NC BL 07/00/2005 Table: Springfield, MO, Bulletin 3125-77, September 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.31 5.5 36.9 $15.62 6.8 37.0 $19.99 4.1 36.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.35 8.8 36.2 17.21 11.4 36.4 22.55 3.3 35.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.96 13.4 36.4 23.85 21.9 38.0 24.14 5.1 34.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 2.8 41.4 24.39 3.8 41.4 32.41 4.2 41.1 Sales............................................................. 14.03 13.9 31.6 14.03 13.9 31.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.56 3.7 37.6 11.53 4.3 37.7 11.73 3.6 36.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.96 7.0 39.6 15.91 7.6 39.8 16.61 2.2 37.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.36 2.9 39.1 17.12 3.3 39.0 19.80 5.0 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.45 2.6 39.9 13.45 2.6 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.62 11.0 42.4 19.90 10.5 43.6 13.26 .5 26.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.26 4.8 37.2 11.87 5.8 36.7 14.34 4.1 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.54 4.2 32.8 8.60 3.8 31.6 13.18 6.3 38.4 Full time........................................................... 17.06 5.4 40.2 16.41 6.7 40.4 20.35 4.6 39.1 Part time........................................................... 8.14 4.9 19.7 7.81 4.8 20.4 11.98 8.9 13.9 Union............................................................... 18.47 10.0 38.6 18.73 11.2 38.4 16.94 4.5 39.9 Nonunion............................................................ 15.90 5.6 36.6 15.02 6.8 36.8 20.52 4.6 35.8 Time................................................................ 16.16 5.6 36.5 15.38 7.0 36.5 19.99 4.1 36.3 Incentive........................................................... 18.28 3.6 43.9 18.28 3.6 43.9 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.83 2.4 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.54 9.6 36.0 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.79 7.9 34.3 13.78 8.0 34.3 15.26 8.8 34.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.66 7.1 37.4 15.41 8.2 37.7 17.91 1.3 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 18.31 10.7 37.6 17.16 15.5 37.8 20.98 5.8 37.1 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, 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.31 5.5 $15.62 6.8 $19.99 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.56 5.4 15.84 6.8 19.99 4.1 White collar........................................................ 18.35 8.8 17.21 11.4 22.55 3.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.47 10.4 18.34 14.5 22.55 3.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.96 13.4 23.85 21.9 24.14 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.83 11.4 29.36 19.7 24.40 5.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.02 6.7 29.02 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.64 26.3 33.01 26.9 17.78 1.5 Registered nurses........................................... 22.51 3.3 22.69 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.84 3.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.57 4.1 – – 25.69 4.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.94 4.0 – – 26.94 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.49 3.2 – – 26.49 3.2 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.95 1.1 – – 9.95 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.64 6.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.74 1.6 15.63 1.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 6.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 2.8 24.39 3.8 32.41 4.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 2.8 27.11 4.1 37.75 4.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.30 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.70 7.3 27.59 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.41 6.1 20.92 7.2 23.49 10.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.6 21.90 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 14.03 13.9 14.03 13.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.27 19.2 19.27 19.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.89 29.7 14.89 29.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.22 8.4 22.22 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.44 11.6 12.44 11.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 4.9 7.64 4.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.56 3.7 11.53 4.3 11.73 3.6 Secretaries................................................. 12.66 6.2 13.07 8.6 12.17 10.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.79 5.9 11.76 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 3.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.05 6.2 11.05 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.87 7.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.96 7.0 $15.91 7.6 $16.61 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.36 2.9 17.12 3.3 19.80 5.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.27 2.3 15.96 1.8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.98 2.6 13.98 2.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.57 6.0 19.57 6.0 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.35 9.3 10.35 9.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 2.6 13.45 2.6 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 9.3 11.95 9.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 7.8 14.93 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.55 2.7 12.55 2.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.15 6.6 14.15 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.62 11.0 19.90 10.5 13.26 .5 Truck drivers............................................... 17.14 2.1 17.35 1.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.37 4.2 11.37 4.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.26 4.8 11.87 5.8 14.34 4.1 Construction laborers....................................... 14.31 5.1 – – 12.07 1.2 Production helpers.......................................... 9.59 7.7 9.59 7.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.38 4.0 8.38 4.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.29 6.0 9.29 6.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.69 4.8 13.79 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.54 4.2 8.60 3.8 13.18 6.3 Protective service............................................ 14.03 10.4 – – 17.05 10.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.89 2.5 – – 15.89 2.5 Food service.................................................. 7.47 4.1 7.45 4.2 8.21 .2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.03 18.4 4.03 18.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.79 6.2 7.78 6.5 8.21 .2 Cooks....................................................... 9.04 5.1 – – 8.21 .2 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.02 7.2 8.02 7.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.48 3.4 9.48 3.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.08 5.7 9.08 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.07 5.3 9.25 7.5 11.06 3.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.23 4.6 9.48 6.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 7.78 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $17.06 5.4 $16.41 6.7 $20.35 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 17.14 5.5 16.44 6.9 20.35 4.6 White collar........................................................ 19.29 9.5 18.21 12.5 23.01 3.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 11.0 18.80 15.4 23.01 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.39 14.2 24.31 23.4 24.52 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.12 11.4 29.48 19.8 24.80 4.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.02 6.7 29.02 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.95 26.4 33.18 27.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.50 3.4 22.68 3.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.11 4.5 – – 26.25 4.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.94 4.0 – – 26.94 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.49 3.2 – – 26.49 3.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.64 6.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.95 2.8 15.84 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 6.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 2.8 24.39 3.8 32.41 4.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 2.8 27.11 4.1 37.75 4.0 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.30 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.70 7.3 27.59 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.41 6.1 20.92 7.2 23.49 10.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.6 21.90 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 16.17 12.3 16.17 12.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.27 19.2 19.27 19.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.82 34.2 16.82 34.2 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.22 8.4 22.22 8.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.70 2.7 8.70 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.84 3.7 11.82 4.4 11.97 3.2 Secretaries................................................. 12.66 6.2 13.07 8.6 12.17 10.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.79 5.9 11.76 5.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.05 6.2 11.05 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.93 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 6.9 16.09 7.4 16.76 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $17.39 2.9 $17.16 3.3 $19.80 5.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.27 2.3 15.96 1.8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.98 2.6 13.98 2.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.57 6.0 19.57 6.0 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.35 9.3 10.35 9.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 2.6 13.45 2.6 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 9.3 11.95 9.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 7.8 14.93 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.55 2.7 12.55 2.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.15 6.6 14.15 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.74 11.0 19.93 10.6 13.06 2.6 Truck drivers............................................... 17.18 2.1 17.39 1.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.37 4.2 11.37 4.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 4.8 12.48 5.8 14.34 4.1 Construction laborers....................................... 14.31 5.1 – – 12.07 1.2 Production helpers.......................................... 9.59 7.7 9.59 7.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.29 6.0 9.29 6.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.83 4.9 13.96 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.38 2.8 9.37 1.9 13.30 6.5 Protective service............................................ 14.86 11.2 – – 17.13 10.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.89 2.5 – – 15.89 2.5 Food service.................................................. 8.38 2.8 8.39 3.0 – – Other food service........................................... 8.49 2.8 8.50 2.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.09 5.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.50 5.2 8.50 5.2 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.07 5.3 9.25 7.5 11.06 3.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.23 4.6 9.48 6.0 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $8.14 4.9 $7.81 4.8 $11.98 8.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.53 5.3 8.09 5.2 11.98 8.9 White collar........................................................ 8.89 5.1 8.57 5.1 11.89 15.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.92 9.9 10.66 11.8 11.89 15.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14.95 10.6 15.36 14.0 14.06 14.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 16.42 11.1 – – 14.06 14.1 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 20.66 4.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.18 .9 – – 10.10 .7 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.95 1.1 – – 9.95 1.1 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.17 5.6 7.17 5.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.97 2.3 6.97 2.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.41 5.6 8.31 6.4 8.96 1.0 Blue collar......................................................... 8.76 7.4 7.97 7.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.06 2.7 7.06 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.88 3.0 6.88 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.87 3.9 6.72 3.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.09 6.4 6.05 6.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.26 15.3 4.26 15.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 5.1 6.48 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 7.96 4.3 7.96 4.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.96 4.3 7.96 4.3 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $685 5.9 40.2 $662 7.4 40.4 $796 4.3 39.1 All excluding sales............................................... 688 6.0 40.1 663 7.6 40.4 796 4.3 39.1 White collar........................................................ 771 9.8 40.0 735 12.9 40.4 892 3.4 38.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 796 11.2 39.9 759 15.8 40.4 892 3.4 38.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 961 14.5 39.4 979 24.3 40.3 934 4.3 38.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,065 12.2 39.3 1,197 20.9 40.6 943 4.1 38.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,226 7.9 42.2 1,226 7.9 42.2 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,302 28.1 40.7 1,355 28.9 40.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 899 3.3 40.0 906 3.4 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 967 3.5 37.0 – – – 963 3.9 36.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 990 2.6 36.7 – – – 990 2.6 36.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 970 1.5 36.6 – – – 970 1.5 36.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 585 6.9 40.0 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 635 2.6 39.8 630 2.5 39.8 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 599 6.2 39.9 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,080 2.2 41.4 1,010 3.0 41.4 1,332 4.8 41.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,227 2.0 41.4 1,120 2.7 41.3 1,579 5.6 41.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,474 4.4 38.5 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,219 3.7 44.0 1,172 4.7 42.5 – – – Management related............................................ 883 6.6 41.2 869 7.9 41.5 940 10.5 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 863 12.2 39.5 865 12.3 39.5 – – – Sales............................................................. 653 13.4 40.4 653 13.4 40.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 826 22.2 42.9 826 22.2 42.9 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 675 34.1 40.2 675 34.1 40.2 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 902 8.3 40.6 902 8.3 40.6 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 343 3.8 39.5 343 3.8 39.5 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 473 4.1 39.9 472 4.8 40.0 474 3.3 39.6 Secretaries................................................. 496 6.8 39.2 506 9.8 38.7 484 10.9 39.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 471 5.9 40.0 470 5.9 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 442 6.2 40.0 442 6.2 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... $397 9.2 40.0 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 654 8.5 40.5 $654 9.1 40.6 $656 2.5 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 689 2.9 39.6 679 3.3 39.6 792 5.0 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 651 2.3 40.0 638 1.8 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 723 4.4 39.3 723 4.4 39.3 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 552 2.0 39.4 552 2.0 39.4 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 788 5.3 40.3 788 5.3 40.3 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 378 11.0 36.5 378 11.0 36.5 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 536 2.6 39.9 536 2.6 39.9 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 478 9.3 40.0 478 9.3 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 521 1.2 39.6 521 1.2 39.6 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 597 7.8 40.0 597 7.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 500 2.7 39.9 500 2.7 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 566 6.6 40.0 566 6.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 858 14.9 43.5 875 14.1 43.9 422 13.4 32.3 Truck drivers............................................... 849 9.9 49.4 870 8.9 50.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 453 4.1 39.9 453 4.1 39.9 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 511 4.9 39.9 498 6.0 39.9 574 4.1 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 572 5.1 40.0 – – – 483 1.2 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 380 7.0 39.6 380 7.0 39.6 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 368 5.4 39.6 368 5.4 39.6 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 553 4.9 40.0 558 5.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 410 2.9 39.4 366 1.9 39.0 541 6.5 40.7 Protective service............................................ 617 11.9 41.5 – – – 728 10.0 42.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 637 2.4 40.1 – – – 637 2.4 40.1 Food service.................................................. 321 3.7 38.4 323 3.9 38.5 – – – Other food service........................................... 325 3.2 38.3 327 3.2 38.5 – – – Cooks....................................................... 355 5.9 39.1 – – – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 333 6.4 39.2 333 6.4 39.2 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 395 5.2 39.3 357 6.0 38.7 442 3.0 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 401 4.8 39.2 365 4.6 38.5 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $34,558 5.9 2,026 $34,144 7.4 2,080 $36,379 4.3 1,788 All excluding sales............................................... 34,630 6.0 2,020 34,187 7.6 2,079 36,379 4.3 1,788 White collar........................................................ 38,308 9.8 1,986 38,081 12.9 2,091 38,943 3.4 1,693 White collar excluding sales.................................... 39,206 11.2 1,966 39,327 15.8 2,092 38,943 3.4 1,693 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 44,902 14.5 1,841 50,495 24.3 2,077 38,468 4.3 1,569 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,238 12.2 1,778 61,395 20.9 2,083 38,571 4.1 1,555 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,758 7.9 2,197 63,758 7.9 2,197 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 67,578 28.1 2,115 70,440 28.9 2,123 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 46,702 3.3 2,076 47,131 3.4 2,078 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,860 3.5 1,412 – – – 35,740 3.9 1,362 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36,701 2.6 1,362 – – – 36,701 2.6 1,362 Secondary school teachers................................... 35,515 1.5 1,341 – – – 35,515 1.5 1,341 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,441 6.9 2,080 – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 32,936 2.6 2,065 32,778 2.5 2,069 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 30,891 6.2 2,057 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 55,575 2.2 2,128 52,528 3.0 2,154 66,051 4.8 2,038 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 62,647 2.0 2,116 58,262 2.7 2,149 76,034 5.6 2,014 Administrators, education and related fields................ 67,878 4.4 1,772 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 63,380 3.7 2,288 60,961 4.7 2,209 – – – Management related............................................ 45,897 6.6 2,144 45,175 7.9 2,160 48,857 10.5 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 44,868 12.2 2,054 44,969 12.3 2,054 – – – Sales............................................................. 33,750 13.4 2,087 33,750 13.4 2,087 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 42,975 22.2 2,230 42,975 22.2 2,230 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 35,118 34.1 2,088 35,118 34.1 2,088 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 46,893 8.3 2,111 46,893 8.3 2,111 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 16,278 3.8 1,872 16,278 3.8 1,872 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,393 4.1 2,060 24,567 4.8 2,078 23,456 3.3 1,959 Secretaries................................................. 25,523 6.8 2,016 26,292 9.8 2,012 24,578 10.9 2,020 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,518 5.9 2,080 24,458 5.9 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 22,980 6.2 2,080 22,980 6.2 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... $20,664 9.2 2,080 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,546 8.5 2,079 $33,546 9.1 2,085 $33,538 2.5 2,001 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 34,949 2.9 2,009 34,365 3.3 2,003 41,178 5.0 2,080 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 33,851 2.3 2,080 33,201 1.8 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 37,599 4.4 2,044 37,599 4.4 2,044 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 28,683 2.0 2,051 28,683 2.0 2,051 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 40,888 5.3 2,090 40,888 5.3 2,090 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 19,660 11.0 1,899 19,660 11.0 1,899 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,851 2.6 2,070 27,851 2.6 2,070 – – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 24,858 9.3 2,080 24,858 9.3 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,118 1.2 2,060 27,118 1.2 2,060 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 30,999 7.8 2,076 30,999 7.8 2,076 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,976 2.7 2,070 25,976 2.7 2,070 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 29,129 6.6 2,059 29,129 6.6 2,059 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 44,359 14.9 2,247 45,489 14.1 2,283 19,081 13.4 1,461 Truck drivers............................................... 44,159 9.9 2,571 45,242 8.9 2,601 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,576 4.1 2,074 23,576 4.1 2,074 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,082 4.9 2,037 25,307 6.0 2,028 29,828 4.1 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 26,860 5.1 1,877 – – – 25,101 1.2 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 19,756 7.0 2,060 19,756 7.0 2,060 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 19,119 5.4 2,058 19,119 5.4 2,058 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 28,769 4.9 2,080 29,030 5.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 20,916 2.9 2,014 18,830 1.9 2,009 26,991 6.5 2,030 Protective service............................................ 32,079 11.9 2,159 – – – 37,880 10.0 2,211 Police and detectives, public service....................... 33,120 2.4 2,085 – – – 33,120 2.4 2,085 Food service.................................................. 15,940 3.7 1,902 16,312 3.9 1,945 – – – Other food service........................................... 16,124 3.2 1,899 16,516 3.2 1,943 – – – Cooks....................................................... 16,923 5.9 1,862 – – – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 17,335 6.4 2,040 17,335 6.4 2,040 – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,560 5.2 2,041 18,583 6.0 2,010 23,000 3.0 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 20,864 4.8 2,039 18,994 4.6 2,004 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.31 5.5 $15.62 6.8 $19.99 4.1 All excluding sales............................................... 16.56 5.4 15.84 6.8 19.99 4.1 White collar........................................................ 18.35 8.8 17.21 11.4 22.55 3.3 1....................................................... 7.19 10.1 7.13 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.67 3.9 8.64 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.11 4.3 9.11 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.69 2.9 11.77 3.2 11.21 9.1 5....................................................... 15.80 4.9 15.95 5.8 15.18 7.1 6....................................................... 17.11 5.6 17.03 6.7 17.27 11.2 7....................................................... 19.44 4.9 19.58 5.6 18.59 4.7 8....................................................... 24.24 5.5 23.09 3.4 24.91 8.0 9....................................................... 25.48 2.3 25.77 2.4 23.49 2.5 10........................................................ 30.95 3.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.37 7.3 33.29 11.6 30.46 8.8 12........................................................ 44.65 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.89 5.4 18.58 5.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.47 10.4 18.34 14.5 22.55 3.3 1....................................................... 8.35 5.1 8.24 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.08 3.2 9.08 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.86 5.4 9.86 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 3.3 11.73 3.8 11.21 9.1 5....................................................... 14.55 3.6 14.32 4.4 15.18 7.1 6....................................................... 16.77 5.9 16.44 7.7 17.27 11.2 7....................................................... 18.57 4.0 18.56 4.7 18.59 4.7 8....................................................... 24.40 6.0 23.12 2.7 24.91 8.0 9....................................................... 25.48 2.3 25.77 2.4 23.49 2.5 10........................................................ 30.87 7.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.37 7.3 33.29 11.6 30.46 8.8 12........................................................ 44.65 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.71 7.1 18.30 7.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.96 13.4 23.85 21.9 24.14 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.83 11.4 29.36 19.7 24.40 5.0 5....................................................... 16.24 5.0 – – 20.18 3.7 6....................................................... 17.99 12.8 – – 19.11 15.8 7....................................................... 21.12 2.5 – – 19.96 5.4 8....................................................... 24.67 6.8 23.53 3.8 25.02 8.5 9....................................................... 23.66 4.4 23.83 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 29.39 10.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.39 16.0 20.13 22.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.02 6.7 29.02 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.64 26.3 33.01 26.9 17.78 1.5 Registered nurses........................................... 22.51 3.3 22.69 3.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $24.84 3.5 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.57 4.1 – – $25.69 4.6 5....................................................... 17.38 10.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 24.80 .6 – – 24.80 .6 7....................................................... 23.25 2.6 – – 23.25 2.6 8....................................................... 26.29 5.1 – – 26.49 5.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.94 4.0 – – 26.94 4.0 8....................................................... 27.27 3.7 – – 27.27 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.49 3.2 – – 26.49 3.2 8....................................................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.95 1.1 – – 9.95 1.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.64 6.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.74 1.6 $15.63 1.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.78 6.8 14.78 6.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 6.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 2.8 24.39 3.8 32.41 4.2 7....................................................... 19.10 9.7 19.10 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 23.74 8.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.29 3.8 27.40 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.09 7.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.33 7.1 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 2.8 27.11 4.1 37.75 4.0 9....................................................... 28.34 6.2 27.97 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.81 7.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.33 7.1 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.30 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.70 7.3 27.59 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.41 6.1 20.92 7.2 23.49 10.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.6 21.90 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 14.03 13.9 14.03 13.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.68 3.7 7.68 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 7.85 2.3 7.85 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.88 6.9 11.88 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 19.83 9.1 19.83 9.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.27 19.2 19.27 19.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 14.89 29.7 14.89 29.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.22 8.4 22.22 8.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.44 11.6 12.44 11.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 4.9 7.64 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.65 4.0 7.65 4.0 – – 3....................................................... $7.25 2.6 $7.25 2.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.56 3.7 11.53 4.3 $11.73 3.6 1....................................................... 8.35 5.1 8.24 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.08 3.2 9.08 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.85 5.5 9.85 5.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.48 3.4 11.61 3.9 11.09 9.2 5....................................................... 13.34 3.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.71 7.1 15.68 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 15.87 3.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.04 23.3 15.04 23.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.66 6.2 13.07 8.6 12.17 10.8 4....................................................... 11.40 4.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.79 5.9 11.76 5.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 3.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.05 6.2 11.05 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.87 7.9 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.96 7.0 15.91 7.6 16.61 2.2 1....................................................... 8.88 1.1 8.88 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.97 8.3 10.97 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.45 2.3 12.32 2.3 13.77 10.0 4....................................................... 13.69 3.9 13.80 4.2 12.49 2.8 5....................................................... 16.22 2.9 16.33 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 15.12 2.7 15.25 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.74 7.4 20.81 7.9 19.85 3.1 8....................................................... 22.81 3.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.71 13.2 26.45 13.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.36 2.9 17.12 3.3 19.80 5.0 4....................................................... 11.47 5.4 11.47 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 8.1 15.60 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.70 3.2 15.81 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.14 3.9 19.05 4.4 19.85 3.1 8....................................................... 22.81 3.4 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.27 2.3 15.96 1.8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.98 2.6 13.98 2.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.57 6.0 19.57 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.71 2.1 18.71 2.1 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.35 9.3 10.35 9.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 2.6 13.45 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.26 1.1 9.26 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.04 3.3 11.04 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.61 4.2 12.61 4.2 – – 4....................................................... $14.23 7.1 $14.23 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.31 2.4 14.31 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 13.62 .8 13.62 .8 – – 7....................................................... 18.26 3.9 18.26 3.9 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 9.3 11.95 9.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 7.8 14.93 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.55 2.7 12.55 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 6.8 12.23 6.8 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.15 6.6 14.15 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.62 11.0 19.90 10.5 $13.26 0.5 2....................................................... 9.96 8.6 9.95 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.82 2.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.70 10.1 14.97 12.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.68 2.7 17.83 2.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.14 2.1 17.35 1.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.37 4.2 11.37 4.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.26 4.8 11.87 5.8 14.34 4.1 1....................................................... 8.36 3.2 8.36 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.67 12.2 11.67 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.87 6.6 10.95 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.52 5.7 14.01 5.9 11.94 1.3 Construction laborers....................................... 14.31 5.1 – – 12.07 1.2 Production helpers.......................................... 9.59 7.7 9.59 7.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.38 4.0 8.38 4.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.94 1.6 6.94 1.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.29 6.0 9.29 6.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.69 4.8 13.79 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.54 4.2 8.60 3.8 13.18 6.3 1....................................................... 7.80 6.8 7.78 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.83 9.0 7.70 7.1 10.44 6.3 3....................................................... 8.55 7.3 8.52 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.19 9.0 9.15 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 11.48 2.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 13.26 5.0 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.03 10.4 – – 17.05 10.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.89 2.5 – – 15.89 2.5 Food service.................................................. 7.47 4.1 7.45 4.2 8.21 .2 1....................................................... 6.67 5.6 6.59 5.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.03 18.4 4.03 18.4 – – 1....................................................... 4.05 9.6 4.05 9.6 – – Other food service........................................... 7.79 6.2 7.78 6.5 8.21 .2 1....................................................... 7.27 4.5 7.22 4.9 – – Cooks....................................................... $9.04 5.1 – – $8.21 0.2 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.02 7.2 $8.02 7.2 – – Health service................................................ 9.48 3.4 9.48 3.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.08 5.7 9.08 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.07 5.3 9.25 7.5 11.06 3.0 1....................................................... 9.02 7.2 9.04 7.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.23 4.6 9.48 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.28 6.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.78 9.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $17.06 5.4 $16.41 6.7 $20.35 4.6 All excluding sales............................................... 17.14 5.5 16.44 6.9 20.35 4.6 White collar........................................................ 19.29 9.5 18.21 12.5 23.01 3.8 1....................................................... 8.68 4.4 8.62 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.17 2.9 9.17 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.58 5.2 9.58 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.81 3.0 11.90 3.3 11.36 9.2 5....................................................... 15.97 5.0 16.01 5.8 15.79 8.8 6....................................................... 17.16 6.2 17.10 7.4 17.26 11.8 7....................................................... 19.43 5.1 19.53 5.8 18.69 5.9 8....................................................... 24.24 5.5 23.09 3.4 24.91 8.0 9....................................................... 25.48 2.3 25.77 2.4 23.49 2.5 10........................................................ 31.03 3.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.37 7.3 33.29 11.6 30.46 8.8 12........................................................ 44.65 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.96 5.3 18.55 5.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 11.0 18.80 15.4 23.01 3.8 1....................................................... 8.47 6.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.15 5.6 10.15 5.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.77 3.5 11.87 4.1 11.36 9.2 5....................................................... 14.66 3.7 14.30 4.4 15.79 8.8 6....................................................... 16.79 6.6 16.43 8.6 17.26 11.8 7....................................................... 18.51 4.2 18.48 4.9 18.69 5.9 8....................................................... 24.40 6.0 23.12 2.7 24.91 8.0 9....................................................... 25.48 2.3 25.77 2.4 23.49 2.5 10........................................................ 31.07 7.6 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.37 7.3 33.29 11.6 30.46 8.8 12........................................................ 44.65 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.79 7.1 18.25 7.4 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.39 14.2 24.31 23.4 24.52 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.12 11.4 29.48 19.8 24.80 4.9 6....................................................... 18.02 13.7 – – 19.22 17.3 7....................................................... – – – – 20.46 8.2 8....................................................... 24.67 6.8 23.53 3.8 25.02 8.5 9....................................................... 23.66 4.4 23.83 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 29.39 10.0 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.02 6.7 29.02 6.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.95 26.4 33.18 27.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.50 3.4 22.68 3.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.11 4.5 – – 26.25 4.9 6....................................................... 25.63 .9 – – 25.63 .9 7....................................................... $24.40 4.3 – – $24.40 4.3 8....................................................... 26.29 5.1 – – 26.49 5.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.94 4.0 – – 26.94 4.0 8....................................................... 27.27 3.7 – – 27.27 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 26.49 3.2 – – 26.49 3.2 8....................................................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.64 6.9 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.95 2.8 $15.84 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.56 8.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.78 6.8 14.78 6.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 6.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 2.8 24.39 3.8 32.41 4.2 7....................................................... 19.10 9.7 19.10 9.7 – – 8....................................................... 23.74 8.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.29 3.8 27.40 4.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.09 7.2 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.33 7.1 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.60 2.8 27.11 4.1 37.75 4.0 9....................................................... 28.34 6.2 27.97 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.81 7.0 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.33 7.1 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.30 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.70 7.3 27.59 8.3 – – Management related............................................ 21.41 6.1 20.92 7.2 23.49 10.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.6 21.90 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 16.17 12.3 16.17 12.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.10 5.2 8.10 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.95 7.2 11.95 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 20.17 8.9 20.17 8.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.27 19.2 19.27 19.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.82 34.2 16.82 34.2 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 22.22 8.4 22.22 8.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.70 2.7 8.70 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.84 3.7 11.82 4.4 11.97 3.2 1....................................................... 8.47 6.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.14 5.6 10.14 5.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.63 3.4 11.76 3.8 11.24 9.4 5....................................................... 13.18 3.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.71 7.1 15.68 7.0 – – 7....................................................... $15.87 3.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.04 23.3 $15.04 23.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.66 6.2 13.07 8.6 $12.17 10.8 4....................................................... 11.40 4.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.79 5.9 11.76 5.9 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.05 6.2 11.05 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 9.93 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 6.9 16.09 7.4 16.76 2.2 1....................................................... 9.19 1.3 9.19 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.97 8.3 10.97 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.59 1.6 12.47 1.4 13.77 10.0 4....................................................... 13.84 4.0 13.98 4.2 12.06 2.1 5....................................................... 16.22 2.9 16.33 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 15.12 2.7 15.25 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.74 7.4 20.81 7.9 19.85 3.1 8....................................................... 22.81 3.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.71 13.2 26.45 13.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.39 2.9 17.16 3.3 19.80 5.0 4....................................................... 11.41 6.1 11.41 6.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 8.1 15.60 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.70 3.2 15.81 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.14 3.9 19.05 4.4 19.85 3.1 8....................................................... 22.81 3.4 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.27 2.3 15.96 1.8 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.39 4.8 18.39 4.8 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 13.98 2.6 13.98 2.6 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.57 6.0 19.57 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 18.71 2.1 18.71 2.1 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 10.35 9.3 10.35 9.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 2.6 13.45 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.26 1.1 9.26 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.04 3.3 11.04 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.61 4.2 12.61 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.23 7.1 14.23 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.31 2.4 14.31 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 13.62 .8 13.62 .8 – – 7....................................................... 18.26 3.9 18.26 3.9 – – Punching and stamping press operators....................... 11.95 9.3 11.95 9.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.93 7.8 14.93 7.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.55 2.7 12.55 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 6.8 12.23 6.8 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.15 6.6 14.15 6.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $19.74 11.0 $19.93 10.6 $13.06 2.6 2....................................................... 9.96 8.6 9.95 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.82 2.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.01 12.6 15.05 13.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.68 2.7 17.83 2.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.18 2.1 17.39 1.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.37 4.2 11.37 4.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 4.8 12.48 5.8 14.34 4.1 1....................................................... 9.23 5.1 9.23 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.67 12.2 11.67 12.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.47 5.7 11.65 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.99 4.7 – – 11.94 1.3 Construction laborers....................................... 14.31 5.1 – – 12.07 1.2 Production helpers.......................................... 9.59 7.7 9.59 7.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.29 6.0 9.29 6.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.83 4.9 13.96 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.38 2.8 9.37 1.9 13.30 6.5 1....................................................... 8.39 8.2 8.42 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.94 6.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.08 3.9 9.05 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.35 8.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 11.48 2.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.86 11.2 – – 17.13 10.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 15.89 2.5 – – 15.89 2.5 Food service.................................................. 8.38 2.8 8.39 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 13.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.12 5.4 8.12 5.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.49 2.8 8.50 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.72 11.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.12 5.4 8.12 5.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.09 5.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.50 5.2 8.50 5.2 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.07 5.3 9.25 7.5 11.06 3.0 1....................................................... 9.02 7.2 9.04 7.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.23 4.6 9.48 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.28 6.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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................................................................... $8.14 4.9 $7.81 4.8 $11.98 8.9 All excluding sales............................................... 8.53 5.3 8.09 5.2 11.98 8.9 White collar........................................................ 8.89 5.1 8.57 5.1 11.89 15.2 2....................................................... 7.77 4.6 7.50 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.53 2.7 7.51 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.30 6.2 10.48 6.4 – – 5....................................................... 11.19 8.6 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.92 9.9 10.66 11.8 11.89 15.2 4....................................................... 10.27 7.3 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14.95 10.6 15.36 14.0 14.06 14.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 16.42 11.1 – – 14.06 14.1 Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 20.66 4.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.18 .9 – – 10.10 .7 Substitute teachers......................................... 9.95 1.1 – – 9.95 1.1 Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.17 5.6 7.17 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 7.51 3.7 7.51 3.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.97 2.3 6.97 2.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.41 5.6 8.31 6.4 8.96 1.0 Blue collar......................................................... 8.76 7.4 7.97 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.63 8.3 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.06 2.7 7.06 2.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.88 3.0 6.88 3.0 – – Service............................................................. 6.87 3.9 6.72 3.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.26 12.6 6.17 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 6.84 7.2 6.84 7.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.09 6.4 6.05 6.9 – – 1....................................................... 5.88 10.8 5.88 10.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.26 15.3 4.26 15.3 – – Other food service........................................... 6.51 5.1 6.48 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 7.96 4.3 7.96 4.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.96 4.3 7.96 4.3 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 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....................................................... $17.06 $8.14 $18.47 $15.90 $16.16 $18.28 All excluding sales............................................. 17.14 8.53 18.97 16.07 16.52 17.28 White collar........................................................ 19.29 8.89 13.22 18.50 18.32 18.64 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.94 10.92 18.68 19.48 19.61 15.35 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.39 14.95 22.21 24.00 23.96 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.12 16.42 23.37 26.89 26.83 – Technical....................................................... 15.95 – – 15.63 15.74 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.12 – – 26.12 26.24 – Sales............................................................. 16.17 7.17 – 14.48 12.45 21.00 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.84 8.41 – 11.49 11.47 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.13 8.76 19.34 14.01 15.72 18.30 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.39 – 20.47 15.31 17.22 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 – 15.93 12.45 13.45 – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.74 – – 16.14 20.21 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.80 7.06 13.54 11.43 12.26 – Service............................................................. 10.38 6.87 – 9.48 9.53 – 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....................................................... 5.4 4.9 10.0 5.6 5.6 3.6 All excluding sales............................................. 5.5 5.3 9.5 5.8 5.6 6.7 White collar........................................................ 9.5 5.1 9.8 9.0 9.3 8.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 11.0 9.9 10.7 10.6 10.8 22.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14.2 10.6 6.0 13.6 13.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 11.4 11.1 4.8 11.6 11.4 – Technical....................................................... 2.8 – – 1.5 1.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 2.8 – – 2.8 2.8 – Sales............................................................. 12.3 5.6 – 14.5 11.0 15.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 5.6 – 3.8 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 6.9 7.4 9.7 3.1 7.4 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.9 – 4.3 1.6 3.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 – 2.9 3.7 2.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.0 – – 7.9 17.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.8 2.7 4.8 6.6 4.8 – Service............................................................. 2.8 3.9 – 4.3 4.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.62 $15.83 – – $15.19 $15.54 - $13.16 - $15.42 All excluding sales............................................. 15.84 15.78 – – 15.12 15.87 - 13.01 - 15.61 White collar........................................................ 17.21 21.32 – – 21.32 16.72 - 13.98 - 18.39 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.34 21.64 – – 21.64 17.85 - 14.68 - 18.83 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.85 22.39 – – 22.39 24.10 - – - 24.20 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.36 28.48 – – 28.48 29.50 - – - 30.32 Technical....................................................... 15.63 14.41 – – 14.41 15.85 - – - 14.74 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.39 26.83 – – 26.83 23.64 - 24.29 - 21.49 Sales............................................................. 14.03 – – – – 13.83 - 13.46 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.53 14.12 – – 14.12 11.32 - 10.75 - 10.15 Blue collar......................................................... 15.91 14.69 – – 13.72 17.44 - 14.41 - 12.97 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.12 17.02 – – 14.41 17.24 - 16.18 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 13.45 – – 13.45 13.46 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 19.90 15.04 – – 15.04 21.16 - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.87 13.03 – – 12.63 10.68 - 8.93 - – Service............................................................. 8.60 – – – – 8.60 - 8.03 - 8.92 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....................................................... 6.8 2.4 – – 3.0 9.6 - 10.7 - 17.2 All excluding sales............................................. 6.8 2.5 – – 3.1 10.0 - 7.8 - 17.7 White collar........................................................ 11.4 4.2 – – 4.2 12.9 - 10.8 - 26.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 14.5 3.6 – – 3.6 16.9 - 7.2 - 27.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.9 7.3 – – 7.3 25.4 - – - 28.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.7 5.4 – – 5.4 22.7 - – - 23.8 Technical....................................................... 1.6 3.5 – – 3.5 1.6 - – - 4.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 7.5 – – 7.5 5.1 - 3.4 - 8.5 Sales............................................................. 13.9 – – – – 15.1 - 17.4 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 9.7 – – 9.7 4.5 - 7.7 - 1.8 Blue collar......................................................... 7.6 2.5 – – 3.1 12.4 - 5.4 - 7.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 3.2 – – 3.2 6.3 - 2.9 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 2.5 – – 2.5 14.4 - – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 23.1 – – 23.1 6.6 - – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 6.1 – – 7.9 7.6 - 1.2 - – Service............................................................. 3.8 – – – – 3.8 - 6.3 - 4.8 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 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.62 $13.78 $16.06 $15.41 $17.16 All excluding sales............................................. 15.84 14.11 16.25 15.39 17.58 White collar........................................................ 17.21 13.72 17.88 16.03 19.78 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.34 14.83 18.95 16.35 20.79 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.85 – 23.84 19.41 25.92 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.36 – 29.36 25.28 30.62 Technical....................................................... 15.63 – 15.63 14.75 16.32 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 24.39 22.11 25.24 22.02 29.50 Sales............................................................. 14.03 11.40 14.68 15.53 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.53 11.17 11.63 11.59 11.66 Blue collar......................................................... 15.91 15.58 16.01 16.21 15.09 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.12 18.01 16.56 16.14 18.39 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.45 11.47 13.71 13.18 15.20 Transportation and material moving................................ 19.90 13.01 20.54 20.76 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.87 12.01 11.83 11.85 11.78 Service............................................................. 8.60 7.46 8.91 8.10 9.67 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....................................................... 6.8 8.0 7.6 8.2 15.5 All excluding sales............................................. 6.8 7.1 7.8 8.2 16.4 White collar........................................................ 11.4 13.3 13.2 6.4 24.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 14.5 12.2 16.6 5.5 27.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.9 – 22.0 7.2 30.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.7 – 19.8 10.7 23.6 Technical....................................................... 1.6 – 1.6 3.9 2.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.8 5.5 5.5 7.0 6.0 Sales............................................................. 13.9 23.0 14.1 15.9 15.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 7.8 5.0 6.3 6.7 Blue collar......................................................... 7.6 3.5 9.4 11.3 3.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 3.1 6.3 8.5 3.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 4.0 3.1 4.0 1.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 16.2 9.4 9.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 8.9 7.5 7.6 11.2 Service............................................................. 3.8 10.2 3.2 5.6 2.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.74 $10.00 $14.02 $19.63 $27.21 All excluding sales........................... 8.10 10.28 14.42 19.65 27.14 White collar.................................... 7.97 10.37 15.20 23.69 30.39 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 11.61 16.56 24.59 30.76 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.71 15.93 21.31 26.82 33.22 Professional specialty...................... 14.06 19.51 24.05 27.98 36.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.64 24.42 27.65 36.20 37.10 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 16.49 19.54 23.64 27.32 57.69 Registered nurses....................... 16.55 19.19 22.74 26.32 27.79 Teachers, college and university.......... 12.61 18.12 22.44 28.69 38.91 Teachers, except college and university... 20.34 21.68 24.96 28.80 33.64 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.78 22.70 25.90 31.41 34.65 Secondary school teachers............... 21.19 23.57 25.98 28.61 32.93 Substitute teachers..................... 9.29 9.29 10.00 10.39 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.47 13.11 13.59 15.09 17.20 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 10.10 13.10 14.93 17.47 20.90 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.00 13.46 14.67 16.60 17.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.41 19.26 26.69 30.76 38.80 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.73 19.83 30.00 33.55 45.12 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.25 35.24 39.10 44.17 44.17 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.22 19.26 28.78 31.14 45.12 Management related........................ 11.78 16.76 20.95 27.21 28.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.38 14.42 25.97 27.45 28.38 Sales......................................... 6.30 7.25 10.45 17.84 29.73 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.45 11.05 16.85 30.39 30.39 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 7.00 9.25 22.12 34.71 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.42 18.10 22.73 24.82 28.28 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.75 7.70 10.75 13.30 24.01 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.25 8.75 9.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.90 9.00 11.00 13.04 15.43 Secretaries............................. 9.60 11.43 12.05 13.04 16.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.00 13.00 13.00 13.23 Dispatchers............................. 12.00 14.50 17.00 25.54 31.82 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 9.00 11.30 12.50 14.00 General office clerks................... 7.58 8.13 8.97 11.61 12.52 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.67 15.73 18.72 23.58 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $9.65 $13.50 $18.02 $19.95 $24.00 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 13.09 14.01 16.11 18.24 20.37 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 18.65 19.32 19.48 19.48 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 15.11 17.00 Supervisors, production................. 16.01 18.02 19.48 19.74 23.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.80 9.10 9.55 10.40 15.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.33 13.50 16.34 17.12 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 9.00 10.71 16.08 16.62 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 16.34 16.73 16.73 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.60 13.53 17.84 19.54 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.29 13.50 15.19 15.52 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.50 12.93 13.73 17.12 17.12 Transportation and material moving............ 11.55 14.20 17.23 22.57 30.94 Truck drivers........................... 13.49 16.60 17.11 17.32 19.50 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.15 11.34 11.55 12.45 14.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.15 12.00 15.60 16.59 Construction laborers................... 11.06 11.67 13.47 16.80 17.84 Production helpers...................... 7.50 7.50 9.70 11.00 12.95 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.50 7.75 10.00 11.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.80 8.55 11.31 11.97 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.29 12.00 14.00 15.49 17.75 Service......................................... 6.10 7.25 9.00 11.05 13.33 Protective service........................ 9.00 9.38 14.13 16.45 20.61 Police and detectives, public service... 14.13 14.17 15.95 17.11 18.39 Food service.............................. 5.50 6.10 7.00 8.75 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.18 4.50 5.50 5.50 Other food service....................... 5.98 6.35 7.25 8.80 10.75 Cooks................................... 7.59 8.00 8.75 9.50 10.73 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.10 6.55 7.30 9.32 10.75 Health service............................ 7.40 7.70 9.17 11.68 11.79 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.35 7.65 8.71 10.14 12.13 Cleaning and building service............. 7.60 8.44 10.19 11.32 12.99 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.10 8.78 10.25 11.88 13.31 Personal service.......................... 5.50 6.00 6.60 8.44 12.28 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, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.50 $13.50 $18.72 $25.97 All excluding sales........................... 7.86 9.95 13.83 18.75 25.54 White collar.................................... 7.58 9.75 13.85 21.64 28.79 White collar excluding sales................ 8.49 10.95 14.59 21.98 28.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.17 14.54 19.90 26.29 29.67 Professional specialty...................... 15.46 19.24 24.17 27.32 44.50 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.64 24.42 27.65 36.20 37.10 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.70 20.41 24.42 28.17 107.17 Registered nurses....................... 16.50 19.34 23.05 26.35 28.17 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.06 13.10 14.67 17.42 21.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.39 18.65 23.54 30.00 31.14 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.69 19.26 30.00 31.14 38.71 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.73 19.26 27.96 33.02 45.12 Management related........................ 11.35 16.29 20.63 27.21 28.04 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.38 14.42 25.97 27.45 28.38 Sales......................................... 6.30 7.25 10.45 17.84 29.73 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.45 11.05 16.85 30.39 30.39 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 7.00 9.25 22.12 34.71 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.42 18.10 22.73 24.82 28.28 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.75 7.70 10.75 13.30 24.01 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.30 7.25 8.75 9.25 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.83 8.75 11.00 13.00 15.40 Secretaries............................. 11.15 12.05 12.05 12.38 21.19 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.00 13.00 13.00 13.23 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 9.00 11.30 12.50 14.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.57 15.70 18.60 23.58 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.55 13.13 18.00 19.95 23.58 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 12.96 13.32 15.25 18.00 20.46 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 18.65 19.32 19.48 19.48 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 15.11 17.00 Supervisors, production................. 16.01 18.02 19.48 19.74 23.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... $7.80 $9.10 $9.55 $10.40 $15.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.33 13.50 16.34 17.12 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 9.00 10.71 16.08 16.62 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 16.34 16.73 16.73 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.60 13.53 17.84 19.54 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.29 13.50 15.19 15.52 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.50 12.93 13.73 17.12 17.12 Transportation and material moving............ 11.55 15.61 17.25 23.36 31.28 Truck drivers........................... 14.47 16.92 17.12 17.34 19.84 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.15 11.34 11.55 12.45 14.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 8.50 12.00 15.60 16.59 Production helpers...................... 7.50 7.50 9.70 11.00 12.95 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.50 7.75 10.00 11.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.80 8.55 11.31 11.97 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.29 12.00 14.00 15.70 17.91 Service......................................... 6.00 6.89 8.24 10.25 11.68 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.50 6.10 7.00 8.75 10.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.18 4.50 5.50 5.50 Other food service....................... 5.98 6.35 7.20 8.80 10.75 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.10 6.55 7.30 9.32 10.75 Health service............................ 7.40 7.70 9.17 11.68 11.79 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.35 7.65 8.71 10.14 12.13 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 8.14 9.00 10.35 10.95 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.60 8.21 9.42 10.35 10.95 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.03 $12.61 $18.38 $25.00 $32.40 All excluding sales........................... 10.03 12.61 18.38 25.00 32.40 White collar.................................... 10.65 14.06 21.27 28.48 35.00 White collar excluding sales................ 10.65 14.06 21.27 28.48 35.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.59 19.53 23.57 28.32 34.00 Professional specialty...................... 13.59 19.54 23.95 28.69 34.26 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.06 15.06 18.86 21.13 21.13 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.19 21.44 24.94 30.02 33.97 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.78 22.70 25.90 31.41 34.65 Secondary school teachers............... 21.19 23.57 25.98 28.61 32.93 Substitute teachers..................... 9.29 9.29 10.00 10.39 10.71 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.15 24.46 28.78 40.00 46.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.48 28.78 37.87 46.28 52.56 Management related........................ 19.93 19.93 21.13 24.46 30.10 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.88 9.68 11.10 13.04 16.62 Secretaries............................. 8.17 10.03 12.23 13.04 16.62 Blue collar..................................... 11.67 12.83 16.38 19.93 22.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.35 18.32 19.63 20.44 24.72 Transportation and material moving............ 10.98 12.12 13.21 13.21 16.44 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 11.06 11.67 13.47 16.38 20.83 Construction laborers................... 10.76 11.67 11.67 12.83 13.47 Service......................................... 8.44 9.63 12.43 15.62 17.61 Protective service........................ 12.42 14.09 15.95 17.61 24.39 Police and detectives, public service... 14.13 14.17 15.95 17.11 18.39 Food service.............................. 6.81 7.38 7.59 8.76 10.73 Other food service....................... 6.81 7.38 7.59 8.76 10.73 Cooks................................... 6.81 7.38 7.59 8.76 10.73 Cleaning and building service............. 8.95 9.22 11.07 12.85 13.31 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $10.80 $15.07 $20.37 $27.79 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.05 15.19 20.18 27.40 White collar.................................... 8.84 11.35 16.41 24.52 30.76 White collar excluding sales................ 9.25 12.05 16.73 25.29 31.14 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.00 16.30 21.64 26.88 33.89 Professional specialty...................... 14.56 19.69 24.31 28.08 36.20 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.64 24.42 27.65 36.20 37.10 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.55 19.54 23.76 27.35 57.69 Registered nurses....................... 16.50 19.19 22.74 26.32 27.79 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.50 22.01 25.43 28.98 33.79 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.78 22.70 25.90 31.41 34.65 Secondary school teachers............... 21.19 23.57 25.98 28.61 32.93 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.47 13.11 13.59 15.09 17.20 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.95 13.15 15.20 18.08 21.61 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.00 13.46 14.67 16.60 17.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.41 19.26 26.69 30.76 38.80 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.73 19.83 30.00 33.55 45.12 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 32.25 35.24 39.10 44.17 44.17 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.22 19.26 28.78 31.14 45.12 Management related........................ 11.78 16.76 20.95 27.21 28.38 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.38 14.42 25.97 27.45 28.38 Sales......................................... 7.18 9.00 12.85 22.36 30.39 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.45 11.05 16.85 30.39 30.39 Sales, other business services.......... 7.00 7.42 9.69 30.02 37.34 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.42 18.10 22.73 24.82 28.28 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.60 8.50 9.25 11.46 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.13 9.25 11.43 13.35 15.94 Secretaries............................. 9.60 11.43 12.05 13.04 16.62 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.00 13.00 13.00 13.23 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.25 9.00 11.30 12.50 14.00 General office clerks................... 7.58 8.13 9.09 11.61 12.52 Blue collar..................................... 9.30 11.97 15.75 18.94 23.58 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.65 13.50 18.02 19.98 24.23 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ $13.09 $14.01 $16.11 $18.24 $20.37 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.07 18.65 19.32 19.48 19.48 Machinery maintenance................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 15.11 17.00 Supervisors, production................. 16.01 18.02 19.48 19.74 23.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.80 9.10 9.55 10.40 15.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.33 13.50 16.34 17.12 Punching and stamping press operators... 8.50 9.00 10.71 16.08 16.62 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.25 9.10 16.34 16.73 16.73 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 12.60 13.53 17.84 19.54 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 10.29 13.50 15.19 15.52 Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c....... 9.50 12.93 13.73 17.12 17.12 Transportation and material moving............ 11.55 14.66 17.23 23.04 30.96 Truck drivers........................... 13.49 16.72 17.11 17.32 19.57 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.15 11.34 11.55 12.45 14.02 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.15 10.29 12.45 15.62 16.59 Construction laborers................... 11.06 11.67 13.47 16.80 17.84 Production helpers...................... 7.50 7.50 9.70 11.00 12.95 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.50 7.80 8.55 11.31 11.97 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.29 12.00 14.00 15.49 17.75 Service......................................... 6.90 8.04 9.63 11.68 14.17 Protective service........................ 9.38 9.60 14.48 16.83 22.73 Police and detectives, public service... 14.13 14.17 15.95 17.11 18.39 Food service.............................. 6.40 6.90 8.16 10.00 10.79 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.50 6.90 8.20 10.00 10.79 Cooks................................... 7.80 8.00 8.75 9.51 10.81 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.89 6.90 8.00 10.24 10.79 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 7.60 8.44 10.19 11.32 12.99 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.10 8.78 10.25 11.88 13.31 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.25 $7.20 $8.80 $11.54 All excluding sales........................... 5.50 6.39 7.50 9.34 12.68 White collar.................................... 5.70 6.50 7.60 9.89 14.54 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 8.00 9.29 10.74 17.42 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.89 10.06 14.54 17.42 22.11 Professional specialty...................... 9.29 10.00 16.58 22.11 24.15 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... 16.58 16.58 22.11 22.11 23.11 Teachers, except college and university... 9.29 10.00 10.00 10.71 10.71 Substitute teachers..................... 9.29 9.29 10.00 10.39 10.71 Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.70 7.49 8.80 Cashiers................................ 6.00 6.25 6.70 7.65 8.80 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.37 8.06 8.94 10.00 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 6.30 7.75 11.20 12.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.00 6.75 7.75 8.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 6.75 7.75 8.75 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 6.60 7.50 9.04 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 4.75 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.75 5.50 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.50 5.98 6.25 6.70 7.70 Health service............................ 7.00 7.40 7.65 8.71 9.18 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.00 7.40 7.65 8.71 9.18 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MO, September 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 70,200 57,800 12,400 All excluding sales............................................. 62,100 49,700 12,400 White collar........................................................ 35,700 26,900 8,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27,600 18,800 8,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 13,400 7,200 6,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 10,400 4,300 6,100 Technical....................................................... 3,000 2,900 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3,900 3,000 900 Sales............................................................. 8,100 8,100 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10,300 8,600 1,700 Blue collar......................................................... 24,500 22,700 1,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,600 7,900 700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,000 6,000 – Transportation and material moving................................ - - 400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4,700 4,000 700 Service............................................................. 10,100 8,200 1,800 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.