NC BL 09/00/2003 Table: Indianapolis, IN, Bulletin 3120-03, 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................. $18.72 4.3 36.6 $18.34 4.7 36.7 $20.81 6.9 36.1 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.91 5.3 36.4 21.47 5.8 36.7 23.82 10.6 35.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.73 5.9 36.4 26.00 4.1 37.2 28.65 15.5 34.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.18 4.0 39.7 29.04 4.6 39.9 29.84 6.4 38.8 Sales............................................................. 18.91 26.8 32.6 18.91 26.8 32.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.17 2.6 37.0 13.52 3.0 37.4 11.68 5.7 35.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.66 2.9 37.9 16.75 3.1 37.9 14.80 3.7 37.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 5.0 40.3 21.14 5.3 40.3 15.08 4.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.92 2.3 40.0 15.92 2.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.16 4.4 36.0 15.19 4.8 36.1 14.94 5.0 35.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.68 5.1 33.8 12.64 5.3 33.7 13.62 7.7 36.8 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.33 6.1 34.3 9.52 7.3 33.0 15.57 9.4 37.7 Full time........................................................... 19.49 3.9 39.5 19.17 4.3 40.0 21.19 7.7 37.4 Part time........................................................... 9.47 8.3 19.4 9.11 9.1 19.2 13.07 12.5 21.0 Union............................................................... 21.92 8.2 38.2 21.21 1.7 39.1 23.44 22.5 36.5 Nonunion............................................................ 17.84 5.3 36.2 17.73 5.8 36.2 18.72 11.4 35.7 Time................................................................ 18.43 3.3 36.7 17.96 3.4 36.8 20.81 6.9 36.1 Incentive........................................................... 23.83 23.8 34.8 23.83 23.8 34.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.20 6.7 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 16.71 10.4 35.6 16.72 10.4 35.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.75 6.6 36.2 16.10 6.2 36.4 23.12 16.3 34.4 500 workers or more................................................. 21.44 2.5 37.4 21.95 3.1 37.6 20.09 4.0 36.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $18.72 4.3 $18.34 4.7 $20.81 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.71 3.3 18.28 3.4 20.81 6.9 White collar........................................................ 21.91 5.3 21.47 5.8 23.82 10.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.46 3.9 22.07 3.5 23.82 10.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.73 5.9 26.00 4.1 28.65 15.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.35 6.1 28.89 5.4 30.25 14.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.61 4.9 32.04 5.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.13 17.4 31.13 17.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.89 2.5 – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 26.01 5.1 26.01 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.33 4.0 36.33 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.33 12.5 29.41 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.17 10.1 28.17 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.75 3.9 25.42 3.2 20.83 9.8 Registered nurses........................................... 24.19 5.3 24.99 4.8 20.01 7.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.22 5.6 46.22 5.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.42 12.8 24.93 10.7 35.17 12.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.38 7.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.76 2.7 16.23 3.3 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.86 2.9 16.51 3.2 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.97 34.9 22.06 36.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.53 4.1 20.03 4.6 15.67 10.2 Radiological technicians.................................... 25.42 6.8 18.90 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.90 4.3 18.37 5.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.55 6.6 14.68 7.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.20 8.1 24.20 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.16 20.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.18 4.0 29.04 4.6 29.84 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.50 4.1 32.15 4.9 33.58 8.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 20.91 15.3 – – 20.91 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 38.96 12.3 41.23 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.21 10.7 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.68 9.6 35.99 11.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.29 13.9 26.82 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.17 10.2 26.01 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 15.8 21.74 15.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.93 13.2 24.93 13.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.81 10.8 21.43 10.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $28.57 14.7 $28.57 14.7 – – Sales............................................................. 18.91 26.8 18.91 26.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.96 40.2 30.96 40.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.19 .7 8.19 .7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.17 2.6 13.52 3.0 $11.68 5.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.56 8.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.45 4.7 15.21 4.9 12.84 5.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.43 3.1 10.43 3.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.07 11.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.38 7.9 13.39 8.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.39 2.1 13.38 2.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.80 7.8 14.80 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.44 18.8 15.39 20.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.79 7.1 13.43 6.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.42 8.0 13.62 7.0 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.97 .7 9.97 .7 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.59 6.2 13.59 6.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.09 1.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.87 7.8 13.98 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.66 2.9 16.75 3.1 14.80 3.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 5.0 21.14 5.3 15.08 4.6 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.99 1.2 16.99 1.2 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.95 .6 27.95 .6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.88 5.7 25.19 6.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.75 5.4 25.75 5.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.34 17.2 21.34 17.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 27.91 .7 27.91 .7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 12.53 2.7 12.53 2.7 – – Bakers...................................................... 9.09 1.6 9.09 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.92 2.3 15.92 2.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 17.41 26.1 17.41 26.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 20.30 12.7 20.30 12.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.58 6.9 17.58 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 3.3 15.59 3.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.94 18.4 13.94 18.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.54 4.1 15.54 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.01 13.6 14.01 13.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.16 4.4 15.19 4.8 14.94 5.0 Truck drivers............................................... 15.70 4.0 15.92 4.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.29 11.5 14.20 11.6 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... $14.12 9.7 $14.12 9.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.68 5.1 12.64 5.3 $13.62 7.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.12 4.4 11.03 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.89 7.2 13.89 7.2 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.19 7.1 11.19 7.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.88 7.8 11.44 7.9 – – Service............................................................. 11.33 6.1 9.52 7.3 15.57 9.4 Protective service............................................ 16.70 7.3 – – 18.04 2.1 Food service.................................................. 7.92 10.1 7.58 10.2 10.16 .3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.29 22.8 3.29 22.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.85 22.4 2.85 22.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.37 8.6 10.43 10.6 10.16 .3 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.11 6.6 15.05 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.62 3.5 9.72 3.3 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.30 7.5 8.30 7.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.21 4.2 7.85 3.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.75 5.0 10.74 5.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.34 6.1 12.41 6.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.41 2.4 9.35 2.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 7.3 10.34 9.5 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.45 7.1 7.45 7.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.34 8.2 11.28 11.3 – – Personal service.............................................. 10.90 14.4 10.90 14.4 – – 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 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $19.49 3.9 $19.17 4.3 $21.19 7.7 All excluding sales............................................... 19.28 3.3 18.88 3.3 21.19 7.7 White collar........................................................ 22.95 5.1 22.62 5.4 24.32 11.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 4.0 22.64 3.4 24.32 11.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.36 6.1 26.69 4.0 29.06 16.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.29 6.2 30.03 5.0 30.79 15.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.61 4.9 32.04 5.9 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.13 17.4 31.13 17.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.89 2.5 – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 26.01 5.1 26.01 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.33 4.0 36.33 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.33 12.5 29.41 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.17 10.1 28.17 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.77 4.4 25.65 3.4 19.41 5.8 Registered nurses........................................... 24.29 6.1 25.24 5.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.22 5.6 46.22 5.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.30 13.9 24.93 10.7 36.14 13.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.38 7.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.83 2.9 16.46 3.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.83 2.9 16.46 3.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.94 24.8 31.40 25.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.63 4.0 20.15 4.4 15.67 10.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.94 4.4 18.42 6.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.42 5.4 14.56 5.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.20 8.1 24.20 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.16 20.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 3.9 29.11 4.6 29.84 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.63 4.0 32.32 4.8 33.58 8.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 20.91 15.3 – – 20.91 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 38.96 12.3 41.23 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.21 10.7 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.68 9.6 35.99 11.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.29 13.9 26.82 13.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.17 10.2 26.01 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 15.8 21.74 15.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.93 13.2 24.93 13.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.81 10.8 21.43 10.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.57 14.7 28.57 14.7 – – Sales............................................................. $22.51 27.4 $22.51 27.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31.79 41.6 31.79 41.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.06 1.2 9.06 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.39 2.9 13.76 3.3 $11.81 6.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 14.56 8.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.45 4.7 15.21 4.9 12.84 5.0 Receptionists............................................... 10.53 3.6 10.53 3.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.66 9.2 13.69 10.0 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.39 2.1 13.38 2.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 16.06 9.2 16.06 9.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.49 20.8 16.54 23.1 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.68 7.9 13.24 7.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.55 8.8 13.88 7.5 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.97 .3 9.97 .3 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.98 8.2 14.11 9.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.08 2.9 17.18 3.1 14.97 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.82 5.0 21.22 5.4 15.08 4.6 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.00 1.4 17.00 1.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.95 .6 27.95 .6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.88 5.7 25.19 6.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.75 5.4 25.75 5.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.34 17.2 21.34 17.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 27.91 .7 27.91 .7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 12.53 2.7 12.53 2.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.93 2.3 15.92 2.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 17.41 26.1 17.41 26.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 20.30 12.7 20.30 12.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.58 6.9 17.58 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 3.3 15.59 3.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.94 18.4 13.94 18.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.01 13.6 14.01 13.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 4.0 15.59 4.3 15.24 4.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.86 4.2 15.92 4.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 9.9 14.63 9.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.53 5.5 13.51 5.7 14.00 8.3 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.49 6.5 13.51 7.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.59 9.9 14.59 9.9 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.55 5.7 11.55 5.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $11.96 7.9 $11.46 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.97 4.0 10.14 4.6 $15.75 9.4 Protective service............................................ 16.70 7.4 – – 18.04 2.1 Food service.................................................. 8.81 6.2 8.52 6.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.37 21.6 3.37 21.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 20.7 2.98 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 8.9 10.70 11.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.04 3.0 10.25 2.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 4.9 7.82 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 10.87 5.4 10.84 5.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.42 5.9 12.50 6.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.32 3.1 9.32 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.66 7.3 10.39 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.35 8.2 11.29 11.4 – – Personal service.............................................. 12.39 13.2 12.39 13.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $9.47 8.3 $9.11 9.1 $13.07 12.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.14 11.0 9.73 12.6 13.07 12.5 White collar........................................................ 10.72 6.4 10.31 7.3 14.03 20.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.18 10.2 12.98 12.6 14.03 20.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.95 23.8 15.34 29.2 18.46 28.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 15.98 27.1 15.27 34.5 18.46 28.8 Health related................................................ 24.63 4.6 24.09 5.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.55 .3 23.54 .3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.70 14.2 15.70 14.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.49 1.1 7.49 1.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.47 .5 7.47 .5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 2.6 11.05 3.0 10.46 6.2 Receptionists............................................... 9.79 3.5 9.79 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.13 6.9 8.88 7.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.46 12.0 9.60 14.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.69 5.7 8.69 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.30 2.3 7.30 2.3 – – Service............................................................. 6.04 25.1 5.77 26.4 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.58 29.3 4.54 30.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.20 25.1 3.20 25.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.64 32.5 2.64 32.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 7.6 8.15 7.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.83 2.7 9.62 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.81 2.0 9.54 2.0 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $770 3.8 39.5 $766 4.5 40.0 $792 4.4 37.4 All excluding sales............................................... 761 2.9 39.5 754 3.4 39.9 792 4.4 37.4 White collar........................................................ 899 4.7 39.2 902 5.6 39.9 890 7.9 36.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 898 3.1 39.0 900 3.5 39.8 890 7.9 36.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,050 4.1 38.4 1,059 4.0 39.7 1,030 12.0 35.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,147 4.0 37.9 1,187 5.0 39.5 1,079 10.4 35.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,265 4.9 40.0 1,282 5.9 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,245 17.4 40.0 1,245 17.4 40.0 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,076 2.5 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,041 5.0 40.0 1,041 5.0 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,454 4.0 40.0 1,454 4.0 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,163 11.7 39.7 1,166 11.8 39.7 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,124 9.8 39.9 1,124 9.8 39.9 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 967 4.1 39.0 998 3.0 38.9 771 5.4 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 943 5.7 38.8 975 5.0 38.6 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,764 9.0 38.2 1,764 9.0 38.2 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,163 10.6 32.9 946 9.7 37.9 1,178 10.4 32.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,251 4.4 33.5 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 631 2.9 39.8 652 3.9 39.6 – – – Social workers.............................................. 631 2.9 39.8 652 3.9 39.6 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,221 25.4 39.5 1,239 26.5 39.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 782 4.1 39.9 806 4.6 40.0 611 9.1 39.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 707 4.9 39.4 731 6.4 39.7 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 576 7.4 39.9 581 7.8 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 968 8.1 40.0 968 8.1 40.0 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 886 20.2 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,162 4.0 39.8 1,163 4.6 40.0 1,156 6.5 38.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,293 4.0 39.6 1,292 4.7 40.0 1,295 8.0 38.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 833 15.7 39.8 – – – 833 15.7 39.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,511 15.0 38.8 1,666 11.4 40.4 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,381 10.0 39.2 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,384 8.0 38.8 1,386 10.1 38.5 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,172 13.9 40.0 1,073 13.6 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 1,004 10.3 39.9 1,038 10.2 39.9 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $870 15.8 40.0 $870 15.8 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 990 13.3 39.7 990 13.3 39.7 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 793 10.8 40.0 857 10.3 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,138 14.9 39.8 1,138 14.9 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 911 28.6 40.5 911 28.6 40.5 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,266 41.7 39.8 1,266 41.7 39.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 352 .6 38.8 352 .6 38.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 527 3.1 39.4 546 3.4 39.7 $448 6.8 38.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 582 8.2 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 574 4.7 39.7 603 4.9 39.6 513 4.9 39.9 Receptionists............................................... 421 3.6 40.0 421 3.6 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 543 9.6 39.8 544 10.4 39.7 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 540 2.5 40.3 544 2.2 40.7 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 642 9.2 40.0 642 9.2 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 659 20.8 40.0 662 23.1 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 547 7.9 40.0 529 7.0 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 501 8.7 39.9 553 7.6 39.8 – – – Bank tellers................................................ 399 .3 40.0 399 .3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 528 9.7 37.8 538 11.0 38.1 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 686 3.0 40.2 690 3.1 40.2 595 4.2 39.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 844 5.2 40.5 861 5.6 40.6 603 4.6 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 680 1.4 40.0 680 1.4 40.0 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 1,118 .6 40.0 1,118 .6 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 995 5.7 40.0 1,008 6.2 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,030 5.4 40.0 1,030 5.4 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 853 17.2 40.0 853 17.2 40.0 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,116 .7 40.0 1,116 .7 40.0 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 500 2.6 39.9 500 2.6 39.9 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 637 2.3 40.0 636 2.3 40.0 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 696 26.1 40.0 696 26.1 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 812 12.7 40.0 812 12.7 40.0 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 700 7.0 39.8 700 7.0 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 623 3.3 40.0 623 3.3 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 558 18.4 40.0 558 18.4 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 622 4.1 40.0 622 4.1 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 560 13.6 40.0 560 13.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $625 4.2 40.2 $628 4.6 40.3 $598 6.2 39.2 Truck drivers............................................... 664 5.0 41.8 668 5.4 42.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 568 9.4 38.6 564 9.4 38.6 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 538 5.5 39.8 537 5.8 39.8 560 8.3 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 527 6.6 39.0 527 7.1 39.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 581 9.9 39.8 581 9.9 39.8 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 462 5.7 40.0 462 5.7 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 477 7.8 39.9 457 7.7 39.9 – – – Service............................................................. 470 4.7 39.2 401 4.8 39.6 607 13.5 38.5 Protective service............................................ 679 8.1 40.6 – – – 738 3.6 40.9 Food service.................................................. 332 6.0 37.7 339 6.9 39.7 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 132 22.8 39.2 132 22.8 39.2 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 117 21.8 39.1 117 21.8 39.1 – – – Other food service........................................... 395 11.6 37.2 428 11.8 40.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 373 6.0 37.2 391 5.5 38.2 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 292 4.8 35.4 311 3.6 39.8 – – – Health service................................................ 424 6.2 39.0 423 6.4 39.0 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 491 6.5 39.5 496 6.9 39.6 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 359 1.1 38.5 359 1.1 38.5 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 426 7.3 39.9 415 9.6 39.9 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 453 8.1 39.9 451 11.3 39.9 – – – Personal service.............................................. 471 12.2 38.0 471 12.2 38.0 – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $38,999 3.8 2,001 $39,728 4.5 2,072 $35,875 4.4 1,693 All excluding sales............................................... 38,430 2.9 1,993 39,077 3.4 2,069 35,875 4.4 1,693 White collar........................................................ 44,794 4.7 1,952 46,655 5.6 2,063 38,905 7.9 1,600 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,445 3.1 1,931 46,518 3.5 2,055 38,905 7.9 1,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 50,283 4.1 1,838 54,495 4.0 2,042 42,537 12.0 1,464 Professional specialty.......................................... 53,378 4.0 1,762 60,750 5.0 2,023 43,505 10.4 1,413 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 65,761 4.9 2,080 66,650 5.9 2,081 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 64,763 17.4 2,081 64,763 17.4 2,081 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 55,931 2.5 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 54,146 5.0 2,081 54,146 5.0 2,081 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 75,592 4.0 2,080 75,592 4.0 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 60,498 11.7 2,063 60,656 11.8 2,063 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 58,437 9.8 2,075 58,437 9.8 2,075 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,645 4.1 1,964 51,887 3.0 2,023 32,304 5.4 1,664 Registered nurses........................................... 47,089 5.7 1,938 50,699 5.0 2,008 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 80,942 9.0 1,751 80,942 9.0 1,751 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,057 10.6 1,220 36,134 9.7 1,449 43,527 10.4 1,204 Elementary school teachers.................................. 46,227 4.4 1,237 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 32,800 2.9 2,072 33,900 3.9 2,060 – – – Social workers.............................................. 32,800 2.9 2,072 33,900 3.9 2,060 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 63,511 25.4 2,053 64,421 26.5 2,052 – – – Technical....................................................... 40,688 4.1 2,073 41,894 4.6 2,079 31,780 9.1 2,028 Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,788 4.9 2,051 38,012 6.4 2,063 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,934 7.4 2,076 30,225 7.8 2,076 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 50,340 8.1 2,080 50,340 8.1 2,080 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 46,096 20.2 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 60,015 4.0 2,053 60,253 4.6 2,070 58,873 6.5 1,973 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 66,793 4.0 2,047 67,203 4.7 2,079 65,614 8.0 1,954 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 43,300 15.7 2,070 – – – 43,300 15.7 2,070 Financial managers.......................................... 78,584 15.0 2,017 86,608 11.4 2,101 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 68,388 10.0 1,942 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 71,962 8.0 2,017 72,079 10.1 2,003 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 60,921 13.9 2,080 55,794 13.6 2,080 – – – Management related............................................ 51,842 10.3 2,060 53,574 10.2 2,060 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $42,225 15.8 1,942 $42,225 15.8 1,942 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 51,494 13.3 2,066 51,494 13.3 2,066 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 41,211 10.8 2,080 44,572 10.3 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 59,160 14.9 2,071 59,160 14.9 2,071 – – – Sales............................................................. 47,397 28.6 2,105 47,397 28.6 2,105 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 65,834 41.7 2,071 65,834 41.7 2,071 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,303 .6 2,020 18,303 .6 2,020 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,713 3.1 1,995 28,361 3.4 2,062 $20,662 6.8 1,750 Supervisors, general office................................. 30,276 8.2 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 29,083 4.7 2,012 31,356 4.9 2,062 24,578 4.9 1,914 Receptionists............................................... 21,680 3.6 2,059 21,680 3.6 2,059 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 28,233 9.6 2,067 28,294 10.4 2,066 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,069 2.5 2,096 28,292 2.2 2,115 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 33,407 9.2 2,080 33,407 9.2 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 34,294 20.8 2,080 34,412 23.1 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 28,447 7.9 2,080 27,533 7.0 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,032 8.7 2,074 28,761 7.6 2,071 – – – Bank tellers................................................ 20,740 .3 2,080 20,740 .3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 27,463 9.7 1,964 27,961 11.0 1,982 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 35,630 3.0 2,086 35,871 3.1 2,088 30,463 4.2 2,035 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,848 5.2 2,106 44,716 5.6 2,108 31,365 4.6 2,080 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 35,368 1.4 2,080 35,368 1.4 2,080 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 58,140 .6 2,080 58,140 .6 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 51,756 5.7 2,080 52,400 6.2 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 53,552 5.4 2,080 53,552 5.4 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,380 17.2 2,080 44,380 17.2 2,080 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 58,050 .7 2,080 58,050 .7 2,080 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 26,020 2.6 2,076 26,020 2.6 2,076 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,106 2.3 2,079 33,093 2.3 2,079 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 36,210 26.1 2,080 36,210 26.1 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 42,226 12.7 2,080 42,226 12.7 2,080 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 36,383 7.0 2,069 36,383 7.0 2,069 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,418 3.3 2,080 32,418 3.3 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 28,994 18.4 2,080 28,994 18.4 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 32,362 4.1 2,080 32,362 4.1 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,136 13.6 2,080 29,136 13.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ $32,372 4.2 2,080 $32,637 4.6 2,093 $29,520 6.2 1,937 Truck drivers............................................... 34,503 5.0 2,176 34,721 5.4 2,182 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 29,518 9.4 2,007 29,339 9.4 2,006 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,975 5.5 2,067 27,926 5.8 2,067 28,997 8.3 2,072 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 27,384 6.6 2,030 27,382 7.1 2,026 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 30,232 9.9 2,072 30,232 9.9 2,072 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 24,034 5.7 2,080 24,034 5.7 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 24,779 7.8 2,072 23,761 7.7 2,073 – – – Service............................................................. 23,750 4.7 1,984 20,870 4.8 2,057 29,087 13.5 1,847 Protective service............................................ 35,301 8.1 2,114 – – – 38,359 3.6 2,126 Food service.................................................. 15,855 6.0 1,800 17,604 6.9 2,066 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6,867 22.8 2,038 6,867 22.8 2,038 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6,058 21.8 2,035 6,058 21.8 2,035 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,404 11.6 1,733 22,233 11.8 2,078 – – – Cooks....................................................... 18,412 6.0 1,834 20,345 5.5 1,985 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 12,980 4.8 1,573 16,189 3.6 2,071 – – – Health service................................................ 22,047 6.2 2,028 22,011 6.4 2,030 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 25,519 6.5 2,054 25,767 6.9 2,061 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 18,654 1.1 2,002 18,654 1.1 2,002 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 22,142 7.3 2,077 21,583 9.6 2,076 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,574 8.1 2,077 23,432 11.3 2,075 – – – Personal service.............................................. 24,471 12.2 1,975 24,471 12.2 1,975 – – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $18.72 4.3 $18.34 4.7 $20.81 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 18.71 3.3 18.28 3.4 20.81 6.9 White collar........................................................ 21.91 5.3 21.47 5.8 23.82 10.6 1....................................................... 9.90 10.4 8.86 10.6 11.73 6.0 2....................................................... 9.78 4.7 10.02 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.89 5.0 10.90 5.8 10.81 4.5 4....................................................... 14.26 4.5 14.64 5.1 12.52 2.5 5....................................................... 14.60 3.5 15.21 3.7 12.21 6.2 6....................................................... 16.50 2.1 16.79 2.1 13.75 2.2 7....................................................... 20.06 2.0 20.62 2.2 18.00 4.3 8....................................................... 21.96 5.1 23.35 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.31 6.7 27.09 3.0 34.27 6.1 10........................................................ 50.74 26.2 51.53 26.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.06 3.7 36.44 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 45.30 5.5 45.24 5.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.04 9.7 49.59 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.83 8.1 23.83 8.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.46 3.9 22.07 3.5 23.82 10.6 1....................................................... 11.53 6.6 11.26 12.1 11.73 6.0 2....................................................... 10.52 5.3 11.13 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 6.3 12.05 7.3 10.81 4.5 4....................................................... 13.45 3.4 13.73 4.0 12.52 2.5 5....................................................... 14.79 3.4 15.50 3.5 12.21 6.2 6....................................................... 16.50 2.5 16.92 3.0 13.75 2.2 7....................................................... 20.07 2.2 20.72 2.5 18.00 4.3 8....................................................... 21.95 5.3 23.39 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.28 6.8 26.98 3.1 34.27 6.1 10........................................................ 31.38 5.2 31.59 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.89 4.1 36.21 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.30 5.5 45.24 5.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.04 9.7 49.59 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.99 8.6 24.99 8.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.73 5.9 26.00 4.1 28.65 15.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.35 6.1 28.89 5.4 30.25 14.0 5....................................................... 11.99 4.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.99 4.5 19.03 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.62 4.3 22.01 4.8 20.09 5.8 8....................................................... 19.71 12.8 24.65 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.21 7.8 26.72 4.4 34.90 4.9 10........................................................ 34.49 6.9 34.49 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 33.49 6.0 35.22 5.8 – – 12........................................................ 47.06 6.4 47.06 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.03 10.8 28.03 10.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.61 4.9 32.04 5.9 – – 9....................................................... $28.31 4.5 $26.76 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 37.01 9.7 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.13 17.4 31.13 17.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.89 2.5 – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 26.01 5.1 26.01 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.33 4.0 36.33 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.33 12.5 29.41 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.17 10.1 28.17 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.75 3.9 25.42 3.2 $20.83 9.8 8....................................................... 22.49 3.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.76 4.3 23.50 3.4 20.01 7.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.19 5.3 24.99 4.8 20.01 7.4 9....................................................... 21.68 2.7 22.30 .8 20.01 7.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.22 5.6 46.22 5.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.42 12.8 24.93 10.7 35.17 12.1 9....................................................... 37.97 2.2 – – 38.18 1.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.38 7.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 39.28 3.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.76 2.7 16.23 3.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.36 5.1 16.36 5.1 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.86 2.9 16.51 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 16.36 5.1 16.36 5.1 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 21.97 34.9 22.06 36.0 – – Technical....................................................... 19.53 4.1 20.03 4.6 15.67 10.2 5....................................................... 14.65 5.3 15.43 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.49 3.9 16.96 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 21.33 4.2 21.47 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.24 3.1 23.41 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.42 11.8 23.42 11.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.42 6.8 18.90 1.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.90 4.3 18.37 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 17.53 4.6 17.66 4.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.55 6.6 14.68 7.0 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.20 8.1 24.20 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.16 20.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.18 4.0 29.04 4.6 29.84 6.4 7....................................................... 18.46 6.4 19.65 8.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.74 5.5 21.87 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 4.5 27.33 5.8 29.41 9.2 10........................................................ 30.26 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ $38.41 4.6 $37.15 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 42.83 7.1 42.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.50 10.3 31.50 10.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.50 4.1 32.15 4.9 $33.58 8.0 7....................................................... 20.49 11.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.99 5.6 28.76 7.6 29.41 9.2 11........................................................ 41.33 7.1 40.54 11.1 – – 12........................................................ 42.83 7.1 42.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.96 17.1 30.96 17.1 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 20.91 15.3 – – 20.91 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 38.96 12.3 41.23 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.21 10.7 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.68 9.6 35.99 11.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.29 13.9 26.82 13.6 – – 12........................................................ 39.66 7.3 38.99 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.17 10.2 26.01 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 16.85 7.4 17.59 8.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.18 5.8 22.36 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.28 3.3 25.28 3.3 – – 11........................................................ 33.38 2.6 33.38 2.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 15.8 21.74 15.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.93 13.2 24.93 13.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.81 10.8 21.43 10.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.57 14.7 28.57 14.7 – – Sales............................................................. 18.91 26.8 18.91 26.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.24 4.3 7.24 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.21 2.0 8.21 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.41 2.1 8.41 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.94 9.3 16.94 9.3 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30.96 40.2 30.96 40.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.19 .7 8.19 .7 – – 2....................................................... 8.14 1.8 8.14 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.15 .9 8.15 .9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.17 2.6 13.52 3.0 11.68 5.7 1....................................................... 11.53 6.6 11.26 12.1 11.73 6.0 2....................................................... 10.52 5.3 11.13 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.98 6.8 12.24 7.9 10.83 4.7 4....................................................... 13.22 2.3 13.48 2.9 12.42 2.7 5....................................................... 15.45 4.4 15.49 4.9 15.15 2.1 6....................................................... 16.03 5.1 16.12 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.44 7.0 18.87 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.26 5.6 13.26 5.6 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 14.56 8.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.45 4.7 15.21 4.9 12.84 5.0 4....................................................... $12.85 3.3 $13.27 5.1 $12.47 3.4 5....................................................... 16.91 8.6 16.99 9.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.43 3.1 10.43 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.36 5.5 10.36 5.5 – – Library clerks.............................................. 12.07 11.4 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.38 7.9 13.39 8.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.25 5.4 12.34 5.6 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.39 2.1 13.38 2.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.80 7.8 14.80 7.8 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.44 18.8 15.39 20.6 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.79 7.1 13.43 6.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.42 8.0 13.62 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.91 5.6 11.76 5.8 – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.97 .7 9.97 .7 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 13.59 6.2 13.59 6.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.09 1.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.87 7.8 13.98 8.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.66 2.9 16.75 3.1 14.80 3.7 1....................................................... 8.56 3.3 8.56 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 4.9 10.80 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 16.32 3.2 16.51 3.5 13.28 5.1 4....................................................... 16.59 1.6 16.85 1.5 14.35 7.5 5....................................................... 15.75 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.72 11.4 20.81 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.45 3.6 23.69 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.81 5.8 24.81 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.66 3.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.37 6.6 16.37 6.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.76 5.0 21.14 5.3 15.08 4.6 3....................................................... 13.39 10.5 13.31 11.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.13 5.6 13.62 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.00 4.2 15.00 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.12 18.9 22.95 15.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.47 3.9 23.73 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.81 5.8 24.81 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.66 3.3 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 16.99 1.2 16.99 1.2 – – 7....................................................... 17.38 2.6 17.38 2.6 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.95 .6 27.95 .6 – – 7....................................................... 28.52 2.1 28.52 2.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.88 5.7 25.19 6.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.75 5.4 25.75 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.70 5.5 25.70 5.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.34 17.2 21.34 17.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... $27.91 0.7 $27.91 0.7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 12.53 2.7 12.53 2.7 – – Bakers...................................................... 9.09 1.6 9.09 1.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.92 2.3 15.92 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.55 5.5 10.55 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 19.37 9.6 19.37 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.89 1.9 17.89 1.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.37 2.2 15.34 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.13 7.9 18.13 7.9 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 17.41 26.1 17.41 26.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 20.30 12.7 20.30 12.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.58 6.9 17.58 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 3.3 15.59 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.47 2.6 15.47 2.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 13.94 18.4 13.94 18.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.54 4.1 15.54 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.49 3.8 10.49 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 18.69 13.6 18.69 13.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.01 13.6 14.01 13.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.16 4.4 15.19 4.8 $14.94 5.0 2....................................................... 11.12 12.7 11.12 12.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.35 5.5 15.69 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.07 4.8 16.26 6.2 15.42 .7 5....................................................... 17.67 4.8 17.61 4.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.70 4.0 15.92 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.66 2.7 16.99 1.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.29 11.5 14.20 11.6 – – 3....................................................... 16.16 9.3 16.16 9.3 – – Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c.... 14.12 9.7 14.12 9.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.68 5.1 12.64 5.3 13.62 7.7 1....................................................... 8.64 3.4 8.64 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.31 8.0 11.36 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.36 3.3 14.46 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.22 5.4 17.26 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.81 5.9 14.81 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.12 4.4 11.03 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.64 3.8 7.64 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.97 2.8 9.97 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 14.82 9.7 15.05 11.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.89 7.2 13.89 7.2 – – 3....................................................... 16.33 7.7 16.33 7.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.19 7.1 11.19 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.66 9.8 10.66 9.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $11.88 7.8 $11.44 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.54 20.2 11.70 21.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.33 6.1 9.52 7.3 $15.57 9.4 1....................................................... 7.26 20.5 5.91 20.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.61 19.1 7.14 21.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.10 7.2 10.01 9.3 10.43 5.8 4....................................................... 11.00 5.7 10.74 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 12.88 5.5 11.18 1.0 – – 6....................................................... 17.39 3.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.67 9.1 – – 18.67 9.1 8....................................................... 21.60 7.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.12 7.4 12.12 7.4 – – Protective service............................................ 16.70 7.3 – – 18.04 2.1 7....................................................... 18.67 9.1 – – 18.67 9.1 Food service.................................................. 7.92 10.1 7.58 10.2 10.16 .3 1....................................................... 5.81 25.2 5.01 25.3 – – 2....................................................... 5.70 24.2 5.29 27.1 – – 3....................................................... 7.74 29.0 7.65 34.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 13.0 11.22 13.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.29 22.8 3.29 22.8 – – 2....................................................... 3.09 30.7 3.09 30.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.85 22.4 2.85 22.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.37 8.6 10.43 10.6 10.16 .3 1....................................................... 8.58 5.2 7.98 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.93 2.8 7.71 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.42 5.1 9.76 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 13.0 11.22 13.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 15.11 6.6 15.05 7.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.62 3.5 9.72 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.54 5.8 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.30 7.5 8.30 7.5 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.21 4.2 7.85 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.06 4.2 8.53 3.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.83 3.5 7.55 2.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.75 5.0 10.74 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 2.7 9.54 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 4.1 10.47 4.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.34 6.1 12.41 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.80 4.4 10.72 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.41 2.4 9.35 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.33 3.9 9.22 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.61 7.3 10.34 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.83 10.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.23 22.0 11.23 22.0 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 7.45 7.1 7.45 7.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... $11.34 8.2 $11.28 11.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.39 23.5 13.39 23.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 10.90 14.4 10.90 14.4 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $19.49 3.9 $19.17 4.3 $21.19 7.7 All excluding sales............................................... 19.28 3.3 18.88 3.3 21.19 7.7 White collar........................................................ 22.95 5.1 22.62 5.4 24.32 11.8 1....................................................... 12.10 6.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.02 5.1 10.46 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.70 6.2 11.87 6.8 10.56 5.5 4....................................................... 14.33 4.6 14.73 5.2 12.55 2.5 5....................................................... 14.79 4.1 15.23 3.9 12.80 11.4 6....................................................... 16.46 2.2 16.75 2.2 13.75 2.2 7....................................................... 20.07 2.0 20.64 2.1 18.00 4.3 8....................................................... 21.91 5.2 23.33 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 30.52 6.8 27.19 3.2 34.46 5.9 10........................................................ 51.12 26.0 51.94 26.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.05 3.7 36.44 3.7 – – 12........................................................ 45.30 5.5 45.24 5.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.04 9.7 49.59 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.58 7.2 24.58 7.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 4.0 22.64 3.4 24.32 11.8 2....................................................... 10.35 5.7 11.10 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.09 7.1 12.36 7.9 10.56 5.5 4....................................................... 13.45 3.6 13.73 4.2 12.55 2.5 5....................................................... 14.98 4.2 15.51 3.7 12.80 11.4 6....................................................... 16.44 2.6 16.88 3.1 13.75 2.2 7....................................................... 20.08 2.2 20.75 2.6 18.00 4.3 8....................................................... 21.89 5.4 23.37 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 30.49 6.9 27.07 3.3 34.46 5.9 10........................................................ 31.58 5.2 31.81 5.5 – – 11........................................................ 35.87 4.1 36.21 4.3 – – 12........................................................ 45.30 5.5 45.24 5.7 – – 13........................................................ 48.04 9.7 49.59 15.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.88 7.7 25.88 7.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.36 6.1 26.69 4.0 29.06 16.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.29 6.2 30.03 5.0 30.79 15.2 5....................................................... 12.46 13.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.03 4.5 19.07 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.77 3.9 22.24 4.3 20.09 5.8 8....................................................... 19.30 13.4 24.79 5.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.56 7.8 26.86 4.9 35.13 4.5 10........................................................ 35.21 6.4 35.21 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 33.39 6.2 35.22 5.8 – – 12........................................................ 47.06 6.4 47.06 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.73 6.9 30.73 6.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.61 4.9 32.04 5.9 – – 9....................................................... 28.31 4.5 26.76 5.2 – – 11........................................................ $37.01 9.7 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 31.13 17.4 $31.13 17.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.89 2.5 – – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 26.01 5.1 26.01 5.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.33 4.0 36.33 4.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.33 12.5 29.41 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.17 10.1 28.17 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.77 4.4 25.65 3.4 $19.41 5.8 9....................................................... 22.34 4.4 23.13 3.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.29 6.1 25.24 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 21.29 3.0 22.02 .6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 46.22 5.6 46.22 5.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.30 13.9 24.93 10.7 36.14 13.1 9....................................................... 38.04 2.3 – – 38.25 1.7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.38 7.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 39.28 3.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.83 2.9 16.46 3.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 15.83 2.9 16.46 3.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.94 24.8 31.40 25.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.63 4.0 20.15 4.4 15.67 10.2 5....................................................... 14.65 5.3 15.43 3.0 – – 6....................................................... 16.35 4.4 16.84 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.33 4.2 21.47 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.24 3.1 23.41 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.42 11.8 23.42 11.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.94 4.4 18.42 6.0 – – 6....................................................... 17.60 4.6 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.42 5.4 14.56 5.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.20 8.1 24.20 8.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 22.16 20.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 3.9 29.11 4.6 29.84 6.4 7....................................................... 18.46 6.4 19.65 8.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.74 5.5 21.87 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 4.5 27.33 5.8 29.41 9.2 10........................................................ 30.26 1.1 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.41 4.6 37.15 5.6 – – 12........................................................ 42.83 7.1 42.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.50 10.3 31.50 10.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.63 4.0 32.32 4.8 33.58 8.0 7....................................................... 20.49 11.1 – – – – 9....................................................... $28.99 5.6 $28.76 7.6 $29.41 9.2 11........................................................ 41.33 7.1 40.54 11.1 – – 12........................................................ 42.83 7.1 42.56 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.96 17.1 30.96 17.1 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 20.91 15.3 – – 20.91 15.3 Financial managers.......................................... 38.96 12.3 41.23 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 35.21 10.7 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 35.68 9.6 35.99 11.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.29 13.9 26.82 13.6 – – 12........................................................ 39.66 7.3 38.99 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.17 10.2 26.01 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 16.85 7.4 17.59 8.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.18 5.8 22.36 5.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.28 3.3 25.28 3.3 – – 11........................................................ 33.38 2.6 33.38 2.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.74 15.8 21.74 15.8 – – Other financial officers.................................... 24.93 13.2 24.93 13.2 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.81 10.8 21.43 10.3 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 28.57 14.7 28.57 14.7 – – Sales............................................................. 22.51 27.4 22.51 27.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.51 2.7 9.51 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.20 9.2 17.20 9.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 31.79 41.6 31.79 41.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.06 1.2 9.06 1.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.39 2.9 13.76 3.3 11.81 6.3 2....................................................... 10.35 5.7 11.10 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 7.7 12.55 8.5 10.57 5.9 4....................................................... 13.19 2.4 13.45 3.1 12.45 2.8 5....................................................... 15.45 4.4 15.49 4.9 15.15 2.1 6....................................................... 16.03 5.1 16.12 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.44 7.0 18.87 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.28 5.7 13.28 5.7 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 14.56 8.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.45 4.7 15.21 4.9 12.84 5.0 4....................................................... 12.85 3.3 13.27 5.1 12.47 3.4 5....................................................... 16.91 8.6 16.99 9.0 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.53 3.6 10.53 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.33 5.7 10.33 5.7 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.66 9.2 13.69 10.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.25 5.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.39 2.1 13.38 2.3 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 16.06 9.2 16.06 9.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.49 20.8 16.54 23.1 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.68 7.9 13.24 7.0 – – General office clerks....................................... $12.55 8.8 $13.88 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.89 5.9 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.97 .3 9.97 .3 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.98 8.2 14.11 9.2 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.08 2.9 17.18 3.1 $14.97 4.2 1....................................................... 8.96 4.1 8.96 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.85 4.7 10.86 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 16.48 3.2 16.64 3.6 13.16 6.7 4....................................................... 16.61 1.6 16.87 1.6 14.35 7.5 5....................................................... 15.75 3.4 15.71 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.72 11.4 20.81 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.45 3.6 23.70 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.81 5.8 24.81 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.66 3.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.38 6.7 16.38 6.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.82 5.0 21.22 5.4 15.08 4.6 3....................................................... 13.79 8.5 13.76 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.13 5.6 13.62 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 15.00 4.2 15.00 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.12 18.9 22.95 15.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.47 3.9 23.74 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 24.81 5.8 24.81 5.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.66 3.3 – – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 17.00 1.4 17.00 1.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 27.95 .6 27.95 .6 – – 7....................................................... 28.52 2.1 28.52 2.1 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 24.88 5.7 25.19 6.2 – – Electricians................................................ 25.75 5.4 25.75 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 25.70 5.5 25.70 5.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.34 17.2 21.34 17.2 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 27.91 .7 27.91 .7 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 12.53 2.7 12.53 2.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.93 2.3 15.92 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.55 5.5 10.55 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 19.37 9.6 19.37 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 17.89 1.9 17.89 1.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.37 2.2 15.34 2.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.13 7.9 18.13 7.9 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 17.41 26.1 17.41 26.1 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 20.30 12.7 20.30 12.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.58 6.9 17.58 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.59 3.3 15.59 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.47 2.6 15.47 2.6 – – Welders and cutters......................................... $13.94 18.4 $13.94 18.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 3.9 10.50 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 18.69 13.6 18.69 13.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.01 13.6 14.01 13.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 4.0 15.59 4.3 $15.24 4.3 2....................................................... 11.28 12.7 11.28 12.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.50 5.9 15.69 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.07 4.8 16.26 6.3 15.42 .7 5....................................................... 17.67 4.8 17.61 4.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.86 4.2 15.92 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 16.69 2.9 17.04 1.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.71 9.9 14.63 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 16.16 9.3 16.16 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.53 5.5 13.51 5.7 14.00 8.3 1....................................................... 9.04 4.4 9.04 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.50 8.4 11.56 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.45 3.3 14.56 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 17.34 5.5 17.39 5.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.81 5.9 14.81 5.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.49 6.5 13.51 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.08 2.0 9.08 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 15.02 9.8 15.28 11.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.59 9.9 14.59 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 16.63 9.5 16.63 9.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 11.55 5.7 11.55 5.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.96 7.9 11.46 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.59 20.5 11.76 21.8 – – Service............................................................. 11.97 4.0 10.14 4.6 15.75 9.4 1....................................................... 9.08 12.4 7.52 14.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.03 16.6 7.53 19.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.18 8.1 10.11 10.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.96 5.9 10.68 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 12.95 5.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.39 3.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.67 9.1 – – 18.67 9.1 8....................................................... 21.60 7.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ 16.70 7.4 – – 18.04 2.1 7....................................................... 18.67 9.1 – – 18.67 9.1 Food service.................................................. 8.81 6.2 8.52 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.88 14.1 6.69 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.06 21.3 5.63 24.5 – – 3....................................................... 7.70 30.4 7.58 36.5 – – 4....................................................... $11.17 13.0 $11.22 13.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.37 21.6 3.37 21.6 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 20.7 2.98 20.7 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 8.9 10.70 11.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.24 4.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.99 3.2 7.72 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.45 5.3 9.84 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.17 13.0 11.22 13.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.04 3.0 10.25 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.54 5.8 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.25 4.9 7.82 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 7.88 4.0 7.55 2.7 – – Health service................................................ 10.87 5.4 10.84 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.57 3.0 9.52 3.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.42 5.9 12.50 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 3.5 10.86 3.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.32 3.1 9.32 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.20 4.8 9.20 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.66 7.3 10.39 9.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.99 10.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.23 22.0 11.23 22.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.35 8.2 11.29 11.4 – – 2....................................................... 13.39 23.5 13.39 23.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 12.39 13.2 12.39 13.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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................................................................... $9.47 8.3 $9.11 9.1 $13.07 12.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.14 11.0 9.73 12.6 13.07 12.5 White collar........................................................ 10.72 6.4 10.31 7.3 14.03 20.0 1....................................................... 7.68 6.1 7.68 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.19 5.6 9.19 5.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.72 4.7 8.30 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.58 7.0 12.74 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 11.09 18.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.75 9.5 17.75 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 4.6 25.37 6.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.18 10.2 12.98 12.6 14.03 20.0 1....................................................... 9.17 8.4 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.20 4.5 11.23 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.33 4.6 9.75 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.53 2.6 13.78 2.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.75 9.5 17.75 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.29 4.6 25.37 6.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 15.95 23.8 15.34 29.2 18.46 28.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 15.98 27.1 15.27 34.5 18.46 28.8 9....................................................... 25.29 4.6 25.37 6.1 – – Health related................................................ 24.63 4.6 24.09 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 25.06 5.0 25.39 6.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.55 .3 23.54 .3 – – 9....................................................... 23.57 2.7 23.56 3.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.70 14.2 15.70 14.2 – – 6....................................................... 17.84 9.2 17.84 9.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.49 1.1 7.49 1.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.10 3.8 7.10 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.47 1.0 7.47 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 7.68 2.2 7.68 2.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.47 .5 7.47 .5 – – 2....................................................... 7.45 1.1 7.45 1.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.93 2.6 11.05 3.0 10.46 6.2 1....................................................... 9.17 8.4 – – – – 2....................................................... $11.20 4.5 $11.23 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.41 4.8 9.82 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.72 3.2 13.99 2.9 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.79 3.5 9.79 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.13 6.9 8.88 7.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.08 4.3 8.07 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.80 10.0 9.80 10.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.46 12.0 9.60 14.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.69 5.7 8.69 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.22 4.3 8.21 4.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.30 2.3 7.30 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.19 1.9 7.19 1.9 – – Service............................................................. 6.04 25.1 5.77 26.4 – – 1....................................................... 4.55 28.8 4.55 28.8 – – 2....................................................... 4.86 31.1 4.79 33.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.39 5.9 8.88 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.97 16.2 11.97 16.2 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 4.58 29.3 4.54 30.0 – – 2....................................................... 3.83 24.2 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.20 25.1 3.20 25.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.64 32.5 2.64 32.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.95 7.6 8.15 7.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.36 3.8 7.36 3.8 – – Health service................................................ 9.83 2.7 9.62 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.08 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.81 2.0 9.54 2.0 – – 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $19.49 $9.47 $21.92 $17.84 $18.43 $23.83 All excluding sales............................................. 19.28 10.14 22.09 17.68 18.81 15.69 White collar........................................................ 22.95 10.72 24.90 21.51 21.43 30.17 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 13.18 25.67 21.97 22.59 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.36 15.95 32.11 25.47 26.73 – Professional specialty.......................................... 30.29 15.98 34.59 27.90 29.35 – Technical....................................................... 19.63 15.70 19.52 19.53 19.53 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 – – 29.87 29.61 – Sales............................................................. 22.51 7.49 – 19.28 12.55 34.71 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.39 10.93 13.55 13.13 13.17 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.08 9.13 21.10 13.50 16.68 16.39 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.82 – 25.07 16.70 20.85 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.93 – 19.91 12.93 15.83 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.56 10.46 18.20 13.38 14.85 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.53 8.69 16.94 10.57 12.90 – Service............................................................. 11.97 6.04 16.81 10.71 11.33 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 8.3 8.2 5.3 3.3 23.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 11.0 8.1 3.8 3.4 4.6 White collar........................................................ 5.1 6.4 21.8 5.4 4.0 34.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.0 10.2 21.1 3.4 3.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.1 23.8 15.2 3.7 5.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 6.2 27.1 12.5 4.7 6.1 – Technical....................................................... 4.0 14.2 4.3 4.7 4.1 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.9 – – 3.8 4.7 – Sales............................................................. 27.4 1.1 – 27.1 5.8 31.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.9 2.6 15.8 1.8 2.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 6.9 1.7 2.9 3.0 7.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.0 – 2.4 6.3 5.2 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 – 3.6 3.3 2.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 12.0 4.7 6.8 4.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 5.7 4.2 5.0 5.2 – Service............................................................. 4.0 25.1 5.2 6.8 6.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $18.34 $21.20 - - $21.01 - - - - $16.80 All excluding sales............................................. 18.28 21.19 - - 21.00 - - - - 16.93 White collar........................................................ 21.47 26.42 - - 26.33 - - - - 21.72 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 26.56 - - 26.47 - - - - 22.15 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.00 30.76 - - 30.76 - - - - 24.83 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.89 33.16 - - 33.16 - - - - 27.80 Technical....................................................... 20.03 20.81 - - 20.81 - - - - 18.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.04 32.91 - - 33.07 - - - - 28.28 Sales............................................................. 18.91 – - - – - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.52 16.39 - - 16.50 - - - - 12.68 Blue collar......................................................... 16.75 18.74 - - 18.20 - - - - 10.45 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.14 24.10 - - 23.55 - - - - 17.17 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.92 16.70 - - 16.70 - - - - 8.22 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.19 18.20 - - 17.60 - - - - 8.54 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.64 15.99 - - 15.82 - - - - 8.75 Service............................................................. 9.52 19.64 - - 19.64 - - - - 9.56 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 6.7 - - 7.6 - - - - 6.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 6.8 - - 7.7 - - - - 6.2 White collar........................................................ 5.8 8.0 - - 8.4 - - - - 2.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 7.8 - - 8.2 - - - - 3.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 6.1 - - 6.1 - - - - 5.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.4 5.2 - - 5.2 - - - - 6.2 Technical....................................................... 4.6 4.5 - - 4.5 - - - - 7.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 4.6 - - 5.5 - - - - 7.6 Sales............................................................. 26.8 – - - – - - - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 9.9 - - 10.2 - - - - 3.5 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 4.7 - - 5.3 - - - - 9.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 7.5 - - 10.4 - - - - 7.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 2.8 - - 2.8 - - - - 6.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 8.8 - - 12.4 - - - - 3.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 7.2 - - 8.4 - - - - 3.0 Service............................................................. 7.3 17.2 - - 17.2 - - - - 4.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Indianapolis, IN, 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....................................................... $18.34 $16.72 $18.75 $16.10 $21.95 All excluding sales............................................. 18.28 15.28 18.99 16.12 22.05 White collar........................................................ 21.47 21.26 21.51 19.68 23.42 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.07 18.77 22.52 21.06 23.66 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.00 21.78 26.27 25.02 27.13 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.89 21.66 29.51 29.96 29.28 Technical....................................................... 20.03 – 19.97 18.90 21.22 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.04 26.14 29.56 28.82 30.12 Sales............................................................. 18.91 25.62 16.13 16.01 17.07 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.52 13.87 13.44 12.64 14.20 Blue collar......................................................... 16.75 14.91 17.45 14.19 21.24 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.14 18.23 22.78 17.81 27.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.92 12.70 16.60 12.69 19.38 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.19 14.94 15.27 14.57 16.98 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.64 10.99 13.37 11.72 16.51 Service............................................................. 9.52 8.01 9.82 8.97 12.44 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 10.4 4.2 6.2 3.1 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 5.4 3.8 4.8 3.0 White collar........................................................ 5.8 21.3 4.2 6.7 4.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.5 12.6 3.8 5.6 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.1 39.9 3.4 6.6 3.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.4 44.6 4.4 11.0 3.1 Technical....................................................... 4.6 – 4.7 6.4 6.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 11.2 4.8 7.8 6.2 Sales............................................................. 26.8 35.1 25.5 28.8 16.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.0 3.8 3.5 2.9 5.8 Blue collar......................................................... 3.1 4.5 3.9 3.5 2.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 5.5 6.3 9.2 3.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.3 3.0 3.3 8.3 3.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 5.4 7.1 8.8 8.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 8.1 7.1 11.2 5.0 Service............................................................. 7.3 1.6 7.0 8.7 8.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.00 $15.30 $24.04 $31.83 All excluding sales........................... 8.73 11.24 15.50 24.47 31.73 White collar.................................... 9.16 12.08 17.86 27.97 40.45 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 13.20 19.07 28.85 41.03 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.01 17.88 25.43 32.22 44.42 Professional specialty...................... 14.70 21.35 27.94 36.62 47.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.98 26.63 30.44 37.80 43.41 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.36 24.77 30.53 37.80 43.41 Industrial engineers.................... 22.31 25.00 28.12 28.73 28.76 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.00 22.98 24.52 30.85 30.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.53 30.41 37.62 43.93 44.42 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 14.29 23.17 28.88 35.45 43.11 Computer systems analysts and scientists 14.29 21.73 28.56 34.64 40.07 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.86 20.00 23.92 27.88 33.83 Registered nurses....................... 17.86 19.61 23.23 26.57 33.65 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.62 26.11 45.19 60.14 71.14 Teachers, except college and university... 13.75 26.76 35.48 46.42 47.80 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.08 28.73 36.61 46.81 51.15 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 14.70 15.00 17.33 18.66 Social workers.......................... 12.62 14.70 15.00 17.33 18.66 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 28.64 28.85 57.86 Technical................................... 12.25 14.96 18.50 23.28 27.88 Radiological technicians................ 18.95 24.29 27.40 27.40 29.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.97 15.78 17.45 18.91 23.19 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.66 10.57 14.35 17.31 20.20 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.05 18.99 25.63 29.50 34.10 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 12.40 13.84 25.46 29.39 31.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.01 19.71 26.25 36.84 46.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.01 21.64 31.00 42.54 47.64 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.11 15.02 20.66 25.64 28.44 Financial managers...................... 19.95 22.21 40.87 47.64 53.37 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.00 26.50 38.15 44.70 44.70 Managers, medicine and health........... 26.41 26.82 29.81 34.35 76.23 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.20 15.01 30.28 42.54 46.21 Management related........................ 14.86 17.33 23.28 31.09 39.46 Accountants and auditors................ 9.00 14.83 18.43 30.87 32.22 Other financial officers................ 16.10 18.38 25.23 31.58 35.32 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.62 17.10 17.10 19.91 31.25 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.39 22.26 25.38 38.13 42.61 Sales......................................... $6.99 $8.11 $11.25 $19.25 $34.45 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 12.00 19.25 47.27 75.36 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.94 9.11 10.05 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.23 12.36 14.90 18.06 Supervisors, general office............. 12.03 12.03 14.18 16.07 18.75 Secretaries............................. 10.62 11.83 13.70 16.13 19.47 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.75 10.00 11.00 11.83 Library clerks.......................... 6.16 8.67 13.02 15.51 18.59 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.67 10.39 13.49 15.32 17.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.64 12.98 15.13 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.75 11.53 14.50 16.77 21.38 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.30 12.08 15.16 15.96 23.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 12.00 13.40 15.25 17.06 General office clerks................... 8.77 10.00 11.44 13.50 18.00 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.25 9.51 10.50 11.64 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.74 15.00 15.00 16.94 Teachers' aides......................... 8.58 9.15 11.52 12.07 13.42 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 11.00 13.10 14.90 21.06 Blue collar..................................... 8.70 11.53 15.00 21.25 26.59 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.40 14.63 20.48 27.55 29.65 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 14.79 16.06 16.83 18.23 19.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.45 29.20 29.22 29.67 29.87 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 18.49 20.19 26.50 28.95 29.20 Electricians............................ 20.48 23.00 27.55 27.55 29.32 Supervisors, production................. 13.50 16.88 18.15 26.43 33.17 Tool and die makers..................... 27.62 27.62 28.35 29.30 29.42 Butchers and meat cutters............... 11.10 12.00 12.25 13.00 14.23 Bakers.................................. 8.75 8.75 9.20 9.50 9.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.70 11.46 14.86 20.17 25.47 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.20 13.82 14.97 23.25 25.32 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.70 13.60 24.48 24.48 25.07 Printing press operators................ 12.85 12.85 17.00 20.60 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.10 13.00 15.16 17.48 19.89 Welders and cutters..................... 11.52 11.60 12.80 13.72 23.81 Assemblers.............................. 9.70 9.70 13.90 22.18 25.67 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.50 11.46 12.04 13.48 23.25 Transportation and material moving............ 8.83 13.00 14.75 18.00 19.95 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 14.50 16.56 19.05 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 9.50 15.21 15.56 19.95 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... $10.65 $11.71 $13.13 $16.94 $19.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.21 8.55 11.75 15.00 18.97 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.15 9.53 11.96 23.31 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.32 10.87 12.55 14.64 24.85 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.38 8.71 12.00 12.48 14.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.21 8.25 9.15 14.87 19.46 Service......................................... 5.00 8.00 10.39 13.95 20.36 Protective service........................ 11.00 12.00 16.50 21.33 23.20 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.32 7.64 10.12 14.10 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 6.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.40 5.15 Other food service....................... 6.95 7.64 9.00 12.72 16.05 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.00 12.98 15.91 16.43 22.22 Cooks................................... 7.18 8.50 10.00 10.92 11.38 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.55 7.70 8.50 8.80 9.59 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.25 7.95 9.00 9.91 Health service............................ 8.50 9.00 10.20 12.60 13.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.59 10.49 13.60 13.95 13.95 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.60 9.25 10.20 11.15 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.00 9.87 11.50 14.27 Maids and housemen...................... 6.25 6.50 7.21 7.97 9.34 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.85 9.00 10.45 12.60 14.47 Personal service.......................... 6.25 8.00 9.69 15.74 15.98 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.30 $10.76 $15.10 $23.66 $30.53 All excluding sales........................... 8.50 11.01 15.31 24.08 30.24 White collar.................................... 9.10 12.02 17.50 26.65 37.50 White collar excluding sales................ 10.17 13.40 19.08 27.82 37.80 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.11 18.24 24.47 30.75 40.84 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 21.64 27.15 34.72 44.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.31 26.00 30.53 37.80 44.24 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.36 24.77 30.53 37.80 43.41 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.00 22.98 24.52 30.85 30.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.53 30.41 37.62 43.93 44.42 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 14.29 23.17 29.23 35.54 43.11 Computer systems analysts and scientists 14.29 21.73 28.56 34.64 40.07 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.70 20.96 24.17 28.84 34.22 Registered nurses....................... 18.65 20.67 23.93 28.06 34.21 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.62 26.11 45.19 60.14 71.14 Teachers, except college and university... 12.55 16.91 24.08 29.69 39.66 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.46 13.61 15.00 17.74 20.91 Social workers.......................... 12.62 14.99 15.58 18.03 21.02 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 2.13 2.13 28.64 28.85 57.86 Technical................................... 12.89 15.28 19.07 24.45 29.31 Radiological technicians................ 16.93 18.17 18.95 20.00 20.40 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.30 16.35 17.83 19.10 23.19 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.66 12.30 14.50 17.31 20.20 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.05 18.99 25.63 29.50 34.10 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.01 19.76 25.96 35.32 45.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.01 21.00 30.09 42.54 51.06 Financial managers...................... 19.71 33.27 44.23 47.64 53.37 Managers, medicine and health........... 23.17 26.82 29.81 29.81 76.23 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.20 15.01 25.96 34.69 42.54 Management related........................ 16.54 19.64 24.03 31.58 39.63 Accountants and auditors................ 9.00 14.83 18.43 30.87 32.22 Other financial officers................ 16.10 18.38 25.23 31.58 35.32 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 17.10 17.10 19.91 23.08 31.25 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.39 22.26 25.38 38.13 42.61 Sales......................................... 6.99 8.11 11.25 19.25 34.45 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.00 12.00 19.25 47.27 75.36 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.94 9.11 10.05 Administrative support, including clerical.... $9.27 $10.44 $12.89 $15.13 $18.97 Secretaries............................. 11.48 12.67 14.75 17.22 19.62 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.75 10.00 11.00 11.83 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.63 10.35 13.49 16.11 17.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.59 12.98 15.30 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.75 11.53 14.50 16.77 21.38 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 8.30 11.50 13.77 20.42 23.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 12.00 13.40 14.37 16.14 General office clerks................... 10.00 10.66 12.93 16.40 18.00 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.25 9.51 10.50 11.64 Data entry keyers....................... 9.00 10.74 15.00 15.00 16.94 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.29 11.00 12.89 14.90 21.06 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.52 15.00 22.30 26.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.65 15.00 21.00 27.55 29.65 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 14.79 16.06 16.83 18.23 19.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.45 29.20 29.22 29.67 29.87 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 18.49 20.19 26.97 29.20 29.20 Electricians............................ 20.48 23.00 27.55 27.55 29.32 Supervisors, production................. 13.50 16.88 18.15 26.43 33.17 Tool and die makers..................... 27.62 27.62 28.35 29.30 29.42 Butchers and meat cutters............... 11.10 12.00 12.25 13.00 14.23 Bakers.................................. 8.75 8.75 9.20 9.50 9.50 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.70 11.46 14.86 20.19 25.47 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.20 13.82 14.97 23.25 25.32 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.70 13.60 24.48 24.48 25.07 Printing press operators................ 12.85 12.85 17.00 20.60 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.10 13.00 15.16 17.48 19.89 Welders and cutters..................... 11.52 11.60 12.80 13.72 23.81 Assemblers.............................. 9.70 9.70 13.90 22.18 25.67 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.50 11.46 12.04 13.48 23.25 Transportation and material moving............ 8.80 12.89 14.72 18.50 19.95 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 14.72 17.00 19.05 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 9.25 15.06 15.56 19.95 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, n.e.c..................... 10.65 11.71 13.13 16.94 19.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $7.21 $8.50 $11.60 $15.00 $19.02 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.75 7.00 9.30 11.96 23.31 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.32 10.87 12.55 14.64 24.85 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.38 8.71 12.00 12.48 14.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.21 8.25 9.00 13.36 24.85 Service......................................... 2.13 7.25 9.00 11.50 13.95 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.25 7.25 10.00 13.33 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 6.25 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.40 5.15 Other food service....................... 6.55 7.50 9.00 12.98 16.43 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 11.00 12.98 13.33 16.43 22.22 Cooks................................... 6.60 8.50 10.00 11.00 12.40 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.55 7.70 8.50 8.80 9.59 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.25 7.64 8.28 9.00 Health service............................ 8.50 9.00 10.07 13.35 13.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.50 10.50 13.95 13.95 13.95 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.70 9.25 10.07 10.76 Cleaning and building service............. 6.95 7.75 9.26 11.02 13.52 Maids and housemen...................... 6.25 6.50 7.21 7.97 9.34 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.75 8.30 10.05 11.78 17.69 Personal service.......................... 6.25 8.00 9.69 15.74 15.98 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.39 $11.99 $16.79 $27.35 $43.23 All excluding sales........................... 9.39 11.99 16.79 27.35 43.23 White collar.................................... 9.38 12.48 18.86 32.78 46.21 White collar excluding sales................ 9.38 12.48 18.86 32.78 46.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.26 17.86 28.08 39.56 47.23 Professional specialty...................... 14.70 19.69 29.00 42.18 47.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.86 17.86 17.86 23.08 26.44 Registered nurses....................... 17.86 17.86 17.86 22.29 25.19 Teachers, except college and university... 14.85 27.35 36.96 46.87 47.80 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.68 12.40 14.46 17.61 24.29 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 13.06 16.69 28.44 44.70 46.21 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.43 22.21 34.35 44.70 46.21 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.11 15.02 20.66 25.64 28.44 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.09 9.38 11.49 13.42 15.51 Secretaries............................. 9.69 11.27 12.48 13.70 14.96 Blue collar..................................... 9.30 12.37 14.47 17.10 19.46 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.43 12.37 13.86 17.25 21.40 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.83 13.08 15.80 17.10 18.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.69 10.04 13.61 16.22 17.96 Service......................................... 9.39 11.01 14.81 19.88 22.51 Protective service........................ 11.89 14.24 18.21 21.58 23.20 Food service.............................. 8.31 8.43 9.33 10.60 16.05 Other food service....................... 8.31 8.43 9.33 10.60 16.05 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.66 $16.00 $24.70 $32.78 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.83 16.00 24.85 32.51 White collar.................................... 10.00 13.28 19.02 28.88 42.30 White collar excluding sales................ 10.36 13.69 19.84 29.18 42.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.29 18.28 25.89 33.00 45.22 Professional specialty...................... 16.13 22.40 28.64 37.57 47.23 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.98 26.63 30.44 37.80 43.41 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 22.36 24.77 30.53 37.80 43.41 Industrial engineers.................... 22.31 25.00 28.12 28.73 28.76 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.00 22.98 24.52 30.85 30.85 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.53 30.41 37.62 43.93 44.42 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 14.29 23.17 28.88 35.45 43.11 Computer systems analysts and scientists 14.29 21.73 28.56 34.64 40.07 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.86 19.98 23.87 28.02 33.82 Registered nurses....................... 17.86 19.36 22.71 27.33 33.83 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.62 26.11 45.19 60.14 71.14 Teachers, except college and university... 20.22 27.15 36.61 46.81 47.80 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.08 28.73 36.61 46.81 51.15 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.62 14.70 15.00 17.33 18.58 Social workers.......................... 12.62 14.70 15.00 17.33 18.58 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.24 26.20 28.64 38.46 57.86 Technical................................... 12.30 14.98 18.66 23.75 28.04 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.97 15.78 17.45 19.00 23.19 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 8.84 10.57 14.08 17.03 20.20 Electrical and electronic technicians... 14.05 18.99 25.63 29.50 34.10 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 12.40 13.84 25.46 29.39 31.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.01 19.74 26.25 36.84 46.15 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.01 22.21 31.00 42.76 47.64 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 13.11 15.02 20.66 25.64 28.44 Financial managers...................... 19.95 22.21 40.87 47.64 53.37 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.00 26.50 38.15 44.70 44.70 Managers, medicine and health........... 26.41 26.82 29.81 34.35 76.23 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 13.20 15.01 30.28 42.54 46.21 Management related........................ 14.86 17.33 23.28 31.09 39.46 Accountants and auditors................ 9.00 14.83 18.43 30.87 32.22 Other financial officers................ 16.10 18.38 25.23 31.58 35.32 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.62 17.10 17.10 19.91 31.25 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.39 22.26 25.38 38.13 42.61 Sales......................................... $8.25 $10.00 $15.18 $21.94 $50.30 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.95 12.00 22.25 47.27 75.36 Cashiers................................ 7.28 7.95 9.06 9.60 10.74 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.36 12.75 15.00 18.59 Supervisors, general office............. 12.03 12.03 14.18 16.07 18.75 Secretaries............................. 10.62 11.83 13.70 16.13 19.47 Receptionists........................... 9.00 9.75 10.00 11.00 11.83 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.84 10.70 13.49 16.11 17.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.64 12.98 15.13 15.68 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.00 12.28 16.25 17.26 22.59 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 11.50 13.10 15.16 20.42 23.54 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 12.00 13.40 15.57 17.06 General office clerks................... 8.83 10.00 11.48 13.75 18.00 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.25 9.50 10.33 11.83 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.50 11.00 13.46 14.90 21.06 Blue collar..................................... 9.15 12.00 15.38 22.90 26.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.65 14.70 20.48 27.55 29.65 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 14.79 16.06 16.96 18.23 19.75 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.45 29.20 29.22 29.67 29.87 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 18.49 20.19 26.50 28.95 29.20 Electricians............................ 20.48 23.00 27.55 27.55 29.32 Supervisors, production................. 13.50 16.88 18.15 26.43 33.17 Tool and die makers..................... 27.62 27.62 28.35 29.30 29.42 Butchers and meat cutters............... 11.10 12.00 12.25 13.00 14.23 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.70 11.46 14.86 20.17 25.47 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 10.20 13.82 14.97 23.25 25.32 Molding and casting machine operators... 8.70 13.60 24.48 24.48 25.07 Printing press operators................ 12.85 12.85 17.00 20.60 23.83 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.10 13.00 15.16 17.48 19.89 Welders and cutters..................... 11.52 11.60 12.80 13.72 23.81 Assemblers.............................. 9.70 9.70 13.97 22.18 25.67 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.50 11.46 12.04 13.48 23.25 Transportation and material moving............ 9.90 13.50 15.10 18.50 19.96 Truck drivers........................... 13.50 13.50 14.72 16.56 19.05 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 8.00 10.25 15.36 18.00 20.73 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.32 9.38 12.48 16.22 19.46 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.80 9.95 11.96 13.70 23.49 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $8.32 $8.50 $14.07 $16.30 $25.18 Hand packers and packagers.............. 8.50 8.99 12.00 12.48 14.50 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.21 8.25 9.25 14.87 19.46 Service......................................... 6.95 8.53 11.00 14.32 21.09 Protective service........................ 11.00 12.00 16.47 21.33 23.20 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.25 8.43 11.00 15.91 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.50 7.20 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.69 5.15 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.70 9.18 12.98 16.05 Cooks................................... 8.31 8.50 10.00 11.00 12.38 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 Health service............................ 8.50 9.05 10.30 13.95 13.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.80 10.59 13.95 13.95 13.95 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.70 9.19 10.10 10.68 Cleaning and building service............. 7.31 8.02 9.92 11.50 14.27 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.80 9.00 10.50 12.60 14.60 Personal service.......................... 7.90 9.00 11.61 15.74 15.98 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $3.35 $6.75 $8.30 $11.00 $15.00 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 6.50 9.00 12.00 18.05 White collar.................................... 6.45 7.05 8.63 12.07 21.34 White collar excluding sales................ 2.13 9.00 11.40 15.97 24.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 2.13 2.13 17.00 24.27 28.26 Professional specialty...................... 2.13 2.13 18.32 24.59 29.24 Health related............................ 17.00 21.25 24.05 26.69 35.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.79 21.80 23.83 25.73 27.68 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.42 13.13 15.91 19.00 22.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.45 6.75 7.25 8.15 8.81 Cashiers................................ 6.45 6.75 7.10 8.11 9.03 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.50 9.10 11.00 12.07 13.50 Receptionists........................... 8.40 9.50 10.00 10.00 11.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.80 8.50 10.87 12.50 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.05 8.50 8.83 12.09 17.38 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.75 7.92 10.87 11.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.10 6.75 7.00 8.00 8.60 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 6.00 8.48 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 3.35 6.50 8.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.61 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.50 7.70 8.50 11.00 Health service............................ 8.00 8.50 9.40 11.63 11.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.50 9.43 11.52 11.99 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, Indianapolis, IN, January 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 377,100 310,400 66,700 All excluding sales............................................. 343,700 277,000 66,700 White collar........................................................ 202,900 157,500 45,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 169,500 124,000 45,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 81,400 53,700 - Professional specialty.......................................... 62,600 37,100 - Technical....................................................... 18,800 16,700 2,100 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29,600 24,500 5,100 Sales............................................................. 33,400 33,400 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 58,500 45,800 12,700 Blue collar......................................................... 120,500 114,800 5,700 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 36,600 34,300 2,400 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,800 33,800 - Transportation and material moving................................ 20,800 18,600 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,300 28,200 1,100 Service............................................................. 53,700 38,100 15,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.