NC BL 03/00/2005 Table: Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, Bulletin 3125-53, June 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................. $16.05 2.8 38.2 $15.66 3.2 37.9 $18.11 3.7 39.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.53 3.7 38.3 20.22 4.8 37.9 21.54 5.1 39.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.05 2.9 37.8 27.94 3.8 37.0 23.51 3.1 38.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.76 6.9 40.5 29.48 7.8 40.4 31.36 12.6 40.7 Sales............................................................. 13.02 5.7 35.5 13.06 5.7 35.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.38 2.4 38.9 13.51 2.7 38.7 12.79 5.5 39.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 13.74 2.2 38.9 13.78 2.3 39.0 12.91 4.2 38.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.14 3.3 39.8 19.70 3.4 39.8 14.74 5.2 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.06 3.4 39.5 13.06 3.4 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.49 10.8 40.3 13.74 11.4 40.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.14 2.7 36.7 10.15 2.8 36.7 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.58 4.4 35.1 8.90 2.6 32.9 13.50 5.4 39.8 Full time........................................................... 16.33 2.8 39.9 15.95 3.2 39.8 18.25 3.5 40.2 Part time........................................................... 10.79 8.7 21.4 10.84 9.2 21.6 9.96 3.0 18.0 Union............................................................... 21.34 6.3 39.2 21.32 6.6 39.2 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 15.77 3.0 38.1 15.32 3.5 37.9 18.05 4.0 39.4 Time................................................................ 16.09 2.8 38.1 15.68 3.4 37.8 18.11 3.7 39.4 Incentive........................................................... 15.36 13.6 39.4 15.36 13.6 39.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.42 4.8 36.5 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.37 6.2 37.1 14.37 6.2 37.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.97 6.5 38.1 13.94 6.7 38.0 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 18.47 4.0 38.7 18.57 5.9 38.4 18.27 3.7 39.3 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, 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $16.05 2.8 $15.66 3.2 $18.11 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.24 2.9 15.86 3.4 18.15 3.7 White collar........................................................ 20.53 3.7 20.22 4.8 21.54 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.88 3.9 21.97 5.0 21.63 5.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.05 2.9 27.94 3.8 23.51 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.10 3.5 29.61 4.9 24.18 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.55 7.4 28.07 7.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.02 1.3 25.23 1.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.27 3.3 23.27 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.38 15.9 45.56 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.16 1.4 – – 21.16 1.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.90 .8 – – 20.90 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.87 4.3 – – 17.70 4.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.40 2.7 – – 17.12 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.54 8.3 20.96 8.4 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.99 18.7 19.99 18.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.76 6.9 29.48 7.8 31.36 12.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.72 9.1 35.03 10.9 33.57 12.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.47 13.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.89 13.1 37.86 13.2 – – Management related............................................ 21.18 6.0 21.53 6.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.01 12.1 21.24 12.7 – – Sales............................................................. 13.02 5.7 13.06 5.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.92 1.3 8.88 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 2.4 13.51 2.7 12.79 5.5 Secretaries................................................. 14.04 5.0 14.04 5.0 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.51 14.6 12.51 14.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.36 5.8 12.98 6.5 – – Telephone operators......................................... 13.83 19.7 13.83 19.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.45 4.1 11.64 5.0 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.41 5.4 12.39 6.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.50 5.0 – – 9.50 5.0 Blue collar......................................................... $13.74 2.2 $13.78 2.3 $12.91 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.14 3.3 19.70 3.4 14.74 5.2 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.98 9.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.18 7.5 20.18 7.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 19.89 19.0 19.89 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.76 3.6 20.76 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.06 3.4 13.06 3.4 – – Printing press operators.................................... 14.75 11.4 14.75 11.4 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.86 7.0 10.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.41 10.1 13.41 10.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.32 6.3 10.32 6.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.49 10.8 13.74 11.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.85 2.5 12.95 2.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 17.3 12.28 17.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 2.7 10.15 2.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.09 2.7 10.09 2.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.67 7.8 12.67 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.15 10.2 10.15 10.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.75 7.5 12.00 7.6 – – Service............................................................. 10.58 4.4 8.90 2.6 13.50 5.4 Protective service............................................ 15.08 4.7 – – 15.86 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.17 5.2 – – 17.17 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.05 2.8 7.90 2.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.92 3.5 8.80 3.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.76 6.0 9.76 6.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.59 7.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.55 1.9 10.46 1.8 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 3.9 11.56 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 2.8 10.00 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.08 3.3 8.11 4.8 9.96 3.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.44 3.5 8.35 8.9 9.96 3.1 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $16.33 2.8 $15.95 3.2 $18.25 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.46 2.9 16.08 3.4 18.29 3.5 White collar........................................................ 20.95 3.8 20.74 4.9 21.61 5.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.00 4.0 22.11 5.2 21.70 4.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.28 3.0 28.48 4.3 23.58 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 3.6 30.26 5.7 24.26 3.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.25 8.9 28.92 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 3.1 25.60 3.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.38 15.9 45.56 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.26 1.2 – – 21.26 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.90 .8 – – 20.90 .8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.92 4.5 – – 17.70 4.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.44 3.0 – – 17.12 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.66 8.5 21.22 8.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.99 18.7 19.99 18.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.85 6.9 29.48 7.8 32.00 12.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.89 9.1 35.03 10.9 34.38 11.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.47 13.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.89 13.1 37.86 13.2 – – Management related............................................ 21.18 6.0 21.53 6.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.01 12.1 21.24 12.7 – – Sales............................................................. 14.02 4.7 14.08 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.25 3.1 9.21 3.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 2.5 13.57 2.9 12.79 5.5 Secretaries................................................. 14.18 5.1 14.18 5.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.51 14.6 12.51 14.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.36 5.8 12.98 6.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.46 4.2 11.65 5.1 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.70 4.6 12.71 5.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.50 5.0 – – 9.50 5.0 Blue collar......................................................... 13.77 2.2 13.81 2.3 13.00 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $19.14 3.3 $19.70 3.4 $14.74 5.2 Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.98 9.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.18 7.5 20.18 7.5 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 19.89 19.0 19.89 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.76 3.6 20.76 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.04 3.5 13.04 3.5 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.86 7.0 10.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.41 10.1 13.41 10.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.32 6.3 10.32 6.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 10.9 13.82 11.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.96 2.5 13.08 2.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 17.3 12.28 17.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.07 2.2 10.07 2.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.82 1.8 10.82 1.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 13.19 7.9 13.19 7.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.51 8.4 9.51 8.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.75 7.5 12.00 7.6 – – Service............................................................. 11.19 4.7 9.39 3.6 13.63 5.4 Protective service............................................ 14.96 5.0 – – 15.86 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.17 5.2 – – 17.17 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.85 6.7 8.80 7.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.57 6.0 9.54 6.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.76 6.0 9.76 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.82 2.4 10.73 2.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 3.9 11.55 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.29 4.1 10.29 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.30 3.2 8.43 2.7 9.99 3.5 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.75 2.8 9.12 3.5 9.99 3.5 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $10.79 8.7 $10.84 9.2 $9.96 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.39 9.9 11.49 10.8 9.96 3.0 White collar........................................................ 13.30 5.2 13.39 5.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.20 5.7 18.68 5.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.77 5.8 22.29 5.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 22.48 6.6 23.12 6.5 – – Health related................................................ 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.93 5.0 23.93 5.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.66 10.7 8.66 10.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.71 11.7 11.71 11.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.05 11.1 12.23 11.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.49 19.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 7.66 4.6 7.43 5.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.65 8.2 6.19 6.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.42 10.3 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.04 12.1 6.37 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.05 2.7 9.05 2.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.97 1.6 8.97 1.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $651 2.8 39.9 $635 3.3 39.8 $734 3.6 40.2 All excluding sales............................................... 655 2.9 39.8 638 3.5 39.7 736 3.6 40.2 White collar........................................................ 840 3.9 40.1 833 5.0 40.2 861 5.0 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 879 4.1 40.0 885 5.3 40.0 865 4.9 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,039 3.0 39.5 1,127 4.2 39.6 932 2.9 39.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,080 3.6 39.5 1,195 5.5 39.5 958 3.1 39.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,115 8.9 39.5 1,141 9.4 39.4 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 996 2.4 39.3 1,006 2.5 39.3 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,916 16.2 39.6 1,790 17.3 39.3 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 835 1.0 39.3 – – – 835 1.0 39.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 824 .6 39.4 – – – 824 .6 39.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 713 4.1 39.8 – – – 704 4.3 39.8 Social workers.............................................. 694 2.6 39.8 – – – 681 1.9 39.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 784 8.6 39.9 845 8.6 39.8 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 800 18.7 40.0 800 18.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,213 7.2 40.7 1,192 8.2 40.4 1,344 11.5 42.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,432 9.4 41.0 1,427 11.4 40.7 1,453 11.0 42.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,687 12.4 41.7 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,543 14.0 41.8 1,564 14.3 41.3 – – – Management related............................................ 847 6.0 40.0 861 6.5 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 840 12.1 40.0 850 12.7 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 575 7.0 41.0 578 7.1 41.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 370 3.1 40.0 368 3.2 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 537 2.5 40.0 544 3.0 40.1 510 5.0 39.8 Secretaries................................................. 560 5.1 39.5 560 5.1 39.5 – – – Order clerks................................................ 500 14.6 40.0 500 14.6 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 534 5.8 40.0 519 6.5 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 495 4.3 39.7 460 5.0 39.5 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 503 5.3 39.6 502 6.1 39.5 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $375 3.0 39.5 – – – $375 3.0 39.5 Blue collar......................................................... 546 2.4 39.6 $547 2.5 39.6 514 4.5 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 761 3.1 39.8 783 3.1 39.8 589 5.2 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 756 10.0 39.9 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 796 6.6 39.5 796 6.6 39.5 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 777 18.3 39.1 777 18.3 39.1 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 829 3.6 39.9 829 3.6 39.9 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 520 3.4 39.9 520 3.4 39.9 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 420 10.0 38.6 420 10.0 38.6 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 537 10.1 40.0 537 10.1 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 413 6.3 40.0 413 6.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 553 12.8 40.8 568 13.5 41.1 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 545 5.4 42.0 553 5.5 42.2 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 490 17.0 39.9 490 17.0 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 388 2.3 38.5 387 2.4 38.5 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 433 1.8 40.0 433 1.8 40.0 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 524 7.4 39.7 524 7.4 39.7 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 379 8.2 39.9 379 8.2 39.9 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 467 7.4 39.7 476 7.6 39.7 – – – Service............................................................. 448 5.3 40.0 367 4.0 39.1 564 6.1 41.4 Protective service............................................ 633 5.8 42.4 – – – 679 1.9 42.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 687 5.2 40.0 – – – 687 5.2 40.0 Food service.................................................. 342 7.4 38.6 342 7.7 38.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 373 6.1 39.0 375 6.3 39.3 – – – Cooks....................................................... 381 4.7 39.1 381 4.7 39.1 – – – Health service................................................ 424 3.5 39.1 419 3.5 39.1 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 465 3.8 39.8 460 4.3 39.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 399 6.6 38.7 399 6.6 38.7 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 369 3.8 39.6 331 3.8 39.2 399 3.5 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 386 2.6 39.6 351 2.9 38.5 399 3.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $33,370 2.8 2,043 $32,933 3.3 2,064 $35,458 3.6 1,942 All excluding sales............................................... 33,551 2.9 2,038 33,115 3.5 2,060 35,521 3.6 1,942 White collar........................................................ 42,281 3.9 2,018 43,065 5.0 2,077 40,128 5.0 1,857 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,034 4.1 2,002 45,669 5.3 2,065 40,263 4.9 1,855 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 50,050 3.0 1,904 57,410 4.2 2,016 42,039 2.9 1,783 Professional specialty.......................................... 51,400 3.6 1,880 60,608 5.5 2,003 42,817 3.1 1,765 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,628 8.9 2,040 59,308 9.4 2,051 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 51,804 2.4 2,046 52,333 2.5 2,044 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 81,345 16.2 1,681 76,823 17.3 1,686 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,159 1.0 1,701 – – – 36,159 1.0 1,701 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35,633 .6 1,705 – – – 35,633 .6 1,705 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 37,091 4.1 2,070 – – – 36,621 4.3 2,069 Social workers.............................................. 36,069 2.6 2,068 – – – 35,393 1.9 2,067 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 40,757 8.6 2,073 43,931 8.6 2,071 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 41,578 18.7 2,080 41,578 18.7 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,794 7.2 2,104 61,927 8.2 2,101 67,903 11.5 2,122 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 73,902 9.4 2,118 74,097 11.4 2,115 73,136 11.0 2,127 Administrators, education and related fields................ 82,621 12.4 2,041 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 80,224 14.0 2,175 81,341 14.3 2,149 – – – Management related............................................ 44,062 6.0 2,080 44,777 6.5 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 43,692 12.1 2,080 44,180 12.7 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 29,901 7.0 2,133 30,034 7.1 2,134 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,233 3.1 2,080 19,151 3.2 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,543 2.5 2,052 28,218 3.0 2,079 24,803 5.0 1,939 Secretaries................................................. 29,143 5.1 2,055 29,143 5.1 2,055 – – – Order clerks................................................ 26,020 14.6 2,080 26,020 14.6 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,792 5.8 2,080 26,990 6.5 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,364 4.3 2,036 23,389 5.0 2,007 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 25,607 5.3 2,017 26,121 6.1 2,055 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $16,045 3.0 1,689 – – – $16,045 3.0 1,689 Blue collar......................................................... 28,334 2.4 2,057 $28,455 2.5 2,061 25,842 4.5 1,988 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,591 3.1 2,069 40,724 3.1 2,068 30,649 5.2 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 39,332 10.0 2,073 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,407 6.6 2,052 41,407 6.6 2,052 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 40,400 18.3 2,031 40,400 18.3 2,031 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 43,098 3.6 2,076 43,098 3.6 2,076 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,031 3.4 2,073 27,031 3.4 2,073 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 21,816 10.0 2,008 21,816 10.0 2,008 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,902 10.1 2,080 27,902 10.1 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 21,464 6.3 2,080 21,464 6.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 28,402 12.8 2,094 29,510 13.5 2,135 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 28,317 5.4 2,185 28,738 5.5 2,197 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,458 17.0 2,073 25,458 17.0 2,073 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,174 2.3 2,003 20,140 2.4 2,000 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,509 1.8 2,080 22,509 1.8 2,080 – – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 27,227 7.4 2,064 27,227 7.4 2,064 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19,728 8.2 2,074 19,728 8.2 2,074 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,277 7.4 2,067 24,773 7.6 2,065 – – – Service............................................................. 23,183 5.3 2,072 19,079 4.0 2,032 29,024 6.1 2,129 Protective service............................................ 32,939 5.8 2,202 – – – 35,314 1.9 2,227 Police and detectives, public service....................... 35,717 5.2 2,080 – – – 35,717 5.2 2,080 Food service.................................................. 17,535 7.4 1,981 17,786 7.7 2,021 – – – Other food service........................................... 19,117 6.1 1,997 19,504 6.3 2,044 – – – Cooks....................................................... 19,836 4.7 2,032 19,836 4.7 2,032 – – – Health service................................................ 22,029 3.5 2,035 21,809 3.5 2,033 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,202 3.8 2,071 23,897 4.3 2,069 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,733 6.6 2,014 20,732 6.6 2,014 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,176 3.8 2,061 17,186 3.8 2,038 20,774 3.5 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,075 2.6 2,058 18,256 2.9 2,002 20,774 3.5 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $16.05 2.8 $15.66 3.2 $18.11 3.7 All excluding sales............................................... 16.24 2.9 15.86 3.4 18.15 3.7 White collar........................................................ 20.53 3.7 20.22 4.8 21.54 5.1 2....................................................... 8.70 2.9 8.61 3.3 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 10.92 1.8 10.84 2.0 11.58 2.3 4....................................................... 13.64 3.4 13.66 3.8 13.46 3.8 5....................................................... 15.38 9.2 15.35 11.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.15 3.0 20.00 4.3 17.79 5.3 7....................................................... 20.99 5.7 22.55 12.2 19.98 1.9 8....................................................... 23.42 4.9 23.38 6.4 23.54 4.7 9....................................................... 27.82 2.3 28.07 2.3 – – 10........................................................ 32.85 14.8 35.07 14.5 – – 11........................................................ 39.05 7.4 40.30 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.81 26.4 27.85 26.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.88 3.9 21.97 5.0 21.63 5.0 2....................................................... 9.47 1.7 9.64 2.4 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 11.49 2.8 11.44 3.2 11.77 .4 4....................................................... 14.05 2.2 14.12 2.5 13.46 3.8 5....................................................... 16.86 3.4 17.29 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.15 3.0 20.00 4.3 17.79 5.3 7....................................................... 19.98 2.3 19.97 5.9 19.98 1.9 8....................................................... 23.59 4.8 23.61 6.3 23.54 4.7 9....................................................... 27.82 2.3 28.07 2.3 – – 10........................................................ 27.13 6.5 28.70 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 39.05 7.4 40.30 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.81 26.4 27.85 26.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.05 2.9 27.94 3.8 23.51 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.10 3.5 29.61 4.9 24.18 3.3 6....................................................... 20.99 1.9 22.04 2.4 19.43 3.4 7....................................................... 20.98 2.5 23.92 8.1 20.55 1.2 8....................................................... 25.30 4.9 26.54 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 28.01 3.4 28.01 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.00 13.2 43.76 10.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.55 7.4 28.07 7.7 – – 6....................................................... 22.18 1.9 22.62 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 28.19 5.7 28.59 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.01 7.0 32.01 7.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.02 1.3 25.23 1.1 – – 6....................................................... 22.78 1.8 23.02 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.69 9.4 29.69 9.4 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.27 3.3 23.27 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $48.38 15.9 $45.56 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 21.16 1.4 – – $21.16 1.4 7....................................................... 21.12 1.3 – – 21.12 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.90 .8 – – 20.90 .8 7....................................................... 20.97 1.0 – – 20.97 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.87 4.3 – – 17.70 4.8 7....................................................... 18.09 5.7 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 17.40 2.7 – – 17.12 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.54 8.3 20.96 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.29 6.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.52 11.7 23.67 11.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.99 18.7 19.99 18.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.76 6.9 29.48 7.8 31.36 12.6 7....................................................... 17.04 3.3 17.08 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.08 9.0 20.77 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.68 4.9 28.22 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.19 8.0 40.66 8.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.72 9.1 35.03 10.9 33.57 12.2 8....................................................... 22.10 18.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.35 7.0 29.44 8.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.49 7.6 42.07 7.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.47 13.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.89 13.1 37.86 13.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.10 11.0 43.10 11.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.18 6.0 21.53 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 17.65 3.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.01 12.1 21.24 12.7 – – Sales............................................................. 13.02 5.7 13.06 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.81 3.3 7.81 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.86 3.1 9.84 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.84 8.2 11.84 8.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.92 1.3 8.88 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.75 3.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.38 2.4 13.51 2.7 12.79 5.5 2....................................................... 9.47 1.7 9.64 2.4 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 11.49 2.8 11.44 3.2 11.77 .4 4....................................................... 14.11 2.3 14.07 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.49 6.6 16.65 7.3 – – 6....................................................... $15.32 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.85 8.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.04 5.0 $14.04 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.97 4.5 12.97 4.5 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.51 14.6 12.51 14.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.36 5.8 12.98 6.5 – – Telephone operators......................................... 13.83 19.7 13.83 19.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.45 4.1 11.64 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.86 2.2 11.77 2.9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.41 5.4 12.39 6.3 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.50 5.0 – – $9.50 5.0 2....................................................... 9.20 .4 – – 9.20 .4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.74 2.2 13.78 2.3 12.91 4.2 1....................................................... 9.28 4.3 9.29 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 2.5 11.13 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 4.5 12.65 4.7 11.02 2.7 4....................................................... 13.12 4.0 13.07 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.57 5.5 17.63 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.48 4.9 20.48 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.25 5.2 22.26 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.14 3.3 19.70 3.4 14.74 5.2 4....................................................... 14.16 4.1 14.08 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.28 2.5 14.30 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 20.61 4.9 20.61 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.88 4.5 22.11 4.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.98 9.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.18 7.5 20.18 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.66 5.7 16.66 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.33 6.7 25.33 6.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 19.89 19.0 19.89 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.76 3.6 20.76 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.06 3.4 13.06 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.23 4.3 11.23 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 6.8 12.26 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.75 4.9 12.75 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 19.59 3.8 19.59 3.8 – – Printing press operators.................................... 14.75 11.4 14.75 11.4 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.86 7.0 10.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.41 10.1 13.41 10.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.16 5.6 11.16 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 14.05 15.8 14.05 15.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.32 6.3 10.32 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 2.4 10.06 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $13.49 10.8 $13.74 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.60 4.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.73 4.4 13.12 5.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.85 2.5 12.95 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.70 3.1 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 17.3 12.28 17.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 2.7 10.15 2.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.21 4.7 9.21 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.61 5.3 11.74 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.17 5.7 13.48 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.09 2.7 10.09 2.7 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 12.67 7.8 12.67 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.15 10.2 10.15 10.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.14 12.9 9.14 12.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.75 7.5 12.00 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.83 10.9 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.58 4.4 8.90 2.6 $13.50 5.4 1....................................................... 7.87 3.6 7.04 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.59 3.1 9.60 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.45 10.8 7.81 11.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.15 3.5 10.83 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.05 6.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.07 1.1 – – 15.18 1.0 Protective service............................................ 15.08 4.7 – – 15.86 1.6 6....................................................... 15.18 1.0 – – 15.18 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.17 5.2 – – 17.17 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.05 2.8 7.90 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.40 3.8 6.40 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 6.89 14.5 6.69 16.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 2.4 10.58 2.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.92 3.5 8.80 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.59 2.6 6.59 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 2.4 10.58 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.76 6.0 9.76 6.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.59 7.5 – – – – 1....................................................... 6.65 7.1 6.65 7.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.55 1.9 10.46 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.99 3.3 9.99 3.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 3.9 11.56 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 2.8 10.00 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.98 3.2 9.98 3.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.08 3.3 8.11 4.8 9.96 3.1 1....................................................... 8.41 3.4 7.61 5.2 – – 2....................................................... $9.21 1.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.44 3.5 $8.35 8.9 $9.96 3.1 1....................................................... 8.65 3.9 7.48 11.4 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $16.33 2.8 $15.95 3.2 $18.25 3.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.46 2.9 16.08 3.4 18.29 3.5 White collar........................................................ 20.95 3.8 20.74 4.9 21.61 5.0 2....................................................... 9.03 1.8 9.01 2.3 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 10.96 1.6 10.88 1.7 11.58 2.3 4....................................................... 13.73 3.2 13.75 3.6 13.46 3.8 5....................................................... 15.43 9.2 15.35 11.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.54 3.2 19.12 4.6 17.79 5.3 7....................................................... 21.01 5.7 22.63 12.2 19.98 1.9 8....................................................... 23.42 4.9 23.38 6.4 23.54 4.7 9....................................................... 27.82 2.3 28.07 2.3 – – 10........................................................ 32.85 14.8 35.07 14.5 – – 11........................................................ 39.05 7.4 40.30 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.25 26.1 28.25 26.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.00 4.0 22.11 5.2 21.70 4.8 2....................................................... 9.51 1.7 9.70 2.5 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 11.48 2.6 11.43 3.0 11.77 .4 4....................................................... 14.05 2.5 14.12 2.9 13.46 3.8 5....................................................... 16.92 3.5 17.29 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.54 3.2 19.12 4.6 17.79 5.3 7....................................................... 20.00 2.3 20.03 5.7 19.98 1.9 8....................................................... 23.59 4.8 23.61 6.3 23.54 4.7 9....................................................... 27.82 2.3 28.07 2.3 – – 10........................................................ 27.13 6.5 28.70 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 39.05 7.4 40.30 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.25 26.1 28.25 26.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.28 3.0 28.48 4.3 23.58 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 3.6 30.26 5.7 24.26 3.1 6....................................................... 20.42 1.7 21.36 2.2 19.43 3.4 7....................................................... 21.02 2.3 – – 20.55 1.2 8....................................................... 25.30 4.9 26.54 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 28.01 3.4 28.01 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.00 13.2 43.76 10.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.25 8.9 28.92 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 21.47 1.5 22.05 1.7 – – 8....................................................... 28.19 5.7 28.59 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.01 7.0 32.01 7.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 3.1 25.60 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 22.13 1.5 22.47 .5 – – 9....................................................... 29.69 9.4 29.69 9.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.38 15.9 45.56 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $21.26 1.2 – – $21.26 1.2 7....................................................... 21.12 1.3 – – 21.12 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.90 .8 – – 20.90 .8 7....................................................... 20.97 1.0 – – 20.97 1.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.92 4.5 – – 17.70 4.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.44 3.0 – – 17.12 2.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.66 8.5 $21.22 8.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.52 11.7 23.67 11.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.99 18.7 19.99 18.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.85 6.9 29.48 7.8 32.00 12.1 7....................................................... 17.04 3.3 17.08 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 22.08 9.0 20.77 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.68 4.9 28.22 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.19 8.0 40.66 8.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.89 9.1 35.03 10.9 34.38 11.7 8....................................................... 22.10 18.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.35 7.0 29.44 8.1 – – 11........................................................ 41.49 7.6 42.07 7.6 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.47 13.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.89 13.1 37.86 13.2 – – 11........................................................ 43.10 11.0 43.10 11.0 – – Management related............................................ 21.18 6.0 21.53 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 17.65 3.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.01 12.1 21.24 12.7 – – Sales............................................................. 14.02 4.7 14.08 4.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.25 3.1 9.21 3.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 2.5 13.57 2.9 12.79 5.5 2....................................................... 9.51 1.7 9.70 2.5 9.11 1.1 3....................................................... 11.48 2.6 11.43 3.0 11.77 .4 4....................................................... 14.17 2.7 14.14 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.49 6.6 16.65 7.3 – – 6....................................................... 15.32 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.85 8.5 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.18 5.1 14.18 5.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 12.51 14.6 12.51 14.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.36 5.8 12.98 6.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.46 4.2 11.65 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 2.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... $12.70 4.6 $12.71 5.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.50 5.0 – – $9.50 5.0 2....................................................... 9.20 .4 – – 9.20 .4 Blue collar......................................................... 13.77 2.2 13.81 2.3 13.00 4.4 1....................................................... 9.14 3.5 9.13 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.11 2.5 11.12 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.56 4.5 12.68 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.12 4.0 13.07 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.57 5.5 17.63 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.48 4.9 20.48 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.37 5.2 22.43 4.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.14 3.3 19.70 3.4 14.74 5.2 4....................................................... 14.16 4.1 14.08 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.28 2.5 14.30 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 20.61 4.9 20.61 4.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.88 4.5 22.11 4.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.98 9.2 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.18 7.5 20.18 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.66 5.7 16.66 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.33 6.7 25.33 6.7 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 19.89 19.0 19.89 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 20.76 3.6 20.76 3.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.04 3.5 13.04 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.23 4.3 11.23 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 6.8 12.26 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.75 4.9 12.75 4.9 – – 5....................................................... 19.59 3.8 19.59 3.8 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 10.86 7.0 10.86 7.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.41 10.1 13.41 10.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.16 5.6 11.16 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 14.05 15.8 14.05 15.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 10.32 6.3 10.32 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 2.4 10.06 2.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 10.9 13.82 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.60 4.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.88 4.8 13.32 6.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.96 2.5 13.08 2.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.28 17.3 12.28 17.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.07 2.2 10.07 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.04 3.6 9.04 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.57 5.2 11.69 5.4 – – 3....................................................... $13.17 5.7 $13.48 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.82 1.8 10.82 1.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.............................. 13.19 7.9 13.19 7.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.51 8.4 9.51 8.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.31 7.8 8.31 7.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.75 7.5 12.00 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.83 10.9 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.19 4.7 9.39 3.6 $13.63 5.4 1....................................................... 8.59 4.7 7.74 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.55 3.5 9.60 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.06 10.8 8.32 12.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.15 3.5 10.83 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 12.30 4.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 15.07 1.1 – – 15.18 1.0 Protective service............................................ 14.96 5.0 – – 15.86 1.6 6....................................................... 15.18 1.0 – – 15.18 1.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.17 5.2 – – 17.17 5.2 Food service.................................................. 8.85 6.7 8.80 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.23 17.1 7.08 18.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 2.4 10.58 2.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.57 6.0 9.54 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 10.57 2.4 10.58 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.76 6.0 9.76 6.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.82 2.4 10.73 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.03 3.5 10.03 3.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.69 3.9 11.55 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.29 4.1 10.29 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.03 3.5 10.03 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.30 3.2 8.43 2.7 9.99 3.5 1....................................................... 8.64 2.7 7.98 3.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.75 2.8 9.12 3.5 9.99 3.5 1....................................................... 9.02 1.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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................................................................... $10.79 8.7 $10.84 9.2 $9.96 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.39 9.9 11.49 10.8 9.96 3.0 White collar........................................................ 13.30 5.2 13.39 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.23 2.3 7.23 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.44 6.7 10.44 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.59 10.9 12.59 10.9 – – 6....................................................... 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.20 5.7 18.68 5.8 – – 6....................................................... 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.77 5.8 22.29 5.6 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 22.48 6.6 23.12 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – Health related................................................ 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 23.67 5.6 23.67 5.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.93 5.0 23.93 5.0 – – 6....................................................... 23.93 5.0 23.93 5.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.66 10.7 8.66 10.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.71 11.7 11.71 11.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 12.05 11.1 12.23 11.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.49 19.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 7.66 4.6 7.43 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.32 4.8 6.32 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.98 3.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.65 8.2 6.19 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.26 6.2 6.26 6.2 – – Other food service........................................... 7.42 10.3 – – – – 1....................................................... $6.51 6.1 $6.51 6.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.04 12.1 6.37 4.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.37 4.2 6.37 4.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.05 2.7 9.05 2.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.97 1.6 8.97 1.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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....................................................... $16.33 $10.79 $21.34 $15.77 $16.09 $15.36 All excluding sales............................................. 16.46 11.39 21.34 15.96 16.35 14.44 White collar........................................................ 20.95 13.30 19.80 20.56 20.57 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.00 18.20 19.80 21.96 21.89 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.28 21.77 – 26.15 26.05 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.34 22.48 – 27.23 27.10 – Technical....................................................... 19.66 – – 19.54 19.54 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.85 – – 29.78 29.76 – Sales............................................................. 14.02 8.66 – 13.02 11.50 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.43 11.71 – 12.89 13.33 – Blue collar......................................................... 13.77 12.05 21.87 13.06 13.67 14.34 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.14 – 23.56 18.27 19.15 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.04 – – 12.50 13.27 10.98 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.56 – – 13.50 11.67 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.07 11.49 – 9.68 9.88 11.92 Service............................................................. 11.19 7.66 – 10.58 10.58 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 8.7 6.3 3.0 2.8 13.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 9.9 6.3 3.1 2.9 10.0 White collar........................................................ 3.8 5.2 2.2 3.9 4.1 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.0 5.7 2.2 4.1 3.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.0 5.8 – 2.8 2.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 6.6 – 3.3 3.5 – Technical....................................................... 8.5 – – 8.3 8.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.9 – – 6.9 6.9 – Sales............................................................. 4.7 10.7 – 5.7 16.1 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 11.7 – 2.2 2.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.2 11.1 9.1 2.6 1.9 10.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 – 6.7 3.8 3.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.5 – – 3.6 4.7 8.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.9 – – 11.0 3.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.2 19.7 – 2.7 3.0 3.1 Service............................................................. 4.7 4.6 – 4.4 4.4 – 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 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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....................................................... $15.66 - – $13.42 - $15.42 - $11.69 - $16.18 All excluding sales............................................. 15.86 - – 13.42 - 16.19 - 12.80 - 16.25 White collar........................................................ 20.22 - – – - 18.77 - 11.99 - 22.49 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.97 - – – - 21.35 - 17.21 - 22.74 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.94 - – – - 27.65 - – - 28.37 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.61 - – – - 29.53 - – - 30.82 Technical....................................................... 20.96 - – – - 20.13 - – - 20.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.48 - – – - 27.35 - – - 26.43 Sales............................................................. 13.06 - – – - 9.81 - 9.88 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.51 - – – - 13.58 - 12.33 - 11.70 Blue collar......................................................... 13.78 - – 12.74 - 13.09 - 14.00 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.70 - – – - 21.31 - 19.98 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.06 - – – - 10.97 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.74 - – – - – - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.15 - – – - 8.81 - 9.51 - – Service............................................................. 8.90 - – – - 8.85 - 8.06 - 9.32 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....................................................... 3.2 - – 17.8 - 4.8 - 7.2 - 8.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 - – 17.8 - 5.0 - 5.8 - 8.3 White collar........................................................ 4.8 - – – - 4.6 - 6.4 - 6.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.0 - – – - 4.7 - 13.0 - 6.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 - – – - 3.7 - – - 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.9 - – – - 5.2 - – - 5.2 Technical....................................................... 8.4 - – – - 10.8 - – - 11.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.8 - – – - 7.5 - – - 7.4 Sales............................................................. 5.7 - – – - 12.4 - 12.6 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 - – – - 3.6 - .7 - 3.9 Blue collar......................................................... 2.3 - – 10.1 - 9.2 - 8.5 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 - – – - 5.0 - 2.8 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.4 - – – - 5.6 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.4 - – – - – - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.8 - – – - 5.8 - 5.2 - – Service............................................................. 2.6 - – – - 2.8 - 5.3 - 5.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 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....................................................... $15.66 $14.37 $16.03 $13.94 $18.57 All excluding sales............................................. 15.86 14.43 16.24 14.28 18.53 White collar........................................................ 20.22 17.68 20.96 18.53 23.15 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.97 19.57 22.52 21.27 23.46 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.94 – 28.06 28.98 27.63 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.61 – 29.72 29.98 29.59 Technical....................................................... 20.96 – 21.12 24.14 19.93 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.48 24.89 31.62 31.56 31.67 Sales............................................................. 13.06 13.92 12.52 9.66 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.51 13.63 13.48 13.41 13.57 Blue collar......................................................... 13.78 13.94 13.74 12.21 15.86 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.70 19.99 19.58 17.10 21.63 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.06 11.51 13.37 12.24 14.52 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.74 12.63 14.01 14.37 12.49 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.15 10.10 10.15 8.78 13.25 Service............................................................. 8.90 7.87 9.52 9.69 9.14 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....................................................... 3.2 6.2 4.9 6.7 5.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 8.7 5.5 7.0 6.3 White collar........................................................ 4.8 8.4 6.0 13.1 6.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.0 12.8 6.2 13.5 4.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 – 4.1 13.0 5.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.9 – 5.7 14.0 5.9 Technical....................................................... 8.4 – 8.9 6.0 11.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.8 13.8 8.9 15.6 6.2 Sales............................................................. 5.7 24.4 19.8 12.1 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.7 10.2 3.0 4.2 5.0 Blue collar......................................................... 2.3 11.3 3.1 4.7 6.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 9.2 6.7 6.5 8.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.4 10.4 1.4 3.6 7.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.4 14.9 12.7 14.7 5.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2.8 4.8 2.8 5.0 4.7 Service............................................................. 2.6 3.6 5.9 8.9 5.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.02 $12.75 $19.48 $26.98 All excluding sales........................... 8.33 10.25 13.05 19.54 27.14 White collar.................................... 9.05 11.79 17.43 24.93 35.47 White collar excluding sales................ 10.38 13.32 19.10 26.00 36.44 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.31 18.50 22.98 28.00 40.34 Professional specialty...................... 16.17 19.49 23.48 28.61 43.79 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.76 21.84 25.06 29.21 35.15 Registered nurses....................... 19.02 21.45 25.00 28.00 31.17 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.65 21.35 24.50 25.51 25.81 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.24 30.29 50.33 64.29 70.06 Teachers, except college and university... 15.16 17.14 20.98 24.53 27.80 Elementary school teachers.............. 15.12 17.02 20.41 24.04 27.18 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.23 15.98 17.48 20.24 21.41 Social workers.......................... 14.11 15.54 16.77 18.83 21.84 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 10.98 14.22 18.09 24.84 31.17 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.33 12.50 17.81 31.17 31.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.32 19.75 26.41 36.44 51.85 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.32 24.04 34.43 40.43 58.31 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.17 24.28 36.51 60.10 60.10 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.80 29.62 35.47 40.14 57.65 Management related........................ 13.71 17.64 21.83 24.76 27.93 Management related, n.e.c............... 13.54 14.93 20.76 27.40 27.93 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 9.94 12.15 24.80 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.40 11.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.39 12.67 14.75 19.51 Secretaries............................. 11.06 12.68 13.64 15.01 17.04 Order clerks............................ 8.50 10.00 11.58 13.14 19.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 11.50 13.00 14.90 17.35 Telephone operators..................... 8.75 10.00 11.50 19.51 19.51 General office clerks................... 10.09 10.10 12.56 14.38 15.00 Data entry keyers....................... 9.48 10.99 13.60 13.60 13.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.01 8.54 9.29 10.08 11.18 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 11.83 15.89 22.88 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.65 $14.70 $17.90 $22.85 $28.28 Automobile mechanics.................... 14.35 15.39 18.92 22.14 23.81 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.00 15.00 17.74 27.79 34.37 Machinery maintenance................... 11.26 13.25 14.71 32.93 32.93 Supervisors, production................. 14.77 16.74 18.06 24.07 29.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.34 10.25 11.26 14.53 19.10 Printing press operators................ 10.00 13.25 14.53 15.35 19.48 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 8.49 9.42 11.07 12.45 12.45 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.06 10.75 11.83 15.20 17.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.57 9.25 10.00 11.00 12.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.05 12.01 14.25 22.86 Truck drivers........................... 10.07 11.00 12.28 13.90 15.56 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 9.56 10.25 12.81 20.12 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.57 7.45 9.59 11.50 13.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 8.70 11.15 11.50 12.29 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.86 10.77 12.37 12.45 15.53 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 8.37 11.54 17.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.88 9.88 11.12 12.73 14.65 Service......................................... 6.00 8.03 9.82 12.57 15.73 Protective service........................ 9.63 11.54 14.17 16.96 22.96 Police and detectives, public service... 12.97 14.10 15.68 20.57 22.96 Food service.............................. 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.20 11.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.00 7.25 9.00 10.35 11.85 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 9.90 10.70 12.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 5.15 7.50 9.10 10.30 Health service............................ 8.40 9.00 10.48 11.82 12.75 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.75 11.50 12.75 13.79 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.16 8.65 9.51 11.16 12.75 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 8.00 8.51 9.66 11.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.44 8.42 8.72 10.19 12.57 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $9.95 $12.38 $19.10 $26.98 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.00 12.50 19.45 27.01 White collar.................................... 8.50 11.17 16.55 25.09 35.98 White collar excluding sales................ 10.25 12.98 19.51 26.68 36.51 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.07 20.68 24.93 31.17 40.34 Professional specialty...................... 19.02 21.19 25.72 31.89 46.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.04 22.21 25.53 29.41 35.15 Registered nurses....................... 19.06 21.74 25.04 28.00 31.17 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.65 21.35 24.50 25.51 25.81 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.24 31.45 38.48 56.62 78.51 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.50 15.91 20.15 26.00 31.17 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.33 12.50 17.81 31.17 31.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.32 19.10 26.41 36.44 51.85 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.32 24.04 35.19 40.14 57.65 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.32 29.66 36.44 40.14 58.31 Management related........................ 14.54 17.65 22.13 26.59 27.93 Management related, n.e.c............... 13.54 14.93 21.69 27.40 27.93 Sales......................................... 7.00 8.00 9.85 12.25 24.80 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.30 11.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.45 12.67 14.72 19.54 Secretaries............................. 11.06 12.68 13.64 15.01 17.04 Order clerks............................ 8.50 10.00 11.58 13.14 19.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 11.50 13.00 13.50 17.14 Telephone operators..................... 8.75 10.00 11.50 19.51 19.51 General office clerks................... 9.70 10.09 11.61 12.78 14.72 Data entry keyers....................... 8.73 10.99 13.60 13.60 13.60 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 11.83 16.02 23.66 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.07 15.00 18.00 24.26 28.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.00 15.00 17.74 27.79 34.37 Machinery maintenance................... 11.26 13.25 14.71 32.93 32.93 Supervisors, production................. $14.77 $16.74 $18.06 $24.07 $29.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.34 10.25 11.26 14.53 19.10 Printing press operators................ 10.00 13.25 14.53 15.35 19.48 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 8.49 9.42 11.07 12.45 12.45 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.06 10.75 11.83 15.20 17.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.57 9.25 10.00 11.00 12.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.25 12.01 14.51 26.53 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 11.05 12.45 13.90 15.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 9.56 10.25 12.81 20.12 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.57 7.44 9.52 11.50 13.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 8.70 11.15 11.50 12.29 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 9.86 10.77 12.37 12.45 15.53 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 8.37 11.54 17.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.00 9.95 11.30 12.85 15.51 Service......................................... 5.15 7.50 9.00 10.40 12.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.10 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 7.21 9.00 10.25 11.85 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 9.90 10.70 12.00 Health service............................ 8.37 8.91 10.40 11.59 12.75 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.75 11.13 12.75 13.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.16 8.65 9.51 11.16 12.75 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 7.44 8.00 9.00 9.97 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.00 6.00 8.33 9.70 10.97 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 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.23 $11.82 $15.15 $20.91 $27.24 All excluding sales........................... 9.22 11.86 15.16 20.97 27.24 White collar.................................... 10.98 14.35 18.13 24.17 32.08 White collar excluding sales................ 10.98 14.51 18.31 24.26 32.47 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.67 16.42 20.24 25.28 31.24 Professional specialty...................... 15.06 16.86 20.73 25.97 32.17 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 15.16 17.14 20.98 24.53 27.80 Elementary school teachers.............. 15.12 17.02 20.41 24.04 27.18 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.23 15.55 17.48 20.24 20.65 Social workers.......................... 14.11 15.35 16.53 18.57 21.36 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.95 20.60 26.16 47.64 60.10 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.12 22.14 26.32 47.64 60.10 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.59 10.18 12.88 14.80 16.89 Teachers' aides......................... 8.01 8.54 9.29 10.08 11.18 Blue collar..................................... 9.01 10.67 12.58 14.36 16.95 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.56 12.97 14.23 15.62 21.44 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 8.51 9.81 12.96 15.65 20.12 Protective service........................ 11.04 12.92 14.78 17.18 22.96 Police and detectives, public service... 12.97 14.10 15.68 20.57 22.96 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 8.35 8.45 8.83 10.53 13.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.35 8.45 8.83 10.53 13.38 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, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.41 $10.25 $13.00 $19.66 $27.33 All excluding sales........................... 8.54 10.41 13.20 19.75 27.37 White collar.................................... 9.55 12.03 17.76 25.41 36.44 White collar excluding sales................ 10.45 13.35 19.12 26.00 36.44 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.16 18.49 22.98 28.11 40.34 Professional specialty...................... 16.14 19.57 23.50 28.92 45.27 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.65 22.21 25.51 29.79 35.15 Registered nurses....................... 18.99 21.60 25.04 28.00 31.17 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.24 30.29 50.33 64.29 70.06 Teachers, except college and university... 15.16 17.25 21.01 24.53 27.81 Elementary school teachers.............. 15.12 17.02 20.41 24.04 27.18 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.23 15.73 17.48 20.24 21.63 Social workers.......................... 14.11 15.48 16.96 19.23 21.86 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.98 14.00 18.09 25.62 31.17 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.33 12.50 17.81 31.17 31.17 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.32 19.81 26.41 36.44 51.85 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.39 24.04 34.43 40.43 58.31 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.17 24.28 36.51 60.10 60.10 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.80 29.62 35.47 40.14 57.65 Management related........................ 13.71 17.64 21.83 24.76 27.93 Management related, n.e.c............... 13.54 14.93 20.76 27.40 27.93 Sales......................................... 7.07 8.00 10.30 13.75 24.80 Cashiers................................ 7.18 8.00 9.30 10.50 11.40 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.06 10.50 12.70 14.80 19.51 Secretaries............................. 11.10 12.64 13.68 15.26 17.04 Order clerks............................ 8.50 10.00 11.58 13.14 19.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 11.50 13.00 14.90 17.35 General office clerks................... 10.09 10.10 12.58 14.45 15.00 Data entry keyers....................... 10.15 11.29 13.60 13.60 13.60 Teachers' aides......................... 8.01 8.54 9.29 10.08 11.18 Blue collar..................................... 8.05 10.00 11.83 15.86 22.89 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.65 14.70 17.90 22.85 28.28 Automobile mechanics.................... $14.35 $15.39 $18.92 $22.14 $23.81 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 14.00 15.00 17.74 27.79 34.37 Machinery maintenance................... 11.26 13.25 14.71 32.93 32.93 Supervisors, production................. 14.77 16.74 18.06 24.07 29.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.34 10.21 11.25 14.53 18.85 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 8.49 9.42 11.07 12.45 12.45 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.06 10.75 11.83 15.20 17.10 Assemblers.............................. 8.57 9.25 10.00 11.00 12.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 10.10 12.01 14.35 26.53 Truck drivers........................... 10.50 11.13 12.45 13.90 15.93 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.50 9.56 10.25 12.81 20.12 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.63 7.50 9.59 11.50 12.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.00 9.35 11.30 11.50 12.46 Machine feeders and offbearers.......... 10.40 11.00 12.45 12.55 22.61 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.00 7.00 7.58 10.48 13.56 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.88 9.88 11.12 12.73 14.65 Service......................................... 7.75 8.54 10.25 12.96 16.06 Protective service........................ 9.63 11.28 14.07 16.33 22.96 Police and detectives, public service... 12.97 14.10 15.68 20.57 22.96 Food service.............................. 4.00 7.50 9.18 10.35 12.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.25 8.00 9.89 10.44 12.00 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.00 9.90 10.70 12.00 Health service............................ 8.48 9.50 10.94 12.03 13.02 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.00 10.75 11.50 12.75 13.79 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.16 8.76 10.12 11.56 12.75 Cleaning and building service............. 7.66 8.00 8.60 9.70 11.53 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.97 8.45 8.83 10.38 13.13 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.75 $6.35 $8.65 $13.20 $19.48 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.12 8.90 16.91 20.69 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.00 10.45 19.02 24.22 White collar excluding sales................ 8.16 12.65 19.02 23.50 26.90 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.91 18.82 21.45 25.60 27.25 Professional specialty...................... 16.27 19.19 23.01 25.88 27.90 Health related............................ 19.02 20.49 23.50 26.48 28.02 Registered nurses....................... 19.02 20.69 23.61 26.90 28.61 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.00 11.19 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 8.16 10.67 13.20 20.30 Blue collar..................................... 6.30 8.10 10.89 17.35 17.35 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.25 6.75 9.55 17.35 17.35 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 6.50 8.79 11.30 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 4.00 5.15 6.09 7.85 10.02 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.15 7.11 8.54 10.93 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 5.15 6.63 8.05 10.24 Health service............................ 8.25 8.60 8.75 9.25 10.05 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.25 8.60 8.75 9.25 9.98 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 292,700 244,700 48,000 All excluding sales............................................. 274,000 226,200 47,800 White collar........................................................ 117,600 88,700 28,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 98,900 70,200 28,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 42,000 23,300 18,700 Professional specialty.......................................... 36,700 19,000 17,700 Technical....................................................... 5,300 4,300 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 19,300 16,300 2,900 Sales............................................................. 18,700 18,500 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 37,700 30,600 7,100 Blue collar......................................................... 136,400 130,100 6,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 29,700 26,300 3,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 54,400 54,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16,500 14,700 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 35,900 34,600 - Service............................................................. 38,700 25,900 12,700 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.