NC BL 12/00/1999 Table: Charleston-North Charleston, SC, Bulletin 3100-3, July 1999 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $13.71 3.4 37.1 $12.32 3.8 36.4 $16.54 5.2 38.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 16.82 4.0 37.6 14.69 4.4 36.2 19.44 5.7 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 3.3 37.3 20.61 5.8 34.7 20.11 4.0 39.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.04 8.6 40.6 21.50 5.1 40.6 30.46 11.5 40.5 Sales............................................................. 9.36 10.8 32.7 9.38 10.9 32.6 - - - Administrative support............................................ 10.29 3.8 38.6 10.15 4.7 38.1 10.56 6.0 39.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.00 4.7 38.7 12.19 5.1 38.8 10.13 5.3 36.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.38 5.3 40.0 14.73 6.0 40.1 12.26 2.6 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.13 5.3 39.9 12.13 5.3 39.9 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.92 5.6 42.5 11.24 5.5 45.6 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.84 19.0 34.5 10.06 20.5 34.0 7.85 2.9 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.17 4.3 33.8 6.82 4.8 31.8 10.21 4.9 37.3 Full time........................................................... 14.52 3.5 40.3 13.19 4.1 40.5 16.93 5.4 40.1 Part time........................................................... 7.44 5.1 23.1 7.55 5.5 23.4 6.43 1.8 20.7 Union............................................................... 20.10 9.3 39.1 20.10 9.3 39.1 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 13.43 3.4 37.1 11.81 3.4 36.2 16.54 5.2 38.8 Time................................................................ 13.77 3.5 36.8 12.32 4.0 35.9 16.54 5.2 38.8 Incentive........................................................... 12.26 8.8 46.1 12.26 8.8 46.1 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.58 4.8 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.03 6.3 35.4 9.86 6.5 35.1 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 11.96 6.8 36.3 12.06 7.3 36.2 10.89 6.3 38.2 500 workers or more................................................. 16.08 4.3 38.4 14.65 5.6 37.9 17.13 5.7 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.71 3.4 $12.32 3.8 $16.54 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.93 3.4 12.55 3.9 16.56 5.2 White collar........................................................ 16.82 4.0 14.69 4.4 19.44 5.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.63 4.0 15.81 4.5 19.47 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 3.3 20.61 5.8 20.11 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.25 3.1 23.48 6.6 21.66 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.14 9.0 31.14 9.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.75 7.2 23.04 10.8 - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.01 4.1 20.43 3.7 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.84 1.8 - - 20.86 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.65 6.1 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 12.65 6.1 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.23 10.9 - - - - Technical....................................................... 13.87 6.3 15.51 6.8 11.40 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.71 9.1 11.64 4.7 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.04 8.6 21.50 5.1 30.46 11.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.12 9.6 21.78 7.5 35.14 9.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.22 23.6 - - 39.22 23.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.70 10.5 22.70 10.5 - - Management related............................................ 19.23 6.6 21.25 7.4 14.71 3.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.59 12.1 22.56 14.4 - - Sales............................................................. 9.36 10.8 9.38 10.9 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.63 12.2 8.63 12.2 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.91 1.4 5.87 1.3 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.29 3.8 10.15 4.7 10.56 6.0 Secretaries................................................. 10.48 4.1 10.83 8.1 10.22 3.4 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.14 9.5 10.35 10.9 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.65 6.3 9.65 6.3 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 11.00 8.6 11.00 8.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.60 3.9 9.15 6.4 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.81 14.0 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.00 4.7 12.19 5.1 10.13 5.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.38 5.3 14.73 6.0 12.26 2.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ $14.80 6.0 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.51 5.6 $18.51 5.6 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.46 5.2 14.85 7.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.13 5.3 12.13 5.3 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.16 11.1 15.16 11.1 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 11.74 7.0 11.74 7.0 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.07 9.0 11.07 9.0 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.92 5.6 11.24 5.5 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.99 4.4 12.03 4.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 19.0 10.06 20.5 $7.85 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.28 5.6 7.28 5.6 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 7.80 13.1 7.80 13.1 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.09 5.0 6.84 6.1 - - Service............................................................. 8.17 4.3 6.82 4.8 10.21 4.9 Protective service............................................ 12.33 3.2 - - 12.29 3.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.26 9.5 - - 10.26 9.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.37 2.6 - - 13.37 2.6 Food service.................................................. 6.57 7.4 6.58 8.1 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.76 3.8 2.76 3.8 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.80 3.4 5.80 3.4 - - Health service................................................ 7.50 9.0 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.95 5.2 6.66 6.6 7.59 8.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.70 2.5 5.70 2.5 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.15 4.8 7.28 7.0 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.83 4.8 6.52 3.9 7.19 7.9 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.52 3.5 $13.19 4.1 $16.93 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.66 3.6 13.32 4.1 16.94 5.4 White collar........................................................ 17.39 4.1 15.43 4.8 19.48 5.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.87 4.1 16.11 4.8 19.52 5.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.49 3.4 21.16 6.2 20.11 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.38 3.3 24.11 7.3 21.66 3.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.14 9.0 31.14 9.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 23.22 8.0 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.19 4.7 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.86 1.8 - - 20.86 1.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 12.64 6.3 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 12.64 6.3 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.23 10.9 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.12 6.4 16.13 6.4 11.40 12.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.67 9.2 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.26 8.5 21.50 5.1 31.02 11.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.56 9.4 21.78 7.5 36.01 9.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.22 23.6 - - 39.22 23.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.70 10.5 22.70 10.5 - - Management related............................................ 19.23 6.6 21.25 7.4 14.71 3.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.59 12.1 22.56 14.4 - - Sales............................................................. 10.77 13.8 10.84 14.0 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.07 12.9 9.07 12.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.06 1.9 - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.43 3.9 10.37 5.1 10.56 6.0 Secretaries................................................. 10.48 4.1 10.83 8.1 10.22 3.4 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.34 10.8 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.81 6.6 9.81 6.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.61 3.9 9.16 6.5 - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.54 12.7 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 4.8 12.88 5.2 10.39 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.51 5.3 14.88 6.1 12.26 2.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.80 6.0 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $18.51 5.6 $18.51 5.6 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.46 5.2 14.85 7.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.18 5.4 12.18 5.4 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.57 11.3 15.57 11.3 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 11.74 7.0 11.74 7.0 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.07 9.0 11.07 9.0 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.29 5.1 11.45 5.1 - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.08 4.1 12.12 4.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.35 20.7 11.94 22.1 $7.85 2.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.72 8.2 8.72 8.2 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.11 14.1 8.11 14.1 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.88 4.4 7.73 5.2 - - Service............................................................. 8.82 5.2 7.18 6.4 10.75 4.9 Protective service............................................ 12.30 3.3 - - 12.33 3.4 Firefighting................................................ 10.26 9.5 - - 10.26 9.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.37 2.6 - - 13.37 2.6 Food service.................................................. 7.21 12.1 7.22 12.3 - - Health service................................................ 7.50 9.1 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.06 5.7 6.78 7.7 7.59 8.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.18 5.1 7.34 7.8 - - Personal service.............................................. 7.45 6.0 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.44 5.1 $7.55 5.5 $6.43 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 7.54 5.7 7.70 6.4 6.43 1.8 White collar........................................................ 9.79 8.2 9.85 8.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.38 10.1 12.60 10.1 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.62 10.1 16.62 10.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 19.42 2.6 19.42 2.6 - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.83 8.8 6.83 8.8 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.78 1.8 5.78 1.8 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.79 6.4 7.79 6.4 - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.54 4.6 6.51 5.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.03 3.6 6.03 3.6 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.66 1.6 5.66 1.6 - - Service............................................................. 6.10 4.0 6.06 5.0 6.26 2.0 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.81 4.4 5.70 5.4 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.12 6.8 6.12 6.8 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.16 1.9 - - 5.98 2.9 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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $586 3.6 40.3 $533 4.0 40.5 $678 5.6 40.1 All excluding sales............................................... 591 3.6 40.3 538 4.1 40.4 679 5.6 40.1 White collar........................................................ 695 4.3 39.9 620 4.9 40.2 772 6.0 39.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 712 4.2 39.8 645 4.9 40.0 774 6.0 39.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 810 3.4 39.6 849 6.3 40.1 790 4.1 39.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 884 3.3 39.5 970 7.3 40.2 849 3.4 39.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,246 9.0 40.0 1,246 9.0 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 925 8.0 39.8 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 848 4.7 40.0 - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 807 1.9 38.7 - - - 807 1.9 38.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 506 6.3 40.0 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 506 6.3 40.0 - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 677 9.8 39.3 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 562 6.5 39.8 645 6.9 40.0 451 11.7 39.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 525 8.6 38.4 - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,079 9.3 41.1 874 5.7 40.6 1,287 12.3 41.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,273 10.3 41.7 896 9.0 41.1 1,512 10.1 42.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,569 23.6 40.0 - - - 1,569 23.6 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 956 13.2 42.1 956 13.2 42.1 - - - Management related............................................ 772 6.6 40.1 855 7.4 40.2 588 3.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 832 12.3 40.4 916 14.6 40.6 - - - Sales............................................................. 446 16.3 41.4 449 16.5 41.4 - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 363 12.9 40.0 363 12.9 40.0 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 234 3.8 38.7 - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 414 3.9 39.7 412 5.0 39.7 418 6.1 39.6 Secretaries................................................. 416 4.2 39.7 433 8.1 40.0 404 3.8 39.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 414 10.8 40.0 - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 392 6.6 40.0 392 6.6 40.0 - - - General office clerks....................................... 383 4.0 39.8 363 6.8 39.7 - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 575 13.3 39.6 - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... $518 4.5 41.0 $530 4.9 41.1 $412 4.9 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 585 5.4 40.3 602 6.1 40.5 485 2.7 39.6 Automobile mechanics........................................ 601 8.8 40.6 - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 727 5.8 39.3 727 5.8 39.3 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 544 5.2 40.4 606 7.3 40.8 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 489 5.3 40.1 489 5.3 40.1 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 623 11.3 40.0 623 11.3 40.0 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 470 7.0 40.0 470 7.0 40.0 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 443 9.0 40.0 443 9.0 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 534 11.0 47.4 554 11.2 48.4 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 611 11.0 50.6 617 11.0 50.9 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 447 19.8 39.3 468 21.1 39.2 314 2.9 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 347 7.8 39.8 347 7.8 39.8 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 322 14.1 39.7 322 14.1 39.7 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 315 4.4 40.0 309 5.2 40.0 - - - Service............................................................. 356 5.9 40.3 281 7.1 39.1 450 5.8 41.8 Protective service............................................ 531 3.7 43.2 - - - 534 3.7 43.3 Firefighting................................................ 544 9.5 53.0 - - - 544 9.5 53.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 535 2.6 40.0 - - - 535 2.6 40.0 Food service.................................................. 288 12.8 39.9 288 13.0 39.9 - - - Health service................................................ 297 9.7 39.6 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 268 7.9 37.9 252 11.4 37.2 298 8.0 39.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 286 5.1 39.8 294 7.8 40.0 - - - Personal service.............................................. 292 4.7 39.2 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $29,402 3.6 2,025 $27,706 4.0 2,101 $32,157 5.6 1,900 All excluding sales............................................... 29,617 3.6 2,020 27,950 4.1 2,098 32,186 5.6 1,900 White collar........................................................ 33,887 4.3 1,948 32,170 4.9 2,084 35,486 6.0 1,821 White collar excluding sales.................................... 34,587 4.2 1,935 33,428 4.9 2,075 35,533 6.0 1,821 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 37,473 3.4 1,829 43,753 6.3 2,068 34,583 4.1 1,719 Professional specialty.......................................... 39,701 3.3 1,774 49,725 7.3 2,062 36,351 3.4 1,678 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 64,772 9.0 2,080 64,772 9.0 2,080 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 47,507 8.0 2,046 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 44,077 4.7 2,080 - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 31,372 1.9 1,504 - - - 31,372 1.9 1,504 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26,298 6.3 2,080 - - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 26,298 6.3 2,080 - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35,186 9.8 2,042 - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 28,848 6.5 2,042 33,516 6.9 2,078 22,770 11.7 1,997 Licensed practical nurses................................... 25,660 8.6 1,878 - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 55,831 9.3 2,126 45,450 5.7 2,114 66,317 12.3 2,138 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 65,699 10.3 2,150 46,584 9.0 2,139 77,659 10.1 2,157 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 81,582 23.6 2,080 - - - 81,582 23.6 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 49,689 13.2 2,189 49,689 13.2 2,189 - - - Management related............................................ 40,146 6.6 2,088 44,445 7.4 2,091 30,601 3.5 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,276 12.3 2,101 47,608 14.6 2,110 - - - Sales............................................................. 23,175 16.3 2,151 23,342 16.5 2,153 - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18,873 12.9 2,080 18,873 12.9 2,080 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 12,189 3.8 2,012 - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 21,064 3.9 2,019 21,425 5.0 2,067 20,432 6.1 1,935 Secretaries................................................. 19,201 4.2 1,832 22,513 8.1 2,078 17,198 3.8 1,683 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,511 10.8 2,080 - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 20,386 6.6 2,079 20,386 6.6 2,079 - - - General office clerks....................................... 19,902 4.0 2,072 18,893 6.8 2,063 - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,917 13.3 2,058 - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... $26,951 4.5 2,132 $27,551 4.9 2,140 $21,414 4.9 2,061 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,416 5.4 2,097 31,292 6.1 2,103 25,236 2.7 2,058 Automobile mechanics........................................ 31,229 8.8 2,110 - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 37,826 5.8 2,044 37,826 5.8 2,044 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 28,279 5.2 2,101 31,491 7.3 2,121 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,421 5.3 2,087 25,421 5.3 2,087 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,393 11.3 2,080 32,393 11.3 2,080 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 24,418 7.0 2,080 24,418 7.0 2,080 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 23,027 9.0 2,080 23,027 9.0 2,080 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 27,788 11.0 2,462 28,833 11.2 2,519 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 31,795 11.0 2,632 32,066 11.0 2,645 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,220 19.8 2,045 24,347 21.1 2,039 16,321 2.9 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,026 7.8 2,068 18,026 7.8 2,068 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16,756 14.1 2,066 16,756 14.1 2,066 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16,388 4.4 2,080 16,081 5.2 2,080 - - - Service............................................................. 18,401 5.9 2,085 14,590 7.1 2,032 23,137 5.8 2,152 Protective service............................................ 27,612 3.7 2,245 - - - 27,744 3.7 2,251 Firefighting................................................ 28,287 9.5 2,756 - - - 28,287 9.5 2,756 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 27,813 2.6 2,080 - - - 27,813 2.6 2,080 Food service.................................................. 14,955 12.8 2,074 14,968 13.0 2,074 - - - Health service................................................ 15,439 9.7 2,059 - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 13,919 7.9 1,971 13,115 11.4 1,935 15,490 8.0 2,041 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14,859 5.1 2,069 15,274 7.8 2,080 - - - Personal service.............................................. 14,049 4.7 1,885 - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.71 3.4 $12.32 3.8 $16.54 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 13.93 3.4 12.55 3.9 16.56 5.2 White collar........................................................ 16.82 4.0 14.69 4.4 19.44 5.7 1....................................................... 5.98 3.3 5.98 3.3 - - 2....................................................... 7.47 3.3 7.17 3.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.64 3.1 8.35 3.7 - - 4....................................................... 9.70 2.8 9.82 4.8 9.58 3.0 5....................................................... 12.59 4.2 12.74 5.4 12.12 2.7 6....................................................... 15.65 9.2 15.18 11.9 - - 7....................................................... 18.62 3.3 16.64 6.0 19.24 3.2 8....................................................... 19.82 3.3 17.24 6.3 20.90 3.3 9....................................................... 20.53 2.6 19.88 2.6 22.14 5.2 10........................................................ 23.76 5.2 23.76 5.2 - - 11........................................................ 29.00 3.1 31.10 4.9 27.34 3.9 12........................................................ 32.96 4.4 33.39 5.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.63 4.0 15.81 4.5 19.47 5.6 2....................................................... 7.90 3.6 7.66 4.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.83 3.7 8.41 4.3 - - 4....................................................... 9.77 2.4 9.98 3.9 9.58 3.0 5....................................................... 12.03 3.5 12.00 4.8 12.12 2.7 6....................................................... 15.67 9.5 15.18 12.4 - - 7....................................................... 18.63 3.4 16.55 6.5 19.24 3.2 8....................................................... 19.82 3.3 17.24 6.3 20.90 3.3 9....................................................... 20.53 2.6 19.88 2.6 22.14 5.2 10........................................................ 23.76 5.2 23.76 5.2 - - 11........................................................ 28.85 3.1 30.86 5.1 27.34 3.9 12........................................................ 32.96 4.4 33.39 5.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.30 3.3 20.61 5.8 20.11 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.25 3.1 23.48 6.6 21.66 3.3 5....................................................... 12.34 6.2 - - - - 8....................................................... 20.74 4.0 - - 21.41 3.0 9....................................................... 20.86 2.9 20.40 3.4 - - 11........................................................ 28.51 2.9 - - - - 12........................................................ 32.37 6.4 34.71 5.7 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.14 9.0 31.14 9.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 22.75 7.2 23.04 10.8 - - 9....................................................... 20.17 2.8 19.85 4.2 - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.01 4.1 20.43 3.7 - - 9....................................................... 20.23 1.9 19.88 3.0 - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.84 1.8 - - 20.86 1.8 8....................................................... 21.77 2.8 - - 21.77 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $12.65 6.1 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 12.65 6.1 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.23 10.9 - - - - Technical....................................................... 13.87 6.3 $15.51 6.8 $11.40 12.0 8....................................................... 18.33 4.8 18.33 4.8 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.71 9.1 11.64 4.7 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.04 8.6 21.50 5.1 30.46 11.5 7....................................................... 16.52 6.6 17.76 9.7 14.79 4.1 8....................................................... 16.63 9.9 - - - - 9....................................................... 20.77 6.2 19.80 3.2 - - 11........................................................ 29.70 8.0 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.12 9.6 21.78 7.5 35.14 9.7 9....................................................... 21.97 9.7 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.22 23.6 - - 39.22 23.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.70 10.5 22.70 10.5 - - Management related............................................ 19.23 6.6 21.25 7.4 14.71 3.5 7....................................................... 17.33 6.7 18.72 9.2 - - 9....................................................... 19.44 5.0 19.56 5.3 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.59 12.1 22.56 14.4 - - 7....................................................... 18.41 10.3 - - - - Sales............................................................. 9.36 10.8 9.38 10.9 - - 2....................................................... 6.04 2.1 6.04 2.1 - - 4....................................................... 8.79 14.8 8.79 14.8 - - 5....................................................... 14.68 5.7 14.68 5.7 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.63 12.2 8.63 12.2 - - 4....................................................... 8.70 15.0 8.70 15.0 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.91 1.4 5.87 1.3 - - 2....................................................... 5.96 1.9 5.96 1.9 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.29 3.8 10.15 4.7 10.56 6.0 2....................................................... 7.99 3.9 7.73 5.1 - - 3....................................................... 8.83 3.7 8.41 4.3 - - 4....................................................... 9.90 2.6 9.98 3.9 9.80 3.2 5....................................................... 11.71 4.6 11.70 5.0 - - 6....................................................... 16.02 16.6 16.64 17.7 - - 7....................................................... 16.50 6.2 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 10.48 4.1 10.83 8.1 10.22 3.4 4....................................................... 10.27 6.3 10.18 9.2 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.14 9.5 10.35 10.9 - - 4....................................................... 10.14 11.0 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.65 6.3 9.65 6.3 - - Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... $11.00 8.6 $11.00 8.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.60 3.9 9.15 6.4 - - 2....................................................... 7.57 6.3 - - - - 4....................................................... 10.18 2.8 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.81 14.0 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.00 4.7 12.19 5.1 $10.13 5.3 1....................................................... 6.49 2.8 6.39 3.0 - - 2....................................................... 7.46 2.8 7.41 3.2 - - 3....................................................... 9.59 4.5 9.68 4.9 - - 4....................................................... 11.29 9.2 11.35 9.4 - - 5....................................................... 12.75 4.0 12.85 4.3 - - 6....................................................... 15.68 11.3 16.18 12.3 - - 7....................................................... 15.43 4.6 15.60 4.8 - - 9....................................................... 21.08 4.0 21.08 4.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.38 5.3 14.73 6.0 12.26 2.6 5....................................................... 11.68 3.9 11.72 4.3 - - 6....................................................... 12.84 3.2 12.99 5.2 - - 7....................................................... 15.65 4.7 15.90 5.0 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.80 6.0 - - - - 7....................................................... 14.92 5.8 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.51 5.6 18.51 5.6 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.46 5.2 14.85 7.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.13 5.3 12.13 5.3 - - 2....................................................... 7.00 2.5 7.00 2.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.53 2.9 10.53 2.9 - - 5....................................................... 13.96 6.9 13.96 6.9 - - 6....................................................... 14.15 5.5 14.15 5.5 - - 7....................................................... 14.57 10.1 14.57 10.1 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.16 11.1 15.16 11.1 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 11.74 7.0 11.74 7.0 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.07 9.0 11.07 9.0 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.92 5.6 11.24 5.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.98 7.6 - - - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.99 4.4 12.03 4.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.84 19.0 10.06 20.5 7.85 2.9 1....................................................... 6.62 2.9 6.51 3.2 - - 2....................................................... 8.04 4.2 7.99 4.9 - - 3....................................................... 8.95 5.2 9.04 5.4 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.28 5.6 7.28 5.6 - - 1....................................................... 6.10 3.5 6.10 3.5 - - 3....................................................... 8.73 7.2 8.73 7.2 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $7.80 13.1 $7.80 13.1 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.09 5.0 6.84 6.1 - - 1....................................................... 6.77 5.2 6.68 5.9 - - Service............................................................. 8.17 4.3 6.82 4.8 $10.21 4.9 1....................................................... 6.03 2.2 5.73 1.1 6.84 3.3 2....................................................... 5.21 15.7 4.81 19.0 - - 3....................................................... 7.43 4.8 7.47 6.1 - - 4....................................................... 8.06 7.5 - - - - 5....................................................... 8.94 6.2 - - 9.50 5.1 6....................................................... 12.36 2.8 - - 12.74 2.7 Protective service............................................ 12.33 3.2 - - 12.29 3.4 5....................................................... 9.71 5.0 - - 9.50 5.1 6....................................................... 12.68 2.7 - - 12.79 2.8 Firefighting................................................ 10.26 9.5 - - 10.26 9.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.37 2.6 - - 13.37 2.6 Food service.................................................. 6.57 7.4 6.58 8.1 - - 1....................................................... 5.57 2.0 5.54 2.1 - - 3....................................................... 7.17 7.1 7.49 9.0 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.76 3.8 2.76 3.8 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.80 3.4 5.80 3.4 - - 1....................................................... 5.73 1.0 5.73 1.0 - - Health service................................................ 7.50 9.0 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.95 5.2 6.66 6.6 7.59 8.9 1....................................................... 6.40 3.1 6.05 3.4 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.70 2.5 5.70 2.5 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.15 4.8 7.28 7.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.74 2.4 6.47 3.1 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.83 4.8 6.52 3.9 7.19 7.9 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $14.52 3.5 $13.19 4.1 $16.93 5.4 All excluding sales............................................... 14.66 3.6 13.32 4.1 16.94 5.4 White collar........................................................ 17.39 4.1 15.43 4.8 19.48 5.7 2....................................................... 7.87 3.9 7.60 5.1 - - 3....................................................... 8.76 3.5 8.42 4.1 - - 4....................................................... 9.70 2.9 9.82 5.1 9.58 3.0 5....................................................... 12.74 4.2 12.94 5.4 12.12 2.7 6....................................................... 15.85 9.4 15.43 12.5 - - 7....................................................... 18.62 3.3 16.64 6.0 19.24 3.2 8....................................................... 19.82 3.3 17.24 6.3 20.90 3.3 9....................................................... 20.64 2.9 19.92 2.9 22.14 5.2 10........................................................ 23.77 5.3 23.77 5.3 - - 11........................................................ 29.00 3.1 31.10 4.9 27.34 3.9 12........................................................ 32.96 4.4 33.39 5.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.87 4.1 16.11 4.8 19.52 5.6 2....................................................... 7.95 3.9 7.70 5.4 - - 3....................................................... 8.86 3.9 8.41 4.7 - - 4....................................................... 9.76 2.4 9.99 4.0 9.58 3.0 5....................................................... 12.19 3.5 12.22 5.0 12.12 2.7 6....................................................... 15.87 9.7 15.44 13.1 - - 7....................................................... 18.63 3.4 16.55 6.5 19.24 3.2 8....................................................... 19.82 3.3 17.24 6.3 20.90 3.3 9....................................................... 20.64 2.9 19.92 2.9 22.14 5.2 10........................................................ 23.77 5.3 23.77 5.3 - - 11........................................................ 28.85 3.1 30.86 5.1 27.34 3.9 12........................................................ 32.96 4.4 33.39 5.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.49 3.4 21.16 6.2 20.11 4.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.38 3.3 24.11 7.3 21.66 3.3 5....................................................... 12.34 6.2 - - - - 8....................................................... 20.74 4.0 - - 21.41 3.0 9....................................................... 21.09 3.3 20.65 4.3 - - 11........................................................ 28.51 2.9 - - - - 12........................................................ 32.37 6.4 34.71 5.7 - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.14 9.0 31.14 9.0 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - Health related................................................ 23.22 8.0 - - - - 9....................................................... 20.19 3.3 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 21.19 4.7 - - - - 9....................................................... 20.27 2.3 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.86 1.8 - - 20.86 1.8 8....................................................... 21.77 2.8 - - 21.77 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $12.64 6.3 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 12.64 6.3 - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.23 10.9 - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.12 6.4 $16.13 6.4 $11.40 12.0 8....................................................... 18.33 4.8 18.33 4.8 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.67 9.2 - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.26 8.5 21.50 5.1 31.02 11.2 7....................................................... 16.52 6.6 17.76 9.7 14.79 4.1 8....................................................... 16.63 9.9 - - - - 9....................................................... 20.77 6.2 19.80 3.2 - - 11........................................................ 29.70 8.0 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 30.56 9.4 21.78 7.5 36.01 9.2 9....................................................... 21.97 9.7 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.22 23.6 - - 39.22 23.6 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 22.70 10.5 22.70 10.5 - - Management related............................................ 19.23 6.6 21.25 7.4 14.71 3.5 7....................................................... 17.33 6.7 18.72 9.2 - - 9....................................................... 19.44 5.0 19.56 5.3 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 20.59 12.1 22.56 14.4 - - 7....................................................... 18.41 10.3 - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.77 13.8 10.84 14.0 - - 3....................................................... 8.30 8.5 - - - - 5....................................................... 14.76 5.4 14.76 5.4 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.07 12.9 9.07 12.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.06 1.9 - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.43 3.9 10.37 5.1 10.56 6.0 2....................................................... 8.06 4.3 7.79 5.9 - - 3....................................................... 8.86 3.9 8.41 4.7 - - 4....................................................... 9.90 2.6 9.99 4.0 9.80 3.2 5....................................................... 11.71 4.6 11.70 5.0 - - 6....................................................... 16.02 16.6 16.64 17.7 - - 7....................................................... 16.50 6.2 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 10.48 4.1 10.83 8.1 10.22 3.4 4....................................................... 10.27 6.3 10.18 9.2 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.34 10.8 - - - - 4....................................................... 10.14 11.0 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.81 6.6 9.81 6.6 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.61 3.9 9.16 6.5 - - 4....................................................... 10.18 2.8 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.54 12.7 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... $12.64 4.8 $12.88 5.2 $10.39 5.0 1....................................................... 7.09 3.4 7.01 4.0 - - 2....................................................... 7.51 3.3 7.44 3.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.76 4.5 9.90 4.9 - - 4....................................................... 11.29 9.2 11.35 9.4 - - 5....................................................... 12.91 4.0 13.03 4.3 - - 6....................................................... 15.68 11.3 16.18 12.3 - - 7....................................................... 15.43 4.6 15.60 4.8 - - 9....................................................... 21.08 4.0 21.08 4.0 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.51 5.3 14.88 6.1 12.26 2.6 5....................................................... 11.98 3.5 12.06 3.9 - - 6....................................................... 12.84 3.2 12.99 5.2 - - 7....................................................... 15.65 4.7 15.90 5.0 - - Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.80 6.0 - - - - 7....................................................... 14.92 5.8 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.51 5.6 18.51 5.6 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 13.46 5.2 14.85 7.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.18 5.4 12.18 5.4 - - 2....................................................... 6.94 2.5 6.94 2.5 - - 3....................................................... 10.53 2.9 10.53 2.9 - - 5....................................................... 13.96 6.9 13.96 6.9 - - 6....................................................... 14.15 5.5 14.15 5.5 - - 7....................................................... 14.57 10.1 14.57 10.1 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.57 11.3 15.57 11.3 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 11.74 7.0 11.74 7.0 - - Assemblers.................................................. 11.07 9.0 11.07 9.0 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.29 5.1 11.45 5.1 - - 3....................................................... 9.94 8.5 - - - - Truck drivers............................................... 12.08 4.1 12.12 4.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.35 20.7 11.94 22.1 7.85 2.9 1....................................................... 7.46 2.9 7.45 3.6 - - 2....................................................... 8.20 4.6 8.18 5.5 - - 3....................................................... 9.47 4.8 9.64 4.8 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.72 8.2 8.72 8.2 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 8.11 14.1 8.11 14.1 - - 1....................................................... 6.94 13.3 6.94 13.3 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 7.88 4.4 7.73 5.2 - - 1....................................................... 7.56 2.9 7.55 3.4 - - Service............................................................. 8.82 5.2 7.18 6.4 10.75 4.9 1....................................................... 6.28 2.9 5.80 1.7 7.08 2.9 2....................................................... $5.27 16.6 - - - - 3....................................................... 7.81 4.7 $7.67 5.8 - - 4....................................................... 8.96 4.2 - - - - 5....................................................... 8.83 6.3 - - $9.50 5.1 6....................................................... 12.36 2.8 - - 12.74 2.7 Protective service............................................ 12.30 3.3 - - 12.33 3.4 5....................................................... 9.50 5.1 - - 9.50 5.1 6....................................................... 12.68 2.7 - - 12.79 2.8 Firefighting................................................ 10.26 9.5 - - 10.26 9.5 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 13.37 2.6 - - 13.37 2.6 Food service.................................................. 7.21 12.1 7.22 12.3 - - 1....................................................... 5.59 3.6 5.54 3.8 - - Health service................................................ 7.50 9.1 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.06 5.7 6.78 7.7 7.59 8.9 1....................................................... 6.46 3.5 6.03 4.1 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.18 5.1 7.34 7.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.73 2.6 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 7.45 6.0 - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $7.44 5.1 $7.55 5.5 $6.43 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 7.54 5.7 7.70 6.4 6.43 1.8 White collar........................................................ 9.79 8.2 9.85 8.3 - - 1....................................................... 5.90 4.0 5.90 4.0 - - 2....................................................... 6.37 4.0 6.37 4.0 - - 3....................................................... 8.16 5.7 8.16 5.7 - - 9....................................................... 19.62 2.6 19.62 2.6 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.38 10.1 12.60 10.1 - - 9....................................................... 19.62 2.6 19.62 2.6 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 16.62 10.1 16.62 10.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 19.42 2.6 19.42 2.6 - - 9....................................................... 19.62 2.6 19.62 2.6 - - Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.83 8.8 6.83 8.8 - - 2....................................................... 5.96 2.3 5.96 2.3 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.78 1.8 5.78 1.8 - - 2....................................................... 5.86 1.7 5.86 1.7 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.79 6.4 7.79 6.4 - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.54 4.6 6.51 5.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.65 1.8 5.65 1.8 - - 2....................................................... 7.10 2.1 7.19 3.1 - - 3....................................................... 8.52 8.7 8.52 8.7 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.03 3.6 6.03 3.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.66 1.9 5.66 1.9 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.66 1.6 5.66 1.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.65 1.6 5.65 1.6 - - Service............................................................. $6.10 4.0 $6.06 5.0 $6.26 2.0 1....................................................... 5.66 1.9 5.66 2.2 - - 3....................................................... 6.72 6.8 6.93 12.1 - - Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.81 4.4 5.70 5.4 - - 1....................................................... 5.55 2.2 5.55 2.2 - - Health service................................................ - - - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 6.12 6.8 6.12 6.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.11 6.9 6.11 6.9 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.16 1.9 - - 5.98 2.9 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.52 $7.44 $20.10 $13.43 $13.77 $12.26 All excluding sales............................................. 14.66 7.54 20.10 13.65 14.01 11.59 White collar........................................................ 17.39 9.79 18.28 16.80 16.90 14.13 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.87 12.38 18.28 17.62 17.64 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.49 16.62 - 20.30 20.30 - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.38 19.42 - 22.25 22.25 - Technical....................................................... 14.12 - - 13.68 13.87 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.26 - - 26.04 26.04 - Sales............................................................. 10.77 6.83 - 9.36 7.85 14.12 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.43 7.79 17.72 9.95 10.24 - Blue collar......................................................... 12.64 6.54 20.56 10.99 12.04 11.65 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.51 - 20.42 13.83 14.32 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.18 - 18.46 11.18 12.57 - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.29 - - 10.79 9.97 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.35 6.03 - 7.44 9.89 - Service............................................................. 8.82 6.10 - 8.17 8.18 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 5.1 9.3 3.4 3.5 8.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 5.7 9.3 3.4 3.5 9.4 White collar........................................................ 4.1 8.2 19.6 4.1 4.0 11.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.1 10.1 19.6 4.0 4.0 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 10.1 - 3.4 3.3 - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.3 2.6 - 3.1 3.1 - Technical....................................................... 6.4 - - 6.3 6.3 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.5 - - 8.6 8.6 - Sales............................................................. 13.8 8.8 - 10.8 7.6 12.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.9 6.4 23.6 3.0 3.8 - Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 4.6 7.3 3.4 5.2 10.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 - 2.6 5.6 5.4 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.4 - 9.1 5.1 5.4 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 - - 6.1 4.6 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20.7 3.6 - 3.3 19.2 - Service............................................................. 5.2 4.0 - 4.3 4.3 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $12.32 $15.58 - ± $15.93 ± ± ± ± ± All excluding sales............................................. 12.55 15.57 - ± 15.91 ± ± ± ± ± White collar........................................................ 14.69 21.87 - ± 21.78 ± ± ± ± ± White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15.81 21.94 - ± 21.85 ± ± ± ± ± Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.61 26.33 - ± 26.33 ± ± ± ± ± Professional specialty.......................................... 23.48 29.16 - ± 29.16 ± ± ± ± ± Technical....................................................... 15.51 20.36 - ± 20.36 ± ± ± ± ± Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 21.50 23.32 - ± 22.96 ± ± ± ± ± Sales............................................................. 9.38 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.15 11.71 - ± 11.84 ± ± ± ± ± Blue collar......................................................... 12.19 13.34 - ± 13.65 ± ± ± ± ± Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.73 14.94 - ± 16.05 ± ± ± ± ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.13 12.88 - ± 12.87 ± ± ± ± ± Transportation and material moving................................ 11.24 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.06 9.06 - ± 9.30 ± ± ± ± ± Service............................................................. 6.82 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 4.8 - ± 4.6 ± ± ± ± ± All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 4.8 - ± 4.7 ± ± ± ± ± White collar........................................................ 4.4 5.0 - ± 5.4 ± ± ± ± ± White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 4.9 - ± 5.3 ± ± ± ± ± Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.8 5.4 - ± 5.4 ± ± ± ± ± Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 5.8 - ± 5.8 ± ± ± ± ± Technical....................................................... 6.8 6.6 - ± 6.6 ± ± ± ± ± Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 5.0 - ± 6.4 ± ± ± ± ± Sales............................................................. 10.9 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.7 7.6 - ± 7.8 ± ± ± ± ± Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 5.0 - ± 4.8 ± ± ± ± ± Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.0 7.9 - ± 6.3 ± ± ± ± ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 5.5 - ± 5.5 ± ± ± ± ± Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20.5 7.2 - ± 9.9 ± ± ± ± ± Service............................................................. 4.8 - - ± - ± ± ± ± ± 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $12.32 $9.86 $13.17 $12.06 $14.65 All excluding sales............................................. 12.55 9.89 13.44 12.40 14.67 White collar........................................................ 14.69 11.39 15.41 14.16 16.44 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15.81 12.28 16.42 16.29 16.49 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.61 - 21.24 21.85 21.05 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.48 - 24.04 23.38 24.23 Technical....................................................... 15.51 - 15.99 19.51 14.72 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 21.50 - 21.24 21.65 20.62 Sales............................................................. 9.38 9.65 9.24 9.29 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.15 9.60 10.29 10.55 10.12 Blue collar......................................................... 12.19 10.63 12.82 12.55 13.31 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 14.73 12.59 15.88 15.27 16.72 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.13 9.60 12.55 12.26 12.76 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.24 11.35 11.17 11.31 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.06 8.40 10.86 11.49 7.41 Service............................................................. 6.82 6.55 6.99 6.84 7.44 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 6.5 4.5 7.3 5.6 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 7.0 4.5 7.6 5.6 White collar........................................................ 4.4 9.8 5.1 7.8 7.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 11.2 5.0 6.9 7.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.8 - 5.8 10.2 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.6 - 6.7 15.6 7.3 Technical....................................................... 6.8 - 6.8 6.2 8.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 - 5.7 6.7 10.4 Sales............................................................. 10.9 14.5 15.2 15.4 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.7 5.2 5.8 11.9 5.0 Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 6.7 6.4 9.6 6.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.0 14.1 5.1 5.8 9.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.3 9.8 5.7 9.3 7.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 7.3 8.6 8.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20.5 6.4 27.2 29.3 12.5 Service............................................................. 4.8 6.1 6.8 8.6 9.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 96,300 64,000 32,200 All excluding sales............................................. 91,100 58,900 32,200 White collar........................................................ 48,700 26,500 22,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 43,500 21,400 22,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23,100 8,800 14,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 18,500 6,000 12,500 Technical....................................................... 4,700 2,800 1,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,800 2,900 3,000 Sales............................................................. 5,200 5,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14,600 9,700 4,900 Blue collar......................................................... 27,900 25,100 2,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8,300 7,100 1,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,900 6,900 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4,100 3,200 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,600 7,900 800 Service............................................................. 19,600 12,400 7,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, July 1999 Number of establishments studied Number of Industry establish- 100 workers or more ments rep- Total 50 - 99 resented(1) studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 600 101 33 68 44 24 Private industry.................................................... 500 86 31 55 40 15 Goods-producing industries........................................ 100 26 7 19 12 7 Construction.................................................... (2) 5 4 1 1 - Manufacturing................................................... 100 21 3 18 11 7 Service-producing industries...................................... 400 60 24 36 28 8 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 7 4 3 2 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 200 25 13 12 12 - Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. (2) 3 - 3 3 - Services........................................................ 200 25 7 18 11 7 State and local government.......................................... (2) 15 2 13 4 9 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.