NC BL 02/00/00 Table: Mobile, AL, Bulletin 3100-08, August 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................. $12.89 2.8 37.3 $12.24 3.5 37.4 $14.89 4.4 36.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 15.08 4.0 36.8 14.06 5.5 37.3 17.24 5.2 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 4.4 36.4 18.00 5.9 38.2 21.42 5.0 34.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 6.7 39.9 22.33 6.3 39.8 22.84 15.7 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.03 18.6 35.1 14.46 19.8 34.7 - - - Administrative support............................................ 9.70 2.6 37.3 9.48 3.1 37.5 10.29 4.1 36.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 12.27 3.4 40.0 12.34 3.6 40.1 11.36 4.9 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.39 4.1 40.3 15.64 4.4 40.3 12.89 6.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 11.07 4.9 39.4 11.02 5.1 39.6 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.69 5.1 46.0 11.76 5.3 46.5 9.59 5.1 36.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 8.97 4.5 36.7 8.85 4.9 36.3 9.80 8.0 39.4 Service occupations(5).............................................. 7.55 3.4 34.0 6.38 3.4 31.8 9.86 5.2 39.2 Full time........................................................... 13.45 2.8 40.2 12.92 3.5 40.5 14.98 4.4 39.2 Part time........................................................... 7.58 7.7 22.2 6.82 5.5 23.2 13.16 28.6 16.8 Union............................................................... 14.05 4.0 39.9 14.24 4.0 39.5 - - - Nonunion............................................................ 12.78 3.0 37.0 12.01 4.0 37.2 14.97 4.5 36.7 Time................................................................ 12.60 2.4 36.9 11.82 2.8 36.9 14.89 4.4 36.9 Incentive........................................................... 19.95 18.8 48.2 19.95 18.8 48.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.28 4.9 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 10.72 6.5 36.1 10.65 6.7 36.2 14.43 10.7 35.0 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.43 4.9 38.6 12.36 5.7 38.5 12.80 5.1 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 15.11 3.8 36.5 14.44 5.2 36.7 15.69 5.5 36.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE IN- DUSTRY 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $12.89 2.8 $12.24 3.5 $14.89 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 12.81 2.4 12.04 2.9 15.03 4.4 White collar........................................................ 15.08 4.0 14.06 5.5 17.24 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.24 3.7 13.97 4.5 17.54 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 4.4 18.00 5.9 21.42 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.93 3.6 20.56 6.5 22.91 4.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.66 7.8 32.74 3.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ 18.85 4.8 18.71 7.9 19.05 4.5 Registered nurses........................................... 17.56 2.4 17.36 2.9 17.92 4.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.16 7.4 19.56 10.3 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.72 6.6 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.08 20.4 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 22.08 20.4 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.22 6.7 11.94 10.9 - - Social workers.............................................. 16.69 6.0 - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.26 19.5 18.08 26.2 - - Technical....................................................... 14.67 4.7 15.28 5.1 12.00 10.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 10.76 1.7 10.90 1.8 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 6.7 22.33 6.3 22.84 15.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.09 7.6 23.96 7.1 27.39 15.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.97 19.3 - - 25.97 19.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.26 10.0 25.20 9.6 - - Management related............................................ 17.46 9.0 19.26 10.7 13.54 7.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 16.00 9.2 - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.03 18.6 14.46 19.8 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.56 18.0 18.23 20.1 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.49 3.4 8.57 5.6 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.55 6.0 6.37 6.6 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.70 2.6 9.48 3.1 10.29 4.1 Secretaries................................................. 10.14 5.5 9.24 5.8 12.00 5.3 Receptionists............................................... 7.19 1.8 7.19 1.8 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 4.2 8.25 6.8 8.90 3.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.75 10.2 10.76 10.5 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.40 12.0 13.59 8.4 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.13 4.0 8.80 6.4 9.34 4.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 9.75 7.6 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.93 11.2 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... $12.27 3.4 $12.34 3.6 $11.36 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.39 4.1 15.64 4.4 12.89 6.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.45 8.2 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 4.9 18.63 4.9 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.25 5.8 17.64 5.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.68 12.3 21.68 12.3 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 19.47 2.7 19.47 2.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.07 4.9 11.02 5.1 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.16 8.2 12.12 9.8 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.80 5.5 13.80 5.5 - - Assemblers.................................................. 7.65 4.7 7.65 4.7 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.69 5.1 11.76 5.3 9.59 5.1 Truck drivers............................................... 11.77 7.2 11.86 7.4 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.06 11.4 11.06 11.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.97 4.5 8.85 4.9 9.80 8.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.88 7.9 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... - - - - 7.40 7.9 Production helpers.......................................... 7.37 9.4 7.37 9.4 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.09 4.9 7.09 4.9 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.43 12.7 9.43 12.7 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.52 4.8 9.54 5.6 9.43 8.4 Service............................................................. 7.55 3.4 6.38 3.4 9.86 5.2 Protective service............................................ 11.49 5.5 6.47 11.5 12.02 5.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.31 7.9 - - 16.31 7.9 Firefighting................................................ 9.37 5.4 - - 9.37 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.25 4.6 - - 13.25 4.6 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.59 1.9 - - 9.59 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.26 12.1 6.47 11.5 - - Food service.................................................. 5.51 4.8 5.26 4.9 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.89 14.6 2.89 14.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 7.63 6.6 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.85 4.5 - - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.95 4.0 5.84 3.8 - - Health service................................................ 7.43 2.5 7.37 3.0 7.65 4.5 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.25 2.5 7.12 3.0 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.80 5.9 7.81 8.8 7.80 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.27 4.0 6.01 3.0 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.70 7.7 9.19 10.9 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.59 4.7 6.45 5.7 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $13.45 2.8 $12.92 3.5 $14.98 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.22 2.5 12.53 3.0 15.12 4.4 White collar........................................................ 15.66 3.9 14.80 5.4 17.38 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.42 3.7 14.17 4.6 17.71 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 4.5 18.05 6.2 21.39 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.04 3.6 20.75 6.8 22.96 4.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.66 7.8 32.74 3.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ 18.90 5.2 18.79 8.7 19.04 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 17.56 2.6 17.41 3.1 17.83 4.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.23 5.7 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.54 6.3 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.22 6.7 11.94 10.9 - - Social workers.............................................. 16.69 6.0 - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.26 19.5 18.08 26.2 - - Technical....................................................... 14.72 4.8 15.35 5.3 12.00 10.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 10.78 1.8 10.93 1.9 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 6.7 22.33 6.3 22.84 15.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.09 7.6 23.96 7.1 27.39 15.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.97 19.3 - - 25.97 19.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.26 10.0 25.20 9.6 - - Management related............................................ 17.46 9.0 19.26 10.7 13.54 7.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 16.00 9.2 - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.80 18.3 19.05 19.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.56 18.0 18.23 20.1 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.74 5.1 9.12 10.2 - - Cashiers.................................................... 7.51 6.7 7.37 9.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 2.8 9.61 3.3 10.47 4.3 Secretaries................................................. 10.24 5.7 9.31 6.3 12.00 5.3 Receptionists............................................... 7.26 1.7 7.26 1.7 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.78 5.6 8.61 7.2 - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.75 10.2 10.76 10.5 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.40 12.0 13.59 8.4 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.18 3.9 8.92 6.3 9.34 4.9 Blue collar......................................................... 12.43 3.4 12.52 3.7 11.44 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $15.39 4.1 $15.64 4.4 $12.89 6.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.45 8.2 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 4.9 18.63 4.9 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.25 5.8 17.64 5.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.68 12.3 21.68 12.3 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 19.47 2.7 19.47 2.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.06 5.0 11.01 5.2 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.16 8.2 12.12 9.8 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.78 5.9 13.78 5.9 - - Assemblers.................................................. 7.65 4.7 7.65 4.7 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.82 5.1 11.88 5.2 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.83 7.5 11.93 7.7 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.06 11.4 11.06 11.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.15 5.0 9.02 5.5 9.87 8.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.88 7.9 - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.37 9.4 7.37 9.4 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.88 4.9 8.88 4.9 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.00 13.3 10.00 13.3 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.62 4.8 9.67 5.7 9.43 8.4 Service............................................................. 8.20 3.6 6.95 3.8 9.96 5.2 Protective service............................................ 11.75 5.4 - - 12.07 5.2 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.31 7.9 - - 16.31 7.9 Firefighting................................................ 9.37 5.4 - - 9.37 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.35 4.5 - - 13.35 4.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.59 1.9 - - 9.59 1.9 Food service.................................................. 6.13 5.6 5.90 5.9 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.00 25.0 3.00 25.0 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.33 5.7 6.18 6.2 - - Health service................................................ 7.52 2.6 7.47 3.1 7.65 4.5 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.36 2.8 7.24 3.5 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.90 6.2 7.96 9.5 7.80 3.6 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.34 3.8 6.07 2.8 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.84 8.3 9.54 11.5 - - Personal service.............................................. 7.41 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.58 7.7 $6.82 5.5 $13.16 28.6 All excluding sales............................................... 7.90 9.6 6.91 6.7 13.16 28.6 White collar........................................................ 9.31 12.3 7.98 7.4 14.86 31.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.06 16.4 10.28 10.6 14.86 31.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.42 22.3 - - 22.08 35.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.23 22.8 - - 22.08 35.5 Health related................................................ 18.27 8.8 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.59 9.9 6.59 9.9 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.84 4.1 5.84 4.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.86 3.3 7.68 2.8 8.24 5.7 Blue collar......................................................... 8.08 11.2 8.14 11.4 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.63 16.1 7.67 16.2 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.62 1.9 5.62 1.9 - - Service............................................................. 5.24 5.4 5.10 5.5 7.37 1.9 Protective service............................................ 6.82 9.2 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.59 7.7 4.40 7.4 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 11.9 2.77 11.9 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.50 2.0 5.50 2.0 - - Health service................................................ 6.87 3.3 6.87 3.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.58 1.5 6.58 1.5 - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. 5.32 3.2 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $540 2.9 40.2 $523 3.7 40.5 $588 4.3 39.2 All excluding sales............................................... 528 2.5 40.0 505 3.1 40.3 593 4.3 39.2 White collar........................................................ 621 4.0 39.7 595 5.7 40.2 672 5.0 38.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 606 3.7 39.3 562 4.7 39.7 684 4.9 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 762 4.2 39.0 714 6.3 39.5 818 4.3 38.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 853 3.6 38.7 825 7.6 39.8 872 3.5 38.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,226 7.8 40.0 1,309 3.6 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 751 5.7 39.7 743 9.8 39.5 760 4.7 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 691 2.6 39.4 680 3.1 39.1 713 4.3 40.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,172 6.1 38.8 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 851 4.8 36.2 - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 643 7.1 39.7 461 12.4 38.6 - - - Social workers.............................................. 663 6.3 39.7 - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 690 19.5 40.0 723 26.2 40.0 - - - Technical....................................................... 580 4.5 39.4 603 4.8 39.3 479 10.6 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 423 1.6 39.2 424 1.7 38.8 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 897 6.8 39.9 889 6.5 39.8 914 15.7 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,004 7.6 40.0 958 7.1 40.0 1,096 15.9 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,039 19.3 40.0 - - - 1,039 19.3 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,050 10.0 40.0 1,008 9.6 40.0 - - - Management related............................................ 692 9.3 39.6 760 11.3 39.5 541 7.5 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 623 10.7 38.9 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 773 20.1 43.4 838 21.0 44.0 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 793 22.6 45.2 843 25.1 46.2 - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 349 5.1 40.0 365 10.2 40.0 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 300 6.7 39.9 294 9.1 39.9 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 389 2.8 39.5 382 3.4 39.7 406 4.4 38.8 Secretaries................................................. 410 5.7 40.0 372 6.3 40.0 480 5.3 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 285 2.6 39.2 285 2.6 39.2 - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 350 5.7 39.8 343 7.4 39.8 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 418 11.4 38.9 418 11.7 38.9 - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 453 12.0 39.8 539 8.7 39.6 - - - General office clerks....................................... $362 3.7 39.4 $352 6.9 39.5 $368 4.1 39.4 Blue collar......................................................... 513 3.5 41.2 518 3.8 41.4 451 4.8 39.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 620 4.2 40.3 631 4.5 40.3 516 6.8 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 698 8.2 40.0 - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 748 4.9 40.2 748 4.9 40.2 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 690 5.8 40.0 706 5.6 40.0 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 900 12.2 41.5 900 12.2 41.5 - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 779 2.7 40.0 779 2.7 40.0 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 440 5.0 39.7 440 5.2 39.9 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 475 8.3 39.1 485 9.8 40.0 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 551 5.9 40.0 551 5.9 40.0 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 306 4.7 40.0 306 4.7 40.0 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 565 6.3 47.8 572 6.4 48.1 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 548 11.2 46.3 556 11.4 46.6 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 443 11.4 40.0 443 11.4 40.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 365 5.0 39.9 360 5.5 39.9 395 8.1 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 308 7.5 39.2 - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 295 9.4 40.0 295 9.4 40.0 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 355 4.9 40.0 355 4.9 40.0 - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 400 13.3 40.0 400 13.3 40.0 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 385 4.8 40.0 387 5.7 40.0 377 8.4 40.0 Service............................................................. 323 4.2 39.4 267 4.4 38.5 406 5.9 40.8 Protective service............................................ 502 4.8 42.7 - - - 518 4.3 42.9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 657 7.8 40.3 - - - 657 7.8 40.3 Firefighting................................................ 490 5.7 52.3 - - - 490 5.7 52.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 539 4.5 40.3 - - - 539 4.5 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 384 1.9 40.0 - - - 384 1.9 40.0 Food service.................................................. 226 5.8 36.8 220 6.8 37.3 - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 113 25.8 37.6 113 25.8 37.6 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 241 7.0 38.1 234 7.2 37.8 - - - Health service................................................ $300 2.5 39.8 $297 3.0 39.8 $306 4.5 39.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 293 2.7 39.8 288 3.4 39.8 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 309 6.8 39.1 307 10.5 38.5 312 3.6 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 240 6.1 37.8 225 4.9 37.1 - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 351 8.5 39.7 376 12.2 39.4 - - - Personal service.............................................. 283 3.6 38.2 - - - - - - 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SUR- VEY 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $27,261 2.9 2,027 $26,936 3.7 2,085 $28,107 4.3 1,877 All excluding sales............................................... 26,645 2.5 2,016 25,986 3.1 2,073 28,307 4.3 1,872 White collar........................................................ 30,964 4.0 1,978 30,663 5.7 2,072 31,495 5.0 1,812 White collar excluding sales.................................... 30,079 3.7 1,951 28,941 4.7 2,043 31,912 4.9 1,802 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 36,334 4.2 1,858 36,217 6.3 2,006 36,456 4.3 1,704 Professional specialty.......................................... 39,078 3.6 1,773 40,889 7.6 1,971 37,990 3.5 1,655 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,777 7.8 2,080 68,093 3.6 2,080 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - - - - Health related................................................ 39,036 5.7 2,065 38,625 9.8 2,056 39,543 4.7 2,077 Registered nurses........................................... 35,945 2.6 2,047 35,363 3.1 2,031 37,053 4.3 2,078 Teachers, college and university.............................. 52,081 6.1 1,723 - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 31,388 4.8 1,333 - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,459 7.1 2,063 23,951 12.4 2,006 - - - Social workers.............................................. 34,476 6.3 2,066 - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 34,801 19.5 2,016 35,970 26.2 1,989 - - - Technical....................................................... 30,162 4.5 2,050 31,365 4.8 2,043 24,929 10.6 2,078 Licensed practical nurses................................... 21,989 1.6 2,040 22,055 1.7 2,018 - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 46,639 6.8 2,073 46,221 6.5 2,070 47,510 15.7 2,080 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 52,192 7.6 2,080 49,827 7.1 2,080 56,973 15.9 2,080 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 54,009 19.3 2,080 - - - 54,009 19.3 2,080 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 54,621 10.0 2,080 52,424 9.6 2,080 - - - Management related............................................ 35,991 9.3 2,061 39,516 11.3 2,052 28,155 7.5 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 32,391 10.7 2,024 - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 40,207 20.1 2,259 43,593 21.0 2,288 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 41,257 22.6 2,349 43,827 25.1 2,404 - - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 18,171 5.1 2,080 18,972 10.2 2,080 - - - Cashiers.................................................... 15,589 6.7 2,075 15,276 9.1 2,073 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 19,863 2.8 2,018 19,845 3.4 2,064 19,909 4.4 1,901 Secretaries................................................. 21,295 5.7 2,080 19,357 6.3 2,080 24,956 5.3 2,080 Receptionists............................................... 14,813 2.6 2,041 14,813 2.6 2,041 - - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 18,036 5.7 2,053 17,586 7.4 2,043 - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 21,728 11.4 2,022 21,750 11.7 2,022 - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 23,580 12.0 2,068 28,018 8.7 2,061 - - - General office clerks....................................... $18,507 3.7 2,016 $18,317 6.9 2,053 $18,617 4.1 1,994 Blue collar......................................................... 26,288 3.5 2,115 26,667 3.8 2,130 22,361 4.8 1,955 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 32,245 4.2 2,095 32,795 4.5 2,097 26,820 6.8 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 36,304 8.2 2,080 - - - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 38,914 4.9 2,089 38,914 4.9 2,089 - - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 35,873 5.8 2,080 36,691 5.6 2,080 - - - Supervisors, production..................................... 46,812 12.2 2,159 46,812 12.2 2,159 - - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 40,493 2.7 2,080 40,493 2.7 2,080 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 22,427 5.0 2,027 22,873 5.2 2,077 - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 22,880 8.3 1,882 25,204 9.8 2,080 - - - Welders and cutters......................................... 28,673 5.9 2,080 28,673 5.9 2,080 - - - Assemblers.................................................. 15,909 4.7 2,080 15,909 4.7 2,080 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 27,640 6.3 2,338 27,879 6.4 2,347 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 28,513 11.2 2,410 28,929 11.4 2,426 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 23,011 11.4 2,080 23,011 11.4 2,080 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,990 5.0 2,076 18,733 5.5 2,076 20,527 8.1 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 16,040 7.5 2,036 - - - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 15,322 9.4 2,080 15,322 9.4 2,080 - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 18,476 4.9 2,080 18,476 4.9 2,080 - - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 20,791 13.3 2,080 20,791 13.3 2,080 - - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,014 4.8 2,080 20,122 5.7 2,080 19,615 8.4 2,080 Service............................................................. 16,427 4.2 2,004 13,749 4.4 1,979 20,320 5.9 2,041 Protective service............................................ 25,918 4.8 2,206 - - - 26,911 4.3 2,229 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 34,157 7.8 2,094 - - - 34,157 7.8 2,094 Firefighting................................................ 25,487 5.7 2,720 - - - 25,487 5.7 2,720 Police and detectives, public service....................... 28,010 4.5 2,098 - - - 28,010 4.5 2,098 Correctional institution officers........................... 19,953 1.9 2,080 - - - 19,953 1.9 2,080 Food service.................................................. 11,255 5.8 1,835 11,393 6.8 1,931 - - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5,870 25.8 1,958 5,870 25.8 1,958 - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 12,350 7.0 1,952 11,912 7.2 1,928 - - - Health service................................................ $15,579 2.5 2,071 $15,465 3.0 2,069 $15,888 4.5 2,077 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 15,248 2.7 2,071 14,970 3.4 2,068 - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 15,692 6.8 1,986 15,959 10.5 2,005 15,249 3.6 1,956 Maids and housemen.......................................... 12,477 6.1 1,968 11,717 4.9 1,929 - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,573 8.5 1,988 19,546 12.2 2,048 - - - Personal service.............................................. 13,259 3.6 1,789 - - - - - - 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SUR- VEY 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $12.89 2.8 $12.24 3.5 $14.89 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 12.81 2.4 12.04 2.9 15.03 4.4 White collar........................................................ 15.08 4.0 14.06 5.5 17.24 5.2 1....................................................... 5.83 2.5 5.73 1.7 - - 2....................................................... 7.53 2.9 7.40 2.9 8.10 6.8 3....................................................... 8.40 2.8 8.46 3.9 8.28 2.6 4....................................................... 10.18 6.5 10.18 8.4 10.18 3.2 5....................................................... 12.68 3.4 12.44 4.1 13.63 4.0 6....................................................... 14.25 4.3 15.85 3.7 - - 7....................................................... 15.89 4.1 15.51 6.3 16.53 3.4 8....................................................... 21.30 8.1 21.01 13.1 21.73 6.0 9....................................................... 22.26 4.7 22.09 6.4 22.51 8.0 10........................................................ 27.23 4.3 26.82 5.9 - - 11........................................................ 29.50 5.1 31.23 6.5 - - 12........................................................ 39.14 9.3 - - 36.31 7.5 13........................................................ 39.06 9.0 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.60 11.4 15.14 24.3 - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.24 3.7 13.97 4.5 17.54 5.1 1....................................................... 6.35 4.0 - - - - 2....................................................... 7.48 3.0 7.32 2.9 8.10 6.8 3....................................................... 8.59 3.2 8.72 4.4 8.33 2.9 4....................................................... 9.48 4.1 9.20 5.1 10.18 3.2 5....................................................... 12.49 3.7 12.22 4.5 13.60 4.6 6....................................................... 13.00 4.1 14.41 3.8 - - 7....................................................... 15.97 4.1 15.62 6.5 16.53 3.4 8....................................................... 19.48 3.5 17.88 2.6 21.73 6.0 9....................................................... 21.83 4.5 21.34 5.8 22.51 8.0 10........................................................ 27.23 4.3 26.82 5.9 - - 11........................................................ 28.61 4.3 29.85 5.5 - - 12........................................................ 39.14 9.3 - - 36.31 7.5 13........................................................ 39.06 9.0 - - - - Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.60 11.4 15.14 24.3 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 4.4 18.00 5.9 21.42 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.93 3.6 20.56 6.5 22.91 4.3 5....................................................... 11.38 10.7 - - - - 7....................................................... 16.36 3.0 14.47 3.1 17.06 3.5 8....................................................... 20.05 4.2 17.25 2.1 22.82 5.7 9....................................................... 22.19 5.9 21.57 9.8 22.53 8.4 10........................................................ 27.53 5.5 - - - - 11........................................................ 28.48 4.3 30.42 5.6 - - 12........................................................ 41.87 20.2 - - 34.65 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.66 7.8 32.74 3.6 - - 9....................................................... 30.34 1.6 30.34 1.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ $18.85 4.8 $18.71 7.9 $19.05 4.5 7....................................................... 15.81 2.4 - - - - 8....................................................... 17.44 1.9 17.17 2.3 - - 9....................................................... 17.84 3.6 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 17.56 2.4 17.36 2.9 17.92 4.1 8....................................................... 17.26 1.5 16.92 1.8 - - 9....................................................... 17.63 4.4 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.16 7.4 19.56 10.3 - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 22.72 6.6 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 22.08 20.4 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 22.08 20.4 - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.22 6.7 11.94 10.9 - - Social workers.............................................. 16.69 6.0 - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.26 19.5 18.08 26.2 - - Technical....................................................... 14.67 4.7 15.28 5.1 12.00 10.6 4....................................................... 9.92 4.5 - - - - 6....................................................... 14.94 4.4 14.94 4.4 - - 7....................................................... 15.60 5.5 15.28 6.3 - - 8....................................................... 17.93 6.7 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 10.76 1.7 10.90 1.8 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 6.7 22.33 6.3 22.84 15.7 7....................................................... 16.53 7.1 17.34 9.2 - - 8....................................................... 18.20 7.9 18.30 8.3 - - 9....................................................... 20.78 9.5 20.65 10.3 - - 10........................................................ 26.67 6.5 - - - - 11........................................................ 29.01 8.9 29.01 8.9 - - 12........................................................ 37.59 8.2 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.09 7.6 23.96 7.1 27.39 15.9 8....................................................... 23.12 7.3 - - - - 9....................................................... 19.69 9.1 19.44 9.9 - - 11........................................................ 29.01 8.9 29.01 8.9 - - 12........................................................ 37.59 8.2 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.97 19.3 - - 25.97 19.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.26 10.0 25.20 9.6 - - 9....................................................... 19.94 13.2 - - - - Management related............................................ 17.46 9.0 19.26 10.7 13.54 7.5 8....................................................... 15.96 7.5 15.99 7.7 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 16.00 9.2 - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.03 18.6 14.46 19.8 - - 2....................................................... 7.96 9.4 7.96 9.4 - - 3....................................................... 7.67 4.1 7.45 6.3 - - 4....................................................... $13.31 23.2 $13.31 23.2 - - 5....................................................... 14.27 3.1 14.43 3.6 - - 6....................................................... 17.16 5.1 17.16 5.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.56 18.0 18.23 20.1 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.49 3.4 8.57 5.6 - - Cashiers.................................................... 6.55 6.0 6.37 6.6 - - 1....................................................... 5.59 1.0 5.59 1.0 - - 3....................................................... 7.32 5.8 7.12 8.6 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.70 2.6 9.48 3.1 $10.29 4.1 1....................................................... 6.35 4.0 - - - - 2....................................................... 7.48 3.1 7.33 2.9 8.10 6.8 3....................................................... 8.64 3.2 8.72 4.4 8.45 3.0 4....................................................... 9.41 4.6 9.10 5.3 10.37 3.4 5....................................................... 12.03 6.7 11.80 7.3 13.56 6.5 6....................................................... 12.68 5.0 14.82 3.0 - - 7....................................................... 15.53 16.5 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 10.14 5.5 9.24 5.8 12.00 5.3 4....................................................... 10.63 7.5 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 7.19 1.8 7.19 1.8 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.54 4.2 8.25 6.8 8.90 3.4 4....................................................... 9.21 7.5 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.75 10.2 10.76 10.5 - - 4....................................................... 10.43 9.6 10.42 9.8 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.40 12.0 13.59 8.4 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.13 4.0 8.80 6.4 9.34 4.9 2....................................................... 8.07 5.0 - - 8.23 7.2 3....................................................... 8.95 5.9 9.31 9.0 - - Data entry keyers........................................... 9.75 7.6 - - - - Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.93 11.2 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.27 3.4 12.34 3.6 11.36 4.9 1....................................................... 7.89 4.0 7.97 4.2 6.16 3.2 2....................................................... 8.60 4.6 8.59 5.0 8.74 6.4 3....................................................... 11.01 5.4 11.08 5.6 9.39 4.6 4....................................................... 12.03 6.7 12.06 8.3 11.94 8.9 5....................................................... 14.64 3.3 14.95 3.4 12.21 7.2 6....................................................... 15.47 4.7 15.58 4.9 13.68 4.9 7....................................................... 16.89 3.8 17.30 4.2 13.19 5.5 8....................................................... 20.43 11.8 19.94 13.2 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.39 4.1 15.64 4.4 12.89 6.8 4....................................................... 12.27 8.3 12.61 9.0 - - 5....................................................... 14.59 3.7 14.68 3.8 - - 6....................................................... 15.96 4.9 16.14 5.0 - - 7....................................................... 16.89 4.1 17.34 4.6 13.19 5.5 8....................................................... $24.24 3.3 - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.45 8.2 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 4.9 $18.63 4.9 - - 6....................................................... 18.58 6.5 18.58 6.5 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.25 5.8 17.64 5.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.68 12.3 21.68 12.3 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 19.47 2.7 19.47 2.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.07 4.9 11.02 5.1 - - 1....................................................... 5.93 3.3 5.93 3.3 - - 2....................................................... 9.12 7.4 9.12 7.4 - - 3....................................................... 11.53 6.8 11.53 6.8 - - 4....................................................... 11.69 2.6 - - - - 5....................................................... 14.97 6.3 14.97 6.3 - - 6....................................................... 15.54 7.9 15.54 7.9 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.16 8.2 12.12 9.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.49 4.7 8.49 4.7 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.80 5.5 13.80 5.5 - - Assemblers.................................................. 7.65 4.7 7.65 4.7 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.69 5.1 11.76 5.3 $9.59 5.1 3....................................................... 11.38 7.2 11.42 7.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.77 7.2 11.86 7.4 - - 3....................................................... 12.21 6.7 12.24 6.8 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.06 11.4 11.06 11.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.97 4.5 8.85 4.9 9.80 8.0 1....................................................... 8.25 4.7 8.36 5.0 6.16 3.4 2....................................................... 8.55 5.6 8.54 6.5 8.60 6.8 3....................................................... 11.27 7.6 11.87 7.9 9.22 6.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.88 7.9 - - - - Construction laborers....................................... - - - - 7.40 7.9 Production helpers.......................................... 7.37 9.4 7.37 9.4 - - 1....................................................... 7.01 4.1 7.01 4.1 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.09 4.9 7.09 4.9 - - 1....................................................... 6.31 3.4 6.31 3.4 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 9.43 12.7 9.43 12.7 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.52 4.8 9.54 5.6 9.43 8.4 2....................................................... 7.59 3.8 7.09 2.5 - - Service............................................................. 7.55 3.4 6.38 3.4 9.86 5.2 1....................................................... 5.50 6.4 5.39 6.7 - - 2....................................................... 6.47 4.2 6.16 5.6 7.36 3.0 3....................................................... 7.47 2.5 7.17 3.2 7.95 4.1 4....................................................... 8.69 2.7 8.67 2.8 8.70 5.0 5....................................................... 9.16 5.6 - - 8.78 5.4 6....................................................... $11.89 8.3 - - $11.89 8.3 7....................................................... 12.17 3.0 - - 12.02 2.7 Protective service............................................ 11.49 5.5 $6.47 11.5 12.02 5.2 4....................................................... 9.33 3.1 - - 9.33 3.1 5....................................................... 8.78 5.4 - - 8.78 5.4 6....................................................... 11.89 8.3 - - 11.89 8.3 7....................................................... 12.02 2.7 - - 12.02 2.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.31 7.9 - - 16.31 7.9 Firefighting................................................ 9.37 5.4 - - 9.37 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.25 4.6 - - 13.25 4.6 6....................................................... 13.84 5.7 - - 13.84 5.7 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.59 1.9 - - 9.59 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.26 12.1 6.47 11.5 - - Food service.................................................. 5.51 4.8 5.26 4.9 - - 1....................................................... 4.74 6.2 4.64 6.2 - - 2....................................................... 4.65 19.8 4.65 19.8 - - 3....................................................... 6.58 6.1 6.40 8.8 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.89 14.6 2.89 14.6 - - 1....................................................... 2.60 9.1 2.60 9.1 - - 2....................................................... 2.27 4.6 2.27 4.6 - - Cooks....................................................... 7.63 6.6 - - - - Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.85 4.5 - - - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.95 4.0 5.84 3.8 - - 1....................................................... 5.88 4.1 5.75 3.7 - - Health service................................................ 7.43 2.5 7.37 3.0 7.65 4.5 2....................................................... 6.97 2.3 6.74 2.4 - - 3....................................................... 7.53 3.7 7.46 3.9 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.25 2.5 7.12 3.0 - - 2....................................................... 6.97 2.3 6.74 2.4 - - 3....................................................... 7.17 2.7 6.96 1.6 - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.80 5.9 7.81 8.8 7.80 3.6 1....................................................... 7.73 12.5 7.69 13.3 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.27 4.0 6.01 3.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.90 2.8 5.90 2.8 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.70 7.7 9.19 10.9 - - 1....................................................... 9.58 15.1 9.75 16.6 - - Personal service.............................................. 6.59 4.7 6.45 5.7 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $13.45 2.8 $12.92 3.5 $14.98 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 13.22 2.5 12.53 3.0 15.12 4.4 White collar........................................................ 15.66 3.9 14.80 5.4 17.38 5.1 1....................................................... 6.24 3.7 6.05 2.2 - - 2....................................................... 7.67 3.5 7.52 3.6 8.22 7.0 3....................................................... 8.58 3.2 8.70 4.2 8.30 3.1 4....................................................... 10.40 6.8 10.47 9.0 10.19 3.2 5....................................................... 12.71 3.4 12.47 4.1 13.63 4.0 6....................................................... 14.28 4.4 15.85 3.7 - - 7....................................................... 15.93 4.2 15.52 6.6 16.60 3.4 8....................................................... 21.35 8.3 21.03 13.6 21.81 6.2 9....................................................... 22.34 4.8 22.23 6.4 22.51 8.0 10........................................................ 27.23 4.3 26.82 5.9 - - 11........................................................ 29.50 5.1 31.23 6.5 - - 12........................................................ 39.22 9.4 - - 36.37 7.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.63 11.4 - - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.42 3.7 14.17 4.6 17.71 5.1 2....................................................... 7.55 3.7 7.36 3.6 8.22 7.0 3....................................................... 8.65 3.7 8.75 4.8 8.38 3.6 4....................................................... 9.53 4.1 9.26 5.1 10.19 3.2 5....................................................... 12.52 3.7 12.24 4.5 13.60 4.6 6....................................................... 13.02 4.2 14.41 3.8 - - 7....................................................... 16.01 4.2 15.65 6.7 16.60 3.4 8....................................................... 19.46 3.6 17.79 2.6 21.81 6.2 9....................................................... 21.91 4.6 21.46 5.9 22.51 8.0 10........................................................ 27.23 4.3 26.82 5.9 - - 11........................................................ 28.61 4.3 29.85 5.5 - - 12........................................................ 39.22 9.4 - - 36.37 7.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.63 11.4 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 4.5 18.05 6.2 21.39 4.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 22.04 3.6 20.75 6.8 22.96 4.0 5....................................................... 11.38 10.7 - - - - 7....................................................... 16.54 3.2 14.22 4.1 17.18 3.6 8....................................................... 20.05 4.4 17.04 1.9 22.95 5.8 9....................................................... 22.33 6.0 21.94 10.0 22.53 8.4 10........................................................ 27.53 5.5 - - - - 11........................................................ 28.48 4.3 30.42 5.6 - - 12........................................................ 42.20 20.8 - - 34.76 6.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.66 7.8 32.74 3.6 - - 9....................................................... 30.34 1.6 30.34 1.6 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - Health related................................................ 18.90 5.2 18.79 8.7 19.04 4.7 7....................................................... 15.95 2.5 - - - - 8....................................................... 17.16 1.6 16.90 1.8 - - 9....................................................... $17.88 3.8 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 17.56 2.6 $17.41 3.1 $17.83 4.3 8....................................................... 17.22 1.6 16.95 1.9 - - 9....................................................... 17.67 4.6 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.23 5.7 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.54 6.3 - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.22 6.7 11.94 10.9 - - Social workers.............................................. 16.69 6.0 - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.26 19.5 18.08 26.2 - - Technical....................................................... 14.72 4.8 15.35 5.3 12.00 10.6 4....................................................... 9.92 4.5 - - - - 6....................................................... 14.94 4.4 14.94 4.4 - - 7....................................................... 15.60 5.5 15.28 6.3 - - 8....................................................... 17.93 6.7 - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 10.78 1.8 10.93 1.9 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 6.7 22.33 6.3 22.84 15.7 7....................................................... 16.53 7.1 17.34 9.2 - - 8....................................................... 18.20 7.9 18.30 8.3 - - 9....................................................... 20.78 9.5 20.65 10.3 - - 10........................................................ 26.67 6.5 - - - - 11........................................................ 29.01 8.9 29.01 8.9 - - 12........................................................ 37.59 8.2 - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 25.09 7.6 23.96 7.1 27.39 15.9 8....................................................... 23.12 7.3 - - - - 9....................................................... 19.69 9.1 19.44 9.9 - - 11........................................................ 29.01 8.9 29.01 8.9 - - 12........................................................ 37.59 8.2 - - - - Administrators and officials, public administration......... 25.97 19.3 - - 25.97 19.3 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 26.26 10.0 25.20 9.6 - - 9....................................................... 19.94 13.2 - - - - Management related............................................ 17.46 9.0 19.26 10.7 13.54 7.5 8....................................................... 15.96 7.5 15.99 7.7 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 16.00 9.2 - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.80 18.3 19.05 19.1 - - 3....................................................... 8.22 3.4 8.32 4.4 - - 4....................................................... 16.32 17.8 16.32 17.8 - - 5....................................................... 14.39 3.1 14.59 3.6 - - 6....................................................... 17.16 5.1 17.16 5.1 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 17.56 18.0 18.23 20.1 - - Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.74 5.1 9.12 10.2 - - Cashiers.................................................... $7.51 6.7 $7.37 9.1 - - 3....................................................... 7.87 5.4 - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 2.8 9.61 3.3 $10.47 4.3 2....................................................... 7.55 3.7 7.36 3.6 8.22 7.0 3....................................................... 8.65 3.7 8.75 4.8 8.38 3.6 4....................................................... 9.46 4.6 9.16 5.4 10.40 3.5 5....................................................... 12.03 6.7 11.80 7.3 13.56 6.5 6....................................................... 12.68 5.0 14.82 3.0 - - 7....................................................... 15.53 16.5 - - - - Secretaries................................................. 10.24 5.7 9.31 6.3 12.00 5.3 4....................................................... 10.99 7.9 - - - - Receptionists............................................... 7.26 1.7 7.26 1.7 - - Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 8.78 5.6 8.61 7.2 - - 4....................................................... 9.21 7.5 - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 10.75 10.2 10.76 10.5 - - 4....................................................... 10.43 9.6 10.42 9.8 - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.40 12.0 13.59 8.4 - - General office clerks....................................... 9.18 3.9 8.92 6.3 9.34 4.9 2....................................................... 8.21 5.0 - - 8.23 7.2 3....................................................... 8.95 5.9 9.31 9.0 - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.43 3.4 12.52 3.7 11.44 4.9 1....................................................... 8.19 4.8 8.28 5.0 - - 2....................................................... 8.62 4.7 8.61 5.1 8.74 6.4 3....................................................... 11.02 5.4 11.10 5.7 9.39 4.6 4....................................................... 12.03 6.7 12.06 8.3 11.94 8.9 5....................................................... 14.63 3.3 14.95 3.5 12.21 7.2 6....................................................... 15.49 4.7 15.59 4.9 13.68 4.9 7....................................................... 16.89 3.8 17.30 4.2 13.19 5.5 8....................................................... 20.43 11.8 19.94 13.2 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.39 4.1 15.64 4.4 12.89 6.8 4....................................................... 12.27 8.3 12.61 9.0 - - 5....................................................... 14.59 3.7 14.68 3.8 - - 6....................................................... 15.96 4.9 16.14 5.0 - - 7....................................................... 16.89 4.1 17.34 4.6 13.19 5.5 8....................................................... 24.24 3.3 - - - - Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.45 8.2 - - - - Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 4.9 18.63 4.9 - - 6....................................................... 18.58 6.5 18.58 6.5 - - Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.25 5.8 17.64 5.6 - - Supervisors, production..................................... 21.68 12.3 21.68 12.3 - - Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c............. 19.47 2.7 19.47 2.7 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.06 5.0 11.01 5.2 - - 1....................................................... $5.92 3.5 $5.92 3.5 - - 2....................................................... 9.12 7.4 9.12 7.4 - - 3....................................................... 11.53 6.8 11.53 6.8 - - 4....................................................... 11.69 2.6 - - - - 5....................................................... 14.98 6.6 14.98 6.6 - - 6....................................................... 15.64 8.0 15.64 8.0 - - Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.16 8.2 12.12 9.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.49 4.7 8.49 4.7 - - Welders and cutters......................................... 13.78 5.9 13.78 5.9 - - Assemblers.................................................. 7.65 4.7 7.65 4.7 - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.82 5.1 11.88 5.2 - - 3....................................................... 11.53 6.6 11.57 6.6 - - Truck drivers............................................... 11.83 7.5 11.93 7.7 - - 3....................................................... 12.21 6.7 12.24 6.8 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 11.06 11.4 11.06 11.4 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.15 5.0 9.02 5.5 $9.87 8.1 1....................................................... 8.64 6.0 8.77 6.4 - - 2....................................................... 8.59 5.8 8.58 6.7 8.60 6.8 3....................................................... 10.77 10.7 11.54 13.1 9.22 6.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.88 7.9 - - - - Production helpers.......................................... 7.37 9.4 7.37 9.4 - - 1....................................................... 7.01 4.1 7.01 4.1 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.88 4.9 8.88 4.9 - - Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.00 13.3 10.00 13.3 - - Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.62 4.8 9.67 5.7 9.43 8.4 2....................................................... 7.61 4.1 7.06 2.7 - - Service............................................................. 8.20 3.6 6.95 3.8 9.96 5.2 1....................................................... 6.45 9.0 6.35 9.8 - - 2....................................................... 6.47 4.4 6.09 6.1 - - 3....................................................... 7.58 2.8 7.29 3.5 8.02 4.5 4....................................................... 8.61 3.0 8.52 3.6 8.71 5.2 5....................................................... 9.16 5.6 - - 8.78 5.4 6....................................................... 11.89 8.3 - - 11.89 8.3 7....................................................... 12.17 3.0 - - 12.02 2.7 Protective service............................................ 11.75 5.4 - - 12.07 5.2 4....................................................... 9.40 3.0 - - 9.40 3.0 5....................................................... 8.78 5.4 - - 8.78 5.4 6....................................................... 11.89 8.3 - - 11.89 8.3 7....................................................... 12.02 2.7 - - 12.02 2.7 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 16.31 7.9 - - 16.31 7.9 Firefighting................................................ 9.37 5.4 - - 9.37 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 13.35 4.5 - - 13.35 4.5 6....................................................... 13.84 5.7 - - 13.84 5.7 Correctional institution officers........................... $9.59 1.9 - - $9.59 1.9 Food service.................................................. 6.13 5.6 $5.90 5.9 - - 1....................................................... 5.36 7.6 5.17 7.5 - - 2....................................................... 4.55 21.0 4.55 21.0 - - 3....................................................... 6.49 7.7 6.47 9.7 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.00 25.0 3.00 25.0 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.33 5.7 6.18 6.2 - - 1....................................................... 6.24 6.3 6.05 6.6 - - Health service................................................ 7.52 2.6 7.47 3.1 7.65 4.5 2....................................................... 7.01 2.6 6.73 3.0 - - 3....................................................... 7.72 3.8 - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.36 2.8 7.24 3.5 - - 2....................................................... 7.01 2.6 6.73 3.0 - - 3....................................................... 7.32 2.9 - - - - Cleaning and building service................................. 7.90 6.2 7.96 9.5 7.80 3.6 1....................................................... 7.89 12.7 7.85 13.7 - - Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.34 3.8 6.07 2.8 - - 1....................................................... 5.96 2.6 5.96 2.6 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.84 8.3 9.54 11.5 - - 1....................................................... 9.61 15.1 9.78 16.7 - - Personal service.............................................. 7.41 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 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, Mobile, AL, August 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................................................................... $7.58 7.7 $6.82 5.5 $13.16 28.6 All excluding sales............................................... 7.90 9.6 6.91 6.7 13.16 28.6 White collar........................................................ 9.31 12.3 7.98 7.4 14.86 31.7 2....................................................... 6.89 3.5 6.92 3.7 - - 3....................................................... 7.62 5.1 7.23 5.3 - - 4....................................................... 8.14 2.1 - - - - White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.06 16.4 10.28 10.6 14.86 31.7 2....................................................... 7.09 3.4 7.16 3.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.25 3.5 - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.42 22.3 - - 22.08 35.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.23 22.8 - - 22.08 35.5 Health related................................................ 18.27 8.8 - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.59 9.9 6.59 9.9 - - 3....................................................... 6.40 7.4 6.40 7.4 - - Cashiers.................................................... 5.84 4.1 5.84 4.1 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.86 3.3 7.68 2.8 8.24 5.7 2....................................................... 7.12 3.5 7.20 3.7 - - 3....................................................... 8.52 2.5 - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 8.08 11.2 8.14 11.4 - - 1....................................................... 5.82 2.4 5.81 2.5 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.63 16.1 7.67 16.2 - - 1....................................................... 5.79 2.7 5.79 2.8 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 5.62 1.9 5.62 1.9 - - 1....................................................... 5.59 2.0 5.59 2.0 - - Service............................................................. 5.24 5.4 5.10 5.5 7.37 1.9 1....................................................... 4.50 6.9 4.48 6.9 - - 2....................................................... 6.45 6.0 6.45 6.2 - - 3....................................................... 6.74 4.0 - - - - Protective service............................................ 6.82 9.2 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.59 7.7 4.40 7.4 - - 1....................................................... 4.31 8.6 4.31 8.6 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... $2.77 11.9 $2.77 11.9 - - 1....................................................... 2.81 12.6 2.81 12.6 - - Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 5.50 2.0 5.50 2.0 - - 1....................................................... 5.50 2.0 5.50 2.0 - - Health service................................................ 6.87 3.3 6.87 3.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 6.58 1.5 6.58 1.5 - - Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. 5.32 3.2 - - - - 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 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $13.45 $7.58 $14.05 $12.78 $12.60 $19.95 All excluding sales............................................. 13.22 7.90 14.05 12.68 12.80 13.00 White collar........................................................ 15.66 9.31 - 15.07 14.60 26.36 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 15.42 12.06 - 15.24 15.25 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.55 19.42 - 19.55 19.55 - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.04 20.23 - 21.93 21.93 - Technical....................................................... 14.72 - - 14.67 14.67 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.49 - - 22.49 22.49 - Sales............................................................. 17.80 6.59 - 14.03 8.84 26.87 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 7.86 - 9.65 9.71 - Blue collar......................................................... 12.43 8.08 14.28 11.66 12.20 13.24 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.39 - 18.37 14.63 15.36 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.06 - 13.15 9.98 11.07 - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.82 - 15.46 11.36 11.52 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.15 7.63 10.83 8.22 8.98 - Service............................................................. 8.20 5.24 - 7.41 7.55 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 7.7 4.0 3.0 2.4 18.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.5 9.6 4.0 2.6 2.5 8.3 White collar........................................................ 3.9 12.3 - 4.0 3.5 22.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 16.4 - 3.7 3.7 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 22.3 - 4.4 4.4 - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 22.8 - 3.6 3.6 - Technical....................................................... 4.8 - - 4.7 4.7 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.7 - - 6.7 6.7 - Sales............................................................. 18.3 9.9 - 18.6 6.4 22.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.8 3.3 - 2.6 2.6 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 11.2 4.1 4.3 3.5 8.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.1 - 3.4 5.0 4.2 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 - 5.1 6.5 4.9 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 - 5.5 5.5 6.2 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 16.1 6.6 4.7 4.5 - Service............................................................. 3.6 5.4 - 3.4 3.4 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $12.24 $14.28 - - $14.88 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 12.04 14.29 - - 14.91 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 14.06 19.32 - - 19.80 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 13.97 20.00 - - 20.60 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.00 27.62 - - 27.62 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 20.56 30.83 - - 30.83 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 15.28 20.46 - - 20.46 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.33 27.65 - - 27.65 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 14.46 13.90 - - 13.90 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.48 12.77 - - 12.78 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 12.34 12.94 - - 13.35 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.64 15.46 - - 16.17 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.02 11.74 - - 11.58 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.76 13.06 - - 12.87 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.85 9.54 - - 10.50 - - - - - Service............................................................. 6.38 - - - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 3.5 4.9 - - 4.7 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 5.0 - - 4.8 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.5 7.4 - - 7.5 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 7.8 - - 7.8 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.9 10.3 - - 10.3 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.5 11.8 - - 11.8 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.1 6.7 - - 6.7 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 5.8 - - 5.8 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 19.8 10.3 - - 10.3 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 4.6 - - 5.4 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 4.9 - - 4.4 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 5.4 - - 6.7 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 5.4 - - 5.5 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 12.4 - - 13.1 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 7.9 - - 7.4 - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.4 - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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 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, Mobile, AL, August 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....................................................... $12.24 $10.65 $12.95 $12.36 $14.44 All excluding sales............................................. 12.04 10.12 12.80 12.10 14.45 White collar........................................................ 14.06 12.78 14.47 14.06 15.58 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 13.97 12.19 14.33 13.78 15.62 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.00 19.60 17.92 17.24 18.85 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.56 21.35 20.51 20.31 20.66 Technical....................................................... 15.28 - 15.34 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22.33 23.11 22.09 21.68 - Sales............................................................. 14.46 13.56 15.65 15.76 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.48 9.04 9.62 9.66 9.51 Blue collar......................................................... 12.34 11.19 12.99 12.41 14.08 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 15.64 14.61 16.21 15.95 16.53 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11.02 10.53 11.11 11.01 11.29 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.76 10.91 12.68 12.21 14.58 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.85 7.37 10.03 9.52 11.34 Service............................................................. 6.38 5.01 7.19 6.83 9.17 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....................................................... 3.5 6.7 4.2 5.7 5.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 6.6 3.2 4.1 5.2 White collar........................................................ 5.5 9.6 6.3 8.5 7.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.5 10.3 4.9 6.1 7.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.9 21.5 6.1 8.4 7.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.5 23.0 6.7 11.2 8.3 Technical....................................................... 5.1 - 5.3 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 9.4 7.9 8.5 - Sales............................................................. 19.8 17.4 38.9 39.7 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.1 5.7 3.5 4.2 6.1 Blue collar......................................................... 3.6 7.8 3.9 4.7 7.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 6.2 6.0 4.0 12.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.1 15.1 5.5 6.9 9.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 7.4 7.1 8.4 10.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.9 2.7 5.9 7.6 7.5 Service............................................................. 3.4 5.2 3.8 3.2 10.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD IN- TERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 108,600 80,100 28,600 All excluding sales............................................. 100,900 72,900 28,000 White collar........................................................ 56,400 36,500 19,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 48,700 29,400 19,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22,300 10,800 11,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 16,200 5,800 10,400 Technical....................................................... 6,100 5,000 1,100 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4,400 3,000 1,400 Sales............................................................. 7,700 7,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 22,000 15,600 6,400 Blue collar......................................................... 32,400 29,700 2,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 11,800 10,700 1,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6,800 6,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 5,200 5,000 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8,600 7,600 1,000 Service............................................................. 19,800 13,900 5,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR 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, Mobile, AL, August 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........................................................ 700 150 53 97 77 20 Private industry.................................................... 600 127 49 78 64 14 Goods-producing industries........................................ 200 39 9 30 22 8 Construction.................................................... 100 3 3 - - - Manufacturing................................................... 100 36 6 30 22 8 Service-producing industries...................................... 500 88 40 48 42 6 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 9 3 6 5 1 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 200 33 25 8 7 1 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. (2) 3 2 1 1 - Services........................................................ 200 43 10 33 29 4 State and local government.......................................... (2) 23 4 19 13 6 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.