NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, Bulletin 3120-27, April 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................. $20.91 3.2 35.8 $20.18 4.1 35.5 $23.61 2.2 36.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.12 2.6 36.9 24.74 3.4 37.2 26.43 2.1 36.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.75 2.5 37.1 31.00 3.6 37.9 30.21 1.6 35.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.32 4.5 39.5 33.74 5.6 39.7 27.42 5.9 38.9 Sales............................................................. 17.09 10.5 34.4 17.05 10.7 34.4 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.54 2.7 36.4 15.57 3.3 36.6 15.38 1.7 35.5 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.59 2.5 37.0 16.39 2.8 36.7 18.31 4.0 39.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 2.8 40.2 21.75 2.8 40.2 20.01 8.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.77 3.6 39.0 13.77 3.6 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.42 5.7 35.6 14.57 7.7 34.9 18.57 2.9 38.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.37 4.5 32.8 12.32 4.8 32.4 13.25 3.7 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.17 3.9 31.6 9.62 2.6 29.7 18.60 2.4 37.8 Full time........................................................... 22.14 3.6 39.5 21.61 4.6 39.7 23.93 2.2 38.9 Part time........................................................... 11.09 3.5 20.3 10.61 3.8 20.8 16.62 9.0 16.4 Union............................................................... 21.48 3.1 36.5 19.53 5.0 36.3 23.70 2.9 36.8 Nonunion............................................................ 20.75 3.9 35.6 20.29 4.5 35.4 23.54 1.9 36.8 Time................................................................ 20.97 3.3 35.7 20.23 4.2 35.4 23.61 2.2 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 19.23 10.0 37.3 19.23 10.0 37.3 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.82 4.3 34.4 17.82 4.3 34.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.72 11.5 36.2 18.74 11.8 36.2 18.10 8.0 35.9 500 workers or more................................................. 23.48 3.6 36.0 23.20 5.9 35.5 23.88 2.4 36.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $20.91 3.2 $20.18 4.1 $23.61 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.24 3.3 20.53 4.3 23.63 2.2 White collar........................................................ 25.12 2.6 24.74 3.4 26.43 2.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.34 2.4 26.29 3.2 26.48 2.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.75 2.5 31.00 3.6 30.21 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.11 2.6 32.51 3.8 31.32 2.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.37 5.1 32.65 6.2 30.68 6.8 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.20 3.2 39.20 3.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.50 7.7 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.20 12.5 33.90 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.09 5.1 34.11 5.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.59 4.7 34.62 4.7 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.83 6.0 22.83 6.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.13 8.2 27.39 7.3 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 18.28 9.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.53 6.9 29.88 7.4 27.10 13.6 Physicians.................................................. 47.18 30.1 46.34 32.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.05 1.4 27.05 1.5 27.10 4.4 Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.38 7.6 23.38 7.6 – – Speech therapists........................................... 31.30 12.1 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 23.28 1.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.86 7.7 40.51 20.3 35.94 2.7 Social science teachers, n.e.c.............................. 42.48 9.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.52 2.5 – – 35.39 3.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.43 1.7 25.88 9.4 33.39 1.1 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.99 14.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.30 3.0 28.49 2.7 32.83 3.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.18 2.9 33.90 6.4 34.20 3.1 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 2.6 – – 37.67 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.93 7.2 22.95 11.4 33.64 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 27.98 11.6 – – 32.81 7.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.63 6.2 24.18 8.3 22.66 9.9 Librarians.................................................. 23.59 6.2 24.13 8.3 22.66 9.9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.89 12.0 26.11 15.2 – – Psychologists............................................... 28.27 13.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.47 8.1 – – 20.38 9.8 Social workers.............................................. 21.12 7.4 – – 20.77 9.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 62.44 3.8 63.65 2.5 – – Lawyers..................................................... 63.65 2.5 63.65 2.5 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.28 6.2 30.59 6.7 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 27.99 6.7 27.99 6.7 – – Technical....................................................... 21.94 6.1 22.72 7.3 19.02 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.25 11.6 20.27 11.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... $24.46 5.0 $24.46 5.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.33 4.7 20.42 4.5 $17.03 5.4 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 7.6 16.27 4.7 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.85 9.7 24.85 9.7 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.74 7.4 20.09 11.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.32 4.5 33.74 5.6 27.42 5.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.16 5.9 38.61 6.5 31.83 7.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.17 3.3 – – 27.17 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... 58.87 17.3 58.87 17.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 39.04 7.8 39.04 7.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.26 7.3 40.62 13.2 39.91 6.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.61 7.5 32.44 7.6 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.58 10.0 32.86 8.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.36 9.3 42.66 9.8 37.72 14.9 Management related............................................ 25.13 4.2 26.24 3.4 21.62 11.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.30 9.5 27.06 8.2 21.06 12.9 Other financial officers.................................... 30.78 9.8 31.10 10.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.74 5.3 31.74 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.03 8.8 – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.53 9.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 19.31 9.0 – – 19.31 9.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.18 6.0 23.08 7.7 23.39 9.4 Sales............................................................. 17.09 10.5 17.05 10.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.66 3.2 21.71 3.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.16 26.2 23.16 26.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.71 9.5 11.71 9.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.88 6.9 9.86 7.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.54 2.7 15.57 3.3 15.38 1.7 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.45 6.0 20.27 6.6 21.91 10.0 Secretaries................................................. 18.13 5.0 18.69 5.6 15.95 5.5 Interviewers................................................ 13.94 5.7 13.94 5.7 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.67 2.3 9.67 2.3 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 18.64 2.7 18.64 2.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.98 3.3 9.97 3.4 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.92 9.7 13.92 9.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.40 6.9 – – 10.78 8.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.63 5.7 15.13 6.7 12.83 4.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.12 5.1 12.97 5.7 14.01 6.6 Billing clerks.............................................. 17.94 10.1 17.94 10.1 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.06 15.6 10.57 17.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.18 23.9 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.43 11.5 – – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... $12.57 9.6 $12.57 9.6 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.53 1.0 14.53 1.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.32 4.5 14.32 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.62 3.5 14.58 3.7 $14.70 8.1 Bank tellers................................................ 10.24 1.0 10.24 1.0 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.39 4.8 12.39 4.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.74 1.5 – – 13.94 .4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.63 8.9 14.45 10.7 15.45 11.5 Blue collar......................................................... 16.59 2.5 16.39 2.8 18.31 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 2.8 21.75 2.8 20.01 8.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.14 7.2 18.50 8.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.54 6.2 19.91 7.2 – – Electricians................................................ 26.85 6.3 27.61 4.9 – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 17.36 12.5 17.36 12.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.93 7.7 22.82 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.77 3.6 13.77 3.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.85 14.1 20.08 14.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 9.56 11.0 9.56 11.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.92 5.9 16.92 5.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.27 5.6 10.27 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.42 5.7 14.57 7.7 18.57 2.9 Truck drivers............................................... 13.85 8.6 13.66 9.0 – – Driver-sales workers........................................ 11.89 40.5 11.89 40.5 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.27 7.6 – – 18.20 6.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.37 4.5 12.32 4.8 13.25 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.65 7.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 4.5 9.32 4.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.28 3.8 13.28 3.8 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.00 13.2 10.00 13.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.82 11.5 13.89 11.9 – – Service............................................................. 12.17 3.9 9.62 2.6 18.60 2.4 Protective service............................................ 18.99 6.4 11.03 11.8 22.12 3.3 Firefighting................................................ 20.59 1.1 – – 20.59 1.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.74 3.2 – – 23.01 3.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.18 3.1 – – 20.18 3.1 Correctional institution officers........................... 17.59 1.5 – – 17.59 1.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.81 12.7 10.46 13.4 – – Food service.................................................. 8.83 5.6 8.77 5.9 10.81 1.4 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.30 10.7 5.30 10.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... $4.39 24.0 $4.39 24.0 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.28 7.4 8.28 7.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.14 5.3 11.15 5.6 $10.81 1.4 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.03 10.0 16.03 10.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.92 1.5 10.89 1.6 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.00 23.0 8.00 23.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.76 6.1 9.74 6.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.22 2.0 11.06 2.1 12.70 3.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.94 4.9 11.50 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.05 1.9 10.95 2.0 12.29 3.1 Cleaning and building service................................. 9.66 5.1 8.99 5.7 12.64 4.0 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.62 16.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.83 13.2 9.83 13.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.24 3.3 8.09 3.6 12.33 2.1 Personal service.............................................. 11.44 6.1 10.90 7.7 12.39 12.4 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.53 3.6 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.13 3.6 11.19 3.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.70 5.4 10.61 4.2 – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $22.14 3.6 $21.61 4.6 $23.93 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.38 3.7 21.88 4.9 23.93 2.2 White collar........................................................ 25.81 2.6 25.55 3.4 26.65 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.68 2.5 26.69 3.3 26.67 2.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.89 2.7 31.15 3.9 30.32 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.22 2.8 32.59 4.1 31.47 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.57 5.4 32.65 6.2 32.03 6.8 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.20 3.2 39.20 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.20 12.5 33.90 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.97 5.6 34.00 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.39 5.4 34.42 5.4 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.12 9.6 21.12 9.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.13 8.2 27.39 7.3 – – Medical scientists.......................................... 18.28 9.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.58 7.9 30.03 8.7 26.66 14.2 Physicians.................................................. 47.11 30.3 46.34 32.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.84 1.9 26.81 2.0 27.21 4.3 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 23.33 2.0 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.87 7.2 41.03 19.7 35.58 .8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.14 1.2 – – 36.24 1.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.68 1.8 26.20 9.7 33.61 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.30 3.0 28.49 2.7 32.82 3.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.19 2.8 33.77 6.6 34.22 3.0 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 2.6 – – 37.67 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.34 6.3 – – 35.49 4.4 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.11 11.8 – – 33.08 7.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.81 6.5 24.23 8.5 23.06 10.2 Librarians.................................................. 23.78 6.5 24.17 8.6 23.06 10.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.85 12.0 26.06 15.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.71 7.4 – – 20.52 8.8 Social workers.............................................. 21.05 7.5 – – 20.67 9.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ 62.05 4.5 63.30 2.9 – – Lawyers..................................................... 63.30 2.9 63.30 2.9 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.31 6.3 30.62 6.7 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 27.99 6.7 27.99 6.7 – – Technical....................................................... 22.03 6.7 22.90 8.1 19.07 7.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.93 11.8 19.95 11.9 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.57 4.6 24.57 4.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.01 4.9 20.38 5.4 17.00 5.5 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 8.5 15.99 5.1 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.85 9.7 24.85 9.7 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.83 7.6 20.09 11.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $32.45 4.6 $33.91 5.6 $27.41 5.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.36 5.9 38.85 6.6 31.87 7.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.12 3.4 – – 27.12 3.4 Financial managers.......................................... 58.87 17.3 58.87 17.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 39.04 7.8 39.04 7.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.26 7.3 40.62 13.2 39.91 6.3 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.60 7.8 32.46 8.0 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.58 10.0 32.86 8.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.36 9.3 42.66 9.8 37.72 14.9 Management related............................................ 25.19 4.1 26.33 3.3 21.62 11.3 Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.30 9.5 27.06 8.2 21.06 12.9 Other financial officers.................................... 30.78 9.8 31.10 10.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.74 5.3 31.74 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.03 8.8 – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.53 9.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 19.31 9.0 – – 19.31 9.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.39 6.2 23.39 8.1 23.39 9.4 Sales............................................................. 19.02 10.9 18.97 11.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.66 3.2 21.71 3.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.16 26.2 23.16 26.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.30 7.9 11.30 7.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.01 9.9 13.01 9.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.40 9.3 10.40 9.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.86 2.6 15.92 3.2 15.59 1.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.47 6.0 20.27 6.6 22.19 9.1 Secretaries................................................. 18.15 5.2 18.74 5.8 15.95 5.5 Hotel clerks................................................ 9.94 2.4 9.94 2.4 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.43 2.1 10.44 2.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.82 6.1 14.82 6.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.01 6.5 – – 13.79 8.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.64 5.9 15.13 6.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.27 4.7 13.14 5.3 14.01 6.6 Billing clerks.............................................. 17.94 10.1 17.94 10.1 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.06 15.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.18 23.9 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.43 11.5 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.53 1.0 14.53 1.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.23 4.3 14.23 4.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.71 3.7 14.69 3.8 14.76 9.0 Bank tellers................................................ 10.43 3.0 10.43 3.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.10 1.9 – – 13.30 1.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.42 7.9 15.41 9.8 15.45 11.5 Blue collar......................................................... $17.25 2.3 $17.13 2.7 $18.29 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 2.8 21.75 2.8 20.01 8.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.14 7.2 18.50 8.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.54 6.2 19.91 7.2 – – Electricians................................................ 26.85 6.3 27.61 4.9 – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 17.36 12.5 17.36 12.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.93 7.7 22.82 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.87 3.6 13.87 3.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 20.08 14.9 20.08 14.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 9.59 11.3 9.59 11.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.92 5.9 16.92 5.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 15.77 7.1 18.49 2.9 Truck drivers............................................... 14.68 4.9 14.52 5.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.15 7.7 – – 17.97 5.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.05 4.3 13.03 4.7 13.25 3.7 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.65 7.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.98 6.4 10.60 6.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.12 4.1 14.12 4.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.82 11.5 13.89 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 13.78 6.9 10.65 5.9 19.19 3.5 Protective service............................................ 19.91 5.2 11.03 9.7 22.27 3.7 Firefighting................................................ 20.76 1.3 – – 20.76 1.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.81 3.0 – – 23.08 2.9 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.02 3.5 – – 20.02 3.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 17.59 1.5 – – 17.59 1.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.43 8.7 9.80 7.1 – – Food service.................................................. 10.16 7.6 10.13 7.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.29 8.1 6.29 8.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.11 23.2 5.11 23.2 – – Other food service........................................... 12.18 6.7 12.23 7.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.50 12.4 16.50 12.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.25 1.4 11.24 1.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.44 6.5 10.45 6.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.55 1.6 11.39 1.7 12.73 3.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.93 4.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.43 1.5 11.34 1.6 12.33 3.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.99 9.3 10.27 11.8 12.65 4.0 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.62 16.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.83 13.4 9.83 13.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.90 3.1 10.88 8.0 12.34 2.1 Personal service.............................................. $12.93 11.1 $11.84 13.9 $14.82 21.6 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.12 5.8 10.66 4.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $11.09 3.5 $10.61 3.8 $16.62 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.41 3.7 10.87 4.1 16.78 9.5 White collar........................................................ 15.84 5.4 15.09 6.1 20.97 7.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.82 4.8 19.42 5.8 21.51 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.04 4.9 28.29 5.6 27.23 10.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.85 5.0 30.77 5.5 27.50 9.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.23 2.4 28.90 2.5 36.23 5.2 Registered nurses........................................... 28.10 2.2 28.15 2.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.68 31.0 30.18 25.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.74 8.9 21.01 4.7 27.04 10.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.36 12.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.75 10.6 – – 16.27 10.9 Librarians.................................................. 18.75 10.6 – – 16.27 10.9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.71 2.9 20.89 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.50 3.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.17 3.4 9.12 3.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.78 5.4 8.78 5.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 6.0 9.00 6.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.72 7.0 11.61 8.1 12.34 8.7 Receptionists............................................... 9.13 3.5 9.14 3.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 8.29 6.7 – – 8.29 6.7 General office clerks....................................... 12.66 10.4 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.39 10.0 9.39 10.0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.56 8.5 8.56 8.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.51 11.1 9.27 11.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.79 11.5 8.21 11.7 – – Truck drivers............................................... 9.15 31.6 9.15 31.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.97 14.4 $9.97 14.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.99 2.5 7.99 2.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.18 10.9 10.18 10.9 – – Service............................................................. 7.83 3.6 7.72 4.0 $9.33 5.7 Protective service............................................ 11.30 20.3 11.04 23.2 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.58 26.3 11.58 26.3 – – Food service.................................................. 5.93 6.9 5.79 7.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.84 15.2 3.84 15.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.48 20.1 3.48 20.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.06 8.3 6.06 8.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.09 5.3 7.96 5.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.60 9.5 8.36 11.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.78 6.2 9.77 6.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.67 7.0 9.66 7.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $7.58 2.6 $7.58 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 2.5 7.55 2.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.87 4.2 – – $8.11 7.1 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.53 3.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $875 3.7 39.5 $858 4.9 39.7 $932 1.9 38.9 All excluding sales............................................... 884 3.9 39.5 868 5.2 39.7 932 1.9 38.9 White collar........................................................ 1,018 2.8 39.5 1,018 3.6 39.8 1,021 2.0 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,051 2.7 39.4 1,061 3.6 39.8 1,022 2.1 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,212 3.0 39.2 1,245 4.4 39.9 1,147 1.5 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,265 3.1 39.3 1,307 4.6 40.1 1,186 2.0 37.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,300 5.3 39.9 1,306 6.2 40.0 1,261 6.1 39.4 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,568 3.2 40.0 1,568 3.2 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,356 12.2 39.7 1,356 15.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,354 5.6 39.8 1,355 5.6 39.8 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,370 5.4 39.8 1,371 5.4 39.8 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 845 9.6 40.0 845 9.6 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,133 14.4 43.4 1,208 13.9 44.1 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 705 6.3 38.6 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,180 7.4 39.9 1,200 8.0 40.0 1,050 13.6 39.4 Physicians.................................................. 2,180 20.2 46.3 2,168 21.9 46.8 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,039 2.1 38.7 1,035 2.3 38.6 1,088 4.3 40.0 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 933 2.0 40.0 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,521 6.7 40.2 1,629 18.1 39.7 1,441 .9 40.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,446 1.2 40.0 – – – 1,450 1.8 40.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,205 1.5 36.9 1,023 10.5 39.1 1,230 1.1 36.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,190 2.8 36.8 1,121 1.0 39.4 1,199 3.1 36.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,227 3.4 35.9 1,296 11.2 38.4 1,222 3.5 35.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,344 3.0 36.6 – – – 1,375 1.3 36.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,356 7.4 39.5 – – – 1,419 4.4 40.0 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,046 10.4 37.2 – – – 1,195 6.9 36.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 924 6.3 38.8 933 8.3 38.5 907 9.7 39.4 Librarians.................................................. 923 6.4 38.8 931 8.4 38.5 907 9.7 39.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,088 8.7 42.1 1,112 11.6 42.7 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 824 7.7 39.8 – – – 817 9.3 39.8 Social workers.............................................. 838 7.9 39.8 – – – 822 9.7 39.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ 2,572 5.6 41.5 2,629 3.9 41.5 – – – Lawyers..................................................... 2,629 3.9 41.5 2,629 3.9 41.5 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,202 6.7 39.7 1,213 7.2 39.6 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,105 6.9 39.5 1,105 6.9 39.5 – – – Technical....................................................... 863 6.2 39.2 895 7.3 39.1 752 9.5 39.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 793 12.2 39.8 794 12.2 39.8 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 975 5.7 39.7 975 5.7 39.7 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 730 6.6 38.4 777 8.2 38.1 660 7.3 38.8 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $709 10.5 39.8 $637 5.0 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 994 9.7 40.0 994 9.7 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 752 7.5 39.9 801 11.8 39.8 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,292 4.6 39.8 1,356 5.7 40.0 $1,074 6.2 39.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,500 6.0 40.1 1,574 6.6 40.5 1,238 7.8 38.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,047 3.7 38.6 – – – 1,047 3.7 38.6 Financial managers.......................................... 2,355 17.3 40.0 2,355 17.3 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,586 9.8 40.6 1,586 9.8 40.6 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,576 7.0 39.2 1,601 12.2 39.4 1,553 6.4 38.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,264 7.8 40.0 1,298 8.0 40.0 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 1,237 9.8 39.2 1,288 8.4 39.2 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,733 10.1 40.9 1,750 10.7 41.0 1,487 14.2 39.4 Management related............................................ 991 4.2 39.3 1,033 3.6 39.2 857 11.0 39.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 993 9.2 39.2 1,060 8.0 39.2 830 12.2 39.4 Other financial officers.................................... 1,217 9.6 39.5 1,229 10.1 39.5 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,249 4.9 39.4 1,249 4.9 39.4 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 784 7.5 39.1 – – – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 1,101 9.6 40.0 – – – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 772 9.0 40.0 – – – 772 9.0 40.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 919 6.7 39.3 911 8.8 39.0 936 9.4 40.0 Sales............................................................. 763 11.3 40.1 762 11.5 40.2 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 854 3.2 39.4 858 3.1 39.5 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 964 27.4 41.6 964 27.4 41.6 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 452 7.9 40.0 452 7.9 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 508 9.8 39.0 508 9.8 39.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 416 9.3 40.0 416 9.3 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 623 2.7 39.3 627 3.3 39.4 608 1.9 39.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 812 5.8 39.6 804 6.4 39.7 873 9.1 39.3 Secretaries................................................. 712 5.4 39.2 732 6.1 39.1 635 5.5 39.8 Hotel clerks................................................ 398 2.4 40.0 398 2.4 40.0 – – – Receptionists............................................... 416 2.1 39.8 417 2.3 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 593 6.1 40.0 593 6.1 40.0 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 542 6.3 38.7 – – – 525 7.9 38.1 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 573 5.8 39.1 590 6.6 39.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 522 4.5 39.4 520 4.9 39.6 533 9.3 38.0 Billing clerks.............................................. 708 8.9 39.5 708 8.9 39.5 – – – Telephone operators......................................... 442 15.6 39.9 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 687 23.9 40.0 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 535 11.4 39.8 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... $562 1.1 38.7 $562 1.1 38.7 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 568 4.2 39.9 568 4.2 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 575 3.4 39.1 578 3.8 39.3 $567 8.4 38.4 Bank tellers................................................ 417 3.0 40.0 417 3.0 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 482 1.2 36.8 – – – 487 .7 36.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 609 8.3 39.5 610 10.1 39.6 602 13.6 39.0 Blue collar......................................................... 687 2.4 39.8 683 2.7 39.9 723 4.2 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 868 2.9 40.2 876 2.9 40.2 800 8.1 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 725 7.2 40.0 740 8.8 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 822 6.2 40.0 796 7.2 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,074 6.3 40.0 1,104 4.9 40.0 – – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 694 12.5 40.0 694 12.5 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 962 9.0 41.9 960 9.7 42.1 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 551 3.8 39.7 551 3.8 39.7 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 756 11.9 37.6 756 11.9 37.6 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 382 11.6 39.9 382 11.6 39.9 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 677 5.9 40.0 677 5.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 646 5.4 39.4 622 7.5 39.4 724 3.5 39.2 Truck drivers............................................... 590 4.9 40.2 584 5.2 40.2 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 557 9.2 36.7 – – – 683 5.5 38.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 520 4.4 39.8 519 4.8 39.8 530 3.7 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 458 7.2 39.3 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 431 8.0 39.3 415 8.9 39.1 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 565 4.1 40.0 565 4.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 553 11.5 40.0 556 12.0 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 543 7.3 39.4 414 6.0 38.8 775 3.5 40.4 Protective service............................................ 810 5.2 40.7 432 10.0 39.2 915 3.5 41.1 Firefighting................................................ 935 3.0 45.0 – – – 935 3.0 45.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 921 3.3 40.4 – – – 932 3.2 40.4 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 776 1.8 38.8 – – – 776 1.8 38.8 Correctional institution officers........................... 705 1.4 40.1 – – – 705 1.4 40.1 Guards and police, except public service.................... 416 8.7 39.9 391 7.1 39.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 398 7.4 39.2 397 7.7 39.2 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 243 7.6 38.6 243 7.6 38.6 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 196 22.4 38.4 196 22.4 38.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 481 6.0 39.5 483 6.3 39.5 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... $666 11.7 40.4 $666 11.7 40.4 – – – Cooks....................................................... 437 2.7 38.8 435 2.9 38.7 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 416 6.7 39.9 417 6.9 39.9 – – – Health service................................................ 453 1.7 39.2 447 1.7 39.3 $491 3.1 38.6 Health aides, except nursing................................ 468 4.0 39.2 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 448 1.7 39.2 443 1.7 39.1 490 3.7 39.7 Cleaning and building service................................. 429 9.6 39.0 397 11.6 38.6 505 4.1 40.0 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 585 16.5 40.0 – – – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 377 12.4 38.4 377 12.4 38.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 472 3.5 39.7 425 9.1 39.1 493 2.2 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 475 9.9 36.8 434 8.0 36.6 548 26.1 37.0 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 433 7.2 39.0 416 6.0 39.0 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $44,237 3.7 1,998 $44,243 4.9 2,047 $44,219 1.9 1,848 All excluding sales............................................... 44,580 3.9 1,992 44,709 5.2 2,043 44,221 1.9 1,848 White collar........................................................ 51,146 2.8 1,982 52,575 3.6 2,058 47,080 2.0 1,767 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,544 2.7 1,969 54,770 3.6 2,052 47,099 2.1 1,766 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 58,694 3.0 1,900 63,743 4.4 2,046 50,024 1.5 1,650 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,611 3.1 1,881 66,762 4.6 2,048 50,905 2.0 1,618 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 67,604 5.3 2,076 67,918 6.2 2,080 65,597 6.1 2,048 Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 81,526 3.2 2,080 81,526 3.2 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 70,532 12.2 2,062 70,509 15.6 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 70,382 5.6 2,072 70,436 5.6 2,072 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 71,254 5.4 2,072 71,314 5.4 2,072 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 43,927 9.6 2,080 43,927 9.6 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 58,931 14.4 2,255 62,805 13.9 2,293 – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 36,679 6.3 2,006 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 60,921 7.4 2,060 62,322 8.0 2,075 52,436 13.6 1,967 Physicians.................................................. 113,356 20.2 2,406 112,722 21.9 2,433 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 54,005 2.1 2,012 53,806 2.3 2,007 56,595 4.3 2,080 Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 48,522 2.0 2,080 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 64,395 6.7 1,700 72,334 18.1 1,763 58,976 .9 1,657 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 63,169 1.2 1,748 – – – 59,774 1.8 1,649 Teachers, except college and university....................... 49,386 1.5 1,511 43,795 10.5 1,672 50,102 1.1 1,490 Elementary school teachers.................................. 47,492 2.8 1,470 46,674 1.0 1,638 47,591 3.1 1,450 Secondary school teachers................................... 49,296 3.4 1,442 48,069 11.2 1,423 49,393 3.5 1,443 Teachers, special education................................. 53,567 3.0 1,459 – – – 54,852 1.3 1,456 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 61,255 7.4 1,784 – – – 63,026 4.4 1,776 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 49,539 10.4 1,762 – – – 54,750 6.9 1,655 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 46,610 6.3 1,957 46,313 8.3 1,911 47,186 9.7 2,047 Librarians.................................................. 46,520 6.4 1,957 46,175 8.4 1,910 47,186 9.7 2,047 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 56,568 8.7 2,188 57,821 11.6 2,219 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 42,805 7.7 2,067 – – – 42,481 9.3 2,070 Social workers.............................................. 43,559 7.9 2,069 – – – 42,758 9.7 2,069 Lawyers and judges............................................ 133,741 5.6 2,155 136,710 3.9 2,160 – – – Lawyers..................................................... 136,710 3.9 2,160 136,710 3.9 2,160 – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 62,487 6.7 2,062 63,089 7.2 2,061 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 57,471 6.9 2,053 57,471 6.9 2,053 – – – Technical....................................................... 44,883 6.2 2,037 46,563 7.3 2,033 39,109 9.5 2,051 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 41,236 12.2 2,069 41,283 12.2 2,069 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 50,680 5.7 2,062 50,680 5.7 2,062 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 37,946 6.6 1,996 40,387 8.2 1,981 34,299 7.3 2,017 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. $36,883 10.5 2,071 $33,144 5.0 2,073 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 51,696 9.7 2,080 51,696 9.7 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 39,092 7.5 2,076 41,627 11.8 2,072 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 66,847 4.6 2,060 70,299 5.7 2,073 $55,300 6.2 2,017 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 77,345 6.0 2,070 81,394 6.6 2,095 63,227 7.8 1,984 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 54,441 3.7 2,007 – – – 54,441 3.7 2,007 Financial managers.......................................... 122,451 17.3 2,080 122,451 17.3 2,080 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 82,468 9.8 2,112 82,468 9.8 2,112 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 78,042 7.0 1,939 80,184 12.2 1,974 76,020 6.4 1,905 Managers, medicine and health............................... 65,734 7.8 2,080 67,521 8.0 2,080 – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 64,328 9.8 2,037 66,999 8.4 2,039 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 89,516 10.1 2,113 90,403 10.7 2,119 76,614 14.2 2,031 Management related............................................ 51,523 4.2 2,046 53,722 3.6 2,041 44,580 11.0 2,062 Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,630 9.2 2,040 55,129 8.0 2,037 43,138 12.2 2,048 Other financial officers.................................... 63,270 9.6 2,055 63,894 10.1 2,054 – – – Management analysts......................................... 64,972 4.9 2,047 64,972 4.9 2,047 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 40,743 7.5 2,035 – – – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 57,271 9.6 2,080 – – – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 40,167 9.0 2,080 – – – 40,167 9.0 2,080 Management related, n.e.c................................... 47,777 6.7 2,043 47,391 8.8 2,026 48,654 9.4 2,080 Sales............................................................. 39,653 11.3 2,085 39,599 11.5 2,088 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 44,386 3.2 2,049 44,616 3.1 2,055 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 50,109 27.4 2,163 50,109 27.4 2,163 – – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 23,505 7.9 2,080 23,505 7.9 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 26,391 9.8 2,028 26,391 9.8 2,028 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 21,633 9.3 2,080 21,633 9.3 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,223 2.7 2,032 32,602 3.3 2,048 30,621 1.9 1,964 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,204 5.8 2,061 41,819 6.4 2,063 45,382 9.1 2,045 Secretaries................................................. 37,003 5.4 2,039 38,049 6.1 2,031 33,005 5.5 2,069 Hotel clerks................................................ 20,683 2.4 2,080 20,683 2.4 2,080 – – – Receptionists............................................... 21,612 2.1 2,072 21,705 2.3 2,080 – – – Order clerks................................................ 30,817 6.1 2,080 30,817 6.1 2,080 – – – Library clerks.............................................. 28,163 6.3 2,010 – – – 27,325 7.9 1,981 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 29,787 5.8 2,034 30,695 6.6 2,028 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,122 4.5 2,044 27,059 4.9 2,060 27,457 9.3 1,960 Billing clerks.............................................. 36,817 8.9 2,053 36,817 8.9 2,053 – – – Telephone operators......................................... 22,959 15.6 2,076 – – – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 35,727 23.9 2,080 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 27,804 11.4 2,070 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... $29,222 1.1 2,011 $29,222 1.1 2,011 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 29,558 4.2 2,077 29,558 4.2 2,077 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,883 3.4 2,031 30,044 3.8 2,045 $29,481 8.4 1,998 Bank tellers................................................ 21,698 3.0 2,080 21,698 3.0 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 19,356 1.2 1,478 – – – 19,304 .7 1,451 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,652 8.3 2,053 31,744 10.1 2,060 31,306 13.6 2,026 Blue collar......................................................... 35,433 2.4 2,054 35,352 2.7 2,064 36,080 4.2 1,973 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 45,147 2.9 2,091 45,528 2.9 2,093 41,533 8.1 2,076 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 37,722 7.2 2,080 38,477 8.8 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,721 6.2 2,080 41,407 7.2 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 55,838 6.3 2,080 57,428 4.9 2,080 – – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 36,102 12.5 2,080 36,102 12.5 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 50,021 9.0 2,181 49,913 9.7 2,188 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,634 3.8 2,064 28,634 3.8 2,064 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 39,315 11.9 1,958 39,315 11.9 1,958 – – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 19,874 11.6 2,072 19,874 11.6 2,072 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 35,201 5.9 2,080 35,201 5.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,907 5.4 2,004 32,218 7.5 2,043 34,949 3.5 1,890 Truck drivers............................................... 30,517 4.9 2,079 30,202 5.2 2,079 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 26,114 9.2 1,724 – – – 29,332 5.5 1,632 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,538 4.4 2,034 26,454 4.8 2,030 27,568 3.7 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 22,107 7.2 1,898 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 22,414 8.0 2,041 21,555 8.9 2,034 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 29,367 4.1 2,080 29,367 4.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,480 11.5 1,988 27,579 12.0 1,986 – – – Service............................................................. 27,483 7.3 1,995 20,998 6.0 1,972 39,070 3.5 2,036 Protective service............................................ 40,046 5.2 2,012 18,151 10.0 1,646 47,598 3.5 2,138 Firefighting................................................ 48,600 3.0 2,341 – – – 48,600 3.0 2,341 Police and detectives, public service....................... 47,879 3.3 2,099 – – – 48,469 3.2 2,100 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 40,367 1.8 2,016 – – – 40,367 1.8 2,016 Correctional institution officers........................... 36,637 1.4 2,083 – – – 36,637 1.4 2,083 Guards and police, except public service.................... 21,652 8.7 2,077 20,339 7.1 2,076 – – – Food service.................................................. 20,630 7.4 2,030 20,635 7.7 2,037 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,634 7.6 2,008 12,634 7.6 2,008 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 10,212 22.4 1,997 10,212 22.4 1,997 – – – Other food service........................................... 24,872 6.0 2,042 25,114 6.3 2,054 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... $34,631 11.7 2,098 $34,631 11.7 2,098 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,396 2.7 1,990 22,639 2.9 2,013 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 21,653 6.7 2,074 21,663 6.9 2,073 – – – Health service................................................ 23,509 1.7 2,036 23,256 1.7 2,042 $25,349 3.1 1,992 Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,202 4.0 2,028 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,271 1.7 2,036 23,059 1.7 2,034 25,458 3.7 2,065 Cleaning and building service................................. 22,244 9.6 2,024 20,586 11.6 2,004 26,216 4.1 2,072 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 30,402 16.5 2,080 – – – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 19,618 12.4 1,996 19,618 12.4 1,996 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,415 3.5 2,053 21,869 9.1 2,010 25,559 2.2 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 21,930 9.9 1,697 22,548 8.0 1,904 21,119 26.1 1,425 Service, n.e.c.............................................. 22,085 7.2 1,987 21,652 6.0 2,030 – – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $20.91 3.2 $20.18 4.1 $23.61 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 21.24 3.3 20.53 4.3 23.63 2.2 White collar........................................................ 25.12 2.6 24.74 3.4 26.43 2.1 1....................................................... 8.72 4.5 8.78 4.6 6.83 2.0 2....................................................... 10.91 6.1 10.71 6.2 15.23 7.0 3....................................................... 12.03 2.6 11.94 2.9 13.08 3.5 4....................................................... 13.79 2.0 13.56 2.2 15.10 4.3 5....................................................... 17.82 4.9 18.44 5.8 15.62 4.5 6....................................................... 18.17 4.3 18.31 5.1 17.60 4.3 7....................................................... 23.75 3.3 24.30 3.9 21.77 3.1 8....................................................... 26.34 2.9 25.77 2.5 27.56 7.1 9....................................................... 29.88 2.0 28.27 3.0 32.30 1.4 10........................................................ 30.44 4.9 30.58 6.0 29.82 4.8 11........................................................ 36.52 3.7 39.92 4.8 29.90 2.6 12........................................................ 47.65 6.9 49.10 6.9 34.64 11.7 13........................................................ 52.01 5.5 57.13 5.9 38.68 7.3 14........................................................ 46.16 15.7 62.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.18 5.8 24.82 6.5 28.46 5.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.34 2.4 26.29 3.2 26.48 2.2 1....................................................... 9.80 9.2 10.09 9.6 6.83 2.0 2....................................................... 11.73 6.5 11.50 6.8 15.23 7.0 3....................................................... 12.73 3.2 12.68 3.6 13.24 3.7 4....................................................... 14.67 2.2 14.53 2.5 15.10 4.3 5....................................................... 17.18 3.3 17.67 3.9 15.62 4.5 6....................................................... 17.91 4.9 18.00 6.2 17.60 4.3 7....................................................... 23.33 3.2 23.80 3.9 21.77 3.1 8....................................................... 26.57 3.2 26.02 2.7 27.63 7.1 9....................................................... 29.99 1.9 28.39 2.9 32.30 1.4 10........................................................ 29.71 5.0 29.68 6.2 29.82 4.8 11........................................................ 35.59 2.9 38.55 4.2 30.11 2.3 12........................................................ 47.65 6.9 49.10 6.9 34.64 11.7 13........................................................ 52.01 5.5 57.13 5.9 38.68 7.3 14........................................................ 46.16 15.7 62.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.18 4.4 25.90 5.0 28.46 5.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.75 2.5 31.00 3.6 30.21 1.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.11 2.6 32.51 3.8 31.32 2.0 5....................................................... 19.71 13.5 19.80 14.0 17.75 29.4 6....................................................... 18.10 5.0 18.00 5.5 18.32 9.8 7....................................................... 25.92 4.9 26.11 5.5 25.35 9.7 8....................................................... 28.07 4.5 26.60 2.8 30.85 10.0 9....................................................... 31.41 1.9 29.19 3.7 33.77 1.1 10........................................................ 29.22 8.1 28.09 10.7 32.77 4.7 11........................................................ 34.64 3.6 38.22 4.3 28.84 4.8 12........................................................ 48.71 8.7 50.73 8.8 32.45 16.3 13........................................................ $49.08 5.9 $53.85 7.6 $38.94 1.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.45 4.3 31.15 4.8 27.47 6.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.37 5.1 32.65 6.2 30.68 6.8 9....................................................... 27.76 8.3 27.76 8.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.82 1.6 36.31 1.8 – – 12........................................................ 41.10 13.9 45.57 9.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.20 3.2 39.20 3.2 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 33.50 7.7 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.20 12.5 33.90 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 34.09 5.1 34.11 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 26.00 7.0 26.00 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.76 6.8 25.76 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 31.91 5.0 31.91 5.0 – – 10........................................................ 32.77 6.9 32.77 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.24 5.1 38.24 5.1 – – 12........................................................ 52.17 12.9 52.17 12.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.87 6.0 32.87 6.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.59 4.7 34.62 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 26.00 7.0 26.00 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.76 6.8 25.76 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.29 4.7 32.29 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 33.41 6.4 33.41 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.38 5.2 38.38 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 52.17 12.9 52.17 12.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.87 6.0 32.87 6.0 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 22.83 6.0 22.83 6.0 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.13 8.2 27.39 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 21.50 15.7 – – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 18.28 9.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.53 6.9 29.88 7.4 27.10 13.6 7....................................................... 23.53 6.2 24.84 4.8 20.14 12.4 8....................................................... 26.51 1.9 26.44 1.7 27.53 13.5 9....................................................... 29.66 3.8 29.44 3.7 – – 10........................................................ 20.43 25.0 17.02 26.0 – – 11........................................................ 31.55 2.4 31.08 2.4 – – 12........................................................ 74.35 29.6 75.43 32.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.58 7.8 28.41 7.9 – – Physicians.................................................. 47.18 30.1 46.34 32.5 – – 12........................................................ 75.48 30.1 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.05 1.4 27.05 1.5 27.10 4.4 7....................................................... 24.92 4.8 25.02 5.1 – – 8....................................................... 26.98 .9 26.99 .9 – – 9....................................................... 28.94 4.8 29.08 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 31.09 2.3 31.08 2.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.28 8.1 25.28 8.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 23.38 7.6 23.38 7.6 – – Speech therapists........................................... $31.30 12.1 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 23.28 1.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.82 2.4 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.86 7.7 $40.51 20.3 $35.94 2.7 10........................................................ 32.78 3.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.66 6.2 – – 30.21 6.2 13........................................................ 41.23 5.0 48.74 21.9 38.71 1.4 Social science teachers, n.e.c.............................. 42.48 9.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 35.52 2.5 – – 35.39 3.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.43 1.7 25.88 9.4 33.39 1.1 6....................................................... 14.81 3.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 32.76 8.2 – – 33.49 8.4 8....................................................... 32.84 7.3 26.24 12.4 33.81 6.5 9....................................................... 33.60 1.5 28.39 5.1 34.48 1.2 11........................................................ 30.67 1.9 – – 30.67 1.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 25.99 14.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.30 3.0 28.49 2.7 32.83 3.0 8....................................................... 33.17 3.5 – – 32.83 3.6 9....................................................... 32.80 3.9 28.11 .0 33.64 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.18 2.9 33.90 6.4 34.20 3.1 8....................................................... 34.35 12.3 – – 34.35 12.4 9....................................................... 35.34 .4 33.89 6.7 35.51 .2 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 2.6 – – 37.67 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 31.93 7.2 22.95 11.4 33.64 4.5 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 27.98 11.6 – – 32.81 7.0 9....................................................... 31.55 13.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.63 6.2 24.18 8.3 22.66 9.9 9....................................................... 23.79 4.7 – – 21.93 10.5 Librarians.................................................. 23.59 6.2 24.13 8.3 22.66 9.9 9....................................................... 23.79 4.7 – – 21.93 10.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.89 12.0 26.11 15.2 – – Psychologists............................................... 28.27 13.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.47 8.1 – – 20.38 9.8 7....................................................... 18.38 5.9 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 21.12 7.4 – – 20.77 9.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ 62.44 3.8 63.65 2.5 – – Lawyers..................................................... 63.65 2.5 63.65 2.5 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.28 6.2 30.59 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 28.28 7.4 28.28 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.44 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 3.3 30.33 3.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 27.99 6.7 27.99 6.7 – – Technical....................................................... 21.94 6.1 22.72 7.3 19.02 7.7 4....................................................... 16.32 5.3 15.38 4.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.83 5.6 17.53 4.8 – – 6....................................................... $18.45 9.5 $18.63 10.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.39 5.3 23.70 4.1 – – 8....................................................... 20.69 5.6 20.68 5.9 $20.70 9.5 9....................................................... 24.32 9.3 27.10 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.08 16.3 29.08 16.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.25 11.6 20.27 11.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.46 5.0 24.46 5.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.33 4.7 20.42 4.5 17.03 5.4 5....................................................... 19.92 10.0 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 7.6 16.27 4.7 – – 5....................................................... 18.77 14.3 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.85 9.7 24.85 9.7 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 18.74 7.4 20.09 11.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.32 4.5 33.74 5.6 27.42 5.9 5....................................................... 16.33 6.7 17.46 8.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.53 5.1 17.26 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 6.8 21.88 7.7 21.31 5.1 8....................................................... 25.81 8.6 27.83 9.1 21.68 14.8 9....................................................... 25.89 4.4 26.90 5.1 21.87 11.1 10........................................................ 30.50 3.2 32.04 2.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.73 6.5 36.95 7.2 32.93 12.0 12........................................................ 45.34 6.5 45.69 6.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.18 8.4 61.20 7.3 – – 14........................................................ 44.92 16.9 63.25 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.50 11.0 30.40 12.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.16 5.9 38.61 6.5 31.83 7.7 7....................................................... 18.96 11.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.09 11.8 28.80 12.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.50 7.4 26.93 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 31.06 1.9 31.33 1.6 – – 11........................................................ 37.09 6.9 40.30 4.4 32.93 12.5 12........................................................ 44.85 7.8 45.21 8.4 – – 13........................................................ 56.10 8.6 61.21 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 44.92 16.9 63.25 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.77 17.1 34.16 18.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.17 3.3 – – 27.17 3.3 Financial managers.......................................... 58.87 17.3 58.87 17.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 39.04 7.8 39.04 7.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.26 7.3 40.62 13.2 39.91 6.3 11........................................................ 37.30 5.1 – – 39.13 5.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.61 7.5 32.44 7.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.90 4.9 34.90 4.9 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.58 10.0 32.86 8.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.36 9.3 42.66 9.8 37.72 14.9 11........................................................ 48.11 5.2 50.19 6.6 – – 12........................................................ $46.49 9.9 $46.49 10.3 – – 13........................................................ 60.39 9.0 60.39 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.06 29.0 27.06 29.0 – – Management related............................................ 25.13 4.2 26.24 3.4 $21.62 11.3 5....................................................... 15.79 5.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.08 3.0 16.71 1.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.84 6.0 23.10 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.52 10.2 25.80 9.8 21.79 15.4 9....................................................... 25.26 6.6 26.86 6.5 22.13 11.9 10........................................................ 28.98 10.0 35.68 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 32.92 11.2 32.92 11.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.87 7.9 24.55 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 25.30 9.5 27.06 8.2 21.06 12.9 9....................................................... 24.72 11.8 22.73 10.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.78 9.8 31.10 10.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.74 5.3 31.74 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.03 8.8 – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.53 9.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 19.31 9.0 – – 19.31 9.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.18 6.0 23.08 7.7 23.39 9.4 8....................................................... 23.07 15.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.65 14.7 30.22 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 17.09 10.5 17.05 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.82 5.8 8.82 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.55 5.0 10.53 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.28 2.7 12.28 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 25.14 28.8 25.14 28.8 – – 6....................................................... 19.75 4.6 19.75 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.02 7.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.64 26.0 15.64 26.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.66 3.2 21.71 3.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.16 26.2 23.16 26.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.71 9.5 11.71 9.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 5.4 11.04 5.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.88 6.9 9.86 7.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.11 3.0 8.11 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.60 7.9 9.47 8.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.54 2.7 15.57 3.3 15.38 1.7 1....................................................... 9.80 9.2 10.09 9.6 6.83 2.0 2....................................................... 11.73 6.5 11.50 6.8 15.23 7.0 3....................................................... 12.75 3.2 12.69 3.6 13.24 3.7 4....................................................... 14.49 2.2 14.46 2.8 14.60 2.8 5....................................................... 16.50 2.5 17.05 3.1 15.09 2.5 6....................................................... 17.82 8.0 18.06 10.6 17.22 5.7 7....................................................... $20.52 5.7 $21.60 6.3 $17.34 3.6 8....................................................... 23.22 5.7 23.33 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 7.7 26.21 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.04 4.9 15.04 4.9 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.45 6.0 20.27 6.6 21.91 10.0 Secretaries................................................. 18.13 5.0 18.69 5.6 15.95 5.5 3....................................................... 14.20 4.7 14.21 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.53 3.5 16.31 4.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.79 5.7 18.31 4.5 14.24 4.4 6....................................................... 19.58 13.9 19.98 19.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.80 6.7 22.56 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.72 5.3 17.72 5.3 – – Interviewers................................................ 13.94 5.7 13.94 5.7 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.67 2.3 9.67 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.84 5.3 9.84 5.3 – – Transportation ticket and reservation agents................ 18.64 2.7 18.64 2.7 – – Receptionists............................................... 9.98 3.3 9.97 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 6.1 9.89 6.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.92 9.7 13.92 9.7 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.40 6.9 – – 10.78 8.6 1....................................................... 6.80 2.1 – – 6.80 2.1 2....................................................... 12.16 5.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.24 11.5 – – 14.24 11.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.63 5.7 15.13 6.7 12.83 4.8 4....................................................... 12.89 9.8 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.12 5.1 12.97 5.7 14.01 6.6 4....................................................... 12.72 7.2 12.77 8.9 – – 6....................................................... 13.74 7.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 17.94 10.1 17.94 10.1 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.06 15.6 10.57 17.1 – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.18 23.9 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.43 11.5 – – – – Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c.................................................... 12.57 9.6 12.57 9.6 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.53 1.0 14.53 1.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.32 4.5 14.32 4.5 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.62 3.5 14.58 3.7 14.70 8.1 2....................................................... 16.43 6.3 16.23 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.80 6.9 12.59 11.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.55 3.2 15.17 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.06 7.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.14 9.5 13.14 9.5 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.24 1.0 10.24 1.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.34 .9 10.34 .9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.39 4.8 12.39 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.32 4.5 12.32 4.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. $13.74 1.5 – – $13.94 0.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.63 8.9 $14.45 10.7 15.45 11.5 4....................................................... 11.20 13.8 9.88 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 20.67 5.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.59 2.5 16.39 2.8 18.31 4.0 1....................................................... 10.29 8.2 10.25 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.77 4.7 11.71 5.1 12.50 7.8 3....................................................... 11.84 5.2 11.78 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.72 6.3 15.80 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.47 5.5 16.46 6.1 16.52 2.1 6....................................................... 19.09 2.8 19.45 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.03 3.8 22.41 4.1 20.63 7.0 9....................................................... 28.01 3.4 29.06 2.2 24.25 7.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.64 14.2 18.93 14.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 2.8 21.75 2.8 20.01 8.1 4....................................................... 14.87 9.8 14.87 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.11 10.4 18.33 10.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.00 2.6 20.97 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.39 4.2 22.82 4.3 20.35 11.5 9....................................................... 28.53 3.7 29.37 2.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.14 7.2 18.50 8.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.54 6.2 19.91 7.2 – – Electricians................................................ 26.85 6.3 27.61 4.9 – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 17.36 12.5 17.36 12.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.93 7.7 22.82 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.77 3.6 13.77 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.76 13.7 9.76 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.10 2.3 10.10 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.97 4.1 12.97 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.81 8.9 14.81 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.67 6.7 14.67 6.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.94 7.4 15.94 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.73 9.4 21.73 9.4 – – Printing press operators.................................... 19.85 14.1 20.08 14.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 9.56 11.0 9.56 11.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.50 17.8 9.50 17.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.92 5.9 16.92 5.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 10.27 5.6 10.27 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.42 5.7 14.57 7.7 18.57 2.9 2....................................................... 9.44 16.0 8.22 16.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 19.3 10.43 21.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.28 10.5 16.32 11.2 – – 5....................................................... $16.48 3.4 $16.36 4.4 $16.89 3.7 6....................................................... 16.03 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.89 4.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.17 22.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.85 8.6 13.66 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 13.84 6.2 13.84 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.01 3.0 16.97 3.6 – – Driver-sales workers........................................ 11.89 40.5 11.89 40.5 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.27 7.6 – – 18.20 6.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.37 4.5 12.32 4.8 13.25 3.7 1....................................................... 10.89 10.9 10.88 11.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.28 11.0 12.42 12.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.59 4.3 11.59 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.83 5.4 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.65 7.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 4.5 9.32 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.61 5.4 9.61 5.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.28 3.8 13.28 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 11.86 10.4 11.86 10.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.00 13.2 10.00 13.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.82 11.5 13.89 11.9 – – 1....................................................... 14.18 6.1 14.39 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 12.17 3.9 9.62 2.6 18.60 2.4 1....................................................... 8.27 6.5 8.09 6.5 11.21 3.8 2....................................................... 9.34 4.1 9.04 4.7 12.23 12.4 3....................................................... 9.43 2.6 8.58 4.6 12.14 2.2 4....................................................... 12.12 3.8 11.55 4.0 14.13 5.9 5....................................................... 16.21 4.3 14.79 8.9 17.39 2.5 6....................................................... 17.18 6.8 15.68 13.4 18.27 2.8 7....................................................... 22.32 3.2 – – 22.65 2.5 8....................................................... 18.81 3.5 – – 20.17 6.3 9....................................................... 24.22 12.3 – – 24.43 14.2 Protective service............................................ 18.99 6.4 11.03 11.8 22.12 3.3 3....................................................... 9.27 6.6 9.25 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 18.62 16.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.49 4.8 – – 17.30 3.7 6....................................................... 18.62 5.1 – – 19.27 2.8 7....................................................... 22.91 2.2 – – 22.92 2.2 8....................................................... 20.10 6.0 – – 20.17 6.3 9....................................................... 24.43 14.2 – – 24.43 14.2 Firefighting................................................ 20.59 1.1 – – 20.59 1.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.74 3.2 – – 23.01 3.0 7....................................................... 24.12 2.8 – – 24.12 2.8 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.18 3.1 – – 20.18 3.1 Correctional institution officers........................... $17.59 1.5 – – $17.59 1.5 5....................................................... 17.25 .9 – – 17.25 .9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.81 12.7 $10.46 13.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.33 7.8 9.33 7.8 – – Food service.................................................. 8.83 5.6 8.77 5.9 10.81 1.4 1....................................................... 7.32 16.6 7.29 16.8 – – 2....................................................... 7.78 13.7 7.77 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 6.46 11.2 6.25 12.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.06 5.4 10.98 6.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.30 10.7 5.30 10.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.26 13.0 6.26 13.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.65 25.3 6.65 25.3 – – 3....................................................... 2.95 16.2 2.95 16.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.39 24.0 4.39 24.0 – – 1....................................................... 5.33 24.0 5.33 24.0 – – 2....................................................... 5.72 23.4 5.72 23.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.28 7.4 8.28 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.62 16.0 7.62 16.0 – – Other food service........................................... 11.14 5.3 11.15 5.6 10.81 1.4 1....................................................... 8.83 16.7 8.79 17.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.71 11.4 8.71 11.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.14 3.0 10.10 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.4 11.21 5.1 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.03 10.0 16.03 10.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.92 1.5 10.89 1.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.75 6.5 10.78 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.4 11.21 5.1 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 8.00 23.0 8.00 23.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.61 31.3 8.61 31.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.76 6.1 9.74 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.38 7.5 9.34 7.9 – – Health service................................................ 11.22 2.0 11.06 2.1 12.70 3.1 2....................................................... 10.60 1.8 10.60 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.41 4.2 10.87 3.0 12.49 2.3 4....................................................... 11.52 2.4 11.47 2.2 – – 5....................................................... 11.77 5.6 11.77 5.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.94 4.9 11.50 4.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.05 1.9 10.95 2.0 12.29 3.1 2....................................................... 10.48 1.4 10.47 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.20 4.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.34 2.4 11.28 2.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.66 5.1 8.99 5.7 12.64 4.0 1....................................................... 8.37 3.4 8.21 3.1 11.63 .9 2....................................................... 11.58 10.1 10.99 15.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.63 3.9 – – 12.83 2.7 4....................................................... 12.33 5.9 – – – – Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... $14.62 16.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.83 13.2 $9.83 13.2 – – 1....................................................... 9.19 12.0 9.19 12.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.24 3.3 8.09 3.6 $12.33 2.1 1....................................................... 7.95 3.3 7.67 2.5 11.63 .9 2....................................................... 11.53 10.9 10.82 17.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.49 2.7 – – 12.83 2.7 Personal service.............................................. 11.44 6.1 10.90 7.7 12.39 12.4 1....................................................... 9.16 8.4 – – 10.97 9.2 2....................................................... 11.03 11.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.96 13.4 – – 11.01 13.7 4....................................................... 11.02 2.3 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.53 3.6 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 11.13 3.6 11.19 3.9 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 10.70 5.4 10.61 4.2 – – 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 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $22.14 3.6 $21.61 4.6 $23.93 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.38 3.7 21.88 4.9 23.93 2.2 White collar........................................................ 25.81 2.6 25.55 3.4 26.65 2.0 1....................................................... 9.85 6.5 9.85 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.87 6.3 11.69 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.25 2.8 12.16 3.1 13.51 5.2 4....................................................... 14.19 2.1 13.97 2.4 15.34 3.8 5....................................................... 17.88 5.1 18.54 5.9 15.62 5.2 6....................................................... 18.27 4.2 18.37 5.0 17.84 4.9 7....................................................... 23.80 3.4 24.33 4.1 21.91 3.2 8....................................................... 26.33 3.1 25.81 2.7 27.41 7.2 9....................................................... 29.88 2.1 28.20 3.2 32.34 1.4 10........................................................ 30.37 5.1 30.50 6.2 29.82 4.8 11........................................................ 36.59 3.7 39.97 4.9 29.99 2.9 12........................................................ 47.67 6.9 49.14 6.9 34.16 11.6 13........................................................ 51.86 5.6 57.12 5.9 37.91 7.8 14........................................................ 46.16 15.7 62.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.12 5.9 24.73 6.5 28.91 8.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.68 2.5 26.69 3.3 26.67 2.1 1....................................................... 10.97 7.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.02 6.4 11.83 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.14 2.9 13.10 3.3 13.51 5.2 4....................................................... 14.87 2.0 14.72 2.3 15.34 3.8 5....................................................... 17.10 3.6 17.57 4.2 15.62 5.2 6....................................................... 18.02 4.9 18.07 6.1 17.84 4.9 7....................................................... 23.37 3.3 23.82 4.0 21.91 3.2 8....................................................... 26.58 3.3 26.08 3.0 27.48 7.2 9....................................................... 30.00 2.0 28.33 3.2 32.34 1.4 10........................................................ 29.61 5.1 29.55 6.4 29.82 4.8 11........................................................ 35.66 3.0 38.60 4.2 30.20 2.6 12........................................................ 47.67 6.9 49.14 6.9 34.16 11.6 13........................................................ 51.86 5.6 57.12 5.9 37.91 7.8 14........................................................ 46.16 15.7 62.61 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.94 4.5 25.61 5.0 28.91 8.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.89 2.7 31.15 3.9 30.32 1.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.22 2.8 32.59 4.1 31.47 2.1 5....................................................... 19.89 13.6 19.81 14.0 – – 6....................................................... 18.41 5.1 18.00 5.5 19.43 12.2 7....................................................... 26.15 5.1 26.28 5.8 25.76 10.6 8....................................................... 28.08 4.9 26.57 3.2 30.74 10.2 9....................................................... 31.49 2.0 29.18 4.0 33.87 1.3 10........................................................ 29.02 8.7 27.74 11.7 32.77 4.7 11........................................................ 34.75 3.8 38.30 4.3 28.97 5.2 12........................................................ 48.75 8.7 50.79 8.8 31.73 16.5 13........................................................ $48.79 5.8 $53.81 7.5 $37.79 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.74 5.3 30.13 5.9 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.57 5.4 32.65 6.2 32.03 6.8 9....................................................... 27.76 8.3 27.76 8.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.82 1.6 36.31 1.8 – – 12........................................................ 41.10 13.9 45.57 9.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.20 3.2 39.20 3.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 34.20 12.5 33.90 15.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.97 5.6 34.00 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 26.00 7.0 26.00 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.76 6.8 25.76 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.14 4.6 32.14 4.6 – – 10........................................................ 32.77 6.9 32.77 6.9 – – 11........................................................ 38.24 5.1 38.24 5.1 – – 12........................................................ 52.17 12.9 52.17 12.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.38 5.6 30.38 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 34.39 5.4 34.42 5.4 – – 7....................................................... 26.00 7.0 26.00 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 25.76 6.8 25.76 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 32.29 4.7 32.29 4.7 – – 10........................................................ 33.41 6.4 33.41 6.4 – – 11........................................................ 38.38 5.2 38.38 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 52.17 12.9 52.17 12.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.38 5.6 30.38 5.6 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 21.12 9.6 21.12 9.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.13 8.2 27.39 7.3 – – 9....................................................... 21.50 15.7 – – – – Medical scientists.......................................... 18.28 9.1 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.58 7.9 30.03 8.7 26.66 14.2 7....................................................... 23.32 6.6 24.63 5.5 20.12 12.6 8....................................................... 26.24 1.3 26.39 1.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.47 5.2 29.17 5.4 – – 10........................................................ 17.77 31.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 31.97 1.8 – – – – 12........................................................ 75.76 30.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.53 8.5 28.53 8.5 – – Physicians.................................................. 47.11 30.3 46.34 32.5 – – 12........................................................ 75.76 30.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.84 1.9 26.81 2.0 27.21 4.3 7....................................................... 24.66 5.5 24.75 5.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.14 1.5 27.15 1.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.84 5.8 29.01 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 31.45 1.5 – – – – Therapists, n.e.c........................................... 23.33 2.0 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.87 7.2 41.03 19.7 35.58 .8 11........................................................ 31.40 5.0 – – – – 13........................................................ $40.29 4.5 $48.42 21.6 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 36.14 1.2 – – $36.24 1.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.68 1.8 26.20 9.7 33.61 1.1 7....................................................... 34.48 7.2 – – 34.97 7.3 8....................................................... 32.88 7.4 – – 33.89 6.4 9....................................................... 33.65 1.6 28.55 5.0 34.49 1.3 11........................................................ 30.67 1.9 – – 30.67 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.30 3.0 28.49 2.7 32.82 3.0 8....................................................... 33.14 3.7 – – 32.79 3.9 9....................................................... 32.80 3.9 28.11 .0 33.64 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 34.19 2.8 33.77 6.6 34.22 3.0 8....................................................... 34.75 12.1 – – 34.75 12.1 9....................................................... 35.35 .3 33.77 6.6 35.55 .2 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 2.6 – – 37.67 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 34.34 6.3 – – 35.49 4.4 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 28.11 11.8 – – 33.08 7.2 9....................................................... 31.55 13.8 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.81 6.5 24.23 8.5 23.06 10.2 9....................................................... – – – – 23.43 9.0 Librarians.................................................. 23.78 6.5 24.17 8.6 23.06 10.2 9....................................................... – – – – 23.43 9.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 25.85 12.0 26.06 15.2 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.71 7.4 – – 20.52 8.8 Social workers.............................................. 21.05 7.5 – – 20.67 9.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ 62.05 4.5 63.30 2.9 – – Lawyers..................................................... 63.30 2.9 63.30 2.9 – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.31 6.3 30.62 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 28.28 7.4 28.28 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.44 8.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.61 3.3 30.33 3.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 27.99 6.7 27.99 6.7 – – Technical....................................................... 22.03 6.7 22.90 8.1 19.07 7.7 4....................................................... 16.29 5.5 15.29 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.34 5.7 16.90 4.2 – – 6....................................................... 18.58 9.7 18.70 10.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.24 5.5 23.55 4.3 – – 8....................................................... 20.83 6.2 21.02 6.4 20.70 9.5 9....................................................... 24.15 9.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.21 16.9 29.21 16.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.93 11.8 19.95 11.9 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.57 4.6 24.57 4.6 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.01 4.9 20.38 5.4 17.00 5.5 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.81 8.5 15.99 5.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.77 14.3 – – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 24.85 9.7 24.85 9.7 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ $18.83 7.6 $20.09 11.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.45 4.6 33.91 5.6 $27.41 5.9 5....................................................... 16.67 6.7 18.24 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.81 4.6 17.56 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.81 6.8 21.88 7.7 21.31 5.1 8....................................................... 25.81 8.6 27.83 9.1 21.68 14.8 9....................................................... 25.82 4.5 26.83 5.2 21.87 11.1 10........................................................ 30.50 3.2 32.04 2.3 – – 11........................................................ 35.73 6.5 36.95 7.2 32.93 12.0 12........................................................ 45.34 6.5 45.69 6.8 – – 13........................................................ 56.18 8.4 61.20 7.3 – – 14........................................................ 44.92 16.9 63.25 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.52 11.1 30.40 12.7 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.36 5.9 38.85 6.6 31.87 7.8 7....................................................... 18.96 11.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.09 11.8 28.80 12.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.37 7.6 26.81 8.2 – – 10........................................................ 31.06 1.9 31.33 1.6 – – 11........................................................ 37.09 6.9 40.30 4.4 32.93 12.5 12........................................................ 44.85 7.8 45.21 8.4 – – 13........................................................ 56.10 8.6 61.21 7.4 – – 14........................................................ 44.92 16.9 63.25 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.89 17.5 34.16 18.7 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 27.12 3.4 – – 27.12 3.4 Financial managers.......................................... 58.87 17.3 58.87 17.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 39.04 7.8 39.04 7.8 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 40.26 7.3 40.62 13.2 39.91 6.3 11........................................................ 37.30 5.1 – – 39.13 5.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 31.60 7.8 32.46 8.0 – – 11........................................................ 34.90 4.9 34.90 4.9 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 31.58 10.0 32.86 8.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.36 9.3 42.66 9.8 37.72 14.9 11........................................................ 48.11 5.2 50.19 6.6 – – 12........................................................ 46.49 9.9 46.49 10.3 – – 13........................................................ 60.39 9.0 60.39 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.06 29.0 27.06 29.0 – – Management related............................................ 25.19 4.1 26.33 3.3 21.62 11.3 5....................................................... 15.79 5.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.19 3.1 16.83 1.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.84 6.0 23.10 6.0 – – 8....................................................... 23.52 10.2 25.80 9.8 21.79 15.4 9....................................................... 25.26 6.6 26.86 6.5 22.13 11.9 10........................................................ 28.98 10.0 35.68 6.6 – – 11........................................................ 32.92 11.2 32.92 11.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.87 7.9 24.55 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $25.30 9.5 $27.06 8.2 $21.06 12.9 9....................................................... 24.72 11.8 22.73 10.1 – – Other financial officers.................................... 30.78 9.8 31.10 10.3 – – Management analysts......................................... 31.74 5.3 31.74 5.3 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.03 8.8 – – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 27.53 9.6 – – – – Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction..... 19.31 9.0 – – 19.31 9.0 Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.39 6.2 23.39 8.1 23.39 9.4 8....................................................... 23.07 15.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.65 14.7 30.22 10.3 – – Sales............................................................. 19.02 10.9 18.97 11.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.48 7.3 10.48 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.82 4.2 12.82 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 28.16 25.4 28.16 25.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.75 4.6 19.75 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.02 7.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.62 30.9 16.62 30.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 21.66 3.2 21.71 3.3 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 23.16 26.2 23.16 26.2 – – Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............... 11.30 7.9 11.30 7.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.01 9.9 13.01 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.75 8.4 11.75 8.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.40 9.3 10.40 9.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.39 9.2 9.39 9.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.86 2.6 15.92 3.2 15.59 1.4 1....................................................... 10.97 7.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.02 6.4 11.83 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.14 2.9 13.10 3.3 13.51 5.2 4....................................................... 14.71 2.0 14.67 2.5 14.83 2.1 5....................................................... 16.37 2.6 16.92 3.3 14.97 2.8 6....................................................... 17.82 8.0 18.06 10.6 17.23 5.7 7....................................................... 20.53 5.7 21.61 6.3 17.34 3.6 8....................................................... 23.22 5.7 23.33 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.21 7.7 26.21 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.23 4.8 15.23 4.8 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.47 6.0 20.27 6.6 22.19 9.1 Secretaries................................................. 18.15 5.2 18.74 5.8 15.95 5.5 3....................................................... 14.20 4.7 14.21 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 16.69 3.3 16.49 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.42 6.1 17.99 5.9 14.24 4.4 6....................................................... 19.58 13.9 19.98 19.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.82 6.8 22.59 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.72 5.3 17.72 5.3 – – Hotel clerks................................................ 9.94 2.4 9.94 2.4 – – Receptionists............................................... $10.43 2.1 $10.44 2.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 14.82 6.1 14.82 6.1 – – Library clerks.............................................. 14.01 6.5 – – $13.79 8.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.64 5.9 15.13 6.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.27 4.7 13.14 5.3 14.01 6.6 4....................................................... 13.11 5.5 13.29 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 13.74 7.6 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 17.94 10.1 17.94 10.1 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.06 15.7 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 17.18 23.9 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.43 11.5 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 14.53 1.0 14.53 1.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 14.23 4.3 14.23 4.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.71 3.7 14.69 3.8 14.76 9.0 3....................................................... 12.87 8.4 12.69 13.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.57 3.2 15.15 3.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.06 7.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.14 9.5 13.14 9.5 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.43 3.0 10.43 3.0 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.10 1.9 – – 13.30 1.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.42 7.9 15.41 9.8 15.45 11.5 4....................................................... 12.77 13.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.67 5.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.25 2.3 17.13 2.7 18.29 4.4 1....................................................... 11.00 8.9 11.00 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.88 6.2 12.92 7.2 12.50 7.8 3....................................................... 12.17 3.8 12.11 3.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.93 6.7 16.01 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 16.53 5.4 16.54 6.0 16.52 2.1 6....................................................... 19.12 2.8 19.49 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.02 3.8 22.41 4.1 20.54 7.6 9....................................................... 28.01 3.4 29.06 2.2 24.25 7.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.64 14.2 18.93 14.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 2.8 21.75 2.8 20.01 8.1 4....................................................... 14.87 9.8 14.87 9.8 – – 5....................................................... 18.11 10.4 18.33 10.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.00 2.6 20.97 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.39 4.2 22.82 4.3 20.35 11.5 9....................................................... 28.53 3.7 29.37 2.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 18.14 7.2 18.50 8.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.54 6.2 19.91 7.2 – – Electricians................................................ 26.85 6.3 27.61 4.9 – – Electrician apprentices..................................... 17.36 12.5 17.36 12.5 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 22.93 7.7 22.82 8.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.87 3.6 $13.87 3.6 – – 1....................................................... 9.78 14.0 9.78 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.10 2.3 10.10 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.00 4.1 13.00 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.35 10.8 15.35 10.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.67 6.7 14.67 6.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.94 7.4 15.94 7.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.73 9.4 21.73 9.4 – – Printing press operators.................................... 20.08 14.9 20.08 14.9 – – Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............... 9.59 11.3 9.59 11.3 – – 1....................................................... 9.53 18.3 9.53 18.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 16.92 5.9 16.92 5.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 5.1 15.77 7.1 $18.49 2.9 2....................................................... 12.78 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.98 12.1 12.69 14.1 – – 4....................................................... 16.44 11.5 16.48 12.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.48 3.4 16.36 4.4 16.89 3.7 6....................................................... 16.09 6.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.65 4.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.17 22.1 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.68 4.9 14.52 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.64 6.3 13.64 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.01 3.0 16.97 3.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.15 7.7 – – 17.97 5.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.05 4.3 13.03 4.7 13.25 3.7 1....................................................... 12.34 10.9 12.51 11.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.94 11.7 13.16 12.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.25 3.0 11.25 3.0 – – 4....................................................... 15.83 5.4 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.65 7.0 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.98 6.4 10.60 6.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.12 4.1 14.12 4.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.82 11.5 13.89 12.0 – – 1....................................................... 14.18 6.1 14.39 5.3 – – Service............................................................. 13.78 6.9 10.65 5.9 19.19 3.5 1....................................................... 8.73 12.1 8.46 12.3 11.72 2.3 2....................................................... 10.84 5.1 10.48 5.1 13.53 5.1 3....................................................... 10.56 5.2 9.63 6.5 12.64 1.5 4....................................................... 12.39 4.2 11.77 4.3 14.52 6.5 5....................................................... 15.95 3.6 13.81 6.5 17.60 2.6 6....................................................... 17.57 7.4 15.73 13.4 19.01 2.2 7....................................................... 22.32 3.2 – – 22.65 2.5 8....................................................... $18.81 3.5 – – $20.17 6.3 9....................................................... 24.22 12.3 – – 24.43 14.2 Protective service............................................ 19.91 5.2 $11.03 9.7 22.27 3.7 3....................................................... 9.70 9.0 9.70 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 18.62 16.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.90 3.7 – – 17.30 3.7 6....................................................... 18.75 5.0 – – 19.49 1.6 7....................................................... 22.92 2.2 – – 22.92 2.2 8....................................................... 20.10 6.0 – – 20.17 6.3 9....................................................... 24.43 14.2 – – 24.43 14.2 Firefighting................................................ 20.76 1.3 – – 20.76 1.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.81 3.0 – – 23.08 2.9 7....................................................... 24.12 2.8 – – 24.12 2.8 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 20.02 3.5 – – 20.02 3.5 Correctional institution officers........................... 17.59 1.5 – – 17.59 1.5 5....................................................... 17.25 .9 – – 17.25 .9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.43 8.7 9.80 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.70 9.0 9.70 9.0 – – Food service.................................................. 10.16 7.6 10.13 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.41 22.0 7.38 22.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.56 10.7 9.56 10.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.06 14.9 7.95 15.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.4 11.21 5.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.29 8.1 6.29 8.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.23 18.2 6.23 18.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.11 23.2 5.11 23.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.03 25.4 5.03 25.4 – – Other food service........................................... 12.18 6.7 12.23 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 9.33 23.0 9.30 23.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.71 3.8 10.71 4.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.4 11.21 5.1 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 16.50 12.4 16.50 12.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.25 1.4 11.24 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.25 4.4 11.21 5.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 10.44 6.5 10.45 6.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.85 10.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.55 1.6 11.39 1.7 12.73 3.1 2....................................................... 11.14 1.8 11.14 1.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.65 4.6 10.99 5.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.79 3.4 11.74 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 11.77 5.6 11.77 5.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.93 4.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.43 1.5 11.34 1.6 12.33 3.2 2....................................................... 11.02 2.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.39 4.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.69 3.6 11.63 3.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $10.99 9.3 $10.27 11.8 $12.65 4.0 1....................................................... 9.40 10.9 9.12 10.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.61 7.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.63 3.9 – – 12.83 2.7 4....................................................... 12.33 5.9 – – – – Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers.......... 14.62 16.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 9.83 13.4 9.83 13.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.18 12.4 9.18 12.4 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.90 3.1 10.88 8.0 12.34 2.1 1....................................................... 10.13 6.2 8.81 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.69 8.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.49 2.7 – – 12.83 2.7 Personal service.............................................. 12.93 11.1 11.84 13.9 14.82 21.6 1....................................................... 9.00 17.9 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 11.12 5.8 10.66 4.1 – – 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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................................................................... $11.09 3.5 $10.61 3.8 $16.62 9.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.41 3.7 10.87 4.1 16.78 9.5 White collar........................................................ 15.84 5.4 15.09 6.1 20.97 7.7 1....................................................... 7.50 1.9 7.55 2.1 6.80 2.1 2....................................................... 8.70 4.5 8.50 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.79 6.0 10.70 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.79 5.8 10.82 6.0 10.20 16.7 5....................................................... 17.15 6.6 17.44 7.6 15.72 7.4 6....................................................... 13.82 7.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.44 8.2 22.97 7.4 14.83 17.4 8....................................................... 26.45 4.0 25.41 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.88 2.4 29.43 3.2 31.02 4.1 10........................................................ 32.62 5.0 32.62 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.65 29.6 27.34 37.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.82 4.8 19.42 5.8 21.51 7.7 1....................................................... 7.02 5.3 – – 6.80 2.1 2....................................................... 9.81 7.0 9.26 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.70 6.6 10.61 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.80 12.5 12.12 13.9 10.20 16.7 5....................................................... 18.26 5.0 18.90 5.3 15.72 7.4 6....................................................... 13.82 7.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.44 8.2 22.97 7.4 14.83 17.4 8....................................................... 26.45 4.0 25.41 3.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.88 2.4 29.43 3.2 31.02 4.1 10........................................................ 32.62 5.0 32.62 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.53 28.3 35.98 33.6 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.04 4.9 28.29 5.6 27.23 10.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.85 5.0 30.77 5.5 27.50 9.4 7....................................................... 20.98 9.2 22.70 8.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.92 1.6 26.88 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 29.88 2.7 29.38 3.5 31.02 4.1 10........................................................ 32.62 5.0 32.62 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.77 24.6 52.92 16.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 29.23 2.4 28.90 2.5 36.23 5.2 7....................................................... 27.04 2.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 27.32 2.8 26.59 .9 – – 9....................................................... 30.57 2.7 30.57 2.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.10 2.2 28.15 2.2 – – 7....................................................... 27.33 2.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 26.57 .9 26.59 .9 – – 9....................................................... 29.41 1.4 29.41 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.68 31.0 30.18 25.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $25.74 8.9 $21.01 4.7 $27.04 10.1 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.36 12.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 18.75 10.6 – – 16.27 10.9 Librarians.................................................. 18.75 10.6 – – 16.27 10.9 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.71 2.9 20.89 2.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.50 3.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.17 3.4 9.12 3.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.65 1.3 7.65 1.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.19 2.7 8.19 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.21 5.1 10.21 5.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 8.78 5.4 8.78 5.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.10 6.0 9.00 6.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.72 7.0 11.61 8.1 12.34 8.7 1....................................................... 7.02 5.3 – – 6.80 2.1 2....................................................... 9.81 7.0 9.26 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.76 6.8 10.67 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 13.3 11.86 14.9 10.34 18.2 5....................................................... 18.06 4.8 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 9.13 3.5 9.14 3.6 – – Library clerks.............................................. 8.29 6.7 – – 8.29 6.7 1....................................................... 6.80 2.1 – – 6.80 2.1 General office clerks....................................... 12.66 10.4 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 9.39 10.0 9.39 10.0 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.56 8.5 8.56 8.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.51 11.1 9.27 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.89 2.7 7.89 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 7.17 10.1 7.17 10.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.23 10.3 13.10 11.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.79 11.5 8.21 11.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.75 2.9 14.75 3.0 – – Truck drivers............................................... 9.15 31.6 9.15 31.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.97 14.4 $9.97 14.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.04 2.9 8.04 2.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.99 2.5 7.99 2.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.18 10.9 10.18 10.9 – – Service............................................................. 7.83 3.6 7.72 4.0 $9.33 5.7 1....................................................... 7.76 3.1 7.71 3.2 9.58 3.2 2....................................................... 7.38 8.5 7.27 9.4 – – 3....................................................... 6.98 7.1 6.83 8.2 8.44 12.2 4....................................................... 8.90 8.2 9.05 9.8 – – Protective service............................................ 11.30 20.3 11.04 23.2 – – 3....................................................... 8.65 5.2 8.57 4.9 – – Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.58 26.3 11.58 26.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.72 5.5 8.72 5.5 – – Food service.................................................. 5.93 6.9 5.79 7.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.12 5.0 7.06 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 6.02 8.5 5.99 8.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.84 15.2 3.84 15.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.33 3.5 6.33 3.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.48 20.1 3.48 20.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 6.06 8.3 6.06 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.06 8.3 6.06 8.3 – – Other food service........................................... 8.09 5.3 7.96 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.91 11.0 7.83 11.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.15 8.0 7.12 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.38 3.4 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.60 9.5 8.36 11.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.82 13.8 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.78 6.2 9.77 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 9.93 6.7 9.89 7.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.67 7.0 9.66 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 9.29 5.6 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.58 2.6 7.58 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.59 2.6 7.59 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.55 2.5 7.55 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 2.5 7.56 2.5 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.87 4.2 – – 8.11 7.1 2....................................................... 9.37 12.9 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 6.53 3.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $22.14 $11.09 $21.48 $20.75 $20.97 $19.23 All excluding sales............................................. 22.38 11.41 21.65 21.12 21.36 15.98 White collar........................................................ 25.81 15.84 27.15 24.80 25.21 22.31 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.68 19.82 28.00 26.06 26.37 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.89 28.04 32.40 30.36 30.75 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.22 29.85 32.89 31.92 32.11 – Technical....................................................... 22.03 20.71 27.17 21.21 21.94 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.45 – 27.89 32.58 32.31 – Sales............................................................. 19.02 9.17 – 17.25 15.40 22.72 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.86 11.72 17.52 15.24 15.54 – Blue collar......................................................... 17.25 9.51 19.11 14.93 16.59 16.54 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.59 – 23.47 19.84 21.58 21.66 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.87 – 15.93 12.74 14.17 12.01 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.42 8.79 16.63 14.57 15.12 20.17 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.05 9.97 14.85 11.31 12.37 12.46 Service............................................................. 13.78 7.83 16.03 10.80 12.18 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.9 3.3 10.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 3.7 3.0 4.1 3.4 10.0 White collar........................................................ 2.6 5.4 4.3 2.7 2.7 9.0 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.5 4.8 3.8 2.6 2.5 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 4.9 2.4 2.9 2.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 5.0 .8 3.2 2.6 – Technical....................................................... 6.7 2.9 29.3 5.1 6.1 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.6 – 18.5 4.4 4.6 – Sales............................................................. 10.9 3.4 – 11.1 13.4 9.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 7.0 6.1 2.2 2.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.3 11.1 5.1 3.1 2.9 11.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 – 4.9 3.8 3.8 25.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.6 – 11.4 4.8 3.2 9.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 11.5 9.4 5.0 5.9 5.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.3 14.4 8.7 6.4 4.8 13.6 Service............................................................. 6.9 3.6 1.9 4.4 4.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $20.18 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.53 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 24.74 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.29 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.00 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.51 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 22.72 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.74 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 17.05 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.57 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 16.39 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.75 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.77 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 14.57 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.32 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 9.62 - – - - - - - - - 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....................................................... 4.1 - – - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 - – - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.4 - – - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 - – - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 - – - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 7.3 - – - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.6 - – - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 10.7 - – - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 - – - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 - – - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 - – - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.6 - – - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 - – - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.8 - – - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 2.6 - – - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 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....................................................... $20.18 $17.82 $20.88 $18.74 $23.20 All excluding sales............................................. 20.53 17.25 21.52 19.34 23.64 White collar........................................................ 24.74 23.74 24.94 23.20 26.49 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.29 23.66 26.80 25.97 27.39 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.00 28.12 31.38 31.79 31.16 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.51 30.36 32.77 33.52 32.37 Technical....................................................... 22.72 19.06 23.37 21.31 24.39 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.74 32.91 33.97 31.20 36.78 Sales............................................................. 17.05 24.08 15.40 15.44 15.28 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.57 14.12 15.92 16.33 15.57 Blue collar......................................................... 16.39 16.35 16.42 14.88 18.95 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.75 21.51 21.92 20.98 23.41 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.77 12.94 14.07 11.79 17.03 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.57 14.39 14.67 12.84 18.76 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.32 10.90 12.96 11.69 15.10 Service............................................................. 9.62 8.33 10.12 9.58 10.92 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....................................................... 4.1 4.3 4.8 11.8 5.9 All excluding sales............................................. 4.3 4.7 5.1 13.2 5.9 White collar........................................................ 3.4 4.0 4.0 10.3 5.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 4.9 3.6 9.6 5.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 3.4 3.5 8.4 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 4.4 4.0 9.1 4.6 Technical....................................................... 7.3 7.7 8.4 17.7 10.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.6 6.7 7.6 12.2 9.2 Sales............................................................. 10.7 13.4 14.8 19.2 10.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 4.6 3.7 7.8 2.4 Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 4.3 4.2 6.3 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 2.8 4.0 5.3 8.1 5.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.6 19.6 3.9 4.7 8.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 7.7 14.3 11.0 7.9 15.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.8 7.6 4.8 7.8 9.6 Service............................................................. 2.6 6.6 3.2 4.8 6.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.85 $17.43 $26.76 $37.14 All excluding sales........................... 8.64 12.05 18.00 27.22 37.47 White collar.................................... 10.80 14.95 21.83 31.47 43.27 White collar excluding sales................ 12.35 16.32 23.52 32.80 43.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.25 21.70 28.51 36.52 45.84 Professional specialty...................... 18.84 23.74 29.78 38.27 46.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 17.95 22.42 32.64 41.13 45.52 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.77 34.72 39.48 41.92 46.44 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.07 28.85 35.07 35.07 44.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 20.75 37.79 43.30 46.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 21.15 26.43 32.28 40.90 48.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.83 26.92 33.13 41.01 48.32 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.41 18.04 18.91 25.96 31.25 Natural scientists........................ 16.51 18.77 24.30 31.87 40.04 Medical scientists...................... 14.08 15.48 17.84 19.17 22.32 Health related............................ 18.29 21.63 27.02 31.71 38.51 Physicians.............................. 9.50 9.50 43.58 70.18 93.02 Registered nurses....................... 20.00 22.88 27.53 30.00 33.48 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.87 20.66 23.07 26.31 27.61 Speech therapists....................... 21.42 25.49 28.07 36.06 44.09 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 16.90 20.51 22.70 25.29 30.56 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.86 28.98 34.06 43.31 50.02 Social science teachers, n.e.c.......... 29.89 32.71 42.56 47.53 57.28 Other post-secondary teachers........... 27.31 30.69 35.10 43.08 45.19 Teachers, except college and university... 22.40 25.03 30.74 40.02 45.77 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 13.43 16.83 24.36 32.01 40.24 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.42 25.36 30.08 38.74 45.32 Secondary school teachers............... 24.01 25.81 32.54 41.56 47.38 Teachers, special education............. 24.86 31.03 37.63 42.90 45.84 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.18 24.97 31.26 40.49 45.84 Vocational and educational counselors... 14.78 17.69 25.21 39.77 42.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.81 19.23 22.77 25.87 32.27 Librarians.............................. 16.81 19.20 22.77 25.87 32.27 Social scientists and urban planners...... 13.47 19.02 23.66 33.49 38.06 Psychologists........................... 20.88 21.31 21.64 36.14 46.10 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.23 16.96 19.32 22.26 27.13 Social workers.......................... 16.33 17.61 19.41 23.88 30.86 Lawyers and judges........................ 51.92 57.69 61.54 71.15 76.92 Lawyers................................. 51.92 57.69 61.54 71.15 76.92 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.65 23.08 29.81 34.99 41.47 Editors and reporters................... 17.00 22.60 28.37 32.47 36.16 Technical................................... 14.25 16.00 19.23 25.00 28.02 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.50 14.33 19.00 24.42 31.10 Radiological technicians................ 19.73 22.00 25.23 26.39 28.30 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.02 17.60 19.20 21.00 24.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ $10.42 $13.71 $17.10 $20.18 $26.13 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.18 19.15 27.79 27.79 27.79 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.50 15.50 18.14 19.58 24.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.32 20.88 28.94 40.41 53.03 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 25.03 33.65 47.29 57.69 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.36 20.90 29.08 32.89 33.65 Financial managers...................... 25.00 26.72 48.77 102.88 102.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.77 29.28 37.46 44.30 59.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.34 28.08 38.76 47.04 54.18 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.29 27.40 31.43 35.37 38.69 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 17.79 19.50 22.40 48.24 57.45 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.79 29.83 42.09 54.59 62.86 Management related........................ 15.22 17.61 21.97 30.68 40.14 Accountants and auditors................ 15.09 19.71 22.60 27.97 41.35 Other financial officers................ 16.32 20.67 25.64 36.78 49.20 Management analysts..................... 26.70 28.49 29.52 33.98 40.17 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.51 17.57 19.50 19.52 31.05 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 21.64 21.64 22.72 33.17 40.00 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 14.41 15.13 17.94 22.57 26.41 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.18 16.70 20.74 28.46 32.50 Sales......................................... 7.75 9.40 12.60 19.69 28.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 18.00 22.03 25.33 28.85 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.60 17.31 27.78 38.51 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 8.00 10.51 13.62 17.95 Cashiers................................ 7.30 7.95 9.38 10.50 13.80 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.83 11.77 14.64 18.23 22.51 Supervisors, general office............. 15.00 15.90 22.00 24.11 24.90 Secretaries............................. 12.51 14.37 17.40 20.93 26.41 Interviewers............................ 11.19 12.30 14.00 15.03 16.75 Hotel clerks............................ 7.54 8.65 9.27 10.50 11.33 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.29 13.94 20.30 23.40 23.67 Receptionists........................... 8.50 9.00 9.97 11.00 11.37 Order clerks............................ 8.50 11.76 14.42 15.95 17.97 Library clerks.......................... 6.67 7.62 11.65 12.94 17.05 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.73 12.50 13.95 16.79 19.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.25 11.13 12.36 14.60 16.25 Billing clerks.......................... 12.76 14.75 16.71 19.95 27.23 Telephone operators..................... 7.90 7.90 9.25 12.94 16.21 Dispatchers............................. 12.55 13.50 13.53 21.55 28.10 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.30 10.30 10.77 16.77 18.21 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... $7.72 $9.16 $12.36 $15.90 $17.04 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 11.54 12.41 14.14 16.66 17.77 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.40 11.44 14.31 16.27 18.43 General office clerks................... 10.50 11.70 13.98 16.90 20.05 Bank tellers............................ 8.70 9.25 10.15 11.01 11.98 Data entry keyers....................... 10.00 11.45 12.10 13.28 14.27 Teachers' aides......................... 9.82 11.47 14.03 15.44 18.15 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.55 10.36 13.52 17.95 23.29 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.69 15.00 21.87 26.25 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.85 16.90 22.00 26.41 28.35 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.85 14.47 18.50 22.19 23.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.62 16.97 21.28 23.85 26.94 Electricians............................ 18.77 26.00 28.35 28.35 29.34 Electrician apprentices................. 12.00 14.30 16.56 19.20 27.15 Supervisors, production................. 17.40 17.68 24.87 25.92 28.70 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.39 10.25 12.40 15.42 22.91 Printing press operators................ 14.36 15.05 16.32 26.00 27.37 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.60 8.05 8.75 10.70 12.60 Assemblers.............................. 11.27 12.89 13.70 25.88 25.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.57 10.19 11.69 12.89 Transportation and material moving............ 7.00 12.06 15.00 19.43 24.51 Truck drivers........................... 7.25 12.00 14.00 16.48 19.86 Driver-sales workers.................... 4.75 5.50 6.50 22.02 23.86 Bus drivers............................. 9.09 12.59 14.46 17.14 22.91 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.95 9.00 11.57 14.27 17.24 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.84 9.86 14.20 16.41 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.00 8.90 11.50 13.09 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 11.48 14.00 15.25 16.50 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 7.50 8.77 14.70 14.70 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.25 10.25 11.80 14.87 21.87 Service......................................... 6.50 8.00 10.50 14.25 21.62 Protective service........................ 8.50 13.25 18.34 24.59 28.45 Firefighting............................ 14.88 18.64 20.99 22.39 25.31 Police and detectives, public service... 15.80 18.23 23.50 26.11 28.38 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 10.57 14.42 17.31 20.00 24.14 Correctional institution officers....... 13.82 15.47 17.99 19.35 20.37 Guards and police, except public service $8.00 $8.00 $9.35 $11.89 $15.63 Food service.............................. 2.38 5.82 9.16 11.50 14.30 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.37 4.75 7.21 10.07 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.37 2.38 5.82 9.40 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.50 7.21 7.50 10.07 11.82 Other food service....................... 6.25 8.50 10.96 12.86 15.87 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 12.86 15.86 18.53 24.40 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 11.84 13.00 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 6.00 6.25 13.17 13.17 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 8.25 9.82 11.15 12.47 Health service............................ 9.00 10.00 10.67 12.71 13.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.27 14.53 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.59 9.80 10.57 12.50 13.95 Cleaning and building service............. 6.96 7.50 8.65 11.21 13.17 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 8.50 10.00 14.04 18.81 21.71 Maids and housemen...................... 7.05 7.91 9.26 12.04 12.66 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.67 13.30 Personal service.......................... 6.90 8.60 10.00 12.76 16.71 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.75 6.44 7.04 7.97 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 9.27 9.58 11.24 11.90 13.82 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.91 9.12 10.78 12.05 12.65 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.95 $16.30 $26.00 $36.06 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 11.13 16.85 26.48 36.37 White collar.................................... 10.30 14.00 21.05 30.60 43.21 White collar excluding sales................ 11.74 15.90 22.95 32.31 44.30 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.00 21.52 28.51 36.06 47.14 Professional specialty...................... 18.80 23.52 29.81 37.82 48.32 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 17.85 21.33 33.53 41.57 45.52 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.77 34.72 39.48 41.92 46.44 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 20.20 37.79 43.50 46.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.92 26.44 32.31 40.90 48.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.83 26.93 33.18 41.01 48.32 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.41 18.04 18.91 25.96 31.25 Natural scientists........................ 16.92 19.03 24.30 33.57 40.80 Health related............................ 19.50 22.30 27.41 31.76 37.91 Physicians.............................. 9.50 9.50 40.07 71.80 94.55 Registered nurses....................... 20.00 22.65 27.67 30.00 33.48 Respiratory therapists.................. 18.87 20.66 23.07 26.31 27.61 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.70 31.15 36.06 44.34 57.72 Teachers, except college and university... 15.51 20.25 26.38 30.08 34.03 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.06 25.64 29.04 30.08 33.15 Secondary school teachers............... 24.95 27.84 32.07 44.79 45.59 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.00 18.18 24.97 26.07 29.68 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 18.13 19.23 23.55 30.47 32.27 Librarians.............................. 16.88 19.23 23.55 25.87 32.27 Social scientists and urban planners...... 13.47 17.80 23.91 33.49 43.56 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ 51.92 57.69 61.54 71.15 76.92 Lawyers................................. 51.92 57.69 61.54 71.15 76.92 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 19.23 23.30 29.81 34.99 41.39 Editors and reporters................... 17.00 22.60 28.37 32.47 36.16 Technical................................... 13.89 16.00 20.00 26.39 28.55 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.50 14.42 19.00 24.42 31.10 Radiological technicians................ 19.73 22.00 25.23 26.39 28.30 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.55 18.82 20.00 21.38 25.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.42 13.18 16.69 18.00 20.78 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.18 19.15 27.79 27.79 27.79 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.50 15.50 18.99 24.83 24.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.42 21.64 29.72 41.83 57.07 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.75 26.70 34.62 48.08 60.10 Financial managers...................... 25.00 26.72 48.77 102.88 102.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $28.77 $29.28 $37.46 $44.30 $59.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.95 26.74 36.06 48.98 77.89 Managers, medicine and health........... 24.46 28.72 32.50 38.69 39.12 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 17.79 19.50 22.40 48.98 60.10 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.60 30.24 42.64 54.69 62.88 Management related........................ 16.32 19.23 22.72 31.25 41.35 Accountants and auditors................ 18.17 21.15 24.09 34.07 41.35 Other financial officers................ 16.32 20.67 25.64 36.78 49.20 Management analysts..................... 26.70 28.49 29.52 33.98 40.17 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.22 16.70 21.20 26.90 35.48 Sales......................................... 7.75 9.38 12.60 19.43 28.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 18.00 22.03 25.94 28.85 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.60 17.31 27.78 38.51 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.00 8.00 10.51 13.62 17.95 Cashiers................................ 7.25 7.95 9.35 10.40 13.89 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.67 11.45 14.58 18.67 23.49 Supervisors, general office............. 15.00 15.90 22.00 23.46 24.38 Secretaries............................. 12.61 14.50 17.93 21.72 27.08 Interviewers............................ 11.19 12.30 14.00 15.03 16.75 Hotel clerks............................ 7.54 8.65 9.27 10.50 11.33 Transportation ticket and reservation agents............................... 12.29 13.94 20.30 23.40 23.67 Receptionists........................... 8.50 9.00 9.95 11.00 11.44 Order clerks............................ 8.50 11.76 14.42 15.95 17.97 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.96 13.00 14.60 18.00 19.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.00 11.01 12.36 14.43 15.60 Billing clerks.......................... 12.76 14.75 16.71 19.95 27.23 Telephone operators..................... 7.90 7.90 9.25 12.94 12.94 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c........... 7.72 9.16 12.36 15.90 17.04 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 11.54 12.41 14.14 16.66 17.77 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.40 11.44 14.31 16.27 18.43 General office clerks................... 10.50 11.52 14.14 17.02 20.00 Bank tellers............................ 8.70 9.25 10.15 11.01 11.98 Data entry keyers....................... 10.00 11.45 12.10 13.28 14.27 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.50 10.00 12.92 18.56 23.81 Blue collar..................................... 8.25 11.27 14.90 21.60 26.30 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.62 16.90 22.08 26.72 28.35 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.85 15.12 18.50 22.19 23.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $13.62 $16.15 $21.28 $23.33 $23.85 Electricians............................ 25.60 26.00 28.35 28.35 29.34 Electrician apprentices................. 12.00 14.30 16.56 19.20 27.15 Supervisors, production................. 17.40 17.68 24.38 25.92 29.04 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.33 10.23 12.40 15.42 22.91 Printing press operators................ 14.56 15.30 22.33 26.00 27.37 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.60 8.05 8.75 10.70 12.60 Assemblers.............................. 11.27 12.89 13.70 25.88 25.88 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 8.00 8.57 10.19 11.69 12.89 Transportation and material moving............ 6.45 11.20 14.39 17.89 23.16 Truck drivers........................... 7.25 12.00 14.00 16.28 19.86 Driver-sales workers.................... 4.75 5.50 6.50 22.02 23.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.88 9.00 11.57 14.27 17.24 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.60 12.00 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 11.48 14.00 15.25 16.50 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 7.50 8.77 14.70 14.70 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.25 10.25 11.85 15.81 21.87 Service......................................... 6.00 7.25 9.16 11.38 13.77 Protective service........................ 7.50 8.00 9.35 12.26 20.00 Guards and police, except public service 7.87 8.00 9.00 10.87 13.50 Food service.............................. 2.37 5.59 9.00 11.29 14.42 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.37 4.75 7.21 10.07 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.37 2.38 5.82 9.40 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.50 7.21 7.50 10.07 11.82 Other food service....................... 6.25 8.50 10.87 13.00 16.95 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 12.86 15.86 18.53 24.40 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 11.50 13.39 Food counter, fountain, and related..... 5.15 6.00 6.25 13.17 13.17 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 8.03 10.00 11.15 12.02 Health service............................ 8.80 9.85 10.57 12.45 13.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.00 10.00 11.50 12.99 14.28 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 9.73 10.50 12.36 13.95 Cleaning and building service............. $6.75 $7.05 $8.00 $10.00 $12.60 Maids and housemen...................... 7.05 7.91 9.26 12.04 12.66 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 7.70 8.50 10.00 Personal service.......................... 6.96 8.60 9.86 11.57 13.68 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 9.50 9.50 11.32 11.90 13.47 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.69 10.00 10.96 12.05 12.51 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.42 $15.63 $21.31 $29.33 $39.93 All excluding sales........................... 12.43 15.63 21.31 29.40 39.97 White collar.................................... 14.15 17.18 24.29 33.65 43.31 White collar excluding sales................ 14.15 17.18 24.38 33.65 43.39 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.99 22.51 28.46 37.50 44.96 Professional specialty...................... 19.05 23.97 29.43 38.87 45.34 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.86 26.92 28.45 37.82 42.05 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.29 18.29 24.02 31.04 42.20 Registered nurses....................... 22.07 24.02 26.56 31.04 32.39 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.40 28.68 33.40 42.60 47.53 Other post-secondary teachers........... 25.51 28.94 32.23 43.70 45.89 Teachers, except college and university... 23.18 25.69 32.39 41.21 46.16 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.60 25.36 30.49 39.93 45.63 Secondary school teachers............... 23.97 25.69 32.55 41.45 47.65 Teachers, special education............. 27.00 31.79 39.03 42.90 46.24 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 22.50 28.04 33.63 41.45 46.88 Vocational and educational counselors... 17.69 21.61 34.20 42.31 44.63 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.20 19.20 20.95 25.67 33.30 Librarians.............................. 16.20 19.20 20.95 25.67 33.30 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.33 16.96 19.21 19.95 31.39 Social workers.......................... 16.33 17.24 19.21 19.95 32.24 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.74 16.51 18.49 20.08 24.57 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.65 15.02 17.32 19.58 19.58 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.13 19.07 24.64 33.65 44.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.58 22.22 32.04 39.98 46.80 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 19.36 20.90 29.08 32.89 33.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.44 34.67 42.35 45.70 49.18 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 24.49 24.84 40.41 46.80 48.05 Management related........................ 14.81 15.18 19.16 26.59 31.94 Accountants and auditors................ 14.81 15.09 19.83 22.42 32.81 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 14.41 15.13 17.94 22.57 26.41 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.18 16.76 19.91 31.94 31.94 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... $11.11 $13.08 $15.04 $17.18 $20.32 Supervisors, general office............. 13.43 16.91 23.92 25.32 28.44 Secretaries............................. 12.41 13.71 15.19 17.77 20.91 Library clerks.......................... 6.26 7.48 10.16 12.61 16.36 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.03 11.69 13.03 13.85 13.85 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.53 12.42 14.01 15.59 17.24 General office clerks................... 10.55 12.29 13.79 16.76 21.29 Teachers' aides......................... 10.24 12.00 14.25 15.59 18.17 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.67 13.36 16.20 16.20 20.27 Blue collar..................................... 11.77 13.76 16.97 23.00 25.06 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.15 16.18 19.14 24.48 26.30 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 12.64 14.29 16.78 22.91 24.51 Bus drivers............................. 13.24 14.82 17.33 21.89 24.51 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.84 10.59 13.09 13.09 23.98 Service......................................... 10.39 12.83 17.57 23.00 27.94 Protective service........................ 14.63 17.26 20.97 25.68 30.90 Firefighting............................ 14.88 18.64 20.99 22.39 25.31 Police and detectives, public service... 16.10 18.78 23.88 26.20 28.38 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 10.57 14.42 17.31 20.00 24.14 Correctional institution officers....... 13.82 15.47 17.99 19.35 20.37 Food service.............................. 8.85 10.01 10.96 11.89 11.89 Other food service....................... 8.85 10.01 10.96 11.89 11.89 Health service............................ 10.42 11.76 12.98 13.60 13.99 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.05 11.04 12.54 13.27 13.27 Cleaning and building service............. 9.67 10.68 11.81 14.35 17.10 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.61 10.61 11.52 13.75 16.00 Personal service.......................... 6.44 8.52 11.24 15.24 20.01 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $13.00 $18.72 $27.78 $38.69 All excluding sales........................... 10.15 13.36 19.21 27.97 38.88 White collar.................................... 11.78 15.60 22.51 32.27 43.81 White collar excluding sales................ 12.79 16.55 23.80 33.19 44.18 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.25 21.83 28.51 36.84 45.88 Professional specialty...................... 18.92 23.80 29.81 38.58 46.88 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 17.95 22.95 32.75 41.18 45.52 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.77 34.72 39.48 41.92 46.44 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 19.25 20.75 37.79 43.30 46.20 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.74 26.52 32.31 40.80 48.12 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.83 26.76 32.88 40.87 48.15 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 17.21 17.93 18.04 21.38 31.25 Natural scientists........................ 16.51 18.77 24.30 31.87 40.04 Medical scientists...................... 14.08 15.48 17.84 19.17 22.32 Health related............................ 18.29 21.42 26.34 31.61 39.36 Physicians.............................. 9.50 9.50 43.27 70.18 93.02 Registered nurses....................... 20.00 22.35 26.99 30.00 33.73 Therapists, n.e.c....................... 16.88 21.00 22.70 25.29 30.65 Teachers, college and university.......... 27.59 29.51 34.06 43.29 49.78 Other post-secondary teachers........... 27.85 31.45 35.10 43.29 45.19 Teachers, except college and university... 22.60 25.36 31.00 40.18 45.77 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.42 25.36 30.08 38.74 45.32 Secondary school teachers............... 24.02 25.81 32.54 41.45 47.65 Teachers, special education............. 24.86 31.03 37.63 42.90 45.84 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 23.15 29.05 33.63 41.45 46.24 Vocational and educational counselors... 14.78 17.69 25.46 39.89 42.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.88 19.23 22.77 25.96 32.27 Librarians.............................. 16.88 19.23 22.77 25.96 32.27 Social scientists and urban planners...... 13.47 19.02 23.66 33.49 38.06 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 16.33 17.61 19.32 22.37 27.13 Social workers.......................... 16.33 17.61 19.32 23.88 31.06 Lawyers and judges........................ 51.92 57.69 60.10 71.15 76.92 Lawyers................................. 51.92 57.69 61.54 71.15 76.92 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 18.60 23.08 29.81 34.99 41.47 Editors and reporters................... 17.00 22.60 28.37 32.47 36.16 Technical................................... 14.00 15.76 19.21 25.63 28.23 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.36 14.03 17.90 24.01 31.10 Radiological technicians................ 19.48 22.00 25.89 26.40 28.30 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.02 17.28 18.92 20.93 23.60 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 10.42 13.46 16.72 20.32 27.08 Electrical and electronic technicians... 17.18 19.15 27.79 27.79 27.79 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 15.50 15.50 18.14 19.58 24.83 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.32 20.90 29.00 40.78 53.27 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.36 25.48 33.99 47.40 57.69 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... $19.36 $20.90 $28.54 $32.89 $33.65 Financial managers...................... 25.00 26.72 48.77 102.88 102.88 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.77 29.28 37.46 44.30 59.00 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.34 28.08 38.76 47.04 54.18 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.29 26.97 30.60 37.43 38.69 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 17.79 19.50 22.40 48.24 57.45 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.79 29.83 42.09 54.59 62.86 Management related........................ 15.38 17.79 22.12 30.75 40.14 Accountants and auditors................ 15.09 19.71 22.60 27.97 41.35 Other financial officers................ 16.32 20.67 25.64 36.78 49.20 Management analysts..................... 26.70 28.49 29.52 33.98 40.17 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.51 17.57 19.50 19.52 31.05 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 21.64 21.64 22.72 33.17 40.00 Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction.................. 14.41 15.13 17.94 22.57 26.41 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.47 16.85 21.27 28.72 33.41 Sales......................................... 8.50 10.70 13.42 21.79 34.16 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.00 18.00 22.03 25.33 28.85 Sales, other business services.......... 12.00 12.60 17.31 27.78 38.51 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies............................. 8.50 9.06 11.06 12.50 14.30 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 9.30 11.61 16.50 18.84 Cashiers................................ 7.40 8.00 9.67 11.16 16.28 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.32 12.24 15.00 18.35 23.08 Supervisors, general office............. 15.00 15.93 22.00 24.11 24.90 Secretaries............................. 12.51 14.38 17.26 21.03 26.49 Hotel clerks............................ 8.00 8.68 10.19 10.91 11.33 Receptionists........................... 8.16 9.67 11.00 11.12 11.56 Order clerks............................ 11.00 13.94 14.42 16.38 18.04 Library clerks.......................... 11.50 11.96 12.75 16.32 17.10 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.75 12.22 13.95 16.79 19.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.48 12.36 14.64 16.50 Billing clerks.......................... 12.76 14.75 16.71 19.95 27.23 Telephone operators..................... 7.90 7.90 9.25 12.94 16.21 Dispatchers............................. 12.55 13.50 13.53 21.55 28.10 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.30 10.30 10.77 16.77 18.21 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 11.54 12.41 14.14 16.66 17.77 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.40 11.44 14.20 16.27 18.22 General office clerks................... 10.55 11.74 14.13 16.98 20.05 Bank tellers............................ 9.00 9.25 10.15 11.01 12.00 Teachers' aides......................... 9.54 10.86 13.64 14.90 16.23 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.05 11.67 15.00 18.59 23.66 Blue collar..................................... $9.50 $12.00 $15.92 $22.40 $26.63 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.85 16.90 22.00 26.41 28.35 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 13.85 14.47 18.50 22.19 23.43 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.62 16.97 21.28 23.85 26.94 Electricians............................ 18.77 26.00 28.35 28.35 29.34 Electrician apprentices................. 12.00 14.30 16.56 19.20 27.15 Supervisors, production................. 17.40 17.68 24.87 25.92 28.70 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.45 10.50 12.44 15.62 22.91 Printing press operators................ 14.56 15.30 22.33 26.00 27.37 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators............................ 7.60 8.05 8.75 10.70 12.60 Assemblers.............................. 11.27 12.89 13.70 25.88 25.88 Transportation and material moving............ 10.59 13.03 15.42 19.86 24.77 Truck drivers........................... 10.92 12.95 14.47 16.65 19.86 Bus drivers............................. 8.17 12.71 14.46 17.10 23.26 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 9.84 11.85 15.02 18.34 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 8.84 9.86 14.20 16.41 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.24 10.00 10.90 12.00 13.09 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.82 13.00 14.00 15.50 16.51 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 8.25 10.25 11.80 14.99 21.87 Service......................................... 7.25 9.50 12.00 16.54 23.50 Protective service........................ 9.51 14.35 19.35 24.90 29.25 Firefighting............................ 15.40 18.67 21.15 22.39 25.31 Police and detectives, public service... 16.10 18.31 23.72 26.19 28.38 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 10.57 14.26 17.31 20.00 50.81 Correctional institution officers....... 13.82 15.47 17.99 19.35 20.37 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.25 9.50 12.07 14.26 Food service.............................. 3.80 7.00 10.36 12.47 15.86 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.38 2.38 6.00 9.38 11.03 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.38 4.00 6.50 10.69 Other food service....................... 7.66 10.00 11.24 13.79 18.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 13.50 17.02 18.53 24.40 Cooks................................... 9.65 10.23 11.00 11.89 13.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.50 8.85 11.05 11.84 12.47 Health service............................ 9.25 10.10 11.22 13.00 14.16 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.27 14.28 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 10.05 10.85 12.82 14.09 Cleaning and building service............. 7.40 8.60 10.48 12.65 15.50 Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers...................... 8.50 10.00 14.04 18.81 21.71 Maids and housemen...................... $7.05 $7.85 $9.18 $12.44 $12.66 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.85 9.68 11.13 13.35 16.54 Personal service.......................... 7.21 9.28 11.41 14.64 20.01 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.69 10.06 11.10 12.05 12.65 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.00 $8.50 $11.67 $20.44 All excluding sales........................... 5.50 7.00 8.50 12.25 22.50 White collar.................................... 7.05 8.50 11.05 20.30 29.75 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 10.00 18.50 26.60 33.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.05 20.44 26.16 31.25 40.54 Professional specialty...................... 17.05 22.60 28.53 33.00 45.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.45 26.30 29.00 32.83 35.00 Registered nurses....................... 21.38 25.09 29.00 29.92 33.00 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.87 20.44 20.44 52.38 77.02 Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 15.00 24.97 32.61 44.58 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.86 10.00 15.32 24.97 26.17 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.15 15.25 20.76 22.17 22.17 Librarians.............................. 13.15 15.25 20.76 22.17 22.17 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 17.66 18.00 20.00 23.79 25.00 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.50 18.50 20.00 21.00 25.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.90 7.45 8.50 10.35 12.70 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.08 11.90 Cashiers................................ 6.91 7.75 8.10 9.60 12.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.50 8.50 10.00 13.80 20.00 Receptionists........................... 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.30 Library clerks.......................... 6.00 6.67 7.48 9.19 10.61 General office clerks................... 8.14 10.00 12.71 12.71 18.67 Bank tellers............................ 6.52 7.75 10.00 10.68 11.82 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 5.15 6.55 9.00 10.00 10.42 Blue collar..................................... 5.25 7.00 8.00 12.50 14.36 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.15 5.25 7.00 13.00 16.01 Truck drivers........................... 5.25 5.25 5.25 13.65 16.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.80 8.50 12.50 14.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.25 7.75 8.00 8.50 8.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $6.15 $8.50 $9.75 $11.48 $13.28 Service......................................... 2.77 6.50 7.89 9.10 10.50 Protective service........................ 7.20 8.00 9.00 10.66 25.00 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.00 25.00 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.38 6.23 8.50 9.70 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.38 5.50 7.75 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.37 2.77 7.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.75 5.50 6.25 7.50 9.09 Other food service....................... 6.00 6.25 7.99 9.55 10.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.00 8.00 10.21 11.00 Health service............................ 7.34 8.49 10.00 10.50 13.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.34 8.49 10.00 10.50 11.88 Cleaning and building service............. $6.50 $7.00 $7.50 $8.00 $9.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.80 Personal service.......................... 6.21 8.00 9.10 9.50 10.50 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.75 6.44 7.04 7.97 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, Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV, April 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 1,442,500 1,123,900 318,600 All excluding sales............................................. 1,325,800 1,008,900 316,900 White collar........................................................ 855,400 639,900 215,500 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 738,700 524,900 213,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 382,900 243,100 139,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 335,700 205,400 130,300 Technical....................................................... 47,200 37,700 9,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 128,900 99,300 29,600 Sales............................................................. 116,600 115,000 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 227,000 182,600 44,400 Blue collar......................................................... 270,700 244,000 26,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 85,400 77,300 8,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 45,800 45,500 - Transportation and material moving................................ 72,200 57,100 15,000 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 67,400 64,100 - Service............................................................. 316,400 240,000 76,400 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.