related fields................ 73,920 .7 2,034 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 82,405 8.7 2,007 81,338 9.4 2,004 – – – Management related............................................ 49,986 4.9 2,035 51,341 6.0 2,077 46,008 1.6 1,913 Accountants and auditors.................................... 41,042 5.6 2,031 41,067 6.1 2,067 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40,583 2.9 2,036 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 60,592 6.2 2,014 64,469 5.6 2,080 53,844 7.1 1,899 Sales............................................................. $28,124 11.8 2,080 $28,124 11.8 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,367 4.3 1,960 31,801 5.7 2,038 $26,942 1.9 1,772 Secretaries................................................. 27,825 7.0 1,963 27,280 7.3 1,971 33,523 8.7 1,883 Typists..................................................... 26,066 2.6 1,969 – – – 26,066 2.6 1,969 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,038 3.6 2,003 26,406 4.5 2,015 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 29,794 4.4 2,039 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 34,155 18.0 2,070 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,353 9.0 2,051 – – – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 26,024 4.2 2,004 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13,143 .3 1,307 – – – 13,143 .3 1,307 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 30,644 10.5 1,986 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,963 2.4 1,994 35,345 2.8 2,010 32,032 .9 1,869 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,576 1.6 2,073 43,435 2.0 2,080 37,409 2.2 2,031 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – – – 38,587 9.2 2,056 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,270 3.4 2,012 30,298 3.4 2,012 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 32,826 12.1 2,080 32,826 12.1 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 23,967 5.0 1,895 23,967 5.0 1,895 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 23,974 8.6 1,561 24,582 13.6 1,657 23,014 6.6 1,409 Truck drivers............................................... 33,241 7.7 2,073 – – – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 16,913 9.4 1,259 – – – 16,631 9.5 1,070 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,659 4.1 1,957 29,487 5.1 1,934 30,570 4.9 2,080 Service............................................................. 30,028 6.8 2,015 24,271 11.2 2,050 37,091 3.1 1,971 Protective service............................................ 46,656 7.0 2,054 42,719 22.1 2,039 48,563 2.7 2,062 Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,067 4.5 2,063 – – – 46,554 4.8 2,055 Food service.................................................. 18,935 13.4 1,892 19,622 16.6 2,026 16,355 7.1 1,388 Other food service........................................... 18,595 14.0 1,893 19,033 17.0 2,022 16,948 8.1 1,411 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,229 2.0 1,953 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 25,791 4.8 2,008 21,030 .9 2,046 30,202 4.8 1,973 Health aides, except nursing................................ 29,336 6.8 1,990 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,752 2.6 2,029 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 22,502 5.9 2,048 19,970 3.5 2,070 26,874 7.5 2,009 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,460 6.5 2,047 20,009 3.5 2,070 27,001 8.2 2,003 Personal service.............................................. 19,176 4.2 2,042 – – – – – – 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.22 3.9 $19.31 5.3 $23.40 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.80 4.2 19.98 5.6 23.40 2.6 White collar........................................................ 23.17 4.0 22.05 5.5 26.94 3.2 1....................................................... 7.98 2.5 6.76 1.1 12.58 3.0 2....................................................... 11.07 9.0 11.48 15.2 10.59 3.2 3....................................................... 11.63 5.2 11.50 7.2 11.95 3.5 4....................................................... 13.75 2.6 13.76 3.0 13.73 4.7 5....................................................... 16.70 7.1 15.58 8.2 19.86 11.7 6....................................................... 19.05 8.6 19.58 11.5 17.64 10.1 7....................................................... 21.07 2.0 20.37 1.1 26.87 9.9 8....................................................... 25.48 5.0 23.91 4.5 30.89 11.5 9....................................................... 29.28 5.5 25.56 5.8 35.43 1.8 10........................................................ 34.77 5.1 34.80 6.6 34.68 5.3 11........................................................ 34.25 3.4 34.19 4.1 34.54 .9 12........................................................ 45.13 4.3 44.09 4.0 50.42 13.9 13........................................................ 56.46 15.3 59.94 16.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.77 14.2 17.79 14.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.50 3.8 23.66 5.3 26.94 3.2 1....................................................... 9.34 14.1 – – 12.58 3.0 2....................................................... 11.51 9.2 12.56 15.3 10.59 3.2 3....................................................... 12.10 5.0 12.18 7.4 11.95 3.5 4....................................................... 13.85 2.7 13.89 3.2 13.73 4.7 5....................................................... 16.86 7.3 15.73 8.5 19.86 11.7 6....................................................... 19.05 8.6 19.58 11.5 17.64 10.1 7....................................................... 21.07 2.0 20.37 1.1 26.87 9.9 8....................................................... 25.42 5.4 23.63 4.8 30.89 11.5 9....................................................... 29.28 5.5 25.56 5.8 35.43 1.8 10........................................................ 35.85 3.5 – – 34.68 5.3 11........................................................ 34.25 3.4 34.19 4.1 34.54 .9 12........................................................ 45.15 4.3 44.10 4.0 50.42 13.9 13........................................................ 56.46 15.3 59.94 16.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.44 18.6 25.64 18.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.32 3.6 25.16 4.8 33.24 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.48 4.3 27.29 6.0 33.98 1.9 5....................................................... 18.76 6.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.69 14.8 – – 21.41 7.1 7....................................................... 22.69 3.2 22.15 3.5 25.40 1.8 8....................................................... 25.48 7.1 23.05 6.9 31.97 10.8 9....................................................... 30.81 7.9 25.94 9.9 35.75 2.0 10........................................................ 33.77 1.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.79 2.8 32.37 3.9 34.61 .9 12........................................................ 44.39 3.2 43.99 3.1 – – 13........................................................ 42.04 11.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.32 6.0 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $32.49 3.5 $32.64 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 34.08 4.1 33.87 5.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.05 .9 30.05 .9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.00 1.6 37.31 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.56 5.1 30.56 5.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.56 5.1 30.56 5.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.07 6.5 24.50 8.1 $28.09 7.0 7....................................................... 20.83 5.9 20.83 5.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.42 1.5 24.42 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.78 5.8 – – 28.74 9.2 Registered nurses........................................... 24.68 7.0 24.80 8.2 24.04 1.3 7....................................................... 22.20 4.5 22.20 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 23.61 2.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.96 3.2 40.64 4.2 41.83 1.8 11........................................................ 37.53 2.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.50 2.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.89 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.25 9.7 – – 35.92 2.4 8....................................................... 32.60 11.2 – – 35.98 3.1 9....................................................... 31.18 12.5 – – 36.67 1.8 11........................................................ 35.37 1.8 – – 35.37 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.65 3.7 – – 35.65 3.7 9....................................................... 35.43 6.0 – – 35.43 6.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.97 16.7 – – 37.61 .3 9....................................................... 28.36 17.2 – – 37.84 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 37.33 3.5 – – 37.33 3.5 9....................................................... 37.64 2.6 – – 37.64 2.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.14 9.1 – – 33.62 2.9 9....................................................... 37.80 3.7 – – 37.80 3.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.74 5.4 – – 33.04 7.4 9....................................................... 31.53 16.8 – – 31.53 16.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.37 11.7 15.78 .3 23.24 6.5 7....................................................... 21.58 12.2 – – 24.48 8.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.42 12.2 15.78 .3 23.67 6.1 7....................................................... 21.58 12.2 – – 24.48 8.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.30 2.8 19.54 2.8 14.62 10.3 4....................................................... 16.97 6.2 17.06 6.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.75 2.4 15.64 3.1 16.25 1.6 4....................................................... $15.78 5.1 $15.78 5.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.12 6.9 35.05 7.9 $30.26 7.4 7....................................................... 20.43 4.6 – – 21.75 2.5 8....................................................... 26.02 5.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.27 2.8 27.70 3.4 31.20 2.6 10........................................................ 37.33 4.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.83 11.7 43.43 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.92 9.7 44.26 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.55 23.8 36.98 23.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 43.49 9.1 43.98 10.5 40.65 11.2 9....................................................... 30.53 4.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.45 12.0 43.45 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.92 9.7 44.26 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.49 17.6 44.49 17.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.33 .9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.06 8.6 40.58 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 44.81 8.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.51 4.6 24.72 6.0 23.83 2.0 7....................................................... 20.43 4.6 – – 21.75 2.5 9....................................................... 27.22 3.4 26.87 3.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.21 5.3 19.87 6.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.93 3.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.09 4.9 30.99 5.6 28.36 6.0 9....................................................... 31.92 7.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 11.82 11.7 11.82 11.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.92 4.5 14.99 6.1 14.73 1.9 1....................................................... 9.34 14.1 – – 12.58 3.0 2....................................................... 11.51 9.2 12.56 15.3 10.59 3.2 3....................................................... 12.17 4.9 12.18 7.4 12.15 3.3 4....................................................... 13.24 3.0 13.07 3.6 13.72 4.8 5....................................................... 16.67 9.7 15.18 9.9 21.84 17.5 6....................................................... 17.05 9.0 17.92 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.00 21.2 15.00 21.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.09 6.8 13.74 6.9 17.74 7.6 4....................................................... 12.52 4.3 12.19 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.31 2.7 – – – – Typists..................................................... 13.26 3.7 – – 13.26 3.7 3....................................................... 13.03 6.2 – – 13.03 6.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.50 5.2 13.10 6.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.48 4.3 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.50 17.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.57 9.0 – – 12.43 8.4 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.90 4.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $9.97 0.2 – – $9.97 0.2 2....................................................... 9.53 .3 – – 9.53 .3 3....................................................... 10.42 1.8 – – 10.42 1.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.93 24.0 $12.08 26.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.32 2.2 17.38 2.6 16.87 1.4 1....................................................... 11.06 6.8 10.86 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 14.33 7.6 14.27 8.8 14.80 6.3 3....................................................... 13.36 7.0 12.99 7.2 15.96 4.1 4....................................................... 14.48 5.5 14.30 6.3 15.43 6.9 5....................................................... 16.18 8.2 15.86 9.6 18.25 6.3 6....................................................... 17.30 5.1 17.14 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.16 2.2 20.81 3.1 18.51 2.2 8....................................................... 24.56 1.8 24.56 1.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 1.8 20.88 2.3 18.42 2.1 3....................................................... 14.80 3.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.65 5.9 14.74 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 4.9 16.83 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.22 3.0 23.18 6.3 18.65 2.4 8....................................................... 24.49 1.6 24.49 1.6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.76 8.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.04 3.3 15.06 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 18.59 16.9 18.85 17.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.49 5.9 15.49 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.73 7.3 17.73 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.49 4.3 18.49 4.3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.78 12.1 15.78 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 4.8 12.65 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.31 8.2 13.56 12.2 15.74 4.9 3....................................................... 14.42 11.3 – – 16.43 7.7 4....................................................... – – – – 14.42 2.6 Truck drivers............................................... 16.03 7.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.52 8.8 – – 15.51 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.84 6.9 14.89 8.3 14.60 4.4 1....................................................... 11.64 8.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.70 8.5 10.88 8.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.21 5.8 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.99 9.0 10.23 11.9 17.76 4.0 1....................................................... 8.50 7.4 7.95 9.2 9.98 1.9 2....................................................... 9.23 9.5 7.95 9.9 13.09 5.1 3....................................................... 10.61 6.1 9.76 4.8 13.59 8.3 4....................................................... $14.20 8.1 – – $17.22 6.2 5....................................................... 15.48 12.6 – – 18.14 5.5 6....................................................... 21.46 4.1 – – 22.16 3.4 7....................................................... 25.27 11.0 – – – – Protective service............................................ 21.94 6.6 $20.05 19.7 22.93 3.6 6....................................................... 22.84 2.0 – – 22.84 2.0 7....................................................... 27.08 7.2 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.84 4.2 – – 22.65 4.0 Food service.................................................. 7.85 11.8 7.48 12.3 10.92 7.2 1....................................................... 6.56 11.8 6.37 14.0 7.81 3.0 3....................................................... 9.02 6.5 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.43 26.0 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 13.1 – – 11.10 6.0 1....................................................... – – – – 7.67 5.2 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... – – – – 9.51 8.7 1....................................................... 7.51 2.4 – – 7.67 5.2 Health service................................................ 12.40 3.7 10.34 1.3 14.88 6.4 2....................................................... 11.96 4.2 – – 13.99 7.8 3....................................................... 11.62 5.6 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.74 7.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.61 2.1 10.30 3.6 11.36 4.5 2....................................................... 9.91 1.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.11 2.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.87 5.5 9.52 3.5 13.24 5.3 1....................................................... 10.01 4.2 9.48 4.9 11.25 2.7 2....................................................... 10.39 4.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.97 5.9 9.67 3.5 13.32 5.8 1....................................................... 10.17 4.3 9.68 5.1 11.25 2.7 2....................................................... 10.39 5.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.84 4.2 8.72 4.9 9.44 5.5 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 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, Rochester, NY, March 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................................................................... $21.30 3.9 $20.40 5.2 $24.29 3.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.70 4.0 20.87 5.4 24.29 3.6 White collar........................................................ 24.14 3.9 23.03 5.3 27.72 4.1 2....................................................... 12.30 7.5 – – 10.71 3.5 3....................................................... 12.31 5.1 12.18 7.4 12.60 3.6 4....................................................... 13.88 2.8 13.80 3.4 14.18 3.8 5....................................................... 16.78 7.7 15.57 8.6 20.71 14.3 6....................................................... 19.02 8.7 19.58 11.5 17.47 10.4 7....................................................... 21.08 2.1 20.35 1.1 26.87 9.9 8....................................................... 25.49 5.5 23.69 5.2 31.33 11.1 9....................................................... 29.29 5.5 25.56 5.9 35.44 1.8 10........................................................ 34.77 5.1 34.80 6.6 34.68 5.3 11........................................................ 34.34 3.4 34.25 4.2 34.82 .3 12........................................................ 44.93 4.3 44.09 4.0 49.44 15.0 13........................................................ 55.62 17.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.69 14.8 17.70 14.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 25.05 3.8 24.13 5.3 27.72 4.1 2....................................................... 12.30 7.5 – – 10.71 3.5 3....................................................... 12.31 5.1 12.18 7.4 12.60 3.6 4....................................................... 13.96 2.9 13.90 3.5 14.18 3.8 5....................................................... 16.96 7.9 15.73 8.9 20.71 14.3 6....................................................... 19.02 8.7 19.58 11.5 17.47 10.4 7....................................................... 21.08 2.1 20.35 1.1 26.87 9.9 8....................................................... 25.43 6.1 23.33 5.5 31.33 11.1 9....................................................... 29.29 5.5 25.56 5.9 35.44 1.8 10........................................................ 35.85 3.5 – – 34.68 5.3 11........................................................ 34.34 3.4 34.25 4.2 34.82 .3 12........................................................ 44.94 4.3 44.10 4.0 49.44 15.0 13........................................................ 55.62 17.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.00 18.5 28.16 18.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 3.7 25.31 4.8 33.86 1.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 4.3 27.44 6.1 34.37 1.6 6....................................................... 19.49 14.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.85 3.4 22.28 3.7 25.40 1.8 8....................................................... 25.39 8.2 22.38 8.0 32.58 9.7 9....................................................... 30.81 7.9 25.93 10.0 35.77 2.0 10........................................................ 33.77 1.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 32.88 2.8 32.42 4.0 34.91 .3 12........................................................ 43.97 3.0 43.99 3.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.49 3.5 32.64 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 34.08 4.1 33.87 5.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 30.05 .9 30.05 .9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.00 1.6 37.31 2.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – 9....................................................... $30.56 5.1 $30.56 5.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.84 8.0 30.84 8.0 – – 9....................................................... 30.56 5.1 30.56 5.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.37 6.0 23.70 7.3 $27.84 6.0 7....................................................... 20.35 6.8 20.35 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 23.81 1.6 23.64 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.70 6.3 – – 28.74 9.2 Registered nurses........................................... 24.54 8.1 24.52 9.8 24.62 1.4 7....................................................... 21.86 6.3 21.86 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.97 2.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.18 3.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.96 3.2 40.64 4.2 41.83 1.8 11........................................................ 37.53 2.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 42.50 2.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.89 2.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.78 10.2 – – 36.41 1.5 8....................................................... 32.60 11.2 – – 35.98 3.1 9....................................................... 31.17 12.5 – – 36.69 1.7 11........................................................ 35.37 1.8 – – 35.37 1.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35.65 3.7 – – 35.65 3.7 9....................................................... 35.43 6.0 – – 35.43 6.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.97 16.7 – – 37.61 .3 9....................................................... 28.36 17.2 – – 37.84 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 37.33 3.5 – – 37.33 3.5 9....................................................... 37.64 2.6 – – 37.64 2.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.88 1.6 – – 35.88 1.6 9....................................................... 37.80 3.7 – – 37.80 3.7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 31.74 5.5 – – 33.10 7.9 9....................................................... 31.53 16.8 – – 31.53 16.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.43 12.5 – – 23.24 6.5 7....................................................... 22.50 12.3 – – 24.48 8.5 Social workers.............................................. 18.49 13.0 – – 23.67 6.1 7....................................................... 22.50 12.3 – – 24.48 8.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.60 2.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 17.26 6.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.38 1.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.84 2.9 15.72 3.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 7.2 35.03 8.1 30.71 8.2 7....................................................... 20.43 4.6 – – 21.75 2.5 8....................................................... $26.02 5.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.27 2.8 $27.70 3.4 $31.20 2.6 10........................................................ 37.33 4.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.83 11.7 43.43 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.92 9.7 44.26 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.23 28.9 37.23 28.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 43.98 9.5 44.38 10.9 41.64 11.2 9....................................................... 30.53 4.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.45 12.0 43.45 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.92 9.7 44.26 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.90 19.9 46.90 19.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.33 .9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 41.06 8.6 40.58 9.3 – – 12........................................................ 44.81 8.5 – – – – Management related............................................ 24.56 4.6 24.72 6.0 24.06 1.2 7....................................................... 20.43 4.6 – – 21.75 2.5 9....................................................... 27.22 3.4 26.87 3.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.21 5.3 19.87 6.0 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.93 3.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.09 4.9 30.99 5.6 28.36 6.0 9....................................................... 31.92 7.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.52 11.8 13.52 11.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.50 4.1 15.60 5.5 15.21 2.2 2....................................................... 12.30 7.5 – – 10.71 3.5 3....................................................... 12.31 5.1 12.18 7.4 12.60 3.6 4....................................................... 13.33 3.1 13.07 3.5 14.18 3.9 5....................................................... 16.67 9.7 15.18 9.9 21.84 17.5 6....................................................... 17.05 9.0 17.92 9.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.17 6.7 13.84 6.8 17.80 8.1 4....................................................... 12.57 4.2 12.29 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.31 2.7 – – – – Typists..................................................... 13.24 4.4 – – 13.24 4.4 3....................................................... 13.03 6.2 – – 13.03 6.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.50 5.2 13.10 6.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 14.61 4.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.50 17.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.31 8.9 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.99 4.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 10.05 .5 – – 10.05 .5 2....................................................... 9.61 1.3 – – 9.61 1.3 3....................................................... 10.61 2.6 – – 10.61 2.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.43 9.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.53 2.1 17.58 2.4 17.14 1.1 1....................................................... $11.05 6.9 $10.87 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 14.72 8.3 14.68 9.7 $15.03 8.0 3....................................................... 13.28 7.1 12.99 7.2 15.88 4.5 4....................................................... 15.38 4.4 15.22 4.8 16.21 6.6 5....................................................... 16.18 8.2 15.86 9.6 18.25 6.3 6....................................................... 17.30 5.1 17.14 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.22 2.2 20.81 3.1 18.65 2.4 8....................................................... 24.56 1.8 24.56 1.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 1.8 20.88 2.3 18.42 2.1 3....................................................... 14.80 3.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.65 5.9 14.74 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.83 4.9 16.83 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.22 3.0 23.18 6.3 18.65 2.4 8....................................................... 24.49 1.6 24.49 1.6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.76 8.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.04 3.3 15.06 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 18.59 16.9 18.85 17.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.49 5.9 15.49 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.73 7.3 17.73 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 18.49 4.3 18.49 4.3 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 15.78 12.1 15.78 12.1 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 4.8 12.65 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 8.8 14.83 13.6 16.33 6.1 4....................................................... 15.15 4.4 – – 15.15 4.4 Truck drivers............................................... 16.03 7.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.43 12.1 – – 15.54 .7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.15 5.9 15.25 6.9 14.70 4.9 2....................................................... 12.13 10.4 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.90 6.8 11.84 11.1 18.81 3.1 1....................................................... 9.61 4.0 9.22 4.5 10.73 3.1 2....................................................... 11.01 6.4 9.49 1.7 14.06 5.6 3....................................................... 10.79 7.7 9.74 6.2 13.85 7.6 4....................................................... 14.47 11.1 – – 17.22 6.2 5....................................................... 15.48 12.6 – – 18.14 5.5 6....................................................... 21.46 4.1 – – 22.16 3.4 7....................................................... 25.27 11.0 – – – – Protective service............................................ 22.71 6.7 20.96 21.3 23.56 2.7 6....................................................... 22.84 2.0 – – 22.84 2.0 7....................................................... 27.08 7.2 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.84 4.2 – – 22.65 4.0 Food service.................................................. 10.01 14.1 9.69 15.9 11.78 6.5 Other food service........................................... $9.82 14.6 $9.41 16.4 $12.01 6.3 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.31 2.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.84 5.3 10.28 1.2 15.31 5.1 2....................................................... 12.47 8.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.75 6.5 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.74 7.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.72 2.4 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.99 5.7 9.65 3.5 13.38 6.0 1....................................................... 10.13 4.3 9.68 5.1 11.21 2.9 2....................................................... 10.44 4.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.97 6.2 9.67 3.5 13.48 6.4 1....................................................... 10.13 4.3 9.68 5.1 11.21 2.9 2....................................................... 10.44 5.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.39 4.9 – – – – 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, Rochester, NY, March 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 9.9 $10.49 11.7 $12.68 9.7 All excluding sales............................................... 11.52 13.7 11.22 17.0 12.68 9.7 White collar........................................................ 13.27 11.3 12.99 13.4 14.80 15.0 1....................................................... 6.77 1.1 6.76 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.11 2.8 7.96 2.6 – – 3....................................................... – – – – 9.22 10.9 4....................................................... 12.87 6.5 13.40 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.83 5.3 – – 15.92 8.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.37 34.8 18.54 35.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 16.30 16.1 16.80 21.0 14.80 15.0 2....................................................... 8.13 5.3 7.82 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.22 10.9 – – 9.22 10.9 4....................................................... 13.03 7.2 13.74 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.83 5.3 – – 15.92 8.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.37 34.8 18.54 35.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.90 12.5 22.41 15.0 20.37 16.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.41 11.1 24.74 14.0 23.44 11.8 Health related................................................ 28.54 5.6 28.37 5.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.25 2.3 25.87 .1 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 17.10 16.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.66 7.9 15.73 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.48 2.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.12 6.4 8.12 6.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.90 18.7 9.77 25.3 10.29 2.9 2....................................................... 8.13 5.3 7.82 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.67 9.8 – – 9.67 9.8 4....................................................... 12.18 10.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.94 34.8 10.02 37.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 11.38 5.2 – – 14.09 5.8 Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – 14.27 6.0 Bus drivers................................................. – – – – 15.44 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. $7.50 7.8 $7.15 7.7 $9.39 4.2 1....................................................... 6.60 12.6 5.71 10.7 8.83 6.2 2....................................................... – – – – 10.20 4.7 3....................................................... 9.78 6.4 9.86 6.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.31 9.1 6.04 8.0 9.64 9.9 1....................................................... 5.78 12.5 5.44 13.1 – – Other food service........................................... – – – – 9.72 10.1 Food preparation, n.e.c. 1....................................................... 7.59 5.9 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.36 2.7 10.52 3.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.36 2.7 10.52 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.00 7.2 – – – – 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 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 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....................................................... $21.30 $10.85 $21.01 $19.85 $20.29 – All excluding sales............................................. 21.70 11.52 21.71 20.37 20.80 – White collar........................................................ 24.14 13.27 23.17 23.17 23.32 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.05 16.30 24.88 24.36 24.50 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.60 21.90 32.76 25.35 27.32 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.72 24.41 33.52 27.55 29.48 – Technical....................................................... 19.60 14.66 16.33 19.47 19.30 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.20 – 25.59 34.96 34.12 – Sales............................................................. 13.52 8.12 9.85 12.63 12.08 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.50 9.90 14.59 15.10 14.92 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.53 11.38 19.48 15.84 17.32 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.54 – 21.88 19.68 20.54 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.04 – 19.31 13.05 15.04 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 – 16.03 12.82 14.31 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.15 – 16.66 11.51 14.84 – Service............................................................. 14.90 7.50 17.45 10.27 12.99 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 9.9 2.4 5.7 4.1 – All excluding sales............................................. 4.0 13.7 2.5 6.1 4.2 – White collar........................................................ 3.9 11.3 3.3 5.3 3.9 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 16.1 3.4 5.1 3.8 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 12.5 2.3 4.6 3.6 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 11.1 2.2 5.8 4.3 – Technical....................................................... 2.7 7.9 1.6 3.1 2.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.2 – 2.3 7.1 6.9 – Sales............................................................. 11.8 6.4 11.4 14.1 12.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 18.7 6.5 4.8 4.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 5.2 1.9 3.9 2.2 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1.8 – 3.5 2.2 1.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 – 3.1 4.1 3.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.8 – 4.9 10.7 8.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 – 10.2 4.5 6.9 – Service............................................................. 6.8 7.8 4.8 12.2 9.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 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....................................................... $19.31 $22.32 – – $22.21 - - - $18.70 - All excluding sales............................................. 19.98 22.37 – – 22.25 - - - 18.61 - White collar........................................................ 22.05 26.81 – – 26.81 - - - 19.77 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.66 26.94 – – 26.94 - - - 19.71 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.16 – – – – - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 27.29 31.90 – – 31.90 - - - – - Technical....................................................... 19.54 – – – – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.05 39.78 – – 39.78 - - - 25.62 - Sales............................................................. 11.82 – – – – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.99 17.20 – – 17.20 - - - 14.60 - Blue collar......................................................... 17.38 17.58 – – 16.97 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.88 21.37 – – 20.49 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.06 15.13 – – 15.13 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 – – – – - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.89 13.25 – – 13.25 - - - – - Service............................................................. 10.23 18.99 – – 18.99 - - - – - 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....................................................... 5.3 8.5 – – 8.8 - - - 12.8 - All excluding sales............................................. 5.6 8.4 – – 8.8 - - - 13.6 - White collar........................................................ 5.5 7.9 – – 7.9 - - - 11.9 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.3 7.8 – – 7.8 - - - 12.7 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 – – – – - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 4.9 – – 4.9 - - - – - Technical....................................................... 2.8 – – – – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.9 8.4 – – 8.4 - - - 2.6 - Sales............................................................. 11.7 – – – – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.1 6.3 – – 6.3 - - - 9.6 - Blue collar......................................................... 2.6 2.9 – – 2.9 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.3 2.0 – – 1.0 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 3.3 – – 3.3 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 – – – – - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.3 11.2 – – 11.2 - - - – - Service............................................................. 11.9 21.3 – – 21.3 - - - – - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 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....................................................... $19.31 $18.62 $19.46 $16.54 $22.60 All excluding sales............................................. 19.98 19.24 20.15 17.50 22.61 White collar........................................................ 22.05 21.33 22.22 19.96 24.10 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.66 22.64 23.91 23.49 24.17 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.16 – 26.33 27.80 25.79 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.29 – 29.53 30.35 29.15 Technical....................................................... 19.54 – 19.60 18.18 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.05 40.36 32.77 35.51 29.13 Sales............................................................. 11.82 – 12.30 11.16 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.99 12.96 15.47 12.86 18.01 Blue collar......................................................... 17.38 15.67 17.82 15.22 21.62 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.88 18.22 21.73 19.50 22.98 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.06 14.32 15.23 13.12 20.08 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 – 13.81 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.89 – 16.01 16.31 14.69 Service............................................................. 10.23 – 10.50 8.36 14.48 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....................................................... 5.3 16.3 4.0 5.6 4.3 All excluding sales............................................. 5.6 16.4 4.0 5.9 4.3 White collar........................................................ 5.5 16.7 4.9 8.0 4.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.3 16.1 3.8 6.1 4.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 – 4.5 6.5 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 – 3.9 6.1 3.6 Technical....................................................... 2.8 – 2.7 6.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.9 12.5 8.6 10.5 8.7 Sales............................................................. 11.7 – 12.5 13.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.1 8.1 6.7 9.0 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 2.6 9.7 3.3 7.2 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.3 10.9 3.6 12.2 3.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.3 12.8 1.1 7.0 7.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 – 12.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.3 – 11.5 12.6 19.0 Service............................................................. 11.9 – 11.5 7.6 15.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.72 $12.00 $18.46 $25.44 $33.77 All excluding sales........................... 9.40 12.50 19.00 26.01 34.26 White collar.................................... 10.10 14.44 20.88 29.11 38.78 White collar excluding sales................ 11.94 15.96 21.90 30.35 39.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 20.03 25.05 32.40 40.74 Professional specialty...................... 17.95 22.60 28.37 34.62 43.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.76 25.46 32.29 37.51 41.11 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.52 25.96 30.05 33.80 36.88 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.18 35.25 37.13 39.40 41.77 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.44 21.01 24.13 27.26 31.86 Registered nurses....................... 18.44 20.93 24.53 27.61 31.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.01 35.84 40.57 45.01 50.87 Other post-secondary teachers........... 31.29 37.49 40.96 44.70 48.87 Teachers, except college and university... 17.36 22.17 28.90 39.67 48.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.43 26.85 32.85 42.88 51.42 Secondary school teachers............... 17.02 19.85 26.70 34.39 45.51 Teachers, special education............. 24.10 28.27 37.36 46.60 50.12 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 12.77 22.66 29.95 41.00 45.32 Vocational and educational counselors... 19.68 19.68 37.19 39.86 43.36 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.36 15.00 16.78 22.29 24.55 Social workers.......................... 12.36 14.90 17.56 22.36 24.55 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 15.00 17.55 19.33 21.83 22.95 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.50 14.06 15.25 17.08 18.89 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.96 23.73 30.58 40.39 51.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.88 32.20 38.78 51.92 72.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.11 34.38 37.89 40.39 42.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.75 32.19 37.97 51.92 63.77 Management related........................ 18.12 19.95 23.73 28.58 31.64 Accountants and auditors................ 16.68 18.27 18.96 20.67 26.50 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.45 18.58 19.95 19.95 23.73 Management related, n.e.c............... 23.08 26.23 30.35 32.00 37.45 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 9.96 13.50 20.67 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.81 11.16 13.80 17.84 21.33 Secretaries............................. 10.01 11.14 13.35 15.90 20.46 Typists................................. 10.80 11.25 13.11 15.63 15.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $10.32 $12.09 $12.15 $15.70 $17.34 Dispatchers............................. 12.23 13.77 14.29 15.94 15.96 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.00 10.41 17.09 20.71 26.33 General office clerks................... 9.52 11.47 12.38 16.78 19.04 Data entry keyers....................... 9.20 11.73 13.12 14.67 15.08 Teachers' aides......................... 7.40 8.11 9.79 11.34 12.72 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.50 9.64 17.50 19.14 Blue collar..................................... 10.25 12.01 16.87 21.24 25.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.62 16.87 20.05 25.00 27.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.34 14.21 18.68 22.91 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.75 12.97 16.72 19.14 20.05 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 9.50 11.34 15.50 17.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 11.00 14.50 17.63 18.57 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 15.65 16.94 17.88 18.57 Bus drivers............................. 8.53 9.95 11.73 15.14 17.77 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.15 11.00 13.67 18.19 21.09 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 12.95 13.67 15.77 17.96 18.81 Service......................................... 6.50 8.00 10.30 16.71 24.71 Protective service........................ 10.67 18.10 22.68 27.16 30.05 Police and detectives, public service... 19.12 19.63 21.45 24.71 26.55 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.50 7.25 8.95 12.06 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.80 5.15 5.15 8.00 13.05 Other food service....................... 5.25 6.50 7.45 9.00 11.68 Health service............................ 9.04 10.00 11.24 14.50 17.34 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.00 11.86 14.99 17.34 19.62 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.10 9.75 10.34 11.57 12.32 Cleaning and building service............. 7.68 8.57 10.14 11.87 15.35 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.72 8.72 10.14 12.02 15.35 Personal service.......................... 6.65 7.65 9.00 9.79 10.59 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.24 $11.50 $17.96 $24.55 $31.60 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 12.15 18.61 25.05 32.19 White collar.................................... 9.70 13.94 20.35 27.59 35.58 White collar excluding sales................ 12.36 16.09 21.14 28.85 36.83 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.50 19.27 23.15 29.88 36.54 Professional specialty...................... 16.87 21.10 26.39 31.81 38.69 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.38 25.00 31.82 38.20 41.77 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.52 25.96 30.05 33.80 36.88 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 29.95 35.34 37.80 39.58 42.09 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.18 20.93 24.04 27.29 31.02 Registered nurses....................... 18.43 20.93 24.53 28.37 31.56 Teachers, college and university.......... 31.36 36.34 40.57 45.01 48.87 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.36 12.60 15.10 17.80 21.83 Social workers.......................... 12.36 12.60 15.10 17.80 21.83 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 15.35 17.80 19.68 21.93 23.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.24 13.89 15.00 17.00 19.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.91 25.48 31.47 40.72 55.53 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.88 32.19 40.39 51.92 72.05 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.75 32.19 36.59 51.92 61.30 Management related........................ 17.45 19.95 24.47 28.58 31.96 Accountants and auditors................ 16.68 18.20 18.91 20.63 26.24 Management related, n.e.c............... 25.48 27.23 29.48 32.12 43.85 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.50 9.96 13.50 20.67 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.70 11.50 14.33 19.14 21.55 Secretaries............................. 10.01 11.14 12.73 15.37 20.41 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.00 11.50 12.15 15.70 16.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.50 10.01 18.26 19.14 Blue collar..................................... 10.00 11.58 16.87 21.64 26.01 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.25 16.87 21.24 25.22 27.58 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.34 14.21 18.68 23.09 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.75 12.97 16.72 19.14 20.05 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $8.00 $9.50 $11.34 $15.50 $17.50 Transportation and material moving............ 8.78 10.00 11.98 17.63 18.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.00 11.00 14.49 19.05 21.27 Service......................................... 5.25 7.25 9.00 10.94 13.78 Protective service........................ 9.53 11.30 19.63 30.05 32.23 Food service.............................. 5.15 5.25 7.00 8.25 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 8.50 9.58 10.17 11.16 12.04 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.75 9.72 10.17 11.07 11.85 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $7.97 $9.42 $11.24 $11.86 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.54 8.10 9.50 11.32 11.86 Personal service.......................... 6.65 7.69 8.88 9.50 10.44 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.85 $14.05 $20.43 $29.56 $40.61 All excluding sales........................... 10.85 14.05 20.43 29.56 40.61 White collar.................................... 11.16 15.63 25.40 35.25 45.39 White collar excluding sales................ 11.16 15.63 25.40 35.25 45.39 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.93 25.40 31.02 39.73 49.16 Professional specialty...................... 22.86 26.06 31.81 40.77 49.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.69 23.37 25.40 27.11 42.13 Registered nurses....................... 20.69 22.88 24.51 26.22 27.11 Teachers, college and university.......... 29.59 34.50 40.96 50.65 55.95 Teachers, except college and university... 24.62 27.71 34.26 43.16 50.85 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.43 26.85 32.85 42.88 51.42 Secondary school teachers............... 26.98 29.34 34.51 43.16 51.55 Teachers, special education............. 24.10 28.27 37.36 46.60 50.12 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.00 24.84 32.45 43.23 46.40 Vocational and educational counselors... 13.91 26.17 37.19 37.86 45.65 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.12 20.45 23.06 24.00 30.31 Social workers.......................... 18.44 20.48 23.06 25.76 30.31 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 7.60 13.72 15.57 17.08 18.01 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.98 14.86 16.68 17.08 18.07 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.96 21.52 27.62 36.80 42.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 30.58 35.01 37.89 42.22 67.16 Management related........................ 18.73 19.59 22.99 27.62 30.35 Management related, n.e.c............... 21.52 26.23 30.35 32.00 35.58 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.83 10.87 12.66 16.25 19.84 Secretaries............................. 14.00 15.63 17.19 18.98 24.42 Typists................................. 10.80 11.25 13.11 15.63 15.87 General office clerks................... 9.21 10.10 11.47 13.65 19.04 Teachers' aides......................... 7.40 8.11 9.79 11.34 12.72 Blue collar..................................... 12.46 14.46 16.94 19.23 20.41 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.66 17.15 18.86 20.08 21.88 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.62 18.00 19.46 20.17 22.30 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.65 13.12 15.56 17.47 18.98 Bus drivers............................. $12.20 $13.20 $15.16 $17.57 $18.98 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 12.35 13.53 13.67 15.34 16.12 Service......................................... 9.67 11.97 17.34 22.68 26.55 Protective service........................ 17.30 20.69 22.68 26.15 28.70 Police and detectives, public service... 18.24 19.57 23.27 25.82 26.70 Food service.............................. 6.91 8.13 11.34 12.08 15.56 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.91 8.51 11.34 12.08 16.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.49 7.19 9.09 11.68 12.81 Health service............................ 10.06 12.32 14.90 17.30 19.62 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.67 9.96 11.97 12.32 12.35 Cleaning and building service............. $8.95 $10.49 $12.23 $15.37 $18.27 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.82 10.55 12.40 15.47 18.27 Personal service.......................... 6.66 7.34 9.52 10.43 13.42 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.04 $13.33 $19.44 $26.23 $34.53 All excluding sales........................... 10.40 13.75 19.68 26.59 34.98 White collar.................................... 11.50 15.37 21.50 29.87 39.73 White collar excluding sales................ 12.38 16.74 22.28 30.83 40.39 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.08 20.35 25.40 32.70 41.04 Professional specialty...................... 18.12 23.00 28.73 34.99 43.45 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.76 25.46 32.29 37.51 41.11 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 24.52 25.96 30.05 33.80 36.88 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 30.18 35.25 37.13 39.40 41.77 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.88 26.53 30.85 33.62 38.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.18 20.93 24.00 27.11 31.90 Registered nurses....................... 18.43 20.93 24.27 27.11 32.13 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.01 35.84 40.57 45.01 50.87 Other post-secondary teachers........... 31.29 37.49 40.96 44.70 48.87 Teachers, except college and university... 17.98 22.95 29.34 39.73 48.74 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.43 26.85 32.85 42.88 51.42 Secondary school teachers............... 17.02 19.85 26.70 34.39 45.51 Teachers, special education............. 24.10 28.27 37.36 46.60 50.12 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 24.65 27.55 34.75 43.72 47.83 Vocational and educational counselors... 19.68 19.68 37.19 39.86 43.36 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.36 14.49 15.53 22.86 24.57 Social workers.......................... 12.36 14.00 16.09 23.00 25.16 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.00 17.80 19.68 22.00 23.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.55 14.31 15.51 17.08 18.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.96 23.73 30.35 40.39 52.89 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.88 32.19 40.39 51.92 72.05 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.11 34.38 37.89 40.39 42.22 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.75 32.19 37.97 51.92 63.77 Management related........................ 18.16 19.95 23.73 28.58 31.64 Accountants and auditors................ 16.68 18.27 18.96 20.67 26.50 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.45 18.58 19.95 19.95 23.73 Management related, n.e.c............... 23.08 26.23 30.35 32.00 37.45 Sales......................................... 7.28 8.50 12.71 18.04 22.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.06 11.50 14.33 18.70 21.55 Secretaries............................. 10.01 11.14 13.76 15.90 20.53 Typists................................. 10.80 11.25 12.70 15.63 15.63 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $10.32 $12.09 $12.15 $15.70 $17.34 Dispatchers............................. 13.77 13.77 15.23 15.94 15.96 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.00 10.41 17.09 20.71 26.33 General office clerks................... 10.51 11.58 12.38 17.51 19.47 Data entry keyers....................... 9.20 11.78 13.12 14.67 15.08 Teachers' aides......................... 7.48 8.14 9.85 11.36 12.94 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.01 13.94 14.47 17.50 19.43 Blue collar..................................... 10.50 12.48 16.95 21.36 25.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.62 16.87 20.05 25.00 27.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.50 11.34 14.21 18.68 22.91 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 8.75 12.97 16.72 19.14 20.05 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.00 9.50 11.34 15.50 17.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 11.98 15.65 17.88 18.80 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 15.65 16.94 17.88 18.57 Bus drivers............................. 8.53 9.36 13.20 15.66 18.98 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.60 11.00 14.58 18.81 21.27 Service......................................... 7.87 9.48 11.80 19.63 26.16 Protective service........................ 11.33 19.63 22.68 28.13 32.23 Police and detectives, public service... 19.12 19.63 21.45 24.71 26.55 Food service.............................. 7.00 7.50 8.95 11.63 15.66 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 8.90 11.06 15.66 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.25 7.80 9.00 10.00 Health service............................ 9.00 10.05 12.00 15.56 17.71 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.00 11.86 14.99 17.34 19.62 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.75 9.70 10.49 12.26 12.35 Cleaning and building service............. 7.72 8.72 10.19 11.97 15.35 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.72 8.72 10.11 12.02 15.35 Personal service.......................... 7.60 8.34 9.22 10.06 11.17 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.35 $6.50 $8.25 $12.09 $19.14 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.50 8.84 13.45 21.72 White collar.................................... 6.25 7.00 8.90 17.00 26.22 White collar excluding sales................ 6.50 7.75 14.25 20.93 29.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.77 15.00 19.97 26.34 30.36 Professional specialty...................... 12.77 17.00 22.88 28.00 31.24 Health related............................ 20.67 22.04 25.83 28.03 31.52 Registered nurses....................... 19.71 22.27 25.74 28.00 30.74 Teachers, except college and university... 12.77 12.77 17.00 17.00 31.24 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 8.50 13.50 14.41 17.08 19.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.02 13.87 14.67 18.00 19.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.25 6.50 7.50 8.61 11.49 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.25 6.50 8.00 11.70 19.14 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.25 6.25 7.00 19.14 19.14 Blue collar..................................... 8.95 9.50 11.20 12.10 15.74 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 5.15 5.30 7.00 9.19 10.88 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 6.00 7.25 8.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 9.67 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.67 10.00 10.00 10.75 11.72 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.50 6.65 7.75 9.18 9.86 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, Rochester, NY, March 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 263,000 198,400 64,600 All excluding sales............................................. 245,300 180,700 64,600 White collar........................................................ 159,600 117,500 42,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 141,900 99,800 42,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 78,700 53,300 25,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 64,000 39,500 24,400 Technical....................................................... 14,700 13,800 900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 19,300 15,400 3,900 Sales............................................................. 17,700 17,700 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 44,000 31,000 12,900 Blue collar......................................................... 55,300 48,100 7,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22,300 19,100 3,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18,400 18,300 - Transportation and material moving................................ 6,800 - 2,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,800 - 1,300 Service............................................................. 48,100 32,800 15,300 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.