NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3120-34, March 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $16.40 3.8 35.8 $15.16 3.5 34.8 $19.01 7.9 37.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 19.05 5.1 36.0 17.37 3.4 34.5 21.44 10.2 38.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.48 2.3 36.0 21.35 2.3 35.6 25.90 2.9 36.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 12.6 40.9 26.06 6.3 41.3 27.00 21.6 40.5 Sales............................................................. 12.51 12.5 27.7 12.74 13.4 26.9 – – – Administrative support............................................ 12.40 2.4 36.7 12.71 2.3 35.4 11.86 6.4 39.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.98 3.0 37.7 14.86 3.2 37.7 15.85 10.4 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.00 4.7 39.7 19.07 5.0 39.7 18.71 12.1 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.91 7.5 39.4 13.91 7.5 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.44 9.1 38.7 17.36 10.3 38.8 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.42 3.2 34.2 10.47 3.6 34.0 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.53 4.9 31.6 8.45 6.7 28.8 13.22 2.5 36.2 Full time........................................................... 17.41 4.4 39.7 16.38 3.9 39.7 19.34 9.3 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.81 6.8 21.7 8.90 6.0 21.4 14.45 20.5 23.6 Union............................................................... 17.39 2.0 38.4 18.34 4.3 39.2 16.94 2.3 38.1 Nonunion............................................................ 15.92 5.3 34.6 14.57 4.1 34.1 23.81 14.2 37.5 Time................................................................ 16.32 3.9 35.7 14.97 3.7 34.7 19.01 7.9 37.9 Incentive........................................................... 18.66 10.1 38.6 18.66 10.1 38.6 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.47 4.8 34.3 13.34 4.8 34.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.51 6.3 34.6 14.17 6.4 34.5 22.56 3.4 37.2 500 workers or more................................................. 18.81 5.6 37.3 18.75 4.6 36.2 18.84 8.5 37.9 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.40 3.8 $15.16 3.5 $19.01 7.9 All excluding sales............................................... 16.60 3.9 15.33 3.7 19.12 8.0 White collar........................................................ 19.05 5.1 17.37 3.4 21.44 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.73 5.4 18.16 3.4 21.67 10.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.48 2.3 21.35 2.3 25.90 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.02 3.8 24.01 5.4 27.59 5.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.98 3.0 29.00 3.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.46 7.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.69 8.5 28.69 8.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.14 14.6 28.14 14.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.46 9.7 – – 28.59 8.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.34 3.7 – – 32.47 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.31 12.6 – – 31.87 13.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.99 3.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.99 3.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.21 5.3 17.57 6.9 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.29 9.7 18.13 17.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 12.6 26.06 6.3 27.00 21.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.79 7.6 28.56 8.2 30.53 10.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.86 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.52 5.7 28.39 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 18.55 15.1 21.99 6.9 – – Sales............................................................. 12.51 12.5 12.74 13.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.26 18.0 – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 25.82 29.1 25.82 29.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.61 2.5 6.61 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 2.4 12.71 2.3 11.86 6.4 Secretaries................................................. 12.14 5.9 13.16 8.1 – – Receptionists............................................... 10.15 5.6 10.15 5.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.25 10.2 13.25 10.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.58 8.7 9.58 8.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.73 1.8 12.62 3.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.33 4.7 10.85 5.8 – – Data entry keyers........................................... $10.42 5.4 $11.25 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.98 3.0 14.86 3.2 $15.85 10.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.00 4.7 19.07 5.0 18.71 12.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.28 8.9 16.55 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.41 19.9 25.18 14.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 7.5 13.91 7.5 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.45 10.6 18.45 10.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.90 7.5 14.90 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.94 4.5 11.94 4.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.44 9.1 17.36 10.3 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.82 11.0 14.31 14.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.25 5.5 13.25 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.42 3.2 10.47 3.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.81 10.5 8.81 10.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.39 5.4 10.39 5.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.32 10.3 13.32 10.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.53 4.9 8.45 6.7 13.22 2.5 Protective service............................................ 14.42 3.1 – – 14.77 3.0 Food service.................................................. 7.17 10.3 6.64 12.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.13 15.2 3.13 15.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.94 19.0 2.94 19.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.40 4.7 8.96 6.1 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.93 6.3 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.55 1.7 8.42 2.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.94 8.4 7.43 5.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.02 3.6 11.06 4.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.01 3.7 11.05 5.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.24 10.0 10.29 13.4 10.11 9.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.49 6.9 10.77 9.6 10.11 9.3 Personal service.............................................. 8.38 9.8 7.16 5.4 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.26 10.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.41 4.4 $16.38 3.9 $19.34 9.3 All excluding sales............................................... 17.41 4.5 16.28 4.0 19.47 9.3 White collar........................................................ 19.78 5.6 18.44 3.6 21.45 10.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.93 5.8 18.42 3.9 21.68 10.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 2.9 20.99 3.7 25.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.03 4.6 23.81 7.6 27.57 6.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.98 3.0 29.00 3.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.46 7.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.69 8.5 28.69 8.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.14 14.6 28.14 14.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.95 7.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.93 10.3 12.00 6.6 27.99 9.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.34 3.7 – – 32.47 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 27.61 3.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.26 5.6 17.57 7.1 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.29 9.7 18.13 17.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 12.6 26.06 6.3 27.00 21.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.79 7.6 28.56 8.2 30.53 10.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.86 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.52 5.7 28.39 8.4 – – Management related............................................ 18.55 15.1 21.99 6.9 – – Sales............................................................. 17.36 13.0 18.70 12.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.26 18.0 – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 25.82 29.1 25.82 29.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.66 2.5 13.12 2.4 11.94 6.4 Secretaries................................................. 12.20 6.0 13.48 8.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.25 10.2 13.25 10.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.85 2.4 12.95 3.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.67 4.8 11.19 6.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.53 3.8 15.45 4.0 16.13 13.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 4.7 19.20 5.1 18.71 12.1 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $17.28 8.9 $16.55 8.1 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.41 19.9 25.18 14.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.96 7.7 13.96 7.7 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.45 10.6 18.45 10.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.90 7.5 14.90 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.12 4.0 12.12 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 9.2 17.58 10.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.19 10.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.25 5.5 13.25 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 4.0 11.37 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.47 5.1 10.47 5.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.58 11.0 14.58 11.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.18 4.8 10.36 6.7 $13.73 3.1 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.44 10.8 9.41 11.8 – – Other food service........................................... 10.18 8.8 10.21 9.5 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.47 8.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.21 3.3 11.41 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.21 3.3 11.41 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 12.8 10.87 16.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.97 5.2 12.58 7.2 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.81 6.8 $8.90 6.0 $14.45 20.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.44 7.8 9.45 7.2 14.45 20.5 White collar........................................................ 13.01 9.2 11.71 6.2 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.10 8.0 15.91 6.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.61 13.3 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.93 11.7 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.61 2.5 6.61 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 3.4 9.95 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.76 4.1 7.59 4.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.62 5.1 7.51 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 7.29 10.3 6.20 9.2 10.86 7.3 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.93 16.2 5.02 16.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.14 17.8 3.14 17.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 21.7 2.98 21.7 – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 8.5 7.47 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.88 10.6 7.16 7.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.26 6.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.26 6.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.67 10.7 7.11 8.2 – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.36 11.0 – – – – 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 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $691 4.4 39.7 $651 4.0 39.7 $767 9.1 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 691 4.5 39.7 647 4.1 39.7 772 9.2 39.6 White collar........................................................ 785 5.4 39.7 738 3.7 40.0 843 10.5 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 791 5.7 39.7 738 4.0 40.0 852 10.6 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 910 2.6 38.9 836 3.7 39.8 986 2.9 38.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,002 4.5 38.5 946 7.9 39.7 1,039 5.7 37.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,174 2.9 40.5 1,188 2.3 40.9 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,087 10.2 41.1 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,137 8.3 39.6 1,137 8.3 39.6 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,118 14.8 39.7 1,118 14.8 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 997 9.2 38.4 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 956 8.6 36.9 467 7.0 38.9 1,025 7.3 36.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,143 3.9 35.3 – – – 1,146 3.9 35.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,009 .6 36.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 690 5.6 40.0 702 7.1 39.9 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 692 9.7 40.0 725 17.4 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,087 12.6 40.9 1,077 6.1 41.3 1,094 21.6 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,229 7.2 41.3 1,207 8.0 42.3 1,242 10.2 40.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,497 8.1 40.6 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,179 5.4 41.3 1,196 8.0 42.1 – – – Management related............................................ 740 15.1 39.9 877 7.1 39.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 686 13.3 39.5 738 12.8 39.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 567 18.2 39.8 – – – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 1,026 29.4 39.7 1,026 29.4 39.7 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 504 2.5 39.8 521 2.5 39.7 478 6.4 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 488 6.0 40.0 539 8.5 40.0 – – – Order clerks................................................ 530 10.2 40.0 530 10.2 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 512 2.4 39.9 513 4.9 39.6 – – – General office clerks....................................... 458 5.3 39.3 436 7.4 38.9 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $617 3.7 39.8 $613 3.9 39.7 $645 13.7 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 764 4.7 40.0 768 5.1 40.0 749 12.1 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 691 8.9 40.0 662 8.1 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 776 19.9 40.0 1,007 14.5 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 556 7.6 39.8 556 7.6 39.8 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 738 10.6 40.0 738 10.6 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 585 7.3 39.2 585 7.3 39.2 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 485 4.0 40.0 485 4.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 703 9.1 39.8 700 10.3 39.8 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 607 10.9 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 521 7.9 39.3 521 7.9 39.3 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 440 3.9 39.3 446 4.5 39.2 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 419 5.1 40.0 419 5.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 583 11.0 40.0 583 11.0 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 483 6.1 39.6 399 8.3 38.5 558 2.1 40.6 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 377 10.8 40.0 376 11.9 40.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 408 8.6 40.1 410 9.2 40.1 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 467 7.0 40.7 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 445 3.0 39.7 450 2.8 39.4 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 445 3.0 39.7 450 2.8 39.4 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 413 16.1 37.7 402 20.5 37.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 475 5.4 39.7 497 8.1 39.5 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,050 4.4 2,013 $33,748 4.0 2,060 $37,343 9.1 1,931 All excluding sales............................................... 35,030 4.5 2,012 33,557 4.1 2,061 37,554 9.2 1,929 White collar........................................................ 39,534 5.4 1,998 38,295 3.7 2,076 40,950 10.5 1,909 White collar excluding sales.................................... 39,762 5.7 1,995 38,290 4.0 2,079 41,323 10.6 1,906 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 43,532 2.6 1,863 43,303 3.7 2,063 43,734 2.9 1,686 Professional specialty.......................................... 46,453 4.5 1,784 48,860 7.9 2,052 45,128 5.7 1,637 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,998 2.9 2,105 61,647 2.3 2,126 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 56,359 10.2 2,130 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 59,114 8.3 2,060 59,114 8.3 2,060 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 58,161 14.8 2,067 58,161 14.8 2,067 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,829 9.2 1,881 – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 39,509 8.6 1,524 23,393 7.0 1,950 41,319 7.3 1,476 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,918 3.9 1,327 – – – 43,061 3.9 1,326 Secondary school teachers................................... 37,759 .6 1,367 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 35,755 5.6 2,071 36,492 7.1 2,077 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 35,973 9.7 2,080 37,715 17.4 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 56,506 12.6 2,125 55,981 6.1 2,148 56,903 21.6 2,108 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 63,916 7.2 2,146 62,752 8.0 2,197 64,593 10.2 2,115 Administrators, education and related fields................ 77,825 8.1 2,111 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 61,282 5.4 2,148 62,174 8.0 2,190 – – – Management related............................................ 38,503 15.1 2,076 45,591 7.1 2,073 – – – Sales............................................................. 35,684 13.3 2,056 38,352 12.8 2,051 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 29,478 18.2 2,067 – – – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 53,349 29.4 2,066 53,349 29.4 2,066 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,195 2.5 2,069 27,090 2.5 2,065 24,774 6.4 2,075 Secretaries................................................. 25,348 6.0 2,077 27,918 8.5 2,071 – – – Order clerks................................................ 27,555 10.2 2,080 27,555 10.2 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,638 2.4 2,073 26,680 4.9 2,060 – – – General office clerks....................................... 23,702 5.3 2,031 22,665 7.4 2,025 – – – Blue collar......................................................... $31,622 3.7 2,036 $31,748 3.9 2,055 $30,816 13.7 1,911 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,723 4.7 2,080 39,940 5.1 2,080 38,927 12.1 2,080 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 35,941 8.9 2,080 34,429 8.1 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 40,369 19.9 2,080 52,382 14.5 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,459 7.6 2,039 28,459 7.6 2,039 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 38,374 10.6 2,080 38,374 10.6 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,175 7.3 2,025 30,175 7.3 2,025 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 25,184 4.0 2,078 25,184 4.0 2,078 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,571 9.1 2,072 36,391 10.3 2,070 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 31,585 10.9 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 27,083 7.9 2,044 27,083 7.9 2,044 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 21,889 3.9 1,956 23,185 4.5 2,039 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21,783 5.1 2,080 21,783 5.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 30,334 11.0 2,080 30,334 11.0 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 24,593 6.1 2,018 20,730 8.3 2,002 27,910 2.1 2,033 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 19,478 10.8 2,063 19,575 11.9 2,081 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,038 8.6 2,066 21,305 9.2 2,087 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 23,888 7.0 2,083 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 23,134 3.0 2,063 23,410 2.8 2,051 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,134 3.0 2,063 23,410 2.8 2,051 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 21,456 16.1 1,959 20,926 20.5 1,925 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,714 5.4 2,065 25,819 8.1 2,052 – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.40 3.8 $15.16 3.5 $19.01 7.9 All excluding sales............................................... 16.60 3.9 15.33 3.7 19.12 8.0 White collar........................................................ 19.05 5.1 17.37 3.4 21.44 10.2 1....................................................... 6.47 1.9 6.47 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.57 4.8 8.53 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.13 4.4 10.07 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 11.75 5.1 12.61 3.4 10.61 6.0 5....................................................... 13.75 7.7 15.03 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 13.85 6.1 14.78 8.6 13.16 4.9 7....................................................... 18.96 6.9 19.26 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.92 8.9 24.75 9.5 20.69 13.9 9....................................................... 26.52 5.9 24.91 5.8 27.25 9.4 10........................................................ 28.02 4.7 28.00 5.9 – – 11........................................................ 34.86 6.1 33.16 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.72 8.6 39.88 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.71 13.7 18.85 8.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.73 5.4 18.16 3.4 21.67 10.3 2....................................................... 9.70 3.3 9.84 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.89 2.0 10.85 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.67 5.4 12.37 3.4 10.69 7.6 5....................................................... 13.13 4.5 14.03 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 13.86 6.1 14.82 8.7 13.16 4.9 7....................................................... 19.33 6.5 19.68 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.21 9.4 25.49 9.9 20.69 13.9 9....................................................... 26.26 5.7 23.95 3.2 27.25 9.4 10........................................................ 28.62 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.1 33.25 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 39.72 8.6 39.88 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.96 13.5 19.07 9.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.48 2.3 21.35 2.3 25.90 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.02 3.8 24.01 5.4 27.59 5.3 8....................................................... 25.80 8.7 26.65 12.2 24.42 11.1 9....................................................... 27.92 7.4 21.78 2.5 28.72 8.8 11........................................................ 33.84 5.9 33.98 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.54 5.8 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.98 3.0 29.00 3.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.46 7.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.69 8.5 28.69 8.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.14 14.6 28.14 14.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – 8....................................................... 29.48 9.7 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 26.46 9.7 – – 28.59 8.8 8....................................................... $25.08 1.2 – – $26.24 0.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 32.34 3.7 – – 32.47 3.7 8....................................................... 25.02 2.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 31.31 12.6 – – 31.87 13.3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 14.99 3.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 14.99 3.2 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.21 5.3 $17.57 6.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.07 4.8 14.07 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.66 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.62 11.8 18.09 12.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.29 9.7 18.13 17.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 12.6 26.06 6.3 27.00 21.6 9....................................................... 24.41 3.9 25.54 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.78 8.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.28 6.4 44.28 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.53 9.5 19.72 3.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.79 7.6 28.56 8.2 30.53 10.6 9....................................................... 23.98 4.4 25.23 8.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.93 8.2 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.86 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.52 5.7 28.39 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 7.2 25.71 8.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.55 15.1 21.99 6.9 – – Sales............................................................. 12.51 12.5 12.74 13.4 – – 3....................................................... 6.68 4.2 6.68 4.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.26 18.0 – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 25.82 29.1 25.82 29.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.61 2.5 6.61 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.40 2.4 12.71 2.3 11.86 6.4 2....................................................... 9.70 3.3 9.84 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.96 2.1 10.91 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 5.6 12.34 3.7 10.69 7.7 5....................................................... 13.08 5.5 14.19 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 13.31 4.9 14.58 9.0 12.82 2.3 7....................................................... 19.17 3.7 19.19 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.93 6.8 10.93 6.8 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.14 5.9 13.16 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.84 4.6 – – – – Receptionists............................................... $10.15 5.6 $10.15 5.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 13.25 10.2 13.25 10.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 9.58 8.7 9.58 8.7 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.73 1.8 12.62 3.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.33 4.7 10.85 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.90 2.2 9.90 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.09 4.5 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.42 5.4 11.25 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.98 3.0 14.86 3.2 $15.85 10.4 1....................................................... 6.95 4.3 6.95 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.82 5.0 10.88 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.06 1.6 11.06 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.85 3.4 13.66 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.65 6.2 14.48 3.8 – – 6....................................................... 16.28 4.8 16.28 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 9.1 24.12 8.0 16.94 12.0 9....................................................... 27.19 3.2 27.42 3.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.00 4.7 19.07 5.0 18.71 12.1 4....................................................... 13.44 8.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.20 3.4 13.17 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 13.95 1.7 13.95 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.17 9.7 23.45 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.54 1.3 24.33 1.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.28 8.9 16.55 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.33 9.6 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.41 19.9 25.18 14.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 24.3 28.28 15.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 7.5 13.91 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 14.6 12.06 14.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.25 1.4 11.25 1.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.51 2.4 14.51 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.19 5.6 17.19 5.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.45 10.6 18.45 10.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.90 7.5 14.90 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.94 4.5 11.94 4.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.44 9.1 17.36 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 2.5 10.73 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.10 4.8 13.57 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 19.26 10.6 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.82 11.0 14.31 14.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.25 5.5 13.25 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $10.42 3.2 $10.47 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.17 9.6 10.25 10.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 2.0 11.18 2.0 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.81 10.5 8.81 10.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.39 5.4 10.39 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.55 7.4 8.55 7.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.32 10.3 13.32 10.3 – – 2....................................................... 13.35 26.3 13.35 26.3 – – Service............................................................. 10.53 4.9 8.45 6.7 $13.22 2.5 1....................................................... 7.38 6.0 7.37 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.13 16.9 6.52 26.5 10.18 5.6 3....................................................... 8.58 5.7 8.52 6.0 – – 4....................................................... 10.31 5.6 9.73 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 12.09 3.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 14.42 3.1 – – 14.77 3.0 Food service.................................................. 7.17 10.3 6.64 12.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.42 11.4 6.39 11.3 – – 2....................................................... 3.73 40.4 2.66 18.3 – – 3....................................................... 6.12 4.7 5.85 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 8.60 7.7 8.60 7.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.13 15.2 3.13 15.2 – – 2....................................................... 2.66 18.3 2.66 18.3 – – 3....................................................... 3.97 14.0 3.97 14.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.94 19.0 2.94 19.0 – – 2....................................................... 2.66 18.3 2.66 18.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.40 4.7 8.96 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.46 5.6 7.43 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 7.80 4.8 7.55 3.4 – – 4....................................................... 8.96 1.8 8.96 1.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.93 6.3 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.55 1.7 8.42 2.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.94 8.4 7.43 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 5.5 7.43 5.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.02 3.6 11.06 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.74 4.1 10.74 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.01 3.7 11.05 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.69 4.4 10.69 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.24 10.0 10.29 13.4 10.11 9.3 2....................................................... 10.64 8.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.03 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.49 6.9 10.77 9.6 10.11 9.3 2....................................................... 10.76 9.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.03 8.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.38 9.8 $7.16 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.55 8.7 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.26 10.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.41 4.4 $16.38 3.9 $19.34 9.3 All excluding sales............................................... 17.41 4.5 16.28 4.0 19.47 9.3 White collar........................................................ 19.78 5.6 18.44 3.6 21.45 10.8 2....................................................... 10.13 1.3 10.18 1.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 2.5 10.61 2.7 – – 4....................................................... 11.80 5.2 12.73 3.5 10.61 6.0 5....................................................... 13.77 7.9 15.08 6.8 – – 6....................................................... 13.77 6.2 14.78 8.6 12.96 3.4 7....................................................... 18.55 5.6 18.71 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 22.55 11.2 24.33 14.0 20.69 13.9 9....................................................... 26.14 6.2 24.91 5.8 26.72 9.6 10........................................................ 28.02 4.7 28.00 5.9 – – 11........................................................ 34.86 6.1 33.17 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.72 8.6 39.88 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.01 11.5 20.21 5.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.93 5.8 18.42 3.9 21.68 10.8 2....................................................... 10.04 1.7 10.11 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.85 2.4 10.80 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.72 5.6 12.50 3.5 10.69 7.6 5....................................................... 13.14 4.6 14.07 2.0 – – 6....................................................... 13.78 6.2 14.82 8.7 12.96 3.4 7....................................................... 18.94 5.3 19.14 5.2 – – 8....................................................... 22.84 11.6 25.16 14.3 20.69 13.9 9....................................................... 25.86 5.9 23.95 3.2 26.72 9.6 10........................................................ 28.62 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.93 6.1 33.26 5.3 – – 12........................................................ 39.72 8.6 39.88 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.33 11.3 20.60 7.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 2.9 20.99 3.7 25.94 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.03 4.6 23.81 7.6 27.57 6.0 7....................................................... 20.51 10.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.60 11.4 26.52 17.5 24.42 11.1 9....................................................... 27.31 8.0 21.78 2.5 28.07 9.4 11........................................................ 33.86 5.9 34.00 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.45 6.4 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.98 3.0 29.00 3.2 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 26.46 7.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.69 8.5 28.69 8.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.14 14.6 28.14 14.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.95 7.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.93 10.3 12.00 6.6 27.99 9.5 8....................................................... 25.08 1.2 – – 26.24 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. $32.34 3.7 – – $32.47 3.7 8....................................................... 25.02 2.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 27.61 3.4 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.26 5.6 $17.57 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.07 4.8 14.07 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 17.66 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.09 12.4 18.09 12.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 17.29 9.7 18.13 17.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 12.6 26.06 6.3 27.00 21.6 9....................................................... 24.41 3.9 25.54 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.78 8.1 – – – – 12........................................................ 44.28 6.4 44.28 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.53 9.5 19.72 3.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 29.79 7.6 28.56 8.2 30.53 10.6 9....................................................... 23.98 4.4 25.23 8.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.93 8.2 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.86 8.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 28.52 5.7 28.39 8.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.18 7.2 25.71 8.9 – – Management related............................................ 18.55 15.1 21.99 6.9 – – Sales............................................................. 17.36 13.0 18.70 12.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 14.26 18.0 – – – – Advertising and related sales............................... 25.82 29.1 25.82 29.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.66 2.5 13.12 2.4 11.94 6.4 2....................................................... 10.04 1.7 10.11 1.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.92 2.4 10.87 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 11.68 5.8 12.48 3.9 10.69 7.7 5....................................................... 13.08 5.5 14.19 1.9 – – 6....................................................... 13.31 4.9 14.58 9.0 12.82 2.3 7....................................................... 19.17 3.7 19.19 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.37 8.0 12.37 8.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.20 6.0 13.48 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 10.84 4.6 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 13.25 10.2 13.25 10.2 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.85 2.4 12.95 3.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.67 4.8 11.19 6.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.53 3.8 $15.45 4.0 $16.13 13.7 1....................................................... 8.33 7.3 8.33 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.22 6.8 11.30 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.08 1.7 11.08 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 3.6 13.66 2.8 – – 5....................................................... 13.68 6.4 14.54 3.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.28 4.8 16.28 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.06 9.1 24.12 8.0 16.94 12.0 9....................................................... 27.19 3.2 27.42 3.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 4.7 19.20 5.1 18.71 12.1 4....................................................... 13.44 8.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.30 3.3 13.27 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 13.95 1.7 13.95 1.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.17 9.7 23.45 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 24.54 1.3 24.33 1.5 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 17.28 8.9 16.55 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 19.33 9.6 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 19.41 19.9 25.18 14.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 24.3 28.28 15.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.96 7.7 13.96 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 14.6 12.06 14.6 – – 3....................................................... 11.25 1.4 11.25 1.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.51 2.4 14.51 2.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.19 5.6 17.19 5.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 18.45 10.6 18.45 10.6 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.90 7.5 14.90 7.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.12 4.0 12.12 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 9.2 17.58 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.73 2.5 10.73 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.11 4.8 13.57 3.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.19 10.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 13.25 5.5 13.25 5.5 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 4.0 11.37 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 14.0 11.04 14.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.18 2.0 11.18 2.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.47 5.1 10.47 5.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 14.58 11.0 14.58 11.0 – – Service............................................................. 12.18 4.8 10.36 6.7 13.73 3.1 2....................................................... 11.01 6.9 11.14 18.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.15 3.9 10.20 4.3 – – 4....................................................... $10.39 6.1 $10.34 9.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.44 10.8 9.41 11.8 – – Other food service........................................... 10.18 8.8 10.21 9.5 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.47 8.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.21 3.3 11.41 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.21 3.3 11.41 3.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.95 12.8 10.87 16.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.85 7.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.97 5.2 12.58 7.2 – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.81 6.8 $8.90 6.0 $14.45 20.5 All excluding sales............................................... 10.44 7.8 9.45 7.2 14.45 20.5 White collar........................................................ 13.01 9.2 11.71 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.47 1.9 6.47 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.77 6.5 7.61 7.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.72 11.2 8.72 11.2 – – 4....................................................... 8.91 9.8 8.91 9.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.10 8.0 15.91 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.37 6.1 9.50 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 4.8 11.11 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 8.91 9.8 8.91 9.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.61 13.3 – – – – Professional specialty.......................................... 25.93 11.7 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.61 2.5 6.61 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.85 3.4 9.95 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.37 6.1 9.50 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.11 4.8 11.11 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.76 4.1 7.59 4.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.39 1.7 6.39 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 3.5 8.85 3.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.62 5.1 7.51 5.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.85 3.5 8.85 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.29 10.3 6.20 9.2 10.86 7.3 1....................................................... 6.06 8.5 6.04 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.10 19.4 4.82 18.4 9.05 8.5 3....................................................... $7.24 9.1 $7.24 9.1 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.93 16.2 5.02 16.1 – – 1....................................................... 5.94 12.4 5.90 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 3.81 43.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 5.85 9.7 5.85 9.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.14 17.8 3.14 17.8 – – 3....................................................... 4.15 15.1 4.15 15.1 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 21.7 2.98 21.7 – – Other food service........................................... 8.64 8.5 7.47 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.20 7.1 7.16 7.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.88 10.6 7.16 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 7.0 7.16 7.0 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.26 6.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.26 6.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.67 10.7 $7.11 8.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.58 8.7 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.36 11.0 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.41 $9.81 $17.39 $15.92 $16.32 $18.66 All excluding sales............................................. 17.41 10.44 17.39 16.18 16.59 17.28 White collar........................................................ 19.78 13.01 18.80 19.14 19.13 17.02 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 19.93 17.10 18.80 20.11 19.89 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.37 24.61 25.41 22.46 23.61 – Professional specialty.......................................... 26.03 25.93 27.60 25.00 26.24 – Technical....................................................... 17.26 – – 17.51 17.21 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.59 – – 28.49 26.59 – Sales............................................................. 17.36 – – 12.51 10.05 22.01 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.66 9.85 11.90 12.62 12.44 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.53 7.76 17.72 13.06 14.70 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.10 – 20.36 17.83 18.80 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.96 – 16.92 11.84 13.10 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.65 – 21.96 13.10 17.49 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.19 7.62 11.60 9.84 10.30 – Service............................................................. 12.18 7.29 13.64 8.45 10.53 – 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....................................................... 4.4 6.8 2.0 5.3 3.9 10.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.5 7.8 2.0 5.6 4.0 10.9 White collar........................................................ 5.6 9.2 4.7 6.2 5.2 17.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.8 8.0 4.7 6.6 5.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 13.3 3.8 2.8 2.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.6 11.7 7.4 3.9 3.5 – Technical....................................................... 5.6 – – 6.8 5.3 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12.6 – – 7.3 12.6 – Sales............................................................. 13.0 – – 12.5 8.7 20.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.5 3.4 7.9 2.3 2.6 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.8 4.1 5.6 3.6 3.1 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 – 7.0 7.0 5.0 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.7 – 4.4 6.7 6.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.2 – 11.7 5.3 9.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.0 5.1 6.3 4.3 3.1 – Service............................................................. 4.8 10.3 2.5 6.2 4.9 – 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.16 - – $18.78 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 15.33 - – 18.78 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 17.37 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.16 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.35 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.01 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 17.57 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.06 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 12.74 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.86 - – 19.21 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.07 - – – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.36 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.47 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.45 - – – - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 - – 4.6 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 - – 4.6 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.4 - – – - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.3 - – – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.4 - – – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 6.9 - – – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 - – – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.4 - – – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 - – – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 - – 2.8 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.0 - – – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 - – – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 - – – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 - – – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 6.7 - – – - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $15.16 $13.34 $15.75 $14.17 $18.75 All excluding sales............................................. 15.33 13.35 15.98 14.35 18.76 White collar........................................................ 17.37 16.09 17.73 16.79 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.16 16.64 18.58 17.84 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.35 18.06 22.57 19.78 – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.01 19.51 24.90 20.42 – Technical....................................................... 17.57 17.24 17.82 18.95 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 26.06 20.27 28.01 29.49 – Sales............................................................. 12.74 13.20 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.71 12.58 12.74 12.85 12.37 Blue collar......................................................... 14.86 15.17 14.79 12.19 18.23 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.07 19.57 18.88 16.15 20.86 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.91 10.73 14.24 12.52 17.11 Transportation and material moving................................ 17.36 11.32 19.44 13.64 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.47 12.95 10.08 8.76 – Service............................................................. 8.45 7.67 9.41 8.89 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 4.8 4.6 6.4 4.6 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 4.5 4.9 7.1 4.6 White collar........................................................ 3.4 7.5 4.9 7.0 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.4 5.9 5.1 7.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.3 7.1 4.4 11.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 5.4 10.5 7.7 20.4 – Technical....................................................... 6.9 7.7 10.0 6.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 6.0 6.4 7.6 – Sales............................................................. 13.4 19.3 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 3.4 2.4 3.4 5.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 6.6 3.7 1.9 4.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.0 7.5 6.3 15.9 1.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.5 3.2 8.7 9.2 3.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 9.1 12.1 3.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 6.6 3.9 3.4 – Service............................................................. 6.7 5.5 12.2 12.9 – 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.17 $10.43 $13.46 $20.81 $28.75 All excluding sales........................... 8.66 10.60 13.57 21.25 29.30 White collar.................................... 9.83 11.61 16.25 24.48 33.65 White collar excluding sales................ 10.25 11.93 16.83 25.58 34.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.50 16.61 22.05 29.30 37.45 Professional specialty...................... 16.11 18.74 25.19 32.44 39.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.36 25.41 26.32 33.65 38.85 Industrial engineers.................... 21.74 23.00 23.11 31.79 34.71 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.15 21.84 28.27 35.82 39.52 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.15 19.24 27.27 37.95 39.52 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ – – – – – Teachers, college and university.......... – – – – – Teachers, except college and university... 13.71 18.03 25.40 34.40 40.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.42 27.54 33.62 36.56 40.45 Secondary school teachers............... 22.05 24.40 30.09 40.67 40.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.50 13.50 14.12 16.30 18.22 Social workers.......................... 13.50 13.50 14.12 16.30 18.22 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 11.45 13.79 16.48 19.97 23.59 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 12.00 13.79 17.07 19.97 23.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.21 19.34 26.24 31.82 42.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.14 23.11 29.90 35.13 43.13 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.28 30.39 41.26 43.13 43.13 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.81 22.87 29.90 33.65 38.02 Management related........................ 11.01 11.78 17.67 24.76 28.63 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.50 9.83 15.08 23.95 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.83 10.17 13.38 14.98 23.95 Advertising and related sales........... 13.93 18.39 18.39 24.19 56.23 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.41 10.38 11.86 13.24 16.83 Secretaries............................. 9.25 10.46 11.78 13.06 14.63 Receptionists........................... 7.50 9.71 10.28 11.22 12.24 Order clerks............................ 9.75 10.25 12.05 14.88 19.06 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.58 8.20 9.29 10.60 11.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.21 12.21 13.35 15.45 General office clerks................... 9.23 9.88 10.59 12.48 14.00 Data entry keyers....................... 8.00 9.28 10.50 11.86 11.86 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.43 13.48 17.83 23.63 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $11.30 $13.60 $18.58 $23.63 $26.36 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.60 15.45 15.84 22.07 23.75 Supervisors, production................. 12.83 13.35 15.25 20.37 34.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.77 9.82 13.74 17.22 20.55 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 13.68 14.10 21.37 22.99 22.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 10.10 17.22 19.62 19.62 Assemblers.............................. 8.10 8.88 10.60 15.31 19.62 Transportation and material moving............ 10.71 11.50 14.00 16.38 31.96 Truck drivers........................... 10.50 12.00 14.75 16.38 16.38 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.29 13.48 13.48 13.48 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.62 9.00 10.43 11.65 14.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 8.00 10.94 10.94 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.75 8.27 10.63 11.85 13.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 9.24 11.89 16.91 18.97 Service......................................... 5.75 7.50 10.09 12.70 15.05 Protective service........................ 11.21 11.78 12.83 15.28 21.29 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.88 7.25 10.00 13.13 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.25 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.25 9.00 10.56 13.13 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.62 10.00 13.13 13.13 13.61 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.50 10.48 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.00 7.50 9.00 9.99 Health service............................ 9.25 9.64 10.66 12.10 13.22 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.62 10.50 12.10 13.22 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 9.36 11.93 14.90 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.48 8.39 10.12 12.72 14.90 Personal service.......................... 5.70 6.70 7.75 9.93 11.47 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.75 7.47 9.86 10.92 11.47 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.05 $9.99 $13.00 $19.06 $25.71 All excluding sales........................... 7.70 10.10 13.12 19.42 25.75 White collar.................................... 8.80 11.01 14.62 22.60 28.69 White collar excluding sales................ 10.15 11.75 15.49 23.12 29.90 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.60 14.83 20.12 26.42 32.80 Professional specialty...................... 13.13 17.98 23.13 28.55 37.45 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.74 23.00 26.36 35.51 38.97 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.15 21.84 28.27 35.82 39.52 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.15 19.24 27.27 37.95 39.52 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.35 13.00 16.58 21.56 24.96 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 11.00 12.80 17.07 22.38 24.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.49 17.84 24.76 30.38 38.49 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.49 22.62 28.68 33.65 44.23 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.49 22.62 28.83 33.65 38.49 Management related........................ 15.96 17.67 23.50 25.24 28.63 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.40 8.75 15.92 24.19 Advertising and related sales........... 13.93 18.39 18.39 24.19 56.23 Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.73 10.32 11.94 13.63 18.10 Secretaries............................. 10.55 11.75 12.29 14.32 18.10 Receptionists........................... 7.50 9.71 10.28 11.22 12.24 Order clerks............................ 9.75 10.25 12.05 14.88 19.06 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 7.58 8.20 9.29 10.60 11.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.32 10.50 11.19 13.35 17.40 General office clerks................... 9.19 9.68 10.08 12.39 14.00 Data entry keyers....................... 9.54 10.50 11.86 11.86 11.86 Blue collar..................................... 8.30 10.10 13.32 17.69 23.63 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.50 13.58 19.50 23.63 26.36 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.60 15.27 15.84 18.12 23.78 Supervisors, production................. 13.80 18.69 20.68 34.34 34.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.77 9.82 13.74 17.22 20.55 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... $13.68 $14.10 $21.37 $22.99 $22.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 10.10 17.22 19.62 19.62 Assemblers.............................. 8.10 8.88 10.60 15.31 19.62 Transportation and material moving............ 10.71 11.29 13.48 16.00 34.71 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 11.55 13.27 15.45 17.83 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.29 13.48 13.48 13.48 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 8.25 10.60 11.71 14.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.00 8.00 10.94 10.94 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.75 8.27 10.63 11.85 13.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 9.24 11.89 16.91 18.97 Service......................................... 2.25 6.70 8.25 10.10 13.13 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.45 7.00 9.00 11.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.25 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.20 8.00 10.00 13.13 Cooks................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.50 10.25 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 7.20 8.00 9.00 Health service............................ 9.25 9.64 11.27 12.10 12.92 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.64 11.27 12.10 12.92 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.00 9.36 12.80 15.87 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 7.50 10.10 13.87 15.87 Personal service.......................... 5.45 6.00 7.00 7.70 9.00 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.09 $11.78 $15.22 $24.40 $34.40 All excluding sales........................... 10.21 11.78 15.22 24.47 34.40 White collar.................................... 10.46 11.97 18.55 29.89 37.52 White collar excluding sales................ 10.89 12.21 18.94 29.89 37.57 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.22 18.22 24.04 33.62 39.42 Professional specialty...................... 16.74 19.26 26.32 34.40 40.45 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 17.56 20.40 29.89 35.78 40.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.42 27.54 33.62 36.56 40.45 Secondary school teachers............... 22.05 24.55 30.09 40.67 40.67 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.78 21.55 26.38 32.33 43.13 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.65 23.32 30.04 36.50 43.13 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.02 10.50 11.78 13.00 14.62 Blue collar..................................... 10.43 10.43 14.88 18.58 24.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.83 14.51 15.73 23.17 26.98 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 9.80 11.21 12.48 13.84 16.28 Protective service........................ 11.65 11.94 12.85 15.66 22.99 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.38 8.94 10.42 11.93 12.72 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.38 8.94 10.42 11.93 12.72 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.60 $11.29 $14.31 $22.13 $30.04 All excluding sales........................... 9.55 11.31 14.31 22.13 30.09 White collar.................................... 10.32 11.97 16.97 25.19 34.40 White collar excluding sales................ 10.46 12.00 17.07 25.53 34.40 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.33 16.58 21.85 29.89 36.95 Professional specialty...................... 16.11 18.67 24.50 33.09 38.52 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.36 25.41 26.32 33.65 38.85 Industrial engineers.................... 21.74 23.00 23.11 31.79 34.71 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 16.15 21.84 28.27 35.82 39.52 Computer systems analysts and scientists 16.15 19.24 27.27 37.95 39.52 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.19 18.95 24.27 32.50 39.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 12.82 18.03 25.19 34.40 38.52 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.42 27.54 33.62 36.56 40.45 Secondary school teachers............... 21.26 22.37 28.30 30.26 35.78 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.38 13.79 16.48 19.97 24.17 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 12.00 13.79 17.07 19.97 23.59 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.21 19.34 26.24 31.82 42.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.14 23.11 29.90 35.13 43.13 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.28 30.39 41.26 43.13 43.13 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.81 22.87 29.90 33.65 38.02 Management related........................ 11.01 11.78 17.67 24.76 28.63 Sales......................................... 9.83 10.37 13.93 22.45 27.66 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.83 10.17 13.38 14.98 23.95 Advertising and related sales........... 13.93 18.39 18.39 24.19 56.23 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.84 10.60 11.97 13.37 17.40 Secretaries............................. 9.25 10.99 11.78 13.06 14.63 Order clerks............................ 9.75 10.25 12.05 14.88 19.06 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.50 11.49 12.21 14.35 15.45 General office clerks................... 9.23 9.94 11.47 13.45 14.00 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 10.60 13.74 19.62 24.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.35 13.75 18.58 23.63 26.36 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 12.60 15.45 15.84 22.07 23.75 Supervisors, production................. 12.83 13.35 15.25 20.37 34.34 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $8.79 $9.86 $13.74 $17.22 $20.55 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 13.68 14.10 21.37 22.99 22.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 10.10 17.22 19.62 19.62 Assemblers.............................. 8.38 9.03 10.63 15.31 19.62 Transportation and material moving............ 10.71 11.55 14.15 16.38 32.77 Truck drivers........................... 11.25 12.25 15.00 16.38 16.38 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.29 13.48 13.48 13.48 15.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 10.00 10.60 11.85 14.76 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 6.75 8.27 10.65 11.85 13.75 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 11.47 14.59 16.91 22.36 Service......................................... 7.50 9.62 11.78 13.20 16.05 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 4.75 8.00 9.98 11.85 13.13 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.25 8.50 10.00 13.13 13.13 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 9.00 10.00 11.85 13.13 13.13 Health service............................ 9.25 9.99 11.25 12.32 13.26 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.25 9.99 11.25 12.32 13.26 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 8.94 9.80 12.72 15.87 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.52 10.10 11.93 13.87 15.40 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.25 $6.25 $8.00 $10.14 $16.70 All excluding sales........................... 4.50 6.50 9.00 11.19 19.80 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.63 9.25 15.43 28.23 White collar excluding sales................ 8.20 9.93 12.80 25.78 28.55 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.12 17.94 26.33 28.55 40.67 Professional specialty...................... 14.67 19.96 27.44 28.55 40.67 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Cashiers................................ 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.58 8.63 10.00 11.19 12.63 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 6.00 7.75 9.17 9.92 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.00 7.50 9.17 9.92 Service......................................... 2.13 5.45 7.20 9.40 11.47 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.50 10.09 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.25 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.65 6.00 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.00 7.50 9.99 13.61 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.50 7.20 9.74 9.99 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 5.25 6.32 7.00 8.39 8.49 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.25 6.32 7.00 8.39 8.49 Personal service.......................... 5.55 6.55 9.40 9.93 11.47 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 5.75 7.82 9.86 10.92 11.47 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, Lincoln, NE, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 75,800 50,800 25,000 All excluding sales............................................. 71,200 46,500 24,700 White collar........................................................ 38,900 23,200 15,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 34,300 18,800 15,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,600 7,300 7,300 Professional specialty.......................................... 11,000 4,600 6,400 Technical....................................................... 3,600 2,700 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6,200 2,700 3,500 Sales............................................................. 4,600 4,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13,400 8,900 4,600 Blue collar......................................................... 23,100 19,600 3,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,600 5,200 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5,700 5,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,900 2,500 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,800 6,200 - Service............................................................. 13,900 8,000 5,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.