NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Atlanta, GA, Bulletin 3120-06, January 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................. $19.17 2.8 37.7 $18.93 3.5 37.5 $20.24 2.2 38.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.31 2.8 38.4 23.52 3.5 38.1 22.56 3.1 39.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.88 6.5 38.6 30.37 9.1 38.2 25.87 2.8 39.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.33 3.1 40.4 32.18 3.3 40.5 28.21 7.0 40.0 Sales............................................................. 18.67 11.8 35.3 18.69 11.9 35.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.06 1.4 38.5 15.38 1.8 38.4 13.80 2.1 38.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.61 2.0 38.5 15.60 2.1 38.9 15.73 5.6 32.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.27 3.0 40.0 20.35 3.3 40.0 19.15 4.7 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.78 4.5 39.8 14.79 4.5 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.58 5.6 38.0 15.77 6.2 40.4 14.36 6.1 27.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.09 3.6 36.5 11.07 3.7 36.5 11.55 4.7 35.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.39 3.6 34.4 10.16 3.4 32.9 15.05 4.2 39.4 Full time........................................................... 19.83 2.9 39.7 19.68 3.5 39.7 20.47 2.2 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.08 5.8 22.2 9.87 6.2 22.2 12.50 13.0 22.1 Union............................................................... 23.82 19.9 37.5 24.78 21.6 37.1 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.77 2.6 37.7 18.38 3.2 37.5 20.45 2.2 38.5 Time................................................................ 19.08 2.9 37.6 18.80 3.7 37.4 20.24 2.2 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 20.75 16.2 38.9 20.75 16.2 38.9 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.00 3.5 36.2 15.00 3.5 36.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.03 4.7 38.5 17.09 4.7 38.4 14.24 2.9 40.3 500 workers or more................................................. 22.34 4.1 37.5 23.42 6.3 36.9 20.56 2.5 38.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.17 2.8 $18.93 3.5 $20.24 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.21 2.9 18.96 3.6 20.25 2.2 White collar........................................................ 23.31 2.8 23.52 3.5 22.56 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 3.0 24.46 3.8 22.58 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.88 6.5 30.37 9.1 25.87 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.55 3.0 31.13 4.1 27.09 3.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.46 4.0 33.72 4.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.02 4.2 39.02 4.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.41 10.0 29.41 10.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.01 10.7 35.01 10.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.92 7.1 31.62 6.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 6.0 30.95 5.8 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 33.56 12.0 33.56 12.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.67 3.1 27.22 3.3 24.22 6.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.41 1.1 24.48 .9 24.09 5.9 Pharmacists................................................. 39.95 2.1 39.95 2.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.04 5.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 28.55 6.6 27.16 11.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.52 3.0 22.88 14.6 28.96 2.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.22 1.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.19 5.7 – – 30.29 5.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 3.5 – – 29.73 3.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.27 12.4 17.92 15.6 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.69 12.9 – – 19.89 13.3 Social workers.............................................. 20.02 13.0 – – 20.04 13.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.40 8.5 35.40 8.5 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.64 6.9 36.64 6.9 – – Technical....................................................... 27.02 25.2 28.83 28.2 17.72 10.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.67 6.9 17.67 6.9 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.62 2.6 22.62 2.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.37 3.2 15.36 4.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.80 8.0 17.15 9.4 13.96 11.5 Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.48 10.6 22.61 10.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.85 4.3 25.82 3.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.85 5.5 18.85 5.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.33 3.1 32.18 3.3 28.21 7.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.51 4.4 35.71 5.3 40.23 4.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 22.15 7.5 – – 22.15 7.5 Financial managers.......................................... $37.22 11.2 $32.41 7.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.76 12.2 33.76 12.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.20 5.9 – – $46.23 3.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.79 10.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.32 6.1 38.32 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 5.9 26.50 7.4 17.01 6.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.69 16.0 25.52 10.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.94 6.5 23.94 6.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 38.40 29.9 38.40 29.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.59 16.2 25.23 12.3 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 16.99 2.0 – – 16.99 2.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.36 9.6 26.03 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 18.67 11.8 18.69 11.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.38 9.5 29.38 9.5 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 31.74 18.1 31.74 18.1 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 20.79 6.4 20.79 6.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.45 2.4 9.45 2.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.69 3.0 8.68 3.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.04 23.4 15.04 23.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.06 1.4 15.38 1.8 13.80 2.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.51 10.2 20.51 10.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.24 10.9 22.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.31 3.4 18.43 4.2 14.15 2.4 Receptionists............................................... 11.25 4.0 11.25 4.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.21 3.6 14.30 4.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.97 3.6 14.97 3.6 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.39 7.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.26 5.5 13.66 7.1 12.56 8.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 3.6 13.57 5.3 13.40 3.5 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 7.8 12.89 7.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.01 7.2 11.01 7.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 7.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.62 15.1 12.83 16.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.83 7.8 14.87 9.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.20 15.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.65 8.8 14.65 8.8 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.93 7.1 13.90 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.53 7.6 13.40 8.7 14.20 11.0 Bank tellers................................................ 10.66 4.9 10.66 4.9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 14.44 16.1 15.40 19.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.49 .4 – – 12.48 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.66 7.1 16.80 7.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.61 2.0 15.60 2.1 15.73 5.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $20.27 3.0 $20.35 3.3 $19.15 4.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.44 11.1 23.79 18.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.54 5.2 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.89 2.2 18.89 2.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 3.7 18.63 3.7 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.54 10.0 21.94 10.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 7.8 17.87 8.4 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.30 21.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 18.83 8.9 19.81 22.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.14 19.0 19.14 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.48 12.2 24.48 12.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.78 14.5 9.78 14.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 22.23 17.1 22.67 18.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.78 4.5 14.79 4.5 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.86 19.8 15.86 19.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.13 11.0 14.13 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.80 6.7 15.80 6.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.46 5.6 11.46 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.58 5.6 15.77 6.2 14.36 6.1 Truck drivers............................................... 16.77 3.9 16.94 3.7 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.67 9.5 – – 14.86 7.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.09 3.6 11.07 3.7 11.55 4.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.22 7.9 10.22 7.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.33 3.3 14.33 3.3 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 12.76 17.0 12.76 17.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.62 8.6 9.62 8.6 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.61 3.9 9.52 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.39 3.6 10.16 3.4 15.05 4.2 Protective service............................................ 13.28 8.9 10.20 8.9 17.20 5.2 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.31 7.3 – – 26.31 7.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.12 16.1 – – 25.12 16.1 Firefighting................................................ 15.32 2.8 – – 14.21 2.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.27 5.5 – – 17.27 5.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.06 5.6 – – 14.06 5.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 9.3 9.73 9.2 – – Food service.................................................. 8.22 3.6 7.82 2.6 13.23 22.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.50 10.5 4.50 10.5 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.14 4.1 5.14 4.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $3.68 16.7 $3.68 16.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.91 6.9 10.58 6.8 $13.23 22.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.19 16.9 16.19 16.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.44 10.4 11.44 10.4 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.29 5.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.31 4.0 9.03 3.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.40 18.6 7.68 11.1 14.23 25.6 Health service................................................ 9.78 3.1 9.57 3.0 11.47 3.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.31 6.8 10.85 9.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 2.0 9.33 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.11 3.6 8.74 3.5 10.60 5.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.30 1.7 8.30 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 4.2 8.48 3.6 10.60 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 18.60 11.8 21.67 13.8 10.71 7.9 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.15 10.3 – – – – 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.83 2.9 $19.68 3.5 $20.47 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.75 2.9 19.56 3.6 20.47 2.2 White collar........................................................ 23.91 2.9 24.27 3.6 22.74 2.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.25 3.2 24.78 4.0 22.75 2.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.06 6.6 30.56 9.3 26.03 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.66 3.0 31.23 4.2 27.24 2.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.46 4.0 33.72 4.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.02 4.2 39.02 4.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.41 10.0 29.41 10.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.01 10.7 35.01 10.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.92 7.1 31.62 6.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 6.0 30.95 5.8 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 33.56 12.0 33.56 12.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.59 3.4 27.11 3.6 24.17 7.2 Registered nurses........................................... 24.21 1.5 24.26 1.3 23.98 6.8 Pharmacists................................................. 40.38 1.8 40.38 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.10 3.8 30.68 8.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.71 2.4 22.81 14.7 29.16 2.2 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.20 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.19 5.7 – – 30.29 5.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 3.5 – – 29.73 3.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.78 13.7 17.95 15.9 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.69 12.9 – – 19.89 13.3 Social workers.............................................. 20.02 13.0 – – 20.04 13.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.40 8.5 35.40 8.5 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.64 6.9 36.64 6.9 – – Technical....................................................... 27.37 25.7 29.21 28.8 17.88 10.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.45 6.9 17.45 6.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.35 3.3 15.35 4.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.08 7.6 17.52 8.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.48 10.6 22.61 10.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.85 4.3 25.82 3.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.85 5.5 18.85 5.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.46 3.3 32.36 3.6 28.21 7.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.60 4.4 35.81 5.4 40.23 4.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 22.15 7.5 – – 22.15 7.5 Financial managers.......................................... 37.22 11.2 32.41 7.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.76 12.2 33.76 12.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $43.02 5.8 – – $46.23 3.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.79 10.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.32 6.1 $38.32 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 23.94 6.0 26.61 7.5 17.01 6.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.69 16.0 25.52 10.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.47 8.5 23.47 8.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 38.40 29.9 38.40 29.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.59 16.2 25.23 12.3 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 16.99 2.0 – – 16.99 2.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.65 9.2 26.63 11.9 – – Sales............................................................. 21.10 11.8 21.09 11.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.38 9.5 29.38 9.5 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 31.74 18.1 31.74 18.1 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 20.79 6.4 20.79 6.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.62 1.8 9.62 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.39 3.0 9.39 3.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.28 1.3 15.63 1.6 13.93 2.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.51 10.2 20.51 10.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.24 10.9 22.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.43 3.5 18.44 4.2 14.45 3.6 Receptionists............................................... 11.64 2.2 11.64 2.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.21 3.6 14.30 4.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 15.26 3.9 15.26 3.9 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.39 7.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.35 5.3 13.81 6.7 12.56 8.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.76 3.6 13.84 5.2 13.65 3.7 Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 7.8 12.89 7.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.01 7.2 11.01 7.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 7.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.62 15.1 12.83 16.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.16 7.4 15.26 8.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.20 15.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.58 9.7 14.58 9.7 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.93 7.1 13.90 7.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.97 5.5 13.92 6.2 14.20 11.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 14.44 16.1 15.40 19.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.49 .4 – – 12.48 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.70 7.1 16.84 7.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.94 1.9 15.93 2.0 16.17 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.27 3.0 20.36 3.3 19.15 4.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.44 11.1 23.79 18.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.54 5.2 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. $18.93 2.0 $18.93 2.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 3.7 18.63 3.7 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.54 10.0 21.94 10.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 7.8 17.87 8.4 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.30 21.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 18.83 8.9 19.81 22.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.14 19.0 19.14 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.48 12.2 24.48 12.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.78 14.5 9.78 14.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 22.23 17.1 22.67 18.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.78 4.4 14.78 4.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.86 19.8 15.86 19.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.13 11.0 14.13 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.80 6.7 15.80 6.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.46 5.6 11.46 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.60 5.7 15.71 6.2 $14.76 7.5 Truck drivers............................................... 16.63 4.2 16.81 4.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.87 12.3 – – 15.61 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.60 3.8 11.59 4.0 11.81 6.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.97 7.2 11.97 7.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.60 3.7 14.60 3.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.39 9.9 10.39 9.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.62 3.9 9.53 4.3 – – Service............................................................. 11.98 3.3 10.71 2.9 15.17 3.7 Protective service............................................ 13.39 8.7 10.23 9.2 17.27 4.9 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.31 7.3 – – 26.31 7.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.12 16.1 – – 25.12 16.1 Firefighting................................................ 15.32 2.8 – – 14.21 2.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.27 5.5 – – 17.27 5.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.06 5.6 – – 14.06 5.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.87 9.5 9.73 9.4 – – Food service.................................................. 9.35 5.4 8.93 4.1 13.86 21.0 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.78 15.8 4.78 15.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.52 22.4 3.52 22.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.96 6.6 11.67 6.1 13.86 21.0 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.19 16.9 16.19 16.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.25 7.4 12.25 7.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.30 2.6 9.30 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.25 16.6 8.24 9.7 14.23 25.6 Health service................................................ $9.77 3.2 $9.55 3.0 $11.47 3.3 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.26 6.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.37 2.0 9.34 2.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.55 4.6 9.21 5.1 10.60 5.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.30 1.7 8.30 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.65 6.2 9.14 7.1 10.60 5.7 Personal service.............................................. 18.27 10.9 21.63 12.7 10.81 8.1 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $10.08 5.8 $9.87 6.2 $12.50 13.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.44 6.6 10.20 7.2 12.62 13.2 White collar........................................................ 11.96 6.4 11.79 6.4 13.69 23.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.01 9.4 15.19 10.8 14.05 23.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.41 8.4 22.85 10.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.40 9.8 27.11 6.9 – – Health related................................................ 27.50 5.7 28.64 5.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.10 2.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.66 4.0 16.28 4.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.70 4.3 8.69 4.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.89 4.8 7.87 4.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.60 9.6 10.80 10.7 9.10 11.1 Blue collar......................................................... 10.26 11.6 9.97 13.7 12.38 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.36 13.1 16.64 16.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.08 13.0 18.08 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 4.8 7.92 4.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.37 7.2 7.37 7.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.64 15.9 7.55 16.9 – – Protective service............................................ 9.32 4.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.56 5.7 5.33 4.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.07 12.8 4.07 12.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.90 18.4 3.90 18.4 – – Other food service........................................... 7.41 6.3 7.06 4.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.35 2.5 6.35 2.5 – – 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $787 2.8 39.7 $782 3.5 39.7 $808 2.2 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 782 2.9 39.6 775 3.6 39.6 808 2.2 39.5 White collar........................................................ 957 2.5 40.0 972 3.0 40.0 907 2.7 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 966 2.8 39.9 987 3.5 39.8 907 2.7 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,149 5.5 39.5 1,202 7.6 39.3 1,041 2.0 40.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,188 2.9 40.0 1,255 4.1 40.2 1,084 2.2 39.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,377 4.3 41.2 1,394 4.7 41.3 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,621 4.3 41.5 1,621 4.3 41.5 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,183 10.0 40.2 1,183 10.0 40.2 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,492 6.1 42.6 1,492 6.1 42.6 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,259 6.6 40.7 1,288 6.4 40.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,232 5.8 40.9 1,269 5.5 41.0 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,342 12.0 40.0 1,342 12.0 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,049 3.8 39.5 1,067 4.0 39.3 967 7.2 40.0 Registered nurses........................................... 949 1.7 39.2 947 1.6 39.1 959 6.8 40.0 Pharmacists................................................. 1,615 1.8 40.0 1,615 1.8 40.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,165 2.2 38.7 1,125 4.2 36.7 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,138 1.9 39.6 879 13.5 38.5 1,158 1.5 39.7 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,087 1.8 40.0 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,192 4.8 39.5 – – – 1,200 4.9 39.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,184 3.1 39.8 – – – 1,186 3.2 39.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 705 13.4 39.6 710 15.5 39.6 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 788 12.9 40.0 – – – 796 13.3 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 801 13.0 40.0 – – – 802 13.4 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,409 10.9 39.8 1,409 10.9 39.8 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,466 6.9 40.0 1,466 6.9 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 1,046 21.1 38.2 1,101 23.4 37.7 738 8.6 41.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 696 6.7 39.9 696 6.7 39.9 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 606 4.4 39.5 604 5.6 39.3 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 668 6.0 41.5 699 7.9 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 859 10.6 40.0 904 10.4 40.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 994 4.3 40.0 1,033 3.8 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 752 5.3 39.9 752 5.3 39.9 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,281 3.3 40.7 1,325 3.5 40.9 1,129 7.0 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $1,501 4.3 41.0 $1,477 5.3 41.2 $1,609 4.9 40.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 886 7.5 40.0 – – – 886 7.5 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 1,489 11.2 40.0 1,296 7.1 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,411 11.7 41.8 1,411 11.7 41.8 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,719 5.6 40.0 – – – 1,849 3.5 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,610 10.9 41.5 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,575 6.2 41.1 1,575 6.2 41.1 – – – Management related............................................ 965 5.5 40.3 1,076 6.9 40.4 680 6.4 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 868 16.0 40.0 1,021 10.6 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 943 8.7 40.2 943 8.7 40.2 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,611 25.8 42.0 1,611 25.8 42.0 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 791 16.2 40.4 1,028 10.8 40.8 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 680 2.0 40.0 – – – 680 2.0 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 986 9.2 40.0 1,064 11.9 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 874 10.0 41.4 874 10.0 41.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,262 7.9 43.0 1,262 7.9 43.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,298 16.9 40.9 1,298 16.9 40.9 – – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 832 6.4 40.0 832 6.4 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 373 .7 38.8 373 .7 38.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 376 3.0 40.0 376 3.0 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 607 1.3 39.8 622 1.5 39.8 553 2.1 39.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 823 10.6 40.1 823 10.6 40.1 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 903 8.8 40.6 903 8.8 40.6 – – – Secretaries................................................. 682 3.6 39.1 719 4.0 39.0 571 4.0 39.5 Receptionists............................................... 464 2.2 39.9 464 2.2 39.9 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 566 3.9 39.8 569 4.4 39.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 609 3.7 39.9 609 3.7 39.9 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 664 8.2 40.5 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 531 5.3 39.8 548 6.7 39.7 502 8.1 40.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 549 3.5 39.9 552 5.2 39.9 544 3.7 39.9 Billing clerks.............................................. 516 7.8 40.0 516 7.8 40.0 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 440 7.2 40.0 440 7.2 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 781 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 503 15.0 39.9 511 16.0 39.8 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 606 7.4 40.0 611 8.3 40.0 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 688 15.9 40.0 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 579 9.3 39.7 579 9.3 39.7 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 557 7.1 40.0 556 7.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 554 5.5 39.7 552 6.2 39.6 568 11.0 40.0 Data entry keyers........................................... 578 16.1 40.0 616 19.6 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $484 0.9 38.7 – – – $484 1.0 38.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 663 7.3 39.7 $669 7.4 39.7 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 641 2.0 40.2 647 2.1 40.6 565 6.5 35.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 813 3.1 40.1 817 3.4 40.1 764 4.8 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,038 8.9 40.8 993 14.6 41.7 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 742 5.2 40.0 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 757 2.0 40.0 757 2.0 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 745 3.7 40.0 745 3.7 40.0 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 861 10.0 40.0 878 10.7 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 694 7.8 40.0 715 8.4 40.0 – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 812 21.8 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 753 8.9 40.0 793 22.7 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 766 19.0 40.0 766 19.0 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 1,010 11.7 41.3 1,010 11.7 41.3 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 391 14.5 40.0 391 14.5 40.0 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 889 17.1 40.0 907 18.2 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 589 4.5 39.9 590 4.5 39.9 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 634 19.8 40.0 634 19.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 565 11.0 40.0 565 11.0 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 632 6.7 40.0 632 6.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 458 5.6 40.0 458 5.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 642 6.4 41.1 684 6.5 43.5 432 6.4 29.3 Truck drivers............................................... 774 2.9 46.5 786 2.5 46.8 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 387 9.0 27.9 – – – 416 8.3 26.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 589 5.2 40.0 589 5.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 709 13.0 40.0 709 13.0 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 465 3.9 40.1 465 4.0 40.1 473 6.4 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 479 7.2 40.0 479 7.2 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 590 3.4 40.4 590 3.4 40.4 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 416 9.9 40.0 416 9.9 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 386 3.5 40.2 383 3.8 40.2 – – – Service............................................................. 451 4.8 37.6 393 4.9 36.7 607 4.1 40.0 Protective service............................................ 519 13.7 38.8 370 16.2 36.2 733 5.4 42.5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,243 12.5 47.3 – – – 1,243 12.5 47.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,005 16.1 40.0 – – – 1,005 16.1 40.0 Firefighting................................................ $765 4.0 49.9 – – – $735 4.7 51.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 697 5.6 40.3 – – – 697 5.6 40.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 562 5.6 40.0 – – – 562 5.6 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 357 16.7 36.2 $351 16.7 36.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 348 5.5 37.2 343 4.5 38.4 391 28.3 28.2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 178 18.4 37.2 178 18.4 37.2 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 127 25.4 36.0 127 25.4 36.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 446 6.3 37.2 457 5.5 39.2 391 28.3 28.2 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 684 13.5 42.2 684 13.5 42.2 – – – Cooks....................................................... 468 10.8 38.2 468 10.8 38.2 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 347 8.0 37.3 347 8.0 37.3 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 353 17.0 34.4 321 9.5 38.9 398 33.3 28.0 Health service................................................ 384 2.9 39.3 374 2.6 39.2 459 3.3 40.0 Health aides, except nursing................................ 450 6.9 40.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 366 1.7 39.1 365 1.7 39.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 378 4.2 39.6 364 4.5 39.5 423 5.6 39.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 331 1.7 39.9 331 1.7 39.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 380 5.6 39.4 358 6.1 39.2 423 5.6 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 563 6.3 30.8 619 6.1 28.6 402 6.3 37.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $39,820 2.8 2,008 $40,606 3.5 2,064 $36,929 2.2 1,804 All excluding sales............................................... 39,487 2.9 2,000 40,237 3.6 2,057 36,922 2.2 1,804 White collar........................................................ 47,841 2.5 2,001 50,435 3.0 2,078 40,564 2.7 1,783 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,105 2.8 1,984 51,208 3.5 2,066 40,558 2.7 1,783 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,216 5.5 1,900 62,142 7.6 2,033 43,700 2.0 1,679 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,505 2.9 1,871 64,718 4.1 2,073 44,299 2.2 1,626 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 71,626 4.3 2,141 72,472 4.7 2,149 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 84,267 4.3 2,159 84,267 4.3 2,159 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 61,507 10.0 2,092 61,507 10.0 2,092 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 77,590 6.1 2,216 77,590 6.1 2,216 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 65,472 6.6 2,117 67,000 6.4 2,119 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 64,063 5.8 2,128 65,965 5.5 2,131 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 69,799 12.0 2,080 69,799 12.0 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 53,906 3.8 2,027 55,449 4.0 2,045 47,067 7.2 1,947 Registered nurses........................................... 48,883 1.7 2,019 49,266 1.6 2,031 47,083 6.8 1,964 Pharmacists................................................. 83,983 1.8 2,080 83,983 1.8 2,080 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41,300 2.2 1,372 48,125 4.2 1,568 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,704 1.9 1,522 38,833 13.5 1,702 44,036 1.5 1,510 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 41,513 1.8 1,526 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,344 4.8 1,502 – – – 45,601 4.9 1,505 Secondary school teachers................................... 45,014 3.1 1,513 – – – 45,060 3.2 1,516 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 36,206 13.4 2,036 36,428 15.5 2,030 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 39,191 12.9 1,991 – – – 39,503 13.3 1,986 Social workers.............................................. 39,774 13.0 1,986 – – – 39,758 13.4 1,984 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 73,252 10.9 2,069 73,252 10.9 2,069 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 76,214 6.9 2,080 76,214 6.9 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 54,356 21.1 1,986 57,189 23.4 1,958 38,355 8.6 2,145 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 36,197 6.7 2,074 36,197 6.7 2,074 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 31,514 4.4 2,052 31,392 5.6 2,045 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 34,728 6.0 2,160 36,364 7.9 2,076 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 44,670 10.6 2,080 47,023 10.4 2,080 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 51,688 4.3 2,080 53,714 3.8 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 38,683 5.3 2,053 38,683 5.3 2,053 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,286 3.3 2,107 68,834 3.5 2,127 57,555 7.0 2,040 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $77,670 4.3 2,122 $76,726 5.3 2,142 $81,815 4.9 2,034 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 46,071 7.5 2,080 – – – 46,071 7.5 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 77,403 11.2 2,080 67,402 7.1 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 73,391 11.7 2,174 73,391 11.7 2,174 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 86,368 5.6 2,008 – – – 92,480 3.5 2,001 Managers, medicine and health............................... 83,704 10.9 2,158 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,920 6.2 2,138 81,920 6.2 2,138 – – – Management related............................................ 49,931 5.5 2,086 55,935 6.9 2,102 34,796 6.4 2,046 Accountants and auditors.................................... 45,113 16.0 2,080 53,091 10.6 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 49,035 8.7 2,089 49,035 8.7 2,089 – – – Management analysts......................................... 83,797 25.8 2,182 83,797 25.8 2,182 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 41,123 16.2 2,099 53,457 10.8 2,119 – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 35,349 2.0 2,080 – – – 35,349 2.0 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 50,469 9.2 2,047 55,346 11.9 2,078 – – – Sales............................................................. 45,433 10.0 2,154 45,430 10.0 2,154 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 65,639 7.9 2,234 65,639 7.9 2,234 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 67,520 16.9 2,128 67,520 16.9 2,128 – – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 43,248 6.4 2,080 43,248 6.4 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 19,406 .7 2,018 19,406 .7 2,018 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,527 3.0 2,080 19,527 3.0 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,911 1.3 2,023 32,323 1.5 2,068 25,992 2.1 1,866 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,810 10.6 2,087 42,810 10.6 2,087 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 46,950 8.8 2,111 46,950 8.8 2,111 – – – Secretaries................................................. 34,583 3.6 1,984 37,399 4.0 2,028 26,919 4.0 1,863 Receptionists............................................... 24,151 2.2 2,075 24,151 2.2 2,075 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 29,414 3.9 2,070 29,589 4.4 2,069 – – – Order clerks................................................ 31,666 3.7 2,075 31,666 3.7 2,075 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 34,523 8.2 2,106 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,611 5.3 2,069 28,490 6.7 2,062 26,126 8.1 2,080 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,535 3.5 2,074 28,723 5.2 2,075 28,300 3.7 2,074 Billing clerks.............................................. 26,817 7.8 2,080 26,817 7.8 2,080 – – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 22,896 7.2 2,080 22,896 7.2 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 39,753 7.2 2,035 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 26,161 15.0 2,072 26,584 16.0 2,072 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 31,528 7.4 2,080 31,748 8.3 2,080 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 35,784 15.9 2,080 – – – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 30,134 9.3 2,066 30,134 9.3 2,066 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 28,982 7.1 2,080 28,909 7.4 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,216 5.5 2,020 28,684 6.2 2,061 26,203 11.0 1,846 Data entry keyers........................................... 30,035 16.1 2,080 32,042 19.6 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $18,192 0.9 1,456 – – – $18,196 1.0 1,458 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,489 7.3 2,065 $34,785 7.4 2,065 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,094 2.0 2,076 33,622 2.1 2,111 26,220 6.5 1,622 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,203 3.1 2,082 42,462 3.4 2,086 38,996 4.8 2,036 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 52,250 8.9 2,054 51,635 14.6 2,170 – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 38,562 5.2 2,080 – – – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 39,383 2.0 2,080 39,383 2.0 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 38,741 3.7 2,080 38,741 3.7 2,080 – – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 44,794 10.0 2,080 45,642 10.7 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,096 7.8 2,080 37,175 8.4 2,080 – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 42,231 21.8 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 39,159 8.9 2,080 41,211 22.7 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 39,816 19.0 2,080 39,816 19.0 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 52,519 11.7 2,145 52,519 11.7 2,145 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 20,342 14.5 2,080 20,342 14.5 2,080 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 46,228 17.1 2,080 47,147 18.2 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,646 4.5 2,074 30,655 4.5 2,074 – – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 32,990 19.8 2,080 32,990 19.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,387 11.0 2,080 29,387 11.0 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 32,873 6.7 2,080 32,873 6.7 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 23,833 5.6 2,080 23,833 5.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,065 6.4 2,056 35,550 6.5 2,263 18,059 6.4 1,223 Truck drivers............................................... 40,228 2.9 2,419 40,896 2.5 2,432 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 16,353 9.0 1,179 – – – 16,537 8.3 1,059 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,606 5.2 2,080 30,606 5.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 36,868 13.0 2,080 36,868 13.0 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,196 3.9 2,086 24,182 4.0 2,086 24,574 6.4 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,896 7.2 2,080 24,896 7.2 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,688 3.4 2,103 30,688 3.4 2,103 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 21,618 9.9 2,080 21,618 9.9 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 20,097 3.5 2,088 19,901 3.8 2,089 – – – Service............................................................. 23,011 4.8 1,920 20,443 4.9 1,909 29,578 4.1 1,949 Protective service............................................ 26,994 13.7 2,016 19,260 16.2 1,883 38,116 5.4 2,208 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 64,653 12.5 2,458 – – – 64,653 12.5 2,458 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 52,254 16.1 2,080 – – – 52,254 16.1 2,080 Firefighting................................................ $39,781 4.0 2,597 – – – $38,232 4.7 2,690 Police and detectives, public service....................... 36,239 5.6 2,098 – – – 36,239 5.6 2,098 Correctional institution officers........................... 29,248 5.6 2,080 – – – 29,248 5.6 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 18,558 16.7 1,881 $18,247 16.7 1,875 – – – Food service.................................................. 17,328 5.5 1,854 17,810 4.5 1,995 14,584 28.3 1,052 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 9,246 18.4 1,935 9,246 18.4 1,935 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6,588 25.4 1,872 6,588 25.4 1,872 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,650 6.3 1,810 23,752 5.5 2,036 14,584 28.3 1,052 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 35,556 13.5 2,196 35,556 13.5 2,196 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,329 10.8 1,987 24,329 10.8 1,987 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 18,064 8.0 1,942 18,064 8.0 1,942 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 15,786 17.0 1,539 16,629 9.5 2,019 14,921 33.3 1,048 Health service................................................ 19,959 2.9 2,043 19,468 2.6 2,038 23,863 3.3 2,080 Health aides, except nursing................................ 23,417 6.9 2,080 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 19,050 1.7 2,033 18,969 1.7 2,030 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,394 4.2 2,031 18,909 4.5 2,053 20,835 5.6 1,965 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,222 1.7 2,076 17,222 1.7 2,076 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,407 5.6 2,011 18,619 6.1 2,037 20,835 5.6 1,965 Personal service.............................................. 27,823 6.3 1,523 32,081 6.1 1,483 17,501 6.3 1,619 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.17 2.8 $18.93 3.5 $20.24 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.21 2.9 18.96 3.6 20.25 2.2 White collar........................................................ 23.31 2.8 23.52 3.5 22.56 3.1 1....................................................... 8.20 5.0 8.22 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.00 3.5 10.00 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 3.3 11.51 4.1 12.94 2.3 4....................................................... 14.09 2.2 14.62 2.4 12.35 2.3 5....................................................... 16.54 3.2 16.75 3.7 15.70 4.5 6....................................................... 17.02 2.4 17.82 3.2 14.92 2.6 7....................................................... 21.07 2.5 21.60 2.7 20.12 4.0 8....................................................... 23.71 3.5 22.95 2.3 26.03 10.5 9....................................................... 29.53 1.9 28.79 2.1 30.58 4.1 10........................................................ 34.90 3.9 34.53 4.0 36.67 10.7 11........................................................ 45.85 20.5 46.60 22.3 38.59 13.8 12........................................................ 43.95 3.3 43.54 3.5 – – 13........................................................ 51.23 8.2 48.77 8.4 – – 14........................................................ 60.00 1.2 60.00 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.84 13.8 25.84 13.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 3.0 24.46 3.8 22.58 3.1 1....................................................... 9.51 3.2 9.85 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.43 4.5 10.46 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.51 2.2 12.34 3.1 12.94 2.3 4....................................................... 13.87 1.0 14.48 1.1 12.35 2.3 5....................................................... 16.26 2.9 16.44 3.4 15.70 4.5 6....................................................... 16.99 2.7 17.89 3.5 14.92 2.6 7....................................................... 20.81 2.4 21.22 2.8 20.10 4.0 8....................................................... 23.62 3.6 22.79 2.3 26.03 10.5 9....................................................... 29.56 2.1 28.79 2.5 30.58 4.1 10........................................................ 34.96 4.2 34.53 4.4 36.67 10.7 11........................................................ 46.48 23.6 47.45 25.9 38.59 13.8 12........................................................ 43.30 3.6 42.79 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 51.23 8.2 48.77 8.4 – – 14........................................................ 60.00 1.2 60.00 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.05 13.7 26.05 13.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.88 6.5 30.37 9.1 25.87 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.55 3.0 31.13 4.1 27.09 3.0 6....................................................... 17.87 8.7 20.99 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.17 3.9 22.49 8.2 21.98 4.2 8....................................................... 25.50 5.2 24.70 3.5 27.05 12.2 9....................................................... 30.11 2.8 28.28 3.0 31.39 4.7 10........................................................ 35.21 5.0 35.39 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 33.53 6.5 33.80 6.9 – – 12........................................................ 41.28 5.0 41.26 5.1 – – 13........................................................ 49.66 8.8 49.66 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $33.71 7.5 $33.71 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 33.46 4.0 33.72 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 29.69 13.9 29.69 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.7 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.72 3.2 41.72 3.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.02 4.2 39.02 4.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.41 10.0 29.41 10.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.01 10.7 35.01 10.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.92 7.1 31.62 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.00 6.6 25.00 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.91 3.2 30.82 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 35.01 6.8 35.01 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 36.63 2.9 36.63 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 6.0 30.95 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.42 7.6 25.42 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.86 3.5 30.77 3.6 – – 10........................................................ 34.79 7.5 34.79 7.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.04 1.4 36.04 1.4 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 33.56 12.0 33.56 12.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.67 3.1 27.22 3.3 $24.22 6.4 7....................................................... 22.69 7.8 24.00 .9 – – 8....................................................... 23.43 2.1 23.38 2.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.42 2.5 24.11 1.7 – – 10........................................................ 38.11 15.5 40.46 16.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.05 4.8 34.43 5.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.41 1.1 24.48 .9 24.09 5.9 8....................................................... 23.83 1.4 23.86 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.14 2.3 24.14 2.3 – – Pharmacists................................................. 39.95 2.1 39.95 2.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 21.04 5.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 28.55 6.6 27.16 11.0 – – 10........................................................ 28.05 11.4 28.05 11.4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.52 3.0 22.88 14.6 28.96 2.9 7....................................................... 24.91 4.8 22.24 26.3 – – 8....................................................... 28.36 12.0 – – 28.76 12.6 9....................................................... 31.83 5.9 – – 31.93 6.1 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.22 1.5 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.19 5.7 – – 30.29 5.8 8....................................................... 29.71 10.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.36 8.4 – – 32.44 8.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 3.5 – – 29.73 3.5 7....................................................... 27.44 2.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.88 4.6 – – 31.88 4.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 16.27 12.4 17.92 15.6 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $19.69 12.9 – – $19.89 13.3 Social workers.............................................. 20.02 13.0 – – 20.04 13.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.40 8.5 $35.40 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.07 13.1 30.07 13.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.64 6.9 36.64 6.9 – – Technical....................................................... 27.02 25.2 28.83 28.2 17.72 10.0 4....................................................... 13.24 5.5 13.55 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.96 4.7 15.52 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 15.82 6.7 15.84 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.55 4.8 20.21 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 19.95 8.0 20.04 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.72 6.1 27.26 7.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.67 6.9 17.67 6.9 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.62 2.6 22.62 2.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.37 3.2 15.36 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.49 3.7 15.51 4.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.80 8.0 17.15 9.4 13.96 11.5 4....................................................... 13.40 7.2 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.48 10.6 22.61 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.06 5.4 20.06 5.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.85 4.3 25.82 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.43 3.6 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.85 5.5 18.85 5.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.33 3.1 32.18 3.3 28.21 7.0 5....................................................... 15.45 5.9 15.16 7.3 – – 6....................................................... 14.07 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.42 5.1 22.14 6.9 17.89 5.1 8....................................................... 21.02 6.8 20.57 7.5 22.81 12.5 9....................................................... 30.07 3.1 30.78 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 37.18 6.9 36.60 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.79 6.1 35.70 6.1 – – 12........................................................ 46.45 2.7 45.56 2.6 – – 13........................................................ 53.29 11.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 60.06 2.9 60.06 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.17 15.7 35.17 15.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.51 4.4 35.71 5.3 40.23 4.9 8....................................................... 20.43 9.3 19.11 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.78 2.7 33.01 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 38.68 7.5 38.23 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 37.40 6.9 36.24 7.1 – – 12........................................................ 47.04 3.4 46.16 3.6 – – 13........................................................ 53.29 11.0 – – – – 14........................................................ $58.68 6.0 $58.68 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.86 19.0 39.86 19.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 22.15 7.5 – – $22.15 7.5 Financial managers.......................................... 37.22 11.2 32.41 7.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.76 12.2 33.76 12.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.20 5.9 – – 46.23 3.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.79 10.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.32 6.1 38.32 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.13 5.6 33.13 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.77 8.2 36.77 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 45.84 3.3 45.84 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.18 24.6 43.18 24.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.93 5.9 26.50 7.4 17.01 6.4 5....................................................... 16.09 5.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.07 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.32 5.7 22.44 7.3 17.89 5.1 8....................................................... 21.94 7.9 22.72 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.08 4.3 28.40 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 33.20 10.9 33.20 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.37 5.7 25.37 5.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.69 16.0 25.52 10.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.94 6.5 23.94 6.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 38.40 29.9 38.40 29.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.59 16.2 25.23 12.3 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 16.99 2.0 – – 16.99 2.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.36 9.6 26.03 12.8 – – Sales............................................................. 18.67 11.8 18.69 11.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.59 3.6 7.55 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.02 3.1 9.02 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.87 3.4 9.87 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.10 8.2 15.10 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.97 11.1 17.97 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.36 3.6 17.36 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 27.62 5.6 27.95 5.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.71 9.4 25.71 9.4 – – 12........................................................ 49.77 12.8 49.77 12.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.38 9.5 29.38 9.5 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 31.74 18.1 31.74 18.1 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 20.79 6.4 20.79 6.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.45 2.4 9.45 2.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.69 3.0 8.68 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.37 3.5 7.31 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.81 3.1 8.81 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 4.1 9.80 4.1 – – Sales support, n.e.c........................................ 15.04 23.4 15.04 23.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $15.06 1.4 $15.38 1.8 $13.80 2.1 1....................................................... 9.51 3.2 9.85 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.34 4.5 10.37 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.55 2.2 12.36 3.1 13.02 2.4 4....................................................... 14.02 1.2 14.51 1.2 12.71 3.2 5....................................................... 16.54 4.2 16.82 5.0 15.61 5.5 6....................................................... 18.50 2.7 18.61 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.32 4.7 20.84 5.2 18.08 8.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.79 6.9 14.79 6.9 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.51 10.2 20.51 10.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.24 10.9 22.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.31 3.4 18.43 4.2 14.15 2.4 3....................................................... 13.91 3.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.90 4.3 14.05 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.39 10.9 19.72 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.93 8.8 22.19 6.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.25 4.0 11.25 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.20 10.1 10.20 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.56 4.3 11.56 4.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.21 3.6 14.30 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.10 2.7 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 14.97 3.6 14.97 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.64 6.0 12.64 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.46 3.4 15.46 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 6.5 15.46 6.5 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.39 7.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.26 5.5 13.66 7.1 12.56 8.1 4....................................................... 13.92 6.3 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.49 3.6 13.57 5.3 13.40 3.5 4....................................................... 13.18 2.9 13.14 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.08 5.5 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 7.8 12.89 7.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.01 7.2 11.01 7.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 7.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.62 15.1 12.83 16.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.83 7.8 14.87 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.46 7.5 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.20 15.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.65 8.8 14.65 8.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.91 10.1 14.91 10.1 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.93 7.1 13.90 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.77 5.6 13.77 5.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.53 7.6 13.40 8.7 14.20 11.0 3....................................................... 11.94 3.6 12.59 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 4.7 15.37 4.2 – – 5....................................................... $15.40 6.9 $14.41 7.4 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.66 4.9 10.66 4.9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 14.44 16.1 15.40 19.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.49 .4 – – $12.48 0.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.66 7.1 16.80 7.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 6.1 14.27 6.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.61 2.0 15.60 2.1 15.73 5.6 1....................................................... 8.46 4.3 8.46 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.26 3.4 10.95 3.7 13.29 3.7 3....................................................... 14.19 4.0 14.23 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.93 3.2 15.04 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.58 3.4 17.97 3.6 14.54 3.7 6....................................................... 19.05 5.0 19.11 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.95 3.6 21.14 3.6 19.63 12.0 8....................................................... 27.17 5.7 27.37 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 32.48 5.8 32.89 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.99 4.1 20.99 4.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.27 3.0 20.35 3.3 19.15 4.7 1....................................................... 7.47 3.9 7.47 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.98 8.9 13.98 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.24 6.2 14.24 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.56 5.7 19.11 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.02 4.9 19.11 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.43 4.0 21.68 4.0 19.83 12.8 9....................................................... 32.92 5.2 33.41 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.47 7.9 22.47 7.9 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.44 11.1 23.79 18.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.54 5.2 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.89 2.2 18.89 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 17.73 7.4 17.73 7.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 3.7 18.63 3.7 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.54 10.0 21.94 10.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 7.8 17.87 8.4 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.30 21.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 18.83 8.9 19.81 22.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.44 6.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.14 19.0 19.14 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.48 12.2 24.48 12.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.78 14.5 9.78 14.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 22.23 17.1 22.67 18.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.78 4.5 14.79 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.33 7.6 7.32 7.6 – – 2....................................................... $10.56 6.6 $10.56 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 15.46 6.7 15.46 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.84 11.0 15.84 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.20 5.9 17.20 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.84 9.5 16.84 9.5 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.86 19.8 15.86 19.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.13 11.0 14.13 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.80 6.7 15.80 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 18.27 3.9 18.27 3.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.46 5.6 11.46 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.58 5.6 15.77 6.2 $14.36 6.1 2....................................................... 12.05 10.3 10.58 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.69 7.2 13.80 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.86 2.2 16.18 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 17.37 5.4 18.82 4.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.77 3.9 16.94 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.34 .8 16.45 .6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.67 9.5 – – 14.86 7.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 15.80 7.5 15.80 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.33 7.2 15.33 7.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.09 3.6 11.07 3.7 11.55 4.7 1....................................................... 8.71 4.9 8.72 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.27 5.4 11.47 6.7 10.35 6.5 3....................................................... 12.82 7.0 12.82 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.81 5.4 12.79 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.22 7.9 10.22 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.50 5.3 8.50 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 7.0 13.40 7.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.33 3.3 14.33 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 11.03 2.1 11.03 2.1 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 12.76 17.0 12.76 17.0 – – 1....................................................... 12.58 18.0 12.58 18.0 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.62 8.6 9.62 8.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.10 4.8 8.10 4.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.61 3.9 9.52 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.64 2.8 8.65 2.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.28 3.7 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.39 3.6 10.16 3.4 15.05 4.2 1....................................................... 6.92 2.2 6.53 2.2 10.68 9.5 2....................................................... 8.65 7.0 8.36 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.63 5.1 8.99 5.0 12.91 11.5 4....................................................... $11.61 5.6 $10.49 6.4 $14.20 5.2 5....................................................... 13.02 6.2 12.08 10.3 14.70 1.9 6....................................................... 14.66 3.9 – – 14.90 2.7 7....................................................... 25.68 8.4 – – 17.39 1.4 8....................................................... 22.06 3.2 – – 22.13 3.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.72 28.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.28 8.9 10.20 8.9 17.20 5.2 3....................................................... 10.07 9.0 9.68 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 9.8 – – 14.66 6.4 5....................................................... 13.92 3.2 – – 14.49 1.2 6....................................................... 14.98 2.9 – – 14.90 2.7 7....................................................... 17.39 1.4 – – 17.39 1.4 8....................................................... 22.06 3.2 – – 22.13 3.6 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.31 7.3 – – 26.31 7.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.12 16.1 – – 25.12 16.1 Firefighting................................................ 15.32 2.8 – – 14.21 2.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.27 5.5 – – 17.27 5.5 7....................................................... 18.39 .5 – – 18.39 .5 Correctional institution officers........................... 14.06 5.6 – – 14.06 5.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.86 9.3 9.73 9.2 – – Food service.................................................. 8.22 3.6 7.82 2.6 13.23 22.4 1....................................................... 5.69 4.6 5.58 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.34 17.8 7.19 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.29 10.7 6.25 6.8 14.94 35.0 4....................................................... 9.12 4.3 9.12 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 12.17 12.0 12.17 12.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.50 10.5 4.50 10.5 – – 1....................................................... 4.56 13.6 4.56 13.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.06 30.9 5.06 30.9 – – 3....................................................... 3.50 21.2 3.50 21.2 – – Bartenders.................................................. 5.14 4.1 5.14 4.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.68 16.7 3.68 16.7 – – 1....................................................... 3.46 19.1 3.46 19.1 – – 3....................................................... 3.50 21.2 3.50 21.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.91 6.9 10.58 6.8 13.23 22.4 1....................................................... 7.16 6.4 6.98 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.41 6.0 9.48 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 14.8 9.26 2.8 14.94 35.0 4....................................................... 10.13 8.0 10.13 8.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.19 16.9 16.19 16.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.44 10.4 11.44 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.21 2.6 9.21 2.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.29 5.3 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.31 4.0 9.03 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.36 5.6 8.36 5.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.40 18.6 7.68 11.1 14.23 25.6 1....................................................... $6.67 3.6 $6.67 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 14.05 26.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.78 3.1 9.57 3.0 $11.47 3.3 2....................................................... 9.10 4.5 9.10 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.52 1.8 9.40 1.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 4.4 10.53 5.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.31 6.8 10.85 9.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.36 2.0 9.33 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.96 4.4 8.96 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.50 2.4 9.51 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.29 6.2 10.18 6.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.11 3.6 8.74 3.5 10.60 5.7 1....................................................... 8.19 2.8 7.62 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.67 5.1 9.12 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 5.2 9.96 5.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.30 1.7 8.30 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.04 4.2 8.48 3.6 10.60 5.7 1....................................................... 8.21 3.4 7.49 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.91 5.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.31 6.0 10.50 7.0 – – Personal service.............................................. 18.60 11.8 21.67 13.8 10.71 7.9 3....................................................... 9.89 10.6 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 7.15 10.3 – – – – 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 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $19.83 2.9 $19.68 3.5 $20.47 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.75 2.9 19.56 3.6 20.47 2.2 White collar........................................................ 23.91 2.9 24.27 3.6 22.74 2.9 1....................................................... 9.33 5.0 9.45 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 3.0 10.51 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.93 3.8 11.58 5.0 12.97 2.3 4....................................................... 14.24 2.4 14.77 2.6 12.47 2.3 5....................................................... 16.59 3.4 16.82 4.0 15.70 4.5 6....................................................... 17.02 2.4 17.82 3.2 14.92 2.6 7....................................................... 21.06 2.5 21.59 2.8 20.12 4.0 8....................................................... 23.73 3.6 22.98 2.4 26.10 11.0 9....................................................... 29.57 1.9 28.86 2.1 30.58 4.1 10........................................................ 34.93 3.9 34.56 4.0 36.67 10.7 11........................................................ 46.18 20.9 46.99 22.7 38.59 13.8 12........................................................ 43.95 3.3 43.54 3.5 – – 13........................................................ 51.23 8.2 48.77 8.4 – – 14........................................................ 60.00 1.2 60.00 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.93 13.8 25.93 13.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.25 3.2 24.78 4.0 22.75 2.9 2....................................................... 10.85 3.1 10.87 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.44 2.3 12.20 3.5 12.97 2.3 4....................................................... 13.97 1.0 14.56 1.1 12.47 2.3 5....................................................... 16.32 3.1 16.51 3.7 15.70 4.5 6....................................................... 16.99 2.7 17.89 3.5 14.92 2.6 7....................................................... 20.80 2.5 21.20 2.8 20.10 4.0 8....................................................... 23.64 3.8 22.82 2.4 26.10 11.0 9....................................................... 29.60 2.1 28.86 2.5 30.58 4.1 10........................................................ 34.99 4.2 34.56 4.4 36.67 10.7 11........................................................ 46.89 24.0 47.94 26.4 38.59 13.8 12........................................................ 43.30 3.6 42.79 3.7 – – 13........................................................ 51.23 8.2 48.77 8.4 – – 14........................................................ 60.00 1.2 60.00 1.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.14 13.6 26.14 13.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.06 6.6 30.56 9.3 26.03 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.66 3.0 31.23 4.2 27.24 2.6 6....................................................... 17.87 8.7 21.01 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.19 3.9 22.57 8.3 21.98 4.2 8....................................................... 25.50 5.3 24.66 3.5 27.22 12.9 9....................................................... 30.18 2.8 28.40 3.1 31.39 4.7 10........................................................ 35.28 5.0 35.47 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 33.55 6.8 33.83 7.2 – – 12........................................................ 41.28 5.0 41.26 5.1 – – 13........................................................ 49.66 8.8 49.66 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.71 7.5 33.71 7.5 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $33.46 4.0 $33.72 4.4 – – 8....................................................... 29.69 13.9 29.69 13.9 – – 11........................................................ 31.35 6.7 – – – – 12........................................................ 41.72 3.2 41.72 3.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.02 4.2 39.02 4.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 29.41 10.0 29.41 10.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 35.01 10.7 35.01 10.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 30.92 7.1 31.62 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 25.00 6.6 25.00 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.91 3.2 30.82 3.3 – – 10........................................................ 35.01 6.8 35.01 6.8 – – 11........................................................ 36.63 2.9 36.63 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.11 6.0 30.95 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.42 7.6 25.42 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 30.86 3.5 30.77 3.6 – – 10........................................................ 34.79 7.5 34.79 7.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.04 1.4 36.04 1.4 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 33.56 12.0 33.56 12.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.59 3.4 27.11 3.6 $24.17 7.2 7....................................................... 22.72 7.9 24.07 1.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.21 2.4 23.23 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.38 2.6 24.03 1.8 – – 10........................................................ 38.80 16.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.26 5.6 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.21 1.5 24.26 1.3 23.98 6.8 8....................................................... 23.63 1.8 23.70 1.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.05 2.6 24.05 2.6 – – Pharmacists................................................. 40.38 1.8 40.38 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 30.10 3.8 30.68 8.5 – – 10........................................................ 28.05 11.4 28.05 11.4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 28.71 2.4 22.81 14.7 29.16 2.2 7....................................................... 24.89 4.8 22.01 26.9 – – 8....................................................... 28.36 12.0 – – 28.76 12.6 9....................................................... 31.84 5.9 – – 31.93 6.1 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 27.20 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.19 5.7 – – 30.29 5.8 8....................................................... 29.71 10.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.36 8.4 – – 32.44 8.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.76 3.5 – – 29.73 3.5 7....................................................... 27.44 2.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.88 4.6 – – 31.88 4.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.78 13.7 17.95 15.9 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.69 12.9 – – 19.89 13.3 Social workers.............................................. $20.02 13.0 – – $20.04 13.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35.40 8.5 $35.40 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.07 13.1 30.07 13.1 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 36.64 6.9 36.64 6.9 – – Technical....................................................... 27.37 25.7 29.21 28.8 17.88 10.0 5....................................................... 14.85 5.5 15.55 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 15.82 6.7 15.84 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.45 5.1 20.11 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 19.95 8.0 20.04 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.73 6.1 27.27 7.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.45 6.9 17.45 6.9 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.35 3.3 15.35 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.51 4.2 15.56 5.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.08 7.6 17.52 8.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.48 10.6 22.61 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.06 5.4 20.06 5.4 – – Computer programmers........................................ 24.85 4.3 25.82 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.43 3.6 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.85 5.5 18.85 5.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.46 3.3 32.36 3.6 28.21 7.0 5....................................................... 15.76 5.3 15.51 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.07 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.42 5.1 22.14 6.9 17.89 5.1 8....................................................... 21.10 7.0 20.65 7.8 22.81 12.5 9....................................................... 30.07 3.1 30.78 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 37.18 6.9 36.60 6.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.92 6.3 35.82 6.3 – – 12........................................................ 46.45 2.7 45.56 2.6 – – 13........................................................ 53.29 11.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 60.06 2.9 60.06 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.17 15.7 35.17 15.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 36.60 4.4 35.81 5.4 40.23 4.9 8....................................................... 20.43 9.3 19.11 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.78 2.7 33.01 2.6 – – 10........................................................ 38.68 7.5 38.23 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 37.40 6.9 36.24 7.1 – – 12........................................................ 47.04 3.4 46.16 3.6 – – 13........................................................ 53.29 11.0 – – – – 14........................................................ 58.68 6.0 58.68 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.86 19.0 39.86 19.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 22.15 7.5 – – 22.15 7.5 Financial managers.......................................... 37.22 11.2 32.41 7.1 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 33.76 12.2 33.76 12.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $43.02 5.8 – – $46.23 3.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 38.79 10.4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.32 6.1 $38.32 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.13 5.6 33.13 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.77 8.2 36.77 8.2 – – 12........................................................ 45.84 3.3 45.84 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.18 24.6 43.18 24.6 – – Management related............................................ 23.94 6.0 26.61 7.5 17.01 6.4 5....................................................... 16.09 5.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 14.07 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.32 5.7 22.44 7.3 17.89 5.1 8....................................................... 22.30 8.2 23.30 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.08 4.3 28.40 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.37 5.7 25.37 5.7 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.69 16.0 25.52 10.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.47 8.5 23.47 8.5 – – Management analysts......................................... 38.40 29.9 38.40 29.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.59 16.2 25.23 12.3 – – Construction inspectors..................................... 16.99 2.0 – – 16.99 2.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.65 9.2 26.63 11.9 – – Sales............................................................. 21.10 11.8 21.09 11.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 4.5 9.48 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.52 9.3 15.52 9.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.97 11.1 17.97 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.36 3.6 17.36 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 27.62 5.6 27.95 5.4 – – 8....................................................... 25.71 9.4 25.71 9.4 – – 12........................................................ 49.77 12.8 49.77 12.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29.38 9.5 29.38 9.5 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 31.74 18.1 31.74 18.1 – – Sales workers, parts........................................ 20.79 6.4 20.79 6.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.62 1.8 9.62 1.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.39 3.0 9.39 3.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.28 4.6 9.28 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.73 5.5 9.73 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.28 1.3 15.63 1.6 13.93 2.1 2....................................................... 10.76 3.2 10.78 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.47 2.4 12.21 3.5 13.06 2.5 4....................................................... 14.10 1.2 14.59 1.1 12.78 3.3 5....................................................... 16.54 4.2 16.82 5.0 15.61 5.5 6....................................................... 18.50 2.7 18.61 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.32 4.7 20.84 5.2 18.08 8.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.85 7.2 14.85 7.2 – – Supervisors, general office................................. $20.51 10.2 $20.51 10.2 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 22.24 10.9 22.24 10.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.43 3.5 18.44 4.2 $14.45 3.6 4....................................................... 13.90 4.3 14.05 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 19.39 10.9 19.72 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.93 8.8 22.19 6.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.64 2.2 11.64 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.56 4.3 11.56 4.3 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.21 3.6 14.30 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.10 2.7 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 15.26 3.9 15.26 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.17 5.4 13.17 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.46 3.4 15.46 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 6.5 15.46 6.5 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 16.39 7.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.35 5.3 13.81 6.7 12.56 8.1 4....................................................... 13.97 6.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.76 3.6 13.84 5.2 13.65 3.7 4....................................................... 13.43 2.9 13.20 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.08 5.5 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 12.89 7.8 12.89 7.8 – – Mail clerks, except postal service.......................... 11.01 7.2 11.01 7.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.53 7.2 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 12.62 15.1 12.83 16.1 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.16 7.4 15.26 8.3 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 17.20 15.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.58 9.7 14.58 9.7 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 13.93 7.1 13.90 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 13.77 5.6 13.77 5.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.97 5.5 13.92 6.2 14.20 11.0 3....................................................... 11.94 3.6 12.59 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 4.7 15.37 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.40 6.9 14.41 7.4 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 14.44 16.1 15.40 19.6 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.49 .4 – – 12.48 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.70 7.1 16.84 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 6.1 14.27 6.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.94 1.9 15.93 2.0 16.17 5.9 1....................................................... 8.70 5.4 8.70 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.32 3.4 11.00 3.8 13.51 4.1 3....................................................... 14.33 4.1 14.33 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.92 3.2 15.03 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.42 2.8 17.77 3.0 14.67 4.6 6....................................................... 19.05 5.0 19.11 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.97 3.6 21.15 3.6 19.63 12.0 8....................................................... $27.37 5.4 $27.58 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.48 5.8 32.89 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.99 4.1 20.99 4.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.27 3.0 20.36 3.3 $19.15 4.7 1....................................................... 7.47 3.9 7.47 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.98 8.9 13.98 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.24 6.2 14.24 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 18.56 5.7 19.11 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.02 4.9 19.11 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.45 4.0 21.71 3.9 19.83 12.8 9....................................................... 32.92 5.2 33.41 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.47 7.9 22.47 7.9 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 25.44 11.1 23.79 18.1 – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 18.54 5.2 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.93 2.0 18.93 2.0 – – 7....................................................... 17.79 8.3 17.79 8.3 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.63 3.7 18.63 3.7 – – Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................................................ 21.54 10.0 21.94 10.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.35 7.8 17.87 8.4 – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 20.30 21.8 – – – – Electricians................................................ 18.83 8.9 19.81 22.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.44 6.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 19.14 19.0 19.14 19.0 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.48 12.2 24.48 12.2 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 9.78 14.5 9.78 14.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 22.23 17.1 22.67 18.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.78 4.4 14.78 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.33 7.6 7.32 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.56 6.6 10.56 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 15.46 6.7 15.46 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.84 11.0 15.84 11.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.20 5.9 17.20 5.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.84 9.5 16.84 9.5 – – Packaging and filling machine operators..................... 15.86 19.8 15.86 19.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.13 11.0 14.13 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.80 6.7 15.80 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 18.27 3.9 18.27 3.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.46 5.6 11.46 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.60 5.7 15.71 6.2 14.76 7.5 2....................................................... 12.22 10.8 10.68 12.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.96 7.6 13.98 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.88 2.3 16.22 1.6 – – 5....................................................... $16.41 4.4 $17.49 2.5 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.63 4.2 16.81 4.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.40 .9 16.52 .6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.87 12.3 – – $15.61 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 5.2 14.71 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 15.80 7.5 15.80 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.33 7.2 15.33 7.2 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.60 3.8 11.59 4.0 11.81 6.4 1....................................................... 9.13 6.6 9.13 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.34 5.7 11.53 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.94 7.3 12.94 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.81 5.4 12.79 5.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.97 7.2 11.97 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 10.48 6.2 10.48 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 13.40 7.0 13.40 7.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.60 3.7 14.60 3.7 – – 1....................................................... 10.95 2.2 10.95 2.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.39 9.9 10.39 9.9 – – 1....................................................... 8.55 8.9 8.55 8.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.62 3.9 9.53 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.65 2.8 8.65 2.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.98 3.3 10.71 2.9 15.17 3.7 1....................................................... 7.73 2.8 7.15 2.2 10.82 9.7 2....................................................... 8.73 7.8 8.42 10.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.73 5.5 9.09 5.3 13.17 10.6 4....................................................... 11.78 5.2 10.61 6.6 14.20 5.2 5....................................................... 13.99 2.3 13.40 2.7 14.93 2.8 6....................................................... 14.68 3.9 – – 14.90 2.7 7....................................................... 24.53 7.0 – – 17.39 1.4 8....................................................... 22.06 3.2 – – 22.13 3.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.72 28.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 13.39 8.7 10.23 9.2 17.27 4.9 3....................................................... 10.09 9.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.64 9.0 – – 14.66 6.4 5....................................................... 14.11 3.8 – – 14.72 2.5 6....................................................... 14.98 2.9 – – 14.90 2.7 7....................................................... 17.39 1.4 – – 17.39 1.4 8....................................................... 22.06 3.2 – – 22.13 3.6 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.31 7.3 – – 26.31 7.3 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 25.12 16.1 – – 25.12 16.1 Firefighting................................................ 15.32 2.8 – – 14.21 2.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 17.27 5.5 – – 17.27 5.5 7....................................................... 18.39 .5 – – 18.39 .5 Correctional institution officers........................... $14.06 5.6 – – $14.06 5.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.87 9.5 $9.73 9.4 – – Food service.................................................. 9.35 5.4 8.93 4.1 13.86 21.0 1....................................................... 6.61 5.9 6.40 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.26 22.6 7.06 25.1 – – 3....................................................... 8.44 14.8 6.35 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 9.47 4.4 9.47 4.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.78 15.8 4.78 15.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.52 22.4 3.52 22.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.96 6.6 11.67 6.1 13.86 21.0 1....................................................... 7.51 7.7 7.14 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.34 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.84 15.9 9.39 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.13 8.0 10.13 8.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.19 16.9 16.19 16.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.25 7.4 12.25 7.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.30 2.6 9.30 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.25 16.6 8.24 9.7 14.23 25.6 1....................................................... 6.95 3.4 6.95 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.05 26.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.77 3.2 9.55 3.0 11.47 3.3 2....................................................... 9.10 4.5 9.10 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.53 2.0 9.40 1.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.98 4.6 10.41 5.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.26 6.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.37 2.0 9.34 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.96 4.4 8.96 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.50 2.8 9.51 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.29 6.2 10.18 6.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.55 4.6 9.21 5.1 10.60 5.7 1....................................................... 8.68 5.5 7.96 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.71 5.2 9.13 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 5.2 9.96 5.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.30 1.7 8.30 1.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.65 6.2 9.14 7.1 10.60 5.7 1....................................................... 8.91 7.8 7.91 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.97 5.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.31 6.0 10.50 7.0 – – Personal service.............................................. $18.27 10.9 $21.63 12.7 $10.81 8.1 3....................................................... 10.12 9.8 – – – – 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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................................................................... $10.08 5.8 $9.87 6.2 $12.50 13.0 All excluding sales............................................... 10.44 6.6 10.20 7.2 12.62 13.2 White collar........................................................ 11.96 6.4 11.79 6.4 13.69 23.1 1....................................................... 7.55 4.0 7.51 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 2.0 8.31 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.26 9.1 11.29 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.64 3.3 10.80 4.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.01 9.4 15.19 10.8 14.05 23.4 2....................................................... 8.37 3.5 8.40 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.12 10.8 13.24 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.79 4.9 11.25 9.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.41 8.4 22.85 10.0 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.40 9.8 27.11 6.9 – – Health related................................................ 27.50 5.7 28.64 5.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.10 2.5 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.66 4.0 16.28 4.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.70 4.3 8.69 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.38 3.2 7.32 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.23 1.9 8.23 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.98 6.3 9.98 6.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.89 4.8 7.87 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.25 2.9 7.18 2.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.83 1.4 7.83 1.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.60 9.6 10.80 10.7 9.10 11.1 2....................................................... 8.37 3.5 8.40 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 13.23 10.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.88 7.0 11.10 10.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.26 11.6 9.97 13.7 12.38 2.4 1....................................................... 7.57 4.8 7.57 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.33 3.7 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $15.36 13.1 $16.64 16.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.08 13.0 18.08 13.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 4.8 7.92 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 4.8 7.57 4.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.37 7.2 7.37 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.33 7.3 7.33 7.3 – – Service............................................................. 7.64 15.9 7.55 16.9 – – 1....................................................... 5.79 6.5 5.77 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.97 8.4 7.97 8.4 – – 3....................................................... 7.74 10.4 6.76 6.2 – – Protective service............................................ 9.32 4.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.56 5.7 5.33 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 4.94 6.3 4.94 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.62 11.5 7.62 11.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.07 12.8 4.07 12.8 – – 1....................................................... 3.66 21.1 3.66 21.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.90 18.4 3.90 18.4 – – 1....................................................... 3.84 18.0 3.84 18.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.41 6.3 7.06 4.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.83 6.4 6.83 6.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.35 2.5 6.35 2.5 – – 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $19.83 $10.08 $23.82 $18.77 $19.08 $20.75 All excluding sales............................................. 19.75 10.44 24.03 18.77 19.34 15.90 White collar........................................................ 23.91 11.96 – 22.69 23.15 26.03 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.25 15.01 – 23.25 24.06 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.06 21.41 – 27.14 28.88 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.66 24.40 – 29.53 29.55 – Technical....................................................... 27.37 15.66 – 20.21 27.02 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.46 – – 31.33 31.28 – Sales............................................................. 21.10 8.70 – 18.72 14.34 28.90 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.28 10.60 19.09 14.94 15.02 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.94 10.26 19.19 14.56 15.68 14.90 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.27 – 22.00 19.55 20.19 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.78 – 20.33 12.80 15.15 11.83 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.60 15.36 18.95 14.75 14.61 18.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.60 7.96 11.75 10.97 11.31 – Service............................................................. 11.98 7.64 16.81 11.23 11.38 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.9 5.8 19.9 2.6 2.9 16.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.9 6.6 20.4 2.6 3.0 8.5 White collar........................................................ 2.9 6.4 – 2.0 3.3 16.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 9.4 – 2.0 3.3 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.6 8.4 – 2.9 6.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.0 9.8 – 3.0 3.0 – Technical....................................................... 25.7 4.0 – 4.5 25.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.3 – – 3.1 3.2 – Sales............................................................. 11.8 4.3 – 12.2 8.3 16.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.3 9.6 4.3 1.5 1.5 – Blue collar......................................................... 1.9 11.6 3.0 2.7 1.5 12.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.0 – 2.2 3.6 2.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.4 – 2.1 6.6 3.6 21.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.7 13.1 7.6 4.3 5.1 1.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.8 4.8 7.5 3.9 3.4 – Service............................................................. 3.3 15.9 5.5 3.8 3.6 – 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, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $18.93 - – - - - $25.92 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.96 - – - - - 26.12 - - - White collar........................................................ 23.52 - – - - - 31.40 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.46 - – - - - 32.33 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.37 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 31.13 - – - - - 32.83 - - - Technical....................................................... 28.83 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.18 - – - - - 35.79 - - - Sales............................................................. 18.69 - – - - - 20.35 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.38 - – - - - 16.62 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 - – - - - 19.92 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 - – - - - 25.76 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.77 - – - - - 17.40 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.07 - – - - - 15.41 - - - Service............................................................. 10.16 - – - - - – - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 - – - - - 11.2 - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 - – - - - 11.8 - - - White collar........................................................ 3.5 - – - - - 15.3 - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 - – - - - 16.3 - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.1 - – - - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 - – - - - 1.8 - - - Technical....................................................... 28.2 - – - - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.3 - – - - - 9.6 - - - Sales............................................................. 11.9 - – - - - 7.5 - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 - – - - - 4.9 - - - Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 - – - - - 1.7 - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 - – - - - 1.8 - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 - – - - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 - – - - - 5.0 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 - – - - - .5 - - - Service............................................................. 3.4 - – - - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 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....................................................... $18.93 $15.00 $19.81 $17.09 $23.42 All excluding sales............................................. 18.96 14.81 19.82 16.68 23.69 White collar........................................................ 23.52 19.68 24.17 21.92 26.48 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.46 21.41 24.86 22.24 27.09 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.37 31.16 30.30 26.43 32.72 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.13 35.52 30.70 31.43 30.32 Technical....................................................... 28.83 20.98 29.48 18.85 38.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.18 31.47 32.25 33.46 31.41 Sales............................................................. 18.69 16.17 19.75 20.71 15.98 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.38 14.30 15.59 15.18 16.12 Blue collar......................................................... 15.60 14.19 15.98 13.90 19.62 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 18.69 20.64 17.81 24.56 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.79 14.27 14.88 13.07 17.67 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.77 15.69 15.81 14.29 19.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.07 10.55 11.26 10.25 13.55 Service............................................................. 10.16 7.24 11.15 9.59 14.43 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.7 6.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 6.5 White collar........................................................ 3.5 5.3 3.9 5.3 7.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.8 6.7 4.3 5.4 7.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 9.1 6.6 10.0 9.3 14.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 6.3 4.3 8.4 3.4 Technical....................................................... 28.2 10.5 30.0 7.4 41.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.3 19.1 3.9 3.3 6.0 Sales............................................................. 11.9 7.2 14.9 17.1 12.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.8 6.8 2.5 4.0 2.8 Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 3.6 2.8 4.4 3.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 4.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4.5 6.7 5.4 12.4 8.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 2.2 9.3 7.6 6.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 4.2 5.2 7.2 2.0 Service............................................................. 3.4 6.8 5.3 5.0 11.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.25 $11.00 $15.85 $24.04 $33.82 All excluding sales........................... 8.27 11.05 16.00 24.04 33.53 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.55 19.48 29.10 39.63 White collar excluding sales................ 11.35 14.42 20.27 29.68 39.38 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.35 19.60 26.03 33.65 40.95 Professional specialty...................... 18.01 22.68 28.39 35.82 42.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 16.94 28.73 33.36 40.00 45.68 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.91 34.73 38.01 43.22 47.02 Industrial engineers.................... 21.32 26.17 28.08 31.63 43.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 16.94 31.54 35.54 40.32 47.34 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.22 25.93 31.15 36.49 41.29 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.23 25.59 30.48 35.69 39.00 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 22.32 24.82 33.65 41.53 45.29 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.76 21.31 24.66 28.84 36.14 Registered nurses....................... 19.06 21.08 24.42 27.20 29.89 Pharmacists............................. 34.49 36.01 39.27 41.31 48.33 Respiratory therapists.................. 15.50 17.50 21.82 24.57 24.57 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 25.11 27.88 30.36 36.22 Teachers, except college and university... 18.19 23.58 27.62 33.76 40.00 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 21.54 23.22 26.50 30.55 34.76 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.03 24.06 28.41 35.30 41.66 Secondary school teachers............... 20.50 24.19 28.29 35.41 39.40 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.13 11.06 16.96 17.73 26.45 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.72 13.86 17.10 22.68 32.75 Social workers.......................... 11.67 14.52 17.58 23.37 33.39 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.89 24.47 36.90 41.35 47.00 Professional, n.e.c..................... 27.64 30.63 35.24 43.01 48.27 Technical................................... 13.05 15.35 18.95 24.22 32.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.25 15.17 15.86 21.14 23.39 Radiological technicians................ 18.50 19.76 22.51 24.76 27.91 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.63 14.35 15.35 16.62 17.58 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.44 12.65 15.13 17.57 23.72 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.85 16.14 19.66 24.13 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 18.43 21.87 23.51 29.69 32.24 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.28 15.02 19.00 21.84 24.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.20 20.00 28.99 39.66 52.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.20 26.21 35.10 45.92 53.30 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.29 18.75 20.83 25.01 27.94 Financial managers...................... 24.76 25.72 38.71 52.44 52.44 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $15.91 $24.52 $31.87 $43.32 $58.90 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.51 32.15 43.11 50.94 62.05 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.88 30.85 33.62 44.27 53.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.18 28.13 39.33 47.04 52.97 Management related........................ 13.73 16.54 21.15 28.99 36.53 Accountants and auditors................ 10.31 15.40 22.35 27.45 33.65 Other financial officers................ 14.43 15.87 23.08 27.38 38.46 Management analysts..................... 22.50 25.64 29.59 63.46 63.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 12.01 17.06 25.62 32.23 Construction inspectors................. 13.54 14.90 16.42 19.58 20.33 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.40 17.09 20.99 32.33 36.53 Sales......................................... 7.75 9.50 13.00 24.86 40.00 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.79 13.85 28.18 35.71 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.54 16.99 32.90 43.39 49.96 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.82 18.53 21.24 21.63 26.44 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.25 8.10 9.13 10.50 12.50 Cashiers................................ 6.60 7.40 8.50 9.60 11.25 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 8.90 9.72 12.00 16.50 28.02 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.67 14.01 17.47 21.56 Supervisors, general office............. 16.83 16.83 16.83 23.75 27.67 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 11.75 21.07 23.98 25.10 29.81 Secretaries............................. 12.00 13.37 16.01 20.88 25.13 Receptionists........................... 8.25 10.00 12.00 12.50 13.49 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.14 12.39 13.72 16.00 17.32 Order clerks............................ 11.52 12.76 14.60 17.06 18.02 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 11.50 14.44 17.18 18.65 21.18 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.64 10.84 13.59 14.75 16.03 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 11.45 13.32 15.02 17.22 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 12.88 14.68 15.81 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.55 14.50 Dispatchers............................. 11.84 18.26 20.65 20.75 26.18 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.50 10.20 12.31 13.90 19.86 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.35 11.36 14.23 18.03 22.32 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.43 13.84 15.37 21.59 25.13 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.50 11.25 14.50 17.53 19.72 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 11.49 13.92 15.58 17.35 General office clerks................... 8.50 11.00 13.50 16.07 18.68 Bank tellers............................ 8.93 10.10 10.66 11.15 12.25 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.00 12.82 15.75 22.75 Teachers' aides......................... 9.46 10.33 12.45 13.52 17.90 Administrative support, n.e.c........... $10.81 $13.00 $15.83 $19.71 $24.04 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.55 14.50 19.35 24.97 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.36 15.55 19.00 24.40 31.09 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 20.80 23.56 28.95 30.23 Automobile mechanics.................... 12.68 14.50 19.00 22.00 24.00 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 15.00 16.57 18.00 20.50 23.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.00 16.67 17.77 19.64 23.19 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.00 17.16 25.28 25.78 25.78 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.20 13.20 17.50 20.67 23.22 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.42 15.87 18.27 20.91 31.83 Electricians............................ 13.69 15.10 17.13 20.48 28.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.75 12.25 19.00 25.52 27.52 Supervisors, production................. 18.06 18.79 22.28 26.51 43.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.05 7.05 8.09 13.50 13.50 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.50 14.36 24.21 24.40 36.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.69 13.52 18.46 24.47 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.66 12.10 14.45 20.37 22.32 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 11.05 12.05 14.49 23.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.75 13.39 25.36 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.90 9.33 10.20 12.52 14.15 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 12.19 15.41 18.77 22.19 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 13.50 16.57 19.88 23.36 Bus drivers............................. 8.75 10.00 13.05 17.62 18.30 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.04 13.09 14.81 17.42 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.23 13.23 18.61 23.20 23.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 8.20 10.30 12.85 16.88 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 7.75 10.00 12.25 14.47 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.75 10.85 12.85 17.68 21.61 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.50 8.19 8.50 18.89 19.78 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.00 7.13 8.84 12.69 14.28 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.19 9.25 10.00 11.00 Service......................................... 6.00 8.00 9.51 12.45 17.62 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.05 11.09 15.88 20.67 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 19.05 23.18 26.97 31.87 32.99 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.98 19.82 21.13 33.66 36.96 Firefighting............................ 10.12 12.74 14.41 17.34 23.36 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.39 17.06 19.54 23.90 Correctional institution officers....... $11.35 $12.13 $14.56 $14.74 $16.09 Guards and police, except public service 8.25 8.50 9.25 10.00 12.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.00 7.85 10.75 14.04 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.00 8.25 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 3.25 5.00 6.70 8.03 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.25 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.85 9.55 12.45 15.97 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.55 12.02 13.94 24.52 24.52 Cooks................................... 6.75 9.00 11.50 13.35 15.97 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 6.55 7.00 7.85 9.25 9.80 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.50 8.50 9.00 10.25 11.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.00 13.85 Health service............................ 7.65 8.04 9.29 11.00 12.43 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.40 9.15 11.11 12.32 15.76 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.65 8.00 8.86 10.42 11.64 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.08 8.58 10.47 12.00 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.43 8.03 9.00 9.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.47 11.89 Personal service.......................... 7.20 8.00 10.00 17.62 53.01 Service, n.e.c.......................... 3.96 4.68 7.50 8.00 9.84 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.50 $15.50 $23.58 $33.89 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.75 15.63 23.58 33.50 White collar.................................... 10.36 13.50 19.38 29.53 40.00 White collar excluding sales................ 11.50 14.70 20.43 30.02 39.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.50 19.90 26.25 34.81 42.88 Professional specialty...................... 19.04 23.58 29.81 37.05 43.85 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 16.94 27.57 34.28 40.85 46.29 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.91 34.73 38.01 43.22 47.02 Industrial engineers.................... 21.32 26.17 28.08 31.63 43.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 16.94 31.54 35.54 40.32 47.34 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.80 26.35 31.41 36.49 41.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.94 26.35 31.13 36.00 39.32 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 22.32 24.82 33.65 41.53 45.29 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.96 21.59 24.84 28.85 37.93 Registered nurses....................... 19.32 21.32 24.66 27.00 29.89 Pharmacists............................. 34.49 36.01 39.27 41.31 48.33 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 20.00 23.98 28.98 36.99 Teachers, except college and university... 11.06 17.31 22.76 27.86 33.13 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 11.06 11.06 17.31 20.09 26.84 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.89 24.47 36.90 41.35 47.00 Professional, n.e.c..................... 27.64 30.63 35.24 43.01 48.27 Technical................................... 13.41 15.35 19.61 24.72 33.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 14.25 15.17 15.86 21.14 23.39 Radiological technicians................ 18.50 19.76 22.51 24.76 27.91 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.56 14.42 15.26 16.50 18.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 12.48 12.91 15.50 19.44 24.88 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.85 16.31 20.46 26.76 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 19.48 22.22 24.04 30.28 33.33 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.28 15.02 19.00 21.84 24.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.11 21.73 31.05 39.66 49.81 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.35 26.08 34.13 43.96 52.97 Financial managers...................... 22.47 25.72 27.64 38.71 39.66 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 15.91 24.52 31.87 43.32 58.90 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.18 28.13 39.33 47.04 52.97 Management related........................ 15.40 19.38 24.40 32.23 37.11 Accountants and auditors................ $18.63 $20.67 $24.40 $29.57 $33.65 Other financial officers................ 14.43 15.87 23.08 27.38 38.46 Management analysts..................... 22.50 25.64 29.59 63.46 63.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 10.00 24.28 25.62 32.23 32.23 Management related, n.e.c............... 16.07 17.31 23.24 34.16 37.11 Sales......................................... 7.75 9.50 13.00 25.00 40.00 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.79 13.85 28.18 35.71 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.54 16.99 32.90 43.39 49.96 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.82 18.53 21.24 21.63 26.44 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.25 8.10 9.13 10.50 12.50 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.40 8.50 9.60 11.25 Sales support, n.e.c.................... 8.90 9.72 12.00 16.50 28.02 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.79 14.47 18.00 21.78 Supervisors, general office............. 16.83 16.83 16.83 23.75 27.67 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 11.75 21.07 23.98 25.10 29.81 Secretaries............................. 12.22 13.82 17.59 22.57 25.80 Receptionists........................... 8.25 10.00 12.00 12.50 13.49 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.22 12.50 13.91 16.08 17.32 Order clerks............................ 11.52 12.76 14.60 17.06 18.02 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.72 11.02 14.42 15.39 16.03 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 11.50 13.46 15.50 17.30 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 12.88 14.68 15.81 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.55 14.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.50 10.25 12.36 13.90 19.86 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.35 11.10 14.00 18.03 22.32 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.50 11.25 14.50 17.53 19.72 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 11.49 13.59 15.68 17.70 General office clerks................... 8.50 10.89 13.50 15.80 18.85 Bank tellers............................ 8.93 10.10 10.66 11.15 12.25 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.00 15.47 22.75 22.75 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.26 13.26 15.83 19.71 24.04 Blue collar..................................... 7.96 10.50 14.49 19.46 25.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.24 15.74 19.17 24.48 31.09 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 18.50 22.32 23.56 38.13 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 15.00 16.57 18.00 20.50 23.00 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.00 16.67 17.77 19.64 23.19 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.75 18.77 25.28 25.78 25.78 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $13.20 $13.20 $17.55 $22.32 $23.22 Electricians............................ 12.00 17.13 17.13 28.37 29.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.75 12.25 19.00 25.52 27.52 Supervisors, production................. 18.06 18.79 22.28 26.51 43.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.05 7.05 8.09 13.50 13.50 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.50 13.65 24.21 24.83 36.30 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.74 13.52 18.46 24.47 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.66 12.10 14.45 20.37 22.32 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 11.05 12.05 14.49 23.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.75 13.39 25.36 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.90 9.33 10.20 12.52 14.15 Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 12.50 15.56 19.09 22.91 Truck drivers........................... 11.22 13.75 16.89 19.88 23.58 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.04 13.09 14.81 17.42 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.23 13.23 18.61 23.20 23.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.95 8.19 10.30 12.85 16.90 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 7.75 10.00 12.25 14.47 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.75 10.85 12.85 17.68 21.61 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.50 8.19 8.50 18.89 19.78 Hand packers and packagers.............. 6.00 7.13 8.84 12.69 14.28 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.19 9.25 10.00 11.00 Service......................................... 5.13 7.40 8.75 10.61 13.89 Protective service........................ 8.25 8.50 9.50 10.75 12.00 Guards and police, except public service 8.25 8.50 9.25 10.00 11.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.25 7.50 10.25 13.94 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.25 7.00 8.25 Bartenders.............................. 2.13 3.25 5.00 6.70 8.03 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.25 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.50 9.50 12.30 15.97 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.55 12.02 13.94 24.52 24.52 Cooks................................... 6.75 9.00 11.50 13.35 15.97 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 8.00 8.75 9.75 11.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.21 Health service............................ 7.60 8.00 9.00 10.80 12.00 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.96 8.40 11.00 11.85 16.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.42 11.52 Cleaning and building service............. 6.50 7.00 8.15 9.65 12.00 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.43 8.03 9.00 9.88 Janitors and cleaners................... $6.25 $7.00 $8.00 $9.25 $10.90 Personal service.......................... 6.90 8.00 10.35 33.95 58.02 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.31 $12.71 $17.18 $25.70 $33.73 All excluding sales........................... 10.31 12.72 17.18 25.70 33.76 White collar.................................... 11.03 13.72 19.75 28.73 38.21 White collar excluding sales................ 11.08 13.72 19.75 28.73 38.23 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.30 18.86 25.61 32.08 38.47 Professional specialty...................... 15.12 21.03 26.94 32.50 39.13 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.27 19.71 24.00 28.79 31.20 Registered nurses....................... 18.93 19.71 23.21 28.61 30.37 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 19.55 24.06 28.12 34.45 40.19 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.03 24.06 28.49 35.41 42.70 Secondary school teachers............... 20.50 24.19 28.29 35.41 39.40 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.67 14.26 17.06 23.40 33.39 Social workers.......................... 11.55 14.30 17.35 23.71 33.39 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 10.51 15.13 16.40 20.80 25.44 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.02 10.61 15.13 15.87 17.57 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.01 15.81 21.08 40.25 52.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.83 28.51 40.66 52.44 62.05 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.29 18.75 20.83 25.01 27.94 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.51 35.97 45.92 59.87 62.05 Management related........................ 11.35 13.14 16.21 19.99 21.29 Construction inspectors................. 13.54 14.90 16.42 19.58 20.33 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.29 13.13 15.70 18.20 Secretaries............................. 10.50 12.62 13.39 14.96 18.29 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.54 10.30 11.79 13.59 17.38 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.38 11.37 12.86 14.85 17.16 General office clerks................... 9.15 11.65 13.61 18.20 18.20 Teachers' aides......................... 9.46 10.33 12.45 13.52 17.90 Blue collar..................................... 9.43 12.03 15.12 18.02 22.08 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.90 14.91 17.82 21.58 28.95 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $9.52 $11.81 $14.09 $17.62 $18.40 Bus drivers............................. 9.52 12.09 15.86 17.62 19.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.30 8.72 11.14 13.17 16.88 Service......................................... 8.75 11.16 14.05 17.59 23.31 Protective service........................ 11.35 13.48 15.88 19.31 25.37 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 19.05 23.18 26.97 31.87 32.99 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.98 19.82 21.13 33.66 36.96 Firefighting............................ 9.82 12.57 14.16 16.53 18.02 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.39 17.06 19.54 23.90 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.56 14.74 16.09 Food service.............................. 7.86 8.47 10.33 14.80 23.52 Other food service....................... 7.86 8.47 10.33 14.80 23.52 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.69 8.23 10.74 23.52 24.86 Health service............................ 8.96 10.56 11.17 12.32 14.51 Cleaning and building service............. $8.16 $9.24 $10.86 $11.80 $12.34 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.16 9.24 10.86 11.80 12.34 Personal service.......................... 7.76 8.18 9.57 12.09 16.88 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.95 $11.52 $16.47 $24.52 $34.66 All excluding sales........................... 8.92 11.55 16.45 24.39 33.91 White collar.................................... 11.30 14.14 20.17 29.97 40.00 White collar excluding sales................ 11.60 14.62 20.54 30.00 39.66 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.35 19.66 26.20 33.76 41.23 Professional specialty...................... 18.03 22.77 28.51 35.96 42.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 16.94 28.73 33.36 40.00 45.68 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 32.91 34.73 38.01 43.22 47.02 Industrial engineers.................... 21.32 26.17 28.08 31.63 43.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 16.94 31.54 35.54 40.32 47.34 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.22 25.93 31.15 36.49 41.29 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.23 25.59 30.48 35.69 39.00 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 22.32 24.82 33.65 41.53 45.29 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.50 21.08 24.57 28.68 37.02 Registered nurses....................... 18.98 20.85 24.01 27.04 29.86 Pharmacists............................. 34.25 37.02 39.80 41.65 48.33 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.72 27.29 28.36 30.97 36.99 Teachers, except college and university... 18.55 23.68 27.89 33.82 40.00 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 21.20 23.22 26.50 30.94 35.03 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.03 24.06 28.41 35.30 41.66 Secondary school teachers............... 20.50 24.19 28.29 35.41 39.40 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 11.06 11.06 17.31 20.09 26.84 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.72 13.86 17.10 22.68 32.75 Social workers.......................... 11.67 14.52 17.58 23.37 33.39 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.89 24.47 36.90 41.35 47.00 Professional, n.e.c..................... 27.64 30.63 35.24 43.01 48.27 Technical................................... 13.27 15.35 19.26 24.27 32.21 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.72 15.17 15.72 21.00 22.82 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.36 14.00 15.62 16.70 17.98 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.51 13.15 15.13 17.65 23.72 Electrical and electronic technicians... 13.85 16.14 19.66 24.13 37.27 Computer programmers.................... 18.43 21.87 23.51 29.69 32.24 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.28 15.02 19.00 21.84 24.46 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.26 20.09 29.10 39.86 52.37 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.20 26.21 35.10 45.92 53.30 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 16.29 18.75 20.83 25.01 27.94 Financial managers...................... 24.76 25.72 38.71 52.44 52.44 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 15.91 24.52 31.87 43.32 58.90 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $28.51 $32.15 $43.52 $50.94 $62.05 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.88 30.85 33.62 44.27 53.30 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.18 28.13 39.33 47.04 52.97 Management related........................ 13.62 16.45 21.23 29.06 36.53 Accountants and auditors................ 10.31 15.40 22.35 27.45 33.65 Other financial officers................ 14.43 15.63 20.91 26.39 38.46 Management analysts..................... 22.50 25.64 29.59 63.46 63.46 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 11.35 12.01 17.06 25.62 32.23 Construction inspectors................. 13.54 14.90 16.42 19.58 20.33 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.40 17.09 21.20 32.69 36.65 Sales......................................... 9.00 11.17 16.76 28.37 40.74 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.79 13.85 28.18 35.71 52.89 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 11.54 16.99 32.90 43.39 49.96 Sales workers, parts.................... 15.82 18.53 21.24 21.63 26.44 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 8.10 9.25 10.56 12.65 Cashiers................................ 7.35 7.90 9.25 10.10 12.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.20 11.95 14.23 17.58 21.61 Supervisors, general office............. 16.83 16.83 16.83 23.75 27.67 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 11.75 21.07 23.98 25.10 29.81 Secretaries............................. 12.05 13.37 16.59 20.88 25.13 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.50 12.00 12.50 14.00 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.14 12.39 13.72 16.00 17.32 Order clerks............................ 11.53 13.26 15.01 17.18 18.12 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 11.50 14.44 17.18 18.65 21.18 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.80 11.00 13.59 15.39 16.03 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.73 11.90 13.46 15.47 17.27 Billing clerks.......................... 10.00 11.00 12.88 14.68 15.81 Mail clerks, except postal service...... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.55 14.50 Dispatchers............................. 11.84 18.26 20.65 20.75 26.18 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 7.50 10.20 12.31 13.90 19.86 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.11 11.82 14.33 18.03 22.32 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.43 13.84 15.37 21.59 25.13 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.35 11.25 14.50 17.53 20.25 Bill and account collectors............. 10.25 11.49 13.92 15.58 17.35 General office clerks................... 8.97 11.30 14.00 16.48 18.77 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.00 12.82 15.75 22.75 Teachers' aides......................... 9.46 10.33 12.45 13.52 17.90 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.81 13.00 15.83 19.71 24.04 Blue collar..................................... 8.30 11.00 14.90 19.62 25.28 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $12.36 $15.55 $19.00 $24.40 $31.09 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 18.50 20.80 23.56 28.95 30.23 Automobile mechanics.................... 12.68 14.50 19.00 22.00 24.00 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 14.69 16.50 18.00 20.50 23.12 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.00 16.67 17.77 19.64 23.19 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment................. 16.00 17.16 25.28 25.78 25.78 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.20 13.20 17.50 20.67 23.22 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 14.42 15.87 18.27 20.91 31.83 Electricians............................ 13.69 15.10 17.13 20.48 28.37 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 9.75 12.25 19.00 25.52 27.52 Supervisors, production................. 18.06 18.79 22.28 26.51 43.80 Butchers and meat cutters............... 7.05 7.05 8.09 13.50 13.50 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 10.50 14.36 24.21 24.40 36.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.67 13.52 18.46 24.47 Packaging and filling machine operators. 11.66 12.10 14.45 20.37 22.32 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 11.05 12.05 14.49 23.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.75 13.39 25.36 25.98 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.90 9.33 10.20 12.52 14.15 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 12.30 15.56 18.75 21.59 Truck drivers........................... 11.00 13.24 16.57 19.75 22.44 Bus drivers............................. 8.75 9.25 14.10 17.62 19.33 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.04 13.09 14.81 17.42 18.55 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 13.23 13.23 18.61 23.20 23.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.00 11.00 13.67 17.20 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.84 10.00 11.50 14.29 15.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.40 10.85 13.00 18.07 21.64 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.13 8.10 9.00 14.28 14.28 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.19 9.25 10.00 11.00 Service......................................... 7.00 8.47 10.00 13.54 18.08 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.15 11.35 16.00 20.67 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention........................... 19.05 23.18 26.97 31.87 32.99 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.98 19.82 21.13 33.66 36.96 Firefighting............................ 10.12 12.74 14.41 17.34 23.36 Police and detectives, public service... 11.35 14.39 17.06 19.54 23.90 Correctional institution officers....... 11.35 12.13 14.56 14.74 16.09 Guards and police, except public service 8.25 8.50 9.25 10.00 12.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.50 8.75 12.02 15.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.34 7.40 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.................. $2.13 $2.13 $2.13 $3.34 $8.24 Other food service....................... 7.00 8.50 11.00 13.94 17.53 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.55 12.02 13.94 24.52 24.52 Cooks................................... 8.50 10.30 12.25 15.97 15.97 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.75 8.20 9.00 10.25 11.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 8.50 11.22 19.02 Health service............................ 7.65 8.00 9.30 11.00 12.39 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.40 9.08 11.00 12.00 15.76 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.42 11.69 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.00 9.25 10.78 12.82 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 7.43 8.03 9.00 9.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.09 9.25 10.97 12.47 Personal service.......................... 7.32 8.49 10.19 17.62 52.12 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $7.00 $8.00 $11.04 $17.50 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 6.50 8.00 11.57 19.38 White collar.................................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.51 21.00 White collar excluding sales................ 7.55 9.59 11.98 19.38 26.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.47 14.97 22.00 26.56 31.03 Professional specialty...................... 11.20 20.00 25.09 28.84 35.10 Health related............................ 22.17 24.12 26.38 30.58 36.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.17 24.00 25.75 27.96 31.03 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.47 14.44 14.97 17.25 23.72 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.37 7.25 8.50 10.00 11.04 Cashiers................................ 5.90 7.00 7.83 8.85 9.80 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.00 10.30 11.98 14.15 Blue collar..................................... 5.67 7.00 8.27 12.09 16.76 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 12.05 14.39 19.17 23.58 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 14.84 16.89 23.58 23.58 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.25 7.55 9.00 11.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.25 7.55 8.07 9.00 Service......................................... 2.13 5.50 7.00 8.00 10.00 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.75 10.00 10.00 10.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.30 7.50 8.59 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.90 6.00 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.00 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.50 9.65 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 2.13 5.50 6.50 7.50 8.00 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, Atlanta, GA, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 861,600 689,800 171,800 All excluding sales............................................. 799,100 627,600 171,500 White collar........................................................ 473,400 356,100 117,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 410,900 293,900 117,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 181,200 114,200 67,000 Professional specialty.......................................... 135,000 75,000 60,000 Technical....................................................... 46,200 39,200 7,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 71,800 55,900 15,900 Sales............................................................. 62,600 62,200 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 157,900 123,800 34,000 Blue collar......................................................... 230,800 212,600 18,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 69,400 64,300 5,200 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 46,600 46,600 - Transportation and material moving................................ 46,000 35,400 10,600 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 68,700 66,300 2,400 Service............................................................. 157,400 121,100 36,300 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.