NC BL 07/00/2000 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3100-49, October 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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................. $15.88 3.2 35.1 $14.48 3.8 34.9 $20.60 3.8 35.5 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.75 3.3 34.5 16.73 4.0 34.4 23.61 5.1 34.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.03 3.8 33.6 20.78 3.8 33.3 30.61 5.9 33.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.21 6.0 38.9 31.11 7.1 39.6 24.22 8.7 37.1 Sales............................................................. 12.20 8.4 31.9 11.91 8.7 31.6 - - - Administrative support............................................ 11.95 3.0 35.1 11.52 3.3 35.0 13.21 6.3 35.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.18 5.5 37.6 14.07 6.1 37.7 15.06 5.0 37.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.19 2.9 39.7 19.79 3.2 39.6 15.84 5.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.67 8.7 38.5 12.64 8.8 38.5 - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.87 6.4 34.7 13.16 8.1 34.7 15.53 4.0 34.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.30 8.8 35.5 10.11 9.7 35.2 11.86 7.5 37.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.48 5.1 31.1 7.69 4.4 29.1 16.09 4.5 36.0 Full time........................................................... 17.22 3.6 39.2 15.82 4.3 39.4 21.41 4.8 38.4 Part time........................................................... 8.85 4.1 22.6 8.50 4.1 23.2 11.52 9.4 19.1 Union............................................................... 18.06 2.7 35.6 15.81 3.4 35.1 20.80 4.0 36.2 Nonunion............................................................ 14.06 5.2 34.6 13.84 5.4 34.8 18.87 13.2 30.0 Time................................................................ 15.88 3.3 35.2 14.43 3.9 35.1 20.60 3.8 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 15.77 13.7 31.2 15.77 13.7 31.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.66 4.2 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.80 7.7 34.0 12.79 7.7 34.0 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.39 5.9 35.1 12.90 6.2 35.2 18.70 7.0 35.1 500 workers or more................................................. 19.51 3.1 35.3 18.28 4.1 35.2 21.00 4.6 35.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $15.88 3.2 $14.48 3.8 $20.60 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.11 3.4 14.68 4.1 20.63 3.9 White collar........................................................ 18.75 3.3 16.73 4.0 23.61 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.64 3.3 17.67 4.2 23.71 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.03 3.8 20.78 3.8 30.61 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.64 3.7 23.31 3.4 32.10 5.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.00 4.8 28.55 5.0 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 25.66 3.7 25.66 3.7 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 23.98 10.4 23.98 10.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.42 6.6 31.42 6.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.57 5.1 23.31 9.5 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.02 5.0 € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.81 4.1 22.05 4.6 25.00 9.0 Registered nurses........................................... 19.49 1.9 19.48 2.0 19.54 4.5 Pharmacists................................................. 30.46 2.9 31.18 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.89 12.3 30.37 23.6 50.45 12.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 32.58 6.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.08 6.4 18.03 11.2 33.88 6.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.91 10.6 € € 36.73 8.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.79 6.2 € € 34.02 6.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.99 17.9 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 19.99 17.9 € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.28 8.0 - - 20.29 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 18.38 9.5 € € 20.56 7.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.11 9.6 19.29 9.7 - - Technical....................................................... 14.75 3.6 14.45 3.7 15.95 8.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.16 4.0 15.25 4.3 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.61 3.8 12.39 4.6 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.19 6.5 13.45 8.0 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.21 9.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.21 6.0 31.11 7.1 24.22 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.67 6.9 33.66 8.1 28.68 10.9 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.59 7.7 30.59 7.7 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.30 11.8 € € 32.72 9.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.57 13.6 38.22 14.4 € € Management related............................................ 23.02 8.4 24.89 11.6 20.34 8.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.51 5.9 19.56 6.6 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 20.90 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. $12.20 8.4 $11.91 8.7 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.30 15.2 14.30 15.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.73 5.7 7.73 5.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.38 9.6 6.69 5.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.95 3.0 11.52 3.3 $13.21 6.3 Computer operators.......................................... 15.25 8.8 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.38 3.4 12.90 4.0 14.90 4.7 Typists..................................................... 12.58 4.9 € € 12.93 6.3 Receptionists............................................... 8.60 4.8 8.60 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 9.68 6.7 9.18 4.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 11.09 4.9 11.09 4.9 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.22 8.8 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.91 4.9 10.91 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 6.8 13.67 9.8 13.10 2.4 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.71 11.1 12.71 11.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.45 15.2 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.08 4.5 12.36 9.5 11.90 4.1 Data entry keyers........................................... 8.81 9.6 7.66 6.7 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 8.87 5.5 € € 9.03 6.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.31 5.8 9.25 6.2 € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 5.5 14.07 6.1 15.06 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.19 2.9 19.79 3.2 15.84 5.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.66 12.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.52 6.6 19.52 6.6 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.47 9.8 21.06 7.4 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.94 4.6 21.94 4.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.67 8.7 12.64 8.8 - - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.86 17.3 11.86 17.3 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.36 8.3 11.36 8.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 11.9 11.65 12.2 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.25 10.1 16.25 10.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.05 14.8 11.05 14.8 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.67 17.1 12.67 17.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.87 6.4 13.16 8.1 15.53 4.0 Truck drivers............................................... 12.48 9.1 12.13 10.6 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.29 13.6 € € 14.88 2.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.38 6.0 16.38 6.0 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 14.80 6.5 14.76 7.7 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.30 8.8 10.11 9.7 11.86 7.5 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $8.71 17.8 $8.71 17.8 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.77 8.2 13.77 8.2 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.10 19.0 9.10 19.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.45 8.1 9.98 9.6 $12.21 9.9 Service............................................................. 10.48 5.1 7.69 4.4 16.09 4.5 Protective service............................................ 19.85 3.8 - - 20.42 3.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.54 20.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 6.33 8.5 6.30 8.6 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.25 25.1 4.25 25.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.25 27.3 4.25 27.3 € € Other food service........................................... 7.42 4.5 7.39 4.5 - - Cooks....................................................... 9.19 6.3 9.19 6.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.48 2.6 6.48 2.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.77 5.8 6.66 5.6 € € Health service................................................ 9.14 3.7 8.04 3.0 13.56 5.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.33 10.5 9.95 10.8 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.05 3.9 7.87 3.0 13.54 5.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 9.88 5.7 8.99 7.2 11.50 5.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.95 9.3 7.72 9.8 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.03 6.5 8.93 8.2 11.52 5.9 Personal service.............................................. 8.12 6.0 7.92 8.8 8.46 7.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $17.22 3.6 $15.82 4.3 $21.41 4.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.36 3.8 15.92 4.5 21.45 4.8 White collar........................................................ 19.91 3.6 17.86 4.2 24.40 6.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.49 3.7 18.41 4.4 24.53 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 4.1 21.15 4.1 31.25 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.40 4.0 23.81 3.7 32.66 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.00 4.8 28.55 5.0 - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 25.66 3.7 25.66 3.7 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 23.98 10.4 23.98 10.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.42 6.6 31.42 6.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.96 4.2 24.09 8.6 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.42 4.1 € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.44 4.8 22.65 5.6 25.13 9.3 Registered nurses........................................... 19.54 2.6 19.56 3.1 19.49 4.7 Pharmacists................................................. 30.46 2.9 31.18 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.43 12.9 30.82 25.2 51.24 13.0 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 33.49 8.4 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.17 6.6 18.24 9.8 35.18 6.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.91 10.6 € € 36.73 8.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.79 6.2 € € 34.02 6.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.99 17.9 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 19.99 17.9 € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.32 8.0 - - 20.29 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 18.43 9.6 € € 20.56 7.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.12 9.7 19.30 9.8 - - Technical....................................................... 14.94 4.0 14.64 4.0 16.13 9.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.64 4.1 12.40 5.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.56 5.9 31.32 7.0 24.72 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.94 6.9 33.66 8.1 29.78 9.9 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.59 7.7 30.59 7.7 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.82 11.5 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.57 13.6 38.22 14.4 € € Management related............................................ 23.38 8.5 25.38 11.6 20.56 8.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.51 5.9 19.56 6.6 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.46 10.8 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.42 8.4 14.15 8.9 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.30 15.2 14.30 15.2 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.85 14.3 7.50 8.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ $12.45 3.3 $11.98 3.7 $13.79 6.1 Computer operators.......................................... 15.25 8.8 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.42 3.4 12.93 4.1 14.90 4.7 Typists..................................................... 12.51 5.6 € € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 9.76 6.9 9.26 4.5 € € Order clerks................................................ 11.09 4.9 11.09 4.9 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.51 8.5 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.17 4.6 11.17 4.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 6.8 13.67 9.8 13.10 2.4 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.57 14.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.99 4.1 13.94 8.6 12.47 3.2 Data entry keyers........................................... 8.89 10.6 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.19 6.9 10.17 7.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 5.5 15.19 6.2 15.48 5.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.27 2.9 19.88 3.2 15.84 5.8 Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.66 12.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.52 6.6 19.52 6.6 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.47 9.8 21.06 7.4 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.94 4.6 21.94 4.6 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 6.7 14.01 6.7 - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.36 8.3 11.36 8.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 11.9 11.65 12.2 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.25 10.1 16.25 10.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 13.84 13.5 13.84 13.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.67 17.1 12.67 17.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.76 6.1 14.08 7.4 16.30 5.1 Truck drivers............................................... 12.27 9.3 11.83 10.5 € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.45 6.0 16.45 6.0 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 14.79 6.7 14.75 7.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.91 10.6 10.72 11.7 12.47 8.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.13 21.5 12.13 21.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.78 7.2 14.78 7.2 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.12 19.1 9.12 19.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.67 9.0 10.00 10.2 € € Service............................................................. 12.09 5.5 8.51 4.9 16.94 4.6 Protective service............................................ 20.29 3.7 - - 20.81 3.1 Food service.................................................. 7.87 7.1 7.83 7.3 - - Other food service........................................... 8.07 5.9 8.04 6.0 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.13 7.8 6.98 7.7 € € Health service................................................ $9.95 5.1 $8.37 4.9 $13.86 6.4 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.90 5.4 8.14 4.9 13.86 6.4 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.08 6.4 9.09 7.9 12.10 5.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.29 7.3 9.07 9.0 12.10 5.8 Personal service.............................................. 8.60 7.0 8.27 11.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $8.85 4.1 $8.50 4.1 $11.52 9.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.07 4.8 8.70 4.9 11.52 9.4 White collar........................................................ 11.01 5.3 10.63 5.7 13.02 15.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.53 6.1 12.39 6.7 13.02 15.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.45 5.5 18.33 6.0 18.88 13.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.16 6.0 20.20 5.9 20.04 16.7 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 20.53 6.1 20.53 6.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 19.38 1.2 19.33 1.2 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.83 17.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 13.24 21.8 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 13.37 5.3 13.08 6.4 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.15 5.6 7.15 5.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.94 6.5 6.94 6.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.12 4.3 6.12 4.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.84 3.8 8.94 4.3 8.41 6.2 Secretaries................................................. 11.93 2.8 11.93 2.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 7.98 8.3 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 7.96 7.5 7.96 7.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.99 3.5 7.77 2.7 10.91 9.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.15 9.2 9.47 11.3 11.95 10.6 Bus drivers................................................. 9.89 7.0 € € 11.95 10.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.02 5.6 7.07 6.0 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.29 12.4 9.29 12.4 € € Service............................................................. 6.74 6.4 6.44 7.1 8.98 9.6 Protective service............................................ 11.06 20.7 - - - - Food service.................................................. $4.91 11.6 $4.91 11.6 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.60 16.6 3.60 16.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.35 2.7 6.35 2.7 € € Health service................................................ 7.94 2.9 7.67 2.3 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.77 2.3 7.58 1.9 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.36 7.9 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 7.11 6.0 7.26 5.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RE- SULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $674 3.6 39.2 $624 4.3 39.4 $822 5.1 38.4 All excluding sales............................................... 679 3.7 39.1 628 4.5 39.4 823 5.1 38.4 White collar........................................................ 772 3.7 38.8 703 4.3 39.3 916 6.7 37.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 792 3.8 38.6 723 4.6 39.3 919 6.8 37.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 980 4.1 38.1 824 4.4 39.0 1,158 6.3 37.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,079 4.0 38.0 932 3.9 39.1 1,208 6.1 37.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,133 4.4 40.5 1,158 4.4 40.6 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,074 1.3 41.9 1,074 1.3 41.9 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 974 9.9 40.6 974 9.9 40.6 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,266 6.3 40.3 1,266 6.3 40.3 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 944 4.5 39.4 964 8.6 40.0 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 921 4.3 39.3 € € € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 891 5.0 38.0 868 6.0 38.3 939 9.3 37.4 Registered nurses........................................... 744 2.8 38.1 744 2.8 38.1 742 6.6 38.1 Pharmacists................................................. 1,193 3.1 39.1 1,219 2.1 39.1 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,707 12.8 36.8 1,160 21.1 37.6 1,870 13.7 36.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,128 4.7 33.7 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,215 5.4 36.6 699 13.1 38.3 1,281 5.1 36.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,254 7.4 38.1 € € € 1,398 2.5 38.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,227 5.1 37.4 € € € 1,268 5.1 37.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 722 14.5 36.1 - - - - - - Librarians.................................................. 722 14.5 36.1 € € € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 681 8.0 37.2 - - - 767 5.2 37.8 Social workers.............................................. 694 9.4 37.6 € € € 788 4.7 38.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 791 9.8 39.3 757 9.8 39.2 - - - Technical....................................................... 574 4.4 38.5 565 4.6 38.6 613 11.0 38.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 483 5.4 38.2 467 6.4 37.7 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,180 6.2 39.9 1,259 7.4 40.2 967 9.1 39.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,319 7.4 40.0 1,360 8.6 40.4 1,148 11.7 38.5 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,235 9.6 40.4 1,235 9.6 40.4 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,226 11.4 39.8 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,528 13.4 40.7 1,556 14.2 40.7 € € € Management related............................................ 928 8.5 39.7 1,008 11.6 39.7 815 7.9 39.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 780 5.9 40.0 782 6.6 40.0 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 871 10.0 38.8 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. $575 8.4 39.9 $564 9.0 39.9 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 572 15.2 40.0 572 15.2 40.0 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 350 14.5 39.5 296 8.3 39.4 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 482 3.3 38.7 469 3.7 39.2 $518 6.6 37.5 Computer operators.......................................... 594 9.4 38.9 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 509 3.6 37.9 487 4.4 37.7 574 4.7 38.5 Typists..................................................... 460 7.9 36.8 € € € € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 380 6.9 38.9 363 5.4 39.2 € € € Order clerks................................................ 444 4.9 40.0 444 4.9 40.0 € € € Library clerks.............................................. 473 13.5 37.8 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 443 4.4 39.7 443 4.4 39.7 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 516 7.1 38.3 524 10.3 38.3 502 3.4 38.3 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 530 13.9 39.1 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 501 4.4 38.6 541 8.2 38.8 480 4.2 38.5 Data entry keyers........................................... 356 10.6 40.0 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 405 7.0 39.7 404 7.8 39.7 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 606 5.5 39.8 605 6.1 39.8 619 5.7 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 769 2.9 39.9 793 3.2 39.9 634 5.8 40.0 Automobile mechanics........................................ 706 12.0 40.0 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 781 6.6 40.0 781 6.6 40.0 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 695 9.7 39.8 833 7.5 39.6 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 877 4.6 40.0 877 4.6 40.0 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 558 6.7 39.8 557 6.7 39.8 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 455 8.3 40.0 455 8.3 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 474 11.8 39.9 464 12.1 39.9 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 650 10.1 40.0 650 10.1 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 554 13.5 40.0 554 13.5 40.0 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 501 17.0 39.6 501 17.0 39.6 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 586 6.2 39.7 558 7.5 39.6 652 5.1 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 491 9.3 40.0 473 10.5 40.0 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 658 6.0 40.0 658 6.0 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 575 8.0 38.8 570 9.3 38.6 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 435 10.5 39.9 427 11.6 39.8 499 8.0 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 485 21.5 40.0 485 21.5 40.0 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 591 7.2 40.0 591 7.2 40.0 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. $365 19.1 40.0 $365 19.1 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 427 9.0 40.0 400 10.2 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 470 6.1 38.9 324 5.5 38.1 $676 5.2 39.9 Protective service............................................ 834 4.2 41.1 - - - 857 3.6 41.2 Food service.................................................. 296 8.2 37.7 297 8.4 38.0 - - - Other food service........................................... 302 7.1 37.4 304 7.4 37.8 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 259 9.2 36.4 259 9.9 37.1 € € € Health service................................................ 383 5.8 38.5 317 5.5 37.9 554 6.4 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 381 6.1 38.5 309 5.6 37.9 554 6.4 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 393 6.2 39.0 351 7.2 38.6 484 5.8 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 407 7.2 39.6 356 8.5 39.3 484 5.8 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 307 7.0 35.7 308 11.4 37.2 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $34,149 3.6 1,984 $32,172 4.3 2,034 $39,513 5.1 1,846 All excluding sales............................................... 34,402 3.7 1,982 32,412 4.5 2,036 39,531 5.1 1,843 White collar........................................................ 38,328 3.7 1,925 36,024 4.3 2,018 42,710 6.7 1,750 White collar excluding sales.................................... 39,262 3.8 1,916 37,162 4.6 2,018 42,790 6.8 1,744 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 45,878 4.1 1,782 41,551 4.4 1,965 50,112 6.3 1,604 Professional specialty.......................................... 49,289 4.0 1,736 46,386 3.9 1,948 51,475 6.1 1,576 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 58,936 4.4 2,105 60,211 4.4 2,109 - - - Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 55,843 1.3 2,177 55,843 1.3 2,177 € € € Industrial engineers........................................ 50,643 9.9 2,112 50,643 9.9 2,112 € € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 65,827 6.3 2,095 65,827 6.3 2,095 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 49,097 4.5 2,049 50,108 8.6 2,080 - - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 47,893 4.3 2,045 € € € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 45,509 5.0 1,941 45,115 6.0 1,992 46,282 9.3 1,842 Registered nurses........................................... 38,452 2.8 1,968 38,707 2.8 1,979 37,863 6.6 1,943 Pharmacists................................................. 62,013 3.1 2,036 63,366 2.1 2,032 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 61,937 12.8 1,334 47,449 21.1 1,540 65,654 13.7 1,281 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 39,359 4.7 1,175 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 47,903 5.4 1,444 24,856 13.1 1,362 51,212 5.1 1,456 Elementary school teachers.................................. 47,374 7.4 1,440 € € € 53,376 2.5 1,453 Secondary school teachers................................... 48,743 5.1 1,487 € € € 51,373 5.1 1,510 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 35,503 14.5 1,776 - - - - - - Librarians.................................................. 35,503 14.5 1,776 € € € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,398 8.0 1,932 - - - 39,869 5.2 1,965 Social workers.............................................. 36,073 9.4 1,958 € € € 40,984 4.7 1,993 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 41,123 9.8 2,044 39,382 9.8 2,040 - - - Technical....................................................... 29,873 4.4 2,000 29,367 4.6 2,006 31,893 11.0 1,977 Licensed practical nurses................................... 25,097 5.4 1,986 24,309 6.4 1,961 € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 61,232 6.2 2,071 65,300 7.4 2,085 50,303 9.1 2,035 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,568 7.4 2,082 70,696 8.6 2,100 59,685 11.7 2,004 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 64,226 9.6 2,100 64,226 9.6 2,100 € € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 63,765 11.4 2,069 € € € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 79,454 13.4 2,115 80,934 14.2 2,118 € € € Management related............................................ 48,001 8.5 2,053 51,951 11.6 2,047 42,362 7.9 2,061 Accountants and auditors.................................... 40,580 5.9 2,080 40,687 6.6 2,080 € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 45,313 10.0 2,018 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. $29,091 8.4 2,018 $28,496 9.0 2,014 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29,746 15.2 2,080 29,746 15.2 2,080 € € € Cashiers.................................................... 17,501 14.5 1,977 14,667 8.3 1,956 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,894 3.3 1,999 24,346 3.7 2,032 $26,352 6.6 1,911 Computer operators.......................................... 30,881 9.4 2,024 € € € € € € Secretaries................................................. 26,455 3.6 1,971 25,346 4.4 1,960 29,857 4.7 2,004 Typists..................................................... 23,913 7.9 1,912 € € € € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 19,760 6.9 2,024 18,885 5.4 2,040 € € € Order clerks................................................ 23,071 4.9 2,080 23,071 4.9 2,080 € € € Library clerks.............................................. 23,522 13.5 1,880 € € € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 23,041 4.4 2,062 23,041 4.4 2,062 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,855 7.1 1,992 27,227 10.3 1,992 26,102 3.4 1,992 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 27,586 13.9 2,032 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 26,069 4.4 2,007 28,123 8.2 2,018 24,956 4.2 2,001 Data entry keyers........................................... 18,491 10.6 2,080 € € € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 20,334 7.0 1,996 20,211 7.8 1,987 € € € Blue collar......................................................... 31,469 5.5 2,067 31,447 6.1 2,070 31,648 5.7 2,044 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,992 2.9 2,076 41,252 3.2 2,075 32,944 5.8 2,080 Automobile mechanics........................................ 36,733 12.0 2,080 € € € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 40,599 6.6 2,080 40,599 6.6 2,080 € € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,117 9.7 2,068 43,320 7.5 2,057 € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 45,626 4.6 2,080 45,626 4.6 2,080 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,019 6.7 2,069 28,970 6.7 2,068 - - - Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 23,637 8.3 2,080 23,637 8.3 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,651 11.8 2,073 24,134 12.1 2,072 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 33,810 10.1 2,080 33,810 10.1 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 28,792 13.5 2,080 28,792 13.5 2,080 € € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 26,078 17.0 2,058 26,078 17.0 2,058 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 30,490 6.2 2,066 29,014 7.5 2,060 33,908 5.1 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 25,516 9.3 2,080 24,606 10.5 2,080 € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 34,225 6.0 2,080 34,225 6.0 2,080 € € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 29,883 8.0 2,020 29,645 9.3 2,009 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,367 10.5 2,049 22,209 11.6 2,072 23,510 8.0 1,885 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,222 21.5 2,080 25,222 21.5 2,080 € € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,745 7.2 2,080 30,745 7.2 2,080 € € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. $18,965 19.1 2,080 $18,965 19.1 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,184 9.0 2,080 20,792 10.2 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 23,983 6.1 1,984 16,607 5.5 1,951 $34,392 5.2 2,031 Protective service............................................ 43,368 4.2 2,137 - - - 44,543 3.6 2,141 Food service.................................................. 14,593 8.2 1,855 14,700 8.4 1,878 - - - Other food service........................................... 14,743 7.1 1,826 14,874 7.4 1,851 € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 11,767 9.2 1,651 11,797 9.9 1,689 € € € Health service................................................ 19,905 5.8 2,001 16,497 5.5 1,971 28,822 6.4 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,833 6.1 2,004 16,060 5.6 1,972 28,822 6.4 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 20,459 6.2 2,030 18,243 7.2 2,007 25,167 5.8 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 21,181 7.2 2,058 18,536 8.5 2,043 25,167 5.8 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 14,438 7.0 1,678 15,736 11.4 1,903 - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $15.88 3.2 $14.48 3.8 $20.60 3.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.11 3.4 14.68 4.1 20.63 3.9 White collar........................................................ 18.75 3.3 16.73 4.0 23.61 5.1 1....................................................... 7.54 5.7 6.64 4.4 10.16 7.9 2....................................................... 8.14 4.3 7.51 2.5 10.03 4.6 3....................................................... 9.14 3.6 9.01 3.7 10.04 11.9 4....................................................... 12.04 2.8 11.72 3.4 13.25 3.2 5....................................................... 13.37 3.6 13.10 4.7 14.25 2.8 6....................................................... 14.99 3.0 14.88 4.2 15.22 3.3 7....................................................... 18.76 4.2 18.18 3.8 20.50 11.1 8....................................................... 26.69 8.1 19.38 2.3 34.99 7.5 9....................................................... 24.35 3.6 23.94 4.7 24.91 5.6 10........................................................ 26.20 5.9 25.06 6.1 € € 11........................................................ 30.41 3.2 29.51 3.4 32.22 6.1 12........................................................ 36.29 6.4 38.55 8.1 33.06 7.3 13........................................................ 48.69 13.2 41.17 11.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.94 14.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.60 26.8 45.75 27.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.64 3.3 17.67 4.2 23.71 5.2 1....................................................... 8.48 6.7 7.31 4.7 10.16 7.9 2....................................................... 8.25 4.8 7.56 3.0 10.03 4.6 3....................................................... 9.45 4.1 9.35 4.4 10.04 11.9 4....................................................... 12.51 3.0 12.25 4.0 13.25 3.2 5....................................................... 13.22 2.6 12.92 3.3 14.16 3.1 6....................................................... 14.76 2.9 14.49 3.9 15.22 3.3 7....................................................... 18.61 4.2 17.96 3.7 20.50 11.1 8....................................................... 26.70 8.1 19.25 2.3 34.99 7.5 9....................................................... 24.34 3.7 23.91 4.7 24.91 5.6 10........................................................ 27.13 5.4 25.74 5.7 € € 11........................................................ 30.82 3.0 29.98 2.9 32.22 6.1 12........................................................ 36.29 6.4 38.55 8.1 33.06 7.3 13........................................................ 48.69 13.2 41.17 11.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.94 14.1 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.37 34.8 62.52 23.0 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.03 3.8 20.78 3.8 30.61 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.64 3.7 23.31 3.4 32.10 5.7 5....................................................... 15.26 9.1 15.43 11.5 € € 6....................................................... 15.94 5.5 16.08 8.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.90 4.0 19.48 3.8 21.51 13.1 8....................................................... 29.28 8.5 19.26 2.7 36.46 7.1 9....................................................... 24.43 4.8 24.03 6.9 24.76 6.7 10........................................................ 26.79 6.4 24.72 6.8 € € 11........................................................ 31.20 3.5 30.20 3.8 32.24 5.9 12........................................................ 35.29 5.0 33.45 5.1 € € 13........................................................ $53.34 16.9 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.00 4.8 $28.55 5.0 - - 9....................................................... 25.12 3.7 26.15 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 31.73 4.3 31.73 4.3 € € 12........................................................ 32.85 3.1 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 25.66 3.7 25.66 3.7 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 23.98 10.4 23.98 10.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.42 6.6 31.42 6.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.57 5.1 23.31 9.5 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.02 5.0 € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 22.81 4.1 22.05 4.6 $25.00 9.0 7....................................................... 19.08 2.7 19.08 3.4 € € 8....................................................... 20.58 5.2 19.26 1.5 € € 9....................................................... 22.95 7.3 24.24 10.1 21.04 5.4 Registered nurses........................................... 19.49 1.9 19.48 2.0 19.54 4.5 7....................................................... 19.08 2.7 19.08 3.4 € € 8....................................................... 19.17 1.8 19.37 1.4 € € 9....................................................... 19.39 3.3 18.59 3.4 20.16 5.0 Pharmacists................................................. 30.46 2.9 31.18 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 45.89 12.3 30.37 23.6 50.45 12.6 11........................................................ 35.05 8.7 € € € € 13........................................................ 59.17 16.6 € € € € Other post-secondary teachers............................... 32.58 6.8 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.08 6.4 18.03 11.2 33.88 6.3 8....................................................... 38.88 4.0 € € 38.88 4.0 9....................................................... 27.14 10.1 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.91 10.6 € € 36.73 8.2 8....................................................... 39.57 2.9 € € 39.57 2.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.79 6.2 € € 34.02 6.3 8....................................................... 40.26 2.6 € € 40.26 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.99 17.9 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 19.99 17.9 € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.28 8.0 - - 20.29 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 18.38 9.5 € € 20.56 7.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.11 9.6 19.29 9.7 - - Technical....................................................... 14.75 3.6 14.45 3.7 15.95 8.8 4....................................................... 11.40 4.4 11.40 4.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.35 3.0 13.07 3.4 € € 6....................................................... 14.09 4.9 13.96 6.7 € € 7....................................................... 16.16 5.5 16.30 6.0 € € 8....................................................... 18.02 5.3 18.48 5.1 € € Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 15.16 4.0 15.25 4.3 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... $12.61 3.8 $12.39 4.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.72 3.7 12.72 3.7 € € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.19 6.5 13.45 8.0 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 16.21 9.2 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.21 6.0 31.11 7.1 $24.22 8.7 7....................................................... 17.01 6.1 17.12 10.4 € € 8....................................................... 21.62 5.6 21.66 7.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.75 4.7 24.47 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.15 4.8 29.83 3.9 € € 12........................................................ 37.02 10.1 42.62 9.7 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.67 6.9 33.66 8.1 28.68 10.9 9....................................................... 25.19 6.6 24.64 7.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.35 5.0 29.95 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 39.95 10.1 44.72 8.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.59 7.7 30.59 7.7 € € 9....................................................... 27.69 8.8 27.69 8.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.30 11.8 € € 32.72 9.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.57 13.6 38.22 14.4 € € Management related............................................ 23.02 8.4 24.89 11.6 20.34 8.0 7....................................................... 16.17 7.0 € € € € 8....................................................... 19.31 7.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.83 2.7 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.51 5.9 19.56 6.6 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 20.90 9.5 € € € € Sales............................................................. 12.20 8.4 11.91 8.7 - - 1....................................................... 5.99 1.5 5.99 1.5 € € 3....................................................... 7.86 4.5 7.86 4.5 € € 4....................................................... 10.28 5.4 10.28 5.4 € € 5....................................................... 14.21 18.4 14.05 22.3 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.30 15.2 14.30 15.2 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.73 5.7 7.73 5.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 7.38 9.6 6.69 5.8 € € 1....................................................... 5.94 1.6 5.94 1.6 € € 3....................................................... 7.63 11.8 7.63 11.8 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.95 3.0 11.52 3.3 13.21 6.3 1....................................................... 8.48 6.7 7.31 4.7 10.16 7.9 2....................................................... 8.25 4.8 7.56 3.0 10.03 4.6 3....................................................... 9.43 4.2 9.32 4.5 10.04 11.9 4....................................................... 12.62 3.3 12.36 4.5 13.25 3.2 5....................................................... 12.91 3.1 12.59 3.9 14.00 3.1 6....................................................... 14.61 3.4 14.10 3.3 € € 7....................................................... 19.74 10.7 17.80 7.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.25 8.8 € € € € Secretaries................................................. $13.38 3.4 $12.90 4.0 $14.90 4.7 4....................................................... 13.00 4.2 12.01 3.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.74 6.5 € € € € Typists..................................................... 12.58 4.9 € € 12.93 6.3 Receptionists............................................... 8.60 4.8 8.60 4.8 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 9.68 6.7 9.18 4.4 € € Order clerks................................................ 11.09 4.9 11.09 4.9 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.22 8.8 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.91 4.9 10.91 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 6.8 13.67 9.8 13.10 2.4 4....................................................... 13.54 10.0 13.92 14.3 € € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.71 11.1 12.71 11.1 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 11.45 15.2 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.08 4.5 12.36 9.5 11.90 4.1 2....................................................... 9.41 9.5 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.74 5.5 12.67 10.8 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 8.81 9.6 7.66 6.7 € € 2....................................................... 7.34 3.8 7.34 3.8 € € Teachers' aides............................................. 8.87 5.5 € € 9.03 6.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.31 5.8 9.25 6.2 € € 3....................................................... 9.09 6.2 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.18 5.5 14.07 6.1 15.06 5.0 1....................................................... 7.17 3.9 7.19 4.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.99 5.2 8.58 4.7 € € 3....................................................... 14.95 5.8 15.08 6.1 € € 4....................................................... 14.54 6.1 14.53 6.5 14.59 7.5 5....................................................... 14.88 3.1 14.93 3.6 14.73 5.6 6....................................................... 16.14 3.2 16.30 3.6 € € 7....................................................... 19.90 3.4 20.37 3.8 16.81 3.3 8....................................................... 22.38 4.6 22.51 5.7 € € 9....................................................... 25.40 6.5 25.40 6.5 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.19 2.9 19.79 3.2 15.84 5.8 4....................................................... 14.25 12.4 14.25 12.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.53 6.0 14.01 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.58 4.8 16.98 5.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.29 3.9 20.92 4.5 16.81 3.3 8....................................................... 22.60 5.6 22.60 6.0 € € 9....................................................... 25.40 6.5 25.40 6.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.66 12.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.52 6.6 19.52 6.6 € € 7....................................................... 21.51 6.7 21.51 6.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.47 9.8 21.06 7.4 € € 7....................................................... 18.29 9.8 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.94 4.6 21.94 4.6 € € 7....................................................... $19.41 2.5 $19.41 2.5 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.67 8.7 12.64 8.8 - - 2....................................................... 8.39 5.2 8.39 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 16.48 6.5 16.44 6.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.72 5.2 14.72 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.24 1.7 15.24 1.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.07 4.7 17.07 4.7 € € Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.86 17.3 11.86 17.3 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.36 8.3 11.36 8.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 11.9 11.65 12.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.83 8.0 14.83 8.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.25 10.1 16.25 10.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.05 14.8 11.05 14.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.62 3.4 9.62 3.4 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.67 17.1 12.67 17.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 13.87 6.4 13.16 8.1 $15.53 4.0 3....................................................... 11.54 12.9 11.39 13.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.69 11.1 12.60 11.7 € € 5....................................................... 15.66 2.5 16.09 3.9 15.32 3.7 Truck drivers............................................... 12.48 9.1 12.13 10.6 € € 5....................................................... 14.69 5.3 14.90 8.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 12.29 13.6 € € 14.88 2.3 4....................................................... 9.51 5.8 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.38 6.0 16.38 6.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.69 3.1 15.69 3.1 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 14.80 6.5 14.76 7.7 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.30 8.8 10.11 9.7 11.86 7.5 1....................................................... 6.85 3.1 6.89 3.3 € € 2....................................................... 10.29 10.3 9.30 9.2 € € 3....................................................... 13.51 8.5 13.67 9.6 € € 4....................................................... 11.68 5.3 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.71 17.8 8.71 17.8 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.77 8.2 13.77 8.2 € € 3....................................................... 15.21 5.6 15.21 5.6 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.10 19.0 9.10 19.0 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.45 8.1 9.98 9.6 12.21 9.9 Service............................................................. 10.48 5.1 7.69 4.4 16.09 4.5 1....................................................... 7.13 4.9 6.52 3.2 9.58 10.0 2....................................................... 8.07 5.6 7.23 6.0 11.65 3.8 3....................................................... 8.28 11.3 7.76 12.2 € € 4....................................................... 10.28 4.8 9.61 4.6 12.52 9.6 5....................................................... 14.08 5.3 € € 14.37 6.8 6....................................................... $16.74 13.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.54 4.9 € € $21.87 4.9 Protective service............................................ 19.85 3.8 - - 20.42 3.2 7....................................................... 21.87 4.9 € € 21.87 4.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.54 20.6 € € € € Food service.................................................. 6.33 8.5 $6.30 8.6 - - 1....................................................... 6.26 2.6 6.17 2.2 € € 2....................................................... 4.94 18.0 4.94 18.0 € € 3....................................................... 5.91 18.5 5.91 18.5 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.25 25.1 4.25 25.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.25 27.3 4.25 27.3 € € Other food service........................................... 7.42 4.5 7.39 4.5 € € 1....................................................... 6.34 2.2 6.25 1.6 € € 2....................................................... 7.54 7.3 7.54 7.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.26 5.8 8.26 5.8 € € Cooks....................................................... 9.19 6.3 9.19 6.3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.48 2.6 6.48 2.6 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.77 5.8 6.66 5.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.33 3.4 6.16 1.9 € € Health service................................................ 9.14 3.7 8.04 3.0 13.56 5.8 2....................................................... 8.72 4.3 7.79 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 9.31 7.6 9.06 7.1 € € 4....................................................... 10.13 9.8 9.16 6.6 € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.33 10.5 9.95 10.8 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.05 3.9 7.87 3.0 13.54 5.9 2....................................................... 8.74 4.3 7.79 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.73 6.4 8.73 6.4 € € 4....................................................... 9.88 11.6 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.88 5.7 8.99 7.2 11.50 5.7 1....................................................... 8.34 8.5 7.06 4.6 10.91 10.0 2....................................................... 9.17 6.0 8.32 5.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.83 7.1 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.82 5.6 € € € € Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.95 9.3 7.72 9.8 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.03 6.5 8.93 8.2 11.52 5.9 1....................................................... 8.51 10.4 € € 10.91 10.0 2....................................................... 9.67 5.6 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.02 7.9 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.36 6.8 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.12 6.0 7.92 8.8 8.46 7.5 1....................................................... 6.44 4.3 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.15 5.9 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $17.22 3.6 $15.82 4.3 $21.41 4.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.36 3.8 15.92 4.5 21.45 4.8 White collar........................................................ 19.91 3.6 17.86 4.2 24.40 6.3 1....................................................... 8.86 8.5 6.80 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 8.30 5.8 7.46 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.57 4.6 9.37 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.15 3.0 11.83 3.7 13.24 3.2 5....................................................... 13.46 3.8 13.17 4.9 14.48 2.7 6....................................................... 14.97 3.2 14.81 4.3 15.33 3.5 7....................................................... 18.65 4.5 18.24 4.1 19.94 12.2 8....................................................... 27.57 8.3 19.44 2.8 35.17 7.4 9....................................................... 24.47 3.7 24.09 4.8 24.97 5.6 10........................................................ 26.35 5.8 25.48 5.8 € € 11........................................................ 30.42 3.2 29.51 3.4 32.25 6.1 12........................................................ 36.29 6.4 38.55 8.1 33.06 7.3 13........................................................ 48.69 13.2 41.17 11.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.94 14.1 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 20.49 3.7 18.41 4.4 24.53 6.4 1....................................................... 9.44 8.7 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.44 6.7 7.48 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.71 5.0 9.50 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 12.54 3.2 12.27 4.4 13.24 3.2 5....................................................... 13.31 2.7 12.98 3.4 14.41 3.0 6....................................................... 14.72 3.0 14.38 4.0 15.33 3.5 7....................................................... 18.48 4.5 17.99 4.0 19.94 12.2 8....................................................... 27.59 8.4 19.29 2.8 35.17 7.4 9....................................................... 24.46 3.7 24.07 4.9 24.97 5.6 10........................................................ 27.35 5.0 26.25 5.0 € € 11........................................................ 30.83 3.1 29.98 2.9 32.25 6.1 12........................................................ 36.29 6.4 38.55 8.1 33.06 7.3 13........................................................ 48.69 13.2 41.17 11.5 € € 14........................................................ 61.94 14.1 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 4.1 21.15 4.1 31.25 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.40 4.0 23.81 3.7 32.66 6.0 5....................................................... 16.31 8.4 € € € € 6....................................................... 16.14 6.3 € € € € 7....................................................... 19.41 3.9 19.54 4.5 € € 8....................................................... 30.74 8.6 19.27 3.8 36.48 7.1 9....................................................... 24.60 5.0 24.32 7.2 24.83 6.7 10........................................................ 27.03 6.0 25.29 6.2 € € 11........................................................ 31.21 3.5 30.20 3.8 32.27 6.0 12........................................................ 35.29 5.0 33.45 5.1 € € 13........................................................ 53.34 16.9 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.00 4.8 28.55 5.0 - - 9....................................................... $25.12 3.7 $26.15 3.6 € € 11........................................................ 31.73 4.3 31.73 4.3 € € 12........................................................ 32.85 3.1 € € € € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 25.66 3.7 25.66 3.7 € € Industrial engineers........................................ 23.98 10.4 23.98 10.4 € € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.42 6.6 31.42 6.6 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 23.96 4.2 24.09 8.6 - - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 23.42 4.1 € € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 23.44 4.8 22.65 5.6 $25.13 9.3 7....................................................... 18.83 4.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 21.33 7.7 19.26 2.5 € € 9....................................................... 23.22 7.9 24.80 11.1 21.06 5.7 Registered nurses........................................... 19.54 2.6 19.56 3.1 19.49 4.7 7....................................................... 18.83 4.1 € € € € 8....................................................... 19.10 3.0 19.45 2.2 € € 9....................................................... 19.23 3.8 18.09 3.7 20.13 5.3 Pharmacists................................................. 30.46 2.9 31.18 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.43 12.9 30.82 25.2 51.24 13.0 11........................................................ 35.05 8.7 € € € € 13........................................................ 59.17 16.6 € € € € Other post-secondary teachers............................... 33.49 8.4 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.17 6.6 18.24 9.8 35.18 6.4 8....................................................... 38.88 4.0 € € 38.88 4.0 9....................................................... 27.14 10.1 € € € € Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.91 10.6 € € 36.73 8.2 8....................................................... 39.57 2.9 € € 39.57 2.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 32.79 6.2 € € 34.02 6.3 8....................................................... 40.26 2.6 € € 40.26 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 19.99 17.9 - - - - Librarians.................................................. 19.99 17.9 € € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.32 8.0 - - 20.29 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 18.43 9.6 € € 20.56 7.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.12 9.7 19.30 9.8 - - Technical....................................................... 14.94 4.0 14.64 4.0 16.13 9.7 5....................................................... 13.36 3.2 13.18 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 13.93 5.2 13.74 6.8 € € 7....................................................... 16.24 5.8 16.40 6.3 € € 8....................................................... 18.12 5.7 18.65 5.5 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.64 4.1 12.40 5.1 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.56 5.9 31.32 7.0 24.72 8.7 7....................................................... 17.19 6.3 17.47 11.1 € € 8....................................................... $21.69 5.9 $21.66 7.9 € € 9....................................................... 24.75 4.7 24.47 6.0 € € 11........................................................ 31.15 4.8 29.83 3.9 € € 12........................................................ 37.02 10.1 42.62 9.7 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.94 6.9 33.66 8.1 $29.78 9.9 9....................................................... 25.19 6.6 24.64 7.3 € € 11........................................................ 31.35 5.0 29.95 4.2 € € 12........................................................ 39.95 10.1 44.72 8.2 € € Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.59 7.7 30.59 7.7 € € 9....................................................... 27.69 8.8 27.69 8.8 € € Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.82 11.5 € € € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.57 13.6 38.22 14.4 € € Management related............................................ 23.38 8.5 25.38 11.6 20.56 8.1 7....................................................... 16.38 7.4 € € € € 8....................................................... 19.31 7.7 € € € € 9....................................................... 23.83 2.7 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.51 5.9 19.56 6.6 € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.46 10.8 € € € € Sales............................................................. 14.42 8.4 14.15 8.9 - - 4....................................................... 10.54 6.7 10.54 6.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.26 18.5 14.10 22.4 € € Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.30 15.2 14.30 15.2 € € Cashiers.................................................... 8.85 14.3 7.50 8.0 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 3.3 11.98 3.7 13.79 6.1 1....................................................... 9.44 8.7 € € € € 2....................................................... 8.44 6.7 7.48 3.8 € € 3....................................................... 9.71 5.0 9.50 5.2 € € 4....................................................... 12.65 3.4 12.40 4.8 13.24 3.2 5....................................................... 12.94 3.2 12.61 4.1 14.00 3.1 6....................................................... 14.61 3.4 14.10 3.3 € € 7....................................................... 19.74 10.7 17.80 7.6 € € Computer operators.......................................... 15.25 8.8 € € € € Secretaries................................................. 13.42 3.4 12.93 4.1 14.90 4.7 4....................................................... 13.03 4.3 12.01 3.8 € € 5....................................................... 12.76 6.9 € € € € Typists..................................................... 12.51 5.6 € € € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 9.76 6.9 9.26 4.5 € € Order clerks................................................ 11.09 4.9 11.09 4.9 € € Library clerks.............................................. 12.51 8.5 € € € € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 11.17 4.6 11.17 4.6 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.48 6.8 13.67 9.8 13.10 2.4 4....................................................... 13.54 10.0 13.92 14.3 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.57 14.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.99 4.1 13.94 8.6 12.47 3.2 4....................................................... $12.74 5.5 $12.67 10.8 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 8.89 10.6 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.19 6.9 10.17 7.7 € € Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 5.5 15.19 6.2 $15.48 5.7 2....................................................... 9.28 5.9 8.82 5.3 € € 3....................................................... 15.08 5.7 15.22 6.0 € € 4....................................................... 15.21 5.4 15.24 5.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.91 3.1 14.93 3.6 14.86 5.6 6....................................................... 16.14 3.2 16.30 3.6 € € 7....................................................... 19.91 3.4 20.37 3.8 16.81 3.3 8....................................................... 22.38 4.6 22.51 5.7 € € 9....................................................... 25.40 6.5 25.40 6.5 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.27 2.9 19.88 3.2 15.84 5.8 4....................................................... 14.25 12.4 14.25 12.4 € € 5....................................................... 13.53 6.0 14.01 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 16.58 4.8 16.98 5.9 € € 7....................................................... 20.29 3.9 20.92 4.5 16.81 3.3 8....................................................... 22.60 5.6 22.60 6.0 € € 9....................................................... 25.40 6.5 25.40 6.5 € € Automobile mechanics........................................ 17.66 12.0 € € € € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.52 6.6 19.52 6.6 € € 7....................................................... 21.51 6.7 21.51 6.7 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.47 9.8 21.06 7.4 € € 7....................................................... 18.29 9.8 € € € € Supervisors, production..................................... 21.94 4.6 21.94 4.6 € € 7....................................................... 19.41 2.5 19.41 2.5 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 6.7 14.01 6.7 - - 1....................................................... 6.84 3.2 6.84 3.2 € € 2....................................................... 8.60 5.6 8.60 5.6 € € 4....................................................... 16.48 6.5 16.44 6.7 € € 5....................................................... 14.72 5.2 14.72 5.2 € € 6....................................................... 15.24 1.7 15.24 1.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.07 4.7 17.07 4.7 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 11.36 8.3 11.36 8.3 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.89 11.9 11.65 12.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.83 8.0 14.83 8.0 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 16.25 10.1 16.25 10.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 13.84 13.5 13.84 13.5 € € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.67 17.1 12.67 17.1 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 14.76 6.1 14.08 7.4 16.30 5.1 3....................................................... 11.44 13.1 11.39 13.5 € € 4....................................................... 14.16 9.4 14.16 9.4 € € 5....................................................... $15.79 2.4 $16.12 4.0 $15.52 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 12.27 9.3 11.83 10.5 € € 5....................................................... 14.68 5.4 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.45 6.0 16.45 6.0 € € 5....................................................... 15.69 3.1 15.69 3.1 € € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 14.79 6.7 14.75 7.9 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.91 10.6 10.72 11.7 12.47 8.0 2....................................................... 10.62 11.1 9.55 10.1 € € 3....................................................... 13.72 8.4 13.91 9.5 € € 4....................................................... 11.68 5.3 € € € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.13 21.5 12.13 21.5 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.78 7.2 14.78 7.2 € € Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.12 19.1 9.12 19.1 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.67 9.0 10.00 10.2 € € Service............................................................. 12.09 5.5 8.51 4.9 16.94 4.6 1....................................................... 7.31 7.7 6.53 4.1 11.59 9.3 2....................................................... 9.31 4.0 8.11 3.9 11.77 4.1 3....................................................... 9.45 6.0 9.03 6.5 € € 4....................................................... 10.38 5.0 9.73 4.2 € € 5....................................................... 14.08 5.3 € € 14.37 6.8 6....................................................... 16.74 13.9 € € € € 7....................................................... 21.54 4.9 € € 21.87 4.9 Protective service............................................ 20.29 3.7 - - 20.81 3.1 7....................................................... 21.87 4.9 € € 21.87 4.9 Food service.................................................. 7.87 7.1 7.83 7.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.43 4.6 6.24 3.7 € € Other food service........................................... 8.07 5.9 8.04 6.0 € € 1....................................................... 6.62 4.6 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.13 7.8 6.98 7.7 € € Health service................................................ 9.95 5.1 8.37 4.9 13.86 6.4 2....................................................... 9.84 5.4 8.30 5.1 € € 3....................................................... 9.21 7.5 9.21 7.5 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.90 5.4 8.14 4.9 13.86 6.4 2....................................................... 9.84 5.4 8.30 5.1 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.08 6.4 9.09 7.9 12.10 5.8 1....................................................... 8.39 10.6 € € € € 2....................................................... 9.36 7.0 € € € € 3....................................................... 10.84 7.4 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.82 5.6 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.29 7.3 9.07 9.0 12.10 5.8 1....................................................... 8.66 13.2 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.03 6.0 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.02 7.9 € € € € 5....................................................... 12.36 6.8 € € € € Personal service.............................................. $8.60 7.0 $8.27 11.6 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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................................................................... $8.85 4.1 $8.50 4.1 $11.52 9.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.07 4.8 8.70 4.9 11.52 9.4 White collar........................................................ 11.01 5.3 10.63 5.7 13.02 15.6 1....................................................... 6.54 6.1 6.59 6.2 € € 2....................................................... 7.65 3.0 7.61 3.3 € € 3....................................................... 8.24 2.6 8.16 3.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.03 7.1 10.94 7.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.17 4.2 12.05 2.5 € € 7....................................................... 19.87 10.4 17.60 6.5 € € 8....................................................... 19.24 1.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 20.16 2.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.90 40.0 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 12.53 6.1 12.39 6.7 13.02 15.6 1....................................................... 7.22 6.7 7.38 5.9 € € 2....................................................... 7.75 2.8 7.72 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.62 4.1 8.66 4.8 € € 4....................................................... 12.13 5.9 12.04 6.3 € € 5....................................................... 12.24 4.2 12.15 2.4 € € 7....................................................... 19.87 10.4 17.60 6.5 € € 8....................................................... 19.24 1.2 € € € € 9....................................................... 20.16 2.7 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.90 40.0 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.45 5.5 18.33 6.0 18.88 13.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.16 6.0 20.20 5.9 20.04 16.7 7....................................................... 21.48 10.8 19.21 3.1 € € 8....................................................... 19.36 .9 € € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Health related................................................ 20.53 6.1 20.53 6.3 - - 7....................................................... 19.51 2.4 19.51 2.4 € € Registered nurses........................................... 19.38 1.2 19.33 1.2 € € 7....................................................... 19.51 2.4 19.51 2.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.83 17.4 - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 13.24 21.8 - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 13.37 5.3 13.08 6.4 - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Management related............................................ - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 7.15 5.6 7.15 5.6 € € 1....................................................... $5.93 1.9 $5.93 1.9 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 6.94 6.5 6.94 6.5 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.12 4.3 6.12 4.3 € € 1....................................................... 5.86 2.1 5.86 2.1 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 8.84 3.8 8.94 4.3 $8.41 6.2 1....................................................... 7.22 6.7 7.38 5.9 € € 2....................................................... 7.75 2.8 7.72 3.1 € € 3....................................................... 8.47 3.7 8.42 4.5 € € 4....................................................... 12.17 7.2 12.07 7.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 11.93 2.8 11.93 2.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 7.98 8.3 € € € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 7.96 7.5 7.96 7.5 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.99 3.5 7.77 2.7 10.91 9.5 2....................................................... 7.19 6.4 6.77 4.1 € € 3....................................................... 10.73 8.9 10.04 8.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.53 11.8 9.99 12.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ 10.15 9.2 9.47 11.3 11.95 10.6 4....................................................... 10.53 11.8 9.99 12.3 € € Bus drivers................................................. 9.89 7.0 € € 11.95 10.6 4....................................................... 9.54 7.4 € € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.02 5.6 7.07 6.0 - - 1....................................................... 6.44 3.6 6.45 3.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 9.29 12.4 9.29 12.4 € € Service............................................................. 6.74 6.4 6.44 7.1 8.98 9.6 1....................................................... 6.85 4.9 6.49 3.7 7.83 11.0 2....................................................... 6.64 9.1 6.54 9.3 € € 3....................................................... 6.22 24.4 5.77 25.2 € € 4....................................................... 9.57 8.9 € € € € Protective service............................................ 11.06 20.7 - - - - Food service.................................................. 4.91 11.6 4.91 11.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.10 2.3 6.10 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 4.17 26.1 4.17 26.1 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.60 16.6 3.60 16.6 € € Other food service........................................... 6.35 2.7 6.35 2.7 € € 1....................................................... 6.10 2.3 6.10 2.3 € € Health service................................................ 7.94 2.9 7.67 2.3 - - 2....................................................... 7.56 2.3 7.43 2.0 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $7.77 2.3 $7.58 1.9 € € 2....................................................... 7.57 2.3 7.44 2.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 8.36 7.9 - - - - Personal service.............................................. 7.11 6.0 7.26 5.9 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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....................................................... $17.22 $8.85 $18.06 $14.06 $15.88 $15.77 All excluding sales............................................. 17.36 9.07 18.31 14.19 16.09 18.16 White collar........................................................ 19.91 11.01 21.06 17.26 18.85 15.79 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.49 12.53 21.98 18.05 19.60 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 18.45 28.03 21.51 25.03 € Professional specialty.......................................... 28.40 20.16 30.67 23.75 27.64 € Technical....................................................... 14.94 13.37 15.11 14.44 14.75 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.56 - 22.22 31.07 29.13 - Sales............................................................. 14.42 7.15 11.32 12.53 11.56 14.09 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.45 8.84 13.85 10.92 11.95 € Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 7.99 16.57 11.43 14.13 16.24 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.27 - 19.48 18.68 19.19 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.03 - 16.92 9.18 12.67 - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.76 10.15 14.16 13.33 13.60 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.91 7.02 12.65 8.20 10.25 - Service............................................................. 12.09 6.74 13.90 7.46 10.49 - B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 4.1 2.7 5.2 3.3 13.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.8 4.8 2.7 5.6 3.4 9.6 White collar........................................................ 3.6 5.3 4.2 4.6 3.3 20.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.7 6.1 4.3 4.8 3.3 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 5.5 5.6 4.3 3.8 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 6.0 5.4 3.8 3.7 € Technical....................................................... 4.0 5.3 4.8 5.1 3.6 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 - 6.4 6.6 5.9 - Sales............................................................. 8.4 5.6 13.6 10.3 8.3 22.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 3.8 5.3 2.8 3.0 € Blue collar......................................................... 5.5 3.5 3.0 8.8 5.6 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.9 - 3.9 3.9 3.0 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.7 - 3.9 7.7 8.8 - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.1 9.2 6.5 10.6 6.8 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.6 5.6 6.8 9.9 8.9 - Service............................................................. 5.5 6.4 5.1 5.4 5.1 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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....................................................... $14.48 $17.66 - - $17.75 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 14.68 17.59 - - 17.68 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 16.73 22.40 € - 22.53 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.67 22.31 € - 22.44 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.78 23.61 € - 23.61 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.31 26.85 € - 26.85 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.45 16.48 € - 16.48 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.11 32.91 € - 32.91 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.91 24.77 € - 24.77 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.52 13.63 € - 13.63 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.07 15.93 - - 15.95 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.79 19.28 - - 20.06 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.64 15.05 - - 15.05 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.16 14.44 - - 14.44 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 13.15 € - 13.15 - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.69 11.36 € - 11.36 - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 4.2 - - 4.3 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 4.3 - - 4.4 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.0 7.8 € - 7.8 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 8.1 € - 8.2 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 7.0 € - 7.0 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 5.9 € - 5.9 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 3.7 7.4 € - 7.4 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 12.4 € - 12.4 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.7 11.1 € - 11.1 - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 5.5 € - 5.8 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 6.1 2.8 - - 3.0 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 3.5 - - 3.3 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.8 4.1 - - 4.1 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 6.7 - - 6.7 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.7 8.1 € - 8.1 - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.4 13.9 € - 13.9 - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUS- TRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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....................................................... $14.48 $12.79 $14.83 $12.90 $18.28 All excluding sales............................................. 14.68 12.76 15.06 13.15 18.21 White collar........................................................ 16.73 14.12 17.21 15.73 19.34 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.67 14.55 18.15 17.20 19.24 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.78 15.19 21.47 21.84 21.21 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.31 18.66 23.69 24.09 23.41 Technical....................................................... 14.45 - 15.08 15.03 15.12 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.11 23.71 32.27 30.31 34.92 Sales............................................................. 11.91 13.04 11.49 10.40 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.52 11.62 11.50 11.23 11.93 Blue collar......................................................... 14.07 15.54 13.82 11.46 18.92 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.79 18.04 20.52 19.42 21.83 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.64 12.73 12.64 9.90 18.55 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.16 - 12.87 11.81 14.89 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.11 12.29 9.66 8.70 16.71 Service............................................................. 7.69 5.95 8.50 8.33 8.89 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 7.7 4.6 6.2 4.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 7.9 4.8 6.7 4.1 White collar........................................................ 4.0 7.9 4.6 6.1 6.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.2 8.7 4.6 6.5 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 13.1 3.7 5.8 4.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.4 15.0 3.5 5.3 4.7 Technical....................................................... 3.7 - 3.3 6.0 3.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.1 10.1 7.5 6.1 14.6 Sales............................................................. 8.7 17.7 9.4 8.2 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 9.4 3.7 4.5 5.7 Blue collar......................................................... 6.1 6.0 7.0 8.4 3.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.2 5.4 4.5 7.7 3.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.8 10.2 9.5 8.4 3.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 - 8.1 11.4 9.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.7 14.6 10.0 9.4 10.9 Service............................................................. 4.4 7.3 3.5 4.3 6.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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 ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORD- INGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $9.05 $13.52 $20.12 $27.16 All excluding sales........................... 7.24 9.14 14.00 20.20 27.31 White collar.................................... 8.00 10.60 15.00 23.51 35.45 White collar excluding sales................ 8.61 11.32 16.25 24.18 35.99 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.31 16.77 22.55 31.04 39.99 Professional specialty...................... 16.50 19.58 24.33 34.15 41.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.96 22.98 27.38 32.72 36.75 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.96 22.31 27.38 27.45 29.69 Industrial engineers.................... 17.79 17.92 23.18 28.25 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 26.41 32.72 36.57 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.12 23.01 23.22 25.25 29.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.12 22.55 23.02 25.25 25.25 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.50 18.99 20.34 24.45 31.79 Registered nurses....................... 16.50 18.78 19.58 20.45 22.37 Pharmacists............................. 27.93 30.68 31.00 31.79 31.79 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.32 30.41 40.83 55.22 80.48 Other post-secondary teachers........... 23.32 27.04 35.45 38.02 38.02 Teachers, except college and university... 19.06 26.49 35.99 39.99 41.82 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.06 24.30 37.74 40.89 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.49 27.31 31.04 38.89 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.04 15.04 15.04 20.58 33.04 Librarians.............................. 15.04 15.04 15.04 20.58 33.04 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.70 16.13 17.58 23.32 24.33 Social workers.......................... 12.70 14.08 17.58 23.32 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.50 13.45 19.18 21.47 31.25 Technical................................... 10.72 12.32 14.17 16.25 19.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.29 14.73 14.92 16.77 17.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.00 12.79 14.16 14.35 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.72 12.00 14.57 16.17 16.44 Electrical and electronic technicians... 10.41 10.41 18.15 18.29 20.57 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.19 20.71 25.86 34.68 40.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.26 22.59 30.27 37.50 51.09 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 19.23 23.79 31.26 38.00 38.20 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.26 25.35 28.92 38.92 38.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.00 23.32 33.49 42.97 57.69 Management related........................ 13.46 16.48 23.56 27.00 35.94 Accountants and auditors................ 16.19 17.76 19.04 19.50 22.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 13.46 16.48 22.50 23.56 25.34 Sales......................................... 5.99 7.00 9.65 14.24 25.43 Supervisors, sales...................... $9.60 $10.20 $11.05 $14.24 $26.52 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.89 6.68 8.30 8.75 8.75 Cashiers................................ 5.37 5.78 6.28 8.37 9.65 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.88 8.86 11.17 13.82 17.24 Computer operators...................... 9.86 11.81 16.61 17.88 17.88 Secretaries............................. 10.00 11.35 13.27 14.41 15.66 Typists................................. 11.05 11.67 11.67 13.67 15.60 Receptionists........................... 7.25 7.50 8.47 8.85 10.13 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.08 8.43 9.22 10.69 10.74 Order clerks............................ 9.25 10.21 10.92 11.78 13.43 Library clerks.......................... 8.43 11.70 12.70 14.17 14.17 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.40 10.85 10.85 11.42 13.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.61 12.00 13.35 14.51 22.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.05 10.86 10.86 14.88 21.43 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.15 7.96 8.30 16.35 21.72 General office clerks................... 7.61 10.00 11.96 12.97 17.42 Data entry keyers....................... 6.95 6.95 8.00 11.12 11.42 Teachers' aides......................... 7.59 7.95 8.40 9.43 10.68 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.18 7.88 8.93 10.34 12.82 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 8.98 14.23 19.07 21.57 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.86 15.65 18.86 22.84 25.87 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.96 14.35 16.25 22.84 22.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.29 24.60 25.30 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.66 14.96 15.80 21.57 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 19.44 20.43 23.84 28.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.94 7.66 11.49 16.66 20.34 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.30 9.30 9.30 15.06 19.14 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.87 9.42 11.92 12.47 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.94 6.94 11.49 15.13 17.85 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 11.02 15.64 20.54 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 6.52 7.66 7.66 15.15 20.20 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.44 14.00 17.37 19.92 Transportation and material moving............ 9.14 9.42 14.23 16.30 19.10 Truck drivers........................... 9.14 9.14 11.62 15.03 16.54 Bus drivers............................. 7.63 9.14 12.35 16.30 16.30 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.56 13.28 15.81 21.02 21.51 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.06 13.06 14.42 18.44 18.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.24 6.92 9.25 12.82 15.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.55 5.56 6.89 9.13 20.01 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $7.35 $10.13 $15.00 $15.00 $19.07 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.24 6.24 8.30 8.30 20.45 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.38 7.38 10.85 10.85 14.51 Service......................................... 5.95 6.96 8.76 11.98 18.76 Protective service........................ 16.94 18.76 19.04 22.05 25.53 Guards and police, except public service 7.43 7.95 11.98 19.23 19.23 Food service.............................. 2.90 4.47 6.13 8.26 9.84 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.90 2.90 2.90 4.47 8.86 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.90 10.25 Other food service....................... 5.97 6.00 6.50 9.20 9.84 Cooks................................... 7.55 8.26 9.50 9.84 11.11 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.97 6.13 6.38 6.95 7.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.45 6.93 9.57 Health service............................ 6.85 7.37 8.30 10.29 13.40 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.10 8.18 11.07 12.02 12.02 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.28 7.37 8.30 10.20 13.40 Cleaning and building service............. 6.96 7.00 9.37 11.73 14.19 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.00 8.91 9.00 9.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.96 7.00 9.58 11.73 13.96 Personal service.......................... 5.95 6.21 8.09 9.13 11.39 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STAN- DARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.93 $8.25 $12.01 $19.14 $24.33 All excluding sales........................... 6.95 8.30 12.40 19.26 24.33 White collar.................................... 7.88 9.60 13.39 20.71 30.67 White collar excluding sales................ 8.21 10.50 14.35 21.41 31.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.32 14.73 19.18 24.45 31.79 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 18.84 20.46 28.31 32.84 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 17.92 23.58 27.45 33.33 36.75 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.96 22.31 27.38 27.45 29.69 Industrial engineers.................... 17.79 17.92 23.18 28.25 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 26.41 32.72 36.57 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 17.48 18.12 23.01 24.95 30.69 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.50 18.84 19.88 24.45 31.00 Registered nurses....................... 16.50 18.78 19.58 20.34 21.52 Pharmacists............................. 28.15 30.68 31.00 31.79 31.79 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.20 23.07 23.32 37.10 50.80 Teachers, except college and university... 11.79 19.06 19.06 20.21 21.41 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.50 13.45 19.18 20.67 32.84 Technical................................... 10.50 12.10 14.16 16.44 18.43 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.29 14.80 15.53 16.77 17.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.00 12.60 14.16 14.35 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.72 12.00 12.71 15.83 16.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.16 21.00 27.00 35.94 51.09 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.51 22.23 30.27 37.50 51.09 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 19.23 23.79 31.26 38.00 38.20 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.00 23.32 34.68 51.09 57.69 Management related........................ 11.95 17.76 23.69 35.82 35.94 Accountants and auditors................ 16.19 17.76 19.50 19.50 27.71 Sales......................................... 5.99 7.00 9.60 12.46 26.27 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.60 10.20 11.05 14.24 26.52 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.89 6.68 8.30 8.75 8.75 Cashiers................................ 5.37 5.70 6.26 7.00 9.31 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.59 8.67 10.55 13.27 17.24 Secretaries............................. 9.65 10.54 12.86 14.23 15.56 Receptionists........................... 7.25 7.50 8.47 8.85 10.13 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.08 8.43 9.22 10.66 10.69 Order clerks............................ $9.25 $10.21 $10.92 $11.78 $13.43 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.40 10.85 10.85 11.42 13.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.05 10.25 13.39 15.00 22.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.05 10.86 10.86 14.88 21.43 General office clerks................... 7.54 8.21 10.00 17.42 19.10 Data entry keyers....................... 6.95 6.95 6.95 8.00 8.00 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.18 7.75 8.85 10.12 12.82 Blue collar..................................... 6.94 8.30 13.70 19.26 21.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 16.20 19.86 24.14 26.12 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.29 24.60 25.30 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.53 17.77 21.57 25.87 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 19.44 20.43 23.84 28.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.94 7.66 11.49 16.66 20.34 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.30 9.30 9.30 15.06 19.14 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.87 9.42 11.92 12.47 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.94 6.94 11.40 14.70 17.61 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 11.02 15.64 20.54 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 6.52 7.66 7.66 15.15 20.20 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.44 14.00 17.37 19.92 Transportation and material moving............ 9.14 9.14 13.06 16.40 19.10 Truck drivers........................... 9.14 9.14 10.27 15.50 16.54 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.56 13.28 15.81 21.02 21.51 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.06 13.06 13.18 18.44 18.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.24 6.89 8.80 11.34 15.80 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.55 5.56 6.89 9.13 20.01 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.35 10.13 15.00 15.00 19.07 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.24 6.24 8.30 8.30 20.45 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.38 7.38 10.85 10.85 10.85 Service......................................... 4.75 6.05 7.45 8.91 10.37 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.90 2.90 6.13 8.26 9.84 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.90 2.90 2.90 4.47 8.86 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.90 10.25 Other food service....................... 5.97 6.00 6.50 8.57 9.84 Cooks................................... 7.55 8.26 9.50 9.84 11.11 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.97 6.13 6.38 6.95 7.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $6.00 $6.00 $6.17 $6.50 $8.57 Health service............................ 6.05 7.24 7.50 8.70 10.20 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.85 8.18 11.07 11.09 12.02 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 7.24 7.50 8.70 9.17 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.96 8.65 10.07 14.19 Maids and housemen...................... 6.00 6.00 8.91 9.00 9.37 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.96 6.96 8.00 10.07 11.95 Personal service.......................... 5.95 6.00 7.70 8.76 11.57 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.68 $13.04 $16.67 $24.33 $37.80 All excluding sales........................... 10.68 13.02 16.67 24.33 38.02 White collar.................................... 11.20 13.67 20.48 31.04 40.89 White collar excluding sales................ 11.20 13.52 20.48 31.04 40.89 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.04 22.37 28.73 38.57 42.46 Professional specialty...................... 18.74 23.04 31.04 38.89 42.46 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 16.67 19.08 21.51 29.27 42.36 Registered nurses....................... 16.67 16.67 19.36 22.37 22.48 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.74 35.81 42.17 68.79 92.54 Teachers, except college and university... 24.30 27.36 37.68 40.89 42.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.30 37.74 37.74 41.71 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.49 28.73 31.04 39.99 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.01 17.58 19.66 24.33 24.33 Social workers.......................... 16.13 17.01 19.66 24.33 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.04 13.50 14.40 16.17 23.30 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.04 16.64 24.18 29.40 38.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 12.96 25.35 29.40 38.92 38.92 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 25.35 28.92 29.40 38.92 38.92 Management related........................ 16.04 16.48 19.04 24.18 27.28 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.40 11.17 12.63 14.87 16.56 Secretaries............................. 13.04 13.81 14.87 15.66 20.10 Typists................................. 11.67 11.67 11.79 13.82 15.60 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.02 12.02 13.35 13.52 13.52 General office clerks................... 8.40 11.96 11.96 12.38 15.07 Teachers' aides......................... 7.82 7.95 8.40 9.43 10.68 Blue collar..................................... 10.86 12.99 15.37 16.30 18.43 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.05 14.96 15.70 17.19 19.87 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $12.54 $14.42 $16.18 $16.30 $20.63 Bus drivers............................. 8.56 14.90 16.30 16.30 16.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.63 10.86 12.82 13.46 17.35 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.92 10.86 11.89 14.51 17.35 Service......................................... 9.13 11.44 16.94 20.44 22.63 Protective service........................ 16.94 18.76 19.23 22.05 25.53 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ 11.63 11.73 13.40 13.40 16.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 11.63 11.73 13.40 13.40 16.99 Cleaning and building service............. $8.37 $9.67 $11.44 $13.42 $15.04 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.37 9.67 11.44 13.42 15.04 Personal service.......................... 6.21 6.21 9.13 9.88 10.51 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.06 $10.55 $15.03 $20.94 $29.27 All excluding sales........................... 8.11 10.74 15.27 21.02 29.40 White collar.................................... 8.95 11.44 16.35 24.92 35.99 White collar excluding sales................ 9.22 11.95 16.67 25.35 37.08 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.40 17.42 23.22 31.79 40.83 Professional specialty...................... 16.67 20.34 26.49 35.81 41.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.96 22.98 27.38 32.72 36.75 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 21.96 22.31 27.38 27.45 29.69 Industrial engineers.................... 17.79 17.92 23.18 28.25 31.94 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 22.53 26.41 32.72 36.57 41.44 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.55 23.01 23.22 25.25 29.74 Computer systems analysts and scientists 17.48 23.01 23.22 25.25 25.25 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 16.50 19.08 20.45 30.68 31.79 Registered nurses....................... 16.50 17.64 19.58 20.64 23.04 Pharmacists............................. 27.93 30.68 31.00 31.79 31.79 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.32 35.45 40.83 54.85 80.48 Other post-secondary teachers........... 23.32 27.04 37.10 38.02 38.02 Teachers, except college and university... 21.41 26.49 36.72 39.99 41.82 Elementary school teachers.............. 19.06 24.30 37.74 40.89 41.71 Secondary school teachers............... 26.49 27.31 31.04 38.89 42.46 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 15.04 15.04 15.04 20.58 33.04 Librarians.............................. 15.04 15.04 15.04 20.58 33.04 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.70 16.13 17.58 23.32 24.33 Social workers.......................... 12.70 14.08 17.58 23.32 24.33 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.50 13.45 19.18 21.47 32.84 Technical................................... 10.99 12.60 14.17 16.44 21.34 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.50 11.00 13.04 14.16 14.35 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.48 21.00 26.24 34.68 40.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.51 22.59 30.27 37.50 51.09 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 19.23 23.79 31.26 38.00 38.20 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 20.71 28.92 29.40 38.92 38.92 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.00 23.32 33.49 42.97 57.69 Management related........................ 16.04 16.64 23.56 27.00 35.94 Accountants and auditors................ 16.19 17.76 19.04 19.50 22.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.48 16.48 23.56 24.99 25.34 Sales......................................... 6.50 9.60 12.00 18.19 27.12 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.60 10.20 11.05 14.24 26.52 Cashiers................................ 6.28 6.50 7.47 9.65 15.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.18 9.43 11.64 14.23 17.88 Computer operators...................... 9.86 11.81 16.61 17.88 17.88 Secretaries............................. $10.00 $11.35 $13.27 $14.41 $15.66 Typists................................. 11.05 11.67 11.67 13.82 15.60 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 8.08 8.43 9.22 10.69 10.74 Order clerks............................ 9.25 10.21 10.92 11.78 13.43 Library clerks.......................... 8.43 11.72 12.98 14.17 14.17 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.40 10.85 11.42 12.99 13.21 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.61 12.00 13.35 14.51 22.35 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.15 8.30 12.87 16.56 21.72 General office clerks................... 10.00 11.20 12.31 13.04 17.42 Data entry keyers....................... 6.95 6.95 8.00 11.12 11.42 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 7.88 8.85 10.12 12.05 13.75 Blue collar..................................... 7.38 10.85 15.21 19.82 21.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 15.65 18.86 22.84 25.87 Automobile mechanics.................... 13.96 14.35 16.25 22.84 22.84 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.24 16.24 18.29 24.60 25.30 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 9.66 14.96 15.80 21.57 25.87 Supervisors, production................. 16.85 19.44 20.43 23.84 28.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 6.87 9.50 14.22 19.26 21.25 Packaging and filling machine operators. 6.87 9.42 11.92 12.47 15.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 6.94 6.94 11.49 15.13 17.85 Welders and cutters..................... 10.00 11.02 15.64 20.54 21.25 Assemblers.............................. 6.52 7.36 14.64 20.12 20.20 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 6.75 8.44 14.00 17.37 19.92 Transportation and material moving............ 9.14 11.56 15.11 16.44 20.63 Truck drivers........................... 9.14 9.14 11.23 15.03 16.54 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.56 13.28 15.81 21.02 21.51 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.06 13.06 14.42 18.44 18.84 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.24 7.38 10.85 14.45 17.23 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.02 7.02 9.13 20.01 20.01 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.13 11.14 15.00 15.00 19.54 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.24 6.24 8.30 8.30 20.45 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.38 7.38 10.85 10.86 14.51 Service......................................... 6.13 8.06 10.09 16.51 22.05 Protective service........................ 16.94 18.76 19.23 22.05 25.53 Food service.............................. 6.00 6.13 8.26 9.50 10.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.00 6.45 8.26 9.50 10.09 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 6.45 8.57 9.57 Health service............................ 6.00 8.06 9.07 11.73 13.40 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. $6.00 $8.06 $9.07 $11.73 $13.40 Cleaning and building service............. 6.96 7.00 9.37 11.95 14.19 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.96 7.96 10.07 11.95 15.04 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.67 8.76 9.88 11.57 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.56 $6.96 $7.66 $9.05 $14.20 All excluding sales........................... 5.56 7.10 7.66 9.14 15.00 White collar.................................... 5.95 7.50 8.37 13.67 19.08 White collar excluding sales................ 7.25 7.96 9.98 16.50 19.88 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.29 14.32 18.78 19.88 21.73 Professional specialty...................... 14.09 18.37 19.08 20.46 22.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.37 18.79 19.08 20.40 20.64 Registered nurses....................... 18.37 18.79 19.08 19.88 20.59 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.50 28.11 28.11 55.22 55.22 Teachers, except college and university... 5.15 5.50 14.09 14.09 22.00 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.72 11.29 12.41 14.57 16.77 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.37 5.89 7.50 8.00 9.30 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.82 5.89 6.68 8.30 8.30 Cashiers................................ 5.28 5.61 5.99 6.23 8.37 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 7.52 7.96 9.05 12.82 Secretaries............................. 11.10 12.25 12.25 12.25 12.38 General office clerks................... 5.15 7.25 7.61 8.21 8.40 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 5.95 6.18 7.75 8.71 10.60 Blue collar..................................... 6.18 7.63 7.66 7.66 9.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.14 7.63 9.14 12.54 15.50 Bus drivers............................. 7.63 8.56 9.14 9.29 12.54 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.53 5.56 6.89 7.11 10.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.99 7.15 7.35 10.12 18.07 Service......................................... 2.90 5.88 7.24 7.55 9.20 Protective service........................ 6.61 7.25 7.43 11.98 18.86 Food service.............................. 2.90 2.90 5.23 6.19 7.07 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.90 4.75 Other food service....................... 5.41 5.88 6.03 6.93 7.07 Health service............................ $7.24 $7.24 $7.37 $8.06 $10.27 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.24 7.24 7.37 8.06 8.86 Cleaning and building service............. 5.85 6.05 9.00 9.58 9.58 Personal service.......................... 5.90 6.21 6.56 8.28 8.28 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 299,800 227,000 72,800 All excluding sales............................................. 280,900 208,800 72,100 White collar........................................................ 150,900 103,400 47,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 132,000 85,200 46,900 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 57,400 30,200 27,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 47,000 21,800 25,200 Technical....................................................... 10,500 8,400 2,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 16,100 11,500 4,600 Sales............................................................. 18,900 18,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 58,500 43,500 15,000 Blue collar......................................................... 100,300 89,200 11,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25,100 21,300 3,800 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 39,600 39,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 16,900 11,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,700 16,600 2,100 Service............................................................. 48,600 34,400 14,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 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........................................................ 1,600 162 35 127 73 54 Private industry.................................................... 1,500 135 35 100 67 33 Goods-producing industries........................................ 400 49 8 41 28 13 Mining.......................................................... (2) 1 1 - - - Construction.................................................... (2) 2 1 1 1 - Manufacturing................................................... 300 46 6 40 27 13 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,100 86 27 59 39 20 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 100 9 4 5 3 2 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 400 24 10 14 12 2 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 100 6 1 5 2 3 Services........................................................ 600 47 12 35 22 13 State and local government.......................................... 100 27 - 27 6 21 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. Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:(1) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, October 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 4 5 2 All excluding sales............................................... 4 5 2 White collar........................................................ 6 7 3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 6 7 4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8 8 7 Professional specialty.......................................... 8 9 8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 9 9 € Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 11 11 € Industrial engineers........................................ 8 8 € Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 11 11 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 9 9 - Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 9 9 € Natural scientists............................................ - - € Health related................................................ 8 9 8 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Pharmacists................................................. 9 9 € Teachers, college and university.............................. 11 12 7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 8 13 € Teachers, except college and university....................... 8 8 6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 8 8 € Secondary school teachers................................... 9 9 € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 8 8 € Librarians.................................................. 8 8 € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7 7 - Social workers.............................................. 7 7 € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 8 8 - Technical....................................................... 6 6 5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 7 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 6 € Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 6 € € Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 7 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9 9 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 - Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 9 9 € Administrators, education and related fields................ 11 11 € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 11 11 € Management related............................................ 9 9 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 8 8 € Management related, n.e.c................................... 7 9 € Sales............................................................. 3 4 3 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 5 5 € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 3 € 3 Cashiers.................................................... 1 3 1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4 4 3 Computer operators.......................................... 6 6 € Secretaries................................................. 5 5 5 Typists..................................................... 4 4 € Receptionists............................................... 2 € € Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 4 4 € Order clerks................................................ 4 4 € Library clerks.............................................. 4 4 € Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 5 5 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 4 € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 1 4 € General office clerks....................................... 4 4 2 Data entry keyers........................................... 2 2 € Teachers' aides............................................. 3 € € Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 3 3 2 Blue collar......................................................... 4 4 1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7 7 - Automobile mechanics........................................ 7 7 € Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 7 7 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 7 7 € Supervisors, production..................................... 7 7 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 4 - Molding and casting machine operators....................... 2 € € Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 4 4 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 4 4 € Welders and cutters......................................... 4 4 € Assemblers.................................................. 1 3 € Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 3 3 € Transportation and material moving................................ 4 5 4 Truck drivers............................................... 4 4 € Bus drivers................................................. 4 € 4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 4 5 € Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 4 4 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 3 1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 1 2 € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 3 3 1 Hand packers and packagers.................................. 1 1 € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 3 3 € Service............................................................. 2 3 2 Protective service............................................ 7 7 2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 3 € € Food service.................................................. 2 2 2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3 - 3 Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3 € € Other food service........................................... 1 2 1 Cooks....................................................... 3 € € Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 1 1 € Health service................................................ 2 2 2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 3 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 2 2 2 Cleaning and building service................................. 2 2 1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 3 € Personal service.............................................. 2 2 1 1 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.