NC BL 08/00/2000 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin 3100-64, 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, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................. $16.75 3.3 33.3 $15.24 4.6 32.7 $20.72 4.4 35.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.20 3.7 33.4 19.29 5.0 33.3 25.54 5.1 33.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.09 3.7 33.8 22.22 4.6 33.6 31.98 4.4 34.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 7.9 38.0 32.57 8.4 41.0 24.24 7.2 28.3 Sales............................................................. 10.14 15.6 23.5 10.14 15.6 23.5 € € € Administrative support............................................ 12.95 3.2 35.7 12.98 4.0 36.5 12.90 5.3 34.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.23 5.1 36.4 13.91 5.7 36.0 16.60 10.6 38.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.14 5.6 39.7 18.81 6.8 39.5 17.05 9.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.32 4.6 38.6 12.32 4.6 38.6 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.37 13.1 33.8 16.62 14.1 33.7 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.89 9.3 29.8 10.87 9.4 29.8 - - - Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.50 6.0 30.6 8.32 5.0 28.0 14.21 7.1 36.4 Full time........................................................... 18.11 3.5 38.8 16.67 4.9 39.4 21.36 4.2 37.5 Part time........................................................... 9.30 4.4 18.8 9.29 4.7 19.1 9.33 8.5 16.0 Union............................................................... 18.96 4.0 36.2 14.88 7.6 34.7 21.50 4.2 37.1 Nonunion............................................................ 15.28 5.2 31.6 15.34 5.4 32.2 14.20 11.7 23.9 Time................................................................ 16.76 3.4 33.3 15.24 4.6 32.7 20.72 4.4 35.0 Incentive........................................................... 16.06 17.2 35.4 16.06 17.2 35.4 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 11.18 8.4 30.4 10.91 9.0 30.7 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.13 7.1 32.1 14.32 8.8 31.6 19.11 9.5 34.6 500 workers or more................................................. 20.76 3.5 36.2 20.06 4.9 36.5 21.53 4.9 35.8 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE IN- DUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $16.75 3.3 $15.24 4.6 $20.72 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.08 3.4 15.60 4.7 20.72 4.4 White collar........................................................ 21.20 3.7 19.29 5.0 25.54 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.34 3.8 20.72 5.1 25.54 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.09 3.7 22.22 4.6 31.98 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.44 4.0 24.32 5.6 33.13 3.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 24.40 8.0 24.40 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 24.81 5.7 24.87 6.5 - - Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 1.9 22.16 2.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.60 8.7 - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.58 9.2 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.75 5.8 12.39 5.9 32.14 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.37 2.6 € € 33.37 2.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 14.47 17.7 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.06 4.2 17.29 4.6 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.13 1.2 16.03 1.2 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 7.9 32.57 8.4 24.24 7.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.63 7.5 36.80 7.8 28.60 7.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.35 12.3 40.47 12.5 € € Management related............................................ 23.75 8.4 24.91 10.4 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.85 4.2 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.42 6.8 29.42 6.8 € € Sales............................................................. 10.14 15.6 10.14 15.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.59 12.6 7.59 12.6 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.75 2.4 6.75 2.4 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.95 3.2 12.98 4.0 12.90 5.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 4.7 14.42 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.23 1.7 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.66 12.1 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.23 8.1 14.34 2.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.50 3.2 11.06 2.9 13.40 2.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.17 6.9 € € 10.17 6.9 Blue collar......................................................... $14.23 5.1 $13.91 5.7 $16.60 10.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.14 5.6 18.81 6.8 17.05 9.7 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.57 16.4 € € € € Electricians................................................ 16.72 3.5 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.32 4.6 12.32 4.6 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.33 12.8 13.33 12.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.06 4.6 12.06 4.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.37 13.1 16.62 14.1 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.49 10.3 15.49 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.89 9.3 10.87 9.4 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.57 19.1 8.57 19.1 € € Service............................................................. 10.50 6.0 8.32 5.0 14.21 7.1 Protective service............................................ 15.11 15.5 - - 17.76 8.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.35 6.1 € € 17.35 6.1 Food service.................................................. 8.01 8.6 7.08 9.4 11.52 9.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.81 1.1 2.81 1.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.81 1.1 2.81 1.1 € € Other food service........................................... 9.63 9.2 8.91 11.0 11.52 9.9 Cooks....................................................... 12.20 8.1 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.68 6.2 € € 9.63 6.1 Health service................................................ 10.67 2.3 10.07 3.4 11.71 2.5 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.99 2.0 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.52 2.4 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.58 7.2 8.47 8.5 12.26 4.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.02 7.5 8.87 9.7 12.41 4.6 Personal service.............................................. 8.20 8.8 8.25 9.0 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION IN MIND. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $18.11 3.5 $16.67 4.9 $21.36 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.17 3.5 16.71 5.0 21.36 4.2 White collar........................................................ 22.74 3.9 21.01 5.3 26.05 5.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.06 3.9 21.39 5.5 26.05 5.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.21 3.8 23.19 5.1 32.32 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.40 4.1 25.17 6.5 33.52 3.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 24.40 8.0 24.40 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.66 6.7 25.89 8.0 - - Registered nurses........................................... 23.30 3.1 22.93 4.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.18 8.8 - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.58 9.2 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.93 5.1 - - 32.59 3.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.37 2.6 € € 33.37 2.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.75 4.7 18.17 5.2 - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.21 1.4 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.14 8.0 32.57 8.4 23.95 7.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.79 7.6 36.80 7.8 28.68 9.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.35 12.3 40.47 12.5 € € Management related............................................ 23.75 8.4 24.91 10.4 - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.85 4.2 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.42 6.8 29.42 6.8 € € Sales............................................................. 15.41 21.3 15.41 21.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.25 3.2 13.26 4.1 13.22 5.0 Secretaries................................................. 14.65 4.7 14.42 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.33 1.6 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.66 12.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.91 3.1 € € 13.40 2.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.21 7.1 € € 10.21 7.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.78 5.1 14.48 5.6 16.96 10.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.14 5.6 18.81 6.8 17.05 9.7 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.57 16.4 € € € € Electricians................................................ $16.72 3.5 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.39 4.6 $12.39 4.6 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.67 12.0 13.67 12.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.06 4.6 12.06 4.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.28 11.8 17.37 12.9 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.49 10.3 15.49 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.90 8.1 12.88 8.2 - - Service............................................................. 11.66 7.1 9.03 7.7 $14.79 6.8 Protective service............................................ 17.21 10.4 - - 18.61 7.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.35 6.1 € € 17.35 6.1 Food service.................................................. 9.09 13.5 7.80 16.4 12.57 9.8 Other food service........................................... 11.57 7.0 10.96 8.6 12.57 9.8 Cooks....................................................... 12.34 7.8 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.81 2.7 10.10 4.3 11.86 1.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.68 2.9 9.76 4.4 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.37 7.4 9.25 10.7 12.26 4.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.13 6.6 10.16 11.0 12.41 4.6 Personal service.............................................. - - - - € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION IN MIND. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings(1), part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $9.30 4.4 $9.29 4.7 $9.33 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.86 5.3 9.93 5.9 9.33 8.5 White collar........................................................ 11.73 6.0 11.75 6.4 11.54 16.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.16 6.1 15.72 6.5 11.54 16.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.36 6.7 17.79 6.8 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 19.08 7.9 19.91 7.9 - - Health related................................................ 22.47 8.1 22.52 8.3 - - Registered nurses........................................... 20.81 5.0 20.83 5.1 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.17 10.6 11.33 10.9 - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.17 6.8 14.17 6.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 6.84 2.6 6.84 2.6 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.23 6.4 7.23 6.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.3 6.76 2.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 8.2 10.30 7.8 8.49 18.1 General office clerks....................................... 10.82 5.1 10.82 5.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.73 6.6 7.69 7.1 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.14 5.8 7.14 5.8 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.54 4.3 6.54 4.3 € € Service............................................................. 7.17 4.0 7.05 4.4 7.98 7.1 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.41 9.4 6.20 11.5 - - Other food service........................................... 7.16 5.1 7.02 4.9 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.74 2.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.95 4.3 9.94 5.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.69 4.1 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMI- TATION IN MIND. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $703 3.6 38.8 $657 5.2 39.4 $802 4.0 37.5 All excluding sales............................................... 705 3.7 38.8 658 5.3 39.4 802 4.0 37.5 White collar........................................................ 873 4.1 38.4 835 5.9 39.8 938 5.0 36.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 883 4.2 38.3 850 6.1 39.7 938 5.0 36.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,031 3.6 37.9 918 5.6 39.6 1,160 4.0 35.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,110 3.5 37.8 1,009 6.4 40.1 1,197 3.6 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 976 8.0 40.0 976 8.0 40.0 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 1,077 7.4 42.0 1,102 8.3 42.6 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 996 8.7 42.8 1,007 11.0 43.9 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,630 5.6 37.8 - - - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,646 5.7 37.8 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,079 3.9 34.9 - - - 1,123 2.7 34.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,133 2.0 34.0 € € € 1,133 2.0 34.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 683 5.0 38.5 698 5.6 38.4 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 622 1.6 38.4 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,261 9.6 40.5 1,337 10.1 41.0 910 8.2 38.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,501 9.7 41.9 1,556 10.1 42.3 1,137 8.9 39.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,733 16.4 42.9 1,742 16.7 43.0 € € € Management related............................................ 913 8.2 38.4 971 10.0 39.0 - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 772 3.4 38.9 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,135 7.8 38.6 1,135 7.8 38.6 € € € Sales............................................................. 617 21.7 40.0 617 21.7 40.0 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 504 3.4 38.1 520 4.3 39.2 473 6.0 35.8 Secretaries................................................. 573 4.0 39.1 570 4.6 39.6 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 478 1.2 38.7 € € € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 498 13.1 39.4 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 479 3.6 37.1 € € € 499 2.9 37.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 318 6.4 31.2 € € € 318 6.4 31.2 Blue collar......................................................... $585 5.1 39.6 $572 5.7 39.5 $678 10.3 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 720 5.9 39.7 743 7.4 39.5 682 9.7 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 783 16.4 40.0 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 669 3.5 40.0 € € € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 489 4.3 39.5 489 4.3 39.5 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 448 3.9 36.7 448 3.9 36.7 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 547 12.0 40.0 547 12.0 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 482 4.6 40.0 482 4.6 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 678 12.7 39.3 680 14.0 39.2 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 571 15.1 36.9 571 15.1 36.9 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 516 8.1 40.0 515 8.2 40.0 - - - Service............................................................. 453 7.3 38.9 345 7.4 38.3 586 7.0 39.6 Protective service............................................ 686 10.5 39.8 - - - 741 7.8 39.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 673 6.4 38.8 € € € 673 6.4 38.8 Food service.................................................. 342 14.3 37.6 291 17.2 37.3 480 11.0 38.2 Other food service........................................... 447 8.0 38.6 426 10.2 38.9 480 11.0 38.2 Cooks....................................................... 486 8.2 39.4 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 420 2.2 38.9 387 2.9 38.3 470 2.0 39.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 418 2.4 39.2 377 2.8 38.6 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 406 7.1 39.1 357 10.0 38.7 490 4.6 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 434 6.6 39.0 388 10.8 38.2 496 4.6 40.0 Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SUR- VEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings(1), full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $34,730 3.6 1,917 $33,889 5.2 2,033 $36,306 4.0 1,700 All excluding sales............................................... 34,782 3.7 1,914 33,945 5.3 2,032 36,306 4.0 1,700 White collar........................................................ 41,403 4.1 1,821 42,754 5.9 2,035 39,474 5.0 1,515 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,759 4.2 1,811 43,465 6.1 2,032 39,474 5.0 1,515 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 46,093 3.6 1,694 46,019 5.6 1,985 46,161 4.0 1,428 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,097 3.5 1,636 49,831 6.4 1,980 46,905 3.6 1,399 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 50,753 8.0 2,080 50,753 8.0 2,080 € € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - - - € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 55,358 7.4 2,157 57,286 8.3 2,213 - - - Registered nurses........................................... 51,004 8.7 2,189 52,370 11.0 2,284 € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 63,435 5.6 1,469 - - - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 64,132 5.7 1,472 € € € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,466 3.9 1,341 - - - 42,312 2.7 1,298 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,248 2.0 1,266 € € € 42,248 2.0 1,266 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - € € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - € € € - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - - - € € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - € € € Technical....................................................... 35,507 5.0 2,001 36,311 5.6 1,998 - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,336 1.6 1,995 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 65,585 9.6 2,106 69,511 10.1 2,135 47,328 8.2 1,976 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,038 9.7 2,180 80,916 10.1 2,199 59,139 8.9 2,062 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 90,101 16.4 2,233 90,562 16.7 2,238 € € € Management related............................................ 47,463 8.2 1,999 50,505 10.0 2,028 - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 40,119 3.4 2,021 € € € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 59,006 7.8 2,006 59,006 7.8 2,006 € € € Sales............................................................. 32,089 21.7 2,082 32,089 21.7 2,082 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,086 3.4 1,894 27,040 4.3 2,040 21,667 6.0 1,639 Secretaries................................................. 29,778 4.0 2,033 29,663 4.6 2,057 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,846 1.2 2,015 € € € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,921 13.1 2,047 € € € € € € General office clerks....................................... 24,482 3.6 1,897 € € € 25,390 2.9 1,895 Teachers' aides............................................. 11,508 6.4 1,127 € € € 11,508 6.4 1,127 Blue collar......................................................... $30,410 5.1 2,057 $29,744 5.7 2,054 $35,279 10.3 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 37,429 5.9 2,063 38,613 7.4 2,053 35,455 9.7 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 40,709 16.4 2,080 € € € € € € Electricians................................................ 34,787 3.5 2,080 € € € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,450 4.3 2,053 25,450 4.3 2,053 € € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 23,278 3.9 1,910 23,278 3.9 1,910 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 28,438 12.0 2,080 28,438 12.0 2,080 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 25,078 4.6 2,080 25,078 4.6 2,080 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 35,272 12.7 2,041 35,364 14.0 2,036 - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,696 15.1 1,917 29,696 15.1 1,917 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,832 8.1 2,080 26,799 8.2 2,080 - - - Service............................................................. 23,235 7.3 1,993 17,963 7.4 1,989 29,522 7.0 1,997 Protective service............................................ 35,657 10.5 2,071 - - - 38,522 7.8 2,070 Police and detectives, public service....................... 34,996 6.4 2,017 € € € 34,996 6.4 2,017 Food service.................................................. 16,790 14.3 1,846 15,127 17.2 1,940 20,543 11.0 1,634 Other food service........................................... 21,469 8.0 1,855 22,171 10.2 2,023 20,543 11.0 1,634 Cooks....................................................... 23,390 8.2 1,896 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 21,713 2.2 2,008 20,132 2.9 1,992 24,100 2.0 2,033 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,749 2.4 2,037 19,582 2.8 2,007 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 21,106 7.1 2,036 18,589 10.0 2,010 25,501 4.6 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,548 6.6 2,026 20,180 10.8 1,986 25,806 4.6 2,080 Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SUR- VEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-1.Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $16.75 3.3 $15.24 4.6 $20.72 4.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.08 3.4 15.60 4.7 20.72 4.4 White collar........................................................ 21.20 3.7 19.29 5.0 25.54 5.1 1....................................................... 7.60 8.3 6.79 1.9 € € 2....................................................... 9.35 9.2 8.53 10.9 11.53 7.7 3....................................................... 11.30 3.9 11.09 4.9 11.69 6.0 4....................................................... 13.46 3.7 13.25 4.6 14.14 4.0 5....................................................... 14.77 4.5 14.84 4.7 13.88 17.8 6....................................................... 17.80 10.4 17.82 12.7 € € 7....................................................... 18.45 4.4 17.73 5.0 21.64 4.2 8....................................................... 26.49 6.4 21.64 8.1 € € 9....................................................... 27.26 4.2 23.16 3.9 30.12 5.1 10........................................................ 31.68 5.8 31.91 5.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.77 2.8 34.34 3.3 36.03 4.9 12........................................................ 45.42 7.0 42.76 9.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.94 17.1 € € 23.76 21.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.34 3.8 20.72 5.1 25.54 5.1 2....................................................... 10.62 4.4 10.07 4.2 11.53 7.7 3....................................................... 11.31 4.1 11.09 5.2 11.69 6.0 4....................................................... 13.70 3.6 13.56 4.6 14.14 4.0 5....................................................... 14.93 4.5 15.02 4.7 13.88 17.8 6....................................................... 17.80 10.4 17.82 12.7 € € 7....................................................... 17.74 3.8 16.75 3.6 21.64 4.2 8....................................................... 26.52 6.7 21.19 8.8 € € 9....................................................... 27.26 4.2 23.16 3.9 30.12 5.1 10........................................................ 31.68 5.8 31.91 5.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.77 2.8 34.34 3.3 36.03 4.9 12........................................................ 45.42 7.0 42.76 9.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.94 17.1 € € 23.76 21.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.09 3.7 22.22 4.6 31.98 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.44 4.0 24.32 5.6 33.13 3.9 5....................................................... 12.86 5.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.06 8.1 15.90 6.6 € € 8....................................................... 27.16 7.4 21.47 10.0 € € 9....................................................... 27.58 4.4 22.46 3.3 30.44 5.4 10........................................................ 30.15 7.4 30.11 7.8 € € 11........................................................ 35.93 5.0 35.28 8.3 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 24.40 8.0 24.40 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 24.81 5.7 24.87 6.5 - - 7....................................................... 17.79 5.0 € € € € 9....................................................... 22.76 2.5 21.95 1.6 € € Registered nurses........................................... 22.52 1.9 22.16 2.3 € € 9....................................................... $22.66 2.8 $21.68 1.3 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 42.60 8.7 - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.58 9.2 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.75 5.8 12.39 5.9 $32.14 4.2 9....................................................... 30.79 5.9 € € 31.39 5.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 33.37 2.6 € € 33.37 2.6 9....................................................... 32.69 4.0 € € 32.69 4.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 14.47 17.7 € € € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.06 4.2 17.29 4.6 - - 4....................................................... 15.28 3.2 15.23 3.8 € € 5....................................................... 16.76 5.3 16.76 5.3 € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.13 1.2 16.03 1.2 € € 4....................................................... 16.11 1.3 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.10 7.9 32.57 8.4 24.24 7.2 7....................................................... 18.22 10.5 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.43 2.0 33.58 2.1 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.63 7.5 36.80 7.8 28.60 7.7 11........................................................ 33.35 2.4 33.53 2.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.35 12.3 40.47 12.5 € € Management related............................................ 23.75 8.4 24.91 10.4 - - 7....................................................... 17.76 11.7 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.85 4.2 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.42 6.8 29.42 6.8 € € Sales............................................................. 10.14 15.6 10.14 15.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.78 2.0 6.78 2.0 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.59 12.6 7.59 12.6 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.75 2.4 6.75 2.4 € € 1....................................................... 6.75 2.3 6.75 2.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.95 3.2 12.98 4.0 12.90 5.3 2....................................................... 10.78 4.3 10.27 3.9 11.53 7.7 3....................................................... 11.37 4.3 11.16 5.7 11.69 6.0 4....................................................... 12.97 4.3 12.81 5.6 13.49 2.5 5....................................................... 14.91 5.9 14.67 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.33 4.8 17.69 4.3 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.65 4.7 14.42 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.23 1.7 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.33 2.3 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $12.66 12.1 € € € € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.23 8.1 $14.34 2.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 12.50 3.2 11.06 2.9 $13.40 2.5 3....................................................... 12.62 4.6 € € € € Teachers' aides............................................. 10.17 6.9 € € 10.17 6.9 Blue collar......................................................... 14.23 5.1 13.91 5.7 16.60 10.6 1....................................................... 9.50 9.1 9.53 9.3 € € 2....................................................... 11.06 2.4 10.92 2.3 € € 3....................................................... 11.88 3.3 11.88 3.3 € € 4....................................................... 14.50 2.9 14.52 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.25 8.4 16.25 8.4 € € 6....................................................... 19.35 7.1 19.15 8.6 € € 7....................................................... 18.32 6.0 18.94 6.8 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.14 5.6 18.81 6.8 17.05 9.7 7....................................................... 18.32 6.0 18.94 6.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.57 16.4 € € € € Electricians................................................ 16.72 3.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.72 3.5 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.32 4.6 12.32 4.6 € € 1....................................................... 10.31 13.4 10.31 13.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.86 1.8 10.86 1.8 € € 3....................................................... 11.81 3.7 11.81 3.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.90 4.1 13.90 4.1 € € 6....................................................... 15.87 1.5 15.87 1.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.33 12.8 13.33 12.8 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.06 4.6 12.06 4.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.37 13.1 16.62 14.1 - - 2....................................................... 11.53 6.1 € € € € Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.49 10.3 15.49 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.89 9.3 10.87 9.4 - - 1....................................................... 9.13 13.7 9.13 13.7 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.57 19.1 8.57 19.1 € € 1....................................................... 8.66 20.6 8.66 20.6 € € Service............................................................. 10.50 6.0 8.32 5.0 14.21 7.1 1....................................................... 7.10 5.5 6.51 5.0 10.21 10.3 2....................................................... 10.41 2.4 9.53 3.1 11.64 2.6 3....................................................... 9.98 9.9 9.47 12.8 11.23 9.3 4....................................................... 13.85 10.2 14.15 11.8 € € 5....................................................... 14.28 12.8 € € 16.73 6.1 Protective service............................................ $15.11 15.5 - - $17.76 8.6 5....................................................... 16.73 6.1 € € 16.73 6.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.35 6.1 € € 17.35 6.1 Food service.................................................. 8.01 8.6 $7.08 9.4 11.52 9.9 1....................................................... 5.72 11.1 5.37 13.1 8.50 5.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.81 1.1 2.81 1.1 € € 1....................................................... 2.80 1.6 2.80 1.6 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.81 1.1 2.81 1.1 € € 1....................................................... 2.80 1.6 2.80 1.6 € € Other food service........................................... 9.63 9.2 8.91 11.0 11.52 9.9 1....................................................... 7.26 6.1 7.00 6.1 8.50 5.8 Cooks....................................................... 12.20 8.1 € € € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.68 6.2 € € 9.63 6.1 1....................................................... 7.90 3.2 € € 8.50 5.8 Health service................................................ 10.67 2.3 10.07 3.4 11.71 2.5 2....................................................... 10.49 2.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 12.42 2.5 € € € € Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.99 2.0 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.52 2.4 € € € € 2....................................................... 10.49 2.1 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 9.58 7.2 8.47 8.5 12.26 4.6 1....................................................... 8.35 7.4 7.42 5.0 12.15 8.8 2....................................................... 11.81 5.6 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.02 7.5 8.87 9.7 12.41 4.6 1....................................................... 8.70 8.6 7.63 6.1 € € 2....................................................... 11.81 5.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. 8.20 8.8 8.25 9.0 - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $18.11 3.5 $16.67 4.9 $21.36 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.17 3.5 16.71 5.0 21.36 4.2 White collar........................................................ 22.74 3.9 21.01 5.3 26.05 5.1 2....................................................... 9.83 10.3 8.84 13.9 € € 3....................................................... 11.40 4.4 11.14 5.6 11.86 6.3 4....................................................... 13.61 3.3 13.43 4.2 14.14 4.0 5....................................................... 15.04 4.7 14.89 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 18.81 9.0 19.10 10.9 € € 7....................................................... 18.60 4.9 17.80 5.8 21.68 4.3 8....................................................... 26.56 6.6 21.52 8.6 € € 9....................................................... 27.71 4.5 23.39 4.9 30.12 5.1 10........................................................ 31.73 5.8 31.97 5.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.77 2.8 34.34 3.3 36.03 4.9 12........................................................ 45.42 7.0 42.76 9.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.40 19.4 € € € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.06 3.9 21.39 5.5 26.05 5.1 2....................................................... 11.16 5.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.40 4.6 11.12 6.0 11.86 6.3 4....................................................... 13.78 3.3 13.64 4.3 14.14 4.0 5....................................................... 15.15 4.8 15.01 5.0 € € 6....................................................... 18.81 9.0 19.10 10.9 € € 7....................................................... 17.79 4.3 16.62 4.0 21.68 4.3 8....................................................... 26.61 6.9 21.04 9.4 € € 9....................................................... 27.71 4.5 23.39 4.9 30.12 5.1 10........................................................ 31.73 5.8 31.97 5.9 € € 11........................................................ 34.77 2.8 34.34 3.3 36.03 4.9 12........................................................ 45.42 7.0 42.76 9.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.40 19.4 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.21 3.8 23.19 5.1 32.32 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.40 4.1 25.17 6.5 33.52 3.7 8....................................................... 27.28 7.7 21.31 10.8 € € 9....................................................... 28.13 4.7 22.56 4.4 30.44 5.4 10........................................................ 30.21 7.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 35.93 5.0 35.28 8.3 € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 24.40 8.0 24.40 8.0 € € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - - - € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.66 6.7 25.89 8.0 - - 9....................................................... 23.27 3.5 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 23.30 3.1 22.93 4.4 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. 43.18 8.8 - - - - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 43.58 9.2 € € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.93 5.1 - - 32.59 3.7 9....................................................... 30.79 5.9 € € 31.39 5.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. $33.37 2.6 € € $33.37 2.6 9....................................................... 32.69 4.0 € € 32.69 4.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - € € Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € € - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - - € € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... 17.75 4.7 $18.17 5.2 - - 4....................................................... 15.36 3.7 € € € € Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.21 1.4 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.14 8.0 32.57 8.4 23.95 7.4 7....................................................... 18.22 10.5 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.43 2.0 33.58 2.1 € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.79 7.6 36.80 7.8 28.68 9.0 11........................................................ 33.35 2.4 33.53 2.5 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 40.35 12.3 40.47 12.5 € € Management related............................................ 23.75 8.4 24.91 10.4 - - 7....................................................... 17.76 11.7 € € € € Accountants and auditors.................................... 19.85 4.2 € € € € Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.42 6.8 29.42 6.8 € € Sales............................................................. 15.41 21.3 15.41 21.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.25 3.2 13.26 4.1 13.22 5.0 2....................................................... 11.16 5.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 11.40 4.6 11.12 6.0 11.86 6.3 4....................................................... 13.13 3.7 13.01 5.0 13.49 2.5 5....................................................... 14.91 5.9 14.67 6.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.33 4.8 17.69 4.3 € € Secretaries................................................. 14.65 4.7 14.42 4.9 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.33 1.6 € € € € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.66 12.1 € € € € General office clerks....................................... 12.91 3.1 € € 13.40 2.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 10.21 7.1 € € 10.21 7.1 Blue collar......................................................... 14.78 5.1 14.48 5.6 16.96 10.3 1....................................................... 10.97 11.8 10.97 11.8 € € 2....................................................... 11.09 2.5 10.94 2.4 € € 3....................................................... 11.91 3.3 11.91 3.3 € € 4....................................................... 14.50 2.9 14.52 3.1 € € 5....................................................... 16.25 8.4 16.25 8.4 € € 6....................................................... 19.35 7.1 19.15 8.6 € € 7....................................................... 18.32 6.0 18.94 6.8 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $18.14 5.6 $18.81 6.8 $17.05 9.7 7....................................................... 18.32 6.0 18.94 6.8 € € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.57 16.4 € € € € Electricians................................................ 16.72 3.5 € € € € 7....................................................... 16.72 3.5 € € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.39 4.6 12.39 4.6 € € 1....................................................... 10.57 14.4 10.57 14.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.86 1.8 10.86 1.8 € € 3....................................................... 11.81 3.7 11.81 3.7 € € 4....................................................... 13.90 4.1 13.90 4.1 € € 6....................................................... 15.87 1.5 15.87 1.5 € € Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 12.19 9.2 12.19 9.2 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.67 12.0 13.67 12.0 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.06 4.6 12.06 4.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.28 11.8 17.37 12.9 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 15.49 10.3 15.49 10.3 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.90 8.1 12.88 8.2 - - 1....................................................... 11.55 17.6 11.55 17.6 € € Service............................................................. 11.66 7.1 9.03 7.7 14.79 6.8 1....................................................... 7.61 11.8 6.56 11.0 12.04 8.3 2....................................................... 10.72 2.5 9.78 3.7 11.75 2.2 3....................................................... 10.48 8.8 10.06 12.0 11.29 9.6 4....................................................... 13.98 10.5 € € € € 5....................................................... 14.28 12.8 € € 16.73 6.1 Protective service............................................ 17.21 10.4 - - 18.61 7.5 5....................................................... 16.73 6.1 € € 16.73 6.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.35 6.1 € € 17.35 6.1 Food service.................................................. 9.09 13.5 7.80 16.4 12.57 9.8 1....................................................... 4.53 26.8 4.15 27.5 € € Other food service........................................... 11.57 7.0 10.96 8.6 12.57 9.8 Cooks....................................................... 12.34 7.8 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.81 2.7 10.10 4.3 11.86 1.8 2....................................................... 10.66 2.4 € € € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.68 2.9 9.76 4.4 € € 2....................................................... 10.66 2.4 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 10.37 7.4 9.25 10.7 12.26 4.6 1....................................................... 9.09 8.7 7.89 7.3 12.15 8.8 2....................................................... 11.81 5.6 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.13 6.6 10.16 11.0 12.41 4.6 1....................................................... 9.97 9.0 8.58 8.1 € € 2....................................................... 11.81 5.6 € € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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................................................................... $9.30 4.4 $9.29 4.7 $9.33 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 9.86 5.3 9.93 5.9 9.33 8.5 White collar........................................................ 11.73 6.0 11.75 6.4 11.54 16.1 1....................................................... 6.72 2.2 6.78 2.0 € € 2....................................................... 8.40 9.1 8.11 9.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.52 5.2 € € € € 4....................................................... 12.31 9.6 12.31 9.6 € € 5....................................................... 12.37 10.6 14.33 6.0 € € 7....................................................... 17.45 5.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 22.19 2.2 22.19 2.2 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.16 6.1 15.72 6.5 11.54 16.1 2....................................................... 9.46 6.2 9.18 7.0 € € 3....................................................... 10.60 5.8 € € € € 4....................................................... 13.06 8.8 13.06 8.8 € € 5....................................................... 12.73 11.0 € € € € 7....................................................... 17.45 5.1 € € € € 9....................................................... 22.19 2.2 22.19 2.2 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.36 6.7 17.79 6.8 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 19.08 7.9 19.91 7.9 - - 9....................................................... 22.19 2.2 22.19 2.2 € € Health related................................................ 22.47 8.1 22.52 8.3 - - 9....................................................... 22.19 2.2 22.19 2.2 € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.81 5.0 20.83 5.1 € € 9....................................................... 21.85 1.7 21.85 1.7 € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 10.17 10.6 11.33 10.9 - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 14.17 6.8 14.17 6.8 € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... - - € € - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - - € € - - Sales............................................................. 6.84 2.6 6.84 2.6 € € 1....................................................... 6.78 2.0 6.78 2.0 € € Sales workers, other commodities............................ 7.23 6.4 7.23 6.4 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.3 6.76 2.3 € € 1....................................................... 6.75 2.3 6.75 2.3 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 8.2 10.30 7.8 8.49 18.1 2....................................................... 9.75 6.3 9.44 7.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.83 7.4 € € € € 4....................................................... 10.90 11.8 10.90 11.8 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.82 5.1 10.82 5.1 € € Blue collar......................................................... $7.73 6.6 $7.69 7.1 - - 1....................................................... 7.24 4.8 7.16 5.1 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.14 5.8 7.14 5.8 € € 1....................................................... 7.08 6.3 7.08 6.3 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.54 4.3 6.54 4.3 € € Service............................................................. 7.17 4.0 7.05 4.4 $7.98 7.1 1....................................................... 6.56 3.4 6.46 3.9 7.23 5.9 2....................................................... 8.98 4.8 8.80 5.0 € € 3....................................................... 7.76 17.2 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 6.41 9.4 6.20 11.5 - - 1....................................................... 6.42 7.3 6.15 9.3 € € Other food service........................................... 7.16 5.1 7.02 4.9 € € 1....................................................... 7.06 6.2 6.87 6.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.74 2.3 € € € € 1....................................................... 7.74 2.3 € € € € Health service................................................ 9.95 4.3 9.94 5.2 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.69 4.1 € € € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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....................................................... $18.11 $9.30 $18.96 $15.28 $16.76 $16.06 All excluding sales............................................. 18.17 9.86 19.37 15.51 17.07 - White collar........................................................ 22.74 11.73 23.63 19.87 21.26 13.95 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.06 15.16 25.01 20.85 22.34 € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.21 17.36 31.56 22.09 26.09 € Professional specialty.......................................... 29.40 19.08 32.88 24.19 28.44 € Technical....................................................... 17.75 14.17 16.70 17.13 17.06 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.14 - - 32.47 31.10 € Sales............................................................. 15.41 6.84 - 11.45 9.73 13.95 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.25 9.85 13.41 12.70 12.95 € Blue collar......................................................... 14.78 7.73 15.70 12.48 14.17 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.14 € 18.56 17.16 18.14 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.39 - 12.57 12.15 12.32 € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.28 - 18.24 12.49 16.14 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.90 7.14 12.81 8.96 10.89 € Service............................................................. 11.66 7.17 14.69 8.24 10.50 € B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 4.4 4.0 5.2 3.4 17.2 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 5.3 3.8 5.3 3.4 - White collar........................................................ 3.9 6.0 5.3 5.3 3.8 25.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 6.1 4.8 5.3 3.8 € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.8 6.7 3.9 5.0 3.7 € Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 7.9 3.4 6.1 4.0 € Technical....................................................... 4.7 6.8 8.0 4.8 4.2 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 - - 7.9 7.9 € Sales............................................................. 21.3 2.6 - 19.3 17.0 25.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 8.2 4.5 4.0 3.2 € Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 6.6 6.5 5.4 5.2 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.6 € 7.2 4.7 5.6 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.6 - 7.1 5.9 4.6 € Transportation and material moving................................ 11.8 - 11.1 17.0 14.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.1 5.8 7.6 13.0 9.3 € Service............................................................. 7.1 4.0 7.6 4.6 6.0 € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRE- SPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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....................................................... $15.24 - € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.60 - € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 19.29 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.72 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.22 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.32 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.29 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.57 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.14 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.98 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 13.91 - € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.81 - € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.32 - € - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.87 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.32 - € - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 4.6 - € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.7 - € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.0 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 4.6 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 15.6 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.7 - € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.8 - € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.6 - € - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.1 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.4 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 5.0 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, 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....................................................... $15.24 $10.91 $16.50 $14.32 $20.06 All excluding sales............................................. 15.60 11.06 16.91 14.85 19.97 White collar........................................................ 19.29 14.81 20.28 18.02 22.98 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.72 16.10 21.68 20.40 22.91 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.22 20.34 22.47 20.06 24.47 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.32 23.12 24.46 20.64 27.63 Technical....................................................... 17.29 - 17.52 - 16.62 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.57 - 32.61 33.72 31.40 Sales............................................................. 10.14 8.86 10.54 9.29 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.98 11.98 13.40 12.68 14.22 Blue collar......................................................... 13.91 10.21 14.93 13.93 16.58 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.81 - 19.34 17.23 21.02 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.32 10.40 13.10 11.94 15.04 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 - 17.46 17.74 16.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.87 7.61 11.83 11.00 13.12 Service............................................................. 8.32 6.95 9.00 8.22 12.46 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....................................................... 4.6 9.0 5.2 8.8 4.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.7 8.4 5.4 9.1 4.9 White collar........................................................ 5.0 11.1 5.3 10.2 5.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 8.1 5.3 9.8 5.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.6 20.3 4.9 6.9 6.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.6 31.8 6.0 7.9 7.7 Technical....................................................... 4.6 - 5.3 - 6.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.4 - 9.0 15.6 3.9 Sales............................................................. 15.6 36.2 16.6 15.2 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 1.2 5.3 8.3 5.5 Blue collar......................................................... 5.7 4.2 5.5 8.5 7.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.8 - 6.6 3.6 7.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.6 6.8 5.1 5.6 4.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.1 - 12.0 13.6 10.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.4 6.3 8.2 15.4 4.9 Service............................................................. 5.0 5.8 7.4 7.8 9.6 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD IN- TERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs(1), all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.03 $10.18 $13.62 $21.72 $32.03 All excluding sales........................... 7.54 10.45 13.90 21.72 33.07 White collar.................................... 8.79 12.35 17.40 28.69 36.16 White collar excluding sales................ 11.10 13.41 18.67 30.83 36.18 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.66 16.58 24.36 34.74 39.09 Professional specialty...................... 14.04 21.80 28.06 34.74 40.49 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.99 21.66 21.80 24.78 35.55 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.25 21.87 24.36 24.66 29.38 Registered nurses....................... 16.47 20.96 23.99 24.36 24.66 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.93 35.54 40.49 51.18 51.18 Other post-secondary teachers........... 24.93 36.22 40.49 51.18 51.18 Teachers, except college and university... 12.31 28.38 33.76 35.30 36.18 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.38 32.00 34.74 34.74 35.88 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 11.60 12.10 12.31 12.31 15.97 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.27 15.27 16.21 16.92 21.81 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.27 15.63 16.21 16.75 16.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.00 21.93 31.62 35.65 38.57 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.69 28.85 34.15 36.23 57.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.15 35.71 57.25 57.25 Management related........................ 16.83 18.00 21.61 31.62 36.40 Accountants and auditors................ 17.58 17.58 20.76 21.61 21.93 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.83 31.62 31.62 33.07 33.07 Sales......................................... 5.75 6.55 6.98 10.03 26.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.50 5.50 7.24 9.43 11.35 Cashiers................................ 5.81 6.55 6.76 6.98 7.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.37 10.58 12.66 14.08 17.40 Secretaries............................. 12.13 13.02 13.52 17.00 17.40 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.10 12.10 12.18 12.46 12.86 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.45 8.45 12.66 13.31 21.73 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 5.25 13.94 13.94 14.28 15.01 General office clerks................... 10.58 11.55 12.50 14.02 14.75 Teachers' aides......................... 8.48 9.37 9.39 9.69 15.69 Blue collar..................................... 8.36 10.63 13.38 16.20 21.72 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.90 15.05 17.22 21.74 23.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $12.00 $12.44 $22.28 $22.28 $32.96 Electricians............................ 15.27 15.69 15.69 18.11 19.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.97 10.50 12.05 13.90 15.97 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.97 10.39 11.72 13.00 16.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.12 11.85 12.84 13.60 21.58 Assemblers.............................. 10.18 10.18 12.05 13.90 14.07 Transportation and material moving............ 9.45 11.87 16.20 21.72 22.23 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.52 12.52 14.62 18.61 18.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.73 6.60 12.99 14.71 14.71 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.04 6.12 6.41 7.70 18.80 Service......................................... 6.22 7.07 9.81 12.23 17.38 Protective service........................ 6.75 6.99 15.73 21.92 22.82 Police and detectives, public service... 7.53 15.73 17.38 21.92 21.92 Food service.............................. 2.77 6.22 7.54 10.35 13.08 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.85 2.93 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.85 2.93 Other food service....................... 6.22 7.38 8.52 12.07 13.08 Cooks................................... 9.33 10.35 12.38 12.47 16.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.38 7.44 7.87 9.86 11.02 Health service............................ 8.89 9.44 10.42 11.82 12.49 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.75 11.72 12.25 12.49 12.49 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.89 9.44 10.42 11.82 11.82 Cleaning and building service............. 6.37 6.62 8.85 11.49 13.31 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.62 7.07 9.81 12.23 14.10 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.00 8.04 9.41 10.00 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 PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $9.00 $12.84 $18.43 $26.23 All excluding sales........................... 6.99 9.47 13.11 18.61 25.65 White collar.................................... 7.44 11.90 16.21 24.36 35.54 White collar excluding sales................ 10.35 13.22 16.92 24.36 35.65 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.31 15.34 20.96 24.36 35.55 Professional specialty...................... 13.46 16.47 22.64 25.53 36.22 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.99 21.66 21.80 24.78 35.55 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.93 20.96 23.99 24.36 29.38 Registered nurses....................... 16.47 20.52 23.64 24.36 24.36 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 8.81 12.31 12.31 14.66 15.11 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.90 15.34 16.21 17.14 21.81 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.27 15.63 16.21 16.21 16.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.67 27.78 33.80 36.16 41.88 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.43 32.03 34.33 36.23 57.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.15 35.71 57.25 57.25 Management related........................ 10.35 18.67 21.93 31.62 38.06 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.83 31.62 31.62 33.07 33.07 Sales......................................... 5.75 6.55 6.98 10.03 26.71 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.50 5.50 7.24 9.43 11.35 Cashiers................................ 5.81 6.55 6.76 6.98 7.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.86 10.58 12.91 14.08 17.40 Secretaries............................. 12.13 13.02 13.52 17.00 17.00 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 13.94 13.94 14.00 14.28 18.19 General office clerks................... 9.50 10.00 11.55 11.55 11.57 Blue collar..................................... 8.12 10.55 13.11 16.05 21.72 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.90 15.44 18.25 22.06 22.28 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.97 10.50 12.05 13.90 15.97 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.97 10.39 11.72 13.00 16.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 8.12 11.85 12.84 13.60 21.58 Assemblers.............................. 10.18 10.18 12.05 13.90 14.07 Transportation and material moving............ $9.45 $11.87 $16.20 $21.72 $21.72 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.52 12.52 14.62 18.61 18.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.73 6.60 12.54 14.71 14.71 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.04 6.12 6.41 7.70 18.80 Service......................................... 6.00 6.62 8.04 10.35 11.78 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.75 2.93 7.38 8.75 12.47 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.85 2.93 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.69 2.73 2.77 2.85 2.93 Other food service....................... 6.22 7.03 7.85 10.35 13.08 Health service............................ 8.44 8.89 9.81 10.48 12.25 Cleaning and building service............. $6.37 $6.62 $7.67 $8.93 $11.16 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.37 6.62 8.03 10.50 11.16 Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.00 8.04 9.41 10.00 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 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $12.35 $16.75 $28.53 $35.88 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 12.35 16.75 28.53 35.88 White collar.................................... 11.72 14.02 27.27 34.74 39.23 White collar excluding sales................ 11.72 14.02 27.27 34.74 39.23 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.75 28.38 33.76 36.03 40.49 Professional specialty...................... 24.77 28.53 33.76 36.18 40.49 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 28.38 28.69 34.74 35.88 36.18 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.38 32.00 34.74 34.74 35.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.00 20.69 21.61 27.88 31.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.69 24.11 27.88 31.25 36.18 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.39 10.85 12.50 14.02 17.84 General office clerks................... 11.72 12.50 13.89 14.02 14.78 Teachers' aides......................... 8.48 9.37 9.39 9.69 15.69 Blue collar..................................... 12.44 14.89 15.27 19.72 23.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.33 14.89 15.27 19.72 23.15 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 9.81 11.02 12.38 16.99 21.92 Protective service........................ 7.53 13.70 18.57 21.92 22.82 Police and detectives, public service... 7.53 15.73 17.38 21.92 21.92 Food service.............................. 7.87 9.86 11.02 12.38 16.40 Other food service....................... 7.87 9.86 11.02 12.38 16.40 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.87 8.52 9.86 11.02 11.02 Health service............................ 10.39 11.23 11.82 11.82 13.16 Cleaning and building service............. 9.81 10.45 12.23 13.31 14.34 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.81 11.77 12.23 13.31 14.34 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.97 $11.72 $14.71 $22.18 $34.03 All excluding sales........................... 9.13 11.79 14.71 22.06 34.15 White collar.................................... 11.10 13.52 20.54 31.44 36.18 White collar excluding sales................ 11.70 13.57 20.93 31.60 36.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.28 17.14 24.82 34.74 39.25 Professional specialty...................... 14.28 23.14 28.53 35.54 40.49 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 20.99 21.66 21.80 24.78 35.55 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.23 23.14 24.36 24.66 39.09 Registered nurses....................... 20.23 23.64 24.36 24.36 24.66 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.93 36.22 40.49 51.18 51.18 Other post-secondary teachers........... 24.93 36.22 40.49 51.18 51.18 Teachers, except college and university... 14.66 28.53 33.76 35.86 36.18 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.38 32.00 34.74 34.74 35.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.04 15.34 16.25 17.14 21.81 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.27 16.21 16.21 16.75 16.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.00 21.93 31.62 35.65 38.57 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 27.69 30.83 34.15 36.23 57.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.78 34.15 35.71 57.25 57.25 Management related........................ 16.83 18.00 21.61 31.62 36.40 Accountants and auditors................ 17.58 17.58 20.76 21.61 21.93 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.83 31.62 31.62 33.07 33.07 Sales......................................... 5.50 7.31 11.35 26.71 31.62 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.39 11.30 12.91 14.08 17.84 Secretaries............................. 12.13 13.02 13.52 17.00 17.40 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.10 12.10 12.18 12.46 12.86 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.45 8.45 12.66 13.31 21.73 General office clerks................... 11.55 11.72 12.50 14.02 14.75 Teachers' aides......................... 8.48 9.39 9.39 9.69 15.69 Blue collar..................................... 9.90 11.85 14.07 16.82 21.72 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.90 15.05 17.22 21.74 23.15 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.00 12.44 22.28 22.28 32.96 Electricians............................ 15.27 15.69 15.69 18.11 19.11 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.04 10.55 12.05 13.90 15.97 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.97 10.39 11.72 13.00 16.82 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $8.12 $11.85 $12.84 $13.60 $21.58 Assemblers.............................. 10.18 10.18 12.05 13.90 14.07 Transportation and material moving............ 9.45 12.54 18.61 21.72 22.23 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.52 12.52 14.62 18.61 18.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.41 12.54 14.10 14.71 14.71 Service......................................... 6.75 8.85 11.02 13.16 18.99 Protective service........................ 7.53 13.70 17.38 21.92 22.82 Police and detectives, public service... 7.53 15.73 17.38 21.92 21.92 Food service.............................. 2.77 3.13 9.86 12.47 16.40 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.41 9.33 11.02 12.47 16.40 Cooks................................... 9.33 10.35 12.38 12.47 16.40 Health service............................ 8.89 9.48 10.75 11.82 12.49 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.89 9.44 10.42 11.82 11.82 Cleaning and building service............. $6.41 $8.03 $9.81 $12.23 $14.10 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.03 8.85 10.62 12.23 14.34 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.55 $7.44 $9.85 $15.90 All excluding sales........................... 6.12 6.62 8.00 11.46 16.47 White collar.................................... 6.42 6.98 8.81 15.63 21.87 White collar excluding sales................ 8.15 9.50 14.85 20.00 23.07 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.23 14.04 16.47 21.87 23.07 Professional specialty...................... 8.81 14.85 20.15 22.44 23.99 Health related............................ 16.47 20.00 21.87 23.07 23.99 Registered nurses....................... 16.47 20.00 21.87 23.07 23.99 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 6.80 7.60 8.81 11.60 15.11 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.23 12.27 15.22 15.90 19.61 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.75 6.55 6.83 7.18 7.37 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.63 6.15 7.24 7.78 9.20 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.55 6.76 6.98 7.18 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.05 8.79 9.63 11.46 13.18 General office clerks................... 9.50 9.50 10.00 11.57 13.22 Blue collar..................................... 5.68 6.04 7.70 8.36 11.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.68 5.73 6.60 8.00 8.04 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.77 6.04 6.12 6.88 7.70 Service......................................... 6.22 6.28 6.99 8.04 9.50 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.69 6.22 7.03 7.54 8.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.22 6.22 7.44 7.85 8.10 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.44 7.44 7.85 7.87 8.52 Health service............................ 9.00 9.00 10.00 10.48 11.72 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.00 9.81 10.48 10.98 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 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 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 123,200 87,600 35,600 All excluding sales............................................. 115,500 79,900 35,600 White collar........................................................ 63,300 41,500 21,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 55,600 33,800 21,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31,700 17,600 14,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 26,100 12,700 13,400 Technical....................................................... 5,600 5,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,300 4,800 1,600 Sales............................................................. 7,700 7,700 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17,500 11,400 6,200 Blue collar......................................................... 26,700 23,700 3,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,100 3,800 2,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 10,800 10,800 € Transportation and material moving................................ 4,700 4,100 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5,000 5,000 - Service............................................................. 33,300 22,400 10,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND. Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Springfield, MA, 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........................................................ 700 77 19 58 36 22 Private industry.................................................... 600 62 18 44 29 15 Goods-producing industries........................................ 200 18 4 14 7 7 Manufacturing................................................... 200 18 4 14 7 7 Service-producing industries...................................... 500 44 14 30 22 8 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. (2) 1 - 1 1 - Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 200 13 5 8 7 1 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. (2) 3 1 2 2 - Services........................................................ 200 27 8 19 12 7 State and local government.......................................... 100 15 1 14 7 7 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, Springfield, MA, October 1999 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(2) workers ime me workers workers All................................................................... 4 5 1 All excluding sales............................................... 4 5 1 White collar........................................................ 6 8 3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 7 8 4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 8 9 5 Professional specialty.......................................... 9 9 6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 9 9 € Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - - € Natural scientists............................................ - - € Health related................................................ 9 8 9 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 11 11 - Other post-secondary teachers............................... 11 11 € Teachers, except college and university....................... 9 9 5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 9 9 € Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 5 € € Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - € Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - € Technical....................................................... 4 5 4 Licensed practical nurses................................... 4 4 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11 11 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 11 11 - Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 12 12 € Management related............................................ 8 8 € Accountants and auditors.................................... 7 7 € Management related, n.e.c................................... 9 9 € Sales............................................................. 1 4 1 Sales workers, other commodities............................ 2 € 2 Cashiers.................................................... 1 € 1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3 4 2 Secretaries................................................. 4 4 € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 € Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 3 3 € Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 4 € € General office clerks....................................... 3 3 2 Teachers' aides............................................. 2 2 € Blue collar......................................................... 3 4 1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7 7 € Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 4 4 € Electricians................................................ 7 7 € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 - Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 3 3 € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 3 3 € Assemblers.................................................. 2 2 € Transportation and material moving................................ 3 4 - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 1 2 1 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 1 € 1 Service............................................................. 2 2 1 Protective service............................................ 3 5 - Police and detectives, public service....................... 6 6 € Food service.................................................. 1 2 1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 1 - - Waiters and waitresses...................................... 1 € € Other food service........................................... 1 2 1 Cooks....................................................... 3 3 € 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................................. 1 1 - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 1 1 € Personal service.............................................. 2 - - 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.