NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Rochester, NY, Bulletin 3120-37, 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, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................. $19.30 2.8 36.6 $18.27 3.6 37.2 $23.10 2.2 34.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.24 3.5 36.4 20.97 4.4 37.1 26.60 3.7 34.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.59 2.7 36.5 24.34 3.2 37.4 32.99 2.8 34.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.98 7.0 39.3 36.58 8.0 39.9 29.46 7.5 37.1 Sales............................................................. 9.79 11.3 33.3 9.79 11.3 33.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.24 2.9 36.4 14.17 3.8 37.4 14.46 2.2 33.6 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.08 2.5 38.7 16.02 2.8 39.0 16.72 2.7 35.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 5.3 40.0 19.43 5.9 40.0 18.53 3.2 39.6 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.58 5.2 39.9 14.59 5.2 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 7.3 32.5 13.39 13.1 37.7 15.30 5.3 28.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.06 9.8 34.5 11.80 11.1 34.1 13.91 2.2 36.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.13 7.4 33.7 10.27 7.8 32.8 17.44 4.9 35.0 Full time........................................................... 20.04 2.8 39.0 18.96 3.5 39.6 24.02 3.1 36.6 Part time........................................................... 10.39 9.3 21.1 9.99 11.8 21.3 11.89 10.5 20.5 Union............................................................... 20.09 2.7 34.9 15.00 4.3 34.0 23.08 1.9 35.5 Nonunion............................................................ 18.96 4.3 37.4 18.82 4.5 37.8 23.25 10.5 28.4 Time................................................................ 19.35 2.9 36.5 18.31 3.7 37.1 23.10 2.2 34.6 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.14 3.8 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.76 11.9 36.5 14.79 12.0 36.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.98 8.2 35.8 17.43 9.4 36.0 22.13 4.8 34.3 500 workers or more................................................. 21.49 1.9 37.2 20.52 2.6 38.5 23.41 2.1 34.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $19.30 2.8 $18.27 3.6 $23.10 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.85 2.7 18.91 3.5 23.10 2.2 White collar........................................................ 22.24 3.5 20.97 4.4 26.60 3.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.52 2.6 22.49 3.3 26.60 3.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.59 2.7 24.34 3.2 32.99 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.07 4.2 26.46 6.0 33.78 2.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.95 9.0 28.37 11.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 28.08 2.3 28.08 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.00 14.1 31.55 17.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.17 8.2 24.79 10.0 27.44 6.0 Registered nurses........................................... 24.62 8.7 24.74 9.8 23.82 1.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.77 2.9 – – 41.05 2.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.23 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.95 10.4 – – 35.69 3.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.06 6.8 – – 36.06 6.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.02 16.4 – – 37.95 .8 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 1.6 – – 36.71 1.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 30.05 1.6 – – 30.05 1.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 29.11 4.8 – – 29.56 8.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.86 8.2 17.84 1.5 23.18 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 21.03 8.6 17.84 1.5 23.61 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.74 12.0 23.88 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... – – – – 14.12 8.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.94 4.0 18.94 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 1.4 14.88 1.6 15.53 1.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.98 7.0 36.58 8.0 29.46 7.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.77 9.2 43.10 10.2 40.73 16.1 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.19 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 11.0 42.01 11.9 – – Management related............................................ 25.19 5.0 26.02 6.9 23.52 2.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.36 6.7 21.11 7.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.08 5.6 29.64 7.2 27.92 6.7 Sales............................................................. 9.79 11.3 9.79 11.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.24 2.9 14.17 3.8 14.46 2.2 Secretaries................................................. $14.11 6.2 $13.77 6.5 $17.83 8.7 Typists..................................................... 13.36 2.7 – – 13.36 2.7 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.12 11.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 5.2 12.63 6.6 – – Dispatchers................................................. 13.53 5.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.60 4.2 14.60 4.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 17.38 12.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.40 3.3 12.45 3.2 12.27 8.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.64 6.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.61 .7 – – 9.61 .7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.69 17.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.08 2.5 16.02 2.8 16.72 2.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 5.3 19.43 5.9 18.53 3.2 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.11 7.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.75 11.3 21.75 11.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 5.2 14.59 5.2 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.07 12.5 16.07 12.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.64 23.6 17.64 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 7.3 13.39 13.1 15.30 5.3 Truck drivers............................................... 13.94 10.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.49 12.4 – – 14.77 1.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.06 9.8 11.80 11.1 13.91 2.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.53 4.7 9.53 4.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.87 8.5 9.87 8.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.92 16.9 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.13 7.4 10.27 7.8 17.44 4.9 Protective service............................................ 20.61 7.9 15.87 22.2 22.64 4.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 30.36 6.0 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.11 3.6 – – 22.52 3.5 Food service.................................................. 8.73 9.9 8.41 9.5 10.63 7.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8.39 21.7 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.79 9.6 8.41 8.6 10.80 6.6 Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.66 16.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.13 3.1 7.97 .3 9.26 9.8 Health service................................................ 11.60 4.1 9.99 1.6 14.14 6.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 15.63 3.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 1.9 9.81 1.8 10.80 6.1 Cleaning and building service................................. 11.02 5.6 10.03 4.2 12.89 6.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 6.0 10.03 4.2 12.97 7.3 Personal service.............................................. 9.73 6.8 – – 9.14 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 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, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $20.04 2.8 $18.96 3.5 $24.02 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.37 2.7 19.32 3.4 24.02 3.1 White collar........................................................ 23.20 3.6 21.94 4.5 27.31 4.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 2.9 22.86 3.7 27.31 4.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.01 2.7 24.64 3.0 33.63 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.33 4.3 26.55 6.3 34.23 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.95 9.0 28.37 11.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 28.08 2.3 28.08 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.00 14.1 31.55 17.2 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.77 8.8 24.38 10.8 26.71 4.7 Registered nurses........................................... 24.68 10.0 24.75 11.8 24.28 1.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.77 2.9 – – 41.05 2.2 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.23 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.28 10.7 – – 36.36 2.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.06 6.8 – – 36.06 6.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.02 16.4 – – 37.95 .8 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 1.6 – – 36.71 1.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 29.04 4.8 – – 29.44 8.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.42 7.5 – – 23.18 6.4 Social workers.............................................. 21.62 7.9 – – 23.61 6.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.74 12.0 23.88 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.94 4.0 18.94 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.95 1.1 14.72 .8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.12 7.0 36.59 8.1 29.90 8.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.95 9.2 43.12 10.2 41.87 16.3 Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.36 .4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 11.0 42.01 11.9 – – Management related............................................ 25.27 5.0 26.02 6.9 23.73 1.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.36 6.7 21.11 7.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.08 5.6 29.64 7.2 27.92 6.7 Sales............................................................. 11.53 17.6 11.53 17.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.57 3.2 14.49 4.1 14.84 3.5 Secretaries................................................. 14.34 6.8 14.01 7.1 17.98 9.6 Typists..................................................... $13.23 4.5 – – $13.23 4.5 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.12 11.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 5.2 $12.63 6.6 – – Dispatchers................................................. 13.62 5.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.60 4.2 14.60 4.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 17.38 12.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.77 2.9 12.58 3.2 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.67 6.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.60 .8 – – 9.60 .8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.35 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.26 2.3 16.19 2.5 17.10 2.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 5.3 19.43 5.9 18.53 3.2 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.11 7.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.75 11.3 21.75 11.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 5.2 14.59 5.2 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.07 12.5 16.07 12.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.64 23.6 17.64 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.65 9.1 13.58 13.7 16.35 6.1 Truck drivers............................................... 13.94 10.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.58 16.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 9.2 12.50 10.6 14.01 2.1 Service............................................................. 14.02 6.3 10.78 6.6 18.56 3.8 Protective service............................................ 21.04 8.2 15.85 23.0 23.31 3.0 Supervisors, guards......................................... 30.36 6.0 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.11 3.6 – – 22.52 3.5 Food service.................................................. 9.67 9.8 9.40 10.0 11.48 6.1 Other food service........................................... 9.51 9.5 9.17 9.0 11.69 6.0 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.75 1.3 8.71 .7 – – Health service................................................ 11.94 6.1 10.01 3.3 14.63 5.4 Health aides, except nursing................................ 15.76 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.08 3.1 9.78 2.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.02 5.7 10.03 4.2 12.97 6.8 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 6.1 10.03 4.2 13.06 7.4 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $10.39 9.3 $9.99 11.8 $11.89 10.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.67 12.8 11.58 17.5 11.89 10.5 White collar........................................................ 11.49 12.1 11.04 14.4 14.01 15.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.99 14.8 15.35 18.7 14.01 15.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.19 15.9 19.40 19.1 18.41 19.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.85 10.0 24.94 9.6 20.77 18.6 Health related................................................ 27.14 5.1 26.50 4.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 11.78 15.8 11.99 18.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.24 4.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.99 3.8 6.99 3.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.20 9.8 8.71 14.1 10.22 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 9.47 15.9 – – 13.28 4.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.95 5.0 – – 13.42 4.8 Bus drivers................................................. 14.28 1.4 – – 14.28 1.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. 8.27 10.6 7.90 14.1 9.11 3.7 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.88 13.1 6.37 10.7 9.35 11.3 Other food service........................................... 6.90 12.2 – – 9.43 11.6 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.84 14.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.77 3.4 9.94 4.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.74 3.6 9.91 4.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.14 6.3 – – 8.54 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 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, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $781 2.7 39.0 $752 3.5 39.6 $880 2.6 36.6 All excluding sales............................................... 792 2.6 38.9 765 3.4 39.6 880 2.6 36.6 White collar........................................................ 895 3.5 38.6 868 4.5 39.6 975 3.8 35.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 922 3.0 38.5 902 3.8 39.5 975 3.8 35.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,030 2.7 38.1 969 3.4 39.3 1,182 1.5 35.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,099 4.4 37.5 1,034 6.9 38.9 1,203 1.3 35.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,162 7.7 40.1 1,153 9.5 40.7 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,123 2.3 40.0 1,123 2.3 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,268 14.3 39.6 1,262 17.2 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,276 7.6 40.0 1,276 7.6 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,276 7.6 40.0 1,276 7.6 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 961 9.6 38.8 957 11.7 39.3 981 2.8 36.7 Registered nurses........................................... 965 11.0 39.1 978 12.6 39.5 896 1.4 36.9 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,353 6.3 34.0 – – – 1,470 4.0 35.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,415 4.3 35.2 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,115 9.1 35.7 – – – 1,259 1.0 34.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,262 4.0 35.0 – – – 1,262 4.0 35.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,032 13.4 35.6 – – – 1,280 .4 33.7 Teachers, special education................................. 1,254 .3 34.2 – – – 1,254 .3 34.2 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 1,104 5.0 38.0 – – – 1,056 8.1 35.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 775 7.9 36.2 – – – 837 7.7 36.1 Social workers.............................................. 783 8.1 36.2 – – – 854 7.0 36.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 933 12.4 39.3 938 12.5 39.3 – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 756 4.4 39.9 756 4.4 39.9 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 573 2.3 38.3 581 1.2 39.4 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,384 7.4 39.4 1,462 8.3 40.0 1,124 9.0 37.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,713 9.6 39.9 1,724 10.7 40.0 1,643 16.3 39.2 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,446 .9 39.8 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,658 10.2 39.1 1,638 11.0 39.0 – – – Management related............................................ 981 5.5 38.8 1,038 6.8 39.9 874 2.1 36.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 833 7.2 39.0 839 7.7 39.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,129 6.9 38.8 1,185 7.2 40.0 1,019 7.8 36.5 Sales............................................................. $471 19.5 40.8 $471 19.5 40.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 563 3.2 38.6 572 4.1 39.5 $535 2.9 36.1 Secretaries................................................. 538 7.6 37.6 528 8.2 37.7 649 9.8 36.1 Typists..................................................... 496 4.2 37.5 – – – 496 4.2 37.5 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 683 11.2 39.9 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 509 4.1 38.7 493 5.4 39.0 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 545 5.6 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 584 4.2 40.0 584 4.2 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 690 12.9 39.7 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 508 2.7 39.7 503 3.2 40.0 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 486 5.7 38.3 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 311 .3 32.4 – – – 311 .3 32.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 466 10.4 37.7 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 645 2.6 39.6 644 2.9 39.8 648 2.0 37.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 772 5.5 40.0 778 6.1 40.0 733 3.3 39.6 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – – – 718 7.4 39.6 Supervisors, production..................................... 898 9.4 41.3 898 9.4 41.3 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 582 5.2 39.9 582 5.2 39.9 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 643 12.5 40.0 643 12.5 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 705 23.6 40.0 705 23.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 530 7.9 36.2 543 13.7 40.0 513 9.7 31.4 Truck drivers............................................... 552 10.3 39.6 – – – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 349 2.5 30.1 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 494 10.3 38.8 483 11.8 38.6 560 2.1 40.0 Service............................................................. 549 6.3 39.2 426 6.7 39.5 719 4.0 38.7 Protective service............................................ 832 8.4 39.5 620 23.2 39.1 926 3.0 39.7 Supervisors, guards......................................... 1,217 5.7 40.1 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 878 4.1 39.7 – – – 893 4.3 39.6 Food service.................................................. 371 8.4 38.4 370 10.2 39.4 378 6.8 32.9 Other food service........................................... 365 8.0 38.4 361 9.2 39.3 387 8.0 33.1 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 343 2.2 39.2 346 1.0 39.7 – – – Health service................................................ 464 5.5 38.8 395 3.3 39.5 555 5.1 37.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 595 3.3 37.7 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 397 2.7 39.4 386 2.0 39.5 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $437 5.9 39.7 $400 4.2 39.8 $510 8.2 39.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 436 6.4 39.6 400 4.2 39.8 512 9.1 39.2 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $39,219 2.7 1,957 $38,589 3.5 2,035 $41,167 2.6 1,714 All excluding sales............................................... 39,733 2.6 1,951 39,248 3.4 2,031 41,167 2.6 1,714 White collar........................................................ 44,214 3.5 1,906 44,367 4.5 2,022 43,814 3.8 1,604 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,383 3.0 1,893 46,037 3.8 2,014 43,814 3.8 1,604 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 49,045 2.7 1,816 48,707 3.4 1,977 49,755 1.5 1,479 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,648 4.4 1,727 50,893 6.9 1,917 50,317 1.3 1,470 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,420 7.7 2,087 59,971 9.5 2,114 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 58,403 2.3 2,080 58,403 2.3 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 65,943 14.3 2,061 65,623 17.2 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 66,352 7.6 2,078 66,352 7.6 2,078 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 66,352 7.6 2,078 66,352 7.6 2,078 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 49,283 9.6 1,990 49,778 11.7 2,042 47,115 2.8 1,764 Registered nurses........................................... 50,173 11.0 2,033 50,850 12.6 2,055 46,571 1.4 1,918 Teachers, college and university.............................. 52,226 6.3 1,313 – – – 53,868 4.0 1,312 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 54,204 4.3 1,347 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 46,113 9.1 1,474 – – – 50,687 1.0 1,394 Elementary school teachers.................................. 50,346 4.0 1,396 – – – 50,346 4.0 1,396 Secondary school teachers................................... 43,236 13.4 1,490 – – – 52,311 .4 1,378 Teachers, special education................................. 50,816 .3 1,384 – – – 50,816 .3 1,384 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 51,585 5.0 1,776 – – – 44,610 8.1 1,515 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40,067 7.9 1,871 – – – 43,089 7.7 1,859 Social workers.............................................. 40,477 8.1 1,872 – – – 43,937 7.0 1,861 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 48,131 12.4 2,027 48,780 12.5 2,043 – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 39,299 4.4 2,075 39,299 4.4 2,075 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,795 2.3 1,993 30,199 1.2 2,051 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 71,974 7.4 2,050 76,013 8.3 2,078 58,468 9.0 1,955 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 89,091 9.6 2,074 89,667 10.7 2,080 85,442 16.3 2,041 Administrators, education and related fields................ 75,214 .9 2,069 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,222 10.2 2,031 85,196 11.0 2,028 – – – Management related............................................ 51,031 5.5 2,019 53,982 6.8 2,075 45,428 2.1 1,914 Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,302 7.2 2,027 43,612 7.7 2,066 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 58,685 6.9 2,018 61,643 7.2 2,080 53,007 7.8 1,899 Sales............................................................. $24,494 19.5 2,124 $24,494 19.5 2,124 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,751 3.2 1,973 29,705 4.1 2,050 $26,130 2.9 1,760 Secretaries................................................. 28,000 7.6 1,953 27,458 8.2 1,960 33,762 9.8 1,878 Typists..................................................... 25,804 4.2 1,951 – – – 25,804 4.2 1,951 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 35,536 11.2 2,076 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 26,490 4.1 2,011 25,646 5.4 2,030 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 28,338 5.6 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 30,363 4.2 2,080 30,363 4.2 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 35,888 12.9 2,065 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 26,394 2.7 2,066 26,175 3.2 2,080 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 25,258 5.7 1,993 – – – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12,511 .3 1,304 – – – 12,511 .3 1,304 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 23,496 10.4 1,902 – – – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,157 2.6 2,039 33,218 2.9 2,052 32,518 2.0 1,902 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,158 5.5 2,078 40,439 6.1 2,081 38,126 3.3 2,058 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – – – 37,328 7.4 2,061 Supervisors, production..................................... 46,687 9.4 2,146 46,687 9.4 2,146 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,243 5.2 2,074 30,262 5.2 2,074 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 33,423 12.5 2,080 33,423 12.5 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 36,682 23.6 2,080 36,682 23.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 25,673 7.9 1,752 28,239 13.7 2,080 22,932 9.7 1,403 Truck drivers............................................... 28,702 10.3 2,058 – – – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 15,154 2.5 1,308 – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,140 10.3 1,899 23,418 11.8 1,873 29,140 2.1 2,080 Service............................................................. 28,337 6.3 2,021 22,161 6.7 2,055 36,664 4.0 1,975 Protective service............................................ 43,202 8.4 2,053 32,227 23.2 2,033 48,078 3.0 2,062 Supervisors, guards......................................... 62,966 5.7 2,074 – – – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,649 4.1 2,065 – – – 46,420 4.3 2,061 Food service.................................................. 18,623 8.4 1,925 19,235 10.2 2,047 15,896 6.8 1,385 Other food service........................................... 18,340 8.0 1,929 18,757 9.2 2,045 16,453 8.0 1,408 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,537 2.2 2,005 17,974 1.0 2,063 – – – Health service................................................ 24,104 5.5 2,019 20,550 3.3 2,053 28,857 5.1 1,972 Health aides, except nursing................................ 30,936 3.3 1,963 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,624 2.7 2,047 20,079 2.0 2,052 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. $22,613 5.9 2,052 $20,785 4.2 2,071 $26,132 8.2 2,014 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 22,550 6.4 2,051 20,785 4.2 2,071 26,233 9.1 2,009 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $19.30 2.8 $18.27 3.6 $23.10 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 19.85 2.7 18.91 3.5 23.10 2.2 White collar........................................................ 22.24 3.5 20.97 4.4 26.60 3.7 1....................................................... 7.64 3.2 6.90 3.3 11.85 5.7 2....................................................... 9.89 7.2 9.46 13.9 10.39 3.1 3....................................................... 11.84 2.5 11.84 3.5 11.85 2.6 4....................................................... 13.05 2.7 12.89 2.9 13.74 4.5 5....................................................... 15.71 6.5 14.95 7.3 19.22 11.0 6....................................................... 18.95 5.3 19.41 6.2 17.97 9.5 7....................................................... 20.28 2.2 19.52 1.3 26.53 10.2 8....................................................... 24.60 7.1 22.44 6.7 30.92 12.0 9....................................................... 28.19 5.7 23.41 4.5 35.52 2.1 10........................................................ 30.79 2.4 – – 33.93 4.8 11........................................................ 31.70 2.2 31.54 2.7 32.55 1.1 12........................................................ 48.24 10.8 47.31 12.5 53.86 14.8 13........................................................ 59.12 19.2 65.22 18.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.52 2.6 22.49 3.3 26.60 3.7 1....................................................... 9.33 8.8 – – 11.85 5.7 2....................................................... 10.16 7.3 9.92 15.3 10.39 3.1 3....................................................... 11.87 2.5 11.88 3.6 11.85 2.6 4....................................................... 13.17 3.0 13.01 3.5 13.74 4.5 5....................................................... 15.62 7.3 14.70 8.2 19.22 11.0 6....................................................... 18.95 5.3 19.41 6.2 17.97 9.5 7....................................................... 20.28 2.2 19.52 1.3 26.53 10.2 8....................................................... 25.75 5.6 23.74 4.2 30.92 12.0 9....................................................... 28.19 5.7 23.41 4.5 35.52 2.1 10........................................................ 31.02 2.5 – – 33.93 4.8 11........................................................ 31.70 2.2 31.54 2.7 32.55 1.1 12........................................................ 48.28 10.8 47.35 12.5 53.86 14.8 13........................................................ 59.12 19.2 65.22 18.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.27 8.1 23.82 7.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.59 2.7 24.34 3.2 32.99 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.07 4.2 26.46 6.0 33.78 2.7 5....................................................... 16.71 9.0 – – – – 6....................................................... 22.42 11.3 – – 21.51 7.7 7....................................................... 21.42 4.1 20.42 4.4 25.23 1.4 8....................................................... 26.23 6.8 23.62 5.2 32.32 10.5 9....................................................... 30.21 9.4 – – 36.01 2.7 11........................................................ 31.14 2.3 30.86 3.1 32.47 1.2 12........................................................ 41.62 5.1 41.08 5.0 – – 13........................................................ 42.01 9.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.95 9.0 28.37 11.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.96 5.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.02 4.1 34.02 4.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... $28.08 2.3 $28.08 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.00 14.1 31.55 17.2 – – 11........................................................ 35.81 5.6 35.81 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 3.5 29.39 3.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 3.5 29.39 3.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.17 8.2 24.79 10.0 $27.44 6.0 7....................................................... 19.61 6.5 19.61 6.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.37 4.5 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.53 4.1 – – 27.34 7.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.62 8.7 24.74 9.8 23.82 1.7 7....................................................... 21.07 3.4 21.07 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.29 2.6 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.77 2.9 – – 41.05 2.2 11........................................................ 35.77 1.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.23 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.95 10.4 – – 35.69 3.3 8....................................................... 31.36 14.1 – – 35.80 4.2 9....................................................... 30.88 13.2 – – 36.99 2.5 11........................................................ 33.36 1.5 – – 33.36 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.06 6.8 – – 36.06 6.8 9....................................................... 36.38 9.5 – – 36.38 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.02 16.4 – – 37.95 .8 9....................................................... 28.59 17.1 – – 38.44 .4 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 1.6 – – 36.71 1.6 9....................................................... 36.90 .7 – – 36.90 .7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 30.05 1.6 – – 30.05 1.6 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 29.11 4.8 – – 29.56 8.7 9....................................................... 26.88 12.6 – – 26.88 12.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 20.86 8.2 17.84 1.5 23.18 6.4 7....................................................... 20.97 14.5 – – 24.35 8.3 Social workers.............................................. 21.03 8.6 17.84 1.5 23.61 6.2 7....................................................... 20.97 14.5 – – 24.35 8.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.74 12.0 23.88 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... – – – – 14.12 8.5 4....................................................... 14.53 1.5 14.64 1.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.49 1.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.43 10.7 17.74 11.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.94 4.0 18.94 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.02 1.4 14.88 1.6 15.53 1.6 4....................................................... $14.64 1.1 $14.64 1.1 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 34.98 7.0 36.58 8.0 $29.46 7.5 7....................................................... 22.59 7.0 – – 21.08 2.7 8....................................................... 24.70 4.0 24.79 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.31 6.4 25.58 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 35.94 3.4 36.15 3.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.04 4.4 35.09 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 54.35 11.2 54.44 13.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.77 9.2 43.10 10.2 40.73 16.1 9....................................................... 27.09 9.7 26.28 11.4 – – 10........................................................ 37.25 2.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.10 4.6 35.10 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 56.00 9.3 56.65 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.19 .8 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 11.0 42.01 11.9 – – 11........................................................ 37.89 10.0 37.89 10.0 – – Management related............................................ 25.19 5.0 26.02 6.9 23.52 2.0 7....................................................... 22.60 7.0 – – 21.08 2.7 8....................................................... 23.93 6.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.85 7.6 25.12 9.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.36 6.7 21.11 7.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.08 5.6 29.64 7.2 27.92 6.7 Sales............................................................. 9.79 11.3 9.79 11.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.24 2.9 14.17 3.8 14.46 2.2 1....................................................... 9.33 8.8 – – 11.85 5.7 2....................................................... 10.47 7.4 10.59 18.2 10.39 3.1 3....................................................... 11.93 2.5 11.88 3.6 12.03 3.0 4....................................................... 13.03 3.2 12.82 3.6 13.76 4.6 5....................................................... 15.34 9.4 14.24 9.2 21.40 17.5 6....................................................... 16.52 4.7 17.23 2.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.11 6.2 13.77 6.5 17.83 8.7 4....................................................... 12.38 4.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.91 2.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.24 9.4 – – – – Typists..................................................... 13.36 2.7 – – 13.36 2.7 3....................................................... 13.03 6.6 – – 13.03 6.6 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.12 11.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 5.2 12.63 6.6 – – Dispatchers................................................. 13.53 5.3 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.60 4.2 14.60 4.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 17.38 12.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.40 3.3 12.45 3.2 12.27 8.9 Data entry keyers........................................... 12.64 6.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. $9.61 0.7 – – $9.61 0.7 2....................................................... 9.29 1.7 – – 9.29 1.7 3....................................................... 9.93 1.6 – – 9.93 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 9.69 17.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.08 2.5 $16.02 2.8 16.72 2.7 1....................................................... 9.94 10.4 9.52 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.26 4.7 12.19 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.35 10.6 12.02 10.6 15.78 5.3 4....................................................... 13.60 3.7 13.49 3.9 14.85 7.8 5....................................................... 16.10 10.0 15.83 12.1 17.68 5.8 6....................................................... 17.61 3.8 17.56 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.08 3.1 17.98 3.5 18.68 2.6 8....................................................... 24.10 4.0 24.10 4.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 5.3 19.43 5.9 18.53 3.2 3....................................................... 13.99 5.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.66 7.5 13.26 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.12 3.1 17.19 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.26 4.7 20.88 7.7 18.98 2.8 8....................................................... 24.36 3.8 24.36 3.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.11 7.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.75 11.3 21.75 11.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 5.2 14.59 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 14.47 3.0 14.53 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 1.7 10.67 1.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.89 8.6 17.89 8.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.07 12.5 16.07 12.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.64 23.6 17.64 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.32 7.3 13.39 13.1 15.30 5.3 3....................................................... 14.13 9.5 – – 15.74 6.0 4....................................................... 14.61 4.2 – – 13.83 6.2 Truck drivers............................................... 13.94 10.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 12.49 12.4 – – 14.77 1.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.06 9.8 11.80 11.1 13.91 2.2 1....................................................... 9.20 8.9 8.39 9.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.67 10.1 11.42 11.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.53 4.7 9.53 4.7 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.87 8.5 9.87 8.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 16.92 16.9 – – – – Service............................................................. 13.13 7.4 10.27 7.8 17.44 4.9 1....................................................... 8.14 8.3 7.58 8.0 9.85 1.6 2....................................................... $10.49 2.6 $9.48 1.4 $12.52 5.9 3....................................................... 11.22 3.6 10.80 3.6 12.78 7.4 4....................................................... 15.33 6.2 – – 16.55 6.5 5....................................................... 14.07 15.5 – – 17.68 5.0 6....................................................... 21.52 3.9 – – 21.89 3.9 7....................................................... 21.69 18.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.00 5.2 – – 23.00 5.2 Protective service............................................ 20.61 7.9 15.87 22.2 22.64 4.0 6....................................................... 22.71 2.1 – – 22.71 2.1 7....................................................... 25.96 6.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.00 5.2 – – 23.00 5.2 Supervisors, guards......................................... 30.36 6.0 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.11 3.6 – – 22.52 3.5 Food service.................................................. 8.73 9.9 8.41 9.5 10.63 7.8 1....................................................... 6.83 1.8 – – 7.45 2.7 2....................................................... 9.67 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.32 .3 10.33 .3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8.39 21.7 – – – – Other food service........................................... 8.79 9.6 8.41 8.6 10.80 6.6 1....................................................... 7.01 1.1 6.98 .7 7.29 5.0 2....................................................... 9.79 7.8 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.66 16.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.13 3.1 7.97 .3 9.26 9.8 1....................................................... 6.74 2.3 6.66 1.5 7.29 5.0 Health service................................................ 11.60 4.1 9.99 1.6 14.14 6.9 2....................................................... 10.86 4.5 9.52 2.4 13.08 8.3 3....................................................... 11.34 6.1 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 15.63 3.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.00 1.9 9.81 1.8 10.80 6.1 2....................................................... 9.49 2.0 9.51 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.72 2.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.02 5.6 10.03 4.2 12.89 6.7 1....................................................... 9.67 4.5 8.89 4.7 11.22 .7 2....................................................... 10.06 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.86 11.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 6.0 10.03 4.2 12.97 7.3 1....................................................... 9.67 4.5 8.89 4.7 11.22 .7 3....................................................... 14.86 11.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.73 6.8 – – 9.14 4.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $20.04 2.8 $18.96 3.5 $24.02 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 20.37 2.7 19.32 3.4 24.02 3.1 White collar........................................................ 23.20 3.6 21.94 4.5 27.31 4.4 1....................................................... 9.95 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.26 6.4 – – 10.41 3.1 3....................................................... 12.11 2.6 11.98 3.5 12.48 3.7 4....................................................... 13.09 2.9 12.86 3.2 14.17 3.1 5....................................................... 15.69 6.8 14.93 7.5 20.02 14.2 6....................................................... 18.92 5.4 19.41 6.2 17.81 9.8 7....................................................... 20.32 2.4 19.53 1.6 26.53 10.2 8....................................................... 24.58 7.9 21.92 7.1 30.92 12.0 9....................................................... 28.20 5.7 23.40 4.6 35.52 2.1 10........................................................ 30.79 2.4 – – 33.93 4.8 11........................................................ 31.81 2.4 31.62 2.9 32.80 .9 12........................................................ 48.06 10.9 47.31 12.5 – – 13........................................................ 58.35 21.7 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 2.9 22.86 3.7 27.31 4.4 1....................................................... 9.95 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.26 6.4 – – 10.41 3.1 3....................................................... 12.11 2.6 11.98 3.5 12.48 3.7 4....................................................... 13.19 3.1 12.95 3.6 14.17 3.1 5....................................................... 15.59 7.8 14.66 8.4 20.02 14.2 6....................................................... 18.92 5.4 19.41 6.2 17.81 9.8 7....................................................... 20.32 2.4 19.53 1.6 26.53 10.2 8....................................................... 25.92 6.4 23.47 4.3 30.92 12.0 9....................................................... 28.20 5.7 23.40 4.6 35.52 2.1 10........................................................ 31.02 2.5 – – 33.93 4.8 11........................................................ 31.81 2.4 31.62 2.9 32.80 .9 12........................................................ 48.10 11.0 47.35 12.5 – – 13........................................................ 58.35 21.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.71 7.8 23.97 7.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.01 2.7 24.64 3.0 33.63 2.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.33 4.3 26.55 6.3 34.23 1.8 6....................................................... 21.97 11.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.68 4.0 20.63 4.3 25.23 1.4 8....................................................... 26.43 8.2 23.01 6.1 32.32 10.5 9....................................................... 30.22 9.4 – – 36.01 2.7 11........................................................ 31.26 2.5 30.95 3.3 32.73 1.0 12........................................................ 41.11 4.9 41.08 5.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.95 9.0 28.37 11.3 – – 7....................................................... 22.96 5.2 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.02 4.1 34.02 4.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 28.08 2.3 28.08 2.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 32.00 14.1 31.55 17.2 – – 11........................................................ $35.81 5.6 $35.81 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 3.5 29.39 3.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.93 7.6 31.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.39 3.5 29.39 3.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.77 8.8 24.38 10.8 $26.71 4.7 7....................................................... 19.09 7.6 19.09 7.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.34 2.8 21.90 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.43 4.3 – – 27.34 7.4 Registered nurses........................................... 24.68 10.0 24.75 11.8 24.28 1.8 7....................................................... 20.84 4.0 20.84 4.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.02 5.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 23.02 2.8 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.77 2.9 – – 41.05 2.2 11........................................................ 35.77 1.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 40.23 3.1 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 31.28 10.7 – – 36.36 2.1 8....................................................... 31.36 14.1 – – 35.80 4.2 9....................................................... 30.88 13.2 – – 36.99 2.5 11........................................................ 33.36 1.5 – – 33.36 1.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.06 6.8 – – 36.06 6.8 9....................................................... 36.38 9.5 – – 36.38 9.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.02 16.4 – – 37.95 .8 9....................................................... 28.59 17.1 – – 38.44 .4 Teachers, special education................................. 36.71 1.6 – – 36.71 1.6 9....................................................... 36.90 .7 – – 36.90 .7 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 29.04 4.8 – – 29.44 8.8 9....................................................... 26.88 12.6 – – 26.88 12.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.42 7.5 – – 23.18 6.4 7....................................................... 22.39 12.2 – – 24.35 8.3 Social workers.............................................. 21.62 7.9 – – 23.61 6.2 7....................................................... 22.39 12.2 – – 24.35 8.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.74 12.0 23.88 12.1 – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – 5....................................................... 15.42 1.8 15.37 2.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.43 10.7 17.74 11.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.94 4.0 18.94 4.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 14.95 1.1 14.72 .8 – – 5....................................................... 15.26 1.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.12 7.0 36.59 8.1 29.90 8.3 7....................................................... $22.60 7.0 – – $21.08 2.7 8....................................................... 24.70 4.0 $24.79 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.31 6.4 25.58 8.0 – – 10........................................................ 35.94 3.4 36.15 3.8 – – 11........................................................ 35.04 4.4 35.09 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 54.35 11.2 54.44 13.8 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 42.95 9.2 43.12 10.2 41.87 16.3 9....................................................... 27.09 9.7 26.28 11.4 – – 10........................................................ 37.25 2.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 35.10 4.6 35.10 4.6 – – 12........................................................ 56.00 9.3 56.65 11.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 36.36 .4 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.46 11.0 42.01 11.9 – – 11........................................................ 37.89 10.0 37.89 10.0 – – Management related............................................ 25.27 5.0 26.02 6.9 23.73 1.4 7....................................................... 22.60 7.0 – – 21.08 2.7 8....................................................... 23.93 6.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.85 7.6 25.12 9.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.36 6.7 21.11 7.5 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 29.08 5.6 29.64 7.2 27.92 6.7 Sales............................................................. 11.53 17.6 11.53 17.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.57 3.2 14.49 4.1 14.84 3.5 1....................................................... 9.95 9.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 11.26 6.4 – – 10.41 3.1 3....................................................... 12.11 2.6 11.98 3.5 12.48 3.7 4....................................................... 13.10 3.3 12.81 3.9 14.22 3.4 5....................................................... 15.34 9.4 14.24 9.2 21.40 17.5 6....................................................... 16.52 4.7 17.23 2.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.34 6.8 14.01 7.1 17.98 9.6 5....................................................... 17.91 2.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.24 9.4 – – – – Typists..................................................... 13.23 4.5 – – 13.23 4.5 3....................................................... 13.03 6.6 – – 13.03 6.6 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 17.12 11.2 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.17 5.2 12.63 6.6 – – Dispatchers................................................. 13.62 5.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.60 4.2 14.60 4.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 17.38 12.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.77 2.9 12.58 3.2 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 12.67 6.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.60 .8 – – 9.60 .8 2....................................................... 9.29 1.7 – – 9.29 1.7 3....................................................... 9.95 2.0 – – 9.95 2.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.35 9.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... $16.26 2.3 $16.19 2.5 $17.10 2.5 1....................................................... 10.57 10.0 10.17 12.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.42 5.1 12.35 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.26 10.6 12.02 10.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.63 3.8 13.49 3.9 15.74 7.2 5....................................................... 16.10 10.0 15.83 12.1 17.68 5.8 6....................................................... 17.61 3.8 17.56 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 18.12 3.1 17.98 3.5 18.98 2.8 8....................................................... 24.10 4.0 24.10 4.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 5.3 19.43 5.9 18.53 3.2 3....................................................... 13.99 5.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.66 7.5 13.26 7.1 – – 6....................................................... 17.12 3.1 17.19 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.26 4.7 20.88 7.7 18.98 2.8 8....................................................... 24.36 3.8 24.36 3.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. – – – – 18.11 7.1 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.75 11.3 21.75 11.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 5.2 14.59 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 14.47 3.0 14.53 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 1.7 10.67 1.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.89 8.6 17.89 8.6 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.07 12.5 16.07 12.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.64 23.6 17.64 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.65 9.1 13.58 13.7 16.35 6.1 4....................................................... 15.05 3.2 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 13.94 10.6 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 11.58 16.7 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 9.2 12.50 10.6 14.01 2.1 1....................................................... 9.93 8.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.07 10.7 11.83 12.0 – – Service............................................................. 14.02 6.3 10.78 6.6 18.56 3.8 1....................................................... 8.78 5.8 8.24 5.3 10.72 .9 2....................................................... 10.70 4.5 9.53 1.5 13.49 5.7 3....................................................... 11.43 4.6 10.93 4.9 13.08 6.5 4....................................................... 15.49 5.5 – – 16.55 6.5 5....................................................... 14.07 15.5 – – 17.68 5.0 6....................................................... 21.52 3.9 – – 21.89 3.9 7....................................................... 21.69 18.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.00 5.2 – – 23.00 5.2 Protective service............................................ 21.04 8.2 15.85 23.0 23.31 3.0 6....................................................... $22.71 2.1 – – $22.71 2.1 7....................................................... 25.96 6.7 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.00 5.2 – – 23.00 5.2 Supervisors, guards......................................... 30.36 6.0 – – – – Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.11 3.6 – – 22.52 3.5 Food service.................................................. 9.67 9.8 $9.40 10.0 11.48 6.1 Other food service........................................... 9.51 9.5 9.17 9.0 11.69 6.0 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.75 1.3 8.71 .7 – – Health service................................................ 11.94 6.1 10.01 3.3 14.63 5.4 2....................................................... 11.20 8.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.48 6.7 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 15.76 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.08 3.1 9.78 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.74 2.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.02 5.7 10.03 4.2 12.97 6.8 1....................................................... 9.63 4.5 8.89 4.7 11.24 .8 2....................................................... 10.06 4.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.86 11.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.99 6.1 10.03 4.2 13.06 7.4 1....................................................... 9.63 4.5 8.89 4.7 11.24 .8 3....................................................... 14.86 11.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, 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................................................................... $10.39 9.3 $9.99 11.8 $11.89 10.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.67 12.8 11.58 17.5 11.89 10.5 White collar........................................................ 11.49 12.1 11.04 14.4 14.01 15.9 1....................................................... 6.65 1.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.99 3.6 7.96 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.74 5.4 – – 9.25 8.5 4....................................................... 12.61 6.5 13.30 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.08 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.98 9.5 18.98 9.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 14.99 14.8 15.35 18.7 14.01 15.9 2....................................................... 8.13 4.5 8.09 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 9.64 6.4 – – 9.25 8.5 4....................................................... 12.86 7.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.08 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 18.98 9.5 18.98 9.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.19 15.9 19.40 19.1 18.41 19.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.85 10.0 24.94 9.6 20.77 18.6 7....................................................... 18.97 9.7 18.97 9.7 – – Health related................................................ 27.14 5.1 26.50 4.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.80 1.4 21.80 1.4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 11.78 15.8 11.99 18.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.24 4.1 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 6.99 3.8 6.99 3.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.20 9.8 8.71 14.1 10.22 3.6 2....................................................... 7.92 6.5 7.84 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.89 4.9 – – 9.58 7.8 4....................................................... 12.04 9.1 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.47 15.9 – – 13.28 4.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.95 5.0 – – 13.42 4.8 Bus drivers................................................. 14.28 1.4 – – 14.28 1.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... – – – – – – Service............................................................. $8.27 10.6 $7.90 14.1 $9.11 3.7 1....................................................... 6.75 11.9 – – 8.54 6.2 2....................................................... 9.53 4.1 – – 9.87 6.2 3....................................................... 10.19 7.0 10.28 7.8 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.88 13.1 6.37 10.7 9.35 11.3 1....................................................... 6.06 5.4 – – – – Other food service........................................... 6.90 12.2 – – 9.43 11.6 1....................................................... 6.36 4.5 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.84 14.2 – – – – 1....................................................... 6.28 5.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.77 3.4 9.94 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.22 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.74 3.6 9.91 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.13 3.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $9.14 6.3 – – $8.54 4.4 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Rochester, NY, 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....................................................... $20.04 $10.39 $20.09 $18.96 $19.35 – All excluding sales............................................. 20.37 11.67 21.14 19.32 19.87 – White collar........................................................ 23.20 11.49 22.34 22.21 22.34 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.97 14.99 24.92 23.05 23.52 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.01 19.19 32.77 24.51 26.59 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.33 23.85 33.40 26.76 29.07 – Technical....................................................... – 11.78 15.27 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 35.12 – 25.30 36.17 34.98 – Sales............................................................. 11.53 6.99 – – 8.61 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.57 9.20 14.16 14.27 14.24 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.26 9.47 17.59 15.34 16.09 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.32 – 19.32 19.33 19.45 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.58 – 18.43 13.32 14.58 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.65 12.95 14.43 14.25 14.32 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.71 – – 11.74 12.06 – Service............................................................. 14.02 8.27 17.65 10.23 13.13 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.8 9.3 2.7 4.3 2.9 – All excluding sales............................................. 2.7 12.8 3.2 4.2 2.7 – White collar........................................................ 3.6 12.1 4.9 4.5 3.5 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.9 14.8 2.3 3.6 2.6 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 15.9 2.6 3.2 2.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 10.0 2.6 6.0 4.2 – Technical....................................................... – 15.8 1.6 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.0 – 1.9 7.2 7.0 – Sales............................................................. 17.6 3.8 – – 3.5 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.2 9.8 3.1 3.5 2.9 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.3 15.9 6.9 1.8 2.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 – 9.8 3.4 5.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 – 10.2 3.8 5.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 5.0 1.7 12.8 7.3 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.2 – – 9.2 9.8 – Service............................................................. 6.3 10.6 4.9 7.6 7.4 – 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, Rochester, NY, 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....................................................... $18.27 $20.14 – – $19.89 - - - $18.21 - All excluding sales............................................. 18.91 20.17 – – 19.92 - - - 18.14 - White collar........................................................ 20.97 24.47 – – 24.19 - - - 19.05 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.49 24.57 – – 24.29 - - - 19.00 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.34 – – – – - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 26.46 29.56 – – 29.56 - - - – - Technical....................................................... – – – – – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.58 34.08 – – 33.22 - - - – - Sales............................................................. 9.79 – – – – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.17 17.39 – – 17.39 - - - 14.18 - Blue collar......................................................... 16.02 16.19 – – 15.92 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.43 19.78 – – 19.27 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.59 14.68 – – 14.68 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.39 – – – – - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.80 12.80 – – 12.80 - - - – - Service............................................................. 10.27 17.63 – – 17.63 - - - – - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 3.8 – – 3.8 - - - 11.6 - All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 3.7 – – 3.7 - - - 11.8 - White collar........................................................ 4.4 2.1 – – 1.9 - - - 12.1 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 1.9 – – 1.6 - - - 12.4 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 – – – – - - - – - Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 6.8 – – 6.8 - - - – - Technical....................................................... – – – – – - - - – - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 4.4 – – 4.3 - - - – - Sales............................................................. 11.3 – – – – - - - – - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.8 2.7 – – 2.7 - - - 7.4 - Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 2.8 – – 2.2 - - - – - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 7.6 – – 8.7 - - - – - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 5.3 – – 5.3 - - - – - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.1 – – – – - - - – - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.1 14.8 – – 14.8 - - - – - Service............................................................. 7.8 25.3 – – 25.3 - - - – - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Rochester, NY, 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....................................................... $18.27 $14.79 $19.11 $17.43 $20.52 All excluding sales............................................. 18.91 15.63 19.58 18.32 20.55 White collar........................................................ 20.97 16.71 22.10 20.85 23.09 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.49 19.01 23.21 23.28 23.17 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.34 – 24.84 24.28 25.05 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.46 – 27.87 26.96 28.44 Technical....................................................... – – – 14.62 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 36.58 33.10 37.46 40.46 29.33 Sales............................................................. 9.79 – 8.74 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.17 11.83 14.82 12.57 17.07 Blue collar......................................................... 16.02 13.87 16.35 14.09 18.59 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.43 15.14 20.26 17.32 22.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.59 15.09 14.54 12.97 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.39 – 13.86 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.80 – 12.46 11.52 16.85 Service............................................................. 10.27 – 11.08 9.93 11.90 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 12.0 3.8 9.4 2.6 All excluding sales............................................. 3.5 12.4 3.3 8.8 2.6 White collar........................................................ 4.4 13.1 5.2 12.3 2.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 6.8 3.6 9.4 2.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 – 3.0 8.3 2.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 6.0 – 4.7 7.4 3.9 Technical....................................................... – – – 13.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.0 3.3 9.6 11.3 5.8 Sales............................................................. 11.3 – 8.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.8 3.0 4.9 7.0 4.0 Blue collar......................................................... 2.8 5.8 2.9 7.1 3.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.9 4.7 4.9 10.5 3.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.2 13.2 4.5 15.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.1 – 14.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.1 – 13.8 13.0 22.2 Service............................................................. 7.8 – 5.6 4.9 8.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.55 $11.50 $17.26 $24.28 $31.25 All excluding sales........................... 9.14 12.00 17.95 24.93 31.73 White collar.................................... 9.50 13.31 20.08 28.37 36.68 White collar excluding sales................ 11.15 15.22 21.00 29.30 37.33 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.70 19.38 25.05 30.77 38.69 Professional specialty...................... 17.96 22.35 28.03 33.22 42.02 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 18.75 23.93 28.93 33.87 37.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.31 26.30 29.28 30.70 33.80 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 18.54 27.67 34.80 37.07 39.78 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 17.50 20.55 23.37 27.77 32.68 Registered nurses....................... 17.83 20.93 23.74 27.92 31.98 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.72 34.50 39.68 44.73 50.87 Other post-secondary teachers........... 29.34 36.40 41.47 44.70 50.18 Teachers, except college and university... 17.36 21.50 28.75 38.56 48.07 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.21 28.09 33.24 42.83 51.18 Secondary school teachers............... 17.02 19.78 26.36 35.14 46.60 Teachers, special education............. 24.59 29.02 35.14 43.89 48.89 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.00 21.70 27.87 37.84 46.34 Vocational and educational counselors... 18.84 18.84 28.40 38.56 40.25 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.58 17.12 20.55 23.06 29.51 Social workers.......................... 13.58 17.48 20.73 23.06 29.57 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.31 17.81 22.50 28.17 32.11 Technical................................... – – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.63 17.43 19.23 20.69 21.92 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.79 13.76 14.86 16.18 17.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.83 24.33 30.29 37.65 69.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.75 29.30 37.02 52.03 72.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.20 36.15 37.64 39.12 40.61 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.08 31.25 36.06 50.48 72.51 Management related........................ 18.58 19.83 25.33 29.36 32.78 Accountants and auditors................ 18.00 18.91 19.83 25.94 26.56 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.48 24.52 30.35 31.25 36.72 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.25 8.40 12.01 17.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.99 11.00 13.04 16.82 20.58 Secretaries............................. 10.01 11.00 14.53 16.53 19.67 Typists................................. 10.27 12.05 13.43 15.55 15.63 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... $8.35 $13.04 $20.13 $20.93 $21.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.00 11.50 11.85 15.38 17.27 Dispatchers............................. 11.34 12.81 12.96 15.33 15.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.60 11.50 15.42 15.50 18.95 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.02 14.36 17.19 20.11 20.11 General office clerks................... 9.17 11.15 12.13 13.65 15.87 Data entry keyers....................... 9.14 11.28 12.94 14.67 14.89 Teachers' aides......................... 6.95 7.83 9.20 11.06 12.59 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 6.00 6.75 8.55 13.50 14.32 Blue collar..................................... 9.28 11.41 15.43 19.88 24.92 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.40 15.50 19.32 24.18 26.40 Supervisors, production................. 15.71 17.74 20.66 22.65 33.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.75 11.38 13.60 18.10 20.30 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 13.79 17.10 18.84 19.96 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.52 7.52 22.65 24.99 25.44 Transportation and material moving............ 8.33 11.20 14.81 16.37 18.25 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 15.43 16.37 17.38 Bus drivers............................. 8.04 8.33 12.18 15.33 18.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 9.14 10.95 13.11 20.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.25 10.00 12.15 12.15 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 8.82 10.08 10.83 12.95 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.91 13.11 13.67 24.85 24.85 Service......................................... 7.25 8.50 10.50 16.49 24.05 Protective service........................ 9.67 14.35 21.68 25.07 28.70 Supervisors, guards..................... 26.47 27.16 31.45 34.98 34.98 Police and detectives, public service... 19.09 19.63 22.04 24.44 25.07 Food service.............................. 5.69 6.64 8.00 9.79 13.65 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.30 5.40 8.00 10.72 13.05 Other food service....................... 5.75 6.65 7.75 9.75 15.02 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.85 7.66 8.93 13.20 17.90 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.50 7.30 8.50 12.06 Health service............................ 8.50 9.25 10.71 12.80 16.26 Health aides, except nursing............ 12.38 13.63 15.68 17.30 19.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.36 9.00 9.94 10.83 12.05 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.10 10.03 12.86 15.88 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.09 10.00 12.93 15.88 Personal service.......................... 7.50 8.99 9.48 10.50 11.87 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, Rochester, NY, March 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.16 $11.09 $16.47 $23.03 $29.90 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.73 17.25 23.77 30.48 White collar.................................... 9.00 13.04 19.23 26.69 32.19 White collar excluding sales................ 11.50 15.00 20.34 28.37 33.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.29 18.68 22.98 29.16 32.54 Professional specialty...................... 17.35 20.34 26.13 30.58 36.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 18.54 22.91 28.21 33.80 38.25 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.31 26.30 29.28 30.70 33.80 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 18.54 26.31 34.19 37.76 40.30 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.34 20.31 23.08 27.96 32.48 Registered nurses....................... 17.62 20.76 23.74 28.76 32.48 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 14.00 17.12 20.73 24.52 Social workers.......................... 12.50 14.00 17.12 20.73 24.52 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.31 19.00 22.50 28.17 32.32 Technical................................... - - - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.63 17.43 19.23 20.69 21.92 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.48 13.69 14.62 16.00 17.53 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.83 25.75 31.25 40.50 72.51 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.75 29.30 37.08 52.03 72.51 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 26.93 31.25 36.06 47.48 72.51 Management related........................ 18.91 19.83 25.94 29.50 34.62 Accountants and auditors................ 18.20 18.91 19.83 25.94 25.94 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.48 24.18 29.50 31.25 42.31 Sales......................................... 6.00 6.25 8.40 12.01 17.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.10 11.14 13.04 17.25 20.65 Secretaries............................. 10.01 10.77 13.83 15.53 19.09 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.00 11.50 11.85 15.38 15.70 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.60 11.50 15.42 15.50 18.95 General office clerks................... 11.06 12.13 12.13 12.98 14.42 Blue collar..................................... 9.14 11.38 15.25 20.11 24.99 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.86 15.00 19.88 24.43 26.40 Supervisors, production................. $15.71 $17.74 $20.66 $22.65 $33.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.75 11.38 13.65 18.10 20.30 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 13.79 17.10 18.84 19.96 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.52 7.52 22.65 24.99 25.44 Transportation and material moving............ 8.04 8.93 14.81 15.00 17.75 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 9.10 10.50 12.21 20.70 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.50 7.25 10.00 12.15 12.15 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.00 8.82 10.08 10.83 12.95 Service......................................... 6.86 7.87 9.22 10.73 15.02 Protective service........................ 9.21 9.25 10.80 21.67 31.45 Food service.............................. 5.50 6.50 7.55 9.25 13.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.75 6.50 7.50 8.83 15.02 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.22 Health service............................ 8.24 9.00 9.83 10.75 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.24 9.00 9.79 10.72 11.43 Cleaning and building service............. 7.39 7.87 8.72 10.96 14.40 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.39 7.87 8.72 10.96 14.40 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 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, Rochester, NY, March 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.45 $13.67 $20.23 $29.38 $40.25 All excluding sales........................... 10.45 13.67 20.23 29.38 40.25 White collar.................................... 10.79 15.55 25.32 34.90 45.09 White collar excluding sales................ 10.79 15.55 25.32 34.90 45.09 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.99 25.21 30.99 39.73 48.95 Professional specialty...................... 22.03 25.81 31.44 40.37 49.58 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.15 22.47 25.40 27.11 39.33 Registered nurses....................... 20.15 22.47 25.40 26.58 27.11 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.97 34.50 39.79 49.29 56.04 Teachers, except college and university... 23.40 27.85 32.95 42.02 51.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.21 28.09 33.24 42.83 51.18 Secondary school teachers............... 26.50 29.41 35.14 42.86 59.55 Teachers, special education............. 24.59 29.02 35.14 43.89 48.89 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.00 21.70 27.87 37.84 46.34 Vocational and educational counselors... 13.10 22.85 28.40 37.34 43.90 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 17.90 19.69 23.06 25.32 30.31 Social workers.......................... 18.12 20.34 23.06 25.52 30.31 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 8.50 13.08 15.14 16.50 16.66 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.60 14.40 16.17 16.66 16.89 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.00 20.64 26.56 35.01 40.61 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 29.40 34.03 36.42 40.61 65.09 Management related........................ 17.96 19.44 22.15 26.56 30.79 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.43 25.35 30.35 31.14 35.09 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.55 10.32 12.40 15.68 19.01 Secretaries............................. 14.81 15.90 17.79 18.38 24.42 Typists................................. 10.27 12.05 13.43 15.55 15.63 General office clerks................... 8.87 9.73 11.15 15.30 18.33 Teachers' aides......................... 6.95 7.83 9.20 11.06 12.59 Blue collar..................................... 12.11 14.41 17.10 18.86 21.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.37 17.14 18.82 20.08 21.57 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.41 16.20 18.80 19.43 21.57 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.20 12.42 15.21 16.79 19.44 Bus drivers............................. $11.43 $12.18 $14.61 $17.06 $18.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 12.01 13.67 14.06 14.58 15.31 Service......................................... 9.37 11.57 16.69 22.68 25.65 Protective service........................ 16.96 20.32 22.68 25.07 28.70 Police and detectives, public service... 19.09 20.32 23.76 24.44 25.07 Food service.............................. 6.60 7.75 10.92 12.06 16.60 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.60 7.95 10.92 12.06 16.72 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 6.75 8.57 11.68 13.18 Health service............................ 9.39 11.82 14.05 16.26 19.07 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.67 8.96 10.97 12.05 12.09 Cleaning and building service............. $9.32 $10.46 $12.38 $14.91 $16.73 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.25 10.75 12.58 15.02 16.73 Personal service.......................... 6.40 7.17 9.37 9.72 13.42 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, Rochester, NY, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.48 $12.13 $18.03 $24.99 $32.00 All excluding sales........................... 9.75 12.34 18.49 25.26 32.20 White collar.................................... 11.00 14.53 20.65 29.13 37.08 White collar excluding sales................ 11.85 15.56 21.44 29.68 37.64 Professional specialty and technical.......... 17.05 19.93 25.74 30.77 39.42 Professional specialty...................... 18.12 22.50 28.27 33.75 42.02 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 18.75 23.93 28.93 33.87 37.67 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 19.31 26.30 29.28 30.70 33.80 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 18.54 27.67 34.80 37.07 39.78 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 26.44 28.25 30.25 32.19 43.65 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.35 20.39 23.08 27.64 33.11 Registered nurses....................... 17.65 20.75 23.74 27.96 32.66 Teachers, college and university.......... 28.72 34.50 39.68 44.73 50.87 Other post-secondary teachers........... 29.34 36.40 41.47 44.70 50.18 Teachers, except college and university... 17.95 21.95 28.90 38.56 48.26 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.21 28.09 33.24 42.83 51.18 Secondary school teachers............... 17.02 19.78 26.36 35.14 46.60 Teachers, special education............. 24.59 29.02 35.14 43.89 48.89 Vocational and educational counselors... 18.84 18.84 27.85 38.56 40.25 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.73 17.90 21.01 23.30 29.61 Social workers.......................... 14.73 18.12 21.45 23.30 30.31 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 13.31 17.81 22.50 28.17 32.11 Technical................................... - - - - - Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.63 17.43 19.23 20.69 21.92 Licensed practical nurses............... 12.50 13.69 15.02 16.18 17.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.83 24.42 30.29 37.86 69.28 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 25.75 29.40 37.08 52.03 72.51 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.20 36.15 37.64 39.12 40.61 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 27.08 31.25 36.06 50.48 72.51 Management related........................ 18.91 19.83 25.35 29.36 32.78 Accountants and auditors................ 18.00 18.91 19.83 25.94 26.56 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.48 24.52 30.35 31.25 36.72 Sales......................................... 6.85 8.00 10.55 14.04 17.26 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.39 11.15 13.04 17.26 20.65 Secretaries............................. 10.01 11.14 14.53 17.03 19.73 Typists................................. 10.27 11.80 12.77 15.56 15.63 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 8.35 13.04 20.13 20.93 21.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $10.00 $11.50 $11.85 $15.38 $17.27 Dispatchers............................. 10.99 12.81 12.96 15.33 15.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.60 11.50 15.42 15.50 18.95 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.02 14.36 17.19 20.11 20.11 General office clerks................... 10.58 12.13 12.13 13.78 16.19 Data entry keyers....................... 9.14 11.55 12.97 14.67 14.89 Teachers' aides......................... 6.95 7.76 9.20 11.06 12.73 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 8.29 9.74 13.50 13.60 14.83 Blue collar..................................... 9.50 11.73 15.53 20.08 24.99 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.40 15.50 19.32 24.18 26.40 Supervisors, production................. 15.71 17.74 20.66 22.65 33.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.75 11.38 13.60 18.10 20.30 Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.... 9.50 13.79 17.10 18.84 19.96 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 7.52 7.52 22.65 24.99 25.44 Transportation and material moving............ 8.33 11.03 14.81 16.44 19.93 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.00 15.43 16.37 17.38 Bus drivers............................. 7.66 8.04 8.93 14.25 18.25 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.87 10.00 11.00 13.67 20.70 Service......................................... 7.65 9.00 11.10 18.66 24.44 Protective service........................ 9.92 17.46 21.68 25.07 28.70 Supervisors, guards..................... 26.47 27.16 31.45 34.98 34.98 Police and detectives, public service... 19.09 19.63 22.04 24.44 25.07 Food service.............................. 6.75 7.35 8.25 10.92 15.28 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.75 7.30 8.20 10.25 16.03 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.15 8.00 8.85 15.02 Health service............................ 8.48 9.46 10.81 13.65 16.70 Health aides, except nursing............ 12.38 13.63 15.71 17.40 19.23 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.24 9.00 10.08 10.93 12.09 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.09 10.03 12.93 15.89 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.05 10.00 12.95 15.88 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Rochester, NY, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $6.25 $8.50 $11.20 $17.06 All excluding sales........................... 6.00 7.25 9.32 13.20 21.50 White collar.................................... 6.00 6.25 8.55 14.00 22.95 White collar excluding sales................ 7.00 8.55 12.50 18.13 26.13 Professional specialty and technical.......... 8.50 12.50 17.00 23.78 28.01 Professional specialty...................... 15.25 17.00 22.95 26.41 29.74 Health related............................ 18.96 21.62 25.01 28.00 30.02 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 7.50 8.24 9.32 14.62 17.53 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.50 14.00 14.62 17.00 18.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.75 6.00 6.25 7.75 8.94 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.25 7.25 8.72 10.25 13.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.75 8.75 11.24 14.61 Transportation and material moving............ 10.75 11.20 12.18 14.96 16.79 Bus drivers............................. 11.25 12.18 14.61 15.88 17.06 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 5.25 6.50 8.28 9.92 11.07 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.50 6.50 8.00 9.84 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.15 5.65 6.50 7.00 9.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.15 5.35 6.50 6.91 10.92 Health service............................ 8.50 8.67 9.45 10.70 11.43 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 8.67 9.40 10.70 11.50 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.86 7.50 9.54 10.50 10.50 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, Rochester, NY, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 268,800 203,000 65,900 All excluding sales............................................. 253,200 187,300 65,900 White collar........................................................ 161,300 118,300 43,000 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 145,700 102,700 43,000 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 82,400 56,300 26,100 Professional specialty.......................................... 60,000 34,900 25,200 Technical....................................................... - - 1,000 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 15,900 12,200 3,800 Sales............................................................. 15,600 15,600 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 47,300 34,200 13,100 Blue collar......................................................... 67,000 60,200 6,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25,000 22,000 3,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,400 27,400 - Transportation and material moving................................ 4,000 - 2,400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10,600 9,300 1,200 Service............................................................. 40,500 24,400 16,100 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.