NC BL 09/00/1999 Table: Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Bulletin 3095-74, January 1999 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.37 2.2% $6.37 $9.00 $14.21 $21.96 $31.45 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.45 2.2 6.45 9.25 14.42 22.10 31.60 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.50 2.2 8.50 11.64 18.29 27.16 38.08 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.27 2.2 9.32 12.52 19.13 27.88 38.95 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.46 2.6 14.00 18.52 23.84 30.53 41.06 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 27.92 2.5 16.90 20.22 25.63 32.12 42.68 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.16 4.0 19.62 25.48 31.41 40.02 47.85 Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.53 8.4 31.53 39.45 43.99 50.40 59.99 Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.85 5.5 25.87 28.08 32.89 38.94 48.08 Civil engineers............................................. 36.44 8.8 21.38 29.49 38.16 43.45 48.18 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.01 5.7 24.82 27.97 29.33 33.53 45.96 Industrial engineers........................................ 30.32 7.8 22.84 24.80 29.74 33.05 47.69 Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.30 9.2 15.60 20.94 25.48 37.59 42.69 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.96 4.4 20.94 25.40 31.22 38.93 47.31 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.60 3.9 20.10 22.45 26.98 32.21 37.62 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.67 4.1 20.10 22.45 27.11 32.21 37.62 Natural scientists............................................ 27.95 11.8 12.86 15.20 24.96 34.62 54.81 Geologists and geodesists................................... 36.13 12.7 20.76 26.53 32.37 44.57 64.04 Medical scientists.......................................... 17.99 23.2 11.87 12.51 13.73 15.53 20.51 Health related occupations.................................... 22.81 3.7 16.72 18.77 21.22 25.00 29.16 Registered nurses........................................... 21.32 2.3 16.40 18.50 20.85 23.79 26.44 Pharmacists................................................. 28.33 3.4 23.77 27.37 28.85 29.54 31.29 Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.68 4.4 15.00 15.45 17.30 17.58 22.90 Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 8.5 20.26 28.39 41.71 54.92 63.91 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 28.73 11.7 14.82 18.93 27.00 34.73 43.47 Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.23 1.6 18.24 20.39 24.39 27.81 31.59 Elementary school teachers.................................. 24.22 1.1 19.25 20.66 24.06 27.01 30.19 Secondary school teachers................................... 24.59 1.3 19.30 20.46 24.49 28.35 31.92 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 24.51 4.5 14.50 19.54 24.75 29.53 33.69 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 26.39 8.7 14.66 22.21 27.59 32.90 32.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.80 14.1 11.71 14.23 17.77 23.60 29.55 Librarians.................................................. 18.80 14.1 11.71 14.23 17.77 23.60 29.55 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 31.53 12.7 16.30 26.01 30.84 33.65 51.92 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.02 7.0 11.50 12.35 13.94 17.48 20.71 Social workers.............................................. 14.92 7.4 11.53 12.36 13.94 17.40 19.07 Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.85 18.7 20.97 26.08 29.33 43.27 68.99 Lawyers..................................................... 37.99 21.0 20.97 29.33 29.33 43.27 68.27 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 24.57 11.2 7.78 16.90 21.91 28.27 42.68 Designers................................................... 19.97 31.1 6.97 7.78 18.67 27.95 37.00 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 27.49 12.5 15.33 19.12 24.77 33.65 45.67 Technical occupations........................................... 21.11 7.8 11.09 13.36 17.00 22.44 30.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.61 9.8 7.13 11.88 16.71 19.18 23.31 Radiological technicians.................................... $17.87 14.6% $11.40 $12.21 $16.14 $20.28 $26.65 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.51 1.8 11.13 12.24 13.31 14.54 15.74 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.07 5.0 8.54 11.05 14.62 16.50 18.20 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.96 8.8 11.60 13.23 22.15 23.62 24.70 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.01 8.0 15.09 15.69 18.51 24.05 30.29 Drafters.................................................... 25.64 6.6 16.01 19.54 24.50 32.08 35.96 Chemical technicians........................................ 22.22 7.0 14.33 21.25 23.12 25.03 26.01 Computer programmers........................................ 20.69 7.6 14.90 17.07 19.10 24.33 29.93 Legal assistants............................................ 19.30 4.2 17.29 17.29 20.01 20.26 22.79 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 16.81 10.1 11.14 11.29 16.88 19.54 22.37 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.00 2.7 16.59 20.19 28.16 38.85 49.19 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.29 3.3 18.12 24.21 31.63 41.02 51.97 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.65 13.9 14.29 21.09 25.66 33.26 36.13 Financial managers.......................................... 34.12 10.6 18.99 23.04 33.23 40.91 49.68 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 38.71 12.8 25.00 25.34 41.59 42.74 68.17 Purchasing managers......................................... 35.15 11.2 25.00 25.97 30.29 48.74 51.46 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 42.27 8.0 28.61 32.39 40.12 53.41 61.77 Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.70 5.3 22.07 28.36 30.29 34.62 38.14 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.22 9.6 17.30 17.30 29.26 29.72 32.16 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 29.69 30.4 11.50 14.08 18.12 40.87 72.12 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 36.60 4.7 18.85 24.67 34.62 43.13 60.10 Management related occupations................................ 25.97 4.5 16.25 17.97 22.51 30.29 42.67 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.34 3.3 16.68 17.51 21.05 26.25 33.53 Other financial officers.................................... 29.64 9.0 14.70 19.51 26.78 39.19 44.29 Management analysts......................................... 27.69 6.2 15.14 24.04 27.88 30.45 38.57 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.77 10.1 16.06 18.53 20.39 39.50 43.27 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 22.99 12.4 16.28 16.28 20.31 29.13 35.10 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.26 7.7 16.17 17.96 21.10 27.69 44.12 Sales occupations................................................. 16.31 9.1 5.75 7.29 11.25 20.15 28.65 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 22.86 10.7 9.85 14.42 18.84 26.92 41.43 Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 16.16 24.2 8.31 10.37 12.99 16.27 35.19 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 19.27 18.8 10.21 12.50 16.45 23.49 33.61 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 19.33 10.7 8.77 14.66 18.14 27.43 28.36 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 9.9 12.37 20.03 24.59 28.59 29.38 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.77 24.6 6.02 8.86 11.17 25.01 46.90 Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.15 4.7 15.73 16.12 20.52 21.51 22.04 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.49 14.2 6.00 6.25 8.93 12.38 21.28 Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.92 9.0 5.64 7.00 9.00 10.90 12.89 Cashiers.................................................... 6.91 2.6 5.15 5.50 6.84 7.86 9.24 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.29 11.7 5.75 10.59 11.30 12.77 22.64 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.16 1.6 7.78 9.27 11.37 14.33 17.72 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.95 4.7 11.67 12.00 12.80 15.17 18.19 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.48 9.1 14.29 14.42 16.14 24.04 27.31 Computer operators.......................................... 14.44 11.5 8.40 10.87 13.59 19.30 19.30 Secretaries................................................. 14.27 2.9 10.00 11.34 14.04 16.28 19.30 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ $11.67 14.8% $6.74 $7.62 $10.68 $16.21 $17.72 Receptionists............................................... 8.93 4.9 6.25 7.50 9.00 10.50 10.86 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.39 12.5 8.50 10.00 10.00 12.09 16.41 Order clerks................................................ 12.91 9.1 7.00 10.42 12.94 14.42 16.20 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 11.81 8.9 7.50 9.75 10.01 15.13 15.13 Library clerks.............................................. 8.59 5.5 6.26 8.14 8.46 8.87 11.13 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.46 4.4 8.00 10.00 10.90 13.38 15.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.45 3.4 8.00 9.87 11.13 12.74 14.70 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.54 10.1 9.06 10.50 11.54 13.09 19.58 Mail clerks except postal service........................... 9.11 8.3 7.00 7.84 8.64 9.66 13.02 Dispatchers................................................. 13.57 15.8 7.80 9.58 12.10 15.82 19.82 Production coordinators..................................... 15.30 7.1 10.92 11.50 15.29 18.01 20.80 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.24 11.2 6.80 7.26 9.00 13.35 15.24 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.95 6.3 7.00 7.69 9.41 11.68 14.05 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.19 13.2 6.25 6.70 13.22 17.09 19.08 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.24 4.2 9.30 11.35 13.04 14.78 16.50 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.37 9.0 8.93 10.25 12.59 18.02 21.88 Bill and account collectors................................. 9.93 13.4 6.25 6.69 10.04 11.83 13.94 General office clerks....................................... 11.35 3.2 7.56 8.71 10.51 13.50 16.16 Bank tellers................................................ 9.53 5.1 8.06 8.54 9.23 10.27 11.14 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.93 11.3 6.50 8.00 9.00 11.57 14.52 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.94 2.1 7.85 8.08 9.64 11.45 12.68 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.54 5.4 8.62 9.98 12.24 14.16 16.54 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.95 2.9 6.17 7.93 11.50 16.57 21.90 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.19 2.8 9.69 12.35 16.45 21.77 23.73 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.32 9.5 14.42 16.46 19.57 29.24 32.64 Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.27 10.4 9.91 12.83 16.30 23.27 35.46 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.86 5.7 12.17 13.50 16.00 16.57 22.89 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.79 6.6 10.70 13.28 15.18 17.50 22.48 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 16.14 6.0 10.75 11.91 15.00 20.65 23.66 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.68 4.7 14.58 15.50 17.98 19.85 21.48 Carpenters.................................................. 15.51 4.1 12.71 14.00 15.23 17.40 18.15 Electricians................................................ 18.44 3.6 14.07 15.89 18.00 21.00 22.71 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 11.85 5.4 10.39 10.54 11.23 12.80 14.70 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.81 7.4 10.50 14.94 16.24 18.50 23.12 Insulation workers.......................................... 11.98 7.8 9.00 9.75 11.00 13.00 15.58 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.74 13.4 7.25 7.25 8.00 10.12 15.36 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 24.00 8.0 12.27 16.83 23.20 31.68 34.18 Machinists.................................................. 18.36 4.9 14.90 16.40 17.23 22.48 22.59 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.34 5.8 6.77 7.89 10.41 12.56 13.70 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.47 3.9 8.49 9.35 11.35 12.96 14.43 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.89 7.1 9.06 15.06 16.94 18.03 20.56 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 23.16 1.3 20.57 21.98 23.22 23.73 26.01 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $11.00 5.4% $6.00 $7.38 $10.75 $13.58 $16.64 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.39 15.3 6.23 6.60 10.13 11.12 13.76 Numerical control machine operators......................... 14.88 10.0 9.70 12.98 15.74 16.61 20.13 Printing press operators.................................... 12.28 8.0 8.81 9.82 12.65 16.00 17.02 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.30 4.0 6.15 6.81 7.11 7.63 9.48 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.38 8.5 7.22 10.45 10.92 13.80 19.76 Welders and cutters......................................... 12.74 6.2 11.17 11.17 11.84 13.91 15.73 Assemblers.................................................. 8.89 8.6 5.52 6.44 8.41 9.37 14.99 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.03 9.1 7.51 9.35 13.65 16.64 17.43 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.48 4.4 7.14 8.76 11.40 15.77 18.93 Truck drivers............................................... 12.23 5.6 8.00 9.74 11.00 14.70 18.49 Bus drivers................................................. 12.96 5.5 7.85 11.10 13.71 14.83 16.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 8.91 5.7 7.00 7.37 8.13 10.50 11.40 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 14.52 11.9 10.03 10.62 13.25 21.20 21.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.57 3.6 5.45 6.17 7.71 10.09 12.76 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.91 8.0 6.23 7.23 8.19 10.00 12.71 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.93 7.5 6.00 6.89 10.62 12.00 16.55 Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.96 5.6 7.25 8.29 10.09 10.90 12.16 Construction laborers....................................... 8.26 8.8 5.72 6.50 8.00 9.20 12.00 Production helpers.......................................... 9.82 9.0 6.67 7.76 8.86 10.82 16.14 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.24 4.3 5.15 5.25 6.27 8.00 11.26 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.40 11.8 5.35 6.00 7.02 9.55 15.18 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.42 6.6 5.58 6.21 7.67 10.85 12.69 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.19 6.6 5.15 5.50 6.42 8.05 10.00 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.82 10.3 6.00 6.17 7.14 10.24 15.25 Service occupations................................................. 8.98 3.9 5.15 5.68 7.46 10.72 16.08 Protective service occupations................................ 13.54 6.9 7.00 9.88 13.28 16.90 19.48 Firefighting occupations.................................... 14.96 2.4 12.58 13.93 15.07 16.88 16.88 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.24 4.3 15.28 16.08 18.23 19.76 22.07 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.52 3.4 14.53 15.78 16.64 18.54 18.68 Correctional institution officers........................... 11.43 2.6 9.88 10.81 11.53 12.27 12.27 Guards and police except public service..................... 8.42 8.4 6.25 6.88 7.23 8.65 13.55 Food service occupations...................................... 6.57 5.2 2.13 5.29 6.13 7.77 10.08 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.27 7.6 9.56 11.54 13.94 16.00 16.00 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.08 12.5 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.89 6.35 Cooks....................................................... 7.57 5.3 6.00 6.48 7.00 8.00 9.27 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.55 3.5 5.34 5.61 6.20 7.15 8.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.59 23.8 4.52 5.25 5.59 14.00 14.00 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.98 5.2 5.25 5.40 6.14 8.42 10.00 Health service occupations.................................... 8.08 4.2 5.15 6.56 8.04 9.11 10.47 Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.92 4.4 7.10 7.85 8.98 9.47 10.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 5.6 5.15 6.10 7.62 9.00 10.25 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.11 4.7 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.99 2.5 5.22 5.52 5.90 6.27 6.84 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $7.03 5.2% ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) Personal service occupations.................................. 11.19 12.2 $5.25 $6.00 $8.13 $10.95 $26.75 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.65 8.8 7.48 7.48 7.92 9.46 11.09 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.27 7.0 5.50 5.97 8.42 9.81 9.94 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.97 8.6 5.15 6.41 7.95 9.23 9.23 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $17.23 2.7% $6.08 $8.50 $13.93 $21.74 $32.39 $17.89 3.3% $8.47 $10.47 $14.97 $23.00 $30.27 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.31 2.7 6.17 8.64 14.16 21.79 32.66 17.93 3.3 8.50 10.50 15.06 23.01 30.28 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.85 2.6 8.07 11.55 18.12 27.48 40.52 20.47 3.9 9.12 11.85 19.14 26.60 32.15 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.98 2.6 9.40 12.80 19.11 28.85 41.28 20.53 3.9 9.22 11.89 19.20 26.62 32.15 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.52 3.2 14.43 18.53 24.33 32.69 43.27 24.56 4.3 12.96 18.51 23.11 28.23 32.90 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.60 3.0 17.77 21.05 26.98 34.92 45.72 25.58 4.3 15.28 19.42 23.98 28.74 33.29 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.16 4.0 19.62 25.48 31.41 40.02 47.85 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.53 8.4 31.53 39.45 43.99 50.40 59.99 - - - - - - - Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.85 5.5 25.87 28.08 32.89 38.94 48.08 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 36.44 8.8 21.38 29.49 38.16 43.45 48.18 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.01 5.7 24.82 27.97 29.33 33.53 45.96 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.32 7.8 22.84 24.80 29.74 33.05 47.69 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.30 9.2 15.60 20.94 25.48 37.59 42.69 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.96 4.4 20.94 25.40 31.22 38.93 47.31 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.76 3.9 20.21 22.64 26.98 32.21 37.81 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.85 4.2 20.21 22.64 27.14 32.21 37.81 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 32.45 10.8 15.09 21.22 27.74 37.97 64.04 - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 36.13 12.7 20.76 26.53 32.37 44.57 64.04 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.52 5.0 16.25 18.24 21.00 24.05 28.32 23.39 4.4 17.97 19.62 22.30 27.26 30.16 Registered nurses........................................... 20.61 2.1 16.01 18.08 20.50 22.80 25.00 22.65 4.2 17.54 19.29 21.60 25.54 28.23 Pharmacists................................................. 27.91 1.4 25.96 27.37 27.88 29.16 29.16 - - - - - - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.68 4.4 15.00 15.45 17.30 17.58 22.90 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 31.92 35.2 15.66 16.88 22.29 48.07 53.18 44.77 8.5 21.55 29.05 42.34 54.92 64.62 Teachers, except college and university....................... 18.33 8.6 10.75 12.99 16.08 23.57 27.79 24.49 1.6 18.95 20.66 24.70 27.96 31.69 Elementary school teachers.................................. 19.41 12.4 12.36 14.64 18.60 23.29 28.52 24.30 1.1 19.37 20.69 24.06 27.01 30.20 Secondary school teachers................................... - - - - - - - 24.65 1.3 19.30 20.50 24.68 28.35 31.97 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 17.15 17.3 7.90 12.00 14.50 17.88 25.13 26.16 4.3 18.95 21.96 26.53 30.32 33.69 Vocational and educational counselors....................... - - - - - - - 27.40 8.1 16.14 23.11 28.35 32.90 32.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - 18.88 16.1 11.26 14.23 17.85 24.18 29.55 Librarians.................................................. - - - - - - - 18.88 16.1 11.26 14.23 17.85 24.18 29.55 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.97 15.3 8.24 11.50 12.15 20.71 20.71 15.23 7.6 11.53 12.66 14.49 17.43 19.39 Social workers.............................................. - - - - - - - 15.23 7.6 11.53 12.66 14.49 17.43 19.39 Lawyers and judges............................................ 44.00 23.8 20.97 22.13 39.44 59.11 76.92 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 43.17 25.5 20.97 22.13 39.44 58.62 76.92 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 25.26 12.1 7.78 17.41 22.80 29.13 48.08 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 19.97 31.1 6.97 7.78 18.67 27.95 37.00 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 29.01 12.9 18.17 20.51 25.19 34.66 48.08 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 22.34 8.4 11.69 14.26 17.72 23.22 32.14 13.96 8.9 9.41 10.82 12.21 16.04 19.24 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.52 10.2 6.90 10.58 16.63 19.16 23.31 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.67 2.0 11.43 12.35 13.31 14.86 16.00 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.38 5.0 9.25 11.98 14.62 16.67 18.20 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... $19.02 8.8% $11.60 $13.24 $22.15 $23.62 $24.70 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.89 9.3 15.26 15.72 20.24 25.08 30.29 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 25.64 6.6 16.01 19.54 24.50 32.08 35.96 - - - - - - - Chemical technicians........................................ 22.22 7.0 14.33 21.25 23.12 25.03 26.01 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 20.85 10.5 14.90 14.90 18.13 27.25 30.65 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 19.30 4.2 17.29 17.29 20.01 20.26 22.79 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 32.07 2.9 16.71 20.31 28.61 40.67 51.64 $26.35 5.9% $15.43 $18.85 $25.52 $32.06 $34.95 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.71 3.4 18.46 25.34 34.62 44.00 58.70 27.55 6.3 14.75 22.07 29.58 32.15 36.13 Administrators and officials, public administration......... - - - - - - - 26.62 14.0 14.29 21.09 25.50 33.26 36.13 Financial managers.......................................... 34.47 10.9 18.99 23.04 33.23 40.91 49.68 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 38.71 12.8 25.00 25.34 41.59 42.74 68.17 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 35.15 11.2 25.00 25.97 30.29 48.74 51.46 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 42.27 8.0 28.61 32.39 40.12 53.41 61.77 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.82 14.8 17.21 26.35 37.80 37.80 43.08 31.69 5.5 22.07 28.86 30.29 34.58 38.14 Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.35 10.1 17.30 17.30 29.26 29.72 29.72 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 32.18 29.8 11.50 14.99 19.23 40.87 72.12 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 38.28 4.3 21.50 26.51 37.08 45.04 62.50 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 26.46 4.7 16.25 18.24 23.34 30.46 42.67 19.62 8.9 16.06 16.28 18.53 20.03 27.04 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.34 3.3 16.68 17.51 21.05 26.25 33.53 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.64 9.0 14.70 19.51 26.78 39.19 44.29 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 27.69 6.2 15.14 24.04 27.88 30.45 38.57 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.91 10.2 17.08 19.00 25.03 42.67 43.27 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 25.78 9.8 18.90 20.31 22.87 31.30 36.77 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.43 8.5 16.18 17.96 21.05 28.22 45.81 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 16.40 9.1 5.75 7.25 11.30 20.28 28.71 - - - - - - - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 22.86 10.7 9.85 14.42 18.84 26.92 41.43 - - - - - - - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 16.16 24.2 8.31 10.37 12.99 16.27 35.19 - - - - - - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 19.27 18.8 10.21 12.50 16.45 23.49 33.61 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 19.33 10.7 8.77 14.66 18.14 27.43 28.36 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 9.9 12.37 20.03 24.59 28.59 29.38 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.77 24.6 6.02 8.86 11.17 25.01 46.90 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.15 4.7 15.73 16.12 20.52 21.51 22.04 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.49 14.2 6.00 6.25 8.93 12.38 21.28 - - - - - - - Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.92 9.0 5.64 7.00 9.00 10.90 12.89 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.86 2.7 5.15 5.50 6.75 7.77 9.24 - - - - - - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.29 11.7 5.75 10.59 11.30 12.77 22.64 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.58 1.9 7.62 9.44 11.75 15.02 18.27 10.89 2.6 7.85 8.89 10.47 12.68 14.32 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.85 5.7 11.50 12.00 12.80 15.17 19.39 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.48 9.1 14.29 14.42 16.14 24.04 27.31 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... 14.44 11.5 8.40 10.87 13.59 19.30 19.30 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 15.09 3.1 10.56 12.40 14.80 17.00 20.43 11.57 4.9 9.14 10.02 11.15 13.06 14.56 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 11.67 14.8 6.74 7.62 10.68 16.21 17.72 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 8.72 4.8 6.25 7.33 8.75 10.00 10.86 - - - - - - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 11.41 14.5 8.50 9.25 10.00 16.41 16.41 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 12.91 9.1 7.00 10.42 12.94 14.42 16.20 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. $11.81 8.9% $7.50 $9.75 $10.01 $15.13 $15.13 - - - - - - - Library clerks.............................................. - - - - - - - $8.57 6.0% $6.26 $7.86 $8.41 $9.20 $11.13 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.20 6.3 7.84 8.58 10.38 13.02 16.16 11.79 5.6 10.41 10.53 10.99 13.57 14.15 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.49 3.5 7.78 10.10 11.13 12.74 14.70 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 12.70 11.3 9.06 10.50 11.54 13.22 19.58 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.57 7.3 10.92 11.66 15.29 18.30 21.39 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 9.98 12.1 6.80 7.26 9.00 11.35 15.24 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.41 5.4 7.00 8.61 10.33 11.68 14.05 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 12.68 15.0 6.25 6.44 11.83 16.40 19.17 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.24 4.2 9.30 11.35 13.04 14.78 16.50 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.55 9.0 9.33 10.49 12.87 18.02 21.88 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 9.93 13.4 6.25 6.69 10.04 11.83 13.94 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 12.12 4.1 7.56 8.80 11.25 14.81 17.77 10.33 5.2 7.85 8.58 9.92 12.10 13.53 Bank tellers................................................ 9.53 5.1 8.06 8.54 9.23 10.27 11.14 - - - - - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.93 11.3 6.50 8.00 9.00 11.57 14.52 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. - - - - - - - 9.94 2.1 7.85 8.08 9.64 11.45 12.68 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 13.33 6.5 9.25 10.79 12.50 14.22 19.51 11.80 8.6 8.40 9.25 11.39 14.13 15.64 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.98 3.1 6.14 7.78 11.45 16.77 22.48 12.54 3.5 8.17 10.33 12.13 14.83 16.78 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.44 2.9 9.47 12.65 16.79 22.10 23.74 14.17 5.5 10.41 11.12 13.30 16.57 18.50 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 23.73 9.5 14.42 17.31 22.79 29.57 33.03 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.47 10.6 9.87 12.89 16.70 23.43 36.01 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.80 6.7 11.89 13.50 16.00 16.00 22.89 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.84 6.8 10.70 13.75 15.18 17.50 22.48 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 16.42 6.6 10.75 11.78 15.00 22.48 23.73 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.66 5.1 14.58 15.50 17.52 19.85 21.48 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 15.51 4.1 12.71 14.00 15.23 17.40 18.15 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 18.84 3.7 15.30 16.13 18.00 21.90 22.92 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 12.61 6.0 9.33 11.35 12.80 14.64 14.99 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.62 9.0 10.00 14.68 15.98 21.77 23.66 - - - - - - - Insulation workers.......................................... 11.98 7.8 9.00 9.75 11.00 13.00 15.58 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.53 14.3 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.75 15.89 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 25.82 5.6 16.71 19.42 24.67 32.19 34.53 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 18.36 4.9 14.90 16.40 17.23 22.48 22.59 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.34 5.8 6.77 7.89 10.41 12.56 13.70 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.47 3.9 8.49 9.35 11.35 12.96 14.43 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.89 7.1 9.06 15.06 16.94 18.03 20.56 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 23.16 1.3 20.57 21.98 23.22 23.73 26.01 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 5.4 6.00 7.38 10.73 13.59 16.64 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.39 15.3 6.23 6.60 10.13 11.12 13.76 - - - - - - - Numerical control machine operators......................... 14.88 10.0 9.70 12.98 15.74 16.61 20.13 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.28 8.0 8.81 9.82 12.65 16.00 17.02 - - - - - - - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.30 4.0 6.15 6.81 7.11 7.63 9.48 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.38 8.5 7.22 10.45 10.92 13.80 19.76 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... $12.74 6.2% $11.17 $11.17 $11.84 $13.91 $15.73 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.89 8.6 5.52 6.44 8.41 9.37 14.99 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.04 9.3 7.51 9.35 13.65 16.64 17.43 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.46 5.0 7.14 8.52 11.00 16.20 19.35 $12.58 4.7% $7.33 $10.18 $12.87 $14.83 $16.67 Truck drivers............................................... 12.34 5.7 8.00 9.90 11.00 14.70 18.49 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. - - - - - - - 12.51 4.1 7.69 10.60 12.87 14.83 14.83 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 8.91 5.7 7.00 7.37 8.13 10.50 11.40 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 14.79 12.2 10.40 10.62 13.25 21.20 21.20 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.46 3.8 5.35 6.14 7.40 9.97 12.88 10.02 5.1 7.74 8.37 10.09 10.90 12.56 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... - - - - - - - 10.05 7.9 8.09 8.19 9.76 12.47 12.71 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.23 8.8 6.00 6.69 11.50 13.86 16.55 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.69 6.5 7.25 8.00 9.30 10.65 12.61 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.17 9.0 5.72 6.50 8.00 9.14 12.00 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.82 9.0 6.67 7.76 8.86 10.82 16.14 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.24 4.3 5.15 5.25 6.27 8.00 11.26 - - - - - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.40 11.8 5.35 6.00 7.02 9.55 15.18 - - - - - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.29 6.8 5.58 6.21 7.21 10.22 12.69 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.19 6.6 5.15 5.50 6.42 8.05 10.00 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.67 11.0 6.00 6.17 6.83 10.00 15.34 10.69 8.5 7.82 8.45 10.53 12.68 13.71 Service occupations................................................. 7.19 4.1 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) 12.13 4.3 7.19 8.72 10.84 15.78 18.62 Protective service occupations................................ 7.78 5.0 6.19 6.82 7.23 8.03 10.05 15.45 3.7 10.81 12.27 15.78 18.14 20.23 Firefighting occupations.................................... - - - - - - - 14.96 2.4 12.58 13.93 15.07 16.88 16.88 Police and detectives, public service....................... - - - - - - - 18.24 4.3 15.28 16.08 18.23 19.76 22.07 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... - - - - - - - 16.52 3.4 14.53 15.78 16.64 18.54 18.68 Correctional institution officers........................... - - - - - - - 11.43 2.6 9.88 10.81 11.53 12.27 12.27 Guards and police except public service..................... 7.77 5.3 6.19 6.82 7.23 8.03 9.50 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 6.28 5.8 2.13 5.25 5.80 7.27 9.50 8.54 4.2 6.39 7.19 8.57 10.00 10.15 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.27 7.6 9.56 11.54 13.94 16.00 16.00 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.08 12.5 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.89 6.35 - - - - - - - Cooks....................................................... 7.63 5.7 6.00 6.75 7.23 8.00 9.27 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.52 3.7 5.30 5.61 6.05 7.15 8.50 - - - - - - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 7.59 23.8 4.52 5.25 5.59 14.00 14.00 - - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.97 4.5 5.15 5.29 5.58 6.12 7.01 8.90 3.8 6.78 7.39 9.21 10.00 10.32 Health service occupations.................................... 7.43 5.5 5.15 5.75 7.10 8.75 9.84 9.17 3.4 7.43 8.04 8.98 9.92 11.51 Health aides, except nursing................................ - - - - - - - 9.45 4.1 7.95 8.71 8.98 9.63 11.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.32 6.2 5.15 5.54 6.68 8.75 9.74 8.91 6.0 7.03 7.58 8.47 10.00 11.38 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.55 4.8 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) 8.85 5.9 6.29 7.07 8.60 10.08 11.98 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.99 2.5 5.22 5.52 5.90 6.27 6.84 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.27 4.4 ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) ((4)) 8.85 5.9 6.29 7.07 8.60 10.08 11.98 Personal service occupations.................................. 12.56 16.5 5.25 5.28 7.48 16.90 32.69 8.81 3.8 6.42 7.92 9.23 9.81 10.73 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ - - - - - - - 8.58 5.8 5.97 7.57 8.77 9.81 9.94 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean RSE Mean RSE 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $18.12 2.2% $7.03 $9.88 $14.99 $22.59 $32.21 $7.69 4.1% $5.15 $5.25 $6.00 $8.06 $12.16 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 18.11 2.3 7.11 9.97 15.05 22.67 32.20 7.92 4.8 5.15 5.25 6.10 8.43 13.90 White-collar occupations............................................ 22.12 2.2 9.12 12.27 18.89 27.66 38.78 9.88 5.6 5.25 6.00 7.56 10.50 18.05 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.61 2.2 9.70 12.82 19.35 28.23 39.38 12.40 7.6 6.50 7.50 9.75 15.68 21.99 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.75 2.6 14.29 18.83 24.06 30.77 41.45 17.14 9.0 7.33 10.00 16.47 21.77 27.61 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.24 2.5 17.39 20.45 25.82 32.15 43.12 17.90 10.9 7.33 10.00 17.30 23.51 27.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.14 4.0 19.62 25.48 31.38 40.10 47.95 - - - - - - - Petroleum engineers......................................... 45.53 8.4 31.53 39.45 43.99 50.40 59.99 - - - - - - - Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.85 5.5 25.87 28.08 32.89 38.94 48.08 - - - - - - - Civil engineers............................................. 36.44 8.8 21.38 29.49 38.16 43.45 48.18 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.01 5.7 24.82 27.97 29.33 33.53 45.96 - - - - - - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.32 7.8 22.84 24.80 29.74 33.05 47.69 - - - - - - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.30 9.2 15.60 20.94 25.48 37.59 42.69 - - - - - - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.96 4.4 20.94 25.40 31.22 38.93 47.31 - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.64 3.9 20.10 22.45 26.98 32.21 37.81 - - - - - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.72 4.1 20.10 22.45 27.14 32.21 37.81 - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ 27.95 11.8 12.86 15.20 24.96 34.62 54.81 - - - - - - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 36.13 12.7 20.76 26.53 32.37 44.57 64.04 - - - - - - - Medical scientists.......................................... 17.99 23.2 11.87 12.51 13.73 15.53 20.51 - - - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.73 3.9 16.69 18.75 21.10 25.00 29.16 23.86 7.5 17.30 20.35 21.99 25.00 35.89 Registered nurses........................................... 21.29 2.4 16.27 18.40 20.69 23.64 26.66 21.89 3.2 17.70 21.01 21.99 24.00 24.00 Pharmacists................................................. 28.34 3.6 23.74 27.37 28.85 30.04 31.29 - - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.63 8.1 23.84 30.35 43.25 54.92 65.04 17.92 9.7 9.84 18.05 18.05 18.05 22.05 Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.79 1.3 19.17 20.79 24.75 28.06 31.78 10.41 10.3 7.33 7.33 9.63 12.00 16.59 Elementary school teachers.................................. 24.22 1.1 19.25 20.66 24.06 27.01 30.19 - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 24.70 1.1 19.30 20.50 24.53 28.35 31.97 - - - - - - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 25.96 4.3 17.92 21.23 26.13 30.11 33.69 12.84 14.5 7.00 8.20 12.99 16.59 18.75 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 26.92 8.3 15.54 22.43 27.81 32.90 32.90 - - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.84 14.7 11.26 14.23 17.77 23.60 29.55 - - - - - - - Librarians.................................................. 18.84 14.7 11.26 14.23 17.77 23.60 29.55 - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 31.53 12.7 16.30 26.01 30.84 33.65 51.92 - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.05 7.1 11.50 12.36 13.94 17.48 20.71 - - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 14.95 7.4 11.53 12.66 13.94 17.40 19.14 - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.85 18.7 20.97 26.08 29.33 43.27 68.99 - - - - - - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.99 21.0 20.97 29.33 29.33 43.27 68.27 - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 26.08 11.1 13.28 18.91 22.80 29.13 48.08 - - - - - - - Designers................................................... 19.97 31.1 6.97 7.78 18.67 27.95 37.00 - - - - - - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 29.01 12.9 18.17 20.51 25.19 34.66 48.08 - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... 21.32 8.0 11.10 13.35 17.02 22.82 30.94 14.14 6.4 7.16 13.56 14.77 15.75 17.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.93 9.3 8.14 12.53 16.85 19.24 23.31 11.79 19.9 6.61 6.84 13.02 15.75 20.74 Radiological technicians.................................... $17.87 14.6% $11.40 $12.21 $16.14 $20.28 $26.65 - - - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.34 1.7 11.08 12.10 13.22 14.32 15.47 - - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.13 5.3 8.59 10.45 14.62 16.67 18.20 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.96 8.8 11.60 13.23 22.15 23.62 24.70 - - - - - - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.01 8.0 15.09 15.69 18.51 24.05 30.29 - - - - - - - Drafters.................................................... 25.64 6.6 16.01 19.54 24.50 32.08 35.96 - - - - - - - Chemical technicians........................................ 22.22 7.0 14.33 21.25 23.12 25.03 26.01 - - - - - - - Computer programmers........................................ 20.69 7.6 14.90 17.07 19.10 24.33 29.93 - - - - - - - Legal assistants............................................ 19.30 4.2 17.29 17.29 20.01 20.26 22.79 - - - - - - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 16.81 10.1 11.14 11.29 16.88 19.54 22.37 - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.01 2.7 16.59 20.19 28.27 38.86 49.24 - - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.29 3.3 18.12 24.21 31.63 41.02 51.97 - - - - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.65 13.9 14.29 21.09 25.66 33.26 36.13 - - - - - - - Financial managers.......................................... 34.12 10.6 18.99 23.04 33.23 40.91 49.68 - - - - - - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 38.71 12.8 25.00 25.34 41.59 42.74 68.17 - - - - - - - Purchasing managers......................................... 35.15 11.2 25.00 25.97 30.29 48.74 51.46 - - - - - - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 42.27 8.0 28.61 32.39 40.12 53.41 61.77 - - - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.70 5.3 22.07 28.36 30.29 34.62 38.14 - - - - - - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.22 9.6 17.30 17.30 29.26 29.72 32.16 - - - - - - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 29.69 30.4 11.50 14.08 18.12 40.87 72.12 - - - - - - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 36.60 4.7 18.85 24.67 34.62 43.13 60.10 - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ 25.99 4.5 16.25 17.97 22.51 30.29 42.67 - - - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.34 3.3 16.68 17.51 21.05 26.25 33.53 - - - - - - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.64 9.0 14.70 19.51 26.78 39.19 44.29 - - - - - - - Management analysts......................................... 27.69 6.2 15.14 24.04 27.88 30.45 38.57 - - - - - - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.94 10.3 16.06 18.53 20.39 39.50 43.27 - - - - - - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 22.99 12.4 16.28 16.28 20.31 29.13 35.10 - - - - - - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.26 7.7 16.17 17.96 21.10 28.03 44.12 - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 18.28 9.3 6.77 8.97 13.46 21.58 33.30 $6.57 3.2% $5.15 $5.40 $6.00 $7.26 $8.75 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 22.86 10.7 9.85 14.42 18.84 26.92 41.43 - - - - - - - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 17.25 24.3 9.50 11.72 13.74 16.97 35.19 - - - - - - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 19.27 18.8 10.21 12.50 16.45 23.49 33.61 - - - - - - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 19.71 10.5 9.69 14.66 18.30 27.43 28.36 - - - - - - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 9.9 12.37 20.03 24.59 28.59 29.38 - - - - - - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.77 24.6 6.02 8.86 11.17 25.01 46.90 - - - - - - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.16 4.7 15.73 16.12 20.52 21.51 22.04 - - - - - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.99 16.5 6.00 7.32 10.00 14.88 22.94 7.31 5.5 5.50 6.00 6.09 7.75 11.88 Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.59 8.3 7.00 8.05 9.32 11.00 12.89 - - - - - - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.75 2.8 6.00 6.84 7.50 8.91 9.58 5.98 3.6 5.15 5.15 5.50 6.77 7.55 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.36 11.8 5.75 10.59 11.43 12.77 22.64 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.34 1.6 7.96 9.50 11.54 14.44 17.76 8.89 4.9 6.05 6.76 8.06 10.00 12.96 Supervisors, general office................................. 13.95 4.7 11.67 12.00 12.80 15.17 18.19 - - - - - - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.48 9.1 14.29 14.42 16.14 24.04 27.31 - - - - - - - Computer operators.......................................... $14.49 11.5% $8.40 $10.92 $15.10 $19.30 $19.30 - - - - - - - Secretaries................................................. 14.30 3.0 10.02 11.42 14.04 16.28 19.36 - - - - - - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 12.16 16.8 6.55 8.06 11.12 16.74 17.74 - - - - - - - Receptionists............................................... 9.34 4.5 7.33 8.50 9.23 10.50 11.42 $6.88 9.5% $5.25 $5.50 $6.50 $8.00 $9.00 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 13.19 12.0 9.25 10.58 12.09 16.41 16.41 - - - - - - - Order clerks................................................ 12.91 9.1 7.00 10.42 12.94 14.42 16.20 - - - - - - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 12.48 7.8 9.00 10.00 11.65 15.13 16.11 - - - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.56 4.6 8.00 10.00 10.94 13.47 15.78 - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.45 3.4 8.00 9.87 11.13 12.74 14.70 - - - - - - - Billing clerks.............................................. 12.54 10.1 9.06 10.50 11.54 13.09 19.58 - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.57 15.8 7.80 9.58 12.10 15.82 19.82 - - - - - - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.30 7.1 10.92 11.50 15.29 18.01 20.80 - - - - - - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.62 11.8 6.99 7.63 9.93 14.32 15.24 - - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 10.11 6.4 7.00 7.76 9.55 11.68 14.05 - - - - - - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.19 13.2 6.25 6.70 13.22 17.09 19.08 - - - - - - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.24 4.2 9.30 11.35 13.04 14.78 16.50 - - - - - - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.61 9.0 9.62 10.59 12.74 18.02 21.88 - - - - - - - Bill and account collectors................................. 9.93 13.4 6.25 6.69 10.04 11.83 13.94 - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 11.54 3.3 7.85 8.96 10.67 13.50 16.16 8.58 17.9 5.69 6.25 6.72 8.32 15.68 Data entry keyers........................................... 10.03 12.1 6.50 8.00 9.00 12.12 14.52 - - - - - - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.99 2.1 7.85 8.08 9.72 11.45 12.68 - - - - - - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.62 5.6 8.62 9.98 12.37 14.22 16.83 - - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 13.32 3.0 6.38 8.41 11.95 16.89 22.44 6.88 4.9 5.15 5.30 6.00 7.80 9.88 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.39 2.7 10.19 12.67 16.62 21.77 23.74 9.16 4.9 7.80 7.80 9.00 9.47 10.03 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.32 9.5 14.42 16.46 19.57 29.24 32.64 - - - - - - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.27 10.4 9.91 12.83 16.30 23.27 35.46 - - - - - - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.86 5.7 12.17 13.50 16.00 16.57 22.89 - - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.79 6.6 10.70 13.28 15.18 17.50 22.48 - - - - - - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 16.14 6.0 10.75 11.91 15.00 20.65 23.66 - - - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.68 4.7 14.58 15.50 17.98 19.85 21.48 - - - - - - - Carpenters.................................................. 15.51 4.1 12.71 14.00 15.23 17.40 18.15 - - - - - - - Electricians................................................ 18.44 3.6 14.07 15.89 18.00 21.00 22.71 - - - - - - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 11.85 5.4 10.39 10.54 11.23 12.80 14.70 - - - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.81 7.4 10.50 14.94 16.24 18.50 23.12 - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.74 13.4 7.25 7.25 8.00 10.12 15.36 - - - - - - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 23.97 8.1 12.27 16.83 23.20 31.68 34.18 - - - - - - - Machinists.................................................. 18.35 4.9 14.90 16.40 17.23 22.48 22.59 - - - - - - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.34 5.8 6.77 7.89 10.41 12.56 13.70 - - - - - - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.47 3.9 8.49 9.35 11.35 12.96 14.43 - - - - - - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.89 7.1 9.06 15.06 16.94 18.03 20.56 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 23.16 1.3 20.57 21.98 23.22 23.73 26.01 - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $11.03 5.4% $6.02 $7.40 $10.79 $13.60 $16.64 - - - - - - - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.39 15.3 6.23 6.60 10.13 11.12 13.76 - - - - - - - Numerical control machine operators......................... 14.88 10.0 9.70 12.98 15.74 16.61 20.13 - - - - - - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.28 8.0 8.81 9.82 12.65 16.00 17.02 - - - - - - - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.32 4.1 6.15 6.81 7.11 7.63 9.48 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.39 8.6 7.22 10.45 10.92 13.80 19.76 - - - - - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.74 6.2 11.17 11.17 11.84 13.91 15.73 - - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.97 8.7 5.52 6.44 8.41 9.37 14.99 - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.03 9.1 7.51 9.35 13.65 16.64 17.43 - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.91 3.8 7.73 9.37 11.95 16.27 19.35 $7.58 15.7% $5.62 $5.62 $5.62 $9.88 $12.40 Truck drivers............................................... 12.27 5.7 8.00 9.81 11.00 14.70 18.49 - - - - - - - Bus drivers................................................. 13.86 5.3 8.86 12.87 14.83 14.90 16.55 - - - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 8.91 5.7 7.00 7.37 8.13 10.50 11.40 - - - - - - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 14.72 12.1 10.40 10.62 13.25 21.20 21.20 - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.95 4.0 5.75 6.25 8.07 10.51 13.54 6.07 3.8 5.15 5.15 5.61 6.26 7.23 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.91 8.0 6.23 7.23 8.19 10.00 12.71 - - - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 11.24 7.5 6.00 9.41 10.99 12.88 16.55 - - - - - - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.96 5.6 7.25 8.29 10.09 10.90 12.16 - - - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.26 8.8 5.72 6.50 8.00 9.20 12.00 - - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.82 9.0 6.67 7.76 8.86 10.82 16.14 - - - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.27 6.3 5.35 5.84 7.50 9.55 12.30 5.57 1.4 5.15 5.15 5.18 6.00 6.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.58 14.2 5.75 6.18 7.35 9.67 15.18 7.55 11.2 5.15 5.30 7.00 8.08 12.05 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.58 6.9 5.97 6.50 8.00 10.85 12.69 - - - - - - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.74 6.6 5.50 6.01 7.12 8.62 10.00 - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 9.17 11.4 6.17 6.18 8.17 10.53 16.09 6.14 2.6 5.63 6.00 6.00 6.25 7.00 Service occupations................................................. 9.81 3.9 5.37 6.35 8.32 12.27 16.88 5.80 3.2 4.99 5.15 5.40 6.31 7.68 Protective service occupations................................ 14.08 6.9 7.23 10.81 14.30 16.91 19.48 - - - - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.24 4.3 15.28 16.08 18.23 19.76 22.07 - - - - - - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.52 3.4 14.53 15.78 16.64 18.54 18.68 - - - - - - - Correctional institution officers........................... 11.43 2.6 9.88 10.81 11.53 12.27 12.27 - - - - - - - Guards and police except public service..................... 8.65 12.1 6.88 7.23 7.46 9.01 13.55 - - - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 7.08 5.8 2.13 5.46 6.75 8.50 11.50 5.21 4.3 2.13 5.20 5.40 5.91 6.77 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.27 7.6 9.56 11.54 13.94 16.00 16.00 - - - - - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.92 13.6 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.18 6.16 3.40 16.4 2.13 2.13 2.26 5.25 6.38 Cooks....................................................... 7.89 5.7 6.34 7.00 7.27 8.27 9.27 - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.88 3.6 5.34 5.82 6.57 7.80 9.00 5.80 2.0 5.30 5.61 5.61 5.66 6.51 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 7.54 5.5 5.46 5.80 6.90 9.30 10.09 5.63 4.2 5.20 5.29 5.40 5.45 6.55 Health service occupations.................................... 8.43 3.0 5.96 7.01 8.29 9.47 10.76 6.43 12.5 5.15 5.15 5.15 7.79 9.00 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.02 4.1 7.21 8.01 8.98 9.60 10.90 - - - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.15 4.3 5.75 6.60 7.94 9.32 10.69 6.39 13.2 5.15 5.15 5.15 7.79 9.00 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.69 4.0 5.17 5.69 6.89 8.73 11.40 5.56 2.4 4.99 5.15 5.15 5.60 6.51 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.01 2.7 5.22 5.52 5.92 6.28 6.90 - - - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... $7.72 4.2% $5.15 $5.71 $7.30 $8.93 $11.31 $5.56 2.5% $4.99 $5.15 $5.15 $5.47 $6.54 Personal service occupations.................................. 12.32 12.9 5.50 7.32 9.23 13.50 29.13 5.80 4.7 5.15 5.25 5.25 6.00 7.29 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.65 8.8 7.48 7.48 7.92 9.46 11.09 - - - - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.34 6.6 5.50 6.55 8.45 9.81 9.94 - - - - - - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.27 7.6 6.41 7.00 9.23 9.23 9.23 - - - - - - - 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only(2), all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean RSE Median Mean Median All occupations....................................................... 39.9 $724 2.2% $600 2,013 $36,487 $30,498 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 39.9 723 2.3 600 2,007 36,344 30,576 White-collar occupations............................................ 40.0 884 2.2 754 1,987 43,938 36,791 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.9 902 2.2 772 1,972 44,577 37,199 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 39.6 1,059 2.5 960 1,890 50,550 43,020 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 40.0 1,129 2.5 1,020 1,868 52,744 44,630 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 41.1 1,360 4.1 1,304 2,135 70,741 67,808 Petroleum engineers......................................... 40.4 1,838 8.3 1,819 2,099 95,576 94,598 Chemical engineers.......................................... 40.4 1,409 5.6 1,375 2,102 73,249 71,510 Civil engineers............................................. 43.1 1,569 11.3 1,644 2,239 81,605 85,477 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 40.0 1,240 5.7 1,173 2,080 64,501 61,006 Industrial engineers........................................ 40.0 1,213 7.8 1,190 2,080 63,073 61,859 Mechanical engineers........................................ 40.0 1,132 9.2 1,019 2,080 58,861 52,998 Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 41.2 1,359 4.0 1,316 2,144 70,666 68,444 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 40.3 1,155 3.6 1,079 2,098 60,083 56,118 Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 40.4 1,161 3.8 1,092 2,103 60,392 56,770 Natural scientists............................................ 40.2 1,123 11.9 987 2,089 58,399 51,333 Geologists and geodesists................................... 40.4 1,458 12.8 1,295 2,098 75,820 67,328 Medical scientists.......................................... 40.0 719 23.2 549 2,080 37,410 28,556 Health related occupations.................................... 39.8 905 3.9 840 2,010 45,686 43,059 Registered nurses........................................... 39.7 846 2.5 825 2,017 42,935 42,430 Pharmacists................................................. 40.0 1,134 3.6 1,154 1,989 56,366 60,008 Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.6 1,761 8.9 1,672 1,809 82,537 74,494 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.1 969 1.4 962 1,471 36,454 36,214 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.6 935 1.0 928 1,436 34,793 34,502 Secondary school teachers................................... 39.5 977 1.2 960 1,472 36,357 35,917 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 39.6 1,028 4.0 1,043 1,518 39,419 39,479 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 39.8 1,070 8.5 1,112 1,672 45,024 46,270 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 39.3 740 15.3 687 1,688 31,788 30,193 Librarians.................................................. 39.3 740 15.3 687 1,688 31,788 30,193 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 40.0 1,261 12.7 1,234 1,862 58,699 48,320 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 602 7.1 558 2,041 30,720 28,995 Social workers.............................................. 40.0 598 7.4 558 2,039 30,475 28,954 Lawyers and judges............................................ 41.3 1,562 17.6 1,173 2,146 81,244 61,006 Lawyers..................................................... 41.5 1,575 19.6 1,173 2,156 81,881 61,006 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 39.8 1,038 11.0 912 2,050 53,451 47,416 Designers................................................... 40.0 799 31.1 747 2,080 41,538 38,834 Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 39.3 1,140 11.8 1,012 1,997 57,916 54,101 Technical occupations........................................... 38.2 815 6.7 682 1,974 42,078 35,360 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39.7 632 9.2 663 1,998 31,827 33,997 Radiological technicians.................................... 39.6 707 14.8 613 2,059 36,785 31,892 Licensed practical nurses................................... 39.6 528 1.6 520 2,014 26,868 27,040 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 39.8 562 5.1 585 2,067 29,203 30,413 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 40.0 $758 8.8% $886 2,080 $39,430 $46,072 Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 40.0 801 8.0 740 2,080 41,631 38,501 Drafters.................................................... 40.6 1,040 7.3 967 2,110 54,087 50,286 Chemical technicians........................................ 40.4 899 7.0 925 2,103 46,724 48,090 Computer programmers........................................ 39.8 825 7.4 764 2,072 42,874 39,728 Legal assistants............................................ 40.0 772 4.2 800 2,080 40,148 41,621 Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 40.6 682 10.3 675 2,111 35,484 35,104 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 40.7 1,261 2.8 1,135 2,100 65,122 58,032 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 41.1 1,409 3.5 1,286 2,115 72,525 64,403 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 40.0 1,066 13.9 1,026 1,999 53,269 52,772 Financial managers.......................................... 41.3 1,409 10.8 1,250 2,147 73,273 65,000 Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 40.0 1,548 12.8 1,664 2,080 80,509 86,507 Purchasing managers......................................... 41.3 1,453 10.8 1,363 2,149 75,544 70,876 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 40.5 1,713 8.9 1,605 2,107 89,067 83,454 Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.9 1,265 5.3 1,212 2,005 63,547 63,003 Managers, medicine and health............................... 40.0 1,009 9.6 1,170 2,080 52,460 60,861 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 39.4 1,170 31.0 725 1,938 57,544 37,690 Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 41.8 1,530 5.0 1,438 2,174 79,563 74,797 Management related occupations................................ 40.1 1,041 4.6 890 2,077 53,982 46,054 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.0 934 3.4 842 2,081 48,577 43,780 Other financial officers.................................... 40.6 1,203 10.6 1,071 2,111 62,554 55,702 Management analysts......................................... 40.0 1,109 6.9 1,115 2,082 57,665 57,990 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40.1 1,079 9.9 816 2,083 56,120 42,411 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 40.2 923 12.4 812 2,088 48,015 42,245 Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 39.9 1,009 8.1 842 2,052 51,839 43,784 Sales occupations................................................. 40.6 742 9.3 544 2,111 38,591 28,309 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 40.3 922 10.5 769 2,098 47,953 39,998 Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 39.3 678 22.6 553 2,043 35,253 28,767 Advertising and related sales occupations................... 40.0 771 18.8 658 2,080 40,082 34,209 Sales occupations, other business services.................. 40.6 801 11.4 732 2,113 41,636 38,071 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 39.8 975 10.1 956 2,071 50,682 49,712 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 51.9 1,025 23.1 804 2,697 53,316 41,820 Sales workers, parts........................................ 45.5 872 7.1 923 2,366 45,338 48,019 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 39.1 507 16.5 394 2,031 26,382 20,467 Sales counter clerks........................................ 39.4 378 9.2 370 2,047 19,632 19,240 Cashiers.................................................... 38.7 300 3.0 291 2,013 15,595 15,132 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 39.3 486 12.1 434 2,044 25,267 22,561 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 39.8 491 1.6 462 2,012 24,829 23,242 Supervisors, general office................................. 40.1 560 4.8 512 2,087 29,112 26,624 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 40.1 781 9.1 671 2,086 40,636 34,874 Computer operators.......................................... 40.0 580 11.5 604 2,080 30,138 31,403 Secretaries................................................. 39.9 570 3.0 562 2,033 29,075 28,968 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 40.0 486 16.8 445 2,080 25,297 23,125 Receptionists............................................... 39.7 371 4.3 369 1,980 18,494 19,206 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 40.0 528 12.0 484 2,080 27,442 25,146 Order clerks................................................ 39.7 512 9.1 517 2,062 26,622 26,909 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 39.4 $492 8.1% $400 2,048 $25,563 $20,821 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.7 459 4.7 436 2,006 23,203 22,027 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.5 453 3.5 440 2,043 23,391 22,880 Billing clerks.............................................. 40.0 501 10.1 462 2,080 26,075 24,003 Dispatchers................................................. 40.1 544 15.8 484 2,083 28,271 25,160 Production coordinators..................................... 40.0 612 7.1 612 1,991 30,456 31,803 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 39.9 424 11.8 397 2,077 22,062 20,654 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.0 405 6.4 382 2,080 21,035 19,864 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 40.0 528 13.2 529 2,080 27,442 27,498 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 39.1 518 3.2 509 2,036 26,953 26,458 Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 39.8 581 8.9 509 2,068 30,218 26,447 Bill and account collectors................................. 39.8 395 13.2 402 2,067 20,527 20,881 General office clerks....................................... 39.9 460 3.3 427 2,025 23,358 21,757 Data entry keyers........................................... 40.0 401 12.1 360 2,080 20,864 18,720 Teachers' aides............................................. 39.4 394 2.3 372 1,455 14,542 13,758 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 40.0 504 5.6 495 2,064 26,044 25,450 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 40.4 538 3.1 482 2,093 27,883 24,960 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 40.3 701 2.8 668 2,093 36,411 34,748 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 40.0 893 9.5 783 2,080 46,418 40,706 Automobile mechanics........................................ 44.1 850 10.2 734 2,293 44,195 38,142 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 40.0 634 5.7 640 2,080 32,992 33,280 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40.0 631 6.6 607 2,080 32,833 31,574 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 39.7 641 6.1 596 2,066 33,351 30,982 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 40.0 707 4.7 719 2,080 36,783 37,398 Carpenters.................................................. 40.0 620 4.1 609 2,080 32,262 31,675 Electricians................................................ 40.0 738 3.6 720 2,080 38,352 37,440 Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 40.0 474 5.4 449 2,080 24,655 23,348 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 40.0 672 7.4 649 2,066 34,730 33,774 Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 390 13.4 320 2,080 20,259 16,640 Supervisors, production occupations......................... 40.2 964 8.1 968 2,092 50,148 50,315 Machinists.................................................. 40.0 734 4.9 689 2,080 38,158 35,838 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 40.0 413 5.8 416 2,080 21,500 21,657 Butchers and meat cutters................................... 35.4 406 6.1 368 1,842 21,121 19,110 Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 43.7 695 7.4 697 2,274 36,133 36,238 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 40.3 933 1.5 938 2,094 48,500 48,798 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 40.0 441 5.4 430 2,080 22,938 22,360 Punching and stamping press operators....................... 40.0 376 15.3 405 2,080 19,535 21,061 Numerical control machine operators......................... 40.0 595 10.0 630 2,080 30,956 32,739 Printing press operators.................................... 40.0 491 8.0 506 2,080 25,542 26,320 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 39.9 292 4.0 284 2,077 15,209 14,792 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 40.0 496 8.6 437 2,080 25,770 22,716 Welders and cutters......................................... 40.0 509 6.2 474 2,080 26,492 24,633 Assemblers.................................................. 40.0 359 8.7 336 2,080 18,668 17,493 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 40.0 521 9.1 546 2,080 27,098 28,390 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 41.9 $541 4.7% $502 2,144 $27,677 $25,210 Truck drivers............................................... 44.1 541 7.2 485 2,292 28,120 25,210 Bus drivers................................................. 37.8 524 7.0 593 1,754 24,317 30,847 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 39.8 354 5.9 325 2,068 18,419 16,915 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 40.0 589 12.1 530 2,080 30,615 27,560 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 40.0 358 4.0 327 2,079 18,599 16,994 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 40.0 356 8.0 328 2,054 18,300 16,827 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 41.1 462 5.9 440 2,140 24,045 22,855 Helpers, construction trades................................ 40.0 399 5.6 403 2,080 20,723 20,977 Construction laborers....................................... 40.0 330 8.8 320 2,080 17,179 16,640 Production helpers.......................................... 40.3 395 9.0 355 2,093 20,560 18,436 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 39.9 330 6.7 300 2,074 17,157 15,600 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 39.7 340 14.0 272 2,063 17,700 14,157 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 40.4 347 6.9 322 2,103 18,047 16,759 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 40.0 310 6.6 285 2,080 16,099 14,806 Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 40.0 367 11.4 327 2,071 18,997 16,994 Service occupations................................................. 38.7 379 3.9 327 1,947 19,102 15,888 Protective service occupations................................ 40.8 574 7.1 588 2,108 29,685 30,222 Police and detectives, public service....................... 40.0 730 4.3 729 2,074 37,829 37,738 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 40.0 661 3.4 666 2,082 34,394 34,611 Correctional institution officers........................... 40.0 457 2.6 461 2,080 23,778 23,982 Guards and police except public service..................... 39.9 345 11.8 298 2,025 17,507 15,513 Food service occupations...................................... 37.9 268 7.2 253 1,852 13,121 12,330 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 45.3 601 11.7 697 2,355 31,245 36,244 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 36.2 106 15.6 77 1,884 5,494 4,010 Cooks....................................................... 37.0 292 6.7 280 1,868 14,739 14,560 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 37.6 258 4.7 253 1,894 13,030 12,480 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 37.5 282 5.3 262 1,657 12,492 12,192 Health service occupations.................................... 39.2 $331 3.3% $326 2,011 $16,961 $16,775 Health aides, except nursing................................ 40.0 361 4.1 359 2,080 18,754 18,678 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 38.9 317 4.8 308 1,983 16,160 15,857 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 39.8 306 4.0 274 2,018 15,511 13,741 Maids and housemen.......................................... 39.5 237 3.3 236 1,996 11,994 12,266 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 39.8 307 4.2 289 2,019 15,584 14,703 Personal service occupations.................................. 32.2 396 6.5 364 1,562 19,241 16,266 Welfare service aides....................................... 40.0 346 8.8 317 2,080 17,985 16,467 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 40.0 334 6.6 338 1,612 13,448 13,359 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 40.0 331 7.6 369 1,990 16,452 16,440 1 Earnings 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, 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 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. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $17.37 2.2% $17.23 2.7% $17.89 3.3% $18.12 2.2% $7.69 4.1% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.45 2.2 17.31 2.7 17.93 3.3 18.11 2.3 7.92 4.8 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.50 2.2 21.85 2.6 20.47 3.9 22.12 2.2 9.88 5.6 Level 1................................................... 7.11 3.4 7.05 3.9 7.46 1.2 7.91 4.5 6.07 2.3 Level 2................................................... 9.02 2.9 8.98 3.3 9.23 5.1 9.28 3.1 7.31 5.4 Level 3................................................... 9.71 2.0 9.65 3.0 9.81 1.5 9.86 1.8 8.39 5.5 Level 4................................................... 12.59 2.1 12.71 2.5 12.02 3.2 12.81 2.2 7.98 4.7 Level 5................................................... 15.10 4.2 15.66 4.7 12.07 4.7 15.28 4.4 12.14 9.8 Level 6................................................... 19.40 3.1 19.66 3.9 18.71 4.5 19.43 3.2 17.61 6.1 Level 7................................................... 23.25 2.5 22.75 4.1 23.89 2.3 23.35 2.5 16.15 7.3 Level 8................................................... 23.33 2.2 23.68 3.0 22.70 2.7 23.39 2.2 20.30 11.4 Level 9................................................... 26.47 3.0 26.73 3.0 25.50 9.0 26.45 3.0 27.66 15.6 Level 10.................................................. 35.17 8.4 35.85 8.9 26.48 3.8 35.14 8.5 - - Level 11.................................................. 37.21 6.0 39.12 6.5 29.19 7.4 37.28 6.0 - - Level 12.................................................. 41.78 3.3 41.78 3.4 41.73 10.6 41.78 3.3 - - Level 13.................................................. 50.75 4.7 52.05 4.8 - - 50.75 4.7 - - Level 14.................................................. 61.48 4.7 61.15 5.0 - - 61.48 4.7 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.37 13.3 21.62 20.3 26.31 8.8 25.79 11.9 - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 22.27 2.2 22.98 2.6 20.53 3.9 22.61 2.2 12.40 7.6 Level 1................................................... 7.94 6.8 8.22 10.0 7.46 1.2 8.29 8.1 6.69 4.6 Level 2................................................... 9.12 2.2 9.05 2.4 9.48 4.8 9.25 2.4 8.08 4.9 Level 3................................................... 9.85 1.5 9.89 2.4 9.81 1.5 9.95 1.5 8.83 4.5 Level 4................................................... 12.64 1.8 12.83 2.2 12.02 3.2 12.71 1.8 9.10 5.3 Level 5................................................... 14.67 2.5 15.24 2.6 12.07 4.7 14.77 2.5 12.88 11.5 Level 6................................................... 19.15 3.4 19.34 4.4 18.71 4.5 19.17 3.5 17.61 6.1 Level 7................................................... 23.22 2.7 22.64 4.6 23.89 2.3 23.33 2.7 16.15 7.3 Level 8................................................... 23.49 2.2 23.98 3.0 22.70 2.7 23.55 2.2 20.30 11.4 Level 9................................................... 26.36 3.0 26.60 2.9 25.50 9.0 26.34 3.0 27.66 15.6 Level 10.................................................. 35.67 9.0 36.48 9.5 26.48 3.8 35.64 9.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 35.32 3.7 36.92 3.8 29.19 7.4 35.38 3.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 42.33 3.1 42.36 3.2 41.73 10.6 42.33 3.1 - - Level 13.................................................. 50.47 4.8 51.74 4.9 - - 50.47 4.8 - - Level 14.................................................. 61.48 4.7 61.15 5.0 - - 61.48 4.7 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.47 13.1 - - 26.31 8.8 24.55 11.2 - - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.46 2.6 27.52 3.2 24.56 4.3 26.75 2.6 17.14 9.0 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 27.92 2.5 29.60 3.0 25.58 4.3 28.24 2.5 17.90 10.9 Level 5................................................... 16.36 7.2 18.47 6.0 11.81 10.5 17.51 6.3 10.65 16.0 Level 6................................................... 21.99 3.5 21.25 4.2 23.06 5.5 22.13 3.6 18.07 8.8 Level 7................................................... 24.09 2.1 24.18 4.2 24.05 2.3 24.24 2.1 16.04 9.6 Level 8................................................... 23.95 2.3 25.04 3.5 22.70 2.8 24.05 2.3 20.55 12.2 Level 9................................................... 25.58 4.1 26.68 3.6 22.65 10.7 25.51 4.2 27.66 15.6 Level 10.................................................. 30.87 2.9 31.57 3.1 26.86 3.9 30.72 2.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 35.97 6.8 38.14 6.0 23.77 11.3 36.12 6.8 - - Level 12.................................................. $41.89 4.8% $42.03 4.9% - - $41.89 4.8% - - Level 13.................................................. 48.06 8.1 49.40 9.4 - - 48.06 8.1 - - Level 14.................................................. 59.25 7.4 54.79 10.9 - - 59.25 7.4 - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.38 18.8 - - - - 26.27 10.0 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.16 4.0 33.16 4.0 - - 33.14 4.0 - - Level 5................................................... 21.26 5.1 21.26 5.1 - - 21.26 5.1 - - Level 7................................................... 26.03 6.6 26.03 6.6 - - 26.03 6.6 - - Level 8................................................... 32.19 6.7 32.19 6.7 - - 32.19 6.7 - - Level 9................................................... 27.05 4.2 27.05 4.2 - - 27.05 4.2 - - Level 10.................................................. 32.48 2.9 32.48 2.9 - - 32.27 2.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 38.19 6.5 38.19 6.5 - - 38.19 6.5 - - Level 12.................................................. 41.31 5.0 41.31 5.0 - - 41.31 5.0 - - Level 13.................................................. 48.38 4.5 48.38 4.5 - - 48.38 4.5 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.60 3.9 28.76 3.9 - - 28.64 3.9 - - Level 7................................................... 25.04 4.0 25.04 4.0 - - 25.04 4.0 - - Level 8................................................... 25.25 4.3 25.31 4.4 - - 25.25 4.3 - - Level 9................................................... 28.07 6.2 28.31 6.1 - - 28.07 6.2 - - Level 11.................................................. 29.31 6.6 29.31 6.6 - - 29.73 6.4 - - Level 12.................................................. 38.94 7.4 38.94 7.4 - - 38.94 7.4 - - Natural scientists............................................ 27.95 11.8 32.45 10.8 - - 27.95 11.8 - - Level 7................................................... 26.65 6.7 - - - - 26.65 6.7 - - Level 11.................................................. 42.87 14.1 42.87 14.1 - - 42.87 14.1 - - Health related occupations.................................... 22.81 3.7 22.52 5.0 $23.39 4.4% 22.73 3.9 $23.86 7.5% Level 6................................................... 20.74 2.8 20.76 3.2 - - 20.65 2.9 - - Level 7................................................... 23.27 7.2 20.85 6.5 - - 23.38 7.4 - - Level 8................................................... 20.61 1.6 20.93 2.4 20.08 2.0 20.43 1.6 23.38 4.2 Level 9................................................... 25.14 4.8 24.11 7.0 - - 24.72 4.6 - - Level 10.................................................. 26.16 6.5 - - - - 26.16 6.5 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 8.5 31.92 35.2 44.77 8.5 45.63 8.1 17.92 9.7 Level 7................................................... 23.34 9.6 - - 23.34 9.6 - - - - Level 9................................................... 27.22 5.6 - - 28.47 4.1 27.45 5.2 - - Level 10.................................................. 29.22 4.6 - - 29.22 4.6 29.21 4.6 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.23 1.6 18.33 8.6 24.49 1.6 24.79 1.3 10.41 10.3 Level 5................................................... 9.33 6.9 13.15 6.6 - - - - 8.89 2.6 Level 6................................................... 24.42 2.2 - - - - 24.96 1.8 - - Level 7................................................... 24.79 1.5 20.76 10.4 24.88 1.5 24.88 1.7 - - Level 8................................................... 24.19 3.3 - - 24.35 3.2 24.46 3.2 - - Level 9................................................... 24.27 2.4 - - - - 24.27 2.4 - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.80 14.1 - - 18.88 16.1 18.84 14.7 - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 31.53 12.7 - - - - 31.53 12.7 - - Social, religious, and recreation workers..................... 15.02 7.0 13.97 15.3 15.23 7.6 15.05 7.1 - - Level 7................................................... 14.86 4.7 - - - - 14.86 4.7 - - Lawyers and judges............................................ 37.85 18.7 44.00 23.8 - - 37.85 18.7 - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 24.57 11.2 25.26 12.1 - - 26.08 11.1 - - Level 7................................................... $22.87 7.8% - - - - - - - - Level 8................................................... 24.43 8.6 $25.27 9.5% - - $24.43 8.6% - - Technical occupations........................................... 21.11 7.8 22.34 8.4 $13.96 8.9% 21.32 8.0 $14.14 6.4% Level 3................................................... 10.67 13.9 10.67 13.9 - - 11.16 12.4 - - Level 4................................................... 13.77 5.6 14.01 6.8 - - 13.77 5.6 - - Level 5................................................... 14.98 4.7 15.64 3.5 - - 15.01 5.0 - - Level 6................................................... 19.16 15.6 20.33 17.1 - - 19.25 16.1 - - Level 7................................................... 24.20 15.4 24.87 16.3 - - 24.35 15.6 - - Level 8................................................... 23.28 3.8 23.46 3.6 - - 23.40 3.9 - - Level 9................................................... 29.43 7.7 29.43 7.7 - - 29.43 7.7 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.00 2.7 32.07 2.9 26.35 5.9 31.01 2.7 - - Level 5................................................... 16.83 4.4 17.64 3.4 - - 16.83 4.4 - - Level 6................................................... 19.15 4.4 19.17 5.4 - - 19.16 4.4 - - Level 7................................................... 22.92 4.2 22.43 4.6 24.77 7.9 22.92 4.3 - - Level 8................................................... 23.97 5.4 24.39 6.6 22.99 8.5 23.97 5.4 - - Level 9................................................... 27.29 3.8 26.34 3.9 31.39 7.6 27.29 3.8 - - Level 10.................................................. 34.99 10.1 35.18 10.1 - - 34.99 10.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 34.12 2.7 34.85 3.4 32.12 1.4 34.12 2.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 42.89 3.3 42.81 3.3 - - 42.89 3.3 - - Level 13.................................................. 52.06 5.5 52.59 5.6 - - 52.06 5.5 - - Level 14.................................................. 64.33 5.3 64.33 5.3 - - 64.33 5.3 - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 34.29 3.3 36.71 3.4 27.55 6.3 34.29 3.3 - - Level 7................................................... 25.29 5.7 24.92 8.5 - - 25.29 5.7 - - Level 8................................................... 22.01 6.2 20.86 8.3 23.15 9.3 22.01 6.2 - - Level 9................................................... 28.08 4.9 26.87 5.6 31.39 7.6 28.08 4.9 - - Level 10.................................................. 31.66 8.4 32.01 8.5 - - 31.66 8.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 33.99 3.0 34.64 4.1 - - 33.99 3.0 - - Level 12.................................................. 43.01 3.8 42.92 3.9 - - 43.01 3.8 - - Level 13.................................................. 52.44 5.7 53.01 5.8 - - 52.44 5.7 - - Level 14.................................................. 65.28 5.6 65.28 5.6 - - 65.28 5.6 - - Management related occupations................................ 25.97 4.5 26.46 4.7 19.62 8.9 25.99 4.5 - - Level 5................................................... 18.02 3.5 18.02 3.5 - - 18.02 3.5 - - Level 6................................................... 19.08 4.8 19.55 5.9 - - 19.08 4.8 - - Level 7................................................... 21.33 5.3 21.54 5.3 - - 21.32 5.4 - - Level 8................................................... 26.30 8.2 26.61 8.6 - - 26.30 8.2 - - Level 9................................................... 25.41 4.0 25.41 4.0 - - 25.41 4.0 - - Level 10.................................................. 37.47 14.4 37.47 14.4 - - 37.47 14.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 34.57 5.7 35.43 5.8 - - 34.57 5.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 42.28 3.8 42.28 3.8 - - 42.28 3.8 - - Sales occupations................................................. 16.31 9.1 16.40 9.1 - - 18.28 9.3 6.57 3.2 Level 1................................................... 6.66 2.9 6.66 2.9 - - 7.55 3.5 5.94 2.6 Level 2................................................... 8.61 12.6 8.72 13.8 - - 9.42 13.1 - - Level 3................................................... 9.04 7.4 9.04 7.4 - - 9.40 6.9 7.52 10.8 Level 4................................................... 12.41 7.2 12.41 7.2 - - 13.20 7.6 7.42 6.1 Level 5................................................... 18.08 22.0 18.08 22.0 - - 18.93 22.0 - - Level 6................................................... $21.45 6.5% $21.45 6.5% - - $21.45 6.5% - - Level 7................................................... 23.74 7.7 23.74 7.7 - - 23.74 7.7 - - Level 8................................................... 20.90 10.5 20.90 10.5 - - 20.90 10.5 - - Level 9................................................... 28.96 17.1 28.96 17.1 - - 28.96 17.1 - - Level 11.................................................. 61.09 26.7 61.09 26.7 - - 61.09 26.7 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 12.16 1.6 12.58 1.9 $10.89 2.6% 12.34 1.6 $8.89 4.9% Level 1................................................... 7.94 6.8 8.23 10.0 7.46 1.2 8.29 8.1 6.68 4.7 Level 2................................................... 9.18 2.4 9.13 2.5 9.53 6.2 9.33 2.5 8.09 5.1 Level 3................................................... 9.83 1.5 9.85 2.4 9.81 1.5 9.92 1.5 8.89 4.6 Level 4................................................... 12.50 1.9 12.66 2.2 11.97 3.5 12.57 1.9 9.07 5.9 Level 5................................................... 13.37 3.0 13.62 3.3 11.67 5.0 13.30 3.0 - - Level 6................................................... 16.16 3.1 17.09 3.6 13.95 4.2 16.16 3.1 - - Level 7................................................... 17.92 3.6 18.00 3.6 - - 17.96 3.7 - - Level 8................................................... 18.12 8.7 18.31 8.8 - - 18.12 8.7 - - Blue-collar occupations............................................... 12.95 2.9 12.98 3.1 12.54 3.5 13.32 3.0 6.88 4.9 Level 1................................................... 7.05 3.6 7.00 3.6 9.01 5.9 7.24 4.3 5.66 1.8 Level 2................................................... 8.73 3.2 8.64 3.4 10.04 6.9 9.02 3.3 7.05 7.9 Level 3................................................... 11.18 3.0 10.98 3.3 12.83 3.7 11.35 3.0 9.01 6.5 Level 4................................................... 12.94 4.6 13.27 4.9 10.60 2.7 12.97 4.5 - - Level 5................................................... 14.95 2.5 15.13 2.5 12.10 7.8 14.98 2.6 - - Level 6................................................... 16.32 6.0 16.45 6.6 14.89 5.9 16.32 6.0 - - Level 7................................................... 20.29 2.6 20.48 2.8 17.44 5.5 20.28 2.6 - - Level 8................................................... 22.65 6.5 22.65 6.5 - - 22.65 6.5 - - Level 9................................................... 21.80 6.0 21.95 6.2 - - 21.80 6.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.19 2.8 17.44 2.9 14.17 5.5 17.39 2.7 9.16 4.9 Level 2................................................... 8.59 6.7 8.59 6.7 - - 8.40 7.4 - - Level 3................................................... 10.67 7.8 10.61 8.0 - - 11.55 6.6 - - Level 4................................................... 13.58 7.0 14.16 7.3 - - 13.58 7.0 - - Level 5................................................... 15.14 3.3 15.40 3.1 - - 15.15 3.3 - - Level 6................................................... 17.39 4.0 17.70 4.3 14.51 6.9 17.39 4.0 - - Level 7................................................... 20.55 3.0 20.77 3.2 17.65 5.6 20.54 3.0 - - Level 8................................................... 23.44 6.9 23.44 6.9 - - 23.44 6.9 - - Level 9................................................... 22.48 7.5 22.71 7.8 - - 22.48 7.5 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 5.4 11.00 5.4 - - 11.03 5.4 - - Level 1................................................... 6.97 6.9 6.97 6.9 - - 7.00 7.0 - - Level 2................................................... 7.95 6.1 7.95 6.1 - - 7.96 6.2 - - Level 3................................................... 10.96 5.8 10.96 5.8 - - 10.96 5.8 - - Level 4................................................... 12.51 7.8 12.51 7.9 - - 12.51 7.8 - - Level 5................................................... 13.48 4.6 13.48 4.6 - - 13.48 4.6 - - Level 6................................................... 13.10 7.8 13.10 7.8 - - 13.10 7.8 - - Level 7................................................... 18.35 4.0 18.35 4.0 - - 18.35 4.0 - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.48 4.4 12.46 5.0 12.58 4.7 12.91 3.8 7.58 15.7 Level 1................................................... 9.72 15.2 - - - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 9.22 7.3 9.15 8.0 - - 9.76 5.1 - - Level 3................................................... $11.70 5.1% $11.11 6.8% $13.24 4.0% $11.73 5.2% - - Level 4................................................... 13.81 9.3 14.22 9.3 - - 13.96 9.2 - - Level 5................................................... 15.89 3.6 15.99 3.6 - - 16.11 3.6 - - Level 7................................................... 19.37 5.9 19.82 5.4 - - 19.37 5.9 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.57 3.6 8.46 3.8 10.02 5.1 8.95 4.0 $6.07 3.8% Level 1................................................... 6.95 3.1 6.87 3.1 9.11 5.9 7.18 3.7 5.66 1.9 Level 2................................................... 8.86 4.3 8.74 4.7 10.07 9.1 9.37 4.5 6.20 5.8 Level 3................................................... 11.11 4.8 11.15 5.1 - - 11.24 4.9 - - Level 4................................................... 11.85 7.4 12.15 9.0 - - 11.85 7.4 - - Service occupations................................................. 8.98 3.9 7.19 4.1 12.13 4.3 9.81 3.9 5.80 3.2 Level 1................................................... 5.95 3.7 5.71 3.5 8.01 3.1 6.24 4.6 5.36 2.2 Level 2................................................... 7.08 3.5 6.46 3.5 8.51 4.9 7.63 3.2 5.81 5.5 Level 3................................................... 8.16 6.0 7.34 8.5 9.62 3.1 8.33 5.7 6.93 12.7 Level 4................................................... 13.79 8.1 14.31 13.1 13.10 7.5 13.94 8.1 - - Level 5................................................... 12.21 4.7 - - 11.83 4.4 12.21 4.8 - - Level 6................................................... 16.63 6.1 - - 16.91 6.0 16.66 6.2 - - Level 7................................................... 16.36 3.3 - - 16.70 3.3 16.51 3.2 - - Level 8................................................... 16.61 5.2 - - 17.41 7.5 16.61 5.2 - - Protective service occupations.............................. 13.54 6.9 7.78 5.0 15.45 3.7 14.08 6.9 - - Level 2................................................... 7.07 1.1 - - - - - - - - Level 3................................................... 8.45 5.4 8.12 5.5 - - 8.46 5.5 - - Level 4................................................... 14.63 3.6 - - - - 14.63 3.6 - - Level 5................................................... 12.23 4.5 - - 12.21 4.6 12.23 4.5 - - Level 6................................................... 17.05 5.9 - - 17.10 6.0 17.10 6.0 - - Level 7................................................... 16.70 3.3 - - 16.70 3.3 16.70 3.3 - - Level 8................................................... 17.41 7.5 - - 17.41 7.5 17.41 7.5 - - Food service occupations..................................... 6.57 5.2 6.28 5.8 8.54 4.2 7.08 5.8 5.21 4.3 Level 1................................................... 5.41 6.9 5.14 7.1 8.09 7.9 5.46 8.2 5.27 5.9 Level 2................................................... 6.75 7.5 5.87 7.0 8.77 4.7 8.13 4.4 5.04 7.2 Level 3................................................... 6.11 17.5 6.11 17.5 - - 6.31 19.2 - - Level 4................................................... 8.83 6.8 8.83 6.8 - - 8.95 7.3 - - Health service occupations.................................. 8.08 4.2 7.43 5.5 9.17 3.4 8.43 3.0 6.43 12.5 Level 1................................................... 6.53 6.4 - - - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 7.41 6.7 6.65 6.4 9.04 5.9 7.88 5.0 - - Level 3................................................... 8.79 2.4 8.70 3.3 - - 8.85 2.8 - - Cleaning and building service occupations................... 7.11 4.7 6.55 4.8 8.85 5.9 7.69 4.0 5.56 2.4 Level 1................................................... 6.26 4.1 6.02 3.3 8.04 2.4 6.72 4.0 5.42 2.3 Level 2................................................... 7.20 6.0 6.36 2.8 7.97 11.2 7.31 7.2 - - Level 3................................................... 9.83 5.9 8.10 10.1 10.70 4.9 9.83 5.9 - - Personal service occupations................................ 11.19 12.2 12.56 16.5 8.81 3.8 12.32 12.9 5.80 4.7 Level 1................................................... 6.60 13.3 6.60 13.3 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 6.45 6.6 6.03 10.4 - - 6.39 7.5 - - Level 3................................................... 8.36 5.4 - - 8.95 4.2 8.50 5.4 - - Level 4................................................... 19.27 16.3 20.63 16.9 - - 19.52 16.2 - - 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations and levels(2), all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers(4) All industries Occupation(3) and level All industries Private industry State and local Full-time workers Part-time workers government Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE Mean RSE White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Petroleum engineers......................................... $45.53 8.4% $45.53 8.4% - - $45.53 8.4% - - Level 12.................................................. 50.23 7.8 50.23 7.8 - - 50.23 7.8 - - Chemical engineers.......................................... 34.85 5.5 34.85 5.5 - - 34.85 5.5 - - Civil engineers............................................. 36.44 8.8 36.44 8.8 - - 36.44 8.8 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.01 5.7 31.01 5.7 - - 31.01 5.7 - - Industrial engineers........................................ 30.32 7.8 30.32 7.8 - - 30.32 7.8 - - Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.30 9.2 28.30 9.2 - - 28.30 9.2 - - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 32.96 4.4 32.96 4.4 - - 32.96 4.4 - - Level 5................................................... 21.32 5.2 21.32 5.2 - - 21.32 5.2 - - Level 7................................................... 26.12 6.7 26.12 6.7 - - 26.12 6.7 - - Level 8................................................... 32.43 6.6 32.43 6.6 - - 32.43 6.6 - - Level 9................................................... 26.45 8.9 26.45 8.9 - - 26.45 8.9 - - Level 10.................................................. 32.27 3.2 32.27 3.2 - - 32.27 3.2 - - Level 11.................................................. 43.30 11.4 43.30 11.4 - - 43.30 11.4 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.72 5.9 37.72 5.9 - - 37.72 5.9 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.67 4.1 28.85 4.2 - - 28.72 4.1 - - Level 7................................................... 25.45 3.9 25.45 3.9 - - 25.45 3.9 - - Level 8................................................... 24.83 4.9 24.89 5.0 - - 24.83 4.9 - - Level 9................................................... 28.49 6.4 28.75 6.3 - - 28.49 6.4 - - Level 11.................................................. 29.31 6.6 29.31 6.6 - - 29.73 6.4 - - Level 12.................................................. 37.78 7.3 37.78 7.3 - - 37.78 7.3 - - Geologists and geodesists................................... 36.13 12.7 36.13 12.7 - - 36.13 12.7 - - Medical scientists.......................................... 17.99 23.2 - - - - 17.99 23.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.32 2.3 20.61 2.1 $22.65 4.2% 21.29 2.4 $21.89 3.2% Level 6................................................... 20.63 3.1 20.72 3.2 - - 20.58 3.2 - - Level 7................................................... 21.94 7.3 20.95 8.1 - - 21.94 7.6 - - Level 8................................................... 20.16 1.4 20.22 2.1 20.08 2.0 19.99 1.4 22.66 3.6 Level 9................................................... 23.91 5.7 21.03 6.3 - - 24.24 5.6 - - Pharmacists................................................. 28.33 3.4 27.91 1.4 - - 28.34 3.6 - - Respiratory therapists...................................... 17.68 4.4 17.68 4.4 - - - - - - Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 28.73 11.7 - - - - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 24.22 1.1 19.41 12.4 24.30 1.1 24.22 1.1 - - Level 7................................................... 24.19 1.2 - - 24.17 1.2 24.19 1.2 - - Level 8................................................... 23.61 2.8 - - 23.61 2.8 23.61 2.8 - - Secondary school teachers................................... 24.59 1.3 - - 24.65 1.3 24.70 1.1 - - Level 7................................................... 25.09 1.4 - - 25.08 1.4 25.09 1.4 - - Level 8................................................... 23.95 1.3 - - 23.95 1.3 23.95 1.3 - - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 24.51 4.5 17.15 17.3 26.16 4.3 25.96 4.3 12.84 14.5 Level 5................................................... 13.15 6.6 13.15 6.6 - - - - - - Level 7................................................... 26.18 5.0 - - - - - - - - Vocational and educational counselors....................... 26.39 8.7 - - 27.40 8.1 26.92 8.3 - - Librarians.................................................. 18.80 14.1 - - 18.88 16.1 18.84 14.7 - - Social workers.............................................. $14.92 7.4% - - $15.23 7.6% $14.95 7.4% - - Level 7................................................... 14.86 4.7 - - - - 14.86 4.7 - - Lawyers..................................................... 37.99 21.0 $43.17 25.5% - - 37.99 21.0 - - Designers................................................... 19.97 31.1 19.97 31.1 - - 19.97 31.1 - - Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.61 9.8 15.52 10.2 - - 15.93 9.3 $11.79 19.9% Level 6................................................... 16.84 3.7 16.76 4.4 - - - - - - Radiological technicians.................................... 17.87 14.6 - - - - 17.87 14.6 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.51 1.8 13.67 2.0 - - 13.34 1.7 - - Level 4................................................... 12.70 2.5 - - - - 12.70 2.5 - - Level 5................................................... 13.71 2.1 13.78 2.2 - - 13.61 2.1 - - Level 6................................................... 15.16 5.9 15.16 5.9 - - 14.61 6.6 - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 14.07 5.0 14.38 5.0 - - 14.13 5.3 - - Level 6................................................... 15.34 5.7 15.97 4.8 - - 15.34 5.7 - - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 18.96 8.8 19.02 8.8 - - 18.96 8.8 - - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 20.01 8.0 20.89 9.3 - - 20.01 8.0 - - Drafters.................................................... 25.64 6.6 25.64 6.6 - - 25.64 6.6 - - Level 8................................................... 23.15 4.8 23.15 4.8 - - 23.15 4.8 - - Level 9................................................... 28.90 11.1 28.90 11.1 - - 28.90 11.1 - - Chemical technicians........................................ 22.22 7.0 22.22 7.0 - - 22.22 7.0 - - Computer programmers........................................ 20.69 7.6 20.85 10.5 - - 20.69 7.6 - - Legal assistants............................................ 19.30 4.2 19.30 4.2 - - 19.30 4.2 - - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 16.81 10.1 - - - - 16.81 10.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration......... 26.65 13.9 - - 26.62 14.0 26.65 13.9 - - Financial managers.......................................... 34.12 10.6 34.47 10.9 - - 34.12 10.6 - - Level 9................................................... 27.41 8.7 - - - - 27.41 8.7 - - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 38.71 12.8 38.71 12.8 - - 38.71 12.8 - - Purchasing managers......................................... 35.15 11.2 35.15 11.2 - - 35.15 11.2 - - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 42.27 8.0 42.27 8.0 - - 42.27 8.0 - - Level 12.................................................. 41.11 9.7 41.11 9.7 - - 41.11 9.7 - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 31.70 5.3 31.82 14.8 31.69 5.5 31.70 5.3 - - Managers, medicine and health............................... 25.22 9.6 25.35 10.1 - - 25.22 9.6 - - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 29.69 30.4 32.18 29.8 - - 29.69 30.4 - - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 36.60 4.7 38.28 4.3 - - 36.60 4.7 - - Level 7................................................... 25.22 8.8 22.80 8.4 - - 25.22 8.8 - - Level 8................................................... 22.19 8.1 - - - - 22.19 8.1 - - Level 9................................................... 26.28 7.6 26.28 7.6 - - 26.28 7.6 - - Level 10.................................................. 32.01 7.9 32.01 7.9 - - 32.01 7.9 - - Level 11.................................................. 34.57 5.7 34.57 5.7 - - 34.57 5.7 - - Level 12.................................................. 44.61 4.8 44.61 4.8 - - 44.61 4.8 - - Level 13.................................................. 52.78 6.7 52.78 6.7 - - 52.78 6.7 - - Level 14.................................................. 65.91 8.0 65.91 8.0 - - 65.91 8.0 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.34 3.3 23.34 3.3 - - 23.34 3.3 - - Level 5................................................... 18.14 2.2 18.14 2.2 - - 18.14 2.2 - - Level 6................................................... $18.32 2.8% $18.32 2.8% - - $18.32 2.8% - - Level 8................................................... 26.85 3.9 26.85 3.9 - - 26.85 3.9 - - Level 9................................................... 24.18 5.9 24.18 5.9 - - 24.18 5.9 - - Other financial officers.................................... 29.64 9.0 29.64 9.0 - - 29.64 9.0 - - Management analysts......................................... 27.69 6.2 27.69 6.2 - - 27.69 6.2 - - Level 9................................................... 28.02 4.9 28.02 4.9 - - 28.02 4.9 - - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.77 10.1 28.91 10.2 - - 26.94 10.3 - - Level 8................................................... 29.17 13.4 29.17 13.4 - - 29.17 13.4 - - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 22.99 12.4 25.78 9.8 - - 22.99 12.4 - - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 25.26 7.7 25.43 8.5 - - 25.26 7.7 - - Level 7................................................... 21.00 4.8 21.00 4.8 - - 20.97 4.9 - - Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 22.86 10.7 22.86 10.7 - - 22.86 10.7 - - Level 4................................................... 9.56 8.4 9.56 8.4 - - 9.56 8.4 - - Level 6................................................... 17.22 3.9 17.22 3.9 - - 17.22 3.9 - - Level 8................................................... 20.13 11.6 20.13 11.6 - - 20.13 11.6 - - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 16.16 24.2 16.16 24.2 - - 17.25 24.3 - - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 19.27 18.8 19.27 18.8 - - 19.27 18.8 - - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 19.33 10.7 19.33 10.7 - - 19.71 10.5 - - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 24.47 9.9 24.47 9.9 - - 24.47 9.9 - - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 19.77 24.6 19.77 24.6 - - 19.77 24.6 - - Sales workers, parts........................................ 19.15 4.7 19.15 4.7 - - 19.16 4.7 - - Level 4................................................... 19.50 4.6 19.50 4.6 - - 19.50 4.6 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.49 14.2 11.49 14.2 - - 12.99 16.5 $7.31 5.5% Level 4................................................... 7.84 6.6 7.84 6.6 - - - - - - Sales counter clerks........................................ 8.92 9.0 8.92 9.0 - - 9.59 8.3 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.91 2.6 6.86 2.7 - - 7.75 2.8 5.98 3.6 Level 1................................................... 6.39 3.5 6.39 3.5 - - 7.45 4.5 - - Level 2................................................... 6.79 3.3 6.56 2.4 - - 7.38 3.7 - - Level 3................................................... 7.89 4.9 7.89 4.9 - - 8.32 4.7 - - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 12.29 11.7 12.29 11.7 - - 12.36 11.8 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office................................. 13.95 4.7 13.85 5.7 - - 13.95 4.7 - - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 19.48 9.1 19.48 9.1 - - 19.48 9.1 - - Computer operators.......................................... 14.44 11.5 14.44 11.5 - - 14.49 11.5 - - Secretaries................................................. 14.27 2.9 15.09 3.1 $11.57 4.9% 14.30 3.0 - - Level 3................................................... 10.59 1.5 - - - - 10.63 1.5 - - Level 4................................................... 13.51 3.5 13.99 4.3 12.18 5.4 13.51 3.5 - - Level 5................................................... 15.09 2.7 15.21 2.6 - - 15.08 2.9 - - Level 6................................................... 19.00 7.7 19.00 7.7 - - 19.00 7.7 - - Level 7................................................... 18.87 6.1 18.87 6.1 - - 18.87 6.1 - - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 11.67 14.8 11.67 14.8 - - 12.16 16.8 - - Receptionists............................................... 8.93 4.9 8.72 4.8 - - 9.34 4.5 6.88 9.5 Level 1................................................... 6.87 6.3 6.87 6.3 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 9.15 4.0 9.15 4.0 - - 9.21 4.3 - - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... $11.39 12.5% $11.41 14.5% - - $13.19 12.0% - - Order clerks................................................ 12.91 9.1 12.91 9.1 - - 12.91 9.1 - - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 11.81 8.9 11.81 8.9 - - 12.48 7.8 - - Library clerks.............................................. 8.59 5.5 - - $8.57 6.0% - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 11.46 4.4 11.20 6.3 11.79 5.6 11.56 4.6 - - Level 3................................................... 10.39 2.2 - - - - 10.40 2.2 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.45 3.4 11.49 3.5 - - 11.45 3.4 - - Level 3................................................... 9.72 5.6 - - - - 9.72 5.6 - - Level 4................................................... 11.63 2.8 11.59 3.0 - - 11.63 2.8 - - Level 5................................................... 12.26 7.7 12.26 7.7 - - 12.26 7.7 - - Billing clerks.............................................. 12.54 10.1 12.70 11.3 - - 12.54 10.1 - - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 9.11 8.3 - - - - - - - - Dispatchers................................................. 13.57 15.8 - - - - 13.57 15.8 - - Production coordinators..................................... 15.30 7.1 15.57 7.3 - - 15.30 7.1 - - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 10.24 11.2 9.98 12.1 - - 10.62 11.8 - - Level 3................................................... 7.65 1.9 7.65 1.9 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.95 6.3 10.41 5.4 - - 10.11 6.4 - - Level 4................................................... 10.80 6.4 10.80 6.4 - - 10.80 6.4 - - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.19 13.2 12.68 15.0 - - 13.19 13.2 - - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 13.24 4.2 13.24 4.2 - - 13.24 4.2 - - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 14.37 9.0 14.55 9.0 - - 14.61 9.0 - - Level 4................................................... 11.75 6.8 11.75 6.8 - - 11.75 6.8 - - Bill and account collectors................................. 9.93 13.4 9.93 13.4 - - 9.93 13.4 - - General office clerks....................................... 11.35 3.2 12.12 4.1 10.33 5.2 11.54 3.3 $8.58 17.9% Level 1................................................... 8.76 13.3 9.96 17.7 - - 9.27 16.3 - - Level 2................................................... 9.43 5.0 9.62 5.4 - - 9.94 3.9 - - Level 3................................................... 9.78 3.2 10.21 4.5 9.36 4.0 9.82 3.2 - - Level 4................................................... 13.48 4.1 14.60 5.5 12.41 4.6 13.51 4.1 - - Level 5................................................... 13.60 9.5 - - - - 12.83 8.3 - - Bank tellers................................................ 9.53 5.1 9.53 5.1 - - - - - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.93 11.3 9.93 11.3 - - 10.03 12.1 - - Teachers' aides............................................. 9.94 2.1 - - 9.94 2.1 9.99 2.1 - - Level 2................................................... 10.20 7.2 - - 10.20 7.2 - - - - Level 3................................................... 9.86 1.2 - - 9.86 1.2 9.86 1.2 - - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 12.54 5.4 13.33 6.5 11.80 8.6 12.62 5.6 - - Level 3................................................... 10.42 5.6 - - - - 10.42 5.6 - - Level 4................................................... 11.47 4.2 11.84 4.5 10.55 9.6 11.62 4.6 - - Level 6................................................... 15.07 6.7 17.55 20.6 - - 15.07 6.7 - - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 27.49 12.5 29.01 12.9 - - 29.01 12.9 - - Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 22.32 9.5 23.73 9.5 - - 22.32 9.5 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 19.27 10.4 19.47 10.6 - - 19.27 10.4 - - Level 6................................................... $17.94 12.0% $18.18 12.6% - - $17.94 12.0% - - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 15.86 5.7 15.80 6.7 - - 15.86 5.7 - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 15.79 6.6 15.84 6.8 - - 15.79 6.6 - - Level 6................................................... 15.65 16.1 15.81 17.3 - - 15.65 16.1 - - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 16.14 6.0 16.42 6.6 - - 16.14 6.0 - - Level 5................................................... 13.52 6.7 13.52 6.7 - - 13.52 6.7 - - Level 6................................................... 16.21 6.9 16.35 8.1 - - 16.21 6.9 - - Level 7................................................... 22.64 5.6 22.64 5.6 - - 22.64 5.6 - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 17.68 4.7 17.66 5.1 - - 17.68 4.7 - - Carpenters.................................................. 15.51 4.1 15.51 4.1 - - 15.51 4.1 - - Electricians................................................ 18.44 3.6 18.84 3.7 - - 18.44 3.6 - - Level 6................................................... 19.05 4.3 19.14 4.6 - - 19.05 4.3 - - Level 7................................................... 19.70 6.7 19.70 6.7 - - 19.70 6.7 - - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 11.85 5.4 12.61 6.0 - - 11.85 5.4 - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 16.81 7.4 16.62 9.0 - - 16.81 7.4 - - Insulation workers.......................................... 11.98 7.8 11.98 7.8 - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 9.74 13.4 9.53 14.3 - - 9.74 13.4 - - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 24.00 8.0 25.82 5.6 - - 23.97 8.1 - - Level 7................................................... 22.79 9.2 22.79 9.2 - - 22.68 9.3 - - Level 8................................................... 30.00 6.7 30.00 6.7 - - 30.00 6.7 - - Machinists.................................................. 18.36 4.9 18.36 4.9 - - 18.35 4.9 - - Level 6................................................... 18.53 5.2 18.53 5.2 - - 18.53 5.2 - - Level 7................................................... 19.21 7.9 19.21 7.9 - - 19.19 8.0 - - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 10.34 5.8 10.34 5.8 - - 10.34 5.8 - - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 11.47 3.9 11.47 3.9 - - 11.47 3.9 - - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 15.89 7.1 15.89 7.1 - - 15.89 7.1 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 23.16 1.3 23.16 1.3 - - 23.16 1.3 - - Level 6................................................... 22.77 2.0 22.77 2.0 - - 22.77 2.0 - - Level 7................................................... 23.61 1.8 23.61 1.8 - - 23.61 1.8 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Punching and stamping press operators....................... 9.39 15.3 9.39 15.3 - - 9.39 15.3 - - Numerical control machine operators......................... 14.88 10.0 14.88 10.0 - - 14.88 10.0 - - Printing press operators.................................... 12.28 8.0 12.28 8.0 - - 12.28 8.0 - - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 7.30 4.0 7.30 4.0 - - 7.32 4.1 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 12.38 8.5 12.38 8.5 - - 12.39 8.6 - - Level 3................................................... 10.96 3.8 10.96 3.8 - - 10.96 3.8 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 12.74 6.2 12.74 6.2 - - 12.74 6.2 - - Assemblers.................................................. 8.89 8.6 8.89 8.6 - - 8.97 8.7 - - Level 2................................................... 7.96 10.5 7.96 10.5 - - 7.98 10.9 - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.03 9.1 13.04 9.3 - - 13.03 9.1 - - Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers............................................... 12.23 5.6 12.34 5.7 - - 12.27 5.7 - - Level 2................................................... 10.28 6.2 10.47 6.4 - - 10.33 6.3 - - Level 3................................................... 12.89 9.3 12.90 9.6 - - 12.89 9.3 - - Bus drivers................................................. 12.96 5.5 - - $12.51 4.1% 13.86 5.3 - - Level 3................................................... $13.32 4.3% - - $13.32 4.3% - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 8.91 5.7 $8.91 5.7% - - $8.91 5.7% - - Level 2................................................... 8.17 5.5 8.17 5.5 - - 8.17 5.5 - - Level 3................................................... 9.66 8.2 9.66 8.2 - - 9.66 8.2 - - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 14.52 11.9 14.79 12.2 - - 14.72 12.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.91 8.0 - - 10.05 7.9 8.91 8.0 - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 10.93 7.5 11.23 8.8 - - 11.24 7.5 - - Level 4................................................... 11.50 4.6 11.72 4.7 - - 11.50 4.6 - - Helpers, construction trades................................ 9.96 5.6 9.69 6.5 - - 9.96 5.6 - - Level 2................................................... 10.13 4.5 10.13 4.5 - - 10.13 4.5 - - Construction laborers....................................... 8.26 8.8 8.17 9.0 - - 8.26 8.8 - - Level 1................................................... 7.55 8.4 7.55 8.4 - - 7.55 8.4 - - Production helpers.......................................... 9.82 9.0 9.82 9.0 - - 9.82 9.0 - - Level 2................................................... 9.04 8.8 9.04 8.8 - - 9.04 8.8 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.24 4.3 7.24 4.3 - - 8.27 6.3 $5.57 1.4% Level 1................................................... 6.38 4.2 6.38 4.2 - - 7.59 9.1 5.52 1.4 Level 2................................................... 7.86 8.4 7.86 8.4 - - 7.87 8.4 - - Level 3................................................... 9.18 9.6 9.18 9.6 - - 9.94 9.5 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 8.40 11.8 8.40 11.8 - - 8.58 14.2 7.55 11.2 Level 1................................................... 6.46 6.4 6.46 6.4 - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 8.67 9.8 8.67 9.8 - - 10.18 8.1 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 8.42 6.6 8.29 6.8 - - 8.58 6.9 - - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 7.19 6.6 7.19 6.6 - - 7.74 6.6 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 8.82 10.3 8.67 11.0 10.69 8.5 9.17 11.4 6.14 2.6 Level 1................................................... 6.99 5.6 - - - - - - - - Level 2................................................... 10.19 11.3 9.90 12.9 - - 11.46 10.1 - - Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Firefighting occupations.................................... 14.96 2.4 - - 14.96 2.4 - - - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.24 4.3 - - 18.24 4.3 18.24 4.3 - - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 16.52 3.4 - - 16.52 3.4 16.52 3.4 - - Level 7................................................... 16.67 3.5 - - 16.67 3.5 16.67 3.5 - - Correctional institution officers........................... 11.43 2.6 - - 11.43 2.6 11.43 2.6 - - Guards and police except public service..................... 8.42 8.4 7.77 5.3 - - 8.65 12.1 - - Level 3................................................... 8.95 4.0 - - - - 8.95 4.0 - - Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 13.27 7.6 13.27 7.6 - - 13.27 7.6 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.08 12.5 3.08 12.5 - - 2.92 13.6 3.40 16.4 Level 1................................................... 2.73 13.1 2.73 13.1 - - 2.54 12.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 7.57 5.3 7.63 5.7 - - 7.89 5.7 - - Level 2................................................... 7.06 4.7 - - - - - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.55 3.5 6.52 3.7 - - 6.88 3.6 5.80 2.0 Level 1................................................... 6.57 3.7 6.53 4.0 - - 6.67 4.3 - - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. $7.59 23.8% $7.59 23.8% - - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 6.98 5.2 5.97 4.5 $8.90 3.8% $7.54 5.5% $5.63 4.2% Level 1................................................... $6.25 5.2% $5.80 3.1% - - $6.55 6.2% $5.72 6.0% Level 2................................................... 7.85 6.9 - - - - 8.51 6.1 - - Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing................................ 8.92 4.4 - - $9.45 4.1% 9.02 4.1 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.76 5.6 7.32 6.2 8.91 6.0 8.15 4.3 6.39 13.2 Level 2................................................... 7.34 7.7 6.46 6.4 9.06 6.2 7.85 5.9 - - Level 3................................................... 8.71 3.0 8.70 3.3 - - 8.78 4.1 - - Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.99 2.5 5.99 2.5 - - 6.01 2.7 - - Level 1................................................... 5.96 3.3 5.96 3.3 - - 5.98 3.4 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.03 5.2 6.27 4.4 8.85 5.9 7.72 4.2 5.56 2.5 Level 1................................................... 6.31 4.9 6.03 4.0 8.04 2.4 6.93 4.7 5.42 2.3 Level 2................................................... 7.48 7.2 6.58 3.6 7.97 11.2 7.62 8.7 - - Level 3................................................... 10.40 4.7 - - 10.70 4.9 10.40 4.7 - - Personal service occupations: Welfare service aides....................................... 8.65 8.8 - - - - 8.65 8.8 - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 8.27 7.0 - - 8.58 5.8 8.34 6.6 - - Level 3................................................... 8.98 4.3 - - 8.98 4.3 8.98 4.3 - - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 7.97 8.6 - - - - 8.27 7.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) Occupational group(2) 3) 3) 3) 3) Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $18.12 $7.69 $19.55 $17.22 $17.29 $19.51 2.2% 4.1% 7.0% 2.3% 2.2% 13.9% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 18.11 7.92 19.84 17.28 17.45 17.71 2.3 4.8 6.9 2.3 2.3 10.3 White-collar occupations............................................ 22.12 9.88 30.47 21.35 21.57 20.26 2.2 5.6 24.3 2.2 2.2 17.7 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 22.61 12.40 34.55 22.07 22.32 18.43 2.2 7.6 25.0 2.1 2.2 23.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 26.75 17.14 62.70 25.89 26.46 - 2.6 9.0 24.4 2.4 2.6 - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 28.24 17.90 - 27.92 27.92 - 2.5 10.9 - 2.5 2.5 - Technical occupations........................................... 21.32 14.14 62.70 17.89 21.11 - 8.0 6.4 24.4 3.6 7.8 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 31.01 - - 31.00 30.89 36.82 2.7 - - 2.7 2.7 11.2 Sales occupations................................................. 18.28 6.57 - 16.50 14.41 20.74 9.3 3.2 - 9.2 6.7 20.0 Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 12.34 8.89 14.72 12.08 12.20 10.10 1.6 4.9 8.9 1.6 1.6 12.4 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 13.32 6.88 17.43 12.01 12.80 17.73 3.0 4.9 3.9 3.1 2.9 8.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.39 9.16 20.50 16.24 17.06 19.13 2.7 4.9 3.5 3.2 2.9 7.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.03 - 16.18 10.22 11.00 - 5.4 - 7.3 5.5 5.4 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.91 7.58 15.00 11.63 12.46 - 3.8 15.7 7.4 5.6 4.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.95 6.07 11.30 8.30 8.55 - 4.0 3.8 8.5 3.8 3.6 - Service occupations................................................. 9.81 5.80 19.98 8.68 8.98 - 3.9 3.2 12.1 3.8 3.9 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers(2), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All All private Goods-producing indust- pri- Goods-producing indust- industries ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) vate ries(4) Service-producing industries(5) indus- tries Trans- Fin- Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) port- Whole- ance, port- Whole- ance, Con- Manu- ation sale in- Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices tion turing public retail ance, ices Mean util- trade and RSE util- trade and ities real ities real estate estate Mean RSE All occupations....................................................... $17.23 $19.86 $31.32 $17.06 $18.00 $15.90 $21.13 $13.12 - $15.74 2.7% 3.6% 5.1% 7.9% 4.4% 3.8% 7.3% 5.7% - 6.2% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.31 19.74 31.30 17.06 17.83 15.93 21.00 12.80 - 15.83 2.7 3.6 5.2 7.9 4.5 4.0 7.8 6.5 - 6.3 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.85 27.61 33.06 27.37 24.04 19.90 24.80 15.76 - 21.21 2.6 3.0 4.8 6.9 4.1 3.6 9.9 6.3 - 4.6 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 22.98 27.68 33.08 27.37 23.99 21.05 25.02 17.96 - 21.58 2.6 3.1 4.9 6.9 4.4 3.6 11.0 8.5 - 4.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.52 31.66 37.15 33.11 26.07 25.58 41.83 23.19 - 23.93 3.2 4.1 6.7 5.7 3.6 4.4 16.4 15.1 - 4.3 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.60 34.60 39.90 33.58 28.69 27.00 29.58 28.43 - 26.70 3.0 4.4 6.6 6.5 3.8 3.8 4.9 15.5 - 4.5 Technical occupations........................................... 22.34 22.15 21.62 31.13 20.75 22.41 61.62 - - 17.15 8.4 5.1 4.6 10.5 6.5 11.3 24.7 - - 5.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 32.07 34.25 36.67 28.94 35.45 30.85 37.39 29.83 - 31.60 2.9 3.8 5.2 7.7 6.7 4.1 8.0 10.0 - 5.1 Sales occupations................................................. 16.40 26.13 - - 24.67 15.69 22.98 13.84 - 11.68 9.1 8.6 - - 10.3 10.1 8.1 8.3 - 7.5 Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 12.58 14.82 16.64 14.86 14.13 11.96 13.78 11.36 - 11.30 1.9 2.9 5.3 7.4 3.4 2.3 5.9 3.7 - 3.7 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.98 14.52 17.17 12.76 15.08 11.02 15.68 11.03 - 8.53 3.1 3.5 5.8 4.9 4.6 4.9 5.9 6.3 - 5.8 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.44 17.53 20.80 13.94 19.44 17.24 19.94 17.49 - 13.82 2.9 3.8 4.3 5.7 4.1 4.2 5.9 5.2 - 8.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 12.31 - 12.81 12.25 8.03 - - - 7.44 5.4 4.7 - 8.8 5.0 9.2 - - - 9.0 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.46 12.77 - 11.89 12.44 12.30 15.17 11.03 - 10.20 5.0 7.1 - 10.3 8.6 6.7 4.5 14.5 - 10.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.46 10.38 - 9.91 10.58 7.39 9.37 7.75 - 6.37 3.8 5.3 - 6.5 7.7 3.8 7.6 4.9 - 2.9 Service occupations................................................. 7.19 - - - - 7.17 21.81 5.95 - 6.89 4.1 - - - - 4.2 12.9 7.3 - 3.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers(2), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All All private Mean private RSE industry industry workers workers Occupational group(3) 100 workers or more 100 workers or more Mean 50 - 99 RSE 50 - 99 workers 100 - 499 500 workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers Total workers workers or more or more All occupations....................................................... $17.23 $14.67 $17.75 $15.22 $20.09 2.7% 7.4% 2.9% 4.4% 4.0% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 17.31 14.02 17.97 15.12 20.32 2.7 5.9 3.1 4.9 4.0 White-collar occupations............................................ 21.85 19.51 22.28 19.89 24.05 2.6 8.8 2.7 4.7 3.3 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 22.98 19.48 23.56 21.52 24.72 2.6 6.7 2.8 5.4 3.2 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 27.52 23.99 27.84 25.99 28.78 3.2 8.1 3.4 6.9 3.9 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 29.60 26.76 29.84 29.53 29.99 3.0 8.9 3.1 7.2 3.2 Technical occupations........................................... 22.34 17.92 22.78 18.20 25.48 8.4 8.1 9.1 6.2 12.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 32.07 28.88 32.72 32.87 32.66 2.9 9.2 3.0 5.8 3.4 Sales occupations................................................. 16.40 19.60 15.54 15.86 14.49 9.1 29.0 7.1 8.3 12.8 Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ 12.58 12.60 12.58 12.42 12.70 1.9 3.8 2.2 4.0 2.6 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 12.98 11.12 13.39 11.65 15.51 3.1 4.9 3.7 4.0 6.5 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 17.44 13.19 18.22 16.58 19.35 2.9 8.1 3.1 4.2 4.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.00 10.11 11.18 10.62 12.22 5.4 7.4 6.4 5.7 15.5 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.46 11.82 12.81 12.30 13.32 5.0 7.9 6.5 6.8 11.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.46 8.33 8.48 8.07 9.36 3.8 5.7 4.4 4.9 9.3 Service occupations................................................. 7.19 5.83 7.54 7.18 7.96 4.1 5.8 4.9 4.6 9.2 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Table C-4. Number of workers(1) represented by occupational group, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers All indus- Private State and All indus- Private State and Occupational group(2) tries industry local tries industry local government government Workers RSE All occupations....................................................... 1,046,362 809,760 236,602 2.8% 3.4% 4.4% All occupations excluding sales..................................... 965,790 729,853 235,936 2.9 3.6 4.5 White-collar occupations............................................ 601,120 434,006 167,115 3.6 4.5 5.6 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 520,547 354,099 166,448 3.8 4.9 5.6 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 244,168 144,359 99,809 5.5 7.5 8.0 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 194,875 101,737 93,137 6.0 8.6 8.4 Technical occupations........................................... 49,293 42,622 6,672 10.1 10.7 30.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 93,338 74,926 18,412 7.8 8.5 19.6 Sales occupations................................................. 80,573 79,906 - 9.7 9.7 - Administrative support including clerical occupations............. 183,041 134,814 48,227 5.7 6.7 10.7 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 297,096 275,549 21,547 6.7 7.2 13.7 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 111,221 102,810 8,411 8.0 8.4 25.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 57,452 57,357 - 15.5 15.6 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 40,888 33,511 7,377 14.2 16.8 19.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 87,536 81,871 5,665 10.1 10.6 32.9 Service occupations................................................. 148,146 100,206 47,941 8.9 12.3 9.9 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 5,005 401 99 302 162 140 Private industry.................................................... 4,893 361 98 263 155 108 Goods-producing industries........................................ 1,205 116 20 96 47 49 Mining.......................................................... 87 21 1 20 7 13 Construction.................................................... 390 27 8 19 8 11 Manufacturing................................................... 728 68 11 57 32 25 Service-producing industries...................................... 3,688 245 78 167 108 59 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 361 29 7 22 12 10 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 1,709 81 26 55 44 11 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 330 17 9 8 2 6 Services........................................................ 1,288 118 36 82 50 32 State and local government.......................................... 112 40 1 39 7 32 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers(2), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All occupations....................................................... 2.2 2.7 3.3 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 2.2 2.7 3.3 White-collar occupations............................................ 2.2 2.6 3.9 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 2.2 2.6 3.9 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 2.6 3.2 4.3 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 2.5 3.0 4.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 4.0 4.0 - Petroleum engineers......................................... 8.4 8.4 - Chemical engineers.......................................... 5.5 5.5 - Civil engineers............................................. 8.8 8.8 - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 5.7 5.7 - Industrial engineers........................................ 7.8 7.8 - Mechanical engineers........................................ 9.2 9.2 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 4.4 4.4 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 3.9 3.9 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 4.1 4.2 - Natural scientists............................................ 11.8 10.8 - Geologists and geodesists................................... 12.7 12.7 - Medical scientists.......................................... 23.2 - - Health related occupations.................................... 3.7 5.0 4.4 Registered nurses........................................... 2.3 2.1 4.2 Pharmacists................................................. 3.4 1.4 - Respiratory therapists...................................... 4.4 4.4 - Teachers, college and university.............................. 8.5 35.2 8.5 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 11.7 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 1.6 8.6 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1.1 12.4 1.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1.3 - 1.3 Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 4.5 17.3 4.3 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 8.7 - 8.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 14.1 - 16.1 Librarians.................................................. 14.1 - 16.1 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 12.7 - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7.0 15.3 7.6 Social workers.............................................. 7.4 - 7.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 18.7 23.8 - Lawyers..................................................... 21.0 25.5 - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 11.2 12.1 - Designers................................................... 31.1 31.1 - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 12.5 12.9 - Technical occupations........................................... 7.8 8.4 8.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 9.8 10.2 - Radiological technicians.................................... 14.6 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 1.8 2.0 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 5.0 5.0 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 8.8 8.8 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 8.0 9.3 - Drafters.................................................... 6.6 6.6 - Chemical technicians........................................ 7.0 7.0 - Computer programmers........................................ 7.6 10.5 - Legal assistants............................................ 4.2 4.2 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 10.1 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 2.7 2.9 5.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 3.3 3.4 6.3 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 13.9 - 14.0 Financial managers.......................................... 10.6 10.9 - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 12.8 12.8 - Purchasing managers......................................... 11.2 11.2 - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 8.0 8.0 - Administrators, education and related fields................ 5.3 14.8 5.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 9.6 10.1 - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 30.4 29.8 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 4.7 4.3 - Management related occupations................................ 4.5 4.7 8.9 Accountants and auditors.................................... 3.3 3.3 - Other financial officers.................................... 9.0 9.0 - Management analysts......................................... 6.2 6.2 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 10.1 10.2 - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 12.4 9.8 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 7.7 8.5 - Sales occupations................................................. 9.1 9.1 - Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 10.7 10.7 - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 24.2 24.2 - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 18.8 18.8 - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 10.7 10.7 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 9.9 9.9 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 24.6 24.6 - Sales workers, parts........................................ 4.7 4.7 - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.2 14.2 - Sales counter clerks........................................ 9.0 9.0 - Cashiers.................................................... 2.6 2.7 - Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 11.7 11.7 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 1.6 1.9 2.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 4.7 5.7 - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 9.1 9.1 - Computer operators.......................................... 11.5 11.5 - Secretaries................................................. 2.9 3.1 4.9 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 14.8 14.8 - Receptionists............................................... 4.9 4.8 - Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 12.5 14.5 - Order clerks................................................ 9.1 9.1 - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 8.9 8.9 - Library clerks.............................................. 5.5 - 6.0 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 4.4 6.3 5.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 3.4 3.5 - Billing clerks.............................................. 10.1 11.3 - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 8.3 - - Dispatchers................................................. 15.8 - - Production coordinators..................................... 7.1 7.3 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.2 12.1 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 6.3 5.4 - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 13.2 15.0 - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 4.2 4.2 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 9.0 9.0 - Bill and account collectors................................. 13.4 13.4 - General office clerks....................................... 3.2 4.1 5.2 Bank tellers................................................ 5.1 5.1 - Data entry keyers........................................... 11.3 11.3 - Teachers' aides............................................. 2.1 - 2.1 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 5.4 6.5 8.6 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 2.9 3.1 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 2.8 2.9 5.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 9.5 9.5 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 10.4 10.6 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 5.7 6.7 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6.6 6.8 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 6.0 6.6 - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 4.7 5.1 - Carpenters.................................................. 4.1 4.1 - Electricians................................................ 3.6 3.7 - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 5.4 6.0 - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 7.4 9.0 - Insulation workers.......................................... 7.8 7.8 - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 13.4 14.3 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 8.0 5.6 - Machinists.................................................. 4.9 4.9 - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 5.8 5.8 - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 3.9 3.9 - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 7.1 7.1 - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 1.3 1.3 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 5.4 - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 15.3 15.3 - Numerical control machine operators......................... 10.0 10.0 - Printing press operators.................................... 8.0 8.0 - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 4.0 4.0 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.5 8.5 - Welders and cutters......................................... 6.2 6.2 - Assemblers.................................................. 8.6 8.6 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.1 9.3 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4.4 5.0 4.7 Truck drivers............................................... 5.6 5.7 - Bus drivers................................................. 5.5 - 4.1 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 5.7 5.7 - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 11.9 12.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 3.8 5.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 8.0 - 7.9 Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 7.5 8.8 - Helpers, construction trades................................ 5.6 6.5 - Construction laborers....................................... 8.8 9.0 - Production helpers.......................................... 9.0 9.0 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 4.3 4.3 - Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 11.8 11.8 - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 6.6 6.8 - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 6.6 6.6 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 10.3 11.0 8.5 Service occupations................................................. 3.9 4.1 4.3 Protective service occupations................................ 6.9 5.0 3.7 Firefighting occupations.................................... 2.4 - 2.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 4.3 - 4.3 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 3.4 - 3.4 Correctional institution officers........................... 2.6 - 2.6 Guards and police except public service..................... 8.4 5.3 - Food service occupations...................................... 5.2 5.8 4.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 7.6 7.6 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 12.5 12.5 - Cooks....................................................... 5.3 5.7 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 3.5 3.7 - Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 23.8 23.8 - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.2 4.5 3.8 Health service occupations.................................... 4.2 5.5 3.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 4.4 - 4.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.6 6.2 6.0 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 4.7 4.8 5.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 2.5 2.5 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 5.2 4.4 5.9 Personal service occupations.................................. 12.2 16.5 3.8 Welfare service aides....................................... 8.8 - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 7.0 - 5.8 Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 8.6 - - 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(1) workers ime me workers workers All occupations....................................................... 5 6 3 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 5 6 3 White-collar occupations............................................ 7 7 4 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 7 7 5 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. 8 8 7 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 8 9 7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 10 10 - Petroleum engineers......................................... 11 11 - Chemical engineers.......................................... 10 10 - Civil engineers............................................. 11 11 - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 10 10 - Industrial engineers........................................ 10 10 - Mechanical engineers........................................ 9 9 - Engineers, N.E.C............................................ 10 10 - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 9 9 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 9 9 - Natural scientists............................................ 9 9 - Geologists and geodesists................................... 9 9 - Medical scientists.......................................... 9 9 - Health related occupations.................................... 8 8 7 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Pharmacists................................................. 8 8 - Respiratory therapists...................................... 6 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 11 12 7 Teachers, post secondary N.E.C.............................. 8 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 7 7 6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 7 7 - Secondary school teachers................................... 7 7 - Teachers, N.E.C............................................. 7 7 6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 8 9 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 7 7 - Librarians.................................................. 7 7 - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 11 11 - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7 7 - Social workers.............................................. 7 7 - Lawyers and judges............................................ 11 11 - Lawyers..................................................... 11 11 - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... 8 8 - Designers................................................... 6 6 - Professional occupations, N.E.C............................. 8 8 - Technical occupations........................................... 6 6 5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 6 6 5 Radiological technicians.................................... 7 7 - Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 5 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 5 5 - Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 6 6 - Engineering technicians, N.E.C.............................. 7 7 - Drafters.................................................... 8 8 - Chemical technicians........................................ 5 5 - Computer programmers........................................ 7 7 - Legal assistants............................................ 7 7 - Technical and related occupations, N.E.C.................... 6 6 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 10 10 - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 8 8 - Financial managers.......................................... 10 10 - Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 12 12 - Purchasing managers......................................... 10 10 - Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations....... 12 12 - Administrators, education and related fields................ 10 10 - Managers, medicine and health............................... 9 9 - Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments......... 8 8 - Managers and administrators, N.E.C.......................... 11 11 - Management related occupations................................ 8 8 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 7 7 - Other financial officers.................................... 10 10 - Management analysts......................................... 8 8 - Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 8 8 - Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C......................... 7 7 - Management related occupations, N.E.C....................... 8 8 - Sales occupations................................................. 5 5 2 Supervisors, sales occupations.............................. 8 8 - Securities and financial services sales occupations......... 6 6 - Advertising and related sales occupations................... 6 6 - Sales occupations, other business services.................. 6 6 - Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 8 8 - Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats..................... 4 4 - Sales workers, parts........................................ 4 4 - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 4 4 4 Sales counter clerks........................................ 2 3 - Cashiers.................................................... 2 2 2 Sales support occupations, N.E.C............................ 4 4 - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ 4 4 3 Supervisors, general office................................. 6 6 - Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks. 7 7 - Computer operators.......................................... 5 5 - Secretaries................................................. 5 5 - Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 4 4 - Receptionists............................................... 2 3 1 Information clerks, N.E.C................................... 4 4 - Order clerks................................................ 5 5 - Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping............. 5 5 - Library clerks.............................................. 3 - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 3 4 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 - Billing clerks.............................................. 5 5 - Mail clerks except postal service........................... 3 - - Dispatchers................................................. 4 4 - Production coordinators..................................... 5 5 - Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 3 3 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 3 3 - Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C.................................................... 5 5 - Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 5 5 - Investigators and adjusters except insurance................ 5 5 - Bill and account collectors................................. 3 3 - General office clerks....................................... 3 3 2 Bank tellers................................................ 3 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 3 3 - Teachers' aides............................................. 3 3 - Administrative support occupations, N.E.C................... 4 4 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 4 4 2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 6 6 3 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 8 8 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 6 6 - Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 6 6 - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 6 6 - Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C.............................. 6 6 - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C..................... 7 7 - Carpenters.................................................. 6 6 - Electricians................................................ 6 6 - Painters, construction and maintenance...................... 4 4 - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 6 6 - Insulation workers.......................................... 5 - - Construction trades, N.E.C.................................. 3 3 - Supervisors, production occupations......................... 7 7 - Machinists.................................................. 6 6 - Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 4 4 - Butchers and meat cutters................................... 5 5 - Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 5 5 - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C............. 7 7 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4 4 - Punching and stamping press operators....................... 3 3 - Numerical control machine operators......................... 5 5 - Printing press operators.................................... 4 4 - Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 2 2 - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 3 3 - Welders and cutters......................................... 6 6 - Assemblers.................................................. 2 2 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 6 6 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 3 4 2 Truck drivers............................................... 3 3 - Bus drivers................................................. 3 3 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 - Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C.... 3 3 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 2 2 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm.................... 2 2 - Helpers, mechanics and repairers............................ 3 3 - Helpers, construction trades................................ 3 3 - Construction laborers....................................... 2 2 - Production helpers.......................................... 2 2 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 2 2 1 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C................ 2 2 2 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 2 2 - Hand packers and packagers.................................. 2 2 - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 2 2 2 Service occupations................................................. 3 3 2 Protective service occupations................................ 5 5 - Firefighting occupations.................................... 5 - - Police and detectives, public service....................... 6 6 - Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 7 7 - Correctional institution officers........................... 5 5 - Guards and police except public service..................... 3 3 - Food service occupations...................................... 2 2 2 Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations....... 5 5 - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2 2 2 Cooks....................................................... 3 3 - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 2 2 2 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 2 - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2 2 2 Health service occupations.................................... 3 3 2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 3 3 - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 2 2 2 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2 2 1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 1 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 2 1 Personal service occupations.................................. 3 3 2 Welfare service aides....................................... 3 3 - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 3 3 - Service occupations, N.E.C.................................. 4 4 - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in construction industries(2), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Supervisors, construction trades...................................... $18.64 4.3% $19.31 $16.25 $21.48 $18.64 4.3% $19.31 $16.25 $21.48 - - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C......................... 17.84 5.1 18.04 15.80 19.85 17.84 5.1 18.04 15.80 19.85 - - - - - Construction trades occupations....................................... 12.82 5.8 13.00 9.75 15.66 12.99 6.0 13.40 10.00 15.75 - - - - - Carpenters...................................................... 15.02 3.3 14.75 13.95 16.06 15.02 3.3 14.75 13.95 16.06 - - - - - Electricians.................................................... 16.91 3.5 17.00 15.89 18.00 16.91 3.5 17.00 15.89 18.00 - - - - - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.......................... 14.28 8.2 15.45 13.67 16.17 14.28 8.2 15.45 13.67 16.17 - - - - - Insulation workers.............................................. 11.24 3.2 11.00 9.75 12.50 - - - - - - - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C...................................... 9.53 14.3 7.50 7.25 9.75 9.53 14.3 7.50 7.25 9.75 - - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 15.58 6.7 15.46 13.51 16.55 15.58 6.7 15.46 13.51 16.55 - - - - - 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in non-construction industries(2), Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median Mean RSE Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $17.87 8.7% $19.60 $13.84 $22.48 $17.87 8.7% $19.60 $13.84 $22.48 - - - - - Electricians.................................................... 20.50 4.9 21.65 19.60 22.71 20.50 4.9 21.65 19.60 22.71 - - - - - Level 7............................................... 19.70 6.7 19.99 18.83 22.92 19.70 6.7 19.99 18.83 22.92 - - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 12.05 4.5 11.33 11.17 12.90 12.15 4.7 11.33 11.17 13.37 - - - - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers................................ 10.41 10.0 10.62 6.00 11.50 10.87 10.4 10.69 6.69 11.50 - - - - - 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. Supplemental Table 3. Number of workers in construction trades occupations, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Workers RSE Construction industries(2) Non-construction Construction industries(2) Non-construction Occupational group(1) and level industries(2) industries(2) All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers 3) 3) 3) 3) Supervisors, construction trades...................................... 2,522 2,522 - - - - 39.2% 39.2% - - - - Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C......................... 1,592 1,592 - - - - 42.6 42.6 - - - - Construction trades occupations....................................... 20,041 18,041 - 6,787 6,787 - 23.6 24.1 - 35.2% 35.2% - Carpenters...................................................... 3,174 3,174 - - - - 32.4 32.4 - - - - Electricians.................................................... - - - 2,460 2,460 - - - - 30.5 30.5 - Level 7............................................... - - - 1,741 1,741 - - - - 39.2 39.2 - Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.......................... 1,956 1,956 - - - - 39.7 39.7 - - - - Construction trades, N.E.C...................................... 4,189 4,189 - - - - 42.7 42.7 - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 2,550 2,550 - 10,753 - - 38.9 38.9 - 49.4 - - Helpers, mechanics and repairers................................ - - - 1,890 1,598 - - - - 43.7 48.4 - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data帶t the quote level患ith the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation.