NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: New Orleans, LA, Bulletin 3120-36, 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................. $16.47 3.5 36.4 $16.22 4.7 36.0 $17.12 2.8 37.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.12 3.5 36.7 21.15 4.9 36.3 21.06 4.0 37.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.10 3.6 37.5 29.22 6.2 37.7 24.58 2.1 37.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.32 6.8 39.8 27.43 7.8 40.5 31.75 13.3 37.4 Sales............................................................. 12.14 7.1 29.6 12.18 7.1 29.5 – – – Administrative support............................................ 11.77 5.2 36.2 12.15 6.8 35.4 10.96 4.1 38.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.60 4.2 39.2 15.20 5.1 39.5 12.15 4.2 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.49 3.5 39.8 19.67 3.4 39.9 14.22 2.5 39.2 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.81 9.0 39.3 13.88 9.3 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.59 2.5 44.7 12.81 4.3 48.2 11.68 5.0 34.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 9.10 5.9 34.1 9.05 7.6 32.6 9.24 9.3 38.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 8.42 4.4 33.0 7.65 6.4 31.7 10.60 3.3 37.5 Full time........................................................... 17.46 3.2 39.7 17.45 4.4 40.0 17.47 3.0 38.8 Part time........................................................... 7.45 4.2 20.9 6.89 3.4 20.4 10.71 6.4 24.8 Union............................................................... 16.66 8.7 36.1 16.72 10.1 35.8 16.28 2.2 38.3 Nonunion............................................................ 16.45 3.7 36.5 16.15 5.1 36.0 17.16 2.9 37.6 Time................................................................ 16.48 3.7 36.6 16.21 5.2 36.2 17.12 2.8 37.7 Incentive........................................................... 16.32 26.7 32.2 16.32 26.7 32.2 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.86 3.3 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.40 6.3 32.8 12.37 6.4 32.7 14.50 11.1 37.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 14.50 7.5 36.9 14.57 7.9 36.8 13.28 1.1 39.0 500 workers or more................................................. 19.24 4.6 37.6 21.31 7.8 37.6 17.39 2.9 37.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $16.47 3.5 $16.22 4.7 $17.12 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.64 3.5 16.44 4.9 17.13 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.12 3.5 21.15 4.9 21.06 4.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.86 3.6 22.29 5.1 21.09 4.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.10 3.6 29.22 6.2 24.58 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.71 4.1 31.24 7.4 26.08 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.84 8.8 37.14 8.8 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.12 1.4 39.12 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.15 5.1 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.51 9.6 39.51 9.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.09 2.7 26.74 3.2 24.71 5.2 Registered nurses........................................... 25.49 4.3 25.94 5.2 24.85 6.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.21 8.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 34.02 5.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.11 3.5 – – 28.16 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.22 4.5 – – 27.41 4.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.34 .3 – – 28.34 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 31.49 1.2 – – 31.49 1.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.13 4.2 – – 12.78 3.1 Social workers.............................................. 13.33 5.0 – – 12.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.31 17.7 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.60 11.8 23.05 15.3 15.54 6.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.50 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.97 1.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.63 29.6 22.08 34.3 12.93 6.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.32 6.8 27.43 7.8 31.75 13.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.39 8.8 25.96 10.4 36.14 12.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 51.06 21.1 – – 51.06 21.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.41 5.5 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.03 20.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.56 8.8 31.56 8.8 – – Management related............................................ 28.23 11.2 29.36 11.6 22.21 16.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.22 6.8 29.06 2.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.27 17.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.3 20.37 15.2 – – Sales............................................................. 12.14 7.1 12.18 7.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... $6.93 10.2 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 5.2 $12.15 6.8 $10.96 4.1 Secretaries................................................. 13.62 5.4 14.69 7.1 12.43 8.5 Receptionists............................................... 7.78 5.6 7.66 6.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.07 14.9 – – 10.99 26.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.94 7.8 11.63 9.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.85 37.6 – – 16.21 11.0 General office clerks....................................... 9.15 7.8 – – 8.89 10.1 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.93 2.1 – – 9.93 2.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.99 6.0 – – 11.52 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.60 4.2 15.20 5.1 12.15 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.49 3.5 19.67 3.4 14.22 2.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.88 21.0 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.54 11.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.97 5.8 17.99 6.9 13.44 7.7 Electricians................................................ 16.57 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.26 6.7 17.38 7.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.64 13.6 18.64 13.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.48 5.4 – – 11.48 5.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 9.0 13.88 9.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.95 6.0 11.96 6.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.59 2.5 12.81 4.3 11.68 5.0 Truck drivers............................................... 13.91 9.3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.63 5.1 – – 11.77 2.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.10 5.9 9.05 7.6 9.24 9.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.24 5.0 – – 7.62 9.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.72 18.1 9.72 18.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.54 7.8 10.85 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 8.42 4.4 7.65 6.4 10.60 3.3 Protective service............................................ 11.26 7.5 9.14 8.6 13.02 4.5 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.69 2.1 – – 18.69 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.63 9.0 – – 11.63 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.92 4.9 – – 14.94 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.64 3.7 – – 9.64 3.7 Food service.................................................. 6.95 18.4 6.88 19.8 8.41 22.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.20 33.5 4.20 33.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.70 33.5 3.70 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 10.1 8.26 10.9 8.41 22.9 Cooks....................................................... 8.01 5.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $6.55 8.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.00 19.2 $9.66 20.0 – – Health service................................................ 8.18 7.7 7.79 8.7 $9.15 10.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.38 13.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.85 8.4 – – 8.70 7.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.81 3.9 7.66 5.4 8.22 3.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.83 3.9 6.83 3.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.10 2.4 8.00 2.8 8.27 4.3 Personal service.............................................. 7.95 3.5 8.16 2.7 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.11 2.4 7.29 2.3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.77 4.8 8.77 4.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $17.46 3.2 $17.45 4.4 $17.47 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 17.57 3.3 17.61 4.6 17.49 3.0 White collar........................................................ 21.92 3.6 22.35 5.0 21.12 3.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.42 3.9 23.16 5.5 21.14 3.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.30 3.7 29.55 6.3 24.65 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.86 4.1 31.47 7.5 26.13 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.84 8.8 37.14 8.8 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.12 1.4 39.12 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.15 5.1 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.51 9.6 39.51 9.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.23 2.7 26.95 3.1 24.70 5.5 Registered nurses........................................... 25.64 4.8 26.20 5.9 24.84 6.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.22 8.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 34.03 5.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.27 3.5 – – 28.17 2.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 4.3 – – 27.33 4.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.34 .3 – – 28.34 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 31.49 1.2 – – 31.49 1.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.13 4.2 – – 12.78 3.1 Social workers.............................................. 13.33 5.0 – – 12.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.32 18.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.93 12.4 23.55 16.0 15.66 6.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.50 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.93 1.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 20.15 31.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.41 6.8 27.43 7.8 32.27 13.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.51 8.9 25.96 10.4 36.89 11.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 51.06 21.1 – – 51.06 21.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.41 5.5 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.03 20.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.56 8.8 31.56 8.8 – – Management related............................................ 28.26 11.1 29.36 11.6 22.31 16.1 Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.22 6.8 29.06 2.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.27 17.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.91 12.4 20.37 15.2 – – Sales............................................................. 13.79 7.0 13.86 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $12.22 5.4 $12.88 7.2 $10.98 4.2 Secretaries................................................. 13.74 5.3 14.96 6.8 12.43 8.5 Receptionists............................................... 8.30 9.3 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.07 14.9 – – 10.99 26.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.65 5.9 12.52 7.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.85 37.6 – – 16.21 11.0 General office clerks....................................... 9.15 7.9 – – 8.88 10.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.93 2.1 – – 9.93 2.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.99 6.0 – – 11.52 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.08 3.9 15.74 4.6 12.25 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.50 3.5 19.67 3.4 14.25 2.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.88 21.0 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.54 11.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.97 5.8 17.99 6.9 13.44 7.7 Electricians................................................ 16.57 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.26 6.7 17.38 7.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.64 13.6 18.64 13.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.71 1.6 – – 11.71 1.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.94 9.1 14.01 9.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.95 6.0 11.96 6.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.74 3.5 12.83 4.5 11.92 9.4 Truck drivers............................................... 13.91 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.78 4.5 10.07 4.5 9.24 9.3 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.24 5.0 – – 7.62 10.0 Construction laborers....................................... 9.47 5.4 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.83 8.5 11.22 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.10 4.7 8.28 6.5 11.02 3.3 Protective service............................................ 11.52 6.5 9.31 8.1 13.22 4.0 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.69 2.1 – – 18.69 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.63 9.0 – – 11.63 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.92 4.9 – – 14.94 5.0 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.64 3.7 – – 9.64 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 2.3 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.70 17.0 8.73 18.4 8.41 22.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.29 12.5 4.29 12.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.42 13.7 9.54 14.7 8.41 22.9 Cooks....................................................... 8.01 5.4 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.66 20.4 10.78 19.1 – – Health service................................................ 8.19 8.7 7.74 10.0 9.15 10.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $7.84 8.7 – – $8.70 7.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.82 4.2 $7.66 5.7 8.28 5.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.72 4.1 6.72 4.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.11 2.7 8.00 2.8 8.34 5.9 Personal service.............................................. 8.23 3.0 8.21 3.2 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.44 3.8 7.32 2.2 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.00 8.5 9.00 8.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $7.45 4.2 $6.89 3.4 $10.71 6.4 All excluding sales............................................... 7.35 5.3 6.67 6.0 10.71 6.4 White collar........................................................ 9.43 9.9 8.65 9.2 17.84 17.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.06 14.0 8.89 12.5 17.84 17.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.40 13.9 16.52 15.1 21.18 19.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.40 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 12.58 8.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.56 44.5 – – 11.56 44.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.26 11.9 8.26 11.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.45 4.7 7.45 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.94 13.9 6.44 13.1 11.32 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.46 13.1 6.43 13.2 – – Service............................................................. 5.94 11.9 5.79 14.4 6.96 6.9 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.06 23.4 5.06 23.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.18 40.7 4.18 40.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.02 3.8 6.02 3.8 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.31 6.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $692 3.0 39.7 $699 4.1 40.0 $677 2.9 38.8 All excluding sales............................................... 696 3.1 39.6 704 4.3 40.0 678 2.9 38.8 White collar........................................................ 856 3.7 39.1 886 5.3 39.6 803 3.8 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 873 4.0 38.9 915 5.9 39.5 803 3.8 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,059 3.7 38.8 1,172 6.2 39.7 932 2.2 37.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,113 4.0 38.6 1,245 7.4 39.6 982 1.8 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,474 8.8 40.0 1,486 8.8 40.0 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 1,565 1.4 40.0 1,565 1.4 40.0 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,126 5.1 40.0 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,581 9.5 40.0 1,581 9.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,042 2.8 39.7 1,067 3.2 39.6 990 5.1 40.1 Registered nurses........................................... 1,018 5.3 39.7 1,031 7.2 39.3 1,000 6.7 40.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,459 7.4 39.2 – – – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,357 5.5 39.9 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 973 3.0 35.7 – – – 999 2.3 35.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 958 4.0 35.3 – – – 966 4.2 35.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,005 .8 35.5 – – – 1,005 .8 35.5 Teachers, special education................................. 1,103 .7 35.0 – – – 1,103 .7 35.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 518 4.1 39.5 – – – 504 3.1 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 526 5.3 39.4 – – – 510 4.4 39.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 653 18.0 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 833 12.4 39.8 942 16.0 40.0 616 7.0 39.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 820 8.8 40.0 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 551 1.9 39.6 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 806 31.2 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,136 7.7 40.0 1,110 8.9 40.5 1,232 14.6 38.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,156 10.6 40.6 1,069 13.2 41.2 1,425 12.6 38.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 2,015 22.0 39.5 – – – 2,015 22.0 39.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,328 7.9 38.6 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 867 21.6 39.4 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,342 13.5 42.5 1,342 13.5 42.5 – – – Management related............................................ 1,108 11.7 39.2 1,162 12.0 39.6 830 16.6 37.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,061 8.4 39.0 1,153 3.7 39.7 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ $997 16.1 39.5 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 844 13.8 38.5 $789 16.9 38.7 – – – Sales............................................................. 566 6.5 41.0 569 6.5 41.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 471 5.9 38.5 498 8.1 38.7 $420 4.0 38.3 Secretaries................................................. 533 6.0 38.8 584 8.3 39.0 479 9.5 38.6 Receptionists............................................... 332 9.3 40.0 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 479 14.9 39.7 – – – 434 26.2 39.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 494 5.5 39.1 501 7.3 40.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 589 41.9 37.2 – – – 649 10.7 40.1 General office clerks....................................... 354 7.6 38.8 – – – 340 9.5 38.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 347 2.1 35.0 – – – 347 2.1 35.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 431 5.1 39.2 – – – 441 5.4 38.3 Blue collar......................................................... 617 3.4 40.9 652 3.6 41.4 479 4.9 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 737 3.6 39.8 785 3.5 39.9 562 3.0 39.5 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 715 21.0 40.0 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 582 11.8 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 630 5.5 39.5 720 6.9 40.0 521 7.3 38.8 Electricians................................................ 663 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 674 9.1 39.0 678 9.6 39.0 – – – Machinists.................................................. 746 13.6 40.0 746 13.6 40.0 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 468 1.6 40.0 – – – 468 1.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 555 9.4 39.8 557 9.7 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 478 6.0 40.0 479 6.1 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 600 5.8 47.1 623 5.9 48.5 449 8.8 37.6 Truck drivers............................................... 633 15.6 45.5 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 386 5.2 39.5 400 4.5 39.7 360 12.1 39.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 269 9.5 37.1 – – – 262 18.0 34.4 Construction laborers....................................... 379 5.4 40.0 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 433 8.5 40.0 449 9.3 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 359 4.8 39.5 322 6.4 38.9 451 3.7 40.9 Protective service............................................ 458 10.9 39.8 337 13.8 36.2 570 4.6 43.1 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 787 2.9 42.1 – – – 787 2.9 42.1 Firefighting................................................ 573 8.8 49.3 – – – 573 8.8 49.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 622 4.9 41.7 – – – 624 5.0 41.7 Correctional institution officers........................... $399 3.6 41.4 – – – $399 3.6 41.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 286 7.2 35.2 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 346 17.0 39.7 $349 18.4 39.9 318 19.4 37.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 172 12.5 40.0 172 12.5 40.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 374 13.8 39.7 381 14.7 39.9 318 19.4 37.8 Cooks....................................................... 319 5.5 39.8 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 383 20.6 39.6 431 19.1 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 324 9.4 39.6 305 10.9 39.4 366 10.9 40.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 309 9.5 39.5 – – – 348 7.3 40.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 306 3.2 39.1 302 4.6 39.4 318 2.7 38.4 Maids and housemen.......................................... 260 1.1 38.8 260 1.1 38.8 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 317 2.0 39.1 316 2.8 39.6 318 3.2 38.2 Personal service.............................................. 322 2.5 39.1 321 2.8 39.1 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 292 2.5 39.2 287 .0 39.1 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 333 16.6 37.0 333 16.6 37.0 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $34,813 3.0 1,994 $36,206 4.1 2,074 $31,855 2.9 1,823 All excluding sales............................................... 34,968 3.1 1,990 36,485 4.3 2,072 31,871 2.9 1,823 White collar........................................................ 42,087 3.7 1,920 45,722 5.3 2,045 36,345 3.8 1,721 White collar excluding sales.................................... 42,775 4.0 1,908 47,187 5.9 2,037 36,378 3.8 1,721 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,400 3.7 1,809 59,679 6.2 2,019 39,715 2.2 1,611 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,659 4.0 1,756 62,957 7.4 2,001 40,678 1.8 1,557 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,627 8.8 2,080 77,259 8.8 2,080 – – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 81,363 1.4 2,080 81,363 1.4 2,080 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 58,560 5.1 2,080 – – – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 82,202 9.5 2,081 82,202 9.5 2,081 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 54,202 2.8 2,066 55,466 3.2 2,058 51,495 5.1 2,085 Registered nurses........................................... 52,947 5.3 2,065 53,606 7.2 2,046 51,991 6.7 2,093 Teachers, college and university.............................. 58,072 7.4 1,560 – – – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 54,388 5.5 1,598 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36,598 3.0 1,342 – – – 36,995 2.3 1,313 Elementary school teachers.................................. 35,193 4.0 1,297 – – – 35,435 4.2 1,297 Secondary school teachers................................... 36,905 .8 1,302 – – – 36,905 .8 1,302 Teachers, special education................................. 40,420 .7 1,284 – – – 40,420 .7 1,284 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26,956 4.1 2,054 – – – 26,227 3.1 2,052 Social workers.............................................. 27,333 5.3 2,051 – – – 26,539 4.4 2,049 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33,947 18.0 2,080 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 43,303 12.4 2,069 48,983 16.0 2,080 32,036 7.0 2,046 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 42,631 8.8 2,080 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 28,667 1.9 2,057 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 41,922 31.2 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 58,209 7.7 2,049 57,743 8.9 2,105 59,834 14.6 1,854 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 58,905 10.6 2,066 55,607 13.2 2,142 68,270 12.6 1,851 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 104,786 22.0 2,052 – – – 104,786 22.0 2,052 Administrators, education and related fields................ 59,067 7.9 1,716 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 45,100 21.6 2,047 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 69,777 13.5 2,211 69,777 13.5 2,211 – – – Management related............................................ 57,226 11.7 2,025 60,434 12.0 2,058 41,547 16.6 1,862 Accountants and auditors.................................... 55,084 8.4 2,024 59,978 3.7 2,064 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ $51,390 16.1 2,034 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 43,003 13.8 1,963 $41,021 16.9 2,014 – – – Sales............................................................. 29,409 6.5 2,133 29,573 6.5 2,133 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 24,094 5.9 1,971 25,887 8.1 2,010 $20,890 4.0 1,903 Secretaries................................................. 26,667 6.0 1,941 30,353 8.3 2,029 23,065 9.5 1,856 Receptionists............................................... 17,255 9.3 2,080 – – – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 24,928 14.9 2,065 – – – 22,550 26.2 2,051 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 25,182 5.5 1,991 26,044 7.3 2,080 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 30,623 41.9 1,932 – – – 33,768 10.7 2,083 General office clerks....................................... 18,387 7.6 2,011 – – – 17,642 9.5 1,986 Teachers' aides............................................. 12,636 2.1 1,273 – – – 12,636 2.1 1,273 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 22,423 5.1 2,040 – – – 22,923 5.4 1,990 Blue collar......................................................... 32,048 3.4 2,125 33,886 3.6 2,153 24,665 4.9 2,014 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,296 3.6 2,070 40,817 3.5 2,075 29,224 3.0 2,050 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 37,186 21.0 2,080 – – – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 30,247 11.8 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 32,764 5.5 2,052 37,418 6.9 2,080 27,114 7.3 2,018 Electricians................................................ 34,476 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 35,057 9.1 2,031 35,240 9.6 2,028 – – – Machinists.................................................. 38,773 13.6 2,080 38,773 13.6 2,080 – – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 24,351 1.6 2,080 – – – 24,351 1.6 2,080 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,834 9.4 2,069 28,982 9.7 2,068 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 24,846 6.0 2,080 24,885 6.1 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,845 5.8 2,422 32,391 5.9 2,524 21,582 8.8 1,810 Truck drivers............................................... 32,894 15.6 2,365 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,058 5.2 2,051 20,802 4.5 2,066 18,709 12.1 2,026 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13,971 9.5 1,930 – – – 13,620 18.0 1,787 Construction laborers....................................... 19,698 5.4 2,080 – – – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 22,528 8.5 2,080 23,347 9.3 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 18,370 4.8 2,020 16,741 6.4 2,022 22,209 3.7 2,016 Protective service............................................ 23,807 10.9 2,067 17,508 13.8 1,881 29,553 4.6 2,236 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 40,926 2.9 2,190 – – – 40,926 2.9 2,190 Firefighting................................................ 29,796 8.8 2,561 – – – 29,796 8.8 2,561 Police and detectives, public service....................... 32,367 4.9 2,169 – – – 32,436 5.0 2,170 Correctional institution officers........................... $20,761 3.6 2,154 – – – $20,761 3.6 2,154 Guards and police, except public service.................... 14,817 7.2 1,827 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 17,590 17.0 2,021 $18,141 18.4 2,077 13,427 19.4 1,597 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8,927 12.5 2,080 8,927 12.5 2,080 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,942 13.8 2,012 19,802 14.7 2,077 13,427 19.4 1,597 Cooks....................................................... 15,847 5.5 1,979 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 19,287 20.6 1,997 22,431 19.1 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 16,857 9.4 2,058 15,848 10.9 2,047 19,024 10.9 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 16,092 9.5 2,053 – – – 18,097 7.3 2,080 Cleaning and building service................................. 15,378 3.2 1,967 15,687 4.6 2,047 14,577 2.7 1,761 Maids and housemen.......................................... 13,544 1.1 2,016 13,535 1.1 2,016 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 15,646 2.0 1,928 16,455 2.8 2,058 14,352 3.2 1,720 Personal service.............................................. 16,743 2.5 2,033 16,674 2.8 2,032 – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 15,174 2.5 2,039 14,911 .0 2,036 – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 17,307 16.6 1,923 17,307 16.6 1,923 – – – 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $16.47 3.5 $16.22 4.7 $17.12 2.8 All excluding sales............................................... 16.64 3.5 16.44 4.9 17.13 2.8 White collar........................................................ 21.12 3.5 21.15 4.9 21.06 4.0 1....................................................... 6.89 5.1 – – 6.50 8.6 2....................................................... 9.86 5.3 9.86 6.6 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 10.38 13.5 10.55 15.1 9.36 6.7 4....................................................... 11.96 3.0 11.60 2.6 12.50 6.4 5....................................................... 16.45 6.9 15.51 10.0 18.97 3.3 6....................................................... 18.29 4.2 18.80 3.9 16.79 11.1 7....................................................... 22.66 6.1 24.75 8.1 18.75 12.9 8....................................................... 23.32 3.4 18.81 6.3 24.98 3.0 9....................................................... 28.85 5.3 30.00 5.7 25.85 7.4 10........................................................ 37.25 7.9 38.49 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.41 6.8 33.84 9.0 35.85 3.9 12........................................................ 45.27 10.3 44.38 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.83 16.5 31.31 19.3 29.37 26.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.86 3.6 22.29 5.1 21.09 4.0 1....................................................... 6.65 4.7 – – 6.46 9.0 2....................................................... 10.01 5.2 10.10 6.7 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 10.72 13.6 10.99 15.4 9.36 6.7 4....................................................... 11.75 3.5 11.15 2.9 12.50 6.4 5....................................................... 16.73 9.0 15.64 14.0 18.97 3.3 6....................................................... 18.42 4.3 19.00 3.9 16.79 11.1 7....................................................... 22.66 6.1 24.75 8.1 18.75 12.9 8....................................................... 23.81 3.0 19.95 4.3 24.98 3.0 9....................................................... 28.85 5.3 30.00 5.7 25.85 7.4 10........................................................ 37.25 7.9 38.49 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.41 6.8 33.84 9.0 35.85 3.9 12........................................................ 45.27 10.3 44.38 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.09 13.3 34.50 13.8 29.37 26.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.10 3.6 29.22 6.2 24.58 2.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.71 4.1 31.24 7.4 26.08 1.9 5....................................................... 18.63 15.7 – – 25.35 7.4 6....................................................... 22.08 7.6 22.73 5.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.07 9.6 28.90 8.1 17.58 11.7 8....................................................... 25.01 3.3 – – 25.35 3.4 9....................................................... 28.12 4.9 26.98 8.3 30.05 2.6 10........................................................ 39.20 11.9 42.80 12.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.11 10.0 33.38 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.00 10.1 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.84 8.8 37.14 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.25 4.0 34.25 4.0 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.12 1.4 39.12 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.15 5.1 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $39.51 9.6 $39.51 9.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.09 2.7 26.74 3.2 $24.71 5.2 6....................................................... 21.96 2.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.07 1.2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.49 4.3 25.94 5.2 24.85 6.4 9....................................................... 23.92 1.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.21 8.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 34.02 5.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.11 3.5 – – 28.16 2.4 5....................................................... 24.08 11.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 28.68 2.2 – – 28.68 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.22 4.5 – – 27.41 4.7 8....................................................... 27.21 5.4 – – 27.21 5.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.34 .3 – – 28.34 .3 8....................................................... 28.45 .0 – – 28.45 .0 Teachers, special education................................. 31.49 1.2 – – 31.49 1.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.13 4.2 – – 12.78 3.1 Social workers.............................................. 13.33 5.0 – – 12.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.31 17.7 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.60 11.8 23.05 15.3 15.54 6.3 6....................................................... 18.65 5.7 18.62 7.4 18.73 8.8 8....................................................... 20.42 8.1 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.50 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.97 1.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 19.63 29.6 22.08 34.3 12.93 6.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.32 6.8 27.43 7.8 31.75 13.3 6....................................................... 18.12 10.6 16.57 7.3 24.13 20.2 7....................................................... 22.27 9.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.98 6.8 32.09 6.8 25.38 12.2 11........................................................ 33.82 4.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.38 24.6 34.07 26.5 56.04 17.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.39 8.8 25.96 10.4 36.14 12.1 9....................................................... 31.75 5.9 32.42 6.1 27.97 5.4 11........................................................ 33.62 4.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.63 43.1 – – 56.04 17.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 51.06 21.1 – – 51.06 21.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.41 5.5 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.03 20.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.56 8.8 31.56 8.8 – – 9....................................................... $33.49 6.7 $33.49 6.7 – – Management related............................................ 28.23 11.2 29.36 11.6 $22.21 16.1 6....................................................... 17.31 14.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.64 15.1 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 27.22 6.8 29.06 2.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.27 17.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.84 12.3 20.37 15.2 – – Sales............................................................. 12.14 7.1 12.18 7.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 6.93 10.2 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.77 5.2 12.15 6.8 10.96 4.1 1....................................................... 6.65 4.7 – – 6.46 9.0 2....................................................... 10.01 5.2 10.10 6.7 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 10.77 14.1 11.04 15.9 9.37 7.2 4....................................................... 11.91 3.8 11.29 2.1 12.56 6.8 5....................................................... 12.39 3.4 12.73 4.3 10.93 3.2 6....................................................... 14.63 10.6 16.55 6.7 11.66 11.7 7....................................................... 24.58 14.9 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.62 5.4 14.69 7.1 12.43 8.5 4....................................................... 12.34 7.8 12.37 8.4 12.32 11.7 5....................................................... 13.49 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 7.78 5.6 7.66 6.4 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.07 14.9 – – 10.99 26.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 11.94 7.8 11.63 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.90 7.6 10.93 8.7 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.85 37.6 – – 16.21 11.0 4....................................................... 13.50 19.3 – – 16.21 11.0 General office clerks....................................... 9.15 7.8 – – 8.89 10.1 3....................................................... 9.49 5.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.40 14.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.93 2.1 – – 9.93 2.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.99 6.0 – – 11.52 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 14.60 4.2 15.20 5.1 12.15 4.2 1....................................................... 7.98 7.8 8.20 8.8 6.93 2.1 2....................................................... 9.95 3.4 9.72 5.0 10.47 5.4 3....................................................... 11.57 3.2 11.83 3.7 10.71 5.5 4....................................................... 12.93 8.0 13.20 9.4 11.54 4.6 5....................................................... 14.94 7.4 15.18 8.4 13.34 7.4 6....................................................... 20.48 5.4 20.55 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 18.43 4.0 19.80 4.5 15.08 2.8 8....................................................... 24.98 10.6 26.28 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.31 2.6 15.31 2.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.49 3.5 19.67 3.4 14.22 2.5 3....................................................... $12.27 9.3 – – $11.34 1.9 4....................................................... 14.65 14.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.60 10.3 $14.79 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.66 5.9 20.73 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.00 4.7 19.30 5.7 15.07 3.4 8....................................................... 25.26 10.4 26.64 9.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 17.88 21.0 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.54 11.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.97 5.8 17.99 6.9 13.44 7.7 7....................................................... 18.13 8.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 16.57 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.26 6.7 17.38 7.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.64 13.6 18.64 13.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.48 5.4 – – 11.48 5.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 9.0 13.88 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.37 11.1 11.36 12.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.95 6.0 11.96 6.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.59 2.5 12.81 4.3 11.68 5.0 2....................................................... 11.16 5.5 – – 11.24 5.7 3....................................................... 11.76 4.0 11.83 4.7 11.41 5.9 4....................................................... 14.42 4.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.91 9.3 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.63 5.1 – – 11.77 2.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.10 5.9 9.05 7.6 9.24 9.3 1....................................................... 7.47 8.3 7.68 11.2 6.86 2.5 2....................................................... 9.29 6.2 9.25 8.2 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.24 5.0 – – 7.62 9.9 1....................................................... 6.88 3.1 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.72 18.1 9.72 18.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.54 7.8 10.85 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 8.42 4.4 7.65 6.4 10.60 3.3 1....................................................... 7.17 4.6 7.20 5.1 6.94 4.1 2....................................................... 7.25 3.6 6.87 4.2 8.66 6.5 3....................................................... 7.05 7.8 6.54 11.2 8.10 4.9 4....................................................... 10.18 10.0 9.79 12.5 11.41 9.8 5....................................................... 11.45 12.7 – – 11.95 3.5 6....................................................... 15.21 5.6 – – 15.21 5.6 7....................................................... 12.72 5.9 – – 14.48 3.8 8....................................................... 18.06 3.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 14.22 1.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.26 7.5 9.14 8.6 13.02 4.5 3....................................................... 8.64 6.2 – – – – 5....................................................... $11.39 4.6 – – $11.99 3.5 6....................................................... 15.02 5.4 – – 15.02 5.4 7....................................................... 13.43 5.1 – – 14.48 3.8 9....................................................... 14.22 1.7 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.69 2.1 – – 18.69 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.63 9.0 – – 11.63 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.92 4.9 – – 14.94 5.0 7....................................................... 14.07 3.3 – – 14.07 3.3 Correctional institution officers........................... 9.64 3.7 – – 9.64 3.7 Food service.................................................. 6.95 18.4 $6.88 19.8 8.41 22.9 1....................................................... 6.09 5.1 6.18 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 6.21 5.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 5.18 23.6 4.64 24.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.20 33.5 4.20 33.5 – – 3....................................................... 4.23 44.2 4.23 44.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.70 33.5 3.70 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 8.27 10.1 8.26 10.9 8.41 22.9 1....................................................... 6.07 5.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 6.89 5.9 6.64 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.20 14.8 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.01 5.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.55 8.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.00 19.2 9.66 20.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.69 6.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 8.18 7.7 7.79 8.7 9.15 10.9 4....................................................... 7.61 11.9 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.38 13.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.85 8.4 – – 8.70 7.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.81 3.9 7.66 5.4 8.22 3.9 1....................................................... 7.55 3.9 7.61 4.1 7.23 6.6 2....................................................... 7.58 10.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.17 3.7 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.83 3.9 6.83 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 .1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.10 2.4 8.00 2.8 8.27 4.3 1....................................................... 7.76 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.25 5.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.95 3.5 8.16 2.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 6.7 7.16 6.7 – – 3....................................................... 6.23 1.0 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.11 2.4 7.29 2.3 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.77 4.8 8.77 4.8 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $17.46 3.2 $17.45 4.4 $17.47 3.0 All excluding sales............................................... 17.57 3.3 17.61 4.6 17.49 3.0 White collar........................................................ 21.92 3.6 22.35 5.0 21.12 3.9 2....................................................... 9.90 5.3 9.92 6.7 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 11.39 15.0 11.88 16.9 9.36 6.7 4....................................................... 12.00 3.1 11.66 2.6 12.53 6.4 5....................................................... 16.58 7.5 15.67 10.9 18.96 3.3 6....................................................... 18.57 4.8 19.17 4.7 16.84 11.4 7....................................................... 22.47 6.1 24.75 8.2 17.97 10.9 8....................................................... 23.30 3.5 18.60 6.8 24.98 3.0 9....................................................... 28.85 5.3 30.00 5.7 25.85 7.4 10........................................................ 37.25 7.9 38.49 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.41 6.8 33.84 9.0 35.85 3.9 12........................................................ 45.27 10.3 44.38 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.33 16.2 31.37 19.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.42 3.9 23.16 5.5 21.14 3.9 2....................................................... 10.01 5.2 10.10 6.7 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 11.32 14.7 11.82 16.9 9.36 6.7 4....................................................... 11.80 3.5 11.21 2.9 12.53 6.4 5....................................................... 16.71 9.1 15.63 14.1 18.96 3.3 6....................................................... 18.71 4.8 19.41 4.7 16.84 11.4 7....................................................... 22.47 6.1 24.75 8.2 17.97 10.9 8....................................................... 23.80 3.1 19.75 5.2 24.98 3.0 9....................................................... 28.85 5.3 30.00 5.7 25.85 7.4 10........................................................ 37.25 7.9 38.49 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.41 6.8 33.84 9.0 35.85 3.9 12........................................................ 45.27 10.3 44.38 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.71 12.7 34.58 13.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.30 3.7 29.55 6.3 24.65 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.86 4.1 31.47 7.5 26.13 1.9 5....................................................... 18.62 15.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 22.17 7.8 22.85 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.47 11.1 – – 16.17 15.7 8....................................................... 25.03 3.3 – – 25.35 3.4 9....................................................... 28.12 4.9 26.98 8.3 30.05 2.6 10........................................................ 39.21 11.9 42.82 12.4 – – 11........................................................ 34.11 10.0 33.38 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.37 9.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 36.84 8.8 37.14 8.8 – – 11........................................................ 34.25 4.0 34.25 4.0 – – Petroleum engineers......................................... 39.12 1.4 39.12 1.4 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 28.15 5.1 – – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.51 9.6 39.51 9.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $26.23 2.7 $26.95 3.1 $24.70 5.5 6....................................................... 22.10 2.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.07 1.2 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.64 4.8 26.20 5.9 24.84 6.7 9....................................................... 23.92 1.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 37.22 8.3 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 34.03 5.4 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.27 3.5 – – 28.17 2.4 8....................................................... 28.68 2.2 – – 28.68 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 27.13 4.3 – – 27.33 4.5 8....................................................... 27.21 5.4 – – 27.21 5.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 28.34 .3 – – 28.34 .3 8....................................................... 28.45 .0 – – 28.45 .0 Teachers, special education................................. 31.49 1.2 – – 31.49 1.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.13 4.2 – – 12.78 3.1 Social workers.............................................. 13.33 5.0 – – 12.95 4.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 16.32 18.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.93 12.4 23.55 16.0 15.66 6.4 6....................................................... 19.39 3.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 20.42 8.1 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 20.50 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 13.93 1.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 20.15 31.2 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.41 6.8 27.43 7.8 32.27 13.4 6....................................................... 18.13 10.7 16.57 7.3 24.62 20.3 7....................................................... 22.27 9.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 30.98 6.8 32.09 6.8 25.38 12.2 11........................................................ 33.82 4.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.34 25.1 34.07 26.5 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.51 8.9 25.96 10.4 36.89 11.9 9....................................................... 31.75 5.9 32.42 6.1 27.97 5.4 11........................................................ 33.62 4.9 – – – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 51.06 21.1 – – 51.06 21.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 34.41 5.5 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.03 20.9 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.56 8.8 31.56 8.8 – – 9....................................................... 33.49 6.7 33.49 6.7 – – Management related............................................ 28.26 11.1 29.36 11.6 22.31 16.1 6....................................................... 17.31 15.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 29.64 15.1 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... $27.22 6.8 $29.06 2.9 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.27 17.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.91 12.4 20.37 15.2 – – Sales............................................................. 13.79 7.0 13.86 7.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.22 5.4 12.88 7.2 $10.98 4.2 2....................................................... 10.01 5.2 10.10 6.7 9.85 8.3 3....................................................... 11.42 15.3 11.92 17.4 9.37 7.2 4....................................................... 11.91 3.8 11.29 2.1 12.56 6.8 5....................................................... 12.39 3.4 12.73 4.3 10.93 3.2 6....................................................... 14.95 11.0 17.27 4.0 11.66 11.7 7....................................................... 24.58 14.9 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 13.74 5.3 14.96 6.8 12.43 8.5 4....................................................... 12.34 7.8 12.37 8.4 12.32 11.7 5....................................................... 13.49 7.0 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 8.30 9.3 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.07 14.9 – – 10.99 26.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.65 5.9 12.52 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 11.90 7.6 10.93 8.7 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.85 37.6 – – 16.21 11.0 4....................................................... 13.50 19.3 – – 16.21 11.0 General office clerks....................................... 9.15 7.9 – – 8.88 10.2 3....................................................... 9.49 5.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.40 14.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.93 2.1 – – 9.93 2.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 10.99 6.0 – – 11.52 6.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.08 3.9 15.74 4.6 12.25 4.7 1....................................................... 8.47 5.0 8.86 4.2 6.93 2.1 2....................................................... 9.98 2.5 10.10 2.7 9.49 2.5 3....................................................... 11.85 2.9 12.21 2.4 10.72 5.8 4....................................................... 12.93 8.0 13.20 9.4 11.54 4.6 5....................................................... 14.94 7.4 15.18 8.4 13.34 7.4 6....................................................... 20.48 5.4 20.55 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 18.43 4.0 19.80 4.5 15.08 2.8 8....................................................... 24.98 10.6 26.28 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.31 2.6 15.31 2.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.50 3.5 19.67 3.4 14.25 2.5 3....................................................... 12.35 9.5 – – 11.46 2.6 4....................................................... 14.65 14.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.60 10.3 14.79 11.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.66 5.9 20.73 6.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.00 4.7 19.30 5.7 15.07 3.4 8....................................................... 25.26 10.4 26.64 9.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ $17.88 21.0 – – – – Automobile mechanics........................................ 14.54 11.8 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 15.97 5.8 $17.99 6.9 $13.44 7.7 7....................................................... 18.13 8.6 – – – – Electricians................................................ 16.57 7.2 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 17.26 6.7 17.38 7.1 – – Machinists.................................................. 18.64 13.6 18.64 13.6 – – Water and sewer treatment plant operators................... 11.71 1.6 – – 11.71 1.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.94 9.1 14.01 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.37 11.1 11.36 12.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.95 6.0 11.96 6.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.74 3.5 12.83 4.5 11.92 9.4 2....................................................... 10.07 9.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.76 4.0 11.83 4.7 11.33 6.1 4....................................................... 14.42 4.3 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.91 9.3 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.78 4.5 10.07 4.5 9.24 9.3 1....................................................... 8.08 5.6 8.71 6.2 6.86 2.5 2....................................................... 9.78 3.9 – – – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 7.24 5.0 – – 7.62 10.0 Construction laborers....................................... 9.47 5.4 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.83 8.5 11.22 9.3 – – Service............................................................. 9.10 4.7 8.28 6.5 11.02 3.3 1....................................................... 7.37 4.1 7.49 3.9 6.48 3.3 2....................................................... 7.45 6.6 6.96 7.7 8.66 6.5 3....................................................... 7.80 4.5 7.20 4.1 9.05 4.4 4....................................................... 10.26 10.3 9.89 12.9 11.41 9.8 5....................................................... 12.13 4.4 – – 11.99 3.5 6....................................................... 15.21 5.6 – – 15.21 5.6 7....................................................... 12.72 5.9 – – 14.48 3.8 8....................................................... 18.06 3.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 14.22 1.7 – – – – Protective service............................................ 11.52 6.5 9.31 8.1 13.22 4.0 3....................................................... 8.94 4.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 11.39 4.6 – – 11.99 3.5 6....................................................... 15.02 5.4 – – 15.02 5.4 7....................................................... 13.43 5.1 – – 14.48 3.8 9....................................................... 14.22 1.7 – – – – Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 18.69 2.1 – – 18.69 2.1 Firefighting................................................ 11.63 9.0 – – 11.63 9.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 14.92 4.9 – – 14.94 5.0 7....................................................... 14.07 3.3 – – 14.07 3.3 Correctional institution officers........................... $9.64 3.7 – – $9.64 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 8.11 2.3 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.70 17.0 $8.73 18.4 8.41 22.9 1....................................................... 6.48 5.7 6.84 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.63 9.6 6.20 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 6.21 14.5 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.29 12.5 4.29 12.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.42 13.7 9.54 14.7 8.41 22.9 1....................................................... 6.48 5.7 6.84 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 7.20 14.8 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 8.01 5.4 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.66 20.4 10.78 19.1 – – Health service................................................ 8.19 8.7 7.74 10.0 9.15 10.9 4....................................................... 7.56 12.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.84 8.7 – – 8.70 7.3 Cleaning and building service................................. 7.82 4.2 7.66 5.7 8.28 5.1 1....................................................... 7.51 4.3 7.61 4.1 6.65 7.5 2....................................................... 7.57 11.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.34 3.3 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 6.72 4.1 6.72 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 .1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.11 2.7 8.00 2.8 8.34 5.9 1....................................................... 7.72 4.9 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.23 3.0 8.21 3.2 – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 7.44 3.8 7.32 2.2 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 9.00 8.5 9.00 8.5 – – 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, New Orleans, LA, 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................................................................... $7.45 4.2 $6.89 3.4 $10.71 6.4 All excluding sales............................................... 7.35 5.3 6.67 6.0 10.71 6.4 White collar........................................................ 9.43 9.9 8.65 9.2 17.84 17.1 1....................................................... 7.12 5.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.55 8.1 7.55 8.1 – – 6....................................................... 12.93 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.82 30.6 – – 11.13 32.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 10.06 14.0 8.89 12.5 17.84 17.1 6....................................................... 12.93 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.82 30.6 – – 11.13 32.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.40 13.9 16.52 15.1 21.18 19.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.40 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ – – – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 12.58 8.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 11.56 44.5 – – 11.56 44.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.26 11.9 8.26 11.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.45 4.7 7.45 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 7.94 13.9 6.44 13.1 11.32 5.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.46 13.1 6.43 13.2 – – Service............................................................. 5.94 11.9 5.79 14.4 6.96 6.9 1....................................................... 6.35 9.3 5.94 7.3 – – 2....................................................... 6.71 6.2 6.70 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 5.43 25.1 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.06 23.4 5.06 23.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $4.18 40.7 $4.18 40.7 – – Other food service........................................... 6.02 3.8 6.02 3.8 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.31 6.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, 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....................................................... $17.46 $7.45 $16.66 $16.45 $16.48 $16.32 All excluding sales............................................. 17.57 7.35 16.92 16.61 16.59 18.81 White collar........................................................ 21.92 9.43 18.92 21.20 21.34 16.19 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.42 10.06 21.07 21.89 21.86 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.30 18.40 – 27.11 27.38 – Professional specialty.......................................... 28.86 21.40 – 28.78 29.15 – Technical....................................................... 20.93 12.58 – 20.60 20.60 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 28.41 11.56 – 28.32 28.23 – Sales............................................................. 13.79 8.26 – 12.37 12.20 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.22 7.45 – 11.32 11.77 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.08 7.94 18.37 13.51 14.51 16.55 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.50 – 20.76 17.53 18.45 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.94 – – 12.54 13.68 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.74 – 13.45 12.33 12.19 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.78 6.46 – 8.65 9.10 – Service............................................................. 9.10 5.94 8.27 8.43 8.42 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 4.2 8.7 3.7 3.7 26.7 All excluding sales............................................. 3.3 5.3 7.7 3.7 3.7 27.6 White collar........................................................ 3.6 9.9 11.1 3.6 3.7 37.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 14.0 5.0 3.7 3.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 13.9 – 3.7 3.0 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.1 12.9 – 4.2 2.9 – Technical....................................................... 12.4 8.9 – 11.8 11.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.8 44.5 – 6.8 7.0 – Sales............................................................. 7.0 11.9 – 8.4 12.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.4 4.7 – 3.4 5.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.9 13.9 7.7 6.2 4.2 16.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 – 3.9 7.8 3.7 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.1 – – 10.9 5.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.5 – 6.6 3.9 2.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.5 13.1 – 6.1 5.9 – Service............................................................. 4.7 11.9 10.5 5.1 4.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, New Orleans, LA, 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....................................................... $16.22 $20.86 $33.29 $18.45 - - $22.12 - - $13.15 All excluding sales............................................. 16.44 20.86 33.29 18.45 - - 22.15 - - 13.20 White collar........................................................ 21.15 26.74 38.95 – - - 30.95 - - 18.41 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 26.74 38.95 – - - 31.26 - - 18.64 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.22 37.13 41.68 – - - – - - 25.96 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.24 38.32 41.68 – - - – - - 28.34 Technical....................................................... 23.05 – – – - - – - - 21.31 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.43 27.04 – – - - – - - 17.91 Sales............................................................. 12.18 – – – - - – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.15 15.47 – – - - – - - 9.23 Blue collar......................................................... 15.20 17.09 – 17.04 - - 14.00 - - 8.51 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.67 19.71 – 18.53 - - 20.90 - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.88 14.11 – – - - – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.81 15.32 – – - - – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.05 10.09 – – - - – - - 6.91 Service............................................................. 7.65 – – – - - – - - 8.04 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 3.3 7.4 7.6 - - 25.4 - - 8.1 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 3.3 7.4 7.6 - - 25.9 - - 8.1 White collar........................................................ 4.9 3.2 1.4 – - - 18.6 - - 7.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 3.2 1.4 – - - 18.4 - - 8.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 7.1 7.5 – - - – - - 8.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.4 9.9 7.5 – - - – - - 8.5 Technical....................................................... 15.3 – – – - - – - - 18.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.8 5.7 – – - - – - - 6.3 Sales............................................................. 7.1 – – – - - – - - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.8 2.7 – – - - – - - 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 3.3 – 2.8 - - 12.6 - - 21.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 3.8 – 5.5 - - 9.9 - - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.3 6.4 – – - - – - - – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 1.9 – – - - – - - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.6 3.3 – – - - – - - 14.4 Service............................................................. 6.4 – – – - - – - - 4.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, New Orleans, LA, 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....................................................... $16.22 $12.37 $17.42 $14.57 $21.31 All excluding sales............................................. 16.44 12.54 17.61 14.67 21.34 White collar........................................................ 21.15 15.65 23.13 18.48 25.95 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.29 16.65 24.18 20.20 26.01 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.22 22.10 30.90 30.51 30.96 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.24 22.02 34.03 34.15 34.02 Technical....................................................... 23.05 – 23.06 – 21.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.43 23.46 28.71 24.70 31.76 Sales............................................................. 12.18 – 13.23 13.29 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.15 10.04 13.12 13.89 12.48 Blue collar......................................................... 15.20 10.72 15.96 15.81 16.51 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.67 – 20.12 20.08 20.29 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.88 9.50 15.79 14.48 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.81 – 12.72 12.65 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.05 – 9.07 9.61 – Service............................................................. 7.65 7.68 7.64 7.20 8.46 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 4.7 6.4 6.2 7.9 7.8 All excluding sales............................................. 4.9 7.0 6.2 8.2 7.8 White collar........................................................ 4.9 10.2 5.7 8.6 7.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.1 12.8 5.3 8.7 7.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.2 22.7 6.0 14.8 7.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 7.4 25.0 4.9 22.2 5.0 Technical....................................................... 15.3 – 16.5 – 21.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.8 21.6 7.9 5.2 10.6 Sales............................................................. 7.1 – 9.1 9.0 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.8 8.7 8.8 15.6 9.8 Blue collar......................................................... 5.1 9.8 5.6 6.9 15.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.4 – 3.8 6.2 10.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.3 9.0 10.2 13.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.3 – 4.1 5.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.6 – 10.0 5.6 – Service............................................................. 6.4 15.7 2.9 5.5 1.7 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 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.50 $8.65 $13.00 $20.85 $31.57 All excluding sales........................... 6.50 8.65 13.04 20.98 31.90 White collar.................................... 8.32 11.11 17.68 28.34 36.96 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 11.53 19.23 29.33 37.55 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.40 17.68 25.03 33.18 43.56 Professional specialty...................... 13.06 19.58 26.48 34.22 46.57 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.02 29.60 35.50 43.37 50.48 Petroleum engineers..................... 28.85 35.14 38.46 43.51 49.86 Industrial engineers.................... 21.72 24.89 28.83 32.16 35.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.96 31.42 38.77 50.24 55.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.00 20.00 24.14 27.67 36.83 Registered nurses....................... 19.00 19.88 23.77 27.18 29.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.39 25.65 34.19 45.43 59.10 Other post-secondary teachers........... 19.52 23.52 28.65 41.67 56.69 Teachers, except college and university... 17.33 23.55 28.34 32.33 33.46 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.42 23.55 26.93 31.57 33.18 Secondary school teachers............... 21.80 24.35 28.75 32.34 33.77 Teachers, special education............. 25.23 31.13 31.90 34.22 34.65 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.67 12.87 14.29 16.96 Social workers.......................... 10.67 10.67 12.97 14.34 17.84 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.44 12.40 13.06 18.03 26.78 Technical................................... 10.61 12.89 19.57 24.32 37.22 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.89 16.83 22.07 23.99 25.70 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.22 12.85 14.00 15.34 16.15 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.05 10.58 13.66 23.00 44.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.49 19.27 26.52 35.50 39.42 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 19.57 28.59 35.50 36.95 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.63 27.33 55.76 61.56 75.36 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.93 33.48 35.50 35.50 41.27 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.33 16.66 16.73 32.69 35.82 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.81 25.59 30.55 36.95 36.95 Management related........................ 14.55 16.75 24.85 35.94 45.37 Accountants and auditors................ 15.29 19.52 29.26 33.94 37.55 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.29 14.29 24.33 25.31 45.26 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 19.46 24.31 38.46 Sales......................................... 6.75 8.63 11.45 13.70 17.89 Cashiers................................ $5.15 $5.99 $6.50 $7.73 $9.75 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.96 8.39 10.58 14.09 18.21 Secretaries............................. 9.00 10.93 14.14 15.37 18.20 Receptionists........................... 6.50 6.50 7.15 8.75 9.88 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.96 8.17 12.45 14.42 18.08 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.15 9.85 11.30 14.09 18.21 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 8.00 9.78 18.96 33.60 General office clerks................... 5.57 7.42 8.89 10.44 12.37 Teachers' aides......................... 8.33 8.49 9.67 10.41 12.27 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.10 8.63 10.39 12.40 15.41 Blue collar..................................... 7.75 9.92 13.50 18.24 22.88 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 14.50 17.45 21.74 26.73 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.67 12.26 17.45 22.26 32.98 Automobile mechanics.................... 9.33 11.82 15.18 16.90 20.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.13 12.00 15.82 19.15 20.10 Electricians............................ 15.39 16.00 16.00 16.14 21.39 Supervisors, production................. 11.79 12.70 12.70 18.00 25.70 Machinists.............................. 14.50 15.50 16.00 24.99 24.99 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 9.04 10.20 12.13 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 11.00 12.00 18.06 20.07 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 5.75 8.98 12.00 15.58 15.70 Transportation and material moving............ 8.65 9.92 11.26 14.33 20.33 Truck drivers........................... 9.28 10.64 13.96 15.19 22.58 Bus drivers............................. 10.44 10.78 11.40 16.12 16.30 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 7.00 8.50 10.75 13.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 6.92 7.73 9.21 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.96 7.00 7.75 10.40 21.61 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 8.75 10.40 11.00 14.50 Service......................................... 5.25 6.00 7.60 9.87 13.00 Protective service........................ 6.50 8.00 10.86 14.16 17.00 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.69 17.36 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 9.38 10.61 11.84 13.21 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 12.57 14.26 14.97 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 9.50 10.93 12.22 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 6.12 7.80 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.30 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 5.25 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.75 7.10 10.83 13.00 Cooks................................... 6.20 6.75 7.00 7.65 11.55 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 5.15 5.50 6.00 7.10 7.10 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $5.36 $6.00 $7.31 $10.61 $15.40 Health service............................ 6.00 6.50 8.00 8.93 10.44 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.88 8.00 8.00 8.84 12.36 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.25 7.60 9.00 10.34 Cleaning and building service............. 5.76 6.50 7.50 9.00 9.85 Maids and housemen...................... 5.35 5.82 6.50 7.75 8.54 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.10 6.75 8.25 9.00 10.15 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.89 6.60 9.00 11.81 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 5.15 5.25 6.07 6.60 11.60 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.00 7.77 9.00 9.44 11.00 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. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $8.28 $12.76 $20.79 $30.77 All excluding sales........................... 6.20 8.25 12.98 20.85 31.57 White collar.................................... 8.10 11.00 16.83 27.79 38.70 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 11.50 19.30 29.83 40.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.82 19.00 26.10 38.17 49.92 Professional specialty...................... 13.06 20.00 27.93 40.14 53.62 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.89 29.71 35.50 43.51 50.48 Petroleum engineers..................... 28.85 35.14 38.46 43.51 49.86 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.96 31.42 38.77 50.24 55.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.37 20.38 24.84 27.79 37.88 Registered nurses....................... 19.15 20.07 24.00 27.54 29.44 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.71 15.34 22.86 27.68 38.27 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.69 16.50 37.22 44.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.15 19.27 25.15 34.66 37.98 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 19.27 25.00 34.19 36.95 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.81 25.59 30.55 36.95 36.95 Management related........................ 15.49 18.68 25.45 37.02 45.37 Accountants and auditors................ 15.49 24.98 29.68 34.21 37.63 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 19.46 19.50 38.46 Sales......................................... 6.72 8.70 11.45 13.70 17.89 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.00 8.50 10.58 14.25 20.75 Secretaries............................. 9.50 11.54 14.58 17.18 20.70 Receptionists........................... 6.50 6.50 7.15 8.75 9.52 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 6.15 9.25 10.58 13.88 18.21 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.20 14.50 20.10 24.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 15.68 19.37 23.98 27.66 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.50 17.48 17.48 20.10 27.66 Supervisors, production................. 11.79 12.70 12.70 18.50 25.79 Machinists.............................. 14.50 15.50 16.00 24.99 24.99 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 11.00 12.00 18.24 20.10 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $5.75 $8.98 $12.00 $15.58 $15.70 Transportation and material moving............ 8.08 9.92 11.26 15.38 20.33 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 7.00 8.75 10.40 12.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.96 7.00 7.75 10.40 21.61 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.75 8.75 10.50 11.50 15.00 Service......................................... 5.25 6.00 7.10 9.00 12.42 Protective service........................ 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.95 12.42 Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 6.12 7.55 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.30 7.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 5.25 5.25 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.96 7.10 10.82 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 6.25 7.62 15.40 15.40 Health service............................ 6.00 6.25 8.00 8.60 10.00 Cleaning and building service............. $5.75 $6.42 $7.35 $8.53 $9.75 Maids and housemen...................... 5.35 5.82 6.50 7.75 8.54 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.50 6.68 7.50 9.00 9.75 Personal service.......................... 5.15 5.64 7.20 9.00 15.50 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.25 5.15 5.90 6.60 12.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.00 7.77 9.00 9.44 11.00 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.44 $9.77 $14.00 $21.92 $32.30 All excluding sales........................... 7.44 9.77 14.09 21.94 32.31 White collar.................................... 8.42 11.75 18.54 28.85 34.20 White collar excluding sales................ 8.42 11.75 18.76 28.86 34.20 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.34 16.83 24.05 31.13 34.20 Professional specialty...................... 13.15 19.23 25.45 31.72 34.65 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 17.68 19.09 23.29 26.48 29.12 Registered nurses....................... 17.68 19.47 23.34 26.48 29.12 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.42 24.35 29.43 32.36 33.80 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.60 23.83 26.93 31.62 33.18 Secondary school teachers............... 21.80 24.35 28.75 32.34 33.77 Teachers, special education............. 25.23 31.13 31.90 34.22 34.65 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.67 12.47 13.87 15.95 Social workers.......................... 10.67 10.67 12.87 13.87 16.22 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 10.47 12.26 13.32 20.19 22.03 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.50 10.25 12.54 15.75 16.62 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.91 19.38 33.44 35.50 45.26 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.40 29.18 34.02 35.50 56.93 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.63 27.33 55.76 61.56 75.36 Management related........................ 14.49 14.91 18.47 34.17 38.58 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.69 8.32 10.34 14.09 15.67 Secretaries............................. 8.39 10.23 14.14 14.31 14.50 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.70 7.10 8.20 12.97 20.25 Dispatchers............................. 11.16 16.19 16.55 18.53 18.96 General office clerks................... 5.57 6.38 8.39 10.35 11.83 Teachers' aides......................... 8.33 8.49 9.67 10.41 12.27 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.34 9.23 10.39 13.17 16.82 Blue collar..................................... 7.48 9.10 11.49 15.20 17.77 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.05 11.28 13.77 16.14 18.22 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... $9.80 $10.88 $14.10 $15.82 $15.95 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 9.04 10.20 12.13 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 8.75 10.40 11.20 12.20 15.31 Bus drivers............................. 10.49 10.74 11.25 12.03 13.99 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.68 6.92 8.27 11.48 15.15 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 6.92 8.27 10.65 Service......................................... 6.04 7.61 9.48 13.31 16.29 Protective service........................ 7.36 10.61 13.31 15.52 18.34 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.69 17.36 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 9.38 10.61 11.84 13.21 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 12.57 14.29 14.97 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 9.50 10.93 12.22 Food service.............................. 5.25 5.36 8.49 11.50 13.28 Other food service....................... 5.25 5.36 8.49 11.50 13.28 Health service............................ 6.76 7.50 8.31 9.72 11.81 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.76 7.37 8.47 9.72 11.63 Cleaning and building service............. 5.90 7.34 8.37 9.36 10.15 Janitors and cleaners................... 5.76 8.27 8.37 9.36 10.15 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.25 $9.75 $14.21 $21.74 $32.73 All excluding sales........................... 7.20 9.57 14.29 22.20 32.98 White collar.................................... 9.00 11.84 19.01 29.18 37.50 White collar excluding sales................ 9.06 12.38 19.57 29.92 37.93 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.47 17.91 25.36 33.38 43.56 Professional specialty...................... 13.06 19.58 26.56 34.33 47.28 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.02 29.60 35.50 43.37 50.48 Petroleum engineers..................... 28.85 35.14 38.46 43.51 49.86 Industrial engineers.................... 21.72 24.89 28.83 32.16 35.50 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.96 31.42 38.77 50.24 55.79 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.92 20.00 24.39 27.79 36.90 Registered nurses....................... 18.92 19.87 23.83 27.44 29.28 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.40 25.65 34.19 45.47 59.10 Other post-secondary teachers........... 19.52 23.52 28.65 41.67 56.69 Teachers, except college and university... 17.33 23.55 28.64 32.33 33.73 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.46 23.55 26.35 31.57 33.09 Secondary school teachers............... 21.80 24.35 28.75 32.34 33.77 Teachers, special education............. 25.23 31.13 31.90 34.22 34.65 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.67 10.67 12.87 14.29 16.96 Social workers.......................... 10.67 10.67 12.97 14.34 17.84 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.44 12.40 13.06 18.50 27.66 Technical................................... 10.70 12.89 20.36 24.56 37.22 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.89 16.83 22.07 23.99 25.70 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.05 12.80 13.68 15.41 16.36 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.32 11.09 14.85 23.00 44.80 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.49 19.27 26.70 35.50 39.42 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.66 19.57 28.59 35.50 36.95 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 20.63 27.33 55.76 61.56 75.36 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 29.93 33.48 35.50 35.50 41.27 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.33 16.66 16.73 32.69 35.82 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 23.81 25.59 30.55 36.95 36.95 Management related........................ 14.55 16.75 24.85 35.94 45.37 Accountants and auditors................ 15.29 19.52 29.26 33.94 37.55 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 14.29 14.29 24.33 25.31 45.26 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.21 16.15 19.46 24.31 38.46 Sales......................................... 8.42 10.92 11.65 15.39 20.77 Administrative support, including clerical.... $7.50 $8.75 $11.00 $14.31 $18.53 Secretaries............................. 9.13 11.06 14.18 15.39 18.20 Receptionists........................... 6.50 7.11 8.63 9.16 10.34 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.96 8.17 12.45 14.42 18.08 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 9.25 10.05 12.23 14.09 18.21 Dispatchers............................. 8.00 8.00 9.78 18.96 33.60 General office clerks................... 5.57 7.35 8.87 10.44 12.37 Teachers' aides......................... 8.33 8.49 9.67 10.41 12.27 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.10 8.63 10.39 12.40 15.41 Blue collar..................................... 8.08 10.40 14.22 18.80 23.81 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 14.50 17.48 21.74 26.73 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 11.67 12.26 17.45 22.26 32.98 Automobile mechanics.................... 9.33 11.82 15.18 16.90 20.00 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.13 12.00 15.82 19.15 20.10 Electricians............................ 15.39 16.00 16.00 16.14 21.39 Supervisors, production................. 11.79 12.70 12.70 18.00 25.70 Machinists.............................. 14.50 15.50 16.00 24.99 24.99 Water and sewer treatment plant operators............................ 8.07 9.17 11.21 13.19 18.32 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 11.00 12.00 18.24 20.10 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 5.75 8.98 12.00 15.58 15.70 Transportation and material moving............ 8.08 9.92 11.26 15.19 20.33 Truck drivers........................... 9.28 10.64 13.96 15.19 22.58 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.47 7.62 9.00 11.24 14.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 5.75 6.06 6.92 7.73 9.21 Construction laborers................... 7.25 7.62 9.00 11.00 13.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.40 8.50 10.75 12.00 16.50 Service......................................... 5.76 6.50 8.25 10.88 14.29 Protective service........................ 6.75 8.50 11.33 14.32 17.13 Supervisors, police and detectives...... 15.69 17.36 19.33 19.87 20.80 Firefighting............................ 9.38 10.61 11.84 13.21 14.00 Police and detectives, public service... 12.57 14.26 14.97 15.82 17.53 Correctional institution officers....... 7.22 7.88 9.50 10.93 12.22 Guards and police, except public service 6.00 6.75 8.00 8.75 10.25 Food service.............................. 5.25 6.00 7.30 12.75 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.65 5.00 5.50 6.00 Other food service....................... 5.90 6.75 8.65 13.00 13.00 Cooks................................... 6.20 6.75 7.00 7.65 11.55 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.36 6.25 8.43 15.40 15.40 Health service............................ 6.00 6.40 7.88 9.07 10.68 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.00 6.25 7.55 9.00 10.35 Cleaning and building service............. $5.75 $6.50 $7.50 $9.00 $10.05 Maids and housemen...................... 5.35 5.75 6.42 7.46 8.75 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.15 6.75 8.25 9.00 10.15 Personal service.......................... 4.25 5.32 6.92 9.44 16.74 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.25 5.15 6.07 9.02 12.00 Service, n.e.c.......................... 6.00 7.88 9.44 9.52 11.33 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.15 $5.35 $7.00 $8.34 $10.83 All excluding sales........................... 5.15 5.25 6.50 8.28 10.69 White collar.................................... 6.15 6.50 8.00 9.71 14.50 White collar excluding sales................ 6.15 6.50 8.00 9.00 20.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.99 12.50 19.50 24.00 26.93 Professional specialty...................... 6.20 19.50 23.55 26.00 32.04 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 9.05 10.25 14.00 14.00 16.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 3.81 6.15 8.65 16.99 27.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.45 6.25 7.88 9.88 12.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.15 6.50 7.50 8.30 8.93 Blue collar..................................... 5.15 5.15 7.00 10.54 11.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 5.15 7.00 7.75 8.75 Service......................................... 2.13 5.25 6.00 7.19 8.28 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.15 5.25 6.12 7.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.25 5.25 7.00 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.30 5.50 6.25 7.29 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.89 6.04 6.50 9.00 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 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, New Orleans, LA, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 226,700 160,800 65,900 All excluding sales............................................. 216,400 150,600 65,800 White collar........................................................ 114,500 74,200 40,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 104,200 64,000 40,200 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,800 24,200 24,500 Professional specialty.......................................... 40,200 18,500 21,700 Technical....................................................... 8,500 5,700 2,800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 18,500 14,200 4,300 Sales............................................................. 10,300 10,300 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 37,000 25,500 11,400 Blue collar......................................................... 56,700 44,600 12,100 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24,000 18,700 5,300 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8,600 8,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 10,500 - 3,200 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13,600 10,200 3,400 Service............................................................. 55,400 41,900 13,500 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.