NC BL 06/00/2003 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Bulletin 3115-61, March 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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................................................................. $17.51 3.1 38.0 $17.31 3.8 37.5 $18.08 5.2 39.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.90 5.1 38.2 21.77 7.2 37.8 22.16 4.6 39.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 3.8 37.7 26.93 6.3 36.7 25.92 2.1 39.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.77 5.1 40.7 34.22 4.1 40.8 24.62 18.9 40.0 Sales............................................................. 14.64 12.9 35.5 14.64 12.9 35.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.23 4.2 39.1 12.32 5.6 39.5 12.02 4.2 38.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.90 9.3 39.0 15.11 9.8 38.9 12.77 13.1 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 10.5 40.0 20.26 10.6 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.82 6.1 39.8 14.82 6.1 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.54 5.1 37.3 11.78 6.5 36.2 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.35 3.8 37.4 9.66 3.2 36.9 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 9.28 11.6 35.9 7.56 4.1 33.7 11.56 14.1 39.4 Full time........................................................... 17.99 3.1 40.1 17.94 3.8 39.9 18.14 5.2 40.8 Part time........................................................... 10.73 17.1 21.4 8.94 15.9 21.0 16.96 9.0 23.2 Union............................................................... 15.82 6.9 38.9 15.82 6.9 38.9 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.62 3.1 37.9 17.43 4.0 37.4 18.08 5.2 39.2 Time................................................................ 17.48 3.1 37.9 17.25 4.0 37.4 18.08 5.2 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 18.67 20.4 39.4 18.67 20.4 39.4 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.14 4.3 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.52 10.5 36.0 13.52 10.5 36.1 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.37 3.2 37.1 13.32 3.4 37.0 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 20.27 5.4 38.8 21.66 8.0 38.5 18.37 5.8 39.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.51 3.1 $17.31 3.8 $18.08 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 17.70 3.2 17.55 4.1 18.08 5.2 White collar........................................................ 21.90 5.1 21.77 7.2 22.16 4.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.85 5.2 23.22 7.4 22.16 4.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 3.8 26.93 6.3 25.92 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.67 5.5 31.08 8.4 28.27 6.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.79 13.0 36.79 13.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.25 4.3 24.51 .8 21.58 6.9 Registered nurses........................................... 23.61 2.5 23.44 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.20 1.8 – – 27.85 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 2.1 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.15 8.8 19.61 9.1 13.96 3.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.89 5.0 14.62 5.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.19 12.8 16.22 19.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.77 5.1 34.22 4.1 24.62 18.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 2.5 38.97 3.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.91 4.4 39.91 4.4 – – Management related............................................ 29.00 8.9 31.17 6.5 – – Sales............................................................. 14.64 12.9 14.64 12.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.13 9.7 8.13 9.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 7.4 7.55 7.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.23 4.2 12.32 5.6 12.02 4.2 Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.5 11.98 6.2 13.08 7.6 Order clerks................................................ 11.66 5.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.25 6.6 10.80 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.92 11.7 15.24 11.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.80 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.90 9.3 15.11 9.8 12.77 13.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 10.5 20.26 10.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.85 2.9 19.85 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 14.15 3.3 14.15 3.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.22 15.0 16.30 16.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.82 6.1 $14.82 6.1 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.28 7.1 13.28 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.25 7.0 7.25 7.0 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.99 3.0 12.99 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.62 10.5 18.62 10.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.57 24.2 13.57 24.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.74 3.2 12.74 3.2 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.12 1.9 12.12 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.54 5.1 11.78 6.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.21 6.7 13.21 6.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.35 3.8 9.66 3.2 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.45 8.2 11.45 8.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.39 7.1 9.39 7.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.13 1.6 11.13 1.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 7.2 9.84 7.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.28 11.6 7.56 4.1 $11.56 14.1 Protective service............................................ 11.05 19.2 7.46 4.5 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.21 1.7 7.21 1.7 – – Food service.................................................. 7.70 4.3 7.38 4.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 7.82 3.2 7.50 2.7 – – Health service................................................ 8.10 3.2 7.78 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.06 3.3 7.75 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.06 5.3 7.90 10.2 8.25 4.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.28 2.9 6.84 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.89 4.4 7.26 9.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 13.82 28.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.99 3.1 $17.94 3.8 $18.14 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.08 3.2 18.06 4.1 18.14 5.2 White collar........................................................ 22.42 5.3 22.36 7.3 22.56 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.09 5.5 23.36 7.6 22.56 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.23 4.5 27.40 6.2 26.99 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.91 6.0 31.49 8.8 28.37 7.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.79 13.0 36.79 13.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.94 3.6 24.66 1.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.12 2.8 23.40 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.20 1.8 – – 27.85 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 2.1 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.06 8.6 20.06 8.6 13.78 6.7 Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.53 4.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.11 16.9 16.67 18.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.81 5.1 34.28 4.1 24.62 18.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 2.5 38.97 3.4 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.91 4.4 39.91 4.4 – – Management related............................................ 29.06 8.9 31.25 6.5 – – Sales............................................................. 16.39 10.4 16.39 10.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 4.2 12.33 5.6 12.07 4.2 Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.5 11.98 6.2 13.08 7.6 Order clerks................................................ 11.66 5.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.25 6.6 10.80 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.92 11.7 15.24 11.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.80 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.12 9.3 15.35 9.7 12.77 13.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 10.5 20.26 10.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.85 2.9 19.85 2.9 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 14.15 3.3 14.15 3.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.22 15.0 16.30 16.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.85 6.1 14.85 6.1 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... $13.28 7.1 $13.28 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.25 7.0 7.25 7.0 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.99 3.0 12.99 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.62 10.5 18.62 10.5 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.57 24.2 13.57 24.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.74 3.2 12.74 3.2 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.12 1.9 12.12 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.77 4.0 12.13 4.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.21 6.7 13.21 6.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.65 4.3 9.96 3.8 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.45 8.2 11.45 8.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.06 3.5 12.06 3.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.13 1.6 11.13 1.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 7.2 9.84 7.2 – – Service............................................................. 9.68 11.7 7.88 3.8 $11.60 14.4 Protective service............................................ 11.51 18.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.22 5.3 7.93 6.8 – – Other food service........................................... 8.38 2.9 8.10 3.7 – – Health service................................................ 8.14 3.5 7.81 5.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.10 3.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.26 3.0 8.27 4.7 8.25 4.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.28 2.9 6.84 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.19 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.33 27.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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................................................................... $10.73 17.1 $8.94 15.9 $16.96 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.43 19.0 9.35 20.3 16.96 9.0 White collar........................................................ 14.48 13.4 12.44 18.9 17.75 2.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.16 7.3 18.76 14.2 17.75 2.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.62 6.7 19.49 12.1 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.94 3.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 24.86 3.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.00 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.63 9.0 7.63 9.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.39 6.8 6.39 6.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.60 3.5 6.60 3.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.85 3.5 6.85 3.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.85 3.5 6.85 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 6.52 8.1 6.36 7.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.87 7.8 5.87 7.8 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – 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. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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................................................................... $722 3.1 40.1 $716 3.8 39.9 $741 5.7 40.8 All excluding sales............................................... 724 3.3 40.0 718 4.1 39.7 741 5.7 40.8 White collar........................................................ 911 5.3 40.6 901 7.1 40.3 934 6.5 41.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 935 5.5 40.5 935 7.5 40.0 934 6.5 41.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,119 3.7 41.1 1,092 6.1 39.8 1,160 4.3 43.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,239 5.3 41.4 1,245 8.8 39.5 1,232 5.6 43.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,472 13.0 40.0 1,472 13.0 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 968 2.5 42.2 957 .8 38.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 888 2.3 38.4 899 2.3 38.4 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,017 1.7 37.4 – – – 1,038 .4 37.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,009 1.9 37.4 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 765 8.1 40.2 810 7.7 40.4 537 5.2 39.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 532 3.9 39.3 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 673 12.7 41.8 701 12.7 42.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,341 5.1 40.9 1,406 4.2 41.0 984 18.9 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,608 2.8 42.1 1,664 4.0 42.7 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,750 4.9 43.9 1,750 4.9 43.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,163 8.9 40.0 1,250 6.5 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 689 14.2 42.0 689 14.2 42.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 483 4.2 39.4 490 5.6 39.7 465 4.8 38.6 Secretaries................................................. 479 4.1 39.1 475 5.6 39.6 492 7.3 37.7 Order clerks................................................ 465 5.9 39.9 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 474 5.6 38.7 432 7.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 597 11.7 40.0 610 11.4 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 457 9.4 38.7 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 604 9.3 40.0 613 9.8 40.0 511 13.1 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 802 10.7 40.0 810 10.8 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 794 2.9 40.0 794 2.9 40.0 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $566 3.3 40.0 $566 3.3 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 649 15.0 40.0 652 16.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 593 6.1 40.0 593 6.1 40.0 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 531 7.1 40.0 531 7.1 40.0 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 290 7.0 40.0 290 7.0 40.0 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 518 3.1 39.9 518 3.1 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 745 10.5 40.0 745 10.5 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 543 24.2 40.0 543 24.2 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 509 3.2 40.0 509 3.2 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 483 2.3 39.8 483 2.3 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 469 3.8 39.9 483 4.1 39.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 525 6.5 39.7 525 6.5 39.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 425 4.3 40.0 398 3.8 39.9 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 458 8.3 40.0 458 8.3 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 482 3.6 39.9 482 3.6 39.9 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 442 1.4 39.7 442 1.4 39.7 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 393 7.2 39.9 393 7.2 39.9 – – – Service............................................................. 378 12.7 39.1 301 4.8 38.2 $465 15.7 40.1 Protective service............................................ 470 19.5 40.8 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 304 8.9 37.0 297 11.5 37.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 316 7.5 37.7 311 9.9 38.4 – – – Health service................................................ 321 3.7 39.5 304 6.0 38.9 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 320 3.8 39.5 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 318 3.8 38.5 306 9.5 36.9 330 4.1 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 251 4.6 34.5 212 8.5 30.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 328 4.3 40.0 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 523 29.2 36.5 – – – – – – 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. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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................................................................... $36,540 3.1 2,031 $37,145 3.8 2,071 $35,034 5.7 1,931 All excluding sales............................................... 36,576 3.3 2,023 37,241 4.1 2,062 35,034 5.7 1,931 White collar........................................................ 45,226 5.3 2,017 46,692 7.1 2,088 42,224 6.5 1,872 White collar excluding sales.................................... 46,174 5.5 2,000 48,410 7.5 2,072 42,224 6.5 1,872 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 53,839 3.7 1,978 56,342 6.1 2,056 50,676 4.3 1,878 Professional specialty.......................................... 58,138 5.3 1,944 64,014 8.8 2,033 52,856 5.6 1,863 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,529 13.0 2,080 76,529 13.0 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 50,000 2.5 2,179 49,752 .8 2,017 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 45,615 2.3 1,973 46,751 2.3 1,998 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38,777 1.7 1,426 – – – 39,528 .4 1,419 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38,320 1.9 1,421 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 39,796 8.1 2,088 42,137 7.7 2,100 27,950 5.2 2,029 Licensed practical nurses................................... 27,660 3.9 2,044 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 34,971 12.7 2,171 36,429 12.7 2,185 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,509 5.1 2,118 72,865 4.2 2,126 51,183 18.9 2,078 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 83,043 2.8 2,176 85,769 4.0 2,201 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 91,024 4.9 2,281 91,024 4.9 2,281 – – – Management related............................................ 60,453 8.9 2,080 65,001 6.5 2,080 – – – Sales............................................................. 35,830 14.2 2,186 35,830 14.2 2,186 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,339 4.2 1,986 25,476 5.6 2,066 21,921 4.8 1,817 Secretaries................................................. 24,693 4.1 2,013 24,676 5.6 2,060 24,738 7.3 1,892 Order clerks................................................ 24,171 5.9 2,073 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,492 5.6 2,000 22,461 7.4 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 31,041 11.7 2,080 31,694 11.4 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,765 9.4 2,013 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 31,403 9.3 2,077 31,901 9.8 2,078 26,486 13.1 2,073 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 41,643 10.7 2,078 42,135 10.8 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 41,298 2.9 2,080 41,298 2.9 2,080 – – – Machinery maintenance....................................... $29,442 3.3 2,080 $29,442 3.3 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 33,575 15.0 2,070 33,894 16.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,856 6.1 2,078 30,856 6.1 2,078 – – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 27,628 7.1 2,080 27,628 7.1 2,080 – – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 15,071 7.0 2,080 15,071 7.0 2,080 – – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 26,917 3.1 2,073 26,917 3.1 2,073 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 38,737 10.5 2,080 38,737 10.5 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 28,223 24.2 2,080 28,223 24.2 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 26,491 3.2 2,080 26,491 3.2 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 25,116 2.3 2,072 25,116 2.3 2,072 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 24,403 3.8 2,074 25,121 4.1 2,071 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,288 6.5 2,065 27,288 6.5 2,065 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 22,125 4.3 2,077 20,694 3.8 2,077 – – – Production helpers.......................................... 23,798 8.3 2,078 23,798 8.3 2,078 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,043 3.6 2,077 25,043 3.6 2,077 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 22,976 1.4 2,065 22,976 1.4 2,065 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 20,414 7.2 2,075 20,414 7.2 2,075 – – – Service............................................................. 19,321 12.7 1,995 15,637 4.8 1,985 $23,272 15.7 2,007 Protective service............................................ 24,459 19.5 2,124 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 14,566 8.9 1,771 15,427 11.5 1,946 – – – Other food service........................................... 15,019 7.5 1,791 16,184 9.9 1,998 – – – Health service................................................ 16,712 3.7 2,054 15,808 6.0 2,023 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,629 3.8 2,053 – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16,521 3.8 2,001 15,888 9.5 1,921 17,156 4.1 2,080 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,049 4.6 1,791 11,013 8.5 1,609 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 17,032 4.3 2,080 – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 27,217 29.2 1,899 – – – – – – 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. 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.51 3.1 $17.31 3.8 $18.08 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 17.70 3.2 17.55 4.1 18.08 5.2 White collar........................................................ 21.90 5.1 21.77 7.2 22.16 4.6 1....................................................... 6.42 5.1 6.37 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.86 7.8 8.69 4.5 12.42 13.7 3....................................................... 10.02 4.3 10.02 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.67 6.2 14.27 7.2 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 14.52 3.4 15.18 6.1 13.92 3.0 6....................................................... 20.53 15.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.24 3.0 22.66 2.7 16.82 4.2 8....................................................... 26.07 5.7 26.48 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.43 1.2 29.30 2.8 27.82 .5 10........................................................ 32.38 3.4 32.38 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 2.1 35.51 3.0 33.67 1.1 12........................................................ 48.15 3.2 48.15 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.22 22.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.85 5.2 23.22 7.4 22.16 4.6 2....................................................... 10.25 8.2 8.99 4.4 12.42 13.7 3....................................................... 10.70 5.0 10.88 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.26 6.6 13.86 8.2 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 14.50 3.5 15.44 7.2 13.92 3.0 6....................................................... 20.67 15.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.48 2.6 21.97 2.4 16.82 4.2 8....................................................... 26.07 5.7 26.48 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.43 1.2 29.30 2.8 27.82 .5 10........................................................ 32.38 3.4 32.38 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 2.1 35.51 3.0 33.67 1.1 12........................................................ 48.15 3.2 48.15 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.22 22.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.49 3.8 26.93 6.3 25.92 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.67 5.5 31.08 8.4 28.27 6.3 5....................................................... 10.79 14.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.17 3.5 – – 17.42 2.2 8....................................................... 26.68 5.5 27.25 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.48 1.4 29.90 4.0 27.82 .5 10........................................................ 37.70 3.9 37.70 3.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.48 3.4 37.57 4.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.79 13.0 36.79 13.0 – – 9....................................................... 31.89 1.7 31.89 1.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.25 4.3 24.51 .8 21.58 6.9 Registered nurses........................................... 23.61 2.5 23.44 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $27.20 1.8 – – $27.85 0.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 2.1 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.15 8.8 $19.61 9.1 13.96 3.6 5....................................................... 14.28 2.8 15.48 6.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.89 5.0 14.62 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 13.89 6.1 14.92 9.1 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.19 12.8 16.22 19.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.77 5.1 34.22 4.1 24.62 18.9 9....................................................... 28.31 2.6 28.31 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.65 1.7 34.62 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 49.39 8.5 49.39 8.5 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 2.5 38.97 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 28.13 4.0 28.13 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 3.0 36.48 5.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.91 4.4 39.91 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.36 3.9 27.36 3.9 – – Management related............................................ 29.00 8.9 31.17 6.5 – – Sales............................................................. 14.64 12.9 14.64 12.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.38 5.6 6.38 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.52 8.2 7.52 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.96 3.7 8.96 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.94 8.6 15.94 8.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.61 13.0 14.61 13.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.13 9.7 8.13 9.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.55 7.4 7.55 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.49 8.9 6.49 8.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.23 4.2 12.32 5.6 12.02 4.2 2....................................................... 10.22 8.3 8.99 4.4 12.44 14.3 3....................................................... 10.87 5.8 11.17 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.27 7.1 13.94 8.8 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 15.84 8.9 – – 15.97 9.9 7....................................................... 16.65 8.2 16.65 8.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.5 11.98 6.2 13.08 7.6 4....................................................... 13.63 5.4 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 11.66 5.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.25 6.6 10.80 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.66 3.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.92 11.7 15.24 11.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.80 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $14.90 9.3 $15.11 9.8 $12.77 13.1 1....................................................... 7.95 1.8 7.89 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.39 1.4 10.39 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.87 3.3 12.10 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.87 4.3 13.87 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.86 5.0 16.90 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.84 3.5 22.18 3.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 10.5 20.26 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 2.2 12.40 2.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.17 4.3 16.44 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 4.8 22.26 4.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.85 2.9 19.85 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 1.8 16.44 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.41 3.2 22.41 3.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 14.15 3.3 14.15 3.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.22 15.0 16.30 16.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.82 6.1 14.82 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.88 3.7 6.88 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.36 1.0 10.36 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 .4 12.53 .4 – – 4....................................................... 14.82 7.0 14.82 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.19 6.3 17.19 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.93 7.2 21.93 7.2 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.28 7.1 13.28 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.25 7.0 7.25 7.0 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.99 3.0 12.99 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.62 10.5 18.62 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 13.0 14.63 13.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.57 24.2 13.57 24.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.74 3.2 12.74 3.2 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.12 1.9 12.12 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.54 5.1 11.78 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 5.8 11.22 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.85 7.3 13.85 7.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.21 6.7 13.21 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.83 7.6 13.83 7.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.35 3.8 9.66 3.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.01 2.0 7.95 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.56 3.3 10.56 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.49 9.3 11.49 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 7.7 14.85 7.7 – – Production helpers.......................................... $11.45 8.2 $11.45 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.98 5.7 10.98 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.39 7.1 9.39 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.78 3.0 6.78 3.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.13 1.6 11.13 1.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 7.2 9.84 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 7.9 9.89 7.9 – – Service............................................................. 9.28 11.6 7.56 4.1 $11.56 14.1 1....................................................... 7.29 3.0 6.95 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.79 3.0 7.50 3.6 8.18 4.3 4....................................................... 9.92 6.4 10.59 13.3 – – 5....................................................... 11.78 5.2 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.05 19.2 7.46 4.5 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 7.21 1.7 7.21 1.7 – – Food service.................................................. 7.70 4.3 7.38 4.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 8.5 6.56 11.1 – – 2....................................................... 7.75 5.0 7.75 5.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.82 3.2 7.50 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.30 6.6 6.61 .9 – – 2....................................................... 7.75 5.0 7.75 5.0 – – Health service................................................ 8.10 3.2 7.78 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.76 4.1 7.56 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.06 3.3 7.75 5.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.74 4.2 7.52 4.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.06 5.3 7.90 10.2 8.25 4.1 1....................................................... 7.75 3.9 7.19 6.9 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.28 2.9 6.84 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.88 5.5 6.84 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.89 4.4 7.26 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.05 6.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.82 28.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.99 3.1 $17.94 3.8 $18.14 5.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.08 3.2 18.06 4.1 18.14 5.2 White collar........................................................ 22.42 5.3 22.36 7.3 22.56 5.2 2....................................................... 10.16 8.1 8.93 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.11 5.1 10.14 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.66 6.2 14.27 7.3 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 14.66 4.2 15.28 6.2 13.69 5.4 6....................................................... 20.53 15.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.16 3.3 22.60 3.0 – – 8....................................................... 26.07 5.7 26.48 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.55 1.2 29.33 2.8 – – 10........................................................ 32.38 3.4 32.38 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 2.1 35.51 3.0 33.67 1.1 12........................................................ 48.15 3.2 48.15 3.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.09 5.5 23.36 7.6 22.56 5.2 2....................................................... 10.25 8.3 8.98 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.77 5.3 10.98 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.25 6.7 13.85 8.3 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 14.59 4.7 15.47 7.5 13.69 5.4 6....................................................... 20.67 15.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.28 3.0 21.81 2.8 – – 8....................................................... 26.07 5.7 26.48 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.55 1.2 29.33 2.8 – – 10........................................................ 32.38 3.4 32.38 3.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.97 2.1 35.51 3.0 33.67 1.1 12........................................................ 48.15 3.2 48.15 3.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.23 4.5 27.40 6.2 26.99 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.91 6.0 31.49 8.8 28.37 7.0 5....................................................... 10.79 14.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.84 3.3 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.68 5.5 27.25 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.63 1.4 29.95 3.9 – – 10........................................................ 37.70 3.9 37.70 3.9 – – 11........................................................ 35.48 3.4 37.57 4.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.79 13.0 36.79 13.0 – – 9....................................................... 31.89 1.7 31.89 1.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 22.94 3.6 24.66 1.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.12 2.8 23.40 2.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.20 1.8 – – 27.85 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.97 2.1 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $19.06 8.6 $20.06 8.6 $13.78 6.7 5....................................................... 14.21 3.3 15.53 4.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.53 4.1 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.11 16.9 16.67 18.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.81 5.1 34.28 4.1 24.62 18.9 9....................................................... 28.31 2.6 28.31 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.65 1.7 34.62 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 49.39 8.5 49.39 8.5 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 38.16 2.5 38.97 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 28.13 4.0 28.13 4.0 – – 11........................................................ 35.77 3.0 36.48 5.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.91 4.4 39.91 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.36 3.9 27.36 3.9 – – Management related............................................ 29.06 8.9 31.25 6.5 – – Sales............................................................. 16.39 10.4 16.39 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.94 8.6 15.94 8.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 4.2 12.33 5.6 12.07 4.2 2....................................................... 10.23 8.4 8.98 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.91 5.9 11.22 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.27 7.1 13.94 8.8 11.59 4.7 5....................................................... 15.84 8.9 – – 15.97 9.9 7....................................................... 16.65 8.2 16.65 8.2 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.27 4.5 11.98 6.2 13.08 7.6 4....................................................... 13.63 5.4 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 11.66 5.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.25 6.6 10.80 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.66 3.6 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.92 11.7 15.24 11.4 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 11.80 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.12 9.3 15.35 9.7 12.77 13.1 1....................................................... 8.18 1.8 8.14 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 1.4 10.43 1.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.89 3.3 12.11 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.87 4.3 13.87 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.86 5.0 16.90 3.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.84 3.5 22.18 3.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 10.5 20.26 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 2.2 12.40 2.2 – – 5....................................................... $16.17 4.3 $16.44 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 4.8 22.26 4.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 19.85 2.9 19.85 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 1.8 16.44 1.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.41 3.2 22.41 3.2 – – Machinery maintenance....................................... 14.15 3.3 14.15 3.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.22 15.0 16.30 16.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.85 6.1 14.85 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.97 3.4 6.97 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.36 1.0 10.36 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.53 .4 12.53 .4 – – 4....................................................... 14.82 7.0 14.82 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.19 6.3 17.19 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.93 7.2 21.93 7.2 – – Winding and twisting machine operators...................... 13.28 7.1 13.28 7.1 – – Textile sewing machine operators............................ 7.25 7.0 7.25 7.0 – – Mixing and blending machine operators....................... 12.99 3.0 12.99 3.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 18.62 10.5 18.62 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.63 13.0 14.63 13.0 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.57 24.2 13.57 24.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.74 3.2 12.74 3.2 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 12.12 1.9 12.12 1.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.77 4.0 12.13 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 5.8 11.22 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.85 7.3 13.85 7.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.21 6.7 13.21 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.83 7.6 13.83 7.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.65 4.3 9.96 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.23 2.3 8.18 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.71 3.4 10.71 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.56 9.5 11.56 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 7.7 14.85 7.7 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.45 8.2 11.45 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.98 5.7 10.98 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.06 3.5 12.06 3.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 11.13 1.6 11.13 1.6 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.84 7.2 9.84 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 7.9 9.89 7.9 – – Service............................................................. 9.68 11.7 7.88 3.8 $11.60 14.4 1....................................................... 7.66 3.1 7.33 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.84 3.3 7.60 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 9.92 6.4 10.59 13.3 – – 5....................................................... $11.73 5.3 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.51 18.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.22 5.3 $7.93 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.98 10.9 7.36 20.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.38 2.9 8.10 3.7 – – Health service................................................ 8.14 3.5 7.81 5.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.76 4.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.10 3.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.74 4.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.26 3.0 8.27 4.7 $8.25 4.1 1....................................................... 7.91 3.2 7.35 6.0 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.28 2.9 6.84 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.88 5.5 6.84 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.19 4.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.33 27.3 – – – – 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. 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, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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................................................................... $10.73 17.1 $8.94 15.9 $16.96 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.43 19.0 9.35 20.3 16.96 9.0 White collar........................................................ 14.48 13.4 12.44 18.9 17.75 2.4 2....................................................... 7.37 8.1 7.34 8.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.23 3.5 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.16 7.3 18.76 14.2 17.75 2.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.62 6.7 19.49 12.1 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.94 3.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 24.86 3.8 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.00 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.63 9.0 7.63 9.0 – – 2....................................................... 7.11 9.5 7.11 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.39 6.8 6.39 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.40 10.4 6.40 10.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 6.60 3.5 6.60 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.44 3.4 6.44 3.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.85 3.5 6.85 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.69 3.2 6.69 3.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.85 3.5 6.85 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.69 3.2 6.69 3.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.52 8.1 6.36 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.98 5.8 5.98 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.47 8.0 7.01 7.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.87 7.8 5.87 7.8 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – 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. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.99 $10.73 $15.82 $17.62 $17.48 $18.67 All excluding sales............................................. 18.08 11.43 15.59 17.82 17.74 11.43 White collar........................................................ 22.42 14.48 – 21.99 21.92 21.27 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.09 18.16 – 22.88 22.81 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.23 18.62 – 26.49 26.49 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.91 24.94 – 29.67 29.67 – Technical....................................................... 19.06 14.00 – 18.13 18.15 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.81 – – 32.77 32.57 – Sales............................................................. 16.39 7.63 – 14.25 11.52 20.49 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.25 – – 12.17 12.23 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.12 6.60 15.54 14.78 15.00 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.04 – 21.28 19.87 20.04 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.85 – 15.68 14.63 15.03 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.77 – – 11.16 11.54 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.65 6.85 11.88 9.91 10.40 – Service............................................................. 9.68 6.52 – 9.28 9.29 – 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....................................................... 3.1 17.1 6.9 3.1 3.1 20.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 19.0 7.4 3.3 3.2 36.3 White collar........................................................ 5.3 13.4 – 5.2 5.3 15.6 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.5 7.3 – 5.3 5.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.5 6.7 – 3.8 3.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 3.7 – 5.5 5.5 – Technical....................................................... 8.6 3.8 – 8.8 8.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.1 – – 5.1 5.1 – Sales............................................................. 10.4 9.0 – 15.9 12.3 17.6 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.2 – – 4.2 4.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 9.3 3.5 7.6 12.0 9.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.5 – 5.3 13.0 10.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 – 6.7 8.0 7.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 – – 5.8 5.1 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 3.5 6.2 4.3 4.0 – Service............................................................. 11.7 8.1 – 11.6 11.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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....................................................... $17.31 $21.14 – – $20.69 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.55 21.18 – – 20.72 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 21.77 29.01 – – 28.37 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.22 29.40 – – 28.78 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 32.59 – – – - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.08 35.99 – – – - – - - - Technical....................................................... 19.61 – – – – - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.22 33.99 – – 33.52 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 14.64 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.32 15.51 – – 15.54 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.11 16.11 – – 16.18 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 21.62 – – 22.18 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.82 14.78 – – 14.76 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 11.78 12.76 – – 12.71 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.66 10.92 – – 10.94 - – - - - Service............................................................. 7.56 – – – – - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 4.3 – – 4.6 - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 4.3 – – 4.7 - – - - - White collar........................................................ 7.2 4.6 – – 5.9 - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.4 4.5 – – 5.8 - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.3 6.2 – – – - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 8.4 13.4 – – – - – - - - Technical....................................................... 9.1 – – – – - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.1 5.6 – – 6.7 - – - - - Sales............................................................. 12.9 – – – – - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.6 5.5 – – 5.5 - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 9.8 9.9 – – 10.2 - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.6 9.2 – – 8.5 - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 6.2 – – 6.4 - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 2.1 – – 2.1 - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.2 2.6 – – 2.7 - – - - - Service............................................................. 4.1 – – – – - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 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....................................................... $17.31 $13.52 $18.26 $13.32 $21.66 All excluding sales............................................. 17.55 12.51 18.57 13.49 21.76 White collar........................................................ 21.77 18.80 22.48 14.90 26.83 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.22 20.61 23.57 15.78 27.15 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.93 27.62 26.85 18.17 28.92 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.08 28.57 31.47 25.55 32.14 Technical....................................................... 19.61 – 19.71 14.63 22.22 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.22 37.03 33.92 37.61 33.27 Sales............................................................. 14.64 16.90 11.81 11.72 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.32 10.05 12.76 11.52 14.58 Blue collar......................................................... 15.11 10.28 15.87 13.10 18.23 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 – 21.43 17.02 24.31 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.82 11.27 14.97 12.49 17.34 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.78 9.43 13.35 12.11 13.96 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.66 7.81 10.12 10.09 10.15 Service............................................................. 7.56 7.58 7.54 7.91 7.28 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.8 10.5 5.1 3.4 8.0 All excluding sales............................................. 4.1 13.2 5.3 3.4 8.1 White collar........................................................ 7.2 12.5 8.0 8.2 5.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 7.4 18.9 8.0 10.5 5.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.3 4.9 7.0 10.7 6.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 8.4 3.9 9.5 5.1 10.0 Technical....................................................... 9.1 – 9.2 11.1 5.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.1 7.3 5.0 10.2 5.7 Sales............................................................. 12.9 11.7 16.1 19.2 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.6 3.0 6.2 3.1 8.3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.8 3.6 10.4 3.1 12.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.6 – 9.1 4.4 5.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.1 20.7 7.1 2.8 7.4 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 14.7 5.5 10.8 4.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.2 1.7 3.7 3.8 8.1 Service............................................................. 4.1 5.0 4.5 7.2 3.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.50 $9.50 $13.75 $24.40 $32.12 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 9.62 13.86 25.00 32.10 White collar.................................... 9.36 11.96 19.57 29.64 36.40 White collar excluding sales................ 10.11 12.50 21.24 30.10 37.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.34 18.92 25.18 31.39 41.81 Professional specialty...................... 17.29 22.50 27.48 34.36 45.49 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.67 30.35 33.84 45.49 48.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 11.96 18.30 24.77 27.40 33.04 Registered nurses....................... 18.01 21.00 24.50 26.12 27.00 Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 21.28 22.26 27.26 31.39 34.36 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.28 21.83 26.77 31.39 34.36 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.50 14.08 17.25 24.40 25.18 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.94 12.50 14.00 15.10 17.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.38 11.95 14.30 15.90 22.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.19 27.12 32.52 36.84 43.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 26.15 32.78 36.17 40.46 50.77 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.15 32.03 37.07 48.07 61.02 Management related........................ 13.31 25.18 30.73 32.83 39.31 Sales......................................... 6.30 8.00 11.59 19.88 32.42 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.15 5.15 6.30 10.80 14.15 Cashiers................................ 5.85 6.28 7.30 8.75 8.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.29 9.87 11.21 14.15 18.10 Secretaries............................. 7.50 8.76 11.50 14.65 18.87 Order clerks............................ 8.56 10.50 12.50 12.89 12.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 10.31 11.98 14.08 15.56 General office clerks................... 9.00 11.08 18.10 18.10 18.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.52 10.06 10.46 12.75 17.73 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.70 12.90 19.64 25.18 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.72 19.51 25.18 29.26 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.10 15.00 18.75 27.16 27.16 Machinery maintenance................... 10.33 11.85 13.00 13.00 22.33 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.95 11.25 14.14 18.83 25.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.39 10.41 13.37 19.02 22.53 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 12.74 14.69 14.69 14.69 Textile sewing machine operators........ $5.50 $6.25 $6.80 $8.39 $9.60 Mixing and blending machine operators... 12.40 12.40 12.95 13.30 13.67 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.40 14.55 20.38 22.53 22.53 Welders and cutters..................... 8.79 8.79 8.79 17.10 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 9.99 9.99 13.05 14.86 14.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.06 8.79 9.65 15.39 21.01 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 9.37 10.50 12.90 18.72 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.90 9.50 12.85 14.36 19.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.16 8.00 9.01 11.72 15.29 Production helpers...................... 8.78 9.04 10.86 11.80 18.62 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.40 8.60 12.68 13.37 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 9.10 11.87 12.83 12.83 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.01 7.84 11.15 11.15 11.15 Service......................................... 6.00 6.95 8.16 10.25 14.34 Protective service........................ 6.00 6.99 10.84 14.00 17.52 Guards and police, except public service 5.65 6.00 6.75 7.88 9.00 Food service.............................. 5.20 6.35 8.00 8.50 10.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 5.35 6.50 8.00 8.50 9.73 Health service............................ 6.70 7.17 7.98 8.65 9.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.70 7.16 7.98 8.64 9.63 Cleaning and building service............. 6.00 6.96 8.00 9.22 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.25 6.93 7.70 9.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.00 7.00 7.72 8.87 9.63 Personal service.......................... 6.40 7.75 10.23 21.08 21.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $8.97 $13.75 $25.15 $32.05 All excluding sales........................... 7.05 9.10 13.85 25.18 32.02 White collar.................................... 8.75 11.65 19.89 29.38 36.84 White collar excluding sales................ 9.98 12.80 22.41 30.39 38.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.90 20.15 25.30 30.98 43.08 Professional specialty...................... 20.86 25.96 28.34 35.75 46.70 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.67 30.35 33.84 45.49 48.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.98 21.63 25.29 26.83 27.40 Registered nurses....................... 18.41 20.70 24.49 26.01 26.79 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.61 14.90 20.15 25.18 25.18 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.00 14.44 15.90 17.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.72 11.02 15.28 19.17 25.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 25.18 28.37 32.52 37.58 46.30 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 26.15 31.20 36.73 45.41 61.02 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.15 32.03 37.07 48.07 61.02 Management related........................ 25.18 27.12 32.02 32.98 41.27 Sales......................................... 6.30 8.00 11.59 19.88 32.42 Sales workers, other commodities........ 5.15 5.15 6.30 10.80 14.15 Cashiers................................ 5.85 6.28 7.30 8.75 8.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.63 11.54 14.43 18.10 Secretaries............................. 7.50 8.00 11.15 14.43 18.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.65 9.00 10.31 13.24 14.15 General office clerks................... 9.03 12.00 18.10 18.10 18.10 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.86 13.20 20.35 25.18 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.75 20.38 25.95 29.44 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.10 15.00 18.75 27.16 27.16 Machinery maintenance................... 10.33 11.85 13.00 13.00 22.33 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.95 11.25 14.14 19.39 25.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.39 10.41 13.37 19.02 22.53 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 12.74 14.69 14.69 14.69 Textile sewing machine operators........ 5.50 6.25 6.80 8.39 9.60 Mixing and blending machine operators... $12.40 $12.40 $12.95 $13.30 $13.67 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.40 14.55 20.38 22.53 22.53 Welders and cutters..................... 8.79 8.79 8.79 17.10 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 9.99 9.99 13.05 14.86 14.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.06 8.79 9.65 15.39 21.01 Transportation and material moving............ 6.50 8.90 10.75 13.59 18.72 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.90 9.50 12.85 14.36 19.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.90 8.00 8.70 11.20 13.22 Production helpers...................... 8.78 9.04 10.86 11.80 18.62 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.40 8.60 12.68 13.37 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 9.10 11.87 12.83 12.83 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.01 7.84 11.15 11.15 11.15 Service......................................... 5.50 6.25 7.40 8.42 10.00 Protective service........................ 5.75 6.00 6.83 8.00 10.00 Guards and police, except public service 5.65 6.00 6.75 7.88 9.00 Food service.............................. 5.20 6.00 7.50 8.50 9.53 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.20 6.25 7.50 8.37 8.97 Health service............................ 6.15 7.10 8.01 8.42 9.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.15 7.00 7.89 8.42 9.17 Cleaning and building service............. 5.50 6.40 7.50 10.00 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.00 6.55 7.50 9.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.30 6.00 7.50 8.00 9.48 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.30 $10.23 $13.96 $22.36 $33.63 All excluding sales........................... 8.30 10.23 13.96 22.36 33.63 White collar.................................... 10.27 11.96 18.57 29.87 35.75 White collar excluding sales................ 10.27 11.96 18.57 29.87 35.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.96 14.80 24.43 31.39 37.24 Professional specialty...................... 11.96 21.28 26.61 33.68 37.84 Health related............................ 11.96 11.96 21.00 29.98 35.31 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.28 22.36 27.79 31.44 34.36 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.27 13.37 14.30 14.54 17.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.31 13.31 31.94 34.90 36.17 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.52 9.88 10.94 13.07 17.84 Secretaries............................. 10.34 10.64 12.37 15.29 18.19 Blue collar..................................... 8.35 9.35 10.48 15.70 20.52 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 7.26 8.25 9.84 13.50 19.09 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.79 7.22 8.27 9.00 9.61 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.98 $9.88 $14.15 $25.18 $32.42 All excluding sales........................... 7.98 9.98 14.14 25.18 32.52 White collar.................................... 9.66 12.00 20.19 30.17 36.73 White collar excluding sales................ 10.06 12.50 21.28 30.55 37.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.34 20.15 25.75 32.12 42.62 Professional specialty...................... 17.07 22.50 27.96 34.36 46.39 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.67 30.35 33.84 45.49 48.53 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 11.96 17.19 24.50 27.40 33.68 Registered nurses....................... 17.76 19.89 24.50 26.12 26.79 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.28 22.26 27.26 31.39 34.36 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.28 21.83 26.77 31.39 34.36 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.42 14.54 19.01 25.18 25.18 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.54 11.72 13.42 15.05 16.11 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.15 11.25 15.00 18.99 25.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.22 27.12 32.52 36.84 43.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 26.15 32.78 36.17 40.46 50.77 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.15 32.03 37.07 48.07 61.02 Management related........................ 13.31 25.18 30.73 32.83 39.47 Sales......................................... 7.75 8.75 15.39 21.40 32.42 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.88 11.25 14.18 18.10 Secretaries............................. 7.50 8.76 11.50 14.65 18.87 Order clerks............................ 8.56 10.50 12.50 12.89 12.98 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.00 10.31 11.98 14.08 15.56 General office clerks................... 9.00 11.08 18.10 18.10 18.10 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.52 10.06 10.46 12.75 17.73 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 9.99 13.05 20.37 25.18 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.00 13.72 19.51 25.18 29.26 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.10 15.00 18.75 27.16 27.16 Machinery maintenance................... 10.33 11.85 13.00 13.00 22.33 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.95 11.25 14.14 18.83 25.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.54 10.56 13.53 19.02 22.53 Winding and twisting machine operators.. 9.10 12.74 14.69 14.69 14.69 Textile sewing machine operators........ 5.50 6.25 6.80 8.39 9.60 Mixing and blending machine operators... 12.40 12.40 12.95 13.30 13.67 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $10.40 $14.55 $20.38 $22.53 $22.53 Welders and cutters..................... 8.79 8.79 8.79 17.10 24.48 Assemblers.............................. 9.99 9.99 13.05 14.86 14.87 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.06 8.79 9.65 15.39 21.01 Transportation and material moving............ 8.79 9.50 10.75 13.22 18.72 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.90 9.50 12.85 14.36 19.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.55 8.00 9.50 11.72 15.81 Production helpers...................... 8.78 9.04 10.86 11.80 18.62 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.80 11.20 12.68 13.37 14.17 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.05 9.10 11.87 12.83 12.83 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.01 7.84 11.15 11.15 11.15 Service......................................... 6.44 7.25 8.27 11.20 14.95 Protective service........................ 6.25 7.25 11.52 14.34 17.78 Food service.............................. 6.35 7.50 8.27 8.76 10.85 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.50 7.50 8.27 8.59 10.48 Health service............................ 6.72 7.20 7.98 8.66 9.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.70 7.18 7.98 8.66 9.65 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.11 8.00 9.31 10.00 Maids and housemen...................... 5.75 6.25 6.93 7.70 9.25 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.96 7.38 8.00 8.95 9.50 Personal service.......................... 7.75 7.93 10.87 21.08 21.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.20 $5.90 $7.55 $14.20 $24.00 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 5.90 8.13 14.34 24.00 White collar.................................... 6.10 7.91 14.11 21.00 25.69 White collar excluding sales................ 12.31 14.11 14.41 24.00 26.85 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.39 14.17 14.42 24.00 26.87 Professional specialty...................... 21.63 22.51 25.00 26.85 28.52 Health related............................ 21.63 21.63 25.00 26.76 28.52 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.31 14.01 14.30 14.36 14.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.15 6.00 7.15 8.30 11.35 Cashiers................................ 5.45 5.85 6.25 7.00 7.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... - - - - - Blue collar..................................... 5.46 5.75 6.25 7.75 8.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.60 6.00 6.60 7.75 8.60 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.60 6.00 6.60 7.75 8.60 Service......................................... 5.20 5.30 5.90 7.00 8.72 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.20 5.20 5.50 6.25 7.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th 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. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 93,500 67,500 26,000 All excluding sales............................................. 87,600 61,600 26,000 White collar........................................................ 49,600 33,300 16,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 43,700 27,400 16,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24,700 13,600 11,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 17,700 8,700 9,100 Technical....................................................... 7,000 4,900 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,500 4,700 900 Sales............................................................. 5,900 5,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13,400 9,100 4,300 Blue collar......................................................... 25,500 23,200 2,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 7,400 7,100 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,700 8,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,600 1,900 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6,800 5,600 - Service............................................................. 18,400 11,000 7,500 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.