NC BL 07/00/2005 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin 3125-74, October 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................. $18.20 4.2 36.8 $17.64 5.2 36.7 $20.35 1.8 37.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.12 3.6 36.9 20.68 4.7 37.0 22.40 1.8 36.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.18 3.1 37.4 28.13 4.8 38.0 25.82 3.3 36.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.34 10.2 40.8 25.16 11.9 41.6 26.33 12.7 36.6 Sales............................................................. 11.21 7.7 26.7 11.21 7.7 26.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.62 7.3 38.0 15.05 8.7 38.4 12.89 1.3 36.3 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.11 6.1 38.6 17.12 6.5 38.6 17.01 6.1 38.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 8.9 39.9 21.41 9.9 39.9 19.83 7.2 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 17.66 13.0 37.9 17.66 13.0 37.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 7.9 39.9 14.15 8.7 40.2 14.28 1.9 36.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.58 8.1 35.3 13.56 8.7 35.1 13.86 10.2 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.66 9.7 34.4 8.70 10.0 32.9 15.60 1.8 38.7 Full time........................................................... 19.19 3.5 39.9 18.78 4.4 40.1 20.63 1.9 39.3 Part time........................................................... 9.90 8.0 22.3 9.43 8.1 23.0 14.61 5.5 17.4 Union............................................................... 22.62 2.9 39.4 23.60 3.5 39.6 21.32 4.8 39.1 Nonunion............................................................ 17.43 4.8 36.4 16.92 5.7 36.4 19.92 3.1 36.4 Time................................................................ 18.24 4.2 36.7 17.67 5.2 36.5 20.35 1.8 37.2 Incentive........................................................... 16.47 4.0 44.6 16.47 4.0 44.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.83 8.0 40.4 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.35 6.2 35.4 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.80 11.6 34.3 13.80 11.6 34.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.39 6.9 37.5 17.08 7.7 37.4 19.92 6.5 38.3 500 workers or more................................................. 21.84 2.1 38.0 22.93 3.2 38.8 20.46 2.0 36.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $18.20 4.2 $17.64 5.2 $20.35 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.56 4.5 18.06 5.7 20.36 1.8 White collar........................................................ 21.12 3.6 20.68 4.7 22.40 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 3.8 21.93 5.3 22.42 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.18 3.1 28.13 4.8 25.82 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.76 3.6 30.26 5.6 26.83 4.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.09 5.6 37.76 5.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.88 10.1 35.88 10.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.09 5.7 35.64 5.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.67 6.3 31.05 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.69 4.8 32.21 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.66 2.1 29.47 2.0 26.17 6.9 Registered nurses........................................... 25.01 2.1 25.10 2.2 24.74 5.5 Pharmacists................................................. 37.65 3.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.75 7.2 27.86 3.0 36.45 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 35.29 9.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.72 3.8 22.28 6.8 28.69 3.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.94 5.0 – – 30.87 5.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.17 7.6 – – 29.90 8.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.44 2.4 – – 26.96 2.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.17 7.4 – – 30.36 7.5 Librarians.................................................. 28.17 7.4 – – 30.36 7.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.01 7.9 – – 17.17 7.3 Social workers.............................................. 15.52 7.5 – – 16.56 7.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.58 6.1 24.78 6.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.93 2.6 19.53 2.9 17.33 5.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.57 9.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.68 1.8 16.33 2.6 13.67 8.6 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.68 7.3 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.56 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.34 10.2 25.16 11.9 26.33 12.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.66 8.6 33.44 11.3 30.85 10.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.40 9.7 – – 35.22 9.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.36 16.8 36.53 17.5 – – Management related............................................ 21.31 11.9 21.72 12.7 16.30 5.4 Other financial officers.................................... 27.62 17.1 27.62 17.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.47 10.3 19.47 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 11.21 7.7 11.21 7.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ $10.27 17.8 $10.27 17.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.26 2.8 9.21 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.62 7.3 15.05 8.7 $12.89 1.3 Secretaries................................................. 16.60 6.9 17.26 8.0 13.90 6.7 Order clerks................................................ 12.73 8.3 12.73 8.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.45 1.7 – – 9.45 1.7 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.98 9.5 – – 13.08 16.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.71 5.0 13.86 5.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.96 6.0 15.85 5.7 12.27 6.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.14 .0 – – 11.14 .0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.96 10.6 14.05 10.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.11 6.1 17.12 6.5 17.01 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 8.9 21.41 9.9 19.83 7.2 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.83 7.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.82 6.0 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.08 8.6 30.73 4.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.67 5.7 23.43 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.66 13.0 17.66 13.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.13 15.1 19.13 15.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 7.9 14.15 8.7 14.28 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 12.79 15.3 12.73 15.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.34 10.1 15.34 10.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.58 8.1 13.56 8.7 13.86 10.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.22 11.6 11.22 11.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.13 5.0 16.13 5.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.58 9.4 14.69 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 10.66 9.7 8.70 10.0 15.60 1.8 Protective service............................................ 19.37 5.4 – – 19.90 5.7 Firefighting................................................ 17.85 4.5 – – 17.85 4.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.45 4.0 – – 21.45 4.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.19 7.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – 9.22 1.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.91 5.2 10.01 6.5 9.36 1.6 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.68 7.3 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.85 6.0 – – 13.28 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.75 3.6 – – 12.26 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 9.63 4.7 9.71 5.2 9.28 7.4 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... $8.92 10.7 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.92 11.6 $9.92 11.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.19 3.5 $18.78 4.4 $20.63 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.35 3.5 18.97 4.5 20.63 1.9 White collar........................................................ 21.82 3.9 21.52 5.3 22.65 1.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.22 3.9 22.05 5.4 22.67 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.34 3.3 28.25 5.0 26.05 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.90 3.9 30.40 5.9 27.00 4.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.09 5.6 37.76 5.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.88 10.1 35.88 10.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.09 5.7 35.64 5.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.67 6.3 31.05 6.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.69 4.8 32.21 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.63 2.6 29.69 2.4 25.33 8.3 Registered nurses........................................... 24.26 1.9 23.95 1.1 25.17 6.8 Pharmacists................................................. 37.65 3.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.89 7.2 27.99 3.1 36.45 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 35.29 9.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.11 4.6 22.36 6.8 29.15 4.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.94 5.0 – – 30.87 5.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.17 7.6 – – 29.90 8.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.75 2.8 – – 27.30 2.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.01 7.9 – – 17.17 7.3 Social workers.............................................. 15.52 7.5 – – 16.56 7.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.65 6.2 24.85 6.3 – – Technical....................................................... 19.12 2.7 19.73 3.0 17.36 6.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.66 9.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.68 1.5 16.47 2.1 13.08 11.8 Computer programmers........................................ 24.56 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.37 10.2 25.17 11.9 26.48 13.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.77 8.6 33.44 11.3 31.20 11.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.86 10.3 – – 35.68 10.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.36 16.8 36.53 17.5 – – Management related............................................ 21.31 11.9 21.72 12.7 16.30 5.4 Other financial officers.................................... 27.62 17.1 27.62 17.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.47 10.3 19.47 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 13.71 12.0 13.73 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.64 2.3 9.59 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $14.84 6.9 $15.27 8.2 $13.04 1.8 Secretaries................................................. 16.64 6.9 17.26 8.0 13.99 7.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.18 9.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.71 5.0 13.86 5.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.17 6.0 16.25 4.7 12.31 7.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.12 .2 – – 11.12 .2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.01 10.6 14.05 10.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.45 6.1 17.47 6.5 17.11 6.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 8.9 21.41 9.9 19.83 7.2 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.83 7.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.82 6.0 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.08 8.6 30.73 4.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.67 5.7 23.43 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.07 13.9 18.07 13.9 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.13 15.1 19.13 15.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 8.0 14.15 8.7 14.37 1.9 Truck drivers............................................... 12.79 15.3 12.73 15.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.34 10.1 15.34 10.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.45 6.3 14.50 6.7 13.86 10.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.00 5.1 13.00 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.80 7.9 9.17 12.3 15.98 1.7 Protective service............................................ 19.75 6.0 – – 20.15 6.2 Firefighting................................................ 17.85 4.5 – – 17.85 4.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.45 4.0 – – 21.45 4.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.49 6.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.01 26.0 6.65 30.1 9.37 2.3 Other food service........................................... 10.76 3.1 11.20 3.1 9.37 2.3 Cooks....................................................... 11.14 5.3 11.66 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.33 3.3 11.46 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.19 3.5 11.30 4.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.87 6.2 – – 13.30 7.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.76 3.7 – – 12.27 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 9.80 3.5 9.90 2.8 – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $9.90 8.0 $9.43 8.1 $14.61 5.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.27 11.2 9.70 11.0 14.61 5.5 White collar........................................................ 12.47 6.1 11.62 8.0 17.12 6.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.66 9.7 17.96 14.7 17.12 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.89 6.2 25.88 5.2 20.79 10.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.81 6.4 27.84 3.9 22.12 13.8 Health related................................................ 28.83 2.2 28.40 3.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.47 3.8 28.57 3.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 12.19 14.1 – – 12.05 14.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.67 3.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.61 10.2 8.61 10.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.65 5.3 7.65 5.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.20 7.9 8.65 9.3 10.48 4.0 Blue collar......................................................... 9.29 9.7 9.12 9.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.24 12.4 9.24 12.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.19 15.0 7.19 15.0 – – Service............................................................. 8.04 4.0 8.00 4.2 8.88 10.0 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.30 9.5 9.39 10.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $766 3.3 39.9 $752 4.2 40.1 $811 1.9 39.3 All excluding sales............................................... 772 3.4 39.9 760 4.3 40.1 811 1.8 39.3 White collar........................................................ 867 3.9 39.8 864 5.3 40.2 875 2.0 38.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 884 3.8 39.8 887 5.3 40.2 876 1.9 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,073 3.4 39.2 1,123 4.8 39.8 1,004 4.6 38.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,131 4.0 39.1 1,209 5.8 39.8 1,036 5.4 38.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,484 5.6 40.0 1,510 5.6 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,435 10.1 40.0 1,435 10.1 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,403 5.7 40.0 1,426 5.8 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,227 6.3 40.0 1,242 6.5 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,268 4.8 40.0 1,288 4.8 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,123 2.6 39.2 1,170 2.1 39.4 982 8.5 38.8 Registered nurses........................................... 925 2.2 38.1 911 1.0 38.0 968 8.3 38.4 Pharmacists................................................. 1,557 5.5 41.3 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,343 7.6 39.6 1,126 7.1 40.2 1,435 8.8 39.4 Medical science teachers.................................... 1,399 10.0 39.6 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,066 5.7 37.9 891 6.5 39.9 1,095 6.2 37.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,187 5.8 38.4 – – – 1,183 6.2 38.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,145 8.8 37.9 – – – 1,133 9.2 37.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 982 4.6 36.7 – – – 994 5.0 36.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 637 7.6 39.8 – – – 681 7.2 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 617 7.2 39.7 – – – 656 7.4 39.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 986 6.2 40.0 994 6.3 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 763 2.6 39.9 785 3.1 39.8 697 5.6 40.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 866 9.3 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 615 2.3 39.2 646 3.3 39.2 512 11.0 39.2 Computer programmers........................................ 982 10.6 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,050 11.3 41.4 1,048 13.3 41.6 1,059 13.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,384 11.1 42.2 1,446 15.2 43.2 1,248 11.1 40.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,434 10.3 40.0 – – – 1,427 10.5 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,615 25.8 44.4 1,630 27.1 44.6 – – – Management related............................................ 872 11.6 40.9 890 12.4 41.0 652 5.4 40.0 Other financial officers.................................... 1,090 16.3 39.5 1,090 16.3 39.5 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 792 9.8 40.7 792 9.8 40.7 – – – Sales............................................................. $544 12.2 39.7 $545 12.3 39.7 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 380 3.0 39.5 378 2.9 39.5 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 586 6.9 39.5 607 8.1 39.8 $500 3.3 38.3 Secretaries................................................. 662 6.8 39.8 687 7.9 39.8 554 7.1 39.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 566 9.3 39.9 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 548 5.0 39.9 554 5.0 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 557 5.3 39.3 631 4.1 38.8 489 7.2 39.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 380 1.5 34.2 – – – 380 1.5 34.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 559 10.7 39.9 561 10.8 39.9 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 702 6.2 40.3 704 6.7 40.3 677 6.5 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 849 8.9 39.9 855 9.9 39.9 793 7.2 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,033 7.9 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 873 6.0 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 1,163 8.6 40.0 1,229 4.7 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 947 5.7 40.0 937 5.6 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 714 13.7 39.5 714 13.7 39.5 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 765 15.1 40.0 765 15.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 567 8.1 40.0 568 8.9 40.2 551 4.8 38.3 Truck drivers............................................... 516 15.8 40.3 513 16.5 40.3 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 614 10.1 40.0 614 10.1 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 615 10.4 42.6 620 11.2 42.8 554 10.2 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 518 5.4 39.8 518 5.4 39.8 – – – Service............................................................. 469 9.4 39.8 356 14.3 38.8 661 1.3 41.3 Protective service............................................ 855 8.5 43.3 – – – 877 8.9 43.5 Firefighting................................................ 938 5.6 52.5 – – – 938 5.6 52.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 858 4.0 40.0 – – – 858 4.0 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 540 6.7 40.0 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 263 29.5 37.5 250 34.3 37.6 345 4.2 36.8 Other food service........................................... 422 4.1 39.2 448 3.1 40.0 345 4.2 36.8 Cooks....................................................... 440 5.6 39.5 466 4.3 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 439 4.7 38.8 443 5.4 38.7 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 432 5.0 38.7 436 5.9 38.6 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 475 6.2 40.0 – – – 532 7.4 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 470 3.7 40.0 – – – 491 5.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. $392 3.5 40.0 $396 2.8 40.0 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $38,628 3.3 2,013 $38,959 4.2 2,074 $37,612 1.9 1,824 All excluding sales............................................... 38,914 3.4 2,011 39,350 4.3 2,075 37,623 1.8 1,823 White collar........................................................ 43,106 3.9 1,976 44,740 5.3 2,079 39,286 2.0 1,734 White collar excluding sales.................................... 43,816 3.8 1,972 45,878 5.3 2,080 39,304 1.9 1,734 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 50,958 3.4 1,864 57,614 4.8 2,039 43,231 4.6 1,660 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,845 4.0 1,829 61,773 5.8 2,032 43,827 5.4 1,623 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 77,154 5.6 2,080 78,537 5.6 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 74,627 10.1 2,080 74,627 10.1 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 72,980 5.7 2,080 74,138 5.8 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 63,791 6.3 2,080 64,578 6.5 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 65,916 4.8 2,080 66,992 4.8 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 57,561 2.6 2,011 60,829 2.1 2,049 48,197 8.5 1,902 Registered nurses........................................... 47,703 2.2 1,966 47,364 1.0 1,978 48,668 8.3 1,933 Pharmacists................................................. 80,945 5.5 2,150 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 63,959 7.6 1,887 53,074 7.1 1,896 68,668 8.8 1,884 Medical science teachers.................................... 70,849 10.0 2,007 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,651 5.7 1,482 39,161 6.5 1,751 42,020 6.2 1,442 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,440 5.8 1,437 – – – 44,452 6.2 1,440 Secondary school teachers................................... 42,224 8.8 1,399 – – – 41,868 9.2 1,400 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38,189 4.6 1,427 – – – 38,162 5.0 1,398 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,216 7.6 2,012 – – – 34,079 7.2 1,985 Social workers.............................................. 31,151 7.2 2,007 – – – 32,729 7.4 1,976 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 51,271 6.2 2,080 51,696 6.3 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 39,650 2.6 2,074 40,809 3.1 2,068 36,258 5.6 2,089 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 45,043 9.3 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,970 2.3 2,038 33,584 3.3 2,039 26,648 11.0 2,037 Computer programmers........................................ 51,076 10.6 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,395 11.3 2,144 54,446 13.3 2,164 54,130 13.0 2,044 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 71,284 11.1 2,175 75,046 15.2 2,244 63,253 11.1 2,028 Administrators, education and related fields................ 71,413 10.3 1,992 – – – 71,509 10.5 2,004 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 83,959 25.8 2,309 84,753 27.1 2,320 – – – Management related............................................ 45,347 11.6 2,128 46,303 12.4 2,132 33,896 5.4 2,080 Other financial officers.................................... 56,703 16.3 2,053 56,703 16.3 2,053 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 41,165 9.8 2,114 41,165 9.8 2,114 – – – Sales............................................................. $28,306 12.2 2,065 $28,340 12.3 2,065 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,775 3.0 2,052 19,676 2.9 2,052 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 29,829 6.9 2,010 31,566 8.1 2,067 $23,504 3.3 1,803 Secretaries................................................. 33,982 6.8 2,042 35,734 7.9 2,070 26,975 7.1 1,928 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,415 9.3 2,074 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,481 5.0 2,077 28,790 5.0 2,077 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,953 5.3 2,043 32,805 4.1 2,019 25,428 7.2 2,065 Teachers' aides............................................. 14,623 1.5 1,315 – – – 14,623 1.5 1,315 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,064 10.7 2,075 29,154 10.8 2,075 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 36,301 6.2 2,081 36,424 6.7 2,085 34,458 6.5 2,013 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,884 8.9 2,064 44,156 9.9 2,063 41,238 7.2 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 53,728 7.9 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 45,390 6.0 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 60,495 8.6 2,080 63,910 4.7 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 49,236 5.7 2,080 48,738 5.6 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 37,153 13.7 2,056 37,153 13.7 2,056 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 39,785 15.1 2,080 39,785 15.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,360 8.1 2,073 29,543 8.9 2,088 26,635 4.8 1,853 Truck drivers............................................... 26,814 15.8 2,097 26,700 16.5 2,098 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 31,911 10.1 2,080 31,911 10.1 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 31,369 10.4 2,171 31,602 11.2 2,180 28,830 10.2 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 26,925 5.4 2,071 26,925 5.4 2,071 – – – Service............................................................. 24,007 9.4 2,035 18,505 14.3 2,017 32,971 1.3 2,064 Protective service............................................ 42,953 8.5 2,175 – – – 43,966 8.9 2,181 Firefighting................................................ 48,774 5.6 2,732 – – – 48,774 5.6 2,732 Police and detectives, public service....................... 44,612 4.0 2,080 – – – 44,612 4.0 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 27,239 6.7 2,019 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 13,302 29.5 1,898 13,014 34.3 1,957 14,834 4.2 1,582 Other food service........................................... 20,835 4.1 1,936 23,287 3.1 2,080 14,834 4.2 1,582 Cooks....................................................... 22,560 5.6 2,026 24,247 4.3 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 22,829 4.7 2,015 23,053 5.4 2,012 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,485 5.0 2,010 22,680 5.9 2,006 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 24,641 6.2 2,076 – – – 27,532 7.4 2,071 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,391 3.7 2,075 – – – 25,399 5.5 2,070 Personal service.............................................. $20,324 3.5 2,074 $20,508 2.8 2,072 – – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $18.20 4.2 $17.64 5.2 $20.35 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.56 4.5 18.06 5.7 20.36 1.8 White collar........................................................ 21.12 3.6 20.68 4.7 22.40 1.8 1....................................................... 8.55 9.9 8.36 11.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.93 4.5 11.00 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 3.9 11.95 4.8 11.31 2.6 4....................................................... 14.04 1.8 14.56 2.0 12.18 2.7 5....................................................... 15.19 3.7 15.55 4.4 12.81 2.6 6....................................................... 16.72 6.2 17.13 8.6 15.70 2.6 7....................................................... 20.93 2.2 19.72 1.9 23.41 5.7 8....................................................... 25.17 3.3 23.97 5.9 26.34 2.9 9....................................................... 25.99 3.9 26.16 4.5 25.63 7.8 10........................................................ 31.44 5.9 33.84 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.46 4.8 36.62 4.9 31.09 12.0 12........................................................ 37.21 7.0 39.48 3.1 32.10 14.5 13........................................................ 41.32 11.6 47.84 3.9 – – 14........................................................ 53.23 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.35 23.6 20.00 24.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 3.8 21.93 5.3 22.42 1.8 1....................................................... 9.15 13.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.11 4.4 11.21 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.24 4.0 12.52 5.1 11.30 2.7 4....................................................... 14.05 1.9 14.60 2.0 12.18 2.7 5....................................................... 14.98 4.0 15.34 4.7 12.81 2.6 6....................................................... 16.58 6.2 16.94 8.7 15.70 2.6 7....................................................... 21.03 2.2 19.75 2.1 23.41 5.7 8....................................................... 25.23 3.3 24.07 6.0 26.34 2.9 9....................................................... 26.11 3.9 26.35 4.5 25.63 7.8 10........................................................ 31.44 5.9 33.84 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.46 4.8 36.62 4.9 31.09 12.0 12........................................................ 37.21 7.0 39.48 3.1 32.10 14.5 13........................................................ 41.32 11.6 47.84 3.9 – – 14........................................................ 53.23 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.37 11.1 25.28 12.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.18 3.1 28.13 4.8 25.82 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.76 3.6 30.26 5.6 26.83 4.1 7....................................................... 23.10 4.9 20.69 2.0 25.23 9.6 8....................................................... 25.66 4.0 22.64 8.0 27.66 2.5 9....................................................... 27.49 3.8 27.62 3.1 27.35 7.3 10........................................................ 31.32 7.3 34.13 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.01 6.9 36.93 6.0 26.90 18.1 12........................................................ 37.58 6.4 39.98 2.4 – – 13........................................................ 42.23 16.9 52.10 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.47 20.6 27.49 23.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $37.09 5.6 $37.76 5.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.70 3.0 31.82 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 40.74 5.6 40.74 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 41.32 3.0 41.69 3.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.88 10.1 35.88 10.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.09 5.7 35.64 5.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.67 6.3 31.05 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.76 6.0 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.69 4.8 32.21 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.66 2.1 29.47 2.0 $26.17 6.9 7....................................................... 20.58 2.3 20.90 1.9 – – 8....................................................... 23.49 1.7 23.64 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.48 3.4 26.86 3.5 25.85 6.7 11........................................................ 37.26 2.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.01 2.1 25.10 2.2 24.74 5.5 8....................................................... 23.50 1.8 23.66 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.33 .7 26.03 .1 24.12 1.3 Pharmacists................................................. 37.65 3.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.75 7.2 27.86 3.0 36.45 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 35.29 9.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.72 3.8 22.28 6.8 28.69 3.7 7....................................................... 24.75 7.9 – – 26.45 9.6 8....................................................... 29.90 .7 – – 29.71 .4 9....................................................... 31.94 4.1 – – 31.99 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.94 5.0 – – 30.87 5.3 8....................................................... 29.06 1.1 – – 28.76 .3 9....................................................... 34.68 2.6 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 30.17 7.6 – – 29.90 8.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.44 2.4 – – 26.96 2.2 7....................................................... 25.57 4.6 – – 26.19 4.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 28.17 7.4 – – 30.36 7.5 Librarians.................................................. 28.17 7.4 – – 30.36 7.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.01 7.9 – – 17.17 7.3 Social workers.............................................. 15.52 7.5 – – 16.56 7.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.58 6.1 24.78 6.2 – – Technical....................................................... 18.93 2.6 19.53 2.9 17.33 5.5 4....................................................... 13.53 7.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.16 6.1 15.53 7.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.10 6.5 18.59 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.23 3.9 – – 19.87 5.1 8....................................................... 20.77 16.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.60 5.3 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... $21.57 9.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.68 1.8 $16.33 2.6 $13.67 8.6 6....................................................... 16.87 1.5 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.68 7.3 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.56 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.34 10.2 25.16 11.9 26.33 12.7 7....................................................... 18.87 5.5 19.09 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.27 10.2 26.19 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 22.86 8.4 23.85 9.8 – – 10........................................................ 31.89 10.4 33.90 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.32 8.3 36.76 10.4 34.83 10.6 12........................................................ 35.80 11.5 – – – – 13........................................................ 39.24 9.4 – – – – 14........................................................ 50.55 5.7 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.66 8.6 33.44 11.3 30.85 10.6 9....................................................... 24.45 11.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.84 5.7 40.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 35.80 11.5 – – – – 13........................................................ 39.24 9.4 – – – – 14........................................................ 50.55 5.7 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.40 9.7 – – 35.22 9.9 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.36 16.8 36.53 17.5 – – Management related............................................ 21.31 11.9 21.72 12.7 16.30 5.4 7....................................................... 17.51 3.5 17.61 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 22.38 11.1 23.12 12.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 27.62 17.1 27.62 17.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.47 10.3 19.47 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 11.21 7.7 11.21 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.41 11.0 8.41 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.88 2.0 8.79 1.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 10.27 17.8 10.27 17.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.26 2.8 9.21 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.18 5.3 9.18 5.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.62 7.3 15.05 8.7 12.89 1.3 1....................................................... 9.15 13.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.19 4.5 11.30 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.27 4.0 12.57 5.2 11.30 2.7 4....................................................... 14.14 2.0 14.61 2.3 12.43 2.6 5....................................................... 15.61 4.1 16.41 3.3 12.62 3.4 6....................................................... 15.60 8.9 15.57 12.6 15.66 6.7 7....................................................... 17.95 5.3 18.24 5.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.60 6.9 17.26 8.0 13.90 6.7 Order clerks................................................ 12.73 8.3 12.73 8.3 – – 4....................................................... $16.32 7.9 $16.32 7.9 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.45 1.7 – – $9.45 1.7 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.98 9.5 – – 13.08 16.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.71 5.0 13.86 5.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.96 6.0 15.85 5.7 12.27 6.9 4....................................................... 15.69 7.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.41 6.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.14 .0 – – 11.14 .0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.96 10.6 14.05 10.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.11 6.1 17.12 6.5 17.01 6.1 1....................................................... 9.66 16.5 9.66 16.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.06 3.3 10.06 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 17.99 9.6 18.27 10.5 12.88 7.4 4....................................................... 14.92 10.9 14.92 11.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.87 8.4 13.76 9.2 15.15 1.2 6....................................................... 17.87 2.1 18.07 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.81 3.9 24.02 4.3 20.38 8.1 8....................................................... 24.47 3.8 24.47 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.95 4.4 31.47 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.94 2.1 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 8.9 21.41 9.9 19.83 7.2 6....................................................... 17.59 3.4 17.69 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.94 4.8 24.20 5.4 20.38 8.1 8....................................................... 24.59 3.2 24.59 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.14 6.7 30.62 7.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.94 2.1 – – – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.83 7.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.82 6.0 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.08 8.6 30.73 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.09 12.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.67 5.7 23.43 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.66 13.0 17.66 13.0 – – 3....................................................... 24.22 6.5 24.22 6.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.13 15.1 19.13 15.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 7.9 14.15 8.7 14.28 1.9 4....................................................... 16.25 3.8 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.79 15.3 12.73 15.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.12 2.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.34 10.1 15.34 10.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.58 8.1 13.56 8.7 13.86 10.2 1....................................................... 10.53 17.8 10.53 17.8 – – 2....................................................... $10.96 5.3 $10.96 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.68 10.2 16.99 10.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.14 3.7 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.22 11.6 11.22 11.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.13 5.0 16.13 5.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.58 9.4 14.69 10.0 – – Service............................................................. 10.66 9.7 8.70 10.0 $15.60 1.8 1....................................................... 8.74 8.7 7.83 6.6 10.42 4.7 2....................................................... 7.15 13.4 6.89 13.9 9.74 2.2 3....................................................... 10.21 5.6 9.93 7.9 10.66 8.4 4....................................................... 11.23 5.0 11.00 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 13.21 9.4 – – 14.24 2.9 6....................................................... 11.89 10.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.62 3.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.31 8.3 – – 19.25 8.6 9....................................................... 23.30 3.5 – – 23.30 3.5 Protective service............................................ 19.37 5.4 – – 19.90 5.7 5....................................................... 15.25 3.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 17.72 4.9 – – 17.72 4.9 9....................................................... 23.30 3.5 – – 23.30 3.5 Firefighting................................................ 17.85 4.5 – – 17.85 4.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.45 4.0 – – 21.45 4.0 9....................................................... 23.07 4.9 – – 23.07 4.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.19 7.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – 9.22 1.9 1....................................................... 7.76 6.0 – – 8.40 6.0 3....................................................... 9.63 17.0 9.70 20.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 6.5 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.91 5.2 10.01 6.5 9.36 1.6 1....................................................... 7.74 6.1 – – 8.40 6.0 3....................................................... 11.83 6.0 12.50 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 6.5 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.68 7.3 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – 3....................................................... 11.29 2.8 11.44 3.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants 3....................................................... 11.25 3.2 11.41 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.85 6.0 – – 13.28 7.4 1....................................................... 12.42 15.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.21 6.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.77 6.4 – – 12.52 7.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.75 3.6 – – 12.26 5.5 3....................................................... 11.77 6.4 – – 12.52 7.6 Personal service.............................................. 9.63 4.7 9.71 5.2 9.28 7.4 2....................................................... 7.30 10.7 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... $8.92 10.7 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.92 11.6 $9.92 11.6 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.19 3.5 $18.78 4.4 $20.63 1.9 All excluding sales............................................... 19.35 3.5 18.97 4.5 20.63 1.9 White collar........................................................ 21.82 3.9 21.52 5.3 22.65 1.9 1....................................................... 10.35 5.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.12 4.3 11.19 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.28 4.6 12.50 5.7 11.35 3.2 4....................................................... 14.09 1.8 14.60 2.0 12.28 2.4 5....................................................... 15.20 3.8 15.55 4.4 12.72 3.0 6....................................................... 16.74 6.2 17.15 8.6 15.68 2.8 7....................................................... 20.98 2.3 19.70 1.9 23.72 6.2 8....................................................... 25.15 3.5 23.82 6.2 26.40 3.0 9....................................................... 25.96 4.0 26.10 4.7 25.66 8.0 10........................................................ 31.43 6.4 34.01 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.46 4.8 36.62 4.9 31.09 12.0 12........................................................ 37.21 7.0 39.48 3.1 32.10 14.5 13........................................................ 41.32 11.6 47.84 3.9 – – 14........................................................ 52.71 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.40 24.0 20.01 25.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.22 3.9 22.05 5.4 22.67 1.9 2....................................................... 11.16 4.4 11.24 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.42 4.8 12.70 6.2 11.34 3.3 4....................................................... 14.11 1.8 14.64 2.0 12.28 2.4 5....................................................... 14.99 4.0 15.33 4.7 12.72 3.0 6....................................................... 16.60 6.3 16.96 8.7 15.68 2.8 7....................................................... 21.09 2.3 19.72 2.1 23.72 6.2 8....................................................... 25.22 3.5 23.93 6.3 26.40 3.0 9....................................................... 26.08 4.0 26.30 4.7 25.66 8.0 10........................................................ 31.43 6.4 34.01 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.46 4.8 36.62 4.9 31.09 12.0 12........................................................ 37.21 7.0 39.48 3.1 32.10 14.5 13........................................................ 41.32 11.6 47.84 3.9 – – 14........................................................ 52.71 4.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.54 11.4 25.38 12.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.34 3.3 28.25 5.0 26.05 3.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.90 3.9 30.40 5.9 27.00 4.7 7....................................................... 23.17 4.9 20.63 2.1 25.45 9.8 8....................................................... 25.61 4.2 22.22 8.5 27.68 2.6 9....................................................... 27.54 4.0 27.61 3.4 27.47 7.6 10........................................................ 31.27 8.2 34.50 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.01 6.9 36.93 6.0 26.90 18.1 12........................................................ 37.58 6.4 39.98 2.4 – – 13........................................................ 42.23 16.9 52.10 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.69 20.7 27.73 23.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 37.09 5.6 37.76 5.6 – – 9....................................................... $30.70 3.0 $31.82 2.8 – – 11........................................................ 40.74 5.6 40.74 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 41.32 3.0 41.69 3.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 35.88 10.1 35.88 10.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.09 5.7 35.64 5.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.67 6.3 31.05 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 24.76 6.0 – – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.69 4.8 32.21 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 28.63 2.6 29.69 2.4 $25.33 8.3 7....................................................... 20.57 1.1 20.57 1.1 – – 8....................................................... 22.72 1.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.40 4.3 26.62 4.5 26.05 8.2 11........................................................ 37.26 2.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.26 1.9 23.95 1.1 25.17 6.8 9....................................................... 24.85 1.0 25.44 .6 – – Pharmacists................................................. 37.65 3.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.89 7.2 27.99 3.1 36.45 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 35.29 9.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.11 4.6 22.36 6.8 29.15 4.7 7....................................................... 24.80 7.9 – – 26.52 9.4 8....................................................... 29.94 .7 – – 29.75 .5 9....................................................... 31.94 4.1 – – 31.99 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.94 5.0 – – 30.87 5.3 8....................................................... 29.06 1.1 – – 28.76 .3 9....................................................... 34.68 2.6 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 30.17 7.6 – – 29.90 8.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 26.75 2.8 – – 27.30 2.7 7....................................................... 25.58 4.6 – – 26.19 4.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.01 7.9 – – 17.17 7.3 Social workers.............................................. 15.52 7.5 – – 16.56 7.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 24.65 6.2 24.85 6.3 – – Technical....................................................... 19.12 2.7 19.73 3.0 17.36 6.4 4....................................................... 13.42 8.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.05 6.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.10 6.6 18.59 7.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.41 3.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.77 16.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.60 5.3 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.66 9.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.68 1.5 16.47 2.1 13.08 11.8 6....................................................... 16.84 1.5 – – – – Computer programmers........................................ $24.56 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.37 10.2 $25.17 11.9 $26.48 13.0 7....................................................... 18.87 5.5 19.09 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.39 10.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.86 8.4 23.85 9.8 – – 10........................................................ 31.89 10.4 33.90 8.4 – – 11........................................................ 36.32 8.3 36.76 10.4 34.83 10.6 12........................................................ 35.80 11.5 – – – – 13........................................................ 39.24 9.4 – – – – 14........................................................ 50.55 5.7 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.77 8.6 33.44 11.3 31.20 11.1 9....................................................... 24.45 11.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.84 5.7 40.76 5.9 – – 12........................................................ 35.80 11.5 – – – – 13........................................................ 39.24 9.4 – – – – 14........................................................ 50.55 5.7 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.86 10.3 – – 35.68 10.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.36 16.8 36.53 17.5 – – Management related............................................ 21.31 11.9 21.72 12.7 16.30 5.4 7....................................................... 17.51 3.5 17.61 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 22.38 11.1 23.12 12.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 27.62 17.1 27.62 17.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.47 10.3 19.47 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 13.71 12.0 13.73 12.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.64 2.3 9.59 2.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.84 6.9 15.27 8.2 13.04 1.8 2....................................................... 11.24 4.4 11.33 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.45 4.9 12.74 6.3 11.34 3.3 4....................................................... 14.17 1.9 14.64 2.3 12.46 2.5 5....................................................... 15.61 4.1 16.41 3.3 12.62 3.4 6....................................................... 15.60 8.9 15.57 12.6 15.66 6.7 7....................................................... 17.95 5.3 18.24 5.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 16.64 6.9 17.26 8.0 13.99 7.1 Order clerks 4....................................................... 16.32 7.9 16.32 7.9 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.18 9.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.71 5.0 13.86 5.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.17 6.0 16.25 4.7 12.31 7.3 4....................................................... 15.69 7.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 12.41 6.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.12 .2 – – 11.12 .2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.01 10.6 14.05 10.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... $17.45 6.1 $17.47 6.5 $17.11 6.2 1....................................................... 10.18 18.9 10.18 18.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.18 4.5 10.18 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 18.00 9.6 18.27 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.96 11.3 14.96 12.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.87 8.5 13.76 9.2 15.25 1.0 6....................................................... 17.87 2.1 18.07 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.81 3.9 24.02 4.3 20.38 8.1 8....................................................... 24.47 3.8 24.47 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.95 4.4 31.47 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.94 2.1 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 8.9 21.41 9.9 19.83 7.2 6....................................................... 17.59 3.4 17.69 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.94 4.8 24.20 5.4 20.38 8.1 8....................................................... 24.59 3.2 24.59 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 30.14 6.7 30.62 7.4 – – 10........................................................ 33.94 2.1 – – – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.83 7.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.82 6.0 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.08 8.6 30.73 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 25.09 12.7 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.67 5.7 23.43 5.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.07 13.9 18.07 13.9 – – 3....................................................... 24.22 6.5 24.22 6.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.13 15.1 19.13 15.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 8.0 14.15 8.7 14.37 1.9 4....................................................... 16.25 3.8 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 12.79 15.3 12.73 15.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.12 2.3 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.34 10.1 15.34 10.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.45 6.3 14.50 6.7 13.86 10.2 2....................................................... 11.08 5.8 11.08 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.02 11.5 17.39 11.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.00 5.1 13.00 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 11.80 7.9 9.17 12.3 15.98 1.7 1....................................................... 10.15 6.2 – – 11.03 7.4 2....................................................... 6.41 30.4 5.65 36.3 10.10 2.0 3....................................................... 10.38 5.9 10.19 8.4 10.66 8.5 4....................................................... 11.23 5.0 11.00 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.20 2.6 – – 14.42 2.0 6....................................................... $11.89 10.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.62 3.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 19.59 8.0 – – $19.59 8.0 9....................................................... 23.30 3.5 – – 23.30 3.5 Protective service............................................ 19.75 6.0 – – 20.15 6.2 5....................................................... 15.25 3.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.30 3.5 – – 23.30 3.5 Firefighting................................................ 17.85 4.5 – – 17.85 4.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 21.45 4.0 – – 21.45 4.0 9....................................................... 23.07 4.9 – – 23.07 4.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 13.49 6.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.01 26.0 $6.65 30.1 9.37 2.3 1....................................................... 8.65 3.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.63 17.0 9.70 20.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 6.5 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.76 3.1 11.20 3.1 9.37 2.3 1....................................................... 8.67 3.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.83 6.0 12.50 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 6.5 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.14 5.3 11.66 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.33 3.3 11.46 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.29 2.9 11.44 3.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.19 3.5 11.30 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.25 3.2 11.42 3.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.87 6.2 – – 13.30 7.4 1....................................................... 12.42 15.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.17 6.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.78 6.5 – – 12.55 7.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.76 3.7 – – 12.27 5.5 3....................................................... 11.78 6.5 – – 12.55 7.7 Personal service.............................................. 9.80 3.5 9.90 2.8 – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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................................................................... $9.90 8.0 $9.43 8.1 $14.61 5.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.27 11.2 9.70 11.0 14.61 5.5 White collar........................................................ 12.47 6.1 11.62 8.0 17.12 6.4 1....................................................... 8.13 13.7 8.14 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.15 4.1 8.44 2.5 11.14 2.0 4....................................................... 13.10 6.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.58 6.8 – – 17.30 4.6 8....................................................... 25.70 6.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.80 .3 27.75 1.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.66 9.7 17.96 14.7 17.12 6.4 3....................................................... 10.19 6.2 – – 11.14 2.0 4....................................................... 11.83 7.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.58 6.8 – – 17.30 4.6 8....................................................... 25.70 6.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.80 .3 27.75 1.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.89 6.2 25.88 5.2 20.79 10.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.81 6.4 27.84 3.9 22.12 13.8 7....................................................... 19.76 9.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.80 .3 27.75 1.0 – – Health related................................................ 28.83 2.2 28.40 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.81 .3 27.84 1.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.47 3.8 28.57 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.01 1.1 27.84 1.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 12.19 14.1 – – 12.05 14.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.67 3.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.61 10.2 8.61 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.21 2.2 8.21 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.65 5.3 7.65 5.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.20 7.9 8.65 9.3 10.48 4.0 3....................................................... 10.16 6.5 – – 11.14 2.0 Blue collar......................................................... 9.29 9.7 9.12 9.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 15.2 7.64 15.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.59 6.5 9.59 6.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.24 12.4 $9.24 12.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.52 15.7 7.52 15.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.58 10.5 10.58 10.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.19 15.0 7.19 15.0 – – Service............................................................. 8.04 4.0 8.00 4.2 $8.88 10.0 1....................................................... 7.13 3.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.73 1.6 7.72 1.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. – – – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.30 9.5 $9.39 10.0 – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 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....................................................... $19.19 $9.90 $22.62 $17.43 $18.24 $16.47 All excluding sales............................................. 19.35 10.27 22.64 17.81 18.61 – White collar........................................................ 21.82 12.47 24.18 20.83 21.17 17.95 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.22 17.66 24.26 21.84 22.07 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.34 23.89 29.88 26.78 27.18 – Professional specialty.......................................... 28.90 25.81 29.91 28.55 28.76 – Technical....................................................... 19.12 15.67 – 18.87 18.93 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.37 – – 25.51 25.42 – Sales............................................................. 13.71 8.61 – 11.11 10.05 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.84 9.20 16.15 14.47 14.62 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.45 9.29 23.37 14.33 17.20 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.26 – 25.95 18.66 21.26 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.07 – 24.67 12.65 17.66 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.16 – 20.86 12.32 14.08 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.45 9.24 16.79 12.65 12.85 – Service............................................................. 11.80 8.04 15.61 10.05 10.66 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 8.0 2.9 4.8 4.2 4.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 11.2 2.9 5.3 4.5 – White collar........................................................ 3.9 6.1 4.8 4.0 3.6 5.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 9.7 4.8 4.3 3.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 6.2 4.4 3.4 3.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.9 6.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 2.7 3.1 – 2.7 2.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 10.2 – – 10.3 10.2 – Sales............................................................. 12.0 10.2 – 7.9 6.8 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.9 7.9 3.8 8.1 7.3 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.1 9.7 3.4 5.9 6.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.9 – 4.0 12.0 8.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.9 – 3.7 13.5 13.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.0 – 3.3 8.2 8.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.3 12.4 6.8 11.2 8.1 – Service............................................................. 7.9 4.0 7.5 10.1 9.7 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.64 $20.83 – $19.44 $21.31 $16.35 $20.32 $11.88 - $16.60 All excluding sales............................................. 18.06 20.94 – 19.44 21.47 16.83 20.31 12.31 - 16.79 White collar........................................................ 20.68 22.13 – – 24.48 20.27 25.85 15.39 - 20.69 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.93 22.49 – – 25.18 21.76 25.84 18.89 - 21.19 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.13 31.39 – – 31.39 27.07 29.25 – - 26.47 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.26 34.16 – – 34.16 29.12 30.49 – - 28.82 Technical....................................................... 19.53 – – – – 17.46 – – - 17.86 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.16 24.47 – – – 25.28 – – - 21.18 Sales............................................................. 11.21 – – – – 10.49 – 10.42 - 10.11 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.05 15.31 – – 17.34 14.95 17.23 17.39 - 11.73 Blue collar......................................................... 17.12 20.00 – 22.57 19.23 13.76 16.10 9.80 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.41 24.39 – 29.56 22.16 16.35 22.36 – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.66 18.20 – – 18.20 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 17.69 – – – 13.73 14.88 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.56 15.81 – – 15.62 11.21 15.40 10.01 - – Service............................................................. 8.70 – – – – 8.57 – – - 9.54 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.2 8.0 – 18.1 8.6 6.2 16.0 19.7 - 10.8 All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 8.3 – 18.1 9.1 6.8 16.0 23.8 - 11.6 White collar........................................................ 4.7 12.3 – – 10.7 5.1 6.9 14.0 - 9.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.3 13.1 – – 11.2 5.5 7.0 13.7 - 10.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 1.0 – – 1.0 6.3 21.6 – - 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 5.7 – – 5.7 6.9 18.3 – - 8.2 Technical....................................................... 2.9 – – – – 3.0 – – - 1.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.9 20.9 – – – 14.2 – – - 30.0 Sales............................................................. 7.7 – – – – 10.2 – 11.4 - 24.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.7 9.3 – – 9.0 11.6 8.3 20.5 - 5.3 Blue collar......................................................... 6.5 5.7 – 11.9 6.2 8.4 12.7 5.1 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.9 5.0 – 3.5 4.5 20.2 9.0 – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.0 14.1 – – 14.1 – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 16.9 – – – 8.8 8.4 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.7 6.1 – – 5.8 7.0 2.0 5.9 - – Service............................................................. 10.0 – – – – 9.9 – – - 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.64 $13.80 $19.34 $17.08 $22.93 All excluding sales............................................. 18.06 14.26 19.66 17.38 23.14 White collar........................................................ 20.68 16.58 21.74 19.72 24.58 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.93 19.17 22.50 20.60 24.97 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.13 22.40 28.29 27.90 28.56 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.26 26.30 30.35 29.73 30.79 Technical....................................................... 19.53 – 19.71 17.68 20.64 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.16 35.34 24.14 22.35 28.87 Sales............................................................. 11.21 9.14 12.94 12.60 14.35 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.05 16.48 14.32 13.56 15.66 Blue collar......................................................... 17.12 14.63 19.22 16.40 23.75 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.41 16.81 25.03 25.01 25.07 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.66 – 18.44 – 25.30 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.15 12.82 16.80 – 24.37 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.56 14.82 12.45 11.34 15.08 Service............................................................. 8.70 – 9.99 9.54 11.16 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 5.2 11.6 5.6 7.7 3.2 All excluding sales............................................. 5.7 12.4 6.0 8.5 2.9 White collar........................................................ 4.7 14.3 4.8 7.7 4.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.3 16.5 5.1 8.1 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.8 11.6 5.0 11.6 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 5.6 5.8 11.9 5.2 Technical....................................................... 2.9 – 3.3 10.5 2.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.9 11.9 12.1 11.4 17.7 Sales............................................................. 7.7 8.9 11.5 16.1 9.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.7 20.9 4.6 6.9 3.1 Blue collar......................................................... 6.5 10.1 6.5 9.3 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.9 18.1 2.9 4.6 1.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.0 – 17.8 – 1.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 11.6 11.9 – 9.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.7 9.7 9.1 10.6 4.1 Service............................................................. 10.0 – 5.0 4.6 2.4 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.42 $11.00 $15.58 $22.85 $31.73 All excluding sales........................... 8.68 11.40 16.00 23.33 31.95 White collar.................................... 10.35 13.10 18.31 26.78 36.54 White collar excluding sales................ 11.05 14.00 19.04 28.50 37.51 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.63 19.75 24.49 33.58 40.01 Professional specialty...................... 16.94 20.94 26.63 35.61 40.89 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.25 31.41 39.28 43.27 44.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.71 39.54 39.54 41.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.97 29.80 35.57 40.00 42.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.93 24.02 30.53 37.14 39.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.92 25.62 31.09 39.19 40.42 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.04 20.94 24.51 30.00 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.75 21.00 24.30 28.50 30.70 Pharmacists............................. 36.20 36.73 39.21 40.00 40.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.64 24.00 30.67 37.95 51.23 Medical science teachers................ 20.16 23.03 28.78 42.02 60.10 Teachers, except college and university... 17.23 21.85 26.87 34.27 38.50 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.66 25.27 30.58 36.41 40.10 Secondary school teachers............... 21.96 24.47 29.67 35.99 38.70 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.03 21.07 24.91 32.11 37.64 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.63 24.38 24.38 35.02 35.02 Librarians.............................. 19.63 24.38 24.38 35.02 35.02 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.45 13.37 15.39 17.52 21.97 Social workers.......................... 12.02 13.37 14.83 16.86 20.31 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.18 18.11 21.02 26.73 35.82 Technical................................... 12.52 15.66 18.90 21.39 26.22 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 16.13 17.63 22.93 24.11 26.96 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.85 14.60 16.00 17.51 18.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.50 12.20 13.81 17.99 19.40 Computer programmers.................... 19.41 19.79 21.84 29.46 33.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.00 16.34 21.42 31.28 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.60 20.79 30.00 42.50 52.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.91 26.44 34.76 43.27 46.94 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.86 24.28 35.58 50.48 52.56 Management related........................ 13.50 15.00 19.04 26.49 32.87 Other financial officers................ 15.00 18.31 29.39 32.87 38.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.71 16.34 16.83 24.05 26.29 Sales......................................... 6.50 8.16 9.25 13.50 18.41 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.25 8.40 13.50 17.55 Cashiers................................ $7.40 $8.00 $8.91 $10.50 $11.61 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 11.25 13.50 16.06 20.42 Secretaries............................. 12.50 14.00 18.17 18.38 20.72 Order clerks............................ 7.00 11.00 12.00 13.45 20.15 Library clerks.......................... 6.90 7.91 9.23 10.22 12.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.90 11.75 13.03 16.12 18.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.24 12.37 13.76 15.50 17.07 General office clerks................... 9.34 11.00 13.47 17.03 18.43 Teachers' aides......................... 9.43 10.22 11.34 12.30 12.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 10.50 16.00 16.00 16.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.50 15.40 22.10 26.83 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 16.80 21.62 25.87 31.73 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 21.30 21.30 25.72 27.48 33.57 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.63 19.49 23.17 25.54 25.54 Electricians............................ 21.09 25.19 30.68 33.73 33.73 Supervisors, production................. 18.80 19.89 22.10 25.67 30.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.28 10.10 16.80 26.30 26.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.54 25.11 26.83 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 11.50 13.12 14.55 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 8.00 11.50 14.47 19.75 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.48 13.12 14.40 14.70 25.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 10.00 14.00 16.50 18.07 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.75 7.70 11.25 15.00 16.22 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.50 12.85 16.20 19.15 22.63 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.00 12.00 16.06 16.96 18.07 Service......................................... 2.22 7.75 9.87 12.36 17.86 Protective service........................ 12.31 14.72 18.10 23.06 29.13 Firefighting............................ 15.97 18.10 18.26 18.34 19.09 Police and detectives, public service... 15.20 17.33 20.87 25.83 26.97 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 11.61 13.88 14.72 17.44 Food service.............................. – – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 6.50 8.00 9.50 11.50 13.14 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 6.50 7.50 8.85 9.24 Health service............................ – – – – – Cleaning and building service............. 8.69 9.50 10.47 12.84 16.22 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.71 9.76 10.50 13.00 16.22 Personal service.......................... 6.50 8.31 10.00 10.50 11.81 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 6.00 8.00 8.79 9.50 12.30 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 11.81 12.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.50 $14.97 $22.10 $30.59 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 11.00 15.30 22.71 30.86 White collar.................................... 9.86 12.88 17.79 26.29 36.13 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 14.00 18.98 28.05 37.61 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.25 20.49 25.07 34.52 41.53 Professional specialty...................... 18.56 21.56 28.07 38.50 43.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 28.42 32.62 39.54 43.58 45.35 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.71 39.54 39.54 41.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 27.52 30.26 37.38 40.00 42.84 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.01 24.76 30.68 37.55 39.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.05 25.86 31.95 39.19 40.63 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.75 20.94 24.90 30.70 40.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.08 20.94 24.30 28.50 30.70 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.00 24.76 26.91 30.92 34.26 Teachers, except college and university... 15.73 17.23 21.85 24.22 33.97 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.18 18.75 21.02 27.04 36.25 Technical................................... 13.13 16.13 19.40 21.39 26.38 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.92 15.00 16.20 17.51 18.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.00 15.85 21.42 30.83 40.73 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.00 22.12 29.57 43.62 52.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.86 24.28 36.54 50.48 52.56 Management related........................ 13.50 15.00 19.04 29.28 32.87 Other financial officers................ 15.00 18.31 29.39 32.87 38.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.71 16.34 16.83 24.05 26.29 Sales......................................... 6.50 8.16 9.25 13.50 18.41 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.00 6.25 8.40 13.50 17.55 Cashiers................................ 7.40 8.00 8.76 10.25 11.38 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.57 14.00 16.47 21.60 Secretaries............................. 13.50 14.25 18.18 19.01 21.09 Order clerks............................ 7.00 11.00 12.00 13.45 20.15 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.37 12.37 13.76 15.50 17.07 General office clerks................... 11.00 13.87 16.41 17.69 19.02 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 10.50 16.00 16.00 16.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.50 15.30 22.10 26.83 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.00 $16.80 $21.67 $25.93 $31.73 Electricians............................ 24.20 30.59 30.73 33.73 33.73 Supervisors, production................. 18.80 19.89 22.10 25.00 30.77 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.28 10.10 16.80 26.30 26.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.54 25.11 26.83 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 11.50 12.51 14.45 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 8.00 11.50 14.22 19.75 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.48 13.12 14.40 14.70 25.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 10.00 14.00 16.65 18.07 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.75 7.70 11.25 15.00 16.22 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.50 12.85 16.20 19.15 22.63 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 9.00 12.50 16.06 16.96 18.07 Service......................................... 2.13 7.50 9.00 10.63 12.74 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.50 8.00 9.50 12.00 13.14 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.20 10.50 10.50 11.81 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 11.81 12.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.99 $12.62 $18.10 $25.83 $35.40 All excluding sales........................... 9.99 12.66 18.10 25.83 35.42 White collar.................................... 11.05 13.47 20.20 28.89 37.42 White collar excluding sales................ 11.05 13.48 20.23 28.90 37.42 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.49 19.05 24.04 32.37 37.96 Professional specialty...................... 15.67 20.08 25.17 33.25 38.31 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.42 20.44 24.04 28.11 40.01 Registered nurses....................... 19.36 21.36 24.04 26.27 30.72 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.83 23.56 34.68 40.87 60.10 Teachers, except college and university... 19.27 22.51 28.29 35.40 38.96 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.66 25.14 30.73 36.43 39.80 Secondary school teachers............... 21.82 24.47 28.80 35.82 38.21 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.85 21.89 25.73 32.33 36.91 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 17.55 24.38 35.02 35.02 35.61 Librarians.............................. 17.55 24.38 35.02 35.02 35.61 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.99 14.49 16.29 19.81 23.17 Social workers.......................... 13.99 14.49 15.95 18.18 20.38 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.52 12.87 17.12 19.83 26.22 Licensed practical nurses............... 8.33 9.47 14.77 16.80 18.84 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.61 16.91 20.80 33.82 45.04 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.63 20.48 30.69 40.42 45.98 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.91 26.44 34.76 43.18 46.94 Management related........................ 13.20 13.86 15.78 18.64 19.90 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.58 10.51 11.94 13.45 17.24 Secretaries............................. 11.68 12.50 13.16 15.40 16.53 Library clerks.......................... 6.90 7.91 9.23 10.22 12.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.63 11.05 12.48 15.54 18.49 General office clerks................... 9.34 9.82 11.64 13.47 17.98 Teachers' aides......................... 9.43 10.22 11.34 12.30 12.38 Blue collar..................................... 11.27 13.82 15.81 19.71 24.18 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.40 16.22 19.31 22.86 28.58 Transportation and material moving............ $10.40 $12.62 $14.29 $15.58 $16.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.99 11.27 14.30 15.81 17.55 Service......................................... 8.68 9.87 13.88 18.34 25.83 Protective service........................ 12.82 15.20 18.26 24.12 29.73 Firefighting............................ 15.97 18.10 18.26 18.34 19.09 Police and detectives, public service... 15.20 17.33 20.87 25.83 26.97 Food service.............................. 7.40 8.02 8.90 9.82 12.35 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.40 8.02 8.91 9.82 12.35 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $9.68 $10.03 $11.43 $15.59 $19.17 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.68 9.95 11.05 14.55 16.22 Personal service.......................... 7.57 8.47 8.68 9.50 11.80 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.69 $12.09 $16.48 $24.04 $32.55 All excluding sales........................... 9.95 12.25 16.65 24.30 32.87 White collar.................................... 11.00 13.79 19.00 27.62 37.42 White collar excluding sales................ 11.30 14.00 19.04 28.55 37.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.89 19.85 24.49 34.14 40.11 Professional specialty...................... 17.02 20.94 26.61 35.99 41.32 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.25 31.41 39.28 43.27 44.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 26.71 30.71 39.54 39.54 41.53 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 25.97 29.80 35.57 40.00 42.80 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.93 24.02 30.53 37.14 39.42 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.92 25.62 31.09 39.19 40.42 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.04 20.71 24.04 29.54 40.01 Registered nurses....................... 19.75 20.94 24.00 27.22 29.73 Pharmacists............................. 36.20 36.73 39.21 40.00 40.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.64 24.00 30.67 38.06 51.23 Medical science teachers................ 20.16 23.03 28.78 42.02 60.10 Teachers, except college and university... 18.85 21.89 27.17 34.62 38.50 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.66 25.27 30.58 36.41 40.10 Secondary school teachers............... 21.96 24.47 29.67 35.99 38.70 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.52 21.58 25.20 32.37 37.64 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.45 13.37 15.39 17.52 21.97 Social workers.......................... 12.02 13.37 14.83 16.86 20.31 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.18 18.56 21.02 26.92 35.82 Technical................................... 12.52 15.97 19.03 21.39 26.38 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 16.13 17.63 22.93 24.11 26.96 Licensed practical nurses............... 11.34 14.80 16.00 17.51 18.50 Computer programmers.................... 19.41 19.79 21.84 29.46 33.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.00 16.26 21.42 31.42 42.50 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.63 20.79 30.29 42.52 52.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.91 26.97 35.34 43.72 46.94 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.86 24.28 35.58 50.48 52.56 Management related........................ 13.50 15.00 19.04 26.49 32.87 Other financial officers................ 15.00 18.31 29.39 32.87 38.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 15.71 16.34 16.83 24.05 26.29 Sales......................................... 8.09 9.00 11.90 18.03 20.10 Cashiers................................ 7.95 8.50 9.24 10.73 11.80 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.40 13.76 16.26 20.58 Secretaries............................. 12.50 14.00 18.17 18.51 20.82 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $11.05 $11.87 $13.03 $16.20 $18.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.24 12.37 13.76 15.50 17.07 General office clerks................... 9.34 11.07 14.23 17.03 18.43 Teachers' aides......................... 9.31 10.11 11.34 12.30 12.44 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 10.50 16.00 16.00 16.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.54 11.67 15.88 22.18 26.83 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 16.80 21.62 25.87 31.73 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 21.30 21.30 25.72 27.48 33.57 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.63 19.49 23.17 25.54 25.54 Electricians............................ 21.09 25.19 30.68 33.73 33.73 Supervisors, production................. 18.80 19.89 22.10 25.67 30.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.54 16.80 26.30 26.83 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.54 25.11 26.83 26.83 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 11.50 13.12 14.55 19.75 Truck drivers........................... 8.00 8.00 11.50 14.47 19.75 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.48 13.12 14.40 14.70 25.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.50 11.25 14.99 16.96 18.07 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.00 10.75 13.00 15.44 16.65 Service......................................... 2.22 8.90 10.50 14.09 18.70 Protective service........................ 12.69 15.20 18.26 23.64 29.58 Firefighting............................ 15.97 18.10 18.26 18.34 19.09 Police and detectives, public service... 15.20 17.33 20.87 25.83 26.97 Guards and police, except public service 10.31 11.77 13.88 14.72 17.44 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 8.02 10.80 13.14 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.79 8.90 10.00 12.81 14.47 Cooks................................... 8.82 9.20 10.02 13.00 15.63 Health service............................ 9.50 10.00 11.32 12.10 13.57 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.50 10.00 11.14 12.05 13.05 Cleaning and building service............. 8.69 9.50 10.47 13.00 16.22 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.71 9.71 10.50 13.00 16.22 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.50 10.50 10.50 11.81 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 $14.18 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.50 8.50 10.67 16.06 White collar.................................... 6.26 7.60 9.25 13.50 26.56 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 9.75 13.58 25.65 30.70 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.33 17.08 24.52 30.00 32.77 Professional specialty...................... 11.33 20.60 26.81 30.70 32.77 Health related............................ 20.60 24.52 28.50 30.70 33.00 Registered nurses....................... 20.60 24.90 28.50 30.70 32.77 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 10.67 10.67 11.87 22.17 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.25 13.83 15.25 17.60 19.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.00 7.00 9.25 9.25 9.32 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.80 7.50 8.00 10.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.00 8.75 11.03 12.30 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 8.28 8.78 10.00 13.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.50 9.00 10.00 14.16 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.15 5.50 6.10 7.25 12.86 Service......................................... 5.75 7.50 8.00 9.50 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.50 10.00 10.50 13.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 418,500 324,100 94,400 All excluding sales............................................. 391,200 296,900 94,300 White collar........................................................ 236,800 169,600 67,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 209,500 142,400 67,100 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 94,100 51,000 43,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 80,600 41,400 39,200 Technical....................................................... 13,500 9,600 3,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 37,900 31,300 6,700 Sales............................................................. 27,300 27,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 77,400 60,100 17,300 Blue collar......................................................... 102,400 96,200 6,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 31,600 28,700 3,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,100 23,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ - - 2,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,000 18,800 1,200 Service............................................................. 79,300 58,400 20,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.