NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Mobile, AL, Bulletin 3125-28, August 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................. $15.12 2.9 36.9 $14.08 4.3 36.9 $17.89 2.6 36.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 17.88 4.8 37.6 16.33 7.3 38.7 20.88 4.3 35.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.52 4.4 35.6 21.55 7.1 38.1 27.51 4.3 33.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.74 11.5 41.5 28.44 12.6 42.0 25.54 23.3 40.0 Sales............................................................. 12.47 13.4 38.5 12.50 14.3 38.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.89 6.3 38.4 12.10 8.9 38.5 11.44 3.5 38.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.18 3.1 38.4 14.27 3.5 38.3 13.43 2.9 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 40.0 18.20 2.8 40.1 14.76 .6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.69 7.4 38.5 12.69 7.4 38.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.87 7.6 39.0 12.75 9.0 39.0 13.37 8.1 38.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.41 3.3 34.8 8.82 4.0 33.9 11.96 4.5 39.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.76 3.7 33.0 7.09 6.2 30.3 11.82 2.2 39.3 Full time........................................................... 15.83 3.1 39.8 14.89 4.4 40.1 18.17 2.6 39.1 Part time........................................................... 7.76 6.0 21.0 7.36 6.0 22.2 10.81 15.2 15.1 Union............................................................... 17.93 5.0 35.0 15.38 10.2 38.9 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.62 3.5 37.2 13.96 4.7 36.7 16.99 4.0 39.3 Time................................................................ 15.01 2.9 36.7 13.88 4.2 36.7 17.89 2.6 36.9 Incentive........................................................... 17.99 4.5 41.9 17.99 4.5 41.9 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.24 8.4 34.3 11.15 8.6 34.3 17.71 13.9 35.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.14 5.9 38.6 16.26 6.7 38.5 15.21 2.5 39.1 500 workers or more................................................. 16.26 4.6 37.0 13.92 8.3 37.5 18.37 3.3 36.5 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, 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $15.12 2.9 $14.08 4.3 $17.89 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 15.34 3.1 14.26 4.5 18.00 3.0 White collar........................................................ 17.88 4.8 16.33 7.3 20.88 4.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.85 4.5 17.37 7.4 21.14 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.52 4.4 21.55 7.1 27.51 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.49 4.3 23.73 9.1 28.29 4.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.73 3.7 23.42 3.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.14 2.0 22.19 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.16 37.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.65 1.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.68 12.8 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 27.68 12.8 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.79 5.4 – – 17.61 4.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.14 6.2 – – 17.61 4.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.93 4.4 18.17 5.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.30 4.8 14.56 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.74 11.5 28.44 12.6 25.54 23.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.13 12.9 28.54 12.8 31.39 32.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.00 48.7 – – 26.00 48.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.73 13.8 36.34 16.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.67 21.9 28.11 20.8 – – Sales............................................................. 12.47 13.4 12.50 14.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.60 10.5 8.48 10.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.89 6.3 12.10 8.9 11.44 3.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.03 9.2 12.87 16.0 13.21 7.9 Receptionists............................................... 8.91 3.8 8.93 3.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 8.34 2.1 – – 8.34 2.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.94 10.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.61 9.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.52 21.2 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.19 2.4 – – 10.11 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 3.1 14.27 3.5 13.43 2.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 18.20 2.8 14.76 .6 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $20.67 3.3 $20.67 3.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 7.4 12.69 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.52 4.4 18.52 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.87 7.6 12.75 9.0 $13.37 8.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.06 4.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.41 3.3 8.82 4.0 11.96 4.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 8.50 7.5 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... – – – – 9.17 4.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.65 4.0 8.65 4.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.18 5.2 – – 11.31 .3 Service............................................................. 8.76 3.7 7.09 6.2 11.82 2.2 Protective service............................................ 13.18 2.7 – – 13.54 2.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.21 3.7 – – 18.21 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 10.64 4.3 – – 10.64 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.97 4.4 – – 14.97 4.4 Food service.................................................. 6.39 9.1 6.09 9.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.33 16.9 3.33 16.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.01 14.0 3.01 14.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.39 6.9 7.14 7.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.19 4.2 9.19 4.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.21 3.4 6.21 3.4 – – Health service................................................ 8.94 2.8 8.82 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.78 2.2 8.56 2.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.55 8.4 6.87 5.9 9.66 5.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.65 7.3 6.65 7.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.33 8.8 7.22 8.7 9.66 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 6.34 2.7 6.24 1.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $15.83 3.1 $14.89 4.4 $18.17 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 16.05 3.0 15.07 4.4 18.29 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.28 5.0 16.66 7.7 21.41 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.10 4.6 17.49 7.5 21.70 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.76 4.5 21.49 7.2 28.14 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.88 4.5 23.69 9.3 29.00 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.79 4.0 23.51 4.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.13 2.4 22.28 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.16 37.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.79 5.4 – – 17.61 4.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.14 6.2 – – 17.61 4.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.93 4.4 18.17 5.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.30 4.8 14.56 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.78 11.5 28.50 12.6 25.54 23.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.18 13.0 28.61 12.9 31.39 32.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.00 48.7 – – 26.00 48.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.73 13.8 36.34 16.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.67 21.9 28.11 20.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.17 15.3 13.26 16.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.03 11.7 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.00 6.5 12.19 9.2 11.60 3.5 Secretaries................................................. 13.14 9.9 13.08 17.4 13.21 7.9 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.85 16.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.61 9.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.52 21.2 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.19 2.4 – – 10.11 3.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 2.5 14.78 2.9 13.50 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 18.20 2.8 14.76 .6 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.67 3.3 20.67 3.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.99 6.7 12.99 6.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... $18.52 4.4 $18.52 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.34 5.5 13.30 6.7 $13.53 7.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.06 4.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.87 3.3 9.23 3.8 12.03 4.0 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.18 5.2 – – 11.31 .3 Service............................................................. 9.56 3.0 7.66 6.0 11.85 2.2 Protective service............................................ 13.23 2.6 – – 13.61 1.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.21 3.7 – – 18.21 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 10.64 4.3 – – 10.64 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.10 3.6 – – 15.10 3.6 Food service.................................................. 6.83 13.4 6.19 16.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.02 6.8 7.65 8.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.95 2.9 8.83 3.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.78 2.4 8.56 2.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $8.00 8.4 $7.22 5.8 $9.66 5.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.09 6.2 – – 9.66 5.7 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.76 6.0 $7.36 6.0 $10.81 15.2 All excluding sales............................................... 7.73 6.4 7.27 6.0 10.81 15.2 White collar........................................................ 10.43 9.8 10.13 12.1 11.04 16.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.06 11.2 13.33 15.3 11.04 16.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.41 19.3 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 16.41 19.3 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.94 12.5 7.94 12.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.70 8.1 6.70 8.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.72 4.1 9.89 6.8 9.52 4.1 Blue collar......................................................... 7.64 1.3 7.63 1.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.48 3.9 7.48 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.14 7.2 6.06 7.6 9.76 5.7 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.02 10.8 6.02 10.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.42 15.7 3.42 15.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.85 10.0 6.85 10.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $630 3.1 39.8 $597 4.5 40.1 $710 2.5 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 638 3.0 39.7 603 4.5 40.0 714 2.8 39.1 White collar........................................................ 721 5.0 39.5 668 7.8 40.1 820 3.9 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 750 4.6 39.2 698 7.5 39.9 830 4.6 38.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 948 4.2 38.3 838 6.8 39.0 1,058 4.2 37.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,019 4.4 37.9 915 9.4 38.6 1,085 4.5 37.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 922 3.9 38.8 895 3.3 38.1 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 845 1.9 38.2 830 3.2 37.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,770 36.4 39.2 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 985 1.6 35.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 628 5.3 39.8 – – – 703 4.6 39.9 Social workers.............................................. 644 6.1 39.9 – – – 703 4.6 39.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 710 3.2 39.6 719 3.7 39.6 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 567 7.4 39.6 577 7.5 39.6 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,154 10.4 41.5 1,199 10.7 42.1 1,022 23.3 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,229 11.1 42.1 1,221 10.2 42.7 1,256 32.9 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,040 48.7 40.0 – – – 1,040 48.7 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,509 13.8 40.0 1,454 16.5 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 947 21.9 40.0 1,124 20.8 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 538 16.4 40.8 543 17.7 40.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 361 11.8 39.9 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 477 6.6 39.7 488 9.3 40.1 452 3.5 39.0 Secretaries................................................. 526 9.9 40.0 523 17.4 40.0 528 7.9 40.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 474 16.3 40.0 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 624 9.4 40.0 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 461 21.2 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 403 2.1 39.5 – – – 397 2.3 39.2 Blue collar......................................................... 591 2.2 40.4 597 2.6 40.4 540 2.4 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $715 2.6 40.0 $729 2.7 40.1 $590 0.6 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 823 3.6 39.8 823 3.6 39.8 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 517 6.9 39.8 517 6.9 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 741 4.4 40.0 741 4.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 570 3.1 42.7 577 3.8 43.4 541 7.0 40.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 562 4.7 40.0 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 394 3.3 39.9 368 3.8 39.9 481 4.0 40.0 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 407 5.2 40.0 – – – 453 .3 40.0 Service............................................................. 382 3.9 40.0 301 6.6 39.3 484 3.8 40.8 Protective service............................................ 562 4.6 42.5 – – – 584 4.3 42.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 735 2.8 40.3 – – – 735 2.8 40.3 Firefighting................................................ 556 6.3 52.2 – – – 556 6.3 52.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 607 3.5 40.2 – – – 607 3.5 40.2 Food service.................................................. 249 13.1 36.5 235 18.1 37.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 294 6.7 36.6 297 10.3 38.8 – – – Health service................................................ 356 3.1 39.8 350 3.7 39.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 349 2.6 39.8 339 2.8 39.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 319 8.5 39.9 287 5.9 39.8 386 5.7 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 364 6.2 40.0 – – – 386 5.7 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $31,594 3.1 1,995 $30,939 4.5 2,078 $33,012 2.5 1,817 All excluding sales............................................... 31,867 3.0 1,986 31,225 4.5 2,072 33,148 2.8 1,813 White collar........................................................ 35,385 5.0 1,936 34,517 7.8 2,071 36,776 3.9 1,718 White collar excluding sales.................................... 36,457 4.6 1,908 35,993 7.5 2,058 37,075 4.6 1,709 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 43,691 4.2 1,764 42,665 6.8 1,985 44,535 4.2 1,583 Professional specialty.......................................... 45,407 4.4 1,689 45,974 9.4 1,940 45,105 4.5 1,555 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,941 3.9 2,015 46,540 3.3 1,980 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 43,953 1.9 1,987 43,146 3.2 1,937 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 80,854 36.4 1,791 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,373 1.6 1,315 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,647 5.3 2,068 – – – 36,565 4.6 2,077 Social workers.............................................. 33,507 6.1 2,076 – – – 36,565 4.6 2,077 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 36,930 3.2 2,060 37,382 3.7 2,057 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,462 7.4 2,061 29,982 7.5 2,059 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 60,001 10.4 2,160 62,329 10.7 2,187 53,118 23.3 2,080 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 63,892 11.1 2,189 63,500 10.2 2,220 65,291 32.9 2,080 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 54,089 48.7 2,080 – – – 54,089 48.7 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 78,470 13.8 2,080 75,595 16.5 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 49,241 21.9 2,080 58,464 20.8 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 27,971 16.4 2,123 28,210 17.7 2,127 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,751 11.8 2,077 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,156 6.6 2,013 25,382 9.3 2,083 21,732 3.5 1,873 Secretaries................................................. 27,338 9.9 2,080 27,211 17.4 2,080 27,481 7.9 2,080 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 24,658 16.3 2,080 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,425 9.4 2,077 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 23,958 21.2 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 20,495 2.1 2,010 – – – 19,897 2.3 1,968 Blue collar......................................................... 30,617 2.2 2,092 31,042 2.6 2,101 27,368 2.4 2,028 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $37,170 2.6 2,082 $37,896 2.7 2,083 $30,703 0.6 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 42,786 3.6 2,070 42,786 3.6 2,070 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,863 6.9 2,068 26,863 6.9 2,068 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 38,529 4.4 2,080 38,529 4.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,051 3.1 2,177 30,011 3.8 2,257 25,653 7.0 1,896 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,577 4.7 1,961 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,509 3.3 2,077 19,161 3.8 2,076 25,026 4.0 2,080 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,184 5.2 2,080 – – – 23,532 .3 2,080 Service............................................................. 19,388 3.9 2,027 15,539 6.6 2,030 23,996 3.8 2,024 Protective service............................................ 29,247 4.6 2,210 – – – 30,352 4.3 2,231 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 38,200 2.8 2,098 – – – 38,200 2.8 2,098 Firefighting................................................ 28,911 6.3 2,717 – – – 28,911 6.3 2,717 Police and detectives, public service....................... 31,544 3.5 2,089 – – – 31,544 3.5 2,089 Food service.................................................. 11,862 13.1 1,737 12,131 18.1 1,959 – – – Other food service........................................... 13,579 6.7 1,692 15,286 10.3 1,997 – – – Health service................................................ 18,501 3.1 2,067 18,222 3.7 2,064 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,155 2.6 2,067 17,650 2.8 2,061 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,175 8.5 2,023 14,935 5.9 2,069 18,650 5.7 1,930 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 18,003 6.2 1,980 – – – 18,650 5.7 1,930 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $15.12 2.9 $14.08 4.3 $17.89 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 15.34 3.1 14.26 4.5 18.00 3.0 White collar........................................................ 17.88 4.8 16.33 7.3 20.88 4.3 1....................................................... 7.00 4.9 6.94 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.05 2.3 9.07 2.8 8.89 5.0 3....................................................... 10.14 3.4 10.43 4.7 9.53 3.2 4....................................................... 13.45 6.2 14.43 6.4 11.19 1.6 5....................................................... 15.60 6.8 15.73 9.0 15.21 3.3 6....................................................... 15.88 6.0 17.87 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.29 3.3 18.28 4.4 18.33 4.9 8....................................................... 24.35 2.2 21.62 2.3 26.52 1.4 9....................................................... 26.74 6.3 26.99 10.7 26.39 2.1 11........................................................ 36.03 5.1 34.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 42.75 12.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.55 19.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.85 4.5 17.37 7.4 21.14 5.1 2....................................................... 9.43 3.5 9.64 4.0 8.89 5.0 3....................................................... 9.98 4.9 10.36 8.0 9.39 4.1 4....................................................... 12.55 4.0 13.31 4.6 11.19 1.6 5....................................................... 15.36 7.3 15.38 9.3 15.29 4.7 6....................................................... 14.95 4.0 16.91 8.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.35 3.3 18.36 4.3 18.33 4.9 8....................................................... 24.41 2.3 21.64 2.4 26.52 1.4 9....................................................... 26.74 6.3 26.99 10.7 26.39 2.1 11........................................................ 36.03 5.1 34.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 42.75 12.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.55 19.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.52 4.4 21.55 7.1 27.51 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.49 4.3 23.73 9.1 28.29 4.5 5....................................................... 13.43 5.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.20 2.3 19.14 3.9 19.27 2.1 8....................................................... 25.34 2.1 20.52 3.5 26.96 1.9 9....................................................... 26.68 4.9 26.85 9.5 26.50 2.1 11........................................................ 36.98 4.8 35.15 4.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.73 3.7 23.42 3.8 – – 8....................................................... 21.52 2.4 20.77 3.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.14 2.0 22.19 3.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.79 2.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.16 37.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.65 1.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 27.68 12.8 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 27.68 12.8 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $15.79 5.4 – – $17.61 4.7 Social workers.............................................. 16.14 6.2 – – 17.61 4.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.93 4.4 $18.17 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.24 10.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.30 4.8 14.56 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.74 11.5 28.44 12.6 25.54 23.3 9....................................................... 27.04 23.1 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.13 12.9 28.54 12.8 31.39 32.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.00 48.7 – – 26.00 48.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.73 13.8 36.34 16.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.67 21.9 28.11 20.8 – – Sales............................................................. 12.47 13.4 12.50 14.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 3.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 18.23 1.7 18.23 1.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.60 10.5 8.48 10.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.89 6.3 12.10 8.9 11.44 3.5 2....................................................... 9.43 3.5 9.64 4.0 8.89 5.0 3....................................................... 10.13 5.2 10.36 8.0 9.70 1.9 4....................................................... 12.59 4.3 13.45 5.2 11.11 1.6 5....................................................... 16.17 11.3 16.37 12.6 – – 6....................................................... 13.19 4.7 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.03 9.2 12.87 16.0 13.21 7.9 4....................................................... 14.06 13.4 – – 12.64 8.2 Receptionists............................................... 8.91 3.8 8.93 3.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 8.34 2.1 – – 8.34 2.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.94 10.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.61 9.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.52 21.2 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.19 2.4 – – 10.11 3.2 2....................................................... 9.66 7.1 – – 8.88 5.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 3.1 14.27 3.5 13.43 2.9 1....................................................... 7.71 4.2 7.71 4.4 7.76 10.2 2....................................................... 9.22 4.2 9.08 4.9 10.17 .8 3....................................................... 12.34 7.4 12.33 7.7 12.57 3.4 4....................................................... 13.96 3.3 13.89 5.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 6.0 16.78 6.7 13.85 6.5 6....................................................... 19.64 4.7 19.99 4.8 14.67 1.8 7....................................................... 17.50 3.7 17.70 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $15.44 12.2 $15.44 12.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 18.20 2.8 $14.76 0.6 4....................................................... 13.09 2.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.18 5.0 17.24 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.63 4.2 19.96 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.32 3.3 17.50 2.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.67 3.3 20.67 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 21.15 3.8 21.15 3.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 7.4 12.69 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.44 3.1 7.44 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 8.5 12.21 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 9.3 14.68 9.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.16 6.3 18.16 6.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.52 4.4 18.52 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.87 7.6 12.75 9.0 13.37 8.1 3....................................................... 11.82 11.5 11.86 11.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.06 4.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.41 3.3 8.82 4.0 11.96 4.5 1....................................................... 7.82 5.7 7.84 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.93 4.2 8.68 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.47 7.0 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 8.50 7.5 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... – – – – 9.17 4.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.65 4.0 8.65 4.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.18 5.2 – – 11.31 .3 2....................................................... 9.17 6.6 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.76 3.7 7.09 6.2 11.82 2.2 1....................................................... 5.88 7.3 5.80 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.04 6.5 7.82 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.38 3.9 8.74 3.9 10.30 5.6 4....................................................... 10.09 5.7 – – 9.55 .6 6....................................................... 13.67 .6 – – 13.67 .6 7....................................................... 13.14 1.8 – – 13.14 1.8 Protective service............................................ 13.18 2.7 – – 13.54 2.0 4....................................................... 10.93 9.3 – – 9.55 1.3 6....................................................... 13.67 .6 – – 13.67 .6 7....................................................... 13.14 1.8 – – 13.14 1.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.21 3.7 – – 18.21 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 10.64 4.3 – – 10.64 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.97 4.4 – – 14.97 4.4 Food service.................................................. 6.39 9.1 6.09 9.4 – – 1....................................................... $5.21 9.0 $5.21 9.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.33 16.9 3.33 16.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.01 14.0 3.01 14.0 – – 1....................................................... 3.04 18.6 3.04 18.6 – – Other food service........................................... 7.39 6.9 7.14 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.14 5.6 6.14 5.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.19 4.2 9.19 4.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.21 3.4 6.21 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.19 3.5 6.19 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 8.94 2.8 8.82 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.92 1.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.11 4.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.78 2.2 8.56 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.92 1.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.55 8.4 6.87 5.9 $9.66 5.7 1....................................................... 6.66 6.0 6.56 5.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.65 7.3 6.65 7.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.33 8.8 7.22 8.7 9.66 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 6.34 2.7 6.24 1.7 – – 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $15.83 3.1 $14.89 4.4 $18.17 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 16.05 3.0 15.07 4.4 18.29 3.0 White collar........................................................ 18.28 5.0 16.66 7.7 21.41 4.1 2....................................................... 9.16 3.3 9.21 4.1 8.90 5.1 3....................................................... 10.46 4.3 10.67 5.6 9.82 2.4 4....................................................... 13.57 7.0 14.66 7.6 11.19 1.6 5....................................................... 15.60 6.8 15.73 9.0 15.21 3.3 6....................................................... 15.88 6.1 17.87 8.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.31 3.3 18.28 4.4 18.37 5.0 8....................................................... 24.40 2.3 21.65 2.5 26.60 1.5 9....................................................... 26.68 6.4 26.90 11.1 26.39 2.1 11........................................................ 36.03 5.1 34.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 42.75 12.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.55 19.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.10 4.6 17.49 7.5 21.70 4.9 2....................................................... 9.52 3.9 9.79 4.9 8.90 5.1 3....................................................... 10.18 6.3 10.38 8.9 9.66 2.8 4....................................................... 12.55 4.0 13.33 4.8 11.19 1.6 5....................................................... 15.36 7.3 15.38 9.3 15.29 4.7 6....................................................... 14.94 4.0 16.91 8.9 – – 7....................................................... 18.36 3.3 18.36 4.3 18.37 5.0 8....................................................... 24.47 2.4 21.67 2.6 26.60 1.5 9....................................................... 26.68 6.4 26.90 11.1 26.39 2.1 11........................................................ 36.03 5.1 34.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 42.75 12.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.55 19.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.76 4.5 21.49 7.2 28.14 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.88 4.5 23.69 9.3 29.00 4.6 5....................................................... 13.43 5.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.24 2.3 19.14 3.9 19.36 2.0 8....................................................... 25.46 2.2 20.55 3.8 27.06 1.7 9....................................................... 26.61 5.0 26.72 9.8 26.50 2.1 11........................................................ 36.98 4.8 35.15 4.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.79 4.0 23.51 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.42 2.4 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.13 2.4 22.28 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 21.71 2.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.16 37.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.67 1.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.79 5.4 – – 17.61 4.7 Social workers.............................................. $16.14 6.2 – – $17.61 4.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.93 4.4 $18.17 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.24 10.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.30 4.8 14.56 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.78 11.5 28.50 12.6 25.54 23.3 9....................................................... 27.04 23.1 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.18 13.0 28.61 12.9 31.39 32.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.00 48.7 – – 26.00 48.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.73 13.8 36.34 16.5 – – Management related............................................ 23.67 21.9 28.11 20.8 – – Sales............................................................. 13.17 15.3 13.26 16.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.98 4.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 20.27 1.0 20.27 1.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.03 11.7 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.00 6.5 12.19 9.2 11.60 3.5 2....................................................... 9.52 3.9 9.79 4.9 8.90 5.1 3....................................................... 10.18 6.3 10.38 8.9 9.66 2.8 4....................................................... 12.59 4.4 13.47 5.3 11.11 1.6 5....................................................... 16.17 11.3 16.37 12.6 – – 6....................................................... 13.19 4.7 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.14 9.9 13.08 17.4 13.21 7.9 4....................................................... 14.36 14.0 – – 12.64 8.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.85 16.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.61 9.4 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.52 21.2 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.19 2.4 – – 10.11 3.2 2....................................................... 9.66 7.1 – – 8.88 5.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 2.5 14.78 2.9 13.50 2.4 1....................................................... 7.94 5.7 7.96 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.35 4.2 9.21 4.9 10.17 .8 3....................................................... 12.62 6.2 12.62 6.5 12.57 3.4 4....................................................... 13.96 3.3 13.89 5.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 6.0 16.78 6.7 13.85 6.5 6....................................................... 19.64 4.7 19.99 4.8 14.67 1.8 7....................................................... 17.50 3.7 17.70 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.44 12.2 15.44 12.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 2.6 18.20 2.8 14.76 .6 4....................................................... 13.09 2.6 – – – – 5....................................................... $17.18 5.0 $17.24 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.63 4.2 19.96 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.32 3.3 17.50 2.7 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.67 3.3 20.67 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 21.15 3.8 21.15 3.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.99 6.7 12.99 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 8.5 12.21 8.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.68 9.3 14.68 9.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.16 6.3 18.16 6.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.52 4.4 18.52 4.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.34 5.5 13.30 6.7 $13.53 7.0 3....................................................... 12.34 9.2 12.39 9.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.06 4.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.87 3.3 9.23 3.8 12.03 4.0 1....................................................... 8.16 6.9 8.20 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.14 4.3 8.88 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.47 7.0 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.18 5.2 – – 11.31 .3 2....................................................... 9.17 6.6 – – – – Service............................................................. 9.56 3.0 7.66 6.0 11.85 2.2 1....................................................... 6.51 10.9 6.41 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.87 6.3 7.47 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.40 4.2 8.74 4.3 10.28 5.6 4....................................................... 10.10 5.8 – – 9.54 .6 6....................................................... 13.67 .6 – – 13.67 .6 7....................................................... 13.14 1.8 – – 13.14 1.8 Protective service............................................ 13.23 2.6 – – 13.61 1.8 4....................................................... 10.99 9.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 13.67 .6 – – 13.67 .6 7....................................................... 13.14 1.8 – – 13.14 1.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.21 3.7 – – 18.21 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 10.64 4.3 – – 10.64 4.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.10 3.6 – – 15.10 3.6 Food service.................................................. 6.83 13.4 6.19 16.4 – – 1....................................................... 5.58 21.7 5.58 21.7 – – Other food service........................................... 8.02 6.8 7.65 8.6 – – Health service................................................ 8.95 2.9 8.83 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 4.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.78 2.4 8.56 2.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.00 8.4 7.22 5.8 9.66 5.7 1....................................................... 7.08 6.9 6.96 6.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.09 6.2 – – 9.66 5.7 1....................................................... $8.08 6.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.76 6.0 $7.36 6.0 $10.81 15.2 All excluding sales............................................... 7.73 6.4 7.27 6.0 10.81 15.2 White collar........................................................ 10.43 9.8 10.13 12.1 11.04 16.9 1....................................................... 6.78 11.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.78 6.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.82 8.2 8.40 9.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.06 11.2 13.33 15.3 11.04 16.9 3....................................................... 9.27 7.4 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.41 19.3 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 16.41 19.3 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.94 12.5 7.94 12.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.70 8.1 6.70 8.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.72 4.1 9.89 6.8 9.52 4.1 3....................................................... 9.88 2.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.64 1.3 7.63 1.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 3.3 7.33 3.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.48 3.9 7.48 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.25 5.1 7.25 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.14 7.2 6.06 7.6 9.76 5.7 1....................................................... 5.26 3.7 5.23 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.60 10.4 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.02 10.8 6.02 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 4.99 1.8 4.99 1.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.42 15.7 3.42 15.7 – – 1....................................................... 3.42 15.7 3.42 15.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.85 10.0 6.85 10.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $15.83 $7.76 $17.93 $14.62 $15.01 $17.99 All excluding sales............................................. 16.05 7.73 18.43 14.79 15.31 16.50 White collar........................................................ 18.28 10.43 21.04 17.33 17.77 19.91 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.10 12.06 – 18.19 18.84 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.76 16.41 – 23.58 24.52 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.88 16.41 – 26.04 26.49 – Technical....................................................... 17.93 – – 17.93 17.93 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.78 – – 27.74 27.74 – Sales............................................................. 13.17 7.94 – 12.73 10.91 20.88 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.00 9.72 – 11.96 11.38 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.63 7.64 15.94 13.75 14.22 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.85 – 20.15 17.40 17.96 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.99 – 15.13 11.77 12.69 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.34 – 15.48 12.26 12.87 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.87 7.48 9.18 9.45 9.22 – Service............................................................. 9.56 6.14 – 8.61 8.76 – 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....................................................... 3.1 6.0 5.0 3.5 2.9 4.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.0 6.4 2.9 3.8 3.2 .7 White collar........................................................ 5.0 9.8 8.4 5.6 5.0 1.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.6 11.2 – 5.4 4.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 19.3 – 5.7 4.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.5 19.3 – 6.4 4.3 – Technical....................................................... 4.4 – – 4.4 4.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.5 – – 11.5 11.5 – Sales............................................................. 15.3 12.5 – 14.8 14.0 2.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.5 4.1 – 6.8 3.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.5 1.3 6.5 3.2 3.2 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.6 – 7.4 2.2 2.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.7 – 6.8 8.8 7.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 – 9.1 7.7 7.6 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.3 3.9 10.5 3.6 3.7 – Service............................................................. 3.0 7.2 – 3.8 3.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $14.08 - – $15.20 - - - - - $12.62 All excluding sales............................................. 14.26 - – 15.20 - - - - - 12.87 White collar........................................................ 16.33 - – – - - - - - 15.35 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.37 - – – - - - - - 15.97 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.55 - – – - - - - - 19.61 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.73 - – – - - - - - 21.47 Technical....................................................... 18.17 - – – - - - - - 16.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.44 - – – - - - - - 24.48 Sales............................................................. 12.50 - – – - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.10 - – – - - - - - 11.43 Blue collar......................................................... 14.27 - – 15.37 - - - - - 10.88 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.20 - – 16.62 - - - - - 16.57 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 - – – - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 - – – - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.82 - – – - - - - - 9.09 Service............................................................. 7.09 - – – - - - - - 7.71 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....................................................... 4.3 - – 3.3 - - - - - 6.4 All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 - – 3.3 - - - - - 7.3 White collar........................................................ 7.3 - – – - - - - - 7.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.4 - – – - - - - - 7.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.1 - – – - - - - - 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.1 - – – - - - - - 6.9 Technical....................................................... 5.1 - – – - - - - - 6.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.6 - – – - - - - - 11.9 Sales............................................................. 14.3 - – – - - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.9 - – – - - - - - 16.5 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 - – 4.1 - - - - - 6.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 - – 5.9 - - - - - 5.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 - – – - - - - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 - – – - - - - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 - – – - - - - - 8.4 Service............................................................. 6.2 - – – - - - - - 5.0 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 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $14.08 $11.15 $15.32 $16.26 $13.92 All excluding sales............................................. 14.26 11.01 15.59 16.17 14.65 White collar........................................................ 16.33 12.90 17.18 19.24 14.70 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.37 13.37 18.12 19.46 16.28 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.55 17.53 21.97 23.38 20.66 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.73 18.41 24.51 27.97 22.07 Technical....................................................... 18.17 – 18.38 18.71 17.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.44 – 31.77 31.77 – Sales............................................................. 12.50 12.14 12.70 17.70 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.10 8.71 12.77 13.03 12.42 Blue collar......................................................... 14.27 12.54 15.28 15.78 14.34 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.20 16.62 19.17 19.90 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.69 8.83 13.51 12.83 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.75 – 14.51 14.84 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.82 8.29 9.32 8.98 – Service............................................................. 7.09 5.87 7.96 7.67 8.53 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....................................................... 4.3 8.6 5.7 6.7 8.3 All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 10.5 5.5 7.2 6.9 White collar........................................................ 7.3 15.3 8.5 9.7 11.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.4 18.9 7.5 10.9 6.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 7.1 6.1 7.6 14.7 4.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 9.1 10.7 9.2 14.4 8.0 Technical....................................................... 5.1 – 5.5 10.9 6.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.6 – 12.7 12.7 – Sales............................................................. 14.3 25.0 17.1 3.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.9 13.2 5.9 4.1 13.1 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 10.2 4.4 6.1 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 6.7 3.6 3.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 14.0 6.8 11.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 – 6.1 7.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 5.6 5.3 6.7 – Service............................................................. 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.0 12.9 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, Mobile, AL, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.01 $9.00 $12.74 $19.25 $25.50 All excluding sales........................... 7.02 9.17 13.00 19.73 25.66 White collar.................................... 8.05 10.04 14.35 22.49 32.23 White collar excluding sales................ 8.71 10.80 15.55 23.26 32.72 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.46 17.31 22.86 29.33 33.64 Professional specialty...................... 14.43 19.26 24.72 31.59 36.30 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Health related............................ 17.34 19.50 21.63 24.69 38.25 Registered nurses....................... 17.75 19.87 22.10 24.14 26.97 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.61 32.27 35.30 40.02 94.53 Teachers, except college and university... 17.25 23.29 28.17 31.02 33.14 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.77 26.66 31.02 33.14 33.14 Librarians.............................. 13.77 26.66 31.02 33.14 33.14 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 13.32 15.46 17.31 20.72 Social workers.......................... 12.68 13.32 16.23 17.31 20.72 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 12.49 13.91 17.20 22.52 25.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.25 13.42 13.91 14.26 17.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.35 19.81 22.00 37.06 44.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.39 21.54 24.49 34.11 45.62 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 10.28 11.90 21.01 47.76 47.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.25 33.78 34.11 43.93 62.06 Management related........................ 13.67 14.35 21.84 37.06 37.06 Sales......................................... 6.15 7.64 10.40 14.99 21.19 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.74 7.90 10.40 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.80 9.09 10.92 13.60 17.98 Secretaries............................. 9.30 10.09 12.02 15.55 19.25 Receptionists........................... 7.18 7.65 8.77 10.04 10.54 Library clerks.......................... 6.62 8.00 8.05 9.00 9.60 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.66 9.67 9.86 10.00 17.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.02 13.29 13.73 16.83 23.33 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.70 8.62 9.47 11.00 20.52 General office clerks................... 7.94 8.61 9.62 11.21 13.41 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.95 13.75 17.76 22.66 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.15 14.90 17.20 21.56 23.55 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 17.81 21.16 23.55 25.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.50 11.21 16.19 21.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $14.85 $16.19 $17.93 $21.38 $21.89 Transportation and material moving............ 8.25 9.25 13.75 14.00 16.83 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.28 12.92 13.83 15.88 16.48 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.25 9.00 11.25 13.09 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 6.95 7.58 7.58 8.87 13.78 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.45 7.75 8.50 9.55 11.25 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.85 9.30 11.82 15.18 Service......................................... 5.25 6.20 8.15 10.16 13.11 Protective service........................ 8.87 10.39 12.49 15.00 19.14 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.18 16.74 18.45 19.37 21.36 Firefighting............................ 6.82 9.90 10.39 11.46 13.26 Police and detectives, public service... 9.63 12.49 13.77 17.91 21.24 Food service.............................. 2.23 5.25 6.00 8.27 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.46 5.50 5.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.19 5.75 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.55 7.00 9.17 10.00 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.27 10.00 10.00 10.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.75 Health service............................ 7.50 8.00 8.55 9.69 10.94 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.49 10.67 Cleaning and building service............. 5.15 6.05 7.02 8.74 9.64 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 5.15 7.02 7.02 8.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 6.64 8.35 9.37 10.59 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 6.18 6.40 7.40 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, Mobile, AL, August 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.54 $8.40 $12.00 $17.93 $23.45 All excluding sales........................... 6.64 8.50 12.40 17.96 23.55 White collar.................................... 7.69 9.67 13.54 21.09 27.18 White collar excluding sales................ 8.43 10.54 14.30 21.54 30.19 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.22 14.22 20.00 25.21 33.50 Professional specialty...................... 13.32 16.67 20.88 28.84 37.08 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.67 19.42 21.47 24.69 38.25 Registered nurses....................... 17.40 19.43 22.08 24.01 27.21 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.00 13.91 17.39 22.60 25.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.93 13.75 13.91 14.39 20.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.28 21.54 22.70 34.11 44.93 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.48 21.54 22.70 34.00 45.62 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.39 25.04 34.00 42.71 62.06 Management related........................ 16.35 21.84 22.48 37.06 37.06 Sales......................................... 6.00 7.60 10.25 14.00 21.43 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.74 7.89 10.40 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.65 8.95 11.00 13.73 19.25 Secretaries............................. 9.25 10.05 10.40 19.25 19.25 Receptionists........................... 7.18 7.68 8.77 10.04 10.54 Blue collar..................................... 7.58 9.90 13.75 17.81 23.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.53 15.00 17.70 22.44 23.55 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 17.81 21.16 23.55 25.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.50 11.21 16.19 21.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.85 16.19 17.93 21.38 21.89 Transportation and material moving............ 8.25 9.25 13.75 13.75 17.81 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 7.00 8.75 10.00 11.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.45 7.75 8.50 9.55 11.25 Service......................................... $5.15 $5.75 $7.02 $8.50 $10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.20 5.20 5.75 8.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.46 5.50 5.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.19 5.75 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.50 6.25 8.70 10.00 Cooks................................... 7.00 8.27 10.00 10.00 10.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.25 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.75 Health service............................ 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.46 10.66 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 7.98 8.50 9.05 9.92 Cleaning and building service............. $5.15 $5.75 $7.02 $7.79 $8.74 Maids and housemen...................... 5.15 5.15 7.02 7.02 8.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.75 6.00 6.90 8.74 8.76 Personal service.......................... 5.25 6.00 6.00 6.35 7.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 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, Mobile, AL, August 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.56 $10.03 $14.24 $22.84 $31.59 All excluding sales........................... 8.56 10.03 14.24 23.19 31.59 White collar.................................... 9.09 11.20 18.53 27.66 33.14 White collar excluding sales................ 9.33 11.21 19.24 28.20 33.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.64 20.56 26.66 31.59 34.79 Professional specialty...................... 18.05 21.56 26.98 32.27 35.64 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.34 15.08 17.04 20.21 20.72 Social workers.......................... 13.34 15.08 17.04 20.21 20.72 Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.90 13.67 17.04 43.93 47.76 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 10.28 14.46 43.17 43.93 47.76 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 10.28 11.90 21.01 47.76 47.76 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.28 9.47 10.29 13.41 16.33 Secretaries............................. 9.81 11.10 13.11 15.18 16.13 Library clerks.......................... 6.62 8.00 8.05 9.00 9.60 General office clerks................... 7.85 8.56 9.44 12.11 13.41 Blue collar..................................... 8.45 10.67 13.78 15.84 18.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 8.87 11.90 14.71 18.00 19.37 Transportation and material moving............ 10.12 11.28 13.43 16.07 16.83 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.85 8.24 12.80 14.71 15.69 Construction laborers................... 5.15 6.65 9.55 11.60 12.80 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.85 8.24 11.05 14.11 15.55 Service......................................... 7.93 9.32 10.67 13.43 17.91 Protective service........................ 9.43 10.39 12.76 15.94 19.37 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.18 16.74 18.45 19.37 21.36 Firefighting............................ 6.82 9.90 10.39 11.46 13.26 Police and detectives, public service... 9.63 12.49 13.77 17.91 21.24 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $7.27 $8.35 $9.37 $10.42 $10.83 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.27 8.35 9.37 10.42 10.83 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.60 $9.55 $13.48 $19.90 $26.18 All excluding sales........................... 7.75 9.71 13.75 20.08 26.66 White collar.................................... 8.28 10.40 14.85 22.81 32.31 White collar excluding sales................ 8.80 11.03 16.33 23.33 32.99 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.75 17.31 23.04 29.85 33.64 Professional specialty...................... 15.08 19.55 25.42 31.64 37.06 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.31 19.43 21.52 24.76 38.25 Registered nurses....................... 17.69 19.77 22.00 24.13 27.01 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.61 32.27 35.30 40.02 94.53 Teachers, except college and university... 23.19 25.50 28.46 31.02 33.14 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 13.32 15.46 17.31 20.72 Social workers.......................... 12.68 13.32 16.23 17.31 20.72 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.49 13.91 17.20 22.52 25.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.25 13.42 13.91 14.26 17.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.35 19.85 22.00 37.06 45.62 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.39 21.54 24.49 34.11 45.62 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 10.28 11.90 21.01 47.76 47.76 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.25 33.78 34.11 43.93 62.06 Management related........................ 13.67 14.35 21.84 37.06 37.06 Sales......................................... 6.74 7.95 11.05 15.75 21.55 Cashiers................................ 5.94 7.30 8.42 11.05 11.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.80 9.12 11.00 13.73 17.98 Secretaries............................. 9.61 10.09 12.02 15.80 19.25 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.66 9.67 9.67 13.89 17.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.02 13.29 13.73 16.83 23.33 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.70 8.62 9.47 11.00 20.52 General office clerks................... 7.94 8.61 9.62 11.21 13.41 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 10.40 13.83 17.90 23.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.15 14.90 17.20 21.56 23.55 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.43 17.81 21.16 23.55 25.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.75 9.90 11.53 16.19 21.38 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 14.85 16.19 17.93 21.38 21.89 Transportation and material moving............ 9.25 11.28 13.75 14.88 16.91 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ $11.28 $12.92 $13.83 $15.88 $16.48 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.58 9.55 11.25 13.78 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.00 7.85 9.30 11.82 15.18 Service......................................... 6.00 7.16 8.76 10.94 14.11 Protective service........................ 8.98 10.39 12.63 15.18 19.14 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.18 16.74 18.45 19.37 21.36 Firefighting............................ 6.82 9.90 10.39 11.46 13.26 Police and detectives, public service... 9.63 12.49 13.77 17.91 21.24 Food service.............................. 2.15 5.75 7.29 8.70 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.75 8.05 9.17 10.00 Health service............................ 7.50 8.00 8.55 9.74 11.02 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.54 10.67 Cleaning and building service............. $6.00 $7.02 $7.60 $8.76 $10.27 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 8.76 9.85 10.59 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.55 $7.00 $9.00 $10.30 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.50 6.95 8.57 10.00 White collar.................................... 5.80 6.94 9.49 10.60 18.00 White collar excluding sales................ 6.14 8.40 9.86 12.86 23.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 6.14 6.14 17.26 23.90 26.01 Professional specialty...................... 6.14 6.14 17.26 23.90 26.01 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.25 5.80 7.60 9.65 11.00 Cashiers................................ 5.15 5.35 6.25 7.75 8.09 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.50 9.86 9.86 11.57 Blue collar..................................... 5.80 6.95 7.75 8.00 8.80 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.80 6.45 7.35 8.00 9.29 Service......................................... 3.75 5.25 5.75 7.00 10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.38 5.25 5.50 7.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.20 3.00 5.50 5.75 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.35 5.65 10.00 10.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 84,200 59,200 25,100 All excluding sales............................................. 78,100 53,400 24,700 White collar........................................................ 44,100 26,600 17,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 38,000 20,900 17,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18,300 7,600 10,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 15,000 4,800 10,200 Technical....................................................... 3,300 2,800 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,000 2,200 800 Sales............................................................. 6,100 5,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 16,700 11,000 5,700 Blue collar......................................................... 23,500 21,000 2,500 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9,100 8,200 900 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,600 5,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3,800 3,000 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5,000 4,200 800 Service............................................................. 16,600 11,500 5,100 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.