NC BL 03/00/2005 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3125-46, July 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.26 3.6 35.3 $17.73 4.8 35.2 $24.03 2.6 35.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.56 4.4 35.0 20.55 6.3 35.1 27.73 3.9 34.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.80 3.0 34.4 28.41 4.1 34.7 34.35 5.3 34.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.24 6.8 38.9 32.65 7.4 40.1 26.42 10.0 35.2 Sales............................................................. 13.43 12.9 31.5 13.46 13.3 31.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.83 4.7 35.8 12.92 5.3 35.8 16.66 6.7 36.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.17 3.6 39.1 17.24 4.2 39.3 16.68 3.3 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.93 4.1 39.6 22.95 4.5 39.5 17.88 2.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.08 4.9 39.8 17.05 4.9 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.43 3.7 40.7 16.48 4.8 42.0 16.23 1.8 36.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.56 7.5 35.0 11.05 9.2 34.6 14.73 10.7 37.6 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.34 4.7 30.4 9.46 2.4 27.8 20.40 3.5 36.6 Full time........................................................... 20.67 4.0 39.3 19.24 5.5 39.9 24.59 2.8 37.8 Part time........................................................... 10.37 6.0 21.4 10.01 6.6 21.8 13.87 4.0 17.7 Union............................................................... 21.72 3.8 35.7 18.49 6.5 35.0 24.57 2.6 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.49 4.9 35.0 17.46 5.1 35.2 18.29 6.3 30.0 Time................................................................ 19.46 3.5 35.0 17.88 4.7 34.7 24.03 2.6 35.7 Incentive........................................................... 15.91 13.4 42.0 15.91 13.4 42.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.54 8.1 40.3 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.26 8.3 33.3 14.26 8.3 33.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.78 4.7 36.5 18.47 5.2 36.8 21.29 5.6 35.0 500 workers or more................................................. 22.57 4.5 35.5 20.62 8.2 35.2 24.56 3.1 35.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.26 3.6 $17.73 4.8 $24.03 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.64 3.5 18.09 4.8 24.11 2.6 White collar........................................................ 22.56 4.4 20.55 6.3 27.73 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.78 4.3 21.89 6.2 27.90 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.80 3.0 28.41 4.1 34.35 5.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.01 3.7 30.97 5.7 35.67 5.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.49 10.5 28.49 10.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.54 24.3 35.54 24.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.40 6.7 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.62 6.8 24.81 8.8 27.46 9.7 Registered nurses........................................... 24.78 2.0 25.92 .7 21.92 4.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 55.98 10.4 50.06 13.5 59.34 12.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.29 5.1 21.18 13.2 36.22 6.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.37 9.1 – – 37.37 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.33 8.7 – – 36.33 8.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.73 8.2 – – 21.83 4.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.45 8.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.61 3.7 17.36 3.3 18.53 13.4 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.35 3.8 15.07 6.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.65 4.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.24 6.8 32.65 7.4 26.42 10.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.64 8.8 37.80 9.9 31.76 15.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.78 12.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.01 7.6 36.00 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.34 6.9 25.36 8.5 21.61 8.1 Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.61 10.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 12.9 13.46 13.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.58 13.3 15.58 13.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.37 7.9 7.98 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.83 4.7 12.92 5.3 16.66 6.7 Secretaries................................................. 16.19 1.8 14.04 5.2 17.90 2.4 Typists..................................................... 13.50 6.1 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.93 3.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.88 4.4 13.02 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... $13.70 5.2 $14.32 7.8 $12.78 3.8 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.30 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.96 9.4 10.72 9.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.17 3.6 17.24 4.2 16.68 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.93 4.1 22.95 4.5 17.88 2.1 Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.02 4.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.48 13.1 21.48 13.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.77 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.08 6.7 28.08 6.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.08 4.9 17.05 4.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.27 2.9 12.27 2.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.83 7.5 18.50 7.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.63 21.3 17.63 21.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.91 5.3 18.91 5.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.15 20.3 16.15 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.43 3.7 16.48 4.8 16.23 1.8 Truck drivers............................................... 16.30 4.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.31 13.5 17.31 13.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.48 8.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.56 7.5 11.05 9.2 14.73 10.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.29 13.6 9.29 13.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.31 19.7 11.31 19.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.60 10.8 7.60 10.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.98 15.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.34 4.7 9.46 2.4 20.40 3.5 Protective service............................................ 24.46 2.8 – – 24.72 2.7 Food service.................................................. 8.32 9.6 8.32 9.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.60 22.2 5.60 22.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.71 27.1 5.71 27.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.00 5.6 10.00 5.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.81 3.5 10.81 3.5 – – Health service................................................ – – – – 15.25 5.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... – – – – 15.20 6.1 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.21 2.6 11.54 4.0 13.05 2.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.34 3.2 11.71 5.3 13.08 2.1 Personal service.............................................. 13.25 8.1 9.91 8.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.67 4.0 $19.24 5.5 $24.59 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.89 3.9 19.42 5.5 24.67 2.7 White collar........................................................ 23.91 4.4 22.00 6.5 28.32 4.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.66 4.2 22.79 6.4 28.51 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.53 3.1 28.92 4.2 35.22 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.70 3.9 31.47 6.1 36.48 5.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.49 10.5 28.49 10.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.54 24.3 35.54 24.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.40 6.7 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.23 8.4 23.74 11.5 27.63 10.1 Registered nurses........................................... 24.40 2.8 25.98 1.7 21.90 4.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – 50.65 14.1 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.65 6.3 – – 37.55 7.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.37 9.1 – – 37.37 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.33 8.7 – – 36.33 8.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.73 8.2 – – 21.83 4.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.45 8.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.83 4.2 17.51 3.8 18.97 14.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.25 4.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.65 7.2 32.99 8.0 26.83 10.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.83 8.8 37.80 9.9 32.40 16.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.13 12.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.01 7.6 36.00 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.82 7.1 25.86 8.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.20 12.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.16 14.4 16.31 14.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.58 13.3 15.58 13.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.42 4.6 13.49 5.4 16.96 6.8 Secretaries................................................. 16.23 1.8 14.06 5.4 17.90 2.4 Typists..................................................... 13.22 6.6 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.93 3.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.88 4.4 13.02 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.41 5.1 14.63 7.9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.41 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $11.31 11.4 $11.03 11.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.58 3.9 17.67 4.4 $16.96 3.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.95 4.1 22.99 4.6 17.88 2.1 Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.02 4.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.48 13.1 21.48 13.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.77 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.08 6.7 28.08 6.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 5.0 17.34 5.1 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.27 2.9 12.27 2.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.83 7.5 18.50 7.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.63 21.3 17.63 21.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.04 2.7 20.04 2.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.15 20.3 16.15 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.66 3.8 16.72 4.8 16.42 1.5 Truck drivers............................................... 16.31 4.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.31 13.5 17.31 13.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.48 8.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.21 7.6 11.64 9.3 15.56 11.9 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.80 22.3 11.80 22.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.13 16.1 – – – – Service............................................................. 16.04 5.1 10.61 6.2 20.94 3.2 Protective service............................................ 25.10 1.7 – – 25.10 1.7 Food service.................................................. 9.65 16.2 9.65 16.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.02 3.6 11.02 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 14.02 4.5 11.38 2.0 15.58 6.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 14.07 4.7 11.26 1.3 15.58 6.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.89 3.0 12.36 2.7 13.48 5.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.07 3.5 12.67 4.7 13.48 5.0 Personal service.............................................. 13.85 14.9 10.34 3.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.37 6.0 $10.01 6.6 $13.87 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.77 6.9 10.39 7.6 13.87 4.0 White collar........................................................ 12.51 10.2 12.13 11.5 15.65 7.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.74 14.8 14.56 17.8 15.65 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.97 10.9 23.53 11.9 17.49 9.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.69 10.0 25.83 8.9 18.02 12.1 Health related................................................ 26.89 6.1 27.09 6.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.66 3.4 25.82 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.98 .3 16.23 .7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.08 6.4 8.08 6.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.88 8.3 7.88 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.59 4.7 9.64 5.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 7.80 7.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.98 10.8 8.14 6.7 12.77 13.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.22 25.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.95 6.5 8.00 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.59 3.1 8.44 3.8 11.23 9.0 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.07 8.5 6.07 8.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.43 5.9 7.43 5.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.83 16.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 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................................................................... $813 4.2 39.3 $768 5.9 39.9 $931 3.2 37.8 All excluding sales............................................... 821 4.1 39.3 775 5.8 39.9 933 3.1 37.8 White collar........................................................ 930 4.5 38.9 876 6.8 39.8 1,046 4.0 36.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 956 4.3 38.8 906 6.6 39.7 1,052 3.9 36.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,203 3.0 38.2 1,144 4.2 39.6 1,281 4.2 36.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,282 3.7 38.0 1,248 6.0 39.7 1,320 3.7 36.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,247 17.7 43.8 1,247 17.7 43.8 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,456 21.8 41.0 1,456 21.8 41.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,008 6.8 39.7 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 962 7.7 38.1 907 10.3 38.2 1,049 10.1 38.0 Registered nurses........................................... 922 3.0 37.8 978 1.5 37.7 833 5.7 38.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – 1,891 11.5 37.3 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,265 2.5 35.5 – – – 1,314 1.0 35.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,287 .8 34.4 – – – 1,287 .8 34.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,322 3.1 36.4 – – – 1,322 3.1 36.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 734 7.3 39.2 – – – 850 6.0 38.9 Social workers.............................................. 730 7.9 39.6 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 696 4.3 39.0 684 3.7 39.1 735 15.5 38.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 607 3.9 39.8 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,283 9.3 40.5 1,356 10.5 41.1 1,037 12.3 38.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,522 13.6 41.3 1,594 15.8 42.2 1,226 21.2 37.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,231 12.3 39.6 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,440 7.6 40.0 1,440 9.1 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 981 7.0 39.5 1,024 8.9 39.6 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,026 11.5 39.2 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 654 15.5 40.5 660 16.1 40.5 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 623 13.3 40.0 623 13.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 561 4.4 38.9 532 5.2 39.5 634 7.0 37.4 Secretaries................................................. 595 1.0 36.7 517 5.1 36.8 655 .7 36.6 Typists..................................................... 512 5.9 38.8 – – – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... $475 2.5 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 535 4.5 38.6 $509 6.0 39.1 – – – General office clerks....................................... 562 5.1 39.0 574 7.7 39.2 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 537 3.3 40.0 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 452 11.4 40.0 441 11.8 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 709 4.4 40.3 714 5.1 40.4 $678 3.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 874 4.2 39.8 914 4.7 39.7 715 2.1 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 761 4.8 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 859 13.1 40.0 859 13.1 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 782 7.0 39.5 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,123 6.7 40.0 1,123 6.7 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 694 5.0 40.0 693 5.0 40.0 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 491 2.9 40.0 491 2.9 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 753 7.5 40.0 740 7.9 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 705 21.3 40.0 705 21.3 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 802 2.7 40.0 802 2.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 646 20.3 40.0 646 20.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 700 9.3 42.0 711 12.0 42.5 657 1.5 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 710 14.5 43.6 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 692 13.5 40.0 692 13.5 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 685 10.7 39.2 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 478 8.4 39.2 454 10.3 39.0 622 11.9 40.0 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 472 22.3 40.0 472 22.3 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 418 19.6 37.6 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 617 5.5 38.4 405 7.0 38.1 810 4.2 38.7 Protective service............................................ 1,040 2.5 41.4 – – – 1,040 2.5 41.4 Food service.................................................. 359 18.2 37.2 359 18.2 37.2 – – – Other food service........................................... 414 4.6 37.6 414 4.6 37.6 – – – Health service................................................ 547 4.7 39.0 427 2.0 37.5 623 6.9 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 550 4.9 39.1 422 1.3 37.5 623 6.9 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 497 3.7 38.6 482 3.8 39.0 514 6.7 38.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 503 4.3 38.5 492 5.7 38.9 514 6.7 38.2 Personal service.............................................. 493 8.9 35.6 404 4.2 39.0 – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $41,169 4.2 1,992 $39,765 5.9 2,067 $44,540 3.2 1,811 All excluding sales............................................... 41,494 4.1 1,987 40,107 5.8 2,065 44,648 3.1 1,810 White collar........................................................ 46,285 4.5 1,936 45,213 6.8 2,056 48,336 4.0 1,707 White collar excluding sales.................................... 47,374 4.3 1,921 46,686 6.6 2,049 48,545 3.9 1,703 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,937 3.0 1,806 58,594 4.2 2,026 55,125 4.2 1,565 Professional specialty.......................................... 59,820 3.7 1,775 63,723 6.0 2,025 56,123 3.7 1,539 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 64,866 17.7 2,277 64,866 17.7 2,277 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 75,696 21.8 2,130 75,696 21.8 2,130 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 52,407 6.8 2,063 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 49,159 7.7 1,948 47,156 10.3 1,986 52,209 10.1 1,890 Registered nurses........................................... 47,613 3.0 1,952 50,879 1.5 1,958 42,511 5.7 1,941 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – 71,798 11.5 1,418 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 52,684 2.5 1,478 – – – 53,417 1.0 1,423 Elementary school teachers.................................. 51,887 .8 1,388 – – – 51,887 .8 1,388 Secondary school teachers................................... 53,769 3.1 1,480 – – – 53,769 3.1 1,480 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 38,171 7.3 2,038 – – – 44,194 6.0 2,025 Social workers.............................................. 37,970 7.9 2,058 – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 36,167 4.3 2,028 35,593 3.7 2,032 38,219 15.5 2,015 Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,582 3.9 2,071 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,696 9.3 2,108 70,492 10.5 2,136 53,939 12.3 2,011 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 79,142 13.6 2,149 82,869 15.8 2,192 63,745 21.2 1,967 Administrators, education and related fields................ 64,035 12.3 2,057 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 74,893 7.6 2,080 74,877 9.1 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 51,024 7.0 2,056 53,239 8.9 2,058 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 53,363 11.5 2,037 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 34,010 15.5 2,105 34,335 16.1 2,106 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 32,407 13.3 2,080 32,407 13.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,950 4.4 2,008 27,524 5.2 2,040 32,654 7.0 1,925 Secretaries................................................. 30,958 1.0 1,907 26,901 5.1 1,914 34,053 .7 1,903 Typists..................................................... 26,646 5.9 2,016 – – – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... $24,696 2.5 2,070 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,832 4.5 2,005 $26,455 6.0 2,032 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,227 5.1 2,029 29,858 7.7 2,041 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 27,898 3.3 2,080 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 22,023 11.4 1,947 21,349 11.8 1,936 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 36,849 4.4 2,097 37,081 5.1 2,099 $35,267 3.3 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,386 4.2 2,067 47,447 4.7 2,064 37,196 2.1 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 39,566 4.8 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 44,678 13.1 2,080 44,678 13.1 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 40,666 7.0 2,056 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 58,400 6.7 2,080 58,400 6.7 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 36,070 5.0 2,077 36,004 5.0 2,076 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 25,514 2.9 2,080 25,514 2.9 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 39,169 7.5 2,080 38,480 7.9 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 36,667 21.3 2,080 36,667 21.3 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 41,689 2.7 2,080 41,689 2.7 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 33,592 20.3 2,080 33,592 20.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,396 9.3 2,184 36,986 12.0 2,212 34,148 1.5 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 36,943 14.5 2,265 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 36,001 13.5 2,080 36,001 13.5 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 35,634 10.7 2,039 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,867 8.4 2,036 23,612 10.3 2,029 32,356 11.9 2,080 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 24,549 22.3 2,080 24,549 22.3 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,755 19.6 1,955 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 31,236 5.5 1,947 20,965 7.0 1,976 40,231 4.2 1,922 Protective service............................................ 54,088 2.5 2,155 – – – 54,088 2.5 2,155 Food service.................................................. 18,693 18.2 1,936 18,693 18.2 1,936 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,519 4.6 1,953 21,519 4.6 1,953 – – – Health service................................................ 28,445 4.7 2,030 22,189 2.0 1,950 32,415 6.9 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 28,600 4.9 2,033 21,958 1.3 1,950 32,415 6.9 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 25,863 3.7 2,007 25,057 3.8 2,027 26,745 6.7 1,985 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 26,180 4.3 2,003 25,605 5.7 2,021 26,745 6.7 1,985 Personal service.............................................. 22,920 8.9 1,654 20,700 4.2 2,002 – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.26 3.6 $17.73 4.8 $24.03 2.6 All excluding sales............................................... 19.64 3.5 18.09 4.8 24.11 2.6 White collar........................................................ 22.56 4.4 20.55 6.3 27.73 3.9 1....................................................... 8.90 6.8 8.30 6.2 10.98 10.6 2....................................................... 10.42 9.3 9.16 13.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.80 7.6 11.53 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.05 4.7 13.08 5.4 17.04 2.4 5....................................................... 14.69 3.0 14.35 4.1 15.46 3.1 6....................................................... 17.95 4.3 – – 17.84 6.0 7....................................................... 22.26 5.6 21.83 6.8 23.36 9.7 8....................................................... 31.75 4.9 23.97 2.6 40.00 3.4 9....................................................... 27.10 7.1 25.72 4.7 27.94 11.4 10........................................................ 33.02 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.91 3.3 36.28 4.0 34.63 5.6 12........................................................ 42.85 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 62.02 6.5 58.32 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.51 15.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.47 9.2 15.46 9.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.78 4.3 21.89 6.2 27.90 3.8 1....................................................... – – – – 10.98 10.6 2....................................................... 11.59 5.2 10.96 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.79 9.6 12.52 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.10 3.8 14.21 5.2 17.04 2.4 5....................................................... 15.05 3.5 14.67 4.9 15.84 2.8 6....................................................... 18.19 4.6 – – 17.84 6.0 7....................................................... 21.06 4.7 20.00 3.2 23.36 9.7 8....................................................... 31.78 4.9 24.01 2.6 40.00 3.4 9....................................................... 27.10 7.1 25.72 4.7 27.94 11.4 10........................................................ 32.98 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.95 3.0 36.39 4.0 34.63 5.6 12........................................................ 42.85 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 62.02 6.5 58.32 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.51 15.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.23 8.9 16.24 9.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.80 3.0 28.41 4.1 34.35 5.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.01 3.7 30.97 5.7 35.67 5.3 5....................................................... 14.26 9.6 13.77 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.56 6.3 21.83 8.4 – – 8....................................................... 34.16 4.0 24.91 3.4 41.74 1.1 9....................................................... 27.51 9.1 27.29 3.7 27.59 12.5 10........................................................ 33.00 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.88 2.8 37.39 3.8 35.97 4.3 12........................................................ 43.71 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 58.69 4.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $28.07 4.1 $28.07 4.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 9....................................................... 29.13 2.9 30.14 2.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.49 10.5 28.49 10.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.54 24.3 35.54 24.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.40 6.7 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.62 6.8 24.81 8.8 $27.46 9.7 7....................................................... 23.41 4.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.73 5.6 25.00 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.08 5.2 – – 23.29 6.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.17 5.5 29.17 5.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.78 2.0 25.92 .7 21.92 4.6 7....................................................... 23.41 4.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.79 2.7 25.15 2.4 – – 9....................................................... 22.22 4.9 – – 22.26 6.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 55.98 10.4 50.06 13.5 59.34 12.4 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.29 5.1 21.18 13.2 36.22 6.2 8....................................................... 40.91 4.1 – – 42.71 1.1 9....................................................... 29.57 21.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.37 9.1 – – 37.37 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.33 8.7 – – 36.33 8.7 8....................................................... 41.47 3.4 – – 41.47 3.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.73 8.2 – – 21.83 4.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.45 8.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.61 3.7 17.36 3.3 18.53 13.4 4....................................................... 13.94 5.4 13.94 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.45 4.8 15.21 5.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.35 3.8 15.07 6.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.65 4.3 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.24 6.8 32.65 7.4 26.42 10.0 7....................................................... 20.95 4.4 21.06 8.0 – – 8....................................................... 26.16 4.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.24 9.5 23.95 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.8 35.42 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.83 14.1 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.64 8.8 37.80 9.9 31.76 15.9 11........................................................ 35.05 4.9 35.05 4.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.78 12.0 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.01 7.6 36.00 9.1 – – Management related............................................ $24.34 6.9 $25.36 8.5 $21.61 8.1 7....................................................... 20.11 3.2 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.61 10.8 – – – – Sales............................................................. 13.43 12.9 13.46 13.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.16 7.6 9.16 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.32 3.9 10.32 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 12.71 6.2 12.77 8.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.58 13.3 15.58 13.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.37 7.9 7.98 7.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.83 4.7 12.92 5.3 16.66 6.7 1....................................................... – – – – 10.98 10.6 2....................................................... 11.59 5.2 10.96 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.75 9.7 12.48 10.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.27 4.3 14.27 6.4 17.04 2.4 5....................................................... 15.28 3.9 14.99 5.9 15.72 2.6 7....................................................... 21.72 19.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.83 4.1 11.65 3.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.19 1.8 14.04 5.2 17.90 2.4 4....................................................... 17.04 3.1 13.74 2.3 – – Typists..................................................... 13.50 6.1 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.93 3.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.88 4.4 13.02 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.70 5.2 14.32 7.8 12.78 3.8 2....................................................... 12.16 6.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.66 7.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.30 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.96 9.4 10.72 9.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.17 3.6 17.24 4.2 16.68 3.3 1....................................................... 9.45 12.0 9.50 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.71 4.6 11.29 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 18.17 3.8 18.59 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 19.06 5.0 19.29 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.51 3.1 16.50 4.1 16.56 1.6 6....................................................... 17.11 1.9 17.08 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.78 3.3 24.50 3.9 20.14 2.6 8....................................................... 25.59 13.2 25.59 13.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.60 8.4 28.60 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.72 9.4 15.72 9.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.93 4.1 22.95 4.5 17.88 2.1 5....................................................... 17.64 7.6 17.92 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.62 5.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.40 2.9 25.41 3.2 20.14 2.6 8....................................................... $25.85 15.1 $25.85 15.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.60 8.4 28.60 8.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.02 4.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.48 13.1 21.48 13.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.98 15.3 23.98 15.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.77 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.08 6.7 28.08 6.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.08 4.9 17.05 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.97 9.0 11.97 9.0 – – 3....................................................... 19.61 5.6 19.61 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 20.61 5.6 20.58 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.59 6.6 16.59 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.73 2.7 14.73 2.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.27 2.9 12.27 2.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.83 7.5 18.50 7.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.63 21.3 17.63 21.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 18.91 5.3 18.91 5.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.15 20.3 16.15 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.43 3.7 16.48 4.8 $16.23 1.8 3....................................................... 17.59 6.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.23 8.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.35 2.0 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.30 4.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.31 13.5 17.31 13.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.48 8.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.56 7.5 11.05 9.2 14.73 10.7 1....................................................... 9.93 13.8 10.00 13.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.53 11.8 9.82 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 14.24 8.9 14.26 12.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.29 13.6 9.29 13.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.31 19.7 11.31 19.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 7.60 10.8 7.60 10.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.98 15.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.34 4.7 9.46 2.4 20.40 3.5 1....................................................... 8.61 5.5 7.66 3.4 11.39 8.5 2....................................................... 10.40 4.0 – – 17.51 5.8 3....................................................... 10.33 7.6 9.67 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.05 4.3 12.26 3.2 14.94 8.0 5....................................................... 13.18 11.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.75 17.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 24.46 2.8 – – 24.72 2.7 Food service.................................................. 8.32 9.6 8.32 9.6 – – 1....................................................... $7.04 9.1 $7.04 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.48 17.7 8.48 17.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.60 22.2 5.60 22.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.71 27.1 5.71 27.1 – – Other food service........................................... 10.00 5.6 10.00 5.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.48 2.5 7.48 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.81 3.5 10.81 3.5 – – Health service................................................ – – – – $15.25 5.9 4....................................................... 12.51 11.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... – – – – 15.20 6.1 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.21 2.6 11.54 4.0 13.05 2.1 1....................................................... 9.85 11.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.48 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.19 7.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.34 3.2 11.71 5.3 13.08 2.1 1....................................................... 9.85 11.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.48 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.25 8.1 9.91 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 15.15 9.2 8.86 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.67 4.0 $19.24 5.5 $24.59 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 20.89 3.9 19.42 5.5 24.67 2.7 White collar........................................................ 23.91 4.4 22.00 6.5 28.32 4.1 1....................................................... 11.53 6.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.46 4.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.51 9.3 12.22 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.26 4.2 13.27 5.1 17.10 2.2 5....................................................... 14.87 3.2 14.42 4.4 15.84 2.9 6....................................................... 18.39 4.6 – – 18.48 6.3 7....................................................... 22.46 5.9 22.00 7.1 23.70 10.0 8....................................................... 32.34 5.1 23.84 3.0 40.20 3.2 9....................................................... 27.19 7.2 25.80 4.9 28.01 11.6 10........................................................ 33.02 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.78 3.3 36.25 4.1 34.10 6.1 12........................................................ 42.85 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 62.02 6.5 58.32 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.51 15.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.41 8.0 15.44 8.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.66 4.2 22.79 6.4 28.51 4.1 1....................................................... 11.53 6.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.46 4.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.08 11.7 12.81 13.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.08 3.9 14.15 5.3 17.10 2.2 5....................................................... 15.28 3.8 14.77 5.4 16.31 1.9 6....................................................... 18.76 4.8 – – 18.48 6.3 7....................................................... 21.21 5.0 20.09 3.8 23.70 10.0 8....................................................... 32.38 5.1 23.89 3.0 40.20 3.2 9....................................................... 27.19 7.2 25.80 4.9 28.01 11.6 10........................................................ 32.98 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.80 3.1 36.36 4.1 34.10 6.1 12........................................................ 42.85 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 62.02 6.5 58.32 8.6 – – 14........................................................ 58.51 15.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.82 8.0 15.86 8.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.53 3.1 28.92 4.2 35.22 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.70 3.9 31.47 6.1 36.48 5.8 5....................................................... 15.18 11.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.63 7.2 21.71 8.8 – – 8....................................................... 35.07 3.9 24.93 4.2 41.74 1.1 9....................................................... 27.62 9.4 27.49 3.8 27.67 12.7 10........................................................ 33.00 1.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.64 2.8 37.38 4.0 35.36 4.6 12........................................................ 43.71 4.1 – – – – 13........................................................ 58.69 4.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $27.51 4.8 $27.51 4.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – 9....................................................... 29.13 2.9 30.14 2.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.49 10.5 28.49 10.5 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.54 24.3 35.54 24.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.40 6.7 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.23 8.4 23.74 11.5 $27.63 10.1 8....................................................... 26.31 8.8 25.13 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 23.14 5.7 – – 23.34 6.6 Registered nurses........................................... 24.40 2.8 25.98 1.7 21.90 4.8 8....................................................... 24.76 3.7 25.41 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 22.20 5.4 – – 22.26 6.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. – – 50.65 14.1 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.65 6.3 – – 37.55 7.6 8....................................................... 40.91 4.1 – – 42.71 1.1 9....................................................... 29.57 21.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.37 9.1 – – 37.37 9.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 36.33 8.7 – – 36.33 8.7 8....................................................... 41.47 3.4 – – 41.47 3.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.73 8.2 – – 21.83 4.3 Social workers.............................................. 18.45 8.3 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.83 4.2 17.51 3.8 18.97 14.3 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.25 4.0 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.65 7.2 32.99 8.0 26.83 10.5 7....................................................... 21.40 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.24 9.5 23.95 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.42 4.8 35.42 4.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.83 8.8 37.80 9.9 32.40 16.5 11........................................................ 35.05 4.9 35.05 4.9 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.13 12.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.01 7.6 36.00 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.82 7.1 25.86 8.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.60 2.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.20 12.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.16 14.4 16.31 14.9 – – 5....................................................... 12.81 6.1 – – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.58 13.3 15.58 13.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $14.42 4.6 $13.49 5.4 $16.96 6.8 1....................................................... 11.53 6.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.46 4.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.08 11.7 12.81 13.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.28 4.3 14.27 6.5 17.10 2.2 5....................................................... 15.31 4.1 15.01 6.4 15.72 2.6 7....................................................... 21.72 19.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.91 4.2 11.73 4.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.23 1.8 14.06 5.4 17.90 2.4 4....................................................... 17.08 3.0 13.70 2.2 – – Typists..................................................... 13.22 6.6 – – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 11.93 3.0 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.88 4.4 13.02 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.41 5.1 14.63 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.66 7.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.41 3.3 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.31 11.4 11.03 11.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.58 3.9 17.67 4.4 16.96 3.3 1....................................................... 10.44 13.1 10.44 13.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.89 5.3 11.45 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 18.29 3.9 18.61 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 19.14 5.2 19.29 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.52 3.2 16.50 4.1 16.56 1.6 6....................................................... 17.11 1.9 17.08 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 23.78 3.3 24.50 3.9 20.14 2.6 8....................................................... 25.59 13.2 25.59 13.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.60 8.4 28.60 8.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.95 4.1 22.99 4.6 17.88 2.1 5....................................................... 17.64 7.6 17.92 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.62 5.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.40 2.9 25.41 3.2 20.14 2.6 8....................................................... 25.85 15.1 25.85 15.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.60 8.4 28.60 8.4 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.02 4.8 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.48 13.1 21.48 13.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.98 15.3 23.98 15.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.77 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 28.08 6.7 28.08 6.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 5.0 17.34 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.05 9.7 12.05 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 19.61 5.6 19.61 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 20.61 5.6 20.58 5.8 – – 5....................................................... $16.59 6.6 $16.59 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.73 2.7 14.73 2.7 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 12.27 2.9 12.27 2.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.83 7.5 18.50 7.9 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 17.63 21.3 17.63 21.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 20.04 2.7 20.04 2.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.15 20.3 16.15 20.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.66 3.8 16.72 4.8 $16.42 1.5 5....................................................... 16.35 2.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.31 4.0 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.31 13.5 17.31 13.5 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.48 8.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.21 7.6 11.64 9.3 15.56 11.9 1....................................................... 10.65 15.0 10.65 15.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.16 15.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.30 9.0 14.34 12.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.80 22.3 11.80 22.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.13 16.1 – – – – Service............................................................. 16.04 5.1 10.61 6.2 20.94 3.2 1....................................................... 11.31 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 13.09 9.5 8.27 13.7 17.66 5.6 3....................................................... 10.89 5.5 10.33 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.20 4.1 12.41 2.5 15.27 8.9 5....................................................... 13.18 11.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.75 17.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 25.10 1.7 – – 25.10 1.7 Food service.................................................. 9.65 16.2 9.65 16.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.02 3.6 11.02 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 14.02 4.5 11.38 2.0 15.58 6.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 14.07 4.7 11.26 1.3 15.58 6.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.89 3.0 12.36 2.7 13.48 5.0 2....................................................... 11.48 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.20 7.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.07 3.5 12.67 4.7 13.48 5.0 2....................................................... 11.48 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.85 14.9 10.34 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 15.68 14.4 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.37 6.0 $10.01 6.6 $13.87 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.77 6.9 10.39 7.6 13.87 4.0 White collar........................................................ 12.51 10.2 12.13 11.5 15.65 7.2 1....................................................... 8.10 6.8 8.19 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.93 6.0 7.62 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.45 10.0 9.45 10.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.46 9.7 11.21 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 13.07 8.5 13.73 9.7 – – 7....................................................... 18.80 10.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.67 1.8 24.80 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.92 29.6 15.64 30.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.74 14.8 14.56 17.8 15.65 7.2 2....................................................... 9.24 5.1 9.24 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.86 8.7 10.86 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 13.23 8.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.80 10.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 24.67 1.8 24.80 1.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.44 26.0 20.16 27.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.97 10.9 23.53 11.9 17.49 9.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.69 10.0 25.83 8.9 18.02 12.1 8....................................................... 24.80 1.8 24.80 1.8 – – Health related................................................ 26.89 6.1 27.09 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.83 1.8 24.83 1.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.66 3.4 25.82 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 24.83 1.8 24.83 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.98 .3 16.23 .7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.08 6.4 8.08 6.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.88 8.3 7.88 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.59 4.7 9.64 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.24 5.1 9.24 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.39 9.1 10.39 9.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 7.80 7.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.98 10.8 8.14 6.7 12.77 13.7 1....................................................... 7.36 5.7 7.35 6.2 – – 2....................................................... $9.14 8.2 $9.14 8.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.22 25.9 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.95 6.5 8.00 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 6.8 7.58 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 8.59 3.1 8.44 3.8 $11.23 9.0 1....................................................... 7.40 4.2 7.14 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.72 11.1 7.93 4.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.07 8.5 6.07 8.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.56 8.0 6.56 8.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.43 5.9 7.43 5.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.83 16.4 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.67 $10.37 $21.72 $17.49 $19.46 $15.91 All excluding sales............................................. 20.89 10.77 22.17 17.72 19.91 – White collar........................................................ 23.91 12.51 26.28 20.55 23.13 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.66 14.74 27.80 21.47 24.53 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.53 21.97 33.29 28.38 30.80 – Professional specialty.......................................... 33.70 23.69 35.19 30.75 33.01 – Technical....................................................... 17.83 15.98 18.95 16.70 17.61 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.65 – 27.03 32.16 32.02 – Sales............................................................. 16.16 8.08 9.70 14.69 11.97 24.15 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.42 9.59 17.32 12.48 14.17 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.58 8.98 19.09 15.38 17.15 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.95 – 22.48 21.33 21.93 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.37 – 21.15 12.65 17.08 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.66 11.22 16.95 16.17 16.01 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.21 7.95 12.83 9.70 11.63 – Service............................................................. 16.04 8.59 17.01 9.57 13.34 – 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....................................................... 4.0 6.0 3.8 4.9 3.5 13.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 6.9 3.5 4.8 3.6 – White collar........................................................ 4.4 10.2 4.6 6.4 3.7 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 14.8 3.5 6.2 3.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.1 10.9 4.5 3.2 3.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.9 10.0 4.1 5.0 3.7 – Technical....................................................... 4.2 .3 7.1 5.0 3.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.2 – 8.7 7.4 6.1 – Sales............................................................. 14.4 6.4 6.7 14.6 13.3 22.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.6 4.7 6.4 4.8 5.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 10.8 5.5 4.4 3.8 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 – 4.0 6.2 4.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 – 7.9 5.9 4.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.8 25.9 4.3 4.4 3.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.6 6.5 8.4 10.1 7.4 – Service............................................................. 5.1 3.1 5.5 5.1 4.7 – 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.73 $20.54 - - $20.54 - - $10.92 - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.09 20.30 - - 20.30 - - 11.37 - - White collar........................................................ 20.55 25.98 - - 25.98 - - 10.82 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.89 25.48 - - 25.48 - - 12.76 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.41 25.49 - - 25.49 - - – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 30.97 29.91 - - 29.91 - - – - - Technical....................................................... 17.36 15.38 - - 15.38 - - – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.65 33.09 - - 33.09 - - – - - Sales............................................................. 13.46 – - - – - - 10.08 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.92 15.93 - - 15.93 - - 11.49 - - Blue collar......................................................... 17.24 18.86 - - 18.86 - - 13.03 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.95 24.82 - - 24.84 - - 16.38 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.05 17.58 - - 17.58 - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.48 17.74 - - 17.74 - - – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.05 13.98 - - 13.98 - - 8.92 - - Service............................................................. 9.46 – - - – - - 7.73 - - 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....................................................... 4.8 8.1 - - 8.1 - - 9.2 - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.8 7.5 - - 7.5 - - 11.3 - - White collar........................................................ 6.3 6.4 - - 6.4 - - 7.5 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.2 5.8 - - 5.8 - - 11.9 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 12.4 - - 12.4 - - – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.7 12.4 - - 12.4 - - – - - Technical....................................................... 3.3 6.8 - - 6.8 - - – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 9.7 - - 9.7 - - – - - Sales............................................................. 13.3 – - - – - - 8.8 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.3 20.6 - - 20.6 - - 9.4 - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 6.1 - - 6.1 - - 12.5 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 4.9 - - 4.9 - - 17.5 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 5.1 - - 5.1 - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 16.6 - - 16.6 - - – - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.2 6.3 - - 6.3 - - 9.4 - - Service............................................................. 2.4 – - - – - - 6.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.73 $14.26 $19.34 $18.47 $20.62 All excluding sales............................................. 18.09 14.35 19.76 19.30 20.38 White collar........................................................ 20.55 16.92 21.49 22.27 20.41 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.89 18.51 22.58 24.78 19.98 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.41 15.18 29.25 33.29 24.37 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.97 – 31.33 – 26.28 Technical....................................................... 17.36 – 18.40 18.55 18.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.65 34.07 31.91 36.51 27.14 Sales............................................................. 13.46 13.42 13.48 10.95 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.92 11.41 13.32 13.15 13.51 Blue collar......................................................... 17.24 15.11 18.59 15.10 24.01 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.95 20.40 24.83 21.68 26.88 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.05 12.78 18.52 13.31 24.72 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.48 17.04 16.14 15.78 19.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.05 10.95 11.27 11.01 11.72 Service............................................................. 9.46 8.82 10.11 9.85 10.53 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....................................................... 4.8 8.3 4.8 5.2 8.2 All excluding sales............................................. 4.8 7.1 4.3 4.6 7.3 White collar........................................................ 6.3 17.0 7.2 8.1 13.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 6.2 17.8 6.2 5.3 11.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 10.6 3.6 3.8 10.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.7 – 5.7 – 15.8 Technical....................................................... 3.3 – 1.9 9.8 4.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.4 9.4 9.2 11.9 10.3 Sales............................................................. 13.3 26.0 20.1 6.1 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.3 10.2 5.6 8.5 9.4 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 6.1 4.0 4.3 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 7.1 5.6 7.8 4.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.9 1.2 5.0 6.2 1.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 6.5 3.9 3.9 18.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.2 11.2 9.8 7.8 22.4 Service............................................................. 2.4 5.2 1.3 2.1 2.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.53 $11.34 $16.02 $24.56 $33.36 All excluding sales........................... 9.10 11.66 16.36 24.87 33.74 White collar.................................... 9.60 12.25 18.00 29.04 41.03 White collar excluding sales................ 10.58 13.28 19.47 30.50 42.67 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.46 20.51 27.60 38.13 49.28 Professional specialty...................... 17.47 23.01 29.88 40.40 51.11 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Industrial engineers.................... 19.76 25.86 30.77 30.77 32.22 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.20 28.44 34.65 42.26 50.59 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.64 21.64 23.40 27.37 31.60 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 13.49 21.49 24.65 27.77 38.07 Registered nurses....................... 19.68 22.24 24.93 27.30 28.29 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.28 37.86 45.20 71.56 92.42 Teachers, except college and university... 16.42 23.45 31.88 42.67 54.86 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.63 29.33 33.67 45.54 64.13 Secondary school teachers............... 20.90 26.06 35.86 43.90 51.07 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.66 16.60 17.06 21.66 23.41 Social workers.......................... 14.66 15.46 16.91 20.25 23.41 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 13.00 14.66 16.48 19.49 25.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.16 14.29 15.45 16.48 17.04 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 15.61 15.92 17.24 18.98 20.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.69 21.12 28.13 36.00 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.03 27.36 35.96 42.59 48.08 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.73 24.70 33.36 40.56 40.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.00 27.00 36.78 43.94 44.41 Management related........................ 17.66 20.56 21.73 27.65 36.00 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.83 20.56 21.01 28.57 41.03 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.00 10.27 14.00 28.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.05 12.26 12.74 18.38 26.19 Cashiers................................ 5.90 6.50 7.75 9.45 11.22 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.42 10.65 12.70 16.02 19.01 Secretaries............................. 11.15 14.32 16.88 18.68 19.47 Typists................................. 9.97 9.97 14.13 15.74 16.47 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.34 10.58 11.78 12.63 14.24 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.61 12.25 13.91 15.74 17.23 General office clerks................... 9.55 11.54 14.16 14.70 17.96 Data entry keyers....................... 11.20 12.23 13.39 14.34 15.82 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $8.20 $9.50 $9.84 $12.76 $15.49 Blue collar..................................... 9.68 12.36 16.11 21.26 26.44 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.91 17.82 20.50 26.04 30.22 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.58 16.95 18.50 19.48 24.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.26 17.55 19.16 22.89 30.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.47 17.55 19.36 21.26 25.30 Supervisors, production................. 19.35 25.96 25.96 31.08 37.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.09 11.45 15.63 26.00 26.61 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.25 9.83 11.45 13.92 17.40 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.39 16.07 17.96 21.31 26.61 Welders and cutters..................... 10.54 12.35 15.56 26.20 26.20 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 11.44 18.90 26.20 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.57 13.67 16.06 20.92 23.62 Transportation and material moving............ 11.34 14.42 16.22 17.11 21.63 Truck drivers........................... 13.68 14.69 15.83 16.53 20.61 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 13.39 16.30 20.39 25.68 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.39 14.52 17.82 18.93 21.19 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 7.90 11.77 13.53 15.77 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 6.80 9.14 10.10 16.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.73 7.73 7.73 12.25 17.69 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 5.40 6.50 7.50 8.55 11.26 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.05 7.80 10.93 12.92 14.34 Service......................................... 7.81 8.55 10.75 16.05 24.37 Protective service........................ 19.80 21.68 24.37 27.66 31.64 Food service.............................. 3.30 5.15 9.00 10.59 12.98 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 4.85 5.25 10.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 3.70 9.00 11.25 Other food service....................... 6.50 8.25 10.00 11.36 12.98 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 10.05 12.53 12.98 Health service............................ – – – – – Cleaning and building service............. 8.50 10.24 11.97 13.87 15.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.50 10.63 11.97 14.13 15.79 Personal service.......................... 8.20 8.75 10.78 16.42 24.56 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $10.50 $14.39 $23.05 $30.50 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 10.71 14.88 23.56 30.77 White collar.................................... 8.90 11.06 15.68 27.00 39.03 White collar excluding sales................ 10.18 12.16 17.40 28.07 39.84 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.37 19.09 26.20 36.30 43.99 Professional specialty...................... 16.91 22.35 28.81 38.07 47.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Industrial engineers.................... 19.76 25.86 30.77 30.77 32.22 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.20 28.44 34.65 42.26 50.59 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 13.49 21.49 25.52 27.77 33.35 Registered nurses....................... 22.00 23.21 25.64 27.77 29.42 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.81 37.86 43.68 61.97 86.78 Teachers, except college and university... 13.94 16.42 21.49 26.44 29.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.00 13.80 16.22 19.54 25.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.00 13.23 15.31 16.25 17.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.69 22.50 30.50 36.78 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.21 27.36 35.96 44.41 48.08 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.00 27.00 36.78 43.94 45.52 Management related........................ 17.66 21.01 23.08 30.14 36.00 Sales......................................... 6.70 8.00 10.20 14.00 28.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.05 12.26 12.74 18.38 26.19 Cashiers................................ 5.90 6.50 7.25 8.75 11.22 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.12 10.34 11.88 14.42 17.60 Secretaries............................. 8.66 11.38 14.25 16.11 18.15 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.60 11.61 12.25 14.37 17.60 General office clerks................... 10.16 11.54 14.10 17.73 20.60 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.20 9.20 9.84 11.87 15.33 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 12.12 16.05 22.41 26.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.25 17.82 22.89 29.53 30.43 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.26 17.55 19.16 22.89 30.43 Supervisors, production................. 19.35 25.96 25.96 31.08 37.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $10.02 $11.45 $15.42 $26.00 $26.61 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.25 9.83 11.45 13.92 17.40 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.39 16.07 17.96 23.59 26.61 Welders and cutters..................... 10.54 12.35 15.56 26.20 26.20 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 11.44 18.90 26.20 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.57 13.67 16.06 20.92 23.62 Transportation and material moving............ 11.34 14.42 16.11 17.13 21.99 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 13.39 16.30 20.39 25.68 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 7.73 11.37 13.22 13.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 6.80 9.14 10.10 16.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.73 7.73 7.73 12.25 17.69 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 5.40 6.50 7.50 8.55 11.26 Service......................................... 5.55 8.24 9.60 10.86 12.53 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 5.15 9.00 10.59 12.98 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 3.30 4.85 5.25 10.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 3.30 3.30 3.70 9.00 11.25 Other food service....................... 6.50 8.25 10.00 11.36 12.98 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 10.05 12.53 12.98 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.58 9.71 11.38 13.18 15.68 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.58 10.21 11.50 13.39 15.68 Personal service.......................... 7.81 8.40 10.02 10.90 12.49 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.33 $15.74 $19.89 $27.66 $40.90 All excluding sales........................... 13.36 15.78 20.03 27.66 40.95 White collar.................................... 14.16 16.66 22.43 34.36 48.64 White collar excluding sales................ 14.16 16.66 22.55 34.60 48.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.66 22.59 30.52 42.67 56.90 Professional specialty...................... 19.56 23.41 31.88 43.33 59.33 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.72 21.56 23.75 26.51 48.65 Registered nurses....................... 16.32 19.43 22.18 24.47 26.51 Teachers, college and university.......... 30.28 40.41 50.35 90.69 100.46 Teachers, except college and university... 18.75 25.56 34.47 45.13 56.49 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.63 29.33 33.67 45.54 64.13 Secondary school teachers............... 20.90 26.06 35.86 43.90 51.07 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.06 20.25 22.15 23.41 25.53 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 14.78 15.29 16.66 16.98 28.01 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.50 20.91 23.37 34.36 40.56 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.03 23.37 34.36 40.56 40.56 Management related........................ 18.50 20.19 20.91 22.45 28.74 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.48 14.16 16.02 18.87 19.61 Secretaries............................. 15.77 16.25 18.50 19.10 19.61 General office clerks................... 8.20 11.85 14.16 14.39 14.57 Blue collar..................................... 13.33 14.78 16.64 18.93 20.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.84 15.58 17.97 19.48 21.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 14.29 14.69 16.36 16.91 18.93 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.15 12.90 15.20 15.68 20.72 Service......................................... 11.56 14.47 21.68 24.56 28.21 Protective service........................ 20.69 22.45 24.37 27.66 31.64 Health service............................ 11.12 13.20 14.59 16.18 19.92 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.12 13.16 14.47 16.12 19.95 Cleaning and building service............. $9.65 $10.95 $13.19 $14.51 $17.84 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.49 10.95 13.28 14.51 17.84 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.30 $12.60 $16.97 $26.00 $35.86 All excluding sales........................... 10.50 12.98 17.33 26.04 35.70 White collar.................................... 10.71 13.13 19.41 30.77 42.67 White collar excluding sales................ 11.06 14.01 20.43 31.88 43.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.78 21.00 28.29 39.36 50.37 Professional specialty...................... 18.46 23.41 30.77 40.99 51.64 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Industrial engineers.................... 19.76 25.86 30.77 30.77 32.22 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 20.20 28.44 34.65 42.26 50.59 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.64 21.64 23.40 27.37 31.60 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 13.49 19.57 24.44 27.77 40.50 Registered nurses....................... 19.43 22.18 24.92 26.71 28.29 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 19.63 24.88 33.41 43.15 54.86 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.63 29.33 33.67 45.54 64.13 Secondary school teachers............... 20.90 26.06 35.86 43.90 51.07 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.66 16.60 17.06 21.66 23.41 Social workers.......................... 14.66 15.46 16.91 20.25 23.41 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.00 14.37 16.66 20.00 25.11 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.16 13.80 15.31 16.37 16.98 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.31 21.43 29.79 36.00 48.08 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.21 27.36 35.96 43.94 48.08 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 12.73 24.70 33.70 40.56 40.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.00 27.00 36.78 43.94 44.41 Management related........................ 18.03 20.91 22.45 27.78 36.00 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.19 21.01 21.03 29.79 41.03 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.45 11.97 17.68 40.83 Supervisors, sales...................... 11.05 12.26 12.74 18.38 26.19 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.10 11.06 13.29 16.66 19.27 Secretaries............................. 11.15 14.32 17.22 18.68 19.47 Typists................................. 9.97 9.97 13.62 15.06 16.47 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.34 10.58 11.78 12.63 14.24 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.61 12.25 13.91 15.74 17.23 General office clerks................... 10.99 12.38 14.16 14.70 17.96 Data entry keyers....................... 11.20 12.30 13.40 14.45 15.82 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.75 9.53 9.84 12.76 16.02 Blue collar..................................... 10.30 13.18 16.36 21.83 26.61 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $14.90 $17.82 $20.50 $26.06 $30.22 Automobile mechanics.................... 15.58 16.95 18.50 19.48 24.87 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.26 17.55 19.16 22.89 30.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.47 17.55 19.36 21.26 25.30 Supervisors, production................. 19.35 25.96 25.96 31.08 37.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.24 11.92 15.84 26.00 26.61 Packaging and filling machine operators. 8.25 9.83 11.45 13.92 17.40 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.39 16.07 17.96 21.31 26.61 Welders and cutters..................... 10.54 12.35 15.56 26.20 26.20 Assemblers.............................. 10.24 12.24 26.00 26.20 26.61 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.57 13.67 16.06 20.92 23.62 Transportation and material moving............ 12.63 14.57 16.36 17.13 21.64 Truck drivers........................... 13.68 14.69 15.83 16.53 20.61 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.75 13.39 16.30 20.39 25.68 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 14.39 14.52 17.82 18.93 21.19 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.73 8.95 12.35 13.53 17.69 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.73 7.73 9.07 15.54 17.69 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.05 7.80 11.25 12.98 14.88 Service......................................... 9.00 10.63 13.40 22.68 25.73 Protective service........................ 21.41 22.68 24.37 27.66 31.64 Food service.............................. 3.30 8.75 10.00 12.00 12.98 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 9.00 10.00 10.50 12.53 13.00 Health service............................ 10.86 11.42 13.21 15.30 16.48 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.86 11.42 13.63 15.30 17.52 Cleaning and building service............. 9.71 10.95 12.02 14.36 16.17 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.24 11.24 12.36 14.51 16.72 Personal service.......................... 8.40 9.34 10.90 16.42 24.56 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.58 $8.55 $10.30 $16.17 All excluding sales........................... 6.34 8.03 8.93 10.85 17.57 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.70 9.20 15.31 24.65 White collar excluding sales................ 7.50 8.35 11.15 18.48 25.94 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.25 15.92 22.10 25.94 29.42 Professional specialty...................... 7.50 18.70 24.64 27.60 33.33 Health related............................ 21.41 22.89 25.64 27.71 29.61 Registered nurses....................... 21.41 22.68 25.52 27.60 29.42 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 15.00 15.29 15.36 16.74 18.48 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 6.75 7.80 8.50 10.93 Cashiers................................ 5.90 6.30 6.75 8.25 14.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.30 13.47 General office clerks................... 5.15 5.15 8.00 9.10 10.51 Blue collar..................................... 5.60 6.50 8.15 10.10 15.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.40 5.65 12.30 15.25 17.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.55 6.50 7.50 9.14 11.26 Service......................................... 5.25 8.03 8.50 9.68 10.30 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.30 4.85 5.55 7.20 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.80 6.40 7.10 8.50 10.14 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 3.30 6.50 8.20 9.28 10.45 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 254,800 189,400 65,400 All excluding sales............................................. 237,500 172,500 65,000 White collar........................................................ 132,700 92,300 40,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 115,400 75,400 40,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 56,900 31,200 25,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 49,300 25,200 24,100 Technical....................................................... 7,600 6,000 1,600 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12,700 9,500 3,200 Sales............................................................. 17,300 16,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 45,800 34,600 11,200 Blue collar......................................................... 72,600 62,600 10,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16,800 13,400 3,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,900 23,700 - Transportation and material moving................................ 19,000 14,300 4,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12,900 11,100 1,700 Service............................................................. 49,500 34,500 15,000 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.