NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Columbus, OH, Bulletin 3120-38, 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, Columbus, OH, 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................................................................. $17.68 2.9 36.0 $16.10 3.7 35.3 $22.96 1.7 38.6 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 20.83 3.8 36.7 19.28 5.1 36.0 24.68 1.8 38.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 2.4 38.2 24.77 4.0 37.7 29.14 2.3 38.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 7.4 39.6 32.68 9.3 39.6 25.28 5.3 39.5 Sales............................................................. 11.65 6.6 29.7 11.65 6.6 29.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.67 3.6 36.6 12.97 4.3 36.4 16.05 3.1 37.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.33 4.3 38.1 14.06 4.8 38.0 17.62 1.3 38.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.04 8.1 39.7 19.21 10.3 39.6 18.45 2.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.81 7.8 39.8 13.73 8.0 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 7.2 39.3 15.28 8.7 39.7 17.59 1.1 36.4 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.58 3.5 35.4 11.55 3.6 35.3 13.10 11.6 37.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.41 7.9 31.1 8.57 6.1 28.9 18.72 6.8 38.6 Full time........................................................... 18.75 3.2 39.5 17.25 4.2 39.5 23.17 1.5 39.5 Part time........................................................... 9.14 6.9 21.1 8.87 7.0 21.2 14.20 13.4 19.6 Union............................................................... 21.46 3.2 37.1 18.28 5.4 34.8 23.34 4.2 38.7 Nonunion............................................................ 16.58 3.3 35.7 15.84 3.7 35.4 22.34 3.6 38.4 Time................................................................ 17.69 2.8 35.9 16.07 3.6 35.2 22.96 1.7 38.6 Incentive........................................................... 17.24 22.9 40.8 17.24 22.9 40.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.50 8.2 35.1 14.49 8.2 35.1 15.00 15.5 38.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.48 6.1 34.7 14.96 6.0 34.6 23.22 12.5 36.8 500 workers or more................................................. 20.73 3.5 37.6 18.86 5.9 36.7 22.98 1.5 38.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.68 2.9 $16.10 3.7 $22.96 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.10 2.9 16.51 3.7 22.96 1.7 White collar........................................................ 20.83 3.8 19.28 5.1 24.68 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.97 3.8 20.69 5.4 24.68 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 2.4 24.77 4.0 29.14 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.22 2.1 26.73 3.1 29.66 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 3.8 31.09 4.7 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.65 5.9 36.65 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.17 4.1 29.19 4.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.49 4.2 29.53 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.60 11.9 31.68 16.6 – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 29.68 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.45 10.0 25.92 5.7 19.79 18.3 Registered nurses........................................... 24.91 3.8 24.71 4.7 25.64 5.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.41 4.6 34.41 4.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.83 2.7 – – 33.33 2.9 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 31.28 9.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.97 1.9 – – 35.36 1.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.77 .6 – – 34.15 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.62 16.9 – – 25.17 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 23.62 16.9 – – 25.17 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.60 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26.38 22.3 – – 30.26 19.2 Social workers.............................................. 26.55 22.2 – – 30.26 19.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.05 4.1 23.05 4.1 – – Technical....................................................... 22.01 8.8 20.25 8.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.92 17.1 19.92 17.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.28 5.3 19.42 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 7.4 32.68 9.3 25.28 5.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.33 11.4 36.18 12.5 28.77 11.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.84 8.6 – – 24.84 8.6 Financial managers.......................................... 20.60 12.5 20.60 12.5 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.47 20.0 45.47 20.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.68 5.2 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.88 12.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.73 11.0 43.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 25.32 5.1 26.19 7.4 24.17 7.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.86 5.9 23.87 3.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.35 8.4 25.60 20.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.65 6.6 11.65 6.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... $11.52 10.3 $11.52 10.3 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.56 .3 8.56 .3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 2.2 8.33 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 3.6 12.97 4.3 $16.05 3.1 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.23 6.1 17.03 6.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.02 5.7 16.70 8.4 17.65 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 9.45 17.0 9.45 17.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.44 9.2 – – 10.50 8.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.45 7.0 13.74 6.6 16.43 7.8 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.48 8.5 14.48 8.5 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 12.46 11.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.09 6.5 11.69 7.7 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.91 3.0 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.17 12.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.29 6.3 12.28 7.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.33 4.3 14.06 4.8 17.62 1.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.04 8.1 19.21 10.3 18.45 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.33 11.5 20.67 12.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 7.8 13.73 8.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 27.3 14.36 27.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.54 6.2 14.13 6.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.02 5.4 13.02 5.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.92 4.8 11.92 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 7.2 15.28 8.7 17.59 1.1 Truck drivers............................................... 16.83 9.2 16.83 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.58 3.5 11.55 3.6 13.10 11.6 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.25 2.5 11.25 2.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.89 8.7 9.83 8.9 – – Service............................................................. 11.41 7.9 8.57 6.1 18.72 6.8 Protective service............................................ 16.91 22.6 – – 23.12 2.0 Food service.................................................. 6.76 14.1 6.15 15.6 11.58 7.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.89 23.2 2.89 23.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 19.5 2.63 19.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.44 5.0 8.94 4.7 11.58 7.3 Cooks....................................................... 9.94 2.2 9.47 2.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.08 2.6 10.08 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.32 9.5 7.41 .7 – – Health service................................................ 10.45 3.5 10.42 3.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ $10.00 7.2 $10.00 7.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 2.6 10.50 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.95 7.8 10.86 10.4 $13.91 9.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.99 6.5 11.95 10.2 13.91 9.7 Personal service.............................................. 10.52 10.7 8.78 14.4 – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.14 1.3 8.14 1.3 – – 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 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, Columbus, OH, 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................................................................... $18.75 3.2 $17.25 4.2 $23.17 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.02 3.1 17.52 4.1 23.17 1.5 White collar........................................................ 21.78 3.7 20.40 5.2 24.89 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.52 3.6 21.33 5.3 24.89 1.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.02 2.3 25.03 4.0 29.26 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.41 2.0 26.91 3.3 29.81 1.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 4.0 31.27 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.65 5.9 36.65 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.17 4.1 29.19 4.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.49 4.2 29.53 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.60 11.9 31.68 16.6 – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 29.68 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.40 11.1 26.50 4.3 19.58 18.0 Registered nurses........................................... 25.14 3.5 25.08 4.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.02 5.3 35.02 5.3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.16 2.6 – – 33.64 2.7 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 31.45 8.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.95 1.9 – – 35.33 1.8 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.91 .3 – – 34.15 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.13 16.5 – – 25.91 15.7 Librarians.................................................. 24.13 16.5 – – 25.91 15.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.60 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26.38 22.3 – – 30.26 19.2 Social workers.............................................. 26.55 22.2 – – 30.26 19.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.11 3.9 23.11 3.9 – – Technical....................................................... 22.29 8.7 20.50 9.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.92 17.1 19.92 17.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.37 5.5 19.52 5.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.87 7.3 32.86 9.2 25.27 5.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.65 11.0 36.57 12.1 28.73 11.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.84 8.6 – – 24.84 8.6 Financial managers.......................................... 20.60 12.5 20.60 12.5 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.53 20.1 45.53 20.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.68 5.2 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.88 12.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.73 11.0 43.07 11.2 – – Management related............................................ 25.32 5.1 26.19 7.4 24.17 7.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.86 5.9 23.87 3.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.35 8.4 25.60 20.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.46 8.9 13.46 8.9 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... $11.52 10.3 $11.52 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.36 8.3 9.36 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.00 3.6 13.33 4.4 $16.17 3.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 16.23 6.1 17.03 6.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.18 6.3 16.70 8.4 18.30 7.8 Library clerks.............................................. 11.66 9.3 – – 10.65 8.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.53 6.9 13.84 6.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.57 8.5 14.57 8.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.20 2.3 12.17 2.5 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 12.46 11.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.09 6.6 11.68 7.9 – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.91 3.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.47 6.9 12.48 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.62 4.4 14.36 4.9 17.80 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.09 8.1 19.26 10.3 18.45 2.8 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.33 11.5 20.67 12.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.83 7.9 13.76 8.0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 27.3 14.36 27.3 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.54 6.2 14.13 6.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.13 5.9 13.13 5.9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.92 4.8 11.92 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.75 7.8 15.49 9.2 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.83 9.2 16.83 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.02 3.5 11.98 3.6 14.44 2.8 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.89 2.6 11.89 2.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.95 11.1 12.95 11.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.13 9.0 10.06 9.2 – – Service............................................................. 13.32 8.7 9.79 6.1 18.95 6.8 Protective service............................................ 19.90 14.1 – – 23.18 2.2 Food service.................................................. 8.86 13.1 7.99 14.0 – – Other food service........................................... 9.96 8.4 9.31 9.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.20 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.82 15.8 7.31 2.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.40 3.5 10.37 3.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.00 7.2 10.00 7.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.49 9.1 11.55 13.2 13.91 9.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.06 7.4 14.34 10.0 13.91 9.7 Personal service.............................................. 11.54 8.2 9.44 13.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.14 6.9 $8.87 7.0 $14.20 13.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.42 8.3 9.11 8.6 14.20 13.4 White collar........................................................ 11.22 8.3 10.87 9.1 15.72 14.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.45 10.3 13.13 11.8 15.72 14.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.98 8.2 20.12 4.3 19.24 41.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.60 12.5 22.42 4.3 19.24 41.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.79 3.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.80 3.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 17.22 41.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.46 1.0 17.46 1.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.95 1.5 7.95 1.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 1.8 7.64 1.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.75 10.1 10.30 10.8 14.10 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 8.95 6.9 8.72 6.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.54 5.3 8.53 5.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.95 5.2 7.95 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.75 17.9 6.69 18.5 – – Protective service............................................ 9.28 2.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.09 25.0 5.02 25.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.94 29.5 2.94 29.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 26.2 2.71 26.2 – – Other food service........................................... 8.53 8.6 8.44 8.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.53 3.4 7.53 3.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $7.48 6.9 $7.51 7.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Columbus, OH, 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................................................................... $741 3.2 39.5 $682 4.3 39.5 $916 1.2 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 752 3.1 39.5 692 4.2 39.5 916 1.2 39.5 White collar........................................................ 860 3.6 39.5 806 5.1 39.5 982 1.3 39.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 889 3.5 39.5 843 5.2 39.5 982 1.3 39.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,063 2.3 39.3 982 4.0 39.2 1,153 2.0 39.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,113 2.2 39.2 1,050 3.5 39.0 1,172 1.6 39.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,250 4.3 39.7 1,240 5.2 39.7 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,466 5.9 40.0 1,466 5.9 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,141 4.0 39.1 1,141 4.2 39.1 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,152 4.2 39.1 1,152 4.3 39.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,184 11.9 40.0 1,267 16.6 40.0 – – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 1,187 12.9 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 919 10.8 39.3 1,032 4.9 38.9 778 17.4 39.7 Registered nurses........................................... 982 4.0 39.1 975 5.1 38.9 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,290 2.6 36.8 1,290 2.6 36.8 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,288 2.4 38.8 – – – 1,310 2.5 39.0 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 1,251 9.3 39.8 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,327 2.6 38.0 – – – 1,342 2.5 38.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,317 1.1 38.9 – – – 1,340 .2 39.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 895 16.7 37.1 – – – 971 15.7 37.5 Librarians.................................................. 895 16.7 37.1 – – – 971 15.7 37.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 880 20.8 39.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 1,055 22.3 40.0 – – – 1,211 19.2 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 1,062 22.2 40.0 – – – 1,211 19.2 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 895 3.8 38.7 895 3.8 38.7 – – – Technical....................................................... 889 8.8 39.9 816 9.2 39.8 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 783 14.9 39.3 783 14.9 39.3 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 774 5.5 40.0 780 5.7 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,232 7.3 39.9 1,310 9.2 39.9 1,010 5.3 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,422 11.1 39.9 1,459 12.1 39.9 1,144 11.7 39.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 993 8.6 40.0 – – – 993 8.6 40.0 Financial managers.......................................... 825 12.5 40.1 825 12.5 40.1 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,809 20.7 39.7 1,809 20.7 39.7 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,640 3.0 39.3 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 914 12.8 39.9 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,705 10.9 39.9 1,719 11.2 39.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,010 5.1 39.9 1,043 7.4 39.8 967 7.2 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... $874 5.8 40.0 $952 3.0 39.9 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 925 7.8 39.6 998 19.4 39.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 534 8.6 39.7 534 8.6 39.7 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 460 10.3 39.9 460 10.3 39.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 364 9.4 38.9 364 9.4 38.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 553 3.5 39.5 527 4.3 39.5 $635 2.8 39.3 Supervisors, general office................................. 649 6.1 40.0 681 6.7 40.0 – – – Secretaries................................................. 666 6.1 38.8 651 7.9 39.0 700 8.0 38.2 Library clerks.............................................. 441 10.5 37.8 – – – 390 5.5 36.6 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 619 7.1 39.9 548 7.7 39.6 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 580 8.5 39.8 580 8.5 39.8 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 479 2.8 39.3 477 3.1 39.2 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 498 11.0 40.0 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 482 6.6 39.9 465 7.8 39.8 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 429 2.8 39.3 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 498 7.0 39.9 499 7.7 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 585 4.4 40.0 574 4.9 40.0 706 2.1 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 763 8.1 40.0 771 10.3 40.0 738 2.8 40.0 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 813 11.5 40.0 827 12.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 553 7.9 40.0 550 8.0 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 574 27.3 40.0 574 27.3 40.0 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 581 6.2 40.0 565 6.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 525 5.9 40.0 525 5.9 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 477 4.8 40.0 477 4.8 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 628 7.8 39.9 620 9.2 40.0 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 673 9.2 40.0 673 9.2 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 481 3.5 40.0 479 3.6 40.0 578 2.8 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 475 2.6 40.0 475 2.6 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 518 11.1 40.0 518 11.1 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 405 9.0 40.0 402 9.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 514 9.9 38.6 372 8.7 38.0 751 7.1 39.6 Protective service............................................ 824 14.8 41.4 – – – 970 2.7 41.9 Food service.................................................. 299 19.4 33.8 267 23.0 33.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 352 11.7 35.3 331 15.4 35.5 – – – Cooks....................................................... $383 5.5 37.6 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 283 18.8 32.1 $234 17.1 32.0 – – – Health service................................................ 409 4.8 39.4 408 5.0 39.4 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 400 7.2 40.0 400 7.2 40.0 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 500 9.1 40.0 462 13.2 40.0 $556 9.7 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 562 7.4 40.0 574 10.0 40.0 556 9.7 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 431 8.3 37.3 372 15.0 39.4 – – – 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, Columbus, OH, 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................................................................... $37,547 3.2 2,002 $35,360 4.3 2,049 $43,448 1.2 1,875 All excluding sales............................................... 38,035 3.1 1,999 35,888 4.2 2,048 43,448 1.2 1,875 White collar........................................................ 43,171 3.6 1,982 41,738 5.1 2,046 46,095 1.3 1,852 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,483 3.5 1,975 43,588 5.2 2,044 46,095 1.3 1,852 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 50,850 2.3 1,882 50,321 4.0 2,010 51,370 2.0 1,756 Professional specialty.......................................... 52,137 2.2 1,835 53,659 3.5 1,994 50,915 1.6 1,708 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 64,982 4.3 2,065 64,475 5.2 2,062 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 76,231 5.9 2,080 76,231 5.9 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 59,326 4.0 2,034 59,329 4.2 2,032 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 59,903 4.2 2,031 59,927 4.3 2,030 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 61,567 11.9 2,080 65,894 16.6 2,080 – – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 61,737 12.9 2,080 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,233 10.8 2,018 53,647 4.9 2,025 39,359 17.4 2,010 Registered nurses........................................... 51,058 4.0 2,031 50,683 5.1 2,021 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 56,535 2.6 1,614 56,535 2.6 1,614 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 49,995 2.4 1,507 – – – 50,807 2.5 1,510 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 48,384 9.3 1,539 – – – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,871 2.6 1,427 – – – 50,442 2.5 1,428 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,339 1.1 1,485 – – – 51,339 .2 1,503 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 40,615 16.7 1,683 – – – 43,801 15.7 1,690 Librarians.................................................. 40,615 16.7 1,683 – – – 43,801 15.7 1,690 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 43,342 20.8 1,918 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 54,764 22.3 2,076 – – – 62,949 19.2 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 55,224 22.2 2,080 – – – 62,949 19.2 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 46,553 3.8 2,014 46,553 3.8 2,014 – – – Technical....................................................... 45,927 8.8 2,060 42,053 9.2 2,051 – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,703 14.9 2,044 40,703 14.9 2,044 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 40,272 5.5 2,079 40,574 5.7 2,079 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 63,830 7.3 2,068 68,130 9.2 2,073 51,845 5.3 2,052 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 73,507 11.1 2,062 75,888 12.1 2,075 56,523 11.7 1,967 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 51,660 8.6 2,080 – – – 51,660 8.6 2,080 Financial managers.......................................... 42,917 12.5 2,083 42,917 12.5 2,083 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 94,067 20.7 2,066 94,067 20.7 2,066 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 74,633 3.0 1,790 – – – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 47,511 12.8 2,076 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 88,656 10.9 2,075 89,366 11.2 2,075 – – – Management related............................................ 52,527 5.1 2,074 54,215 7.4 2,070 50,279 7.2 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... $45,423 5.8 2,078 $49,528 3.0 2,075 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 48,114 7.8 2,061 51,893 19.4 2,027 – – – Sales............................................................. 27,784 8.6 2,063 27,784 8.6 2,063 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23,919 10.3 2,076 23,919 10.3 2,076 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 18,946 9.4 2,025 18,946 9.4 2,025 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,426 3.5 2,030 27,372 4.3 2,053 $31,661 2.8 1,959 Supervisors, general office................................. 33,762 6.1 2,080 35,417 6.7 2,080 – – – Secretaries................................................. 33,228 6.1 1,934 33,721 7.9 2,019 32,225 8.0 1,761 Library clerks.............................................. 21,230 10.5 1,821 – – – 18,113 5.5 1,701 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 32,191 7.1 2,073 28,506 7.7 2,060 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 30,180 8.5 2,072 30,180 8.5 2,072 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 24,909 2.8 2,042 24,817 3.1 2,040 – – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 25,909 11.0 2,080 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 25,054 6.6 2,073 24,187 7.8 2,070 – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 22,298 2.8 2,045 – – – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 25,887 7.0 2,077 25,955 7.7 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 30,285 4.4 2,071 29,862 4.9 2,080 35,079 2.1 1,970 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,697 8.1 2,080 40,071 10.3 2,080 38,384 2.8 2,080 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 42,297 11.5 2,080 42,987 12.1 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,776 7.9 2,080 28,612 8.0 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,869 27.3 2,080 29,869 27.3 2,080 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 30,233 6.2 2,080 29,397 6.8 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 27,316 5.9 2,080 27,316 5.9 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 24,796 4.8 2,080 24,796 4.8 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,972 7.8 2,030 32,229 9.2 2,080 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 35,002 9.2 2,080 35,002 9.2 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 24,998 3.5 2,080 24,917 3.6 2,080 30,038 2.8 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 24,721 2.6 2,080 24,721 2.6 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 26,942 11.1 2,080 26,942 11.1 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 21,062 9.0 2,080 20,922 9.2 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 26,006 9.9 1,953 19,302 8.7 1,971 36,465 7.1 1,924 Protective service............................................ 42,844 14.8 2,153 – – – 50,441 2.7 2,176 Food service.................................................. 14,889 19.4 1,681 13,877 23.0 1,737 – – – Other food service........................................... 17,342 11.7 1,741 17,170 15.4 1,843 – – – Cooks....................................................... $18,825 5.5 1,846 – – – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 13,755 18.8 1,559 $12,143 17.1 1,662 – – – Health service................................................ 21,283 4.8 2,047 21,218 5.0 2,046 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 20,787 7.2 2,078 20,787 7.2 2,078 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 25,987 9.1 2,080 24,016 13.2 2,080 $28,924 9.7 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 29,250 7.4 2,080 29,823 10.0 2,080 28,924 9.7 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 19,123 8.3 1,657 18,866 15.0 1,998 – – – 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.68 2.9 $16.10 3.7 $22.96 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 18.10 2.9 16.51 3.7 22.96 1.7 White collar........................................................ 20.83 3.8 19.28 5.1 24.68 1.8 1....................................................... 10.22 6.7 10.08 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.41 6.2 9.30 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.78 2.2 10.60 2.3 12.34 4.6 4....................................................... 12.88 4.1 12.77 4.4 13.76 2.0 5....................................................... 14.08 2.5 13.78 2.9 14.57 3.9 6....................................................... 17.31 3.7 17.24 5.5 17.43 2.1 7....................................................... 19.31 3.3 19.25 4.4 19.49 2.5 8....................................................... 21.45 4.7 22.08 5.8 20.15 6.1 9....................................................... 28.36 2.5 25.67 5.4 30.34 .4 10........................................................ 27.17 6.7 26.43 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 31.88 5.8 32.78 4.7 30.41 13.1 12........................................................ 42.91 7.9 47.86 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 50.96 6.3 52.84 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.91 12.1 18.90 12.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.97 3.8 20.69 5.4 24.68 1.8 1....................................................... 10.77 5.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.77 10.1 9.63 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.35 2.7 11.20 2.8 12.34 4.6 4....................................................... 13.00 5.3 12.88 6.0 13.76 2.0 5....................................................... 14.07 2.7 13.74 3.1 14.57 3.9 6....................................................... 17.31 3.7 17.24 5.5 17.43 2.1 7....................................................... 19.70 2.4 19.78 3.2 19.49 2.5 8....................................................... 21.46 4.8 22.10 5.9 20.15 6.1 9....................................................... 28.20 2.5 25.20 5.2 30.34 .4 10........................................................ 28.72 4.5 27.91 3.6 – – 11........................................................ 31.88 5.8 32.78 4.7 30.41 13.1 12........................................................ 42.91 7.9 47.86 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 50.96 6.3 52.84 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.24 9.5 25.23 9.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.78 2.4 24.77 4.0 29.14 2.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.22 2.1 26.73 3.1 29.66 1.8 5....................................................... 14.44 3.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.48 6.9 18.84 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.45 4.5 19.96 5.7 16.11 .9 8....................................................... 23.55 2.9 23.99 3.7 22.54 4.1 9....................................................... 29.53 2.9 23.88 3.8 32.85 2.4 10........................................................ 31.01 6.8 29.77 3.9 – – 11........................................................ 31.14 10.4 33.27 4.9 28.64 20.5 12........................................................ 39.99 6.9 45.97 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.59 10.1 31.59 10.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 3.8 31.09 4.7 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $36.65 5.9 $36.65 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.17 4.1 29.19 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 32.54 4.4 32.54 4.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.49 4.2 29.53 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.60 11.9 31.68 16.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.78 3.3 – – – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 29.68 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.45 10.0 25.92 5.7 $19.79 18.3 9....................................................... 24.61 2.9 23.90 3.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.91 3.8 24.71 4.7 25.64 5.4 9....................................................... 24.31 2.4 24.12 3.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 34.41 4.6 34.41 4.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 32.83 2.7 – – 33.33 2.9 9....................................................... 34.05 1.4 – – 34.40 1.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 31.28 9.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.45 8.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.97 1.9 – – 35.36 1.8 9....................................................... 34.14 .2 – – 34.53 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.77 .6 – – 34.15 .1 9....................................................... 33.77 .6 – – 34.15 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 23.62 16.9 – – 25.17 16.8 Librarians.................................................. 23.62 16.9 – – 25.17 16.8 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.60 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26.38 22.3 – – 30.26 19.2 Social workers.............................................. 26.55 22.2 – – 30.26 19.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.05 4.1 23.05 4.1 – – Technical....................................................... 22.01 8.8 20.25 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.96 6.0 13.96 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.94 9.4 14.94 9.4 – – 6....................................................... 17.79 6.4 17.79 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.45 3.6 19.72 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 28.73 8.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.92 17.1 19.92 17.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.28 5.3 19.42 5.6 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.77 7.4 32.68 9.3 25.28 5.3 6....................................................... 18.04 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.03 6.4 19.99 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 24.36 4.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.71 8.6 25.50 11.4 23.31 8.2 11........................................................ 31.99 4.4 31.79 6.3 32.39 5.1 12........................................................ 47.87 7.6 49.15 7.0 – – 13........................................................ 52.72 6.4 52.72 6.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.33 11.4 36.18 12.5 28.77 11.8 8....................................................... $25.19 0.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.28 9.2 $22.50 9.5 – – 11........................................................ 34.31 7.7 35.30 11.2 $32.39 9.7 12........................................................ 48.01 7.5 49.31 6.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.72 6.4 52.72 6.4 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.84 8.6 – – 24.84 8.6 Financial managers.......................................... 20.60 12.5 20.60 12.5 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.47 20.0 45.47 20.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.68 5.2 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.88 12.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.73 11.0 43.07 11.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.12 8.7 38.92 8.9 – – 13........................................................ 50.00 6.3 50.00 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.32 5.1 26.19 7.4 24.17 7.2 7....................................................... 20.03 6.4 19.99 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.51 15.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.17 7.8 29.03 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.86 5.9 23.87 3.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.35 8.4 25.60 20.9 – – Sales............................................................. 11.65 6.6 11.65 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 8.68 3.4 8.68 3.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.54 3.6 8.54 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.80 6.2 8.80 6.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.40 2.1 12.40 2.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 11.52 10.3 11.52 10.3 – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.56 .3 8.56 .3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.33 2.2 8.33 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.59 3.7 8.59 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.09 6.2 8.09 6.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.67 3.6 12.97 4.3 16.05 3.1 1....................................................... 10.77 5.3 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.77 10.2 9.63 10.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.29 2.7 11.08 2.5 12.84 5.1 4....................................................... 12.92 5.5 12.79 6.2 13.73 1.9 5....................................................... 13.91 3.2 13.52 3.3 14.64 5.8 6....................................................... 16.18 4.8 15.74 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.76 3.2 19.46 6.1 20.07 3.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.65 9.3 16.65 9.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.23 6.1 17.03 6.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.02 5.7 16.70 8.4 17.65 5.7 4....................................................... 14.15 2.8 14.41 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 14.99 5.3 14.74 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.44 3.9 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 9.45 17.0 9.45 17.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. $11.44 9.2 – – $10.50 8.5 3....................................................... 9.78 2.1 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.45 7.0 $13.74 6.6 16.43 7.8 4....................................................... 13.24 8.9 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.44 6.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.48 8.5 14.48 8.5 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 12.46 11.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.09 6.5 11.69 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.57 5.4 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.91 3.0 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.17 12.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 12.29 6.3 12.28 7.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.01 6.4 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.33 4.3 14.06 4.8 17.62 1.3 1....................................................... 9.27 5.1 9.27 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.74 5.8 11.63 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.47 3.1 12.47 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.52 5.8 15.33 6.3 17.90 2.0 5....................................................... 15.52 10.6 15.42 12.0 16.34 4.1 6....................................................... 16.85 3.6 16.71 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.20 6.3 22.67 5.9 18.12 2.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.53 10.2 13.53 10.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.04 8.1 19.21 10.3 18.45 2.8 4....................................................... 15.31 3.8 15.31 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.26 2.7 14.54 4.2 16.43 5.6 6....................................................... 16.48 6.8 16.07 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.33 6.4 23.94 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.33 11.5 20.67 12.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 7.8 13.73 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.03 7.5 14.03 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.31 7.0 13.31 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.65 17.1 15.65 17.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.36 2.8 15.36 2.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 27.3 14.36 27.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.63 29.4 17.63 29.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.54 6.2 14.13 6.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.02 5.4 13.02 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.03 .9 11.03 .9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.92 4.8 11.92 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.57 7.2 15.28 8.7 17.59 1.1 4....................................................... 18.45 7.0 18.46 8.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.83 9.2 16.83 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $11.58 3.5 $11.55 3.6 $13.10 11.6 1....................................................... 9.41 6.8 9.42 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.82 7.4 11.77 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 2.8 11.81 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 4.6 14.25 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.83 1.9 9.83 1.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.25 2.5 11.25 2.5 – – 1....................................................... 9.27 3.5 9.27 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.54 14.9 11.54 14.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.53 3.3 11.53 3.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.37 7.9 12.37 7.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.89 8.7 9.83 8.9 – – Service............................................................. 11.41 7.9 8.57 6.1 18.72 6.8 1....................................................... 6.93 12.1 6.89 12.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.10 12.9 8.55 17.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.98 6.6 9.57 6.3 11.49 9.9 4....................................................... 13.65 8.0 12.40 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.04 4.2 – – 19.06 4.4 Protective service............................................ 16.91 22.6 – – 23.12 2.0 7....................................................... 19.06 4.4 – – 19.06 4.4 Food service.................................................. 6.76 14.1 6.15 15.6 11.58 7.3 1....................................................... 5.39 24.6 5.39 24.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.92 19.2 5.69 19.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.29 22.4 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.89 23.2 2.89 23.2 – – 1....................................................... 2.99 28.3 2.99 28.3 – – 2....................................................... 2.90 31.9 2.90 31.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.63 19.5 2.63 19.5 – – 1....................................................... 2.62 26.1 2.62 26.1 – – 2....................................................... 2.74 29.1 2.74 29.1 – – Other food service........................................... 9.44 5.0 8.94 4.7 11.58 7.3 1....................................................... 8.02 4.7 8.02 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.69 6.9 8.49 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.38 9.7 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 9.94 2.2 9.47 2.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.08 2.6 10.08 2.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.32 9.5 7.41 .7 – – 1....................................................... 7.06 4.0 7.06 4.0 – – Health service................................................ 10.45 3.5 10.42 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.02 2.8 10.92 3.2 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.00 7.2 10.00 7.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.53 2.6 10.50 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.95 7.8 10.86 10.4 13.91 9.7 1....................................................... 8.23 7.6 8.04 7.5 – – 2....................................................... $10.75 14.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.51 10.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.99 6.5 $11.95 10.2 $13.91 9.7 3....................................................... 13.42 15.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.52 10.7 8.78 14.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.45 2.9 7.45 2.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.43 12.4 – – – – Service, n.e.c.............................................. 8.14 1.3 8.14 1.3 – – 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, Columbus, OH, 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................................................................... $18.75 3.2 $17.25 4.2 $23.17 1.5 All excluding sales............................................... 19.02 3.1 17.52 4.1 23.17 1.5 White collar........................................................ 21.78 3.7 20.40 5.2 24.89 1.7 1....................................................... 10.65 4.8 10.46 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.33 6.0 10.20 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.20 3.3 10.98 3.3 12.92 5.5 4....................................................... 13.08 3.9 12.99 4.3 13.77 1.9 5....................................................... 14.08 2.6 13.79 3.0 14.59 4.2 6....................................................... 17.32 3.7 17.25 5.5 17.43 2.1 7....................................................... 19.39 3.5 19.36 4.7 19.49 2.5 8....................................................... 21.48 4.9 22.13 5.9 20.15 6.1 9....................................................... 28.47 2.4 25.80 5.5 30.34 .4 10........................................................ 27.17 6.7 26.43 6.1 – – 11........................................................ 31.82 5.7 32.78 4.7 30.23 13.1 12........................................................ 42.91 7.9 47.86 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 50.96 6.3 52.84 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.97 10.0 20.97 10.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.52 3.6 21.33 5.3 24.89 1.7 1....................................................... 10.65 5.3 10.45 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.72 4.8 10.58 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.56 3.7 11.33 3.7 12.92 5.5 4....................................................... 13.06 4.6 12.94 5.2 13.77 1.9 5....................................................... 14.06 2.8 13.75 3.2 14.59 4.2 6....................................................... 17.32 3.7 17.25 5.5 17.43 2.1 7....................................................... 19.81 2.5 19.95 3.5 19.49 2.5 8....................................................... 21.48 4.9 22.16 6.1 20.15 6.1 9....................................................... 28.31 2.4 25.32 5.3 30.34 .4 10........................................................ 28.72 4.5 27.91 3.6 – – 11........................................................ 31.82 5.7 32.78 4.7 30.23 13.1 12........................................................ 42.91 7.9 47.86 5.2 – – 13........................................................ 50.96 6.3 52.84 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.31 10.2 25.31 10.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.02 2.3 25.03 4.0 29.26 2.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.41 2.0 26.91 3.3 29.81 1.7 6....................................................... 18.48 6.9 18.84 9.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.49 4.6 20.02 5.9 16.11 .9 8....................................................... 23.72 2.9 24.26 3.9 22.54 4.1 9....................................................... 29.75 3.1 23.96 4.2 32.86 2.4 10........................................................ 31.01 6.8 29.77 3.9 – – 11........................................................ 30.99 10.3 33.27 4.9 28.28 20.1 12........................................................ 39.99 6.9 45.97 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.59 10.1 31.59 10.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.46 4.0 31.27 4.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 36.65 5.9 36.65 5.9 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $29.17 4.1 $29.19 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 32.54 4.4 32.54 4.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.49 4.2 29.53 4.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 29.60 11.9 31.68 16.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.78 3.3 – – – – Physical scientists, n.e.c.................................. 29.68 12.9 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.40 11.1 26.50 4.3 $19.58 18.0 9....................................................... 24.84 3.2 24.15 4.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.14 3.5 25.08 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.46 2.6 24.47 3.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.02 5.3 35.02 5.3 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.16 2.6 – – 33.64 2.7 9....................................................... 34.10 1.4 – – 34.40 1.5 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 31.45 8.9 – – – – 9....................................................... 31.45 8.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 34.95 1.9 – – 35.33 1.8 9....................................................... 34.15 .2 – – 34.53 .2 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.91 .3 – – 34.15 .1 9....................................................... 33.91 .3 – – 34.15 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 24.13 16.5 – – 25.91 15.7 Librarians.................................................. 24.13 16.5 – – 25.91 15.7 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.60 23.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 26.38 22.3 – – 30.26 19.2 Social workers.............................................. 26.55 22.2 – – 30.26 19.2 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 23.11 3.9 23.11 3.9 – – Technical....................................................... 22.29 8.7 20.50 9.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.96 9.9 14.96 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.84 6.4 17.84 6.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.75 4.2 20.19 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 28.73 8.9 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.92 17.1 19.92 17.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.37 5.5 19.52 5.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.87 7.3 32.86 9.2 25.27 5.3 6....................................................... 18.04 7.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.03 6.4 19.99 7.2 – – 8....................................................... 24.36 4.6 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.71 8.6 25.50 11.4 23.31 8.2 11........................................................ 31.99 4.4 31.79 6.3 32.39 5.1 12........................................................ 47.87 7.6 49.15 7.0 – – 13........................................................ 52.72 6.4 52.72 6.4 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.65 11.0 36.57 12.1 28.73 11.7 8....................................................... 25.19 .9 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.28 9.2 22.50 9.5 – – 11........................................................ $34.31 7.7 $35.30 11.2 $32.39 9.7 12........................................................ 48.01 7.5 49.31 6.9 – – 13........................................................ 52.72 6.4 52.72 6.4 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 24.84 8.6 – – 24.84 8.6 Financial managers.......................................... 20.60 12.5 20.60 12.5 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.53 20.1 45.53 20.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.68 5.2 – – – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 22.88 12.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 42.73 11.0 43.07 11.2 – – 11........................................................ 38.12 8.7 38.92 8.9 – – 13........................................................ 50.00 6.3 50.00 6.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.32 5.1 26.19 7.4 24.17 7.2 7....................................................... 20.03 6.4 19.99 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 27.51 15.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 30.17 7.8 29.03 10.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.86 5.9 23.87 3.1 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.35 8.4 25.60 20.9 – – Sales............................................................. 13.46 8.9 13.46 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.56 9.1 9.56 9.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 11.52 10.3 11.52 10.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.36 8.3 9.36 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.00 3.6 13.33 4.4 16.17 3.0 1....................................................... 10.65 5.3 10.45 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.72 4.8 10.58 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.44 3.6 11.19 3.4 12.92 5.5 4....................................................... 12.98 4.8 12.86 5.4 13.71 1.7 5....................................................... 13.89 3.3 13.54 3.3 14.66 6.6 6....................................................... 16.18 4.8 15.74 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.90 3.6 19.71 6.9 20.07 3.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.65 9.3 16.65 9.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 16.23 6.1 17.03 6.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.18 6.3 16.70 8.4 18.30 7.8 4....................................................... 14.12 2.7 14.41 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.09 6.5 14.74 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 20.44 3.9 – – – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.66 9.3 – – 10.65 8.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.53 6.9 13.84 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.44 6.4 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.57 8.5 14.57 8.5 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 12.20 2.3 12.17 2.5 – – Eligibility clerks, social welfare.......................... 12.46 11.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 12.09 6.6 11.68 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.57 5.4 – – – – Data entry keyers........................................... 10.91 3.0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $12.47 6.9 $12.48 7.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 14.62 4.4 14.36 4.9 $17.80 2.2 1....................................................... 9.67 7.1 9.67 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.97 6.3 11.86 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.49 3.1 12.49 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 15.51 5.8 15.33 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.56 10.7 15.46 12.1 16.34 4.1 6....................................................... 16.85 3.6 16.71 3.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.20 6.3 22.70 6.0 18.12 2.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.39 9.5 14.39 9.5 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.09 8.1 19.26 10.3 18.45 2.8 4....................................................... 15.31 3.8 15.31 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.46 3.5 14.80 5.4 16.43 5.6 6....................................................... 16.48 6.8 16.07 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 22.35 6.5 24.02 4.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.33 11.5 20.67 12.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.83 7.9 13.76 8.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.03 7.5 14.03 7.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.31 7.0 13.31 7.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.65 17.1 15.65 17.1 – – 6....................................................... 15.36 2.8 15.36 2.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.36 27.3 14.36 27.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.63 29.4 17.63 29.4 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.54 6.2 14.13 6.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.13 5.9 13.13 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 11.03 .9 11.03 .9 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 11.92 4.8 11.92 4.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.75 7.8 15.49 9.2 – – 4....................................................... 18.47 7.2 18.46 8.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.83 9.2 16.83 9.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.02 3.5 11.98 3.6 14.44 2.8 1....................................................... 9.84 9.6 9.84 9.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.33 9.4 12.29 9.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.83 2.8 11.83 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.27 4.6 14.25 4.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.89 2.6 11.89 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 10.65 3.0 10.65 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.54 3.4 11.54 3.4 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.95 11.1 12.95 11.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.13 9.0 10.06 9.2 – – Service............................................................. $13.32 8.7 $9.79 6.1 $18.95 6.8 1....................................................... 8.07 10.5 8.01 10.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.83 3.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.61 8.3 10.03 10.4 11.79 10.0 4....................................................... 13.65 8.0 12.40 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 19.04 4.2 – – 19.06 4.4 Protective service............................................ 19.90 14.1 – – 23.18 2.2 7....................................................... 19.06 4.4 – – 19.06 4.4 Food service.................................................. 8.86 13.1 7.99 14.0 – – 1....................................................... 5.77 9.5 5.77 9.5 – – Other food service........................................... 9.96 8.4 9.31 9.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.90 8.9 6.90 8.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.20 2.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.82 15.8 7.31 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.62 7.8 6.62 7.8 – – Health service................................................ 10.40 3.5 10.37 3.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.00 7.2 10.00 7.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 12.49 9.1 11.55 13.2 13.91 9.7 1....................................................... 8.47 9.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 13.51 10.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.06 7.4 14.34 10.0 13.91 9.7 3....................................................... 13.42 15.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 11.54 8.2 9.44 13.2 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.14 6.9 $8.87 7.0 $14.20 13.4 All excluding sales............................................... 9.42 8.3 9.11 8.6 14.20 13.4 White collar........................................................ 11.22 8.3 10.87 9.1 15.72 14.9 1....................................................... 9.27 12.2 9.29 12.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.92 7.7 7.92 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.44 4.4 9.47 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.85 13.7 10.67 14.6 – – 5....................................................... 14.19 3.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.67 3.3 17.67 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.65 3.5 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 13.45 10.3 13.13 11.8 15.72 14.9 3....................................................... 10.48 2.2 10.65 1.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.29 14.5 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.19 3.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 17.67 3.3 17.67 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 23.65 3.5 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 19.98 8.2 20.12 4.3 19.24 41.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 21.60 12.5 22.42 4.3 19.24 41.3 9....................................................... 23.65 3.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.79 3.8 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.80 3.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 17.22 41.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.46 1.0 17.46 1.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.95 1.5 7.95 1.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.13 3.5 8.13 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.25 4.5 8.25 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 7.68 6.7 7.68 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.64 1.8 7.64 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.90 1.7 7.90 1.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.75 10.1 10.30 10.8 14.10 3.6 3....................................................... 10.64 1.8 10.65 1.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.95 6.9 8.72 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.15 6.5 8.12 6.8 – – 2....................................................... $9.11 2.1 $9.11 2.1 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.54 5.3 8.53 5.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.48 5.9 8.45 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.11 2.1 9.11 2.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.95 5.2 7.95 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.40 4.2 7.40 4.2 – – Service............................................................. 6.75 17.9 6.69 18.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.46 32.6 5.46 32.6 – – 2....................................................... 5.36 12.4 5.15 11.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.03 3.1 9.08 3.2 – – Protective service............................................ 9.28 2.6 – – – – Food service.................................................. 5.09 25.0 5.02 25.2 – – 1....................................................... 5.23 36.5 5.23 36.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 2.94 29.5 2.94 29.5 – – 1....................................................... 2.98 30.4 2.98 30.4 – – 2....................................................... 2.90 31.9 2.90 31.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.71 26.2 2.71 26.2 – – 2....................................................... 2.74 29.1 2.74 29.1 – – Other food service........................................... 8.53 8.6 8.44 8.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.53 3.4 7.53 3.4 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.48 6.9 7.51 7.8 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Columbus, OH, 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....................................................... $18.75 $9.14 $21.46 $16.58 $17.69 $17.24 All excluding sales............................................. 19.02 9.42 21.66 17.00 18.10 18.65 White collar........................................................ 21.78 11.22 24.59 19.96 20.92 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.52 13.45 25.12 21.17 21.99 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.02 19.98 29.74 25.29 26.78 – Professional specialty.......................................... 28.41 21.60 30.76 26.51 28.22 – Technical....................................................... 22.29 17.46 – 22.58 22.01 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.87 – – 31.45 30.77 – Sales............................................................. 13.46 7.95 – 11.80 10.79 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.00 10.75 16.06 13.27 13.65 – Blue collar......................................................... 14.62 8.95 18.24 12.65 14.20 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.09 – 21.32 16.69 19.57 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.83 – 17.47 12.20 13.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.75 – 22.71 13.40 14.90 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.02 8.54 12.81 11.24 11.52 – Service............................................................. 13.32 6.75 19.10 8.88 11.41 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.2 6.9 3.2 3.3 2.8 22.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 8.3 3.2 3.5 2.9 17.2 White collar........................................................ 3.7 8.3 4.1 4.4 3.5 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.6 10.3 4.1 4.6 3.8 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.3 8.2 4.7 3.5 2.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.0 12.5 4.1 4.5 2.1 – Technical....................................................... 8.7 1.0 – 9.0 8.8 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 7.3 – – 7.6 7.4 – Sales............................................................. 8.9 1.5 – 6.9 1.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.6 10.1 7.9 4.1 3.7 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.4 6.9 4.3 3.8 4.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 8.1 – 8.2 6.6 7.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.9 – 6.6 4.6 7.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 – 7.6 7.4 8.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.5 5.3 3.4 5.1 3.4 – Service............................................................. 8.7 17.9 7.5 6.1 7.9 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.10 - - $20.13 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 16.51 - - 20.88 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 19.28 - - 18.71 - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.69 - - 21.72 - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.77 - - – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 26.73 - - – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 20.25 - - – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.68 - - – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 11.65 - - – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.97 - - – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 - - 20.65 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.21 - - – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.73 - - – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.28 - - – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.55 - - – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 8.57 - - – - - - - - - 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....................................................... 3.7 - - 16.2 - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 - - 10.3 - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 5.1 - - 30.5 - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 - - 11.2 - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.0 - - – - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.1 - - – - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 8.9 - - – - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.3 - - – - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.6 - - – - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 - - – - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 - - 10.4 - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.3 - - – - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.0 - - – - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 - - – - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 - - – - - - - - - Service............................................................. 6.1 - - – - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.10 $14.49 $16.55 $14.96 $18.86 All excluding sales............................................. 16.51 14.83 16.96 15.45 18.87 White collar........................................................ 19.28 19.10 19.32 18.00 20.61 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 20.69 21.84 20.49 20.29 20.63 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.77 20.58 25.26 21.85 27.97 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.73 23.33 27.04 25.23 28.03 Technical....................................................... 20.25 – 20.81 17.33 27.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.68 33.46 32.43 33.53 31.22 Sales............................................................. 11.65 12.04 11.47 11.49 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.97 13.43 12.90 12.01 13.42 Blue collar......................................................... 14.06 13.45 14.25 13.78 15.09 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.21 15.34 19.79 19.51 20.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.73 11.69 13.91 12.66 17.98 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.28 17.09 13.72 12.71 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.55 11.17 11.73 11.32 12.10 Service............................................................. 8.57 7.31 9.23 9.23 9.30 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....................................................... 3.7 8.2 5.3 6.0 5.9 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 9.0 5.5 6.3 6.0 White collar........................................................ 5.1 14.9 6.3 8.7 8.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 19.3 6.6 9.3 8.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.0 6.2 4.6 7.1 6.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.1 5.0 3.5 7.0 4.8 Technical....................................................... 8.9 – 10.5 6.9 19.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.3 20.7 8.2 12.1 11.6 Sales............................................................. 6.6 6.7 10.7 10.7 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 10.7 4.7 5.8 5.3 Blue collar......................................................... 4.8 7.5 6.1 7.9 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.3 14.3 10.6 13.7 7.5 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 8.0 14.5 9.3 7.7 12.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 18.6 5.9 13.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.6 8.0 2.3 4.8 1.9 Service............................................................. 6.1 15.6 5.5 6.2 19.3 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 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.40 $10.61 $14.75 $22.12 $30.41 All excluding sales........................... 8.65 11.00 15.00 22.72 31.25 White collar.................................... 9.77 12.25 18.14 26.12 36.53 White collar excluding sales................ 10.70 13.45 19.45 27.40 37.54 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.22 19.69 24.92 32.34 41.36 Professional specialty...................... 16.62 21.52 26.66 35.05 41.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.68 24.07 29.13 37.02 45.21 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.20 31.25 34.62 40.81 48.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.83 24.10 28.64 32.75 36.34 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.83 24.91 29.15 33.13 36.48 Natural scientists........................ 17.85 21.82 28.61 30.58 49.63 Physical scientists, n.e.c.............. 20.80 23.56 28.61 29.37 50.64 Health related............................ 14.13 17.25 22.30 28.09 33.73 Registered nurses....................... 18.80 20.58 24.27 28.74 30.62 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 26.41 33.01 40.41 55.41 Teachers, except college and university... 19.84 24.99 32.40 41.14 45.76 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 18.23 24.81 31.27 38.88 41.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.81 26.74 35.08 41.96 48.02 Secondary school teachers............... 23.47 26.00 32.53 41.14 44.95 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 13.82 16.72 21.05 32.74 37.70 Librarians.............................. 13.82 16.72 21.05 32.74 37.70 Social scientists and urban planners...... 16.08 16.08 17.33 19.71 44.85 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.52 15.70 24.14 36.53 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.52 16.06 24.90 36.53 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.50 20.33 22.26 24.52 29.81 Technical................................... 13.50 16.55 20.80 27.48 29.66 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.14 16.14 19.29 22.60 27.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 17.59 19.00 20.36 22.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 21.49 26.44 33.97 50.96 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.07 23.94 31.19 47.72 62.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.71 20.28 21.53 31.19 31.26 Financial managers...................... 16.59 16.83 17.79 24.99 28.85 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.99 24.99 47.72 62.50 64.90 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.72 36.85 41.99 47.94 49.34 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.86 15.39 19.11 28.25 29.20 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.13 31.25 38.40 52.22 70.55 Management related........................ 16.00 21.22 23.13 30.20 33.75 Accountants and auditors................ 14.69 20.84 21.73 24.13 26.44 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.00 19.64 22.19 24.63 34.74 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.75 13.59 18.56 Supervisors, sales...................... $8.40 $8.40 $9.77 $13.20 $18.27 Sales workers, apparel.................. 7.25 7.50 8.35 9.15 10.37 Cashiers................................ 6.65 7.25 7.75 9.00 11.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.55 10.92 12.97 15.86 19.82 Supervisors, general office............. 14.22 14.22 14.88 18.75 20.57 Secretaries............................. 11.90 14.01 16.11 21.17 22.17 Order clerks............................ 6.50 6.50 8.85 12.18 14.42 Library clerks.......................... 8.66 9.18 11.50 13.91 13.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.12 12.56 16.17 18.33 18.76 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.25 12.18 13.71 18.52 18.52 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 9.94 10.00 11.00 14.57 16.82 General office clerks................... 8.77 10.54 11.70 13.16 14.37 Data entry keyers....................... 9.50 10.00 10.50 11.08 12.42 Teachers' aides......................... 8.71 8.95 13.05 15.43 16.38 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.00 10.05 12.02 14.34 14.98 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 10.52 13.65 16.45 23.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.45 15.25 18.11 23.93 26.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.18 16.18 19.74 24.34 25.72 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.67 12.90 15.50 19.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.00 10.80 12.10 17.07 23.64 Welders and cutters..................... 11.95 14.25 14.75 15.99 17.07 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.70 11.00 14.46 26.07 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.71 10.86 14.34 14.42 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 11.75 15.50 17.20 23.90 Truck drivers........................... 9.79 14.50 16.45 22.12 23.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.11 11.43 13.91 15.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 9.17 11.05 13.50 14.84 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.20 10.05 11.35 12.90 17.36 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.63 9.10 11.50 14.00 Service......................................... 4.00 8.00 9.78 13.50 19.78 Protective service........................ 8.32 9.00 16.64 24.85 29.76 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.50 10.15 11.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.88 9.00 10.70 13.50 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.75 10.25 10.98 11.77 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.65 10.50 10.50 10.70 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.85 7.25 7.88 8.75 13.50 Health service............................ 8.50 8.75 10.18 11.67 12.88 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.15 7.15 9.61 11.00 12.88 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. $8.50 $9.21 $10.35 $11.80 $13.17 Cleaning and building service............. 7.15 8.23 11.50 15.82 17.18 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 9.10 13.46 16.42 17.91 Personal service.......................... 6.75 8.00 10.00 12.92 15.61 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.59 11.05 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.20 $19.50 $27.38 All excluding sales........................... 8.24 10.23 13.60 20.19 27.95 White collar.................................... 9.00 11.00 15.45 23.24 33.75 White collar excluding sales................ 10.00 12.09 17.32 24.67 35.48 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.34 18.96 22.55 29.12 37.72 Professional specialty...................... 17.60 21.05 24.49 30.79 38.94 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.68 25.21 29.33 35.54 42.40 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.20 31.25 34.62 40.81 48.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.83 24.10 29.03 33.08 36.43 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.83 24.62 29.84 33.40 36.58 Natural scientists........................ 17.60 20.45 28.21 43.25 53.53 Health related............................ 18.98 21.02 24.27 28.74 37.32 Registered nurses....................... 19.08 21.05 24.12 27.34 30.62 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.00 26.41 33.01 40.41 55.41 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.50 20.33 22.26 24.52 29.81 Technical................................... 12.50 15.22 19.00 21.79 37.23 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.14 16.14 19.29 22.60 27.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 18.13 19.00 21.34 22.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 22.40 27.67 38.96 53.86 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.07 24.50 31.25 47.72 62.50 Financial managers...................... 16.59 16.83 17.79 24.99 28.85 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.99 24.99 47.72 62.50 64.90 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.13 31.25 38.48 52.91 70.55 Management related........................ 15.60 21.49 23.13 33.55 33.75 Accountants and auditors................ 20.99 21.49 22.84 26.44 27.89 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 16.35 18.00 26.63 34.74 37.72 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.75 13.59 18.56 Supervisors, sales...................... 8.40 8.40 9.77 13.20 18.27 Sales workers, apparel.................. 7.25 7.50 8.35 9.15 10.37 Cashiers................................ 6.65 7.25 7.75 9.00 11.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.11 10.50 12.07 14.65 18.92 Supervisors, general office............. 14.88 14.88 16.86 18.75 20.57 Secretaries............................. 11.49 13.83 15.98 21.17 22.17 Order clerks............................ 6.50 6.50 8.85 12.18 14.42 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... $11.00 $11.50 $13.07 $15.19 $17.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.25 12.18 13.71 18.52 18.52 General office clerks................... 8.25 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.59 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.00 10.23 12.00 14.29 14.91 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.27 12.93 15.99 23.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.25 14.78 17.36 26.25 26.93 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.18 16.18 19.74 24.34 25.72 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 10.60 12.88 15.00 19.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.00 10.80 12.10 17.07 23.64 Welders and cutters..................... 11.30 13.50 14.75 14.87 15.99 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.70 11.00 14.46 26.07 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.71 10.86 14.34 14.42 Transportation and material moving............ 8.45 10.40 15.25 16.45 23.90 Truck drivers........................... 9.79 14.50 16.45 22.12 23.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.10 11.40 13.85 15.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 9.17 11.05 13.50 14.84 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.20 10.05 11.35 12.90 17.36 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.50 14.00 Service......................................... 2.13 7.25 8.75 10.50 12.65 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.75 10.70 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.50 11.77 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.25 8.95 10.80 11.77 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.65 10.50 10.50 10.70 11.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 7.00 7.70 8.06 9.00 Health service............................ 8.50 8.75 10.18 11.60 12.88 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.15 7.15 9.61 11.00 12.88 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.50 8.93 10.18 11.75 12.83 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 8.00 9.10 14.06 16.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.00 8.00 9.57 16.00 19.66 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.00 8.62 10.07 11.05 Service, n.e.c.......................... 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.59 11.05 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.15 $16.04 $20.82 $28.89 $37.00 All excluding sales........................... 13.15 16.04 20.82 28.89 37.00 White collar.................................... 13.58 16.89 22.76 30.08 38.88 White collar excluding sales................ 13.58 16.89 22.76 30.08 38.88 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.60 22.27 28.52 36.53 42.62 Professional specialty...................... 16.02 22.27 28.82 37.73 43.69 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.09 14.55 15.50 25.92 32.38 Registered nurses....................... 18.07 19.40 27.94 29.65 33.65 Teachers, except college and university... 22.27 25.61 32.53 41.14 45.88 Elementary school teachers.............. 24.03 27.02 35.72 42.62 48.49 Secondary school teachers............... 24.03 26.00 32.90 41.14 45.88 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 16.17 19.19 21.18 33.34 37.70 Librarians.............................. 16.17 19.19 21.18 33.34 37.70 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.52 16.74 36.53 37.33 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.52 16.74 36.53 37.33 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.74 20.28 23.76 31.19 34.32 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.38 20.28 30.08 31.26 47.94 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.71 20.28 21.53 31.19 31.26 Management related........................ 16.74 20.38 22.76 29.39 33.83 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.81 13.48 15.18 18.68 21.60 Secretaries............................. 13.48 14.26 17.72 21.32 22.37 Library clerks.......................... 8.30 8.85 10.33 12.38 12.53 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 12.12 14.47 17.83 18.55 18.76 Blue collar..................................... 14.89 16.56 17.73 19.12 21.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.00 16.67 18.47 19.77 21.22 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 14.52 16.06 17.20 19.02 21.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.50 10.29 13.98 14.93 15.94 Service......................................... $10.41 $13.20 $17.76 $24.85 $29.76 Protective service........................ 16.64 18.23 23.00 27.53 30.09 Food service.............................. 8.75 10.25 11.01 13.81 14.96 Other food service....................... 8.75 10.25 11.01 13.81 14.96 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 9.17 10.64 14.18 16.94 17.91 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.17 10.64 14.18 16.94 17.91 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.35 $11.55 $15.50 $23.13 $31.68 All excluding sales........................... 9.55 11.81 15.83 23.64 31.98 White collar.................................... 10.45 13.26 19.00 27.26 37.33 White collar excluding sales................ 11.00 13.87 19.93 28.12 37.86 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.33 19.83 25.40 32.53 41.36 Professional specialty...................... 16.71 21.66 26.85 35.06 41.96 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 21.68 24.52 29.33 37.79 45.21 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 26.20 31.25 34.62 40.81 48.08 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.83 24.10 28.64 32.75 36.34 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.83 24.91 29.15 33.13 36.48 Natural scientists........................ 17.85 21.82 28.61 30.58 49.63 Physical scientists, n.e.c.............. 20.80 23.56 28.61 29.37 50.64 Health related............................ 14.13 16.42 22.09 28.26 33.73 Registered nurses....................... 18.85 21.05 24.83 28.82 30.62 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.49 26.85 33.16 40.49 55.41 Teachers, except college and university... 21.75 25.28 32.40 41.14 45.76 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 18.74 24.81 31.27 38.88 41.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.81 26.74 35.05 41.87 48.47 Secondary school teachers............... 23.69 26.00 32.53 41.14 44.95 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 14.35 18.20 21.18 32.74 37.70 Librarians.............................. 14.35 18.20 21.18 32.74 37.70 Social scientists and urban planners...... 16.08 16.08 17.33 19.71 44.85 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.52 15.70 24.14 36.53 37.73 Social workers.......................... 12.52 16.06 24.90 36.53 37.73 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.50 20.33 22.29 24.52 29.81 Technical................................... 13.30 16.90 21.15 28.24 29.66 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.14 16.14 19.29 22.60 27.59 Licensed practical nurses............... 17.00 17.66 19.00 20.36 22.54 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.83 21.49 26.88 34.32 50.96 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.07 24.50 31.25 47.72 62.50 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.71 20.28 21.53 31.19 31.26 Financial managers...................... 16.59 16.83 17.79 24.99 28.85 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 24.99 24.99 47.72 62.50 64.90 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 30.72 36.85 41.99 47.94 49.34 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 14.86 15.39 19.11 28.25 29.20 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 25.13 31.25 38.40 52.22 70.55 Management related........................ 16.00 21.22 23.13 30.20 33.75 Accountants and auditors................ 14.69 20.84 21.73 24.13 26.44 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.00 19.64 22.19 24.63 34.74 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.00 11.12 15.45 18.56 Supervisors, sales...................... $8.40 $8.40 $9.77 $13.20 $18.27 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.90 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.00 13.25 16.13 20.27 Supervisors, general office............. 14.22 14.22 14.88 18.75 20.57 Secretaries............................. 11.85 14.05 16.72 21.17 22.17 Library clerks.......................... 8.73 10.03 12.38 13.91 13.91 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.23 12.80 16.17 18.33 18.76 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 11.25 12.18 13.71 18.52 18.52 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.30 15.07 Eligibility clerks, social welfare...... 9.94 10.00 11.00 14.57 16.82 General office clerks................... 8.72 10.54 11.63 13.20 14.37 Data entry keyers....................... 9.50 10.00 10.50 11.08 12.42 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.00 10.76 12.12 14.44 15.09 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 10.95 13.91 16.56 23.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.45 15.25 18.11 24.08 26.50 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.18 16.18 19.74 24.34 25.72 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.05 10.70 12.90 15.50 19.66 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.00 10.80 12.10 17.07 23.64 Welders and cutters..................... 11.95 14.25 14.75 15.99 17.07 Assemblers.............................. 8.65 9.70 11.25 14.53 26.07 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 9.71 10.86 14.34 14.42 Transportation and material moving............ 9.00 12.30 15.50 17.20 23.90 Truck drivers........................... 9.79 14.50 16.45 22.12 23.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 9.90 11.81 14.00 15.60 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.00 10.00 12.03 13.91 15.05 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.90 10.50 11.65 12.90 19.64 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.85 7.77 9.50 11.50 14.89 Service......................................... 7.88 9.00 11.01 16.00 24.85 Protective service........................ 9.00 14.85 19.74 25.47 30.06 Food service.............................. 2.13 7.50 9.06 11.03 13.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 6.15 8.20 10.25 11.77 13.50 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.95 10.41 11.03 11.77 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 7.50 8.50 9.50 14.73 Health service............................ 8.50 8.75 10.03 11.50 12.88 Health aides, except nursing............ 7.15 7.15 9.61 11.00 12.88 Cleaning and building service............. 7.76 8.67 12.88 15.82 17.49 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.02 10.30 15.61 16.79 18.34 Personal service.......................... 8.00 9.56 11.23 13.20 15.61 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $2.13 $7.00 $8.25 $10.50 $14.62 All excluding sales........................... 2.13 6.50 8.50 10.90 15.34 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.50 9.47 12.45 19.83 White collar excluding sales................ 6.50 10.00 11.49 15.34 23.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 10.69 15.34 19.45 23.50 28.12 Professional specialty...................... 9.00 18.71 21.50 26.43 29.93 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 18.71 19.82 22.78 27.50 29.80 Registered nurses....................... 18.71 19.81 22.78 27.50 29.87 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 7.50 8.00 10.00 24.09 46.98 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 14.50 15.34 16.97 19.80 22.23 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.65 7.25 7.75 8.43 9.40 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 6.50 8.76 10.60 12.18 14.62 Blue collar..................................... 6.00 6.50 8.15 9.71 12.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.00 6.90 8.20 9.71 10.90 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.00 6.40 8.00 9.00 10.25 Service......................................... 2.13 2.13 7.69 9.00 10.50 Protective service........................ 7.91 8.50 9.00 10.00 10.78 Food service.............................. 2.13 2.13 4.26 8.00 10.26 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.15 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.45 8.00 10.50 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.00 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.00 7.00 8.47 8.80 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, Columbus, OH, March 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 379,100 291,500 87,600 All excluding sales............................................. 349,900 262,300 87,600 White collar........................................................ 220,300 155,900 64,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 191,100 126,700 64,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 76,400 39,300 37,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 59,800 27,300 32,500 Technical....................................................... 16,600 12,000 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33,300 24,600 8,700 Sales............................................................. 29,200 29,200 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 81,300 62,800 18,500 Blue collar......................................................... 91,200 84,000 7,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16,400 12,800 3,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 26,800 26,200 - Transportation and material moving................................ 15,200 12,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 32,800 32,300 600 Service............................................................. 67,600 51,500 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.