NC BL 03/00/2004 Table: St. Louis, MO-IL, Bulletin 3120-48, June 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 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................................................................. $18.56 2.2 35.7 $18.15 2.4 35.4 $20.45 4.2 37.3 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.45 2.6 36.3 21.17 2.7 36.2 22.41 6.4 36.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.72 3.4 36.3 25.94 3.2 36.2 25.26 8.0 36.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 5.6 40.0 29.75 6.4 40.2 26.86 11.3 39.2 Sales............................................................. 13.40 6.1 28.9 13.43 6.1 29.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.80 1.6 37.9 14.04 1.9 38.1 12.74 2.9 37.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.72 2.0 38.1 17.84 2.1 38.1 15.99 4.1 38.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.75 3.4 39.7 23.42 3.5 39.7 15.98 6.9 39.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 16.09 1.5 39.4 16.09 1.5 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 5.9 36.8 16.59 6.9 36.9 16.76 3.1 36.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.22 4.6 34.7 13.05 5.0 34.3 15.17 4.1 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.60 2.8 30.5 9.06 1.8 28.8 16.02 4.8 38.2 Full time........................................................... 19.54 2.2 39.3 19.27 2.5 39.5 20.65 4.0 38.6 Part time........................................................... 10.09 4.7 19.8 9.77 5.0 19.8 14.90 13.2 19.0 Union............................................................... 20.52 2.8 36.6 19.82 3.3 36.6 23.15 2.9 36.6 Nonunion............................................................ 17.79 2.8 35.3 17.53 3.1 34.9 19.09 5.6 37.6 Time................................................................ 18.39 2.2 35.6 17.92 2.5 35.2 20.45 4.2 37.3 Incentive........................................................... 25.74 20.8 39.7 25.74 20.8 39.7 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.19 3.2 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.57 3.4 33.4 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.89 4.9 33.4 14.64 5.2 33.3 19.64 7.0 34.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.24 3.8 35.7 16.00 4.1 35.7 19.37 2.9 35.8 500 workers or more................................................. 22.08 2.4 36.8 22.75 3.0 36.4 20.69 5.0 37.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 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................................................................... $18.56 2.2 $18.15 2.4 $20.45 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.87 2.3 18.49 2.6 20.47 4.2 White collar........................................................ 21.45 2.6 21.17 2.7 22.41 6.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.37 2.7 22.35 2.8 22.45 6.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.72 3.4 25.94 3.2 25.26 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.22 3.6 27.09 3.9 27.42 7.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.42 2.0 30.47 2.0 – – Civil engineers............................................. 27.71 5.4 27.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.74 4.6 31.33 4.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.52 5.2 31.23 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.11 4.4 25.04 2.0 46.04 16.0 Physicians.................................................. 57.27 4.6 49.93 5.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.99 2.4 23.08 2.5 21.54 6.4 Pharmacists................................................. 39.16 3.3 40.06 1.1 – – Occupational therapists..................................... 21.64 2.9 21.64 2.9 – – Physical therapists......................................... 22.56 10.9 22.56 10.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.07 18.3 – – 27.36 16.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 27.02 13.7 28.64 11.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.11 2.0 17.33 11.1 30.26 2.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.55 3.5 – – 32.68 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.28 6.2 – – 34.36 6.6 Teachers, special education................................. 24.61 8.7 – – 24.61 8.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.45 11.5 19.24 7.3 16.47 15.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.43 11.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.48 9.3 13.75 7.1 16.24 12.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.45 9.5 13.54 7.2 16.24 12.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ 24.93 10.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 24.93 10.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.75 10.7 20.85 10.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.91 2.7 22.45 2.0 8.96 1.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.65 11.4 19.65 11.4 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.00 7.0 22.00 7.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.82 3.7 16.20 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.15 10.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 18.73 2.8 18.73 2.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.42 8.5 29.42 8.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.81 20.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 5.6 29.75 6.4 26.86 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.05 7.1 35.27 7.9 33.91 14.2 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.87 5.1 – – 29.87 5.1 Financial managers.......................................... $38.14 19.4 $38.14 19.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.43 31.0 36.43 31.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.51 14.7 38.48 20.7 $40.04 18.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.06 2.7 33.06 2.7 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 23.71 23.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.51 10.5 38.66 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 20.74 3.4 21.21 4.1 18.93 5.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.30 6.5 20.45 5.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.86 9.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.27 4.4 20.55 5.4 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.18 6.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.95 4.1 – – 18.02 6.8 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.54 5.5 20.30 6.4 15.46 4.4 Sales............................................................. 13.40 6.1 13.43 6.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.86 24.3 – – – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.13 8.0 8.13 8.0 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 10.64 10.1 10.64 10.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.52 5.9 8.52 5.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.80 1.6 14.04 1.9 12.74 2.9 Secretaries................................................. 15.33 2.4 15.96 3.2 14.01 3.1 Typists..................................................... 11.78 9.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.10 6.1 12.18 6.3 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.03 5.3 – – 10.61 4.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.21 5.6 12.35 6.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.67 4.1 13.60 4.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.18 5.0 11.18 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.94 10.2 13.10 11.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.00 10.7 16.19 11.6 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 17.45 8.9 17.45 8.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.90 6.1 11.73 7.3 12.70 5.3 Bank tellers................................................ 10.24 1.5 10.24 1.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.75 10.0 – – 11.75 10.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.49 5.7 13.55 5.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.72 2.0 17.84 2.1 15.99 4.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.75 3.4 23.42 3.5 15.98 6.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.58 11.4 26.58 11.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 4.1 18.04 3.4 – – Carpenters.................................................. 28.57 4.3 28.57 4.3 – – Electricians................................................ 29.27 4.7 29.27 4.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.50 9.2 24.91 4.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 3.8 23.24 3.8 – – Machinists.................................................. $22.53 10.8 $22.53 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.09 1.5 16.09 1.5 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.85 12.8 16.85 12.8 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 18.22 6.9 18.22 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.33 10.8 14.33 10.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.33 12.8 14.33 12.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.05 7.1 19.05 7.1 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.70 4.6 14.70 4.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 5.9 16.59 6.9 $16.76 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 14.53 11.5 14.49 11.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.36 6.6 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 4.6 16.70 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.22 4.6 13.05 5.0 15.17 4.1 Construction laborers....................................... 17.16 1.9 17.49 3.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 9.3 11.76 9.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 6.0 9.97 6.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19.78 3.3 19.78 3.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.51 10.4 13.21 13.3 14.53 4.2 Service............................................................. 10.60 2.8 9.06 1.8 16.02 4.8 Protective service............................................ 17.14 3.9 11.69 11.9 18.65 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.43 2.7 – – 19.43 2.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.25 15.2 11.94 16.5 – – Food service.................................................. 7.38 5.6 7.32 6.1 8.35 3.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.62 20.7 5.62 20.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.08 27.1 6.08 27.1 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 3.92 12.3 3.92 12.3 – – Other food service........................................... 7.90 2.7 7.86 3.0 8.35 3.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.30 16.6 11.30 16.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.98 11.4 9.95 12.3 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.93 10.2 6.68 14.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.96 2.1 6.90 2.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.09 2.1 9.85 2.5 13.71 5.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.01 11.1 8.69 11.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.21 3.6 9.94 3.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.94 5.0 9.24 6.0 12.18 10.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 4.3 8.25 4.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.41 6.9 8.90 6.8 11.22 3.7 Personal service.............................................. 13.62 18.6 13.74 20.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.54 2.2 $19.27 2.5 $20.65 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.63 2.4 19.37 2.7 20.66 4.0 White collar........................................................ 22.18 2.7 22.06 2.9 22.56 6.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.55 2.7 22.53 3.0 22.58 6.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 3.6 25.95 3.5 25.34 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.28 3.8 27.10 4.2 27.58 7.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.42 2.0 30.47 2.0 – – Civil engineers............................................. 27.71 5.4 27.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.74 4.6 31.33 4.4 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.52 5.2 31.23 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.89 5.5 24.58 3.5 46.04 17.4 Physicians.................................................. 53.50 12.0 40.80 25.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.95 2.7 23.06 2.8 – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.81 3.5 39.74 1.4 – – Occupational therapists..................................... 21.31 2.6 21.31 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.00 16.6 – – 28.47 18.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 27.33 16.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.71 2.3 17.58 14.2 30.76 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.55 3.5 – – 32.68 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.45 6.1 – – 34.36 6.6 Teachers, special education................................. 24.61 8.7 – – 24.61 8.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.06 20.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.43 11.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.48 9.3 13.74 7.2 16.24 12.6 Social workers.............................................. 15.45 9.5 13.54 7.2 16.24 12.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.75 10.7 20.85 10.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.93 2.8 22.56 2.0 8.96 1.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.76 11.8 19.76 11.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 21.94 8.1 21.94 8.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.64 3.7 16.08 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.11 11.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 18.73 2.8 18.73 2.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.42 8.5 29.42 8.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.81 20.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.33 5.5 29.90 6.2 26.77 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.30 7.0 35.60 7.8 33.74 14.5 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.41 6.5 – – 29.41 6.5 Financial managers.......................................... 38.14 19.4 38.14 19.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.43 31.0 36.43 31.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $39.51 14.7 $38.48 20.7 $40.04 18.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.06 2.7 33.06 2.7 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.51 10.5 38.66 10.5 – – Management related............................................ 20.74 3.4 21.21 4.1 18.93 5.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.30 6.5 20.45 5.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.86 9.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.27 4.4 20.55 5.4 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.18 6.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.95 4.1 – – 18.02 6.8 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.54 5.5 20.30 6.4 15.46 4.4 Sales............................................................. 17.01 7.0 17.04 7.1 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.86 24.3 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.23 4.3 10.23 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.98 1.6 14.22 2.0 12.91 2.3 Secretaries................................................. 15.50 2.5 16.14 3.7 14.20 2.5 Typists..................................................... 11.78 9.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.20 6.4 12.25 6.6 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.76 3.6 13.04 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.67 4.1 13.60 4.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.18 5.0 11.18 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.94 10.2 13.10 11.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.00 10.7 16.19 11.6 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 18.21 9.4 18.21 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.12 6.7 11.94 8.2 12.87 5.3 Bank tellers................................................ 10.45 .2 10.45 .2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.05 7.0 – – 12.05 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.63 6.0 13.70 6.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 1.7 18.39 1.8 16.09 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.83 3.3 23.51 3.4 16.00 7.1 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.58 11.4 26.58 11.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 4.1 18.04 3.4 – – Carpenters.................................................. 28.56 4.5 28.56 4.5 – – Electricians................................................ 29.27 4.7 29.27 4.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.50 9.2 24.91 4.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 3.8 23.24 3.8 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.53 10.8 22.53 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.22 1.7 16.22 1.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.85 12.8 16.85 12.8 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 18.22 6.9 18.22 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.33 10.8 14.33 10.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... $14.33 12.8 $14.33 12.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.38 7.7 19.38 7.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.70 4.6 14.70 4.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.17 5.4 17.16 6.3 $17.22 3.1 Truck drivers............................................... 14.30 12.0 14.26 12.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 4.6 16.70 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.26 4.4 14.16 4.9 15.17 4.1 Construction laborers....................................... 16.90 .9 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 9.3 11.76 9.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19.81 3.5 19.81 3.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.52 10.4 13.22 13.5 14.53 4.2 Service............................................................. 11.77 4.8 9.98 4.0 16.34 5.0 Protective service............................................ 17.49 5.7 12.29 18.5 18.66 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.46 2.7 – – 19.46 2.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.15 16.1 11.80 17.7 – – Food service.................................................. 8.37 5.9 8.38 6.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.05 26.7 6.05 26.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.66 28.7 6.66 28.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.18 3.7 9.30 4.5 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.30 16.6 11.30 16.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.43 11.5 11.48 12.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.03 8.2 8.20 13.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.76 2.9 7.76 2.9 – – Health service................................................ 10.11 3.2 9.75 4.2 13.71 5.2 Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.31 8.6 8.90 8.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.28 4.4 9.90 5.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $10.05 5.4 $9.33 6.3 $12.55 9.8 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.32 4.9 8.32 5.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.47 7.4 8.95 7.2 11.57 3.2 Personal service.............................................. 14.20 24.1 14.32 25.9 – – 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 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.09 4.7 $9.77 5.0 $14.90 13.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.59 5.6 10.21 6.0 15.11 13.2 White collar........................................................ 13.08 8.3 12.64 8.8 17.60 21.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.43 10.4 18.51 11.8 18.09 21.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.11 9.1 25.73 10.7 22.79 14.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.00 10.8 27.03 13.2 22.79 14.2 Health related................................................ 28.76 13.2 28.13 13.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.18 1.3 23.17 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.33 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.59 21.7 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.34 5.9 19.34 5.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.36 4.6 8.37 4.6 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 10.82 6.1 10.82 6.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.05 4.9 8.05 5.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.90 6.1 11.20 7.1 9.25 2.5 Secretaries................................................. 12.61 9.9 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.21 1.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.70 6.4 9.55 6.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.10 17.8 11.90 21.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.69 7.3 8.69 7.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.33 5.7 8.33 5.7 – – Service............................................................. 7.11 5.5 6.99 6.0 9.81 5.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.11 4.6 6.03 4.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.85 9.5 4.85 9.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.76 26.9 4.76 26.9 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 4.79 23.9 4.79 23.9 – – Other food service........................................... 6.40 4.9 6.31 5.2 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.06 10.5 8.07 10.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... $5.62 22.8 $5.51 24.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.36 2.6 6.22 3.1 – – Health service................................................ 10.05 5.8 10.05 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.04 6.4 10.04 6.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.59 5.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.75 5.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 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................................................................... $768 2.2 39.3 $761 2.6 39.5 $798 3.4 38.6 All excluding sales............................................... 771 2.4 39.3 764 2.8 39.5 798 3.4 38.6 White collar........................................................ 871 2.6 39.3 876 2.9 39.7 858 5.7 38.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 884 2.7 39.2 894 3.0 39.7 859 5.7 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 996 3.4 38.7 1,020 3.4 39.3 952 7.6 37.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,056 3.7 38.7 1,074 4.1 39.6 1,027 7.0 37.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,223 2.1 40.2 1,225 2.2 40.2 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,110 5.3 40.1 1,117 5.7 40.1 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,200 4.7 40.4 1,267 4.4 40.5 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,192 5.2 40.4 1,265 4.8 40.5 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,053 5.6 39.2 961 3.6 39.1 1,835 17.5 39.9 Physicians.................................................. 2,140 12.0 40.0 1,632 25.7 40.0 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 893 2.4 38.9 895 2.5 38.8 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 1,544 4.1 39.8 1,589 1.4 40.0 – – – Occupational therapists..................................... 824 3.4 38.7 824 3.4 38.7 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,632 15.3 40.8 – – – 1,285 18.9 45.1 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,039 15.2 38.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,041 1.8 35.1 684 12.1 38.9 1,069 2.4 34.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,089 2.7 34.5 – – – 1,118 .7 34.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,161 6.1 34.7 – – – 1,181 6.6 34.4 Teachers, special education................................. 899 6.8 36.5 – – – 899 6.8 36.5 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 604 20.6 35.4 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,046 10.8 39.6 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 616 9.1 39.8 547 7.0 39.8 647 12.3 39.8 Social workers.............................................. 616 9.3 39.9 541 7.2 40.0 647 12.3 39.8 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 829 10.8 40.0 833 11.0 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 771 2.9 38.7 866 2.2 38.4 358 1.9 40.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 785 12.0 39.7 785 12.0 39.7 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 868 9.1 39.5 868 9.1 39.5 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 502 4.0 39.7 634 3.3 39.4 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 564 11.0 40.0 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 749 2.8 40.0 749 2.8 40.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,177 8.5 40.0 1,177 8.5 40.0 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 792 20.6 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,179 5.7 40.2 1,206 6.4 40.3 1,059 12.2 39.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $1,427 7.2 40.4 $1,443 7.9 40.5 $1,345 15.9 39.9 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,140 5.0 38.8 – – – 1,140 5.0 38.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,543 19.5 40.5 1,543 19.5 40.5 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,451 31.1 39.8 1,451 31.1 39.8 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,596 16.3 40.4 1,512 19.5 39.3 1,642 21.4 41.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,308 2.1 39.6 1,308 2.1 39.6 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,549 10.8 40.2 1,555 10.8 40.2 – – – Management related............................................ 827 3.4 39.9 850 4.1 40.1 743 5.3 39.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 839 6.4 39.4 808 5.7 39.5 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 997 11.0 41.8 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 808 4.4 39.9 822 5.4 40.0 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 1,007 6.5 40.0 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 752 5.1 39.7 – – – 712 9.1 39.5 Management related, n.e.c................................... 779 5.7 39.9 812 6.4 40.0 608 2.9 39.3 Sales............................................................. 679 7.7 39.9 680 7.7 39.9 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 810 26.1 40.8 – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 372 9.3 36.4 372 9.3 36.4 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 552 1.6 39.5 565 2.0 39.7 497 2.0 38.5 Secretaries................................................. 615 2.2 39.7 640 3.2 39.6 564 2.6 39.7 Typists..................................................... 469 9.8 39.8 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 479 6.0 39.3 481 6.2 39.3 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 521 6.2 40.9 541 7.0 41.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 538 4.7 39.4 535 5.3 39.4 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 447 5.0 40.0 447 5.0 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 507 10.6 39.2 524 11.0 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 639 10.7 40.0 647 11.5 40.0 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 728 9.4 40.0 728 9.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 481 6.7 39.7 476 8.2 39.9 501 4.9 38.9 Bank tellers................................................ 418 .2 40.0 418 .2 40.0 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 401 7.6 33.3 – – – 401 7.6 33.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 545 6.0 40.0 548 6.3 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 729 1.7 39.9 735 1.9 40.0 638 3.3 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 913 3.4 40.0 940 3.4 40.0 640 7.1 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,042 10.0 39.2 1,042 10.0 39.2 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 987 8.4 40.0 987 8.4 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 697 4.1 40.0 721 3.4 40.0 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 1,142 4.5 40.0 1,142 4.5 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,171 4.7 40.0 1,171 4.7 40.0 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... $900 9.2 40.0 $996 4.9 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 936 4.6 40.3 936 4.6 40.3 – – – Machinists.................................................. 901 10.8 40.0 901 10.8 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 647 1.9 39.9 647 1.9 39.9 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 657 11.5 39.0 657 11.5 39.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 729 6.9 40.0 729 6.9 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 571 10.7 39.9 571 10.7 39.9 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 573 12.8 40.0 573 12.8 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 775 7.7 40.0 775 7.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 588 4.6 40.0 588 4.6 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 689 5.5 40.1 694 6.4 40.4 $664 2.7 38.6 Truck drivers............................................... 583 12.6 40.8 581 12.7 40.8 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 668 4.6 40.0 668 4.6 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 568 4.3 39.8 564 4.8 39.8 607 4.1 40.0 Construction laborers....................................... 676 .9 40.0 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 470 9.3 40.0 470 9.3 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 792 3.5 40.0 792 3.5 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 534 10.4 39.5 520 13.3 39.3 581 4.2 40.0 Service............................................................. 448 4.4 38.1 372 2.8 37.3 659 5.1 40.3 Protective service............................................ 710 5.9 40.6 492 18.5 40.0 760 4.4 40.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 769 2.7 39.5 – – – 769 2.7 39.5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 486 16.1 40.0 472 17.7 40.0 – – – Food service.................................................. 316 6.1 37.8 315 6.7 37.6 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 219 30.9 36.3 219 30.9 36.3 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 236 35.3 35.4 236 35.3 35.4 – – – Other food service........................................... 352 4.7 38.3 355 5.5 38.1 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 461 19.5 40.8 461 19.5 40.8 – – – Cooks....................................................... 453 12.5 39.6 455 13.7 39.6 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 306 6.6 38.0 303 10.6 37.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 280 6.2 36.1 280 6.2 36.1 – – – Health service................................................ 392 3.8 38.8 378 4.8 38.8 532 4.7 38.8 Health aides, except nursing................................ 364 9.5 39.1 347 9.3 39.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 398 5.1 38.7 384 6.0 38.8 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 400 5.0 39.8 371 5.8 39.7 501 9.7 39.9 Maids and housemen.......................................... 313 2.4 37.6 311 2.5 37.4 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 378 7.4 39.9 357 7.2 39.9 461 3.5 39.8 Personal service.............................................. 451 9.9 31.7 452 10.6 31.6 – – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $39,019 2.2 1,997 $39,397 2.6 2,045 $37,615 3.4 1,822 All excluding sales............................................... 39,153 2.4 1,995 39,580 2.8 2,043 37,632 3.4 1,821 White collar........................................................ 43,662 2.6 1,968 45,402 2.9 2,058 39,100 5.7 1,733 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,213 2.7 1,961 46,328 3.0 2,056 39,127 5.7 1,733 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,480 3.4 1,883 52,680 3.4 2,030 41,719 7.6 1,647 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,518 3.7 1,852 55,336 4.1 2,042 44,152 7.0 1,601 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 63,571 2.1 2,090 63,686 2.2 2,090 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 57,721 5.3 2,083 58,097 5.7 2,083 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 62,401 4.7 2,099 65,906 4.4 2,104 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 61,989 5.2 2,100 65,774 4.8 2,106 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 54,137 5.6 2,013 49,624 3.6 2,019 90,753 17.5 1,971 Physicians.................................................. 111,283 12.0 2,080 84,862 25.7 2,080 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 46,013 2.4 2,005 46,559 2.5 2,019 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 80,285 4.1 2,068 82,653 1.4 2,080 – – – Occupational therapists..................................... 39,696 3.4 1,863 39,696 3.4 1,863 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 76,049 15.3 1,901 – – – 53,286 18.9 1,872 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 47,575 15.2 1,741 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,068 1.8 1,382 30,833 12.1 1,753 41,757 2.4 1,357 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,941 2.7 1,361 – – – 43,579 .7 1,334 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,382 6.1 1,327 – – – 45,014 6.6 1,310 Teachers, special education................................. 36,857 6.8 1,498 – – – 36,857 6.8 1,498 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 22,675 20.6 1,329 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 50,903 10.8 1,926 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 30,934 9.1 1,999 28,338 7.0 2,063 32,025 12.3 1,972 Social workers.............................................. 30,888 9.3 1,999 28,025 7.2 2,069 32,025 12.3 1,972 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 43,127 10.8 2,078 43,336 11.0 2,078 – – – Technical....................................................... 40,084 2.9 2,011 45,020 2.2 1,996 18,631 1.9 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 40,797 12.0 2,064 40,797 12.0 2,064 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 45,114 9.1 2,056 45,114 9.1 2,056 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 26,079 4.0 2,064 32,965 3.3 2,050 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 29,353 11.0 2,080 – – – – – – Drafters.................................................... 38,957 2.8 2,080 38,957 2.8 2,080 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 61,188 8.5 2,080 61,188 8.5 2,080 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 41,202 20.6 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 61,186 5.7 2,086 62,714 6.4 2,097 54,480 12.2 2,035 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $73,998 7.2 2,096 $74,990 7.9 2,106 $69,028 15.9 2,046 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 59,270 5.0 2,015 – – – 59,270 5.0 2,015 Financial managers.......................................... 80,245 19.5 2,104 80,245 19.5 2,104 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 75,455 31.1 2,071 75,455 31.1 2,071 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,268 16.3 2,057 77,921 19.5 2,025 83,063 21.4 2,074 Managers, medicine and health............................... 68,010 2.1 2,057 68,010 2.1 2,057 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 80,556 10.8 2,092 80,876 10.8 2,092 – – – Management related............................................ 42,939 3.4 2,071 44,196 4.1 2,083 38,296 5.3 2,023 Accountants and auditors.................................... 43,616 6.4 2,048 41,998 5.7 2,054 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 51,862 11.0 2,173 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 42,010 4.4 2,073 42,745 5.4 2,080 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 52,366 6.5 2,080 – – – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 39,112 5.1 2,064 – – – 37,025 9.1 2,055 Management related, n.e.c................................... 40,317 5.7 2,064 42,224 6.4 2,080 30,610 2.9 1,980 Sales............................................................. 35,291 7.7 2,075 35,383 7.7 2,076 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 42,099 26.1 2,119 – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 19,341 9.3 1,891 19,341 9.3 1,891 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,258 1.6 2,022 29,390 2.0 2,067 23,876 2.0 1,849 Secretaries................................................. 31,477 2.2 2,031 33,261 3.2 2,061 27,987 2.6 1,971 Typists..................................................... 24,403 9.8 2,072 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 24,933 6.0 2,044 25,016 6.2 2,043 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,108 6.2 2,125 28,145 7.0 2,158 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,967 4.7 2,046 27,840 5.3 2,046 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 23,263 5.0 2,080 23,263 5.0 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 25,576 10.6 1,977 27,241 11.0 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 33,248 10.7 2,078 33,649 11.5 2,078 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 37,881 9.4 2,080 37,881 9.4 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 24,726 6.7 2,041 24,740 8.2 2,072 24,669 4.9 1,916 Bank tellers................................................ 21,733 .2 2,080 21,733 .2 2,080 – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 15,259 7.6 1,267 – – – 15,259 7.6 1,267 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,321 6.0 2,078 28,460 6.3 2,077 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 37,671 1.7 2,065 38,001 1.9 2,066 32,963 3.3 2,049 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 47,485 3.4 2,080 48,896 3.4 2,080 33,282 7.1 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 54,192 10.0 2,039 54,192 10.0 2,039 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 51,345 8.4 2,080 51,345 8.4 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 36,233 4.1 2,080 37,513 3.4 2,080 – – – Carpenters.................................................. 59,409 4.5 2,080 59,409 4.5 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 60,876 4.7 2,080 60,876 4.7 2,080 – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... $46,801 9.2 2,080 $51,816 4.9 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 48,687 4.6 2,095 48,687 4.6 2,095 – – – Machinists.................................................. 46,871 10.8 2,080 46,871 10.8 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 33,637 1.9 2,074 33,637 1.9 2,074 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 34,160 11.5 2,027 34,160 11.5 2,027 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 37,907 6.9 2,080 37,907 6.9 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,689 10.7 2,072 29,689 10.7 2,072 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 29,803 12.8 2,080 29,803 12.8 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 40,309 7.7 2,080 40,309 7.7 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 30,573 4.6 2,080 30,573 4.6 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,760 5.5 2,024 34,931 6.4 2,035 $33,793 2.7 1,962 Truck drivers............................................... 28,680 12.6 2,006 28,596 12.7 2,006 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 34,736 4.6 2,080 34,736 4.6 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 29,137 4.3 2,044 28,883 4.8 2,040 31,550 4.1 2,080 Construction laborers....................................... 31,664 .9 1,873 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 24,455 9.3 2,080 24,455 9.3 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 41,204 3.5 2,080 41,204 3.5 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 27,762 10.4 2,053 27,049 13.3 2,046 30,220 4.2 2,080 Service............................................................. 23,185 4.4 1,970 19,304 2.8 1,934 33,861 5.1 2,072 Protective service............................................ 36,924 5.9 2,111 25,568 18.5 2,080 39,522 4.4 2,118 Police and detectives, public service....................... 39,998 2.7 2,055 – – – 39,998 2.7 2,055 Guards and police, except public service.................... 25,267 16.1 2,080 24,544 17.7 2,080 – – – Food service.................................................. 16,351 6.1 1,954 16,383 6.7 1,954 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 11,413 30.9 1,885 11,413 30.9 1,885 – – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 12,278 35.3 1,843 12,278 35.3 1,843 – – – Other food service........................................... 18,166 4.7 1,979 18,443 5.5 1,983 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 23,951 19.5 2,119 23,951 19.5 2,119 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,597 12.5 1,978 23,645 13.7 2,060 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 15,897 6.6 1,978 15,761 10.6 1,922 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,577 6.2 1,878 14,577 6.2 1,878 – – – Health service................................................ 20,401 3.8 2,017 19,664 4.8 2,017 27,640 4.7 2,016 Health aides, except nursing................................ 18,950 9.5 2,035 18,031 9.3 2,026 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,692 5.1 2,014 19,962 6.0 2,016 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 20,788 5.0 2,069 19,277 5.8 2,067 26,036 9.7 2,075 Maids and housemen.......................................... 16,253 2.4 1,953 16,189 2.5 1,946 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,642 7.4 2,073 18,555 7.2 2,073 23,976 3.5 2,072 Personal service.............................................. 22,782 9.9 1,604 23,143 10.6 1,616 – – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 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................................................................... $18.56 2.2 $18.15 2.4 $20.45 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 18.87 2.3 18.49 2.6 20.47 4.2 White collar........................................................ 21.45 2.6 21.17 2.7 22.41 6.4 1....................................................... 8.04 7.6 8.02 7.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.48 4.8 9.44 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.30 3.3 11.35 3.6 10.75 5.0 4....................................................... 12.71 1.8 13.70 1.5 10.58 3.3 5....................................................... 15.62 1.8 15.95 2.1 14.18 2.7 6....................................................... 17.00 1.7 17.63 1.1 15.22 3.8 7....................................................... 20.52 2.8 20.71 2.9 19.84 8.2 8....................................................... 25.07 2.9 21.72 3.3 28.89 4.5 9....................................................... 26.92 3.9 27.55 3.8 22.46 15.1 10........................................................ 28.79 6.2 30.58 2.8 26.46 14.6 11........................................................ 39.41 4.3 41.89 3.8 27.58 5.1 12........................................................ 44.97 9.4 45.30 10.6 – – 13........................................................ 50.86 5.5 44.84 5.0 57.43 5.4 14........................................................ 60.66 5.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.99 14.7 23.78 15.5 28.72 6.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.37 2.7 22.35 2.8 22.45 6.4 1....................................................... 9.53 11.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.10 3.6 10.09 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 4.3 12.22 4.8 10.94 4.8 4....................................................... 12.64 1.9 13.68 1.5 10.56 3.3 5....................................................... 15.57 1.9 15.91 2.2 14.18 2.7 6....................................................... 16.91 1.8 17.60 1.4 15.22 3.8 7....................................................... 20.23 2.7 20.34 2.6 19.84 8.2 8....................................................... 24.98 3.0 21.28 3.4 28.89 4.5 9....................................................... 26.00 2.5 26.53 1.8 22.46 15.1 10........................................................ 28.79 6.2 30.58 2.8 26.46 14.6 11........................................................ 39.41 4.3 41.89 3.8 27.58 5.1 12........................................................ 44.97 9.4 45.30 10.6 – – 13........................................................ 50.86 5.5 44.84 5.0 57.43 5.4 14........................................................ 60.66 5.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.55 12.8 26.43 13.6 28.72 6.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.72 3.4 25.94 3.2 25.26 8.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.22 3.6 27.09 3.9 27.42 7.3 5....................................................... 13.39 6.6 14.03 7.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.86 5.6 18.26 5.9 – – 7....................................................... 21.29 4.0 21.76 4.6 20.20 10.4 8....................................................... 26.68 3.4 21.67 3.4 29.51 4.8 9....................................................... 25.65 4.8 26.60 3.5 22.44 17.0 10........................................................ 27.49 6.2 31.77 4.6 23.32 5.9 11........................................................ 34.31 3.5 36.10 2.8 – – 12........................................................ 38.16 6.9 37.55 7.4 – – 13........................................................ $53.96 5.0 $46.56 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.77 22.5 36.19 22.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 30.42 2.0 30.47 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.51 4.6 28.69 4.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 27.71 5.4 27.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.74 4.6 31.33 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.12 4.5 29.43 4.8 – – 12........................................................ 37.31 10.0 37.31 10.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.52 5.2 31.23 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.12 4.5 29.43 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.11 4.4 25.04 2.0 $46.04 16.0 6....................................................... 22.04 5.1 22.04 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.97 3.3 21.97 3.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.02 2.3 22.01 2.3 – – 9....................................................... 24.55 6.7 24.48 7.1 – – 10........................................................ 33.22 10.4 33.22 10.4 – – 11........................................................ 42.10 5.0 42.10 5.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 57.27 4.6 49.93 5.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.99 2.4 23.08 2.5 21.54 6.4 6....................................................... 22.85 8.1 22.85 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.50 .5 22.50 .5 – – 8....................................................... 21.92 2.4 22.08 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 23.67 6.5 23.50 6.8 – – Pharmacists................................................. 39.16 3.3 40.06 1.1 – – Occupational therapists..................................... 21.64 2.9 21.64 2.9 – – Physical therapists......................................... 22.56 10.9 22.56 10.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 38.07 18.3 – – 27.36 16.7 8....................................................... 22.93 1.5 – – – – 10........................................................ 31.39 7.9 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 27.02 13.7 28.64 11.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.11 2.0 17.33 11.1 30.26 2.5 7....................................................... 22.63 11.0 – – 22.71 10.9 8....................................................... 33.18 2.3 22.15 1.1 33.73 2.5 9....................................................... 27.54 26.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.55 3.5 – – 32.68 1.4 7....................................................... 26.48 .7 – – 26.48 .7 8....................................................... 35.16 1.6 – – 35.16 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.28 6.2 – – 34.36 6.6 8....................................................... 33.19 6.9 – – 34.17 7.4 Teachers, special education................................. 24.61 8.7 – – 24.61 8.7 8....................................................... 29.75 4.9 – – 29.75 4.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.45 11.5 19.24 7.3 16.47 15.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.43 11.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.48 9.3 13.75 7.1 16.24 12.6 8....................................................... $16.89 13.2 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.45 9.5 $13.54 7.2 $16.24 12.6 8....................................................... 16.89 13.8 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ 24.93 10.6 – – – – Lawyers..................................................... 24.93 10.6 – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.75 10.7 20.85 10.9 – – Technical....................................................... 19.91 2.7 22.45 2.0 8.96 1.9 4....................................................... 9.38 5.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.08 3.5 17.23 3.4 – – 6....................................................... 16.50 3.6 16.53 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.57 6.4 20.62 6.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.48 5.1 22.79 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.86 2.8 25.86 2.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.65 11.4 19.65 11.4 – – 7....................................................... 16.69 19.2 16.69 19.2 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 22.00 7.0 22.00 7.0 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.82 3.7 16.20 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 3.3 16.60 3.3 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.15 10.7 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 18.73 2.8 18.73 2.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.42 8.5 29.42 8.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.81 20.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.23 5.6 29.75 6.4 26.86 11.3 5....................................................... 16.29 6.1 – – 15.91 2.4 6....................................................... 19.06 6.7 – – 19.00 5.3 7....................................................... 18.93 2.2 18.66 3.2 19.81 2.4 8....................................................... 19.29 2.4 19.32 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.81 3.2 26.96 3.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.59 15.0 29.73 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 41.88 11.2 44.12 11.6 – – 12........................................................ 49.45 13.1 50.79 14.8 – – 13........................................................ 42.94 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.11 11.0 26.59 12.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.05 7.1 35.27 7.9 33.91 14.2 8....................................................... 18.53 3.7 18.37 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.72 3.3 27.70 3.4 – – 10........................................................ 42.64 15.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.80 11.7 46.88 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 51.53 14.7 51.97 16.1 – – 13........................................................ 42.94 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.89 11.4 27.44 13.6 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.87 5.1 – – 29.87 5.1 Financial managers.......................................... 38.14 19.4 38.14 19.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.43 31.0 36.43 31.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ $39.51 14.7 $38.48 20.7 $40.04 18.9 10........................................................ 46.04 13.8 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.06 2.7 33.06 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 1.9 31.59 1.9 – – Managers, service organizations, n.e.c...................... 23.71 23.7 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.51 10.5 38.66 10.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.96 4.3 31.25 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 55.98 24.9 55.98 24.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.10 17.7 27.10 17.7 – – Management related............................................ 20.74 3.4 21.21 4.1 18.93 5.4 5....................................................... 16.41 6.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.73 6.5 – – 18.22 3.2 7....................................................... 19.42 3.1 19.59 3.3 18.68 8.1 8....................................................... 19.58 3.0 19.68 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 23.99 5.9 24.65 6.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.30 6.5 20.45 5.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.86 9.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.27 4.4 20.55 5.4 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.18 6.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.95 4.1 – – 18.02 6.8 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.54 5.5 20.30 6.4 15.46 4.4 Sales............................................................. 13.40 6.1 13.43 6.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.68 8.3 7.68 8.3 – – 2....................................................... 8.39 5.6 8.39 5.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.80 6.6 9.84 6.6 – – 6....................................................... 17.85 10.7 17.85 10.7 – – 8....................................................... 27.14 7.4 27.14 7.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.86 24.3 – – – – Sales workers, apparel...................................... 8.13 8.0 8.13 8.0 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 10.64 10.1 10.64 10.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.41 11.8 11.41 11.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.52 5.9 8.52 5.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.99 12.1 7.99 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.19 6.1 8.19 6.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.94 6.5 9.98 6.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.80 1.6 14.04 1.9 12.74 2.9 1....................................................... 9.53 11.5 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.10 3.6 10.09 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.12 4.4 12.30 4.9 10.94 4.8 4....................................................... 13.26 1.5 13.66 1.5 11.96 3.2 5....................................................... 15.70 1.3 15.95 1.5 14.68 1.6 6....................................................... 15.71 3.1 17.32 2.3 13.75 4.3 7....................................................... 17.79 4.5 17.89 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.62 10.4 13.62 10.4 – – Secretaries................................................. $15.33 2.4 $15.96 3.2 $14.01 3.1 3....................................................... 11.72 2.8 12.07 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.39 3.1 13.97 4.1 12.69 1.5 5....................................................... 16.38 3.1 16.54 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.03 4.6 17.85 4.5 – – Typists..................................................... 11.78 9.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.10 6.1 12.18 6.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.02 5.8 11.02 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.79 11.7 12.88 12.1 – – 4....................................................... 12.73 3.7 12.90 3.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 11.03 5.3 – – 10.61 4.6 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.21 5.6 12.35 6.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.67 4.1 13.60 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.20 10.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.94 3.8 12.63 3.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.18 5.0 11.18 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.94 10.2 13.10 11.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.00 10.7 16.19 11.6 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 17.45 8.9 17.45 8.9 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.90 6.1 11.73 7.3 12.70 5.3 2....................................................... 10.13 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.54 5.3 10.10 5.4 – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.24 1.5 10.24 1.5 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.75 10.0 – – 11.75 10.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.49 5.7 13.55 5.9 – – 4....................................................... 13.22 4.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.06 3.5 12.06 3.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.72 2.0 17.84 2.1 15.99 4.1 1....................................................... 8.40 6.4 8.37 6.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.29 4.2 11.28 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 19.61 5.0 19.86 5.3 13.78 8.2 4....................................................... 14.86 6.0 14.92 6.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.21 4.1 15.01 4.7 16.35 5.3 6....................................................... 18.62 6.5 18.67 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.33 1.7 23.91 1.7 17.79 2.7 8....................................................... 30.28 2.7 30.56 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.03 8.5 27.14 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.80 14.0 18.80 14.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.75 3.4 23.42 3.5 15.98 6.9 4....................................................... 14.26 8.1 14.46 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 13.90 6.5 13.81 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.07 10.4 21.07 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.71 2.0 24.38 2.1 17.80 2.9 8....................................................... 30.58 2.7 30.58 2.7 – – 9....................................................... $27.76 8.6 $27.76 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.21 9.0 21.21 9.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.58 11.4 26.58 11.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 4.1 18.04 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.06 3.6 18.24 3.7 – – Carpenters.................................................. 28.57 4.3 28.57 4.3 – – 7....................................................... 28.14 4.3 28.14 4.3 – – Electricians................................................ 29.27 4.7 29.27 4.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.50 9.2 24.91 4.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 3.8 23.24 3.8 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.53 10.8 22.53 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.09 1.5 16.09 1.5 – – 2....................................................... 10.53 7.1 10.53 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 20.01 8.9 20.01 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.39 10.3 15.39 10.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.32 7.6 14.32 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.48 3.2 14.48 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.80 4.6 20.80 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... 16.85 12.8 16.85 12.8 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 18.22 6.9 18.22 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.33 10.8 14.33 10.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.33 12.8 14.33 12.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.05 7.1 19.05 7.1 – – 5....................................................... 12.55 9.4 12.55 9.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.70 4.6 14.70 4.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.62 5.9 16.59 6.9 $16.76 3.1 2....................................................... 11.14 9.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 22.77 4.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.59 13.0 15.53 13.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 5.6 16.30 8.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.53 11.5 14.49 11.6 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.36 6.6 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 4.6 16.70 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.22 4.6 13.05 5.0 15.17 4.1 1....................................................... 8.29 6.6 8.25 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.15 11.7 12.15 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 17.58 4.3 17.81 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.19 6.8 13.15 7.9 – – 5....................................................... 17.16 3.6 17.46 5.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.50 6.1 19.92 5.6 – – Construction laborers....................................... 17.16 1.9 17.49 3.6 – – Production helpers.......................................... $11.76 9.3 $11.76 9.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 6.0 9.97 6.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.26 4.8 7.26 4.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19.78 3.3 19.78 3.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.51 10.4 13.21 13.3 $14.53 4.2 2....................................................... 16.76 11.3 16.76 11.3 – – 3....................................................... 14.78 5.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 10.60 2.8 9.06 1.8 16.02 4.8 1....................................................... 7.31 6.3 7.23 6.7 8.25 3.5 2....................................................... 8.00 7.9 7.69 7.6 11.18 8.3 3....................................................... 9.13 6.3 9.08 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 10.43 6.8 9.89 9.8 12.91 8.3 5....................................................... 14.86 12.2 16.18 19.5 12.85 6.0 6....................................................... 18.67 6.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.23 1.4 – – 20.68 .8 8....................................................... 16.71 8.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.95 2.7 – – 21.81 2.8 Protective service............................................ 17.14 3.9 11.69 11.9 18.65 4.0 5....................................................... 12.43 7.0 – – 12.95 6.9 7....................................................... 20.66 .7 – – 20.75 .7 9....................................................... 21.95 2.7 – – 21.81 2.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.43 2.7 – – 19.43 2.7 9....................................................... 21.26 3.7 – – 21.26 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.25 15.2 11.94 16.5 – – Food service.................................................. 7.38 5.6 7.32 6.1 8.35 3.8 1....................................................... 6.59 6.1 6.46 6.4 – – 2....................................................... 6.76 11.7 6.71 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 5.73 36.5 5.73 36.5 – – 4....................................................... 8.35 22.0 8.15 24.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.62 20.7 5.62 20.7 – – 1....................................................... 4.99 30.0 4.99 30.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.08 27.1 6.08 27.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.21 30.7 6.21 30.7 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 3.92 12.3 3.92 12.3 – – 1....................................................... 3.31 7.5 3.31 7.5 – – Other food service........................................... 7.90 2.7 7.86 3.0 8.35 3.8 1....................................................... 7.11 4.4 7.00 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 6.15 8.5 6.08 8.4 – – 4....................................................... 10.19 2.6 10.11 3.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.30 16.6 11.30 16.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 9.98 11.4 9.95 12.3 – – 4....................................................... 9.94 2.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 6.93 10.2 6.68 14.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.04 3.8 8.27 6.9 – – 2....................................................... 5.25 23.9 5.25 23.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $6.96 2.1 $6.90 2.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 5.3 6.96 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 6.90 8.8 6.79 8.4 – – Health service................................................ 10.09 2.1 9.85 2.5 $13.71 5.2 2....................................................... 9.78 .7 9.78 .7 – – 3....................................................... 9.82 4.7 9.74 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.27 3.6 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.01 11.1 8.69 11.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.21 3.6 9.94 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.98 3.9 9.98 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 4.8 9.81 4.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.94 5.0 9.24 6.0 12.18 10.0 1....................................................... 8.82 7.4 8.77 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 11.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.97 8.2 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.25 4.3 8.25 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.06 4.5 8.04 4.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.41 6.9 8.90 6.8 11.22 3.7 1....................................................... 9.01 9.4 8.95 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.02 11.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.91 8.3 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 13.62 18.6 13.74 20.0 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.54 2.2 $19.27 2.5 $20.65 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.63 2.4 19.37 2.7 20.66 4.0 White collar........................................................ 22.18 2.7 22.06 2.9 22.56 6.3 2....................................................... 10.26 4.1 10.20 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.67 3.9 11.74 4.2 11.02 4.9 4....................................................... 12.62 1.7 13.60 1.4 10.58 3.3 5....................................................... 15.59 2.1 15.84 2.2 14.44 4.0 6....................................................... 16.86 2.1 17.46 1.7 15.22 3.8 7....................................................... 20.50 2.9 20.69 3.1 19.84 8.4 8....................................................... 25.17 3.0 21.74 3.4 29.03 4.6 9....................................................... 26.93 3.9 27.55 3.8 22.39 15.9 10........................................................ 28.67 6.2 30.42 2.4 26.46 14.6 11........................................................ 39.37 4.3 41.89 3.8 27.07 4.8 12........................................................ 44.92 9.4 45.30 10.6 – – 13........................................................ 50.47 5.9 44.84 5.0 56.69 6.0 14........................................................ 60.66 5.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.86 16.8 23.67 17.7 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.55 2.7 22.53 3.0 22.58 6.3 2....................................................... 10.26 4.1 10.20 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 4.6 12.41 5.1 11.02 4.9 4....................................................... 12.53 1.8 13.57 1.4 10.57 3.3 5....................................................... 15.55 2.1 15.80 2.3 14.44 4.0 6....................................................... 16.75 2.3 17.40 2.3 15.22 3.8 7....................................................... 20.20 2.9 20.30 2.9 19.84 8.4 8....................................................... 25.08 3.1 21.29 3.5 29.03 4.6 9....................................................... 26.00 2.5 26.51 1.8 22.39 15.9 10........................................................ 28.67 6.2 30.42 2.4 26.46 14.6 11........................................................ 39.37 4.3 41.89 3.8 27.07 4.8 12........................................................ 44.92 9.4 45.30 10.6 – – 13........................................................ 50.47 5.9 44.84 5.0 56.69 6.0 14........................................................ 60.66 5.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.14 14.2 26.04 15.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 3.6 25.95 3.5 25.34 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.28 3.8 27.10 4.2 27.58 7.6 5....................................................... 12.53 5.0 12.85 5.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.38 6.2 17.77 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.21 4.4 21.67 5.1 20.21 10.8 8....................................................... 26.87 3.5 21.68 3.7 29.68 4.9 9....................................................... 25.63 4.9 26.57 3.6 22.37 18.1 10........................................................ 27.28 6.0 31.60 4.6 23.32 5.9 11........................................................ 34.22 3.5 36.10 2.8 – – 12........................................................ 38.02 6.9 37.55 7.4 – – 13........................................................ 53.44 5.7 46.56 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.93 25.1 34.32 25.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $30.42 2.0 $30.47 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.51 4.6 28.69 4.7 – – Civil engineers............................................. 27.71 5.4 27.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 29.74 4.6 31.33 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.12 4.5 29.43 4.8 – – 12........................................................ 37.31 10.0 37.31 10.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 29.52 5.2 31.23 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.12 4.5 29.43 4.8 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.89 5.5 24.58 3.5 $46.04 17.4 6....................................................... 21.24 4.8 21.24 4.8 – – 7....................................................... 21.78 3.7 21.78 3.7 – – 8....................................................... 22.07 2.6 22.07 2.8 – – 9....................................................... 24.66 7.8 24.54 7.8 – – 10........................................................ 32.14 9.4 32.14 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 42.10 5.0 42.10 5.0 – – Physicians.................................................. 53.50 12.0 40.80 25.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 22.95 2.7 23.06 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 22.39 .7 22.39 .7 – – 8....................................................... 21.95 2.6 22.14 2.9 – – 9....................................................... 23.63 8.2 23.41 8.0 – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.81 3.5 39.74 1.4 – – Occupational therapists..................................... 21.31 2.6 21.31 2.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.00 16.6 – – 28.47 18.1 10........................................................ 32.00 8.6 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 27.33 16.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.71 2.3 17.58 14.2 30.76 3.1 7....................................................... 22.87 11.8 – – 22.87 11.8 8....................................................... 33.29 2.1 – – 33.83 2.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.55 3.5 – – 32.68 1.4 7....................................................... 26.48 .7 – – 26.48 .7 8....................................................... 35.16 1.6 – – 35.16 1.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 33.45 6.1 – – 34.36 6.6 8....................................................... 33.23 6.9 – – 34.17 7.4 Teachers, special education................................. 24.61 8.7 – – 24.61 8.7 8....................................................... 29.75 4.9 – – 29.75 4.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 17.06 20.5 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 26.43 11.6 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 15.48 9.3 13.74 7.2 16.24 12.6 8....................................................... 16.91 13.3 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 15.45 9.5 13.54 7.2 16.24 12.6 8....................................................... 16.89 13.8 – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.75 10.7 20.85 10.9 – – Technical....................................................... $19.93 2.8 $22.56 2.0 $8.96 1.9 4....................................................... 8.93 2.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 17.12 3.6 17.28 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 16.36 3.9 16.38 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 6.6 20.54 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 22.55 5.1 22.86 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.86 2.8 25.86 2.8 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 19.76 11.8 19.76 11.8 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 21.94 8.1 21.94 8.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 12.64 3.7 16.08 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.69 3.2 16.69 3.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.11 11.0 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 18.73 2.8 18.73 2.8 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.42 8.5 29.42 8.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 19.81 20.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.33 5.5 29.90 6.2 26.77 11.3 5....................................................... 16.29 6.1 – – 15.91 2.4 6....................................................... 19.06 6.7 – – 19.00 5.3 7....................................................... 19.34 3.1 19.19 4.3 19.81 2.4 8....................................................... 19.29 2.4 19.32 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.81 3.2 26.96 3.2 – – 10........................................................ 35.59 15.0 29.73 2.9 – – 11........................................................ 41.88 11.2 44.12 11.6 – – 12........................................................ 49.45 13.1 50.79 14.8 – – 13........................................................ 42.94 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.99 11.1 26.59 12.9 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 35.30 7.0 35.60 7.8 33.74 14.5 8....................................................... 18.53 3.7 18.37 4.5 – – 9....................................................... 27.72 3.3 27.70 3.4 – – 10........................................................ 42.64 15.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.80 11.7 46.88 12.0 – – 12........................................................ 51.53 14.7 51.97 16.1 – – 13........................................................ 42.94 5.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.76 11.5 27.44 13.6 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 29.41 6.5 – – 29.41 6.5 Financial managers.......................................... 38.14 19.4 38.14 19.4 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 36.43 31.0 36.43 31.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.51 14.7 38.48 20.7 40.04 18.9 10........................................................ 46.04 13.8 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.06 2.7 33.06 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 1.9 31.59 1.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 38.51 10.5 38.66 10.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.96 4.3 31.25 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 55.98 24.9 55.98 24.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.10 17.7 27.10 17.7 – – Management related............................................ $20.74 3.4 $21.21 4.1 $18.93 5.4 5....................................................... 16.41 6.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.73 6.5 – – 18.22 3.2 7....................................................... 19.42 3.1 19.59 3.3 18.68 8.1 8....................................................... 19.58 3.0 19.68 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 23.99 5.9 24.65 6.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 21.30 6.5 20.45 5.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 23.86 9.2 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.27 4.4 20.55 5.4 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 25.18 6.5 – – – – Construction inspectors..................................... 18.95 4.1 – – 18.02 6.8 Management related, n.e.c................................... 19.54 5.5 20.30 6.4 15.46 4.4 Sales............................................................. 17.01 7.0 17.04 7.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.01 6.3 10.01 6.3 – – 6....................................................... 17.85 10.7 17.85 10.7 – – 8....................................................... 27.14 7.4 27.14 7.4 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 19.86 24.3 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.23 4.3 10.23 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.98 1.6 14.22 2.0 12.91 2.3 2....................................................... 10.26 4.1 10.20 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.29 4.7 12.49 5.3 11.02 4.9 4....................................................... 13.21 1.4 13.60 1.5 11.98 3.3 5....................................................... 15.79 1.4 16.04 1.7 14.75 1.7 6....................................................... 15.69 3.1 17.30 2.3 13.75 4.3 7....................................................... 17.79 4.5 17.89 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.94 10.7 13.94 10.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.50 2.5 16.14 3.7 14.20 2.5 3....................................................... 11.81 3.1 12.23 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.40 2.6 14.16 4.5 12.69 1.5 5....................................................... 16.38 3.1 16.54 3.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.00 4.7 17.82 4.8 – – Typists..................................................... 11.78 9.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.20 6.4 12.25 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.02 5.9 11.02 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.92 12.1 13.01 12.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.86 2.7 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 12.76 3.6 13.04 4.1 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.67 4.1 13.60 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 13.20 10.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.94 3.8 12.63 3.6 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.18 5.0 11.18 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 12.94 10.2 13.10 11.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.00 10.7 16.19 11.6 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 18.21 9.4 18.21 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... $12.12 6.7 $11.94 8.2 $12.87 5.3 3....................................................... 10.68 6.8 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 10.45 .2 10.45 .2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 12.05 7.0 – – 12.05 7.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.63 6.0 13.70 6.3 – – 4....................................................... 13.22 4.0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 1.7 18.39 1.8 16.09 4.2 1....................................................... 9.50 5.2 9.49 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.42 4.6 11.43 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 19.82 5.1 20.04 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.89 6.1 14.96 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.17 4.2 14.96 4.9 16.35 5.3 6....................................................... 18.62 6.5 18.67 6.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.35 1.7 23.91 1.7 17.85 2.9 8....................................................... 30.28 2.7 30.56 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.03 8.5 27.14 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.80 14.0 18.80 14.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.83 3.3 23.51 3.4 16.00 7.1 4....................................................... 14.26 8.1 14.46 8.7 – – 5....................................................... 13.90 6.5 13.81 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 21.07 10.4 21.07 10.4 – – 7....................................................... 23.71 2.0 24.37 2.1 17.87 3.0 8....................................................... 30.58 2.7 30.58 2.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.76 8.6 27.76 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.21 9.0 21.21 9.0 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.58 11.4 26.58 11.4 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 24.69 8.4 24.69 8.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 17.42 4.1 18.04 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 18.06 3.6 18.24 3.7 – – Carpenters.................................................. 28.56 4.5 28.56 4.5 – – 7....................................................... 28.12 4.6 28.12 4.6 – – Electricians................................................ 29.27 4.7 29.27 4.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 22.50 9.2 24.91 4.9 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 3.8 23.24 3.8 – – Machinists.................................................. 22.53 10.8 22.53 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.22 1.7 16.22 1.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.64 7.5 10.64 7.5 – – 3....................................................... 20.02 8.9 20.02 8.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.39 10.3 15.39 10.3 – – 5....................................................... 14.32 7.6 14.32 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 14.48 3.2 14.48 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.80 4.6 20.80 4.6 – – Printing press operators.................................... $16.85 12.8 $16.85 12.8 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 18.22 6.9 18.22 6.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.33 10.8 14.33 10.8 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 14.33 12.8 14.33 12.8 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.38 7.7 19.38 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 12.55 9.4 12.55 9.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.70 4.6 14.70 4.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.17 5.4 17.16 6.3 $17.22 3.1 4....................................................... 16.13 12.8 16.07 13.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.60 5.6 16.30 8.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 14.30 12.0 14.26 12.1 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.70 4.6 16.70 4.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.26 4.4 14.16 4.9 15.17 4.1 1....................................................... 9.30 8.3 9.27 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.41 13.1 12.41 13.1 – – 3....................................................... 18.11 3.2 18.41 3.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.19 6.8 13.15 7.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.89 3.4 17.12 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 19.50 6.1 19.92 5.6 – – Construction laborers....................................... 16.90 .9 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 11.76 9.3 11.76 9.3 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 19.81 3.5 19.81 3.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.52 10.4 13.22 13.5 14.53 4.2 3....................................................... 14.78 5.2 – – – – Service............................................................. 11.77 4.8 9.98 4.0 16.34 5.0 1....................................................... 7.98 6.4 7.95 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 8.74 8.9 8.41 9.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.51 4.7 9.43 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 10.47 7.7 9.84 11.3 12.91 8.3 5....................................................... 15.08 13.1 16.58 21.1 12.90 5.9 6....................................................... 18.67 6.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.32 1.2 – – 20.83 .3 8....................................................... 16.65 8.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.95 2.7 – – 21.81 2.8 Protective service............................................ 17.49 5.7 12.29 18.5 18.66 4.0 5....................................................... 12.72 6.8 – – 12.95 6.9 7....................................................... 20.78 .5 – – – – 9....................................................... 21.95 2.7 – – 21.81 2.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.46 2.7 – – 19.46 2.7 9....................................................... 21.26 3.7 – – 21.26 3.7 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.15 16.1 11.80 17.7 – – Food service.................................................. 8.37 5.9 8.38 6.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.12 6.5 7.00 7.8 – – 2....................................................... $8.23 22.5 $8.23 22.5 – – 4....................................................... 7.88 22.2 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.05 26.7 6.05 26.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 6.66 28.7 6.66 28.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.18 3.7 9.30 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 7.66 2.2 7.63 2.9 – – 2....................................................... 7.42 3.5 7.42 3.5 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.30 16.6 11.30 16.6 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.43 11.5 11.48 12.6 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.03 8.2 8.20 13.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.76 2.9 7.76 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.66 3.5 7.66 3.5 – – Health service................................................ 10.11 3.2 9.75 4.2 $13.71 5.2 2....................................................... 9.54 3.6 9.54 3.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.87 5.0 9.75 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.01 5.8 – – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 9.31 8.6 8.90 8.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.28 4.4 9.90 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 9.74 7.8 9.74 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.96 4.4 9.84 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.05 5.4 9.33 6.3 12.55 9.8 1....................................................... 8.90 8.1 8.85 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.89 12.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.06 8.5 – – – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.32 4.9 8.32 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.12 4.9 8.10 5.2 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.47 7.4 8.95 7.2 11.57 3.2 1....................................................... 9.10 10.3 9.03 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.89 12.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 14.20 24.1 14.32 25.9 – – 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.09 4.7 $9.77 5.0 $14.90 13.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.59 5.6 10.21 6.0 15.11 13.2 White collar........................................................ 13.08 8.3 12.64 8.8 17.60 21.3 1....................................................... 7.13 5.0 7.14 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.60 5.1 8.57 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.61 5.7 9.68 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.41 10.6 15.88 10.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.19 13.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.35 14.7 21.35 14.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.80 6.3 20.92 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.65 3.3 21.20 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.33 9.8 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.43 10.4 18.51 11.8 18.09 21.8 2....................................................... 9.32 4.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.99 1.6 10.04 1.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.41 10.6 15.88 10.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.02 14.5 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.35 14.7 21.35 14.7 – – 7....................................................... 20.80 6.3 20.92 7.0 – – 8....................................................... 21.65 3.3 21.20 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.33 9.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.11 9.1 25.73 10.7 22.79 14.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.00 10.8 27.03 13.2 22.79 14.2 7....................................................... 22.23 2.3 22.59 2.1 – – 8....................................................... 21.87 4.1 21.53 6.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.33 9.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 28.76 13.2 28.13 13.9 – – 7....................................................... 22.81 1.8 22.81 1.8 – – 8....................................................... 21.53 6.0 21.53 6.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.18 1.3 23.17 1.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.91 .3 22.91 .3 – – 8....................................................... 21.45 5.8 21.45 5.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 24.33 1.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 16.59 21.7 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.34 5.9 19.34 5.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.36 4.6 8.37 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 5.4 7.16 5.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.39 5.6 8.39 5.6 – – 3....................................................... $9.46 9.3 $9.54 9.2 – – Sales counter clerks........................................ 10.82 6.1 10.82 6.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.05 4.9 8.05 5.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.47 7.1 7.47 7.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.19 6.1 8.19 6.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.90 6.1 11.20 7.1 $9.25 2.5 2....................................................... 9.32 4.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.02 2.0 10.08 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 12.1 14.92 12.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 12.61 9.9 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 10.21 1.3 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.70 6.4 9.55 6.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.93 6.0 6.93 6.0 – – 2....................................................... 10.50 4.0 10.36 3.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.10 17.8 11.90 21.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.69 7.3 8.69 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.16 4.5 7.16 4.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.33 5.7 8.33 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.26 4.8 7.26 4.8 – – Service............................................................. 7.11 5.5 6.99 6.0 9.81 5.5 1....................................................... 6.17 6.9 6.10 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 6.82 14.2 6.57 14.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.29 15.6 8.30 15.9 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.11 4.6 6.03 4.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.03 7.5 5.94 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 5.94 9.8 5.84 9.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.85 9.5 4.85 9.5 – – 1....................................................... 3.10 6.2 3.10 6.2 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.76 26.9 4.76 26.9 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 4.79 23.9 4.79 23.9 – – Other food service........................................... 6.40 4.9 6.31 5.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.62 7.5 6.54 7.5 – – 2....................................................... 5.51 7.2 5.39 6.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 8.06 10.5 8.07 10.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 5.62 22.8 5.51 24.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.94 8.9 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... $6.36 2.6 $6.22 3.1 – – 1....................................................... 6.29 7.1 6.18 6.3 – – Health service................................................ 10.05 5.8 10.05 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.73 8.3 9.73 8.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.04 6.4 10.04 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.75 9.3 9.75 9.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.59 5.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.75 5.5 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 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....................................................... $19.54 $10.09 $20.52 $17.79 $18.39 $25.74 All excluding sales............................................. 19.63 10.59 20.85 18.05 18.76 23.89 White collar........................................................ 22.18 13.08 23.21 21.16 21.17 32.52 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.55 18.43 24.96 21.96 22.20 32.66 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.74 25.11 34.01 24.49 25.66 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.28 26.00 32.30 26.32 27.17 – Technical....................................................... 19.93 19.34 53.96 18.14 19.71 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.33 – 22.47 29.51 28.08 – Sales............................................................. 17.01 8.36 11.36 13.85 11.38 32.32 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.98 10.90 16.52 13.12 13.89 – Blue collar......................................................... 18.24 9.70 20.22 13.65 17.74 17.37 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 22.83 – 24.67 18.76 22.84 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.22 – 18.20 12.59 16.12 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.17 12.10 18.76 12.68 16.51 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.26 8.69 16.23 10.08 13.21 – Service............................................................. 11.77 7.11 14.34 9.95 10.60 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.2 4.7 2.8 2.8 2.2 20.8 All excluding sales............................................. 2.4 5.6 2.4 3.0 2.2 27.3 White collar........................................................ 2.7 8.3 4.0 2.9 2.5 25.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.7 10.4 2.6 3.0 2.5 41.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 9.1 3.1 3.9 3.4 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 10.8 2.0 4.3 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 2.8 5.9 26.7 3.1 3.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.5 – 11.4 5.9 5.6 – Sales............................................................. 7.0 4.6 6.1 6.8 6.2 19.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.6 6.1 3.3 1.3 1.4 – Blue collar......................................................... 1.7 6.4 2.6 3.5 1.8 16.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 – 2.2 5.6 3.1 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.7 – 1.6 6.6 1.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 17.8 5.4 10.1 6.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.4 7.3 8.1 4.9 5.3 – Service............................................................. 4.8 5.5 8.7 3.0 2.8 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.15 $21.19 $22.74 $24.26 $20.62 $16.57 $23.36 $12.10 - $16.98 All excluding sales............................................. 18.49 21.23 22.74 24.26 20.66 16.94 22.80 12.34 - 17.13 White collar........................................................ 21.17 25.92 – 21.41 26.41 19.92 26.12 15.39 - 20.44 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.35 26.31 – 21.41 26.88 21.18 25.31 21.49 - 20.80 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.94 28.93 – – 28.78 24.93 37.42 33.20 - 23.41 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.09 30.46 – – 30.30 25.77 27.37 – - 25.06 Technical....................................................... 22.45 20.81 – – 20.88 22.76 – – - 19.11 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.75 34.06 – 22.95 36.17 28.08 36.40 26.59 - 25.43 Sales............................................................. 13.43 – – – – 13.02 – 11.42 - 11.68 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.04 14.96 – 16.20 14.71 13.85 18.25 13.56 - 12.31 Blue collar......................................................... 17.84 19.22 – 24.95 17.95 14.80 18.57 13.04 - 12.36 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.42 25.44 – 28.65 23.45 19.54 22.04 17.73 - 16.56 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.09 16.34 – – 16.41 11.06 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.59 21.94 – – 21.50 13.07 – 13.38 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.05 14.49 – 17.49 13.15 12.07 18.40 10.88 - 9.07 Service............................................................. 9.06 13.77 – – 13.77 8.88 – 6.70 - 9.36 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....................................................... 2.4 3.2 15.6 10.8 3.4 3.4 5.7 8.1 - 4.6 All excluding sales............................................. 2.6 3.1 15.6 10.8 3.4 3.7 6.7 8.2 - 4.6 White collar........................................................ 2.7 3.5 – 7.4 3.7 3.2 7.0 10.6 - 2.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 2.9 – 7.4 2.9 3.5 8.2 17.0 - 2.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 3.0 – – 3.1 4.3 3.4 10.1 - 5.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.9 3.3 – – 3.5 5.6 4.4 – - 6.7 Technical....................................................... 2.0 3.0 – – 3.0 2.4 – – - 2.1 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 12.0 – .0 12.0 6.7 20.4 17.2 - 5.9 Sales............................................................. 6.1 – – – – 6.2 – 10.8 - 5.1 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.9 1.5 – 1.5 1.6 2.3 4.6 7.1 - 1.8 Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 2.3 – 13.0 1.4 5.1 8.5 6.6 - 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 4.5 – 5.4 5.7 5.2 3.9 10.4 - 6.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.5 1.6 – – 1.7 5.9 – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 1.8 – – 1.7 10.8 – 9.9 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 5.4 – 2.9 6.0 5.7 7.9 6.0 - 6.4 Service............................................................. 1.8 9.1 – – 9.1 1.7 – 9.3 - 2.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $18.15 $14.64 $19.21 $16.00 $22.75 All excluding sales............................................. 18.49 14.36 19.67 16.51 22.90 White collar........................................................ 21.17 18.63 21.75 18.32 24.86 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.35 19.17 22.96 20.03 25.19 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.94 21.12 26.75 21.14 29.67 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.09 21.64 27.77 21.99 30.67 Technical....................................................... 22.45 20.43 23.11 18.40 25.87 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 29.75 28.59 29.99 29.22 30.85 Sales............................................................. 13.43 17.02 11.40 10.78 14.72 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.04 12.55 14.37 13.86 14.87 Blue collar......................................................... 17.84 14.40 18.98 16.38 22.23 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23.42 21.10 24.01 23.44 24.60 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.09 12.16 16.80 13.44 21.36 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.59 13.75 19.86 17.32 21.23 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.05 10.63 14.30 12.10 18.90 Service............................................................. 9.06 7.69 9.74 8.52 11.99 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....................................................... 2.4 5.2 2.9 4.1 3.0 All excluding sales............................................. 2.6 5.8 3.0 4.4 2.9 White collar........................................................ 2.7 6.2 3.1 5.4 3.9 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.8 7.6 3.2 5.3 3.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.2 9.2 3.6 4.9 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.9 13.0 4.2 6.4 4.8 Technical....................................................... 2.0 9.7 2.0 6.1 4.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 11.8 7.4 10.2 8.9 Sales............................................................. 6.1 14.8 5.5 5.7 32.7 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.9 4.5 2.0 3.2 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 2.1 7.5 2.1 2.9 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.5 15.9 2.2 3.2 2.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 1.5 7.7 2.2 2.1 6.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 11.5 5.9 12.9 5.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.0 5.5 5.7 9.6 6.9 Service............................................................. 1.8 10.2 4.5 3.2 5.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.71 $15.85 $23.80 $30.31 All excluding sales........................... 8.25 11.01 16.25 24.04 30.56 White collar.................................... 9.47 12.72 18.47 26.14 36.63 White collar excluding sales................ 10.50 13.67 19.10 26.91 38.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.19 16.69 23.20 30.30 41.82 Professional specialty...................... 14.52 18.66 24.89 32.00 43.42 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 25.09 28.55 33.34 40.87 Civil engineers......................... 23.08 25.09 25.30 28.55 35.58 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.19 23.54 29.46 34.72 41.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.38 23.98 28.85 34.43 39.95 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 16.00 18.83 22.88 28.76 43.79 Physicians.............................. 19.22 52.89 61.93 61.93 84.13 Registered nurses....................... 16.02 18.83 22.24 26.56 29.02 Pharmacists............................. 34.47 37.80 38.99 41.82 44.76 Occupational therapists................. 15.56 18.19 20.04 25.00 30.86 Physical therapists..................... 18.47 18.75 20.10 27.00 29.37 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.49 23.08 39.14 54.54 54.54 Other post-secondary teachers........... 14.38 15.88 22.98 36.59 46.44 Teachers, except college and university... 14.53 22.45 27.84 36.17 44.63 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.51 24.63 29.35 39.34 47.25 Secondary school teachers............... 23.70 26.02 31.46 39.40 50.34 Teachers, special education............. 14.52 15.38 24.76 30.05 39.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 10.71 19.59 20.41 24.67 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.09 22.17 24.64 28.84 38.06 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.07 12.87 14.52 15.09 17.84 Social workers.......................... 12.07 12.76 14.52 15.09 17.33 Lawyers and judges........................ 14.42 17.27 22.47 27.02 42.79 Lawyers................................. 14.42 17.27 22.47 27.02 42.79 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.75 14.70 18.41 22.72 34.20 Technical................................... 8.45 13.50 17.66 22.50 28.35 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.86 15.17 18.68 24.52 28.76 Radiological technicians................ 13.65 20.00 22.49 26.29 27.66 Licensed practical nurses............... 7.91 8.45 14.25 16.43 17.66 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.70 10.00 14.94 17.60 18.92 Drafters................................ 14.42 17.75 18.81 20.77 20.85 Computer programmers.................... 20.93 23.08 27.89 35.47 40.87 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.31 12.00 18.32 28.61 34.86 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.45 19.30 24.50 35.08 47.33 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.65 23.56 31.47 41.11 57.59 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.25 24.12 28.33 31.73 39.29 Financial managers...................... 26.28 26.28 27.93 42.55 75.48 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $14.42 $22.28 $25.00 $63.65 $63.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 21.21 31.21 35.08 46.47 67.86 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.21 28.37 32.30 38.22 42.90 Managers, service organizations, n.e.c.. 10.50 19.68 22.11 26.00 36.18 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.45 27.29 37.31 45.32 55.89 Management related........................ 14.82 17.80 19.95 23.20 27.71 Accountants and auditors................ 14.85 19.10 20.19 25.09 27.13 Other financial officers................ 20.74 20.74 23.20 27.24 30.98 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.79 17.44 19.95 23.86 23.86 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.38 22.26 25.46 28.77 29.55 Construction inspectors................. 14.77 17.72 18.75 21.44 22.00 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.50 15.66 19.30 20.80 25.53 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.92 9.75 14.85 22.89 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.10 10.10 14.85 29.56 32.16 Sales workers, apparel.................. 5.50 6.15 8.50 9.35 10.39 Sales counter clerks.................... 8.00 8.50 9.38 12.90 15.55 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.85 8.00 9.78 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.84 12.98 16.50 19.55 Secretaries............................. 10.89 13.07 14.92 17.31 20.57 Typists................................. 8.72 9.02 10.37 13.60 18.74 Receptionists........................... 9.36 10.43 11.00 14.07 15.87 Library clerks.......................... 7.60 8.50 10.92 13.18 14.92 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.52 11.60 11.80 13.82 15.28 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.02 12.87 15.63 17.51 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 9.35 11.00 12.56 13.60 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.25 9.25 11.45 15.43 21.73 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.10 11.11 15.26 20.96 21.43 Bill and account collectors............. 13.00 13.71 14.84 22.34 22.34 General office clerks................... 8.40 9.47 11.70 13.17 16.92 Bank tellers............................ 8.25 8.67 10.00 11.39 12.50 Teachers' aides......................... 7.29 8.68 11.31 13.77 17.03 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.57 11.68 12.98 16.30 18.49 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 11.60 16.50 23.99 26.94 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.00 17.64 23.19 28.21 30.14 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.85 22.48 23.79 30.52 36.34 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.80 20.39 26.25 29.75 29.75 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.76 15.00 16.88 20.37 22.63 Carpenters.............................. 24.87 28.64 28.64 30.14 30.14 Electricians............................ 19.29 29.20 29.20 33.72 36.78 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 16.93 17.84 23.43 24.81 30.29 Supervisors, production................. 17.56 20.10 23.66 25.87 29.71 Machinists.............................. 15.93 19.29 22.40 28.21 28.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. $9.52 $11.00 $14.00 $22.74 $25.62 Printing press operators................ 10.56 10.92 14.83 23.99 23.99 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 11.81 13.06 16.60 25.94 25.98 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.16 10.16 13.84 16.48 22.55 Welders and cutters..................... 9.25 12.36 14.00 17.88 17.88 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.00 25.12 25.62 26.21 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.72 11.58 11.58 14.83 25.79 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.56 15.61 21.68 25.62 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 10.00 14.61 17.15 22.64 Bus drivers............................. 11.10 12.20 12.89 18.41 18.41 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.37 14.23 14.86 20.58 25.46 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 9.00 11.92 17.46 20.25 Construction laborers................... 10.00 11.00 17.50 23.61 23.78 Production helpers...................... 8.00 8.00 9.56 15.78 19.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.50 9.00 11.92 15.03 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.73 17.46 20.25 20.25 24.58 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 9.75 13.11 16.95 19.76 Service......................................... 5.50 7.00 9.00 12.02 18.45 Protective service........................ 9.88 12.25 16.98 21.19 23.88 Police and detectives, public service... 15.35 15.35 19.45 22.78 24.12 Guards and police, except public service 8.55 9.33 10.50 15.25 20.21 Food service.............................. 3.09 5.60 7.00 8.85 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.55 9.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.19 9.00 11.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 3.23 4.20 6.00 Other food service....................... 5.40 6.10 7.25 8.59 11.24 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.25 7.60 10.00 14.53 16.83 Cooks................................... 6.25 7.40 9.00 10.47 12.24 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 6.00 7.44 8.00 9.62 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.40 6.00 6.75 7.72 8.85 Health service............................ 7.50 8.75 10.00 11.37 12.77 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.00 6.25 8.63 10.78 13.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.75 10.00 11.25 12.38 Cleaning and building service............. 6.90 7.50 8.95 11.08 15.40 Maids and housemen...................... 6.90 7.00 8.13 8.90 10.53 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.55 7.50 8.56 10.30 13.09 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.70 10.20 12.30 32.61 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 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.70 $10.25 $15.55 $23.65 $29.56 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.72 16.00 24.00 29.75 White collar.................................... 9.48 12.52 18.47 25.63 35.57 White collar excluding sales................ 10.86 13.79 19.22 26.51 36.54 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.43 17.77 23.25 29.67 40.00 Professional specialty...................... 14.78 18.91 25.06 31.28 42.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 25.09 28.55 33.37 40.87 Civil engineers......................... 23.30 25.09 25.30 28.55 36.06 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.24 26.27 30.56 35.76 42.31 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.81 26.44 30.56 35.54 41.33 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.87 18.57 22.33 27.88 34.47 Physicians.............................. 18.39 19.22 20.99 75.00 95.00 Registered nurses....................... 16.09 18.83 22.52 26.71 29.17 Pharmacists............................. 36.40 37.97 39.56 42.10 44.76 Occupational therapists................. 15.56 18.19 20.04 25.00 30.86 Physical therapists..................... 18.47 18.75 20.10 27.00 29.37 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Other post-secondary teachers........... 17.49 19.03 25.31 41.27 46.44 Teachers, except college and university... 12.61 12.61 14.53 20.41 25.47 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 14.25 14.25 20.41 20.41 29.39 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 11.73 11.83 12.76 14.78 16.51 Social workers.......................... 11.73 11.83 12.62 14.78 14.78 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.75 14.70 18.27 22.72 34.67 Technical................................... 13.92 15.67 19.26 23.93 29.29 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.86 15.17 18.68 24.52 28.76 Radiological technicians................ 13.65 20.00 22.49 26.29 27.66 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.14 14.67 16.01 17.66 18.95 Drafters................................ 14.42 17.75 18.81 20.77 20.85 Computer programmers.................... 20.93 23.08 27.89 35.47 40.87 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.61 19.30 25.53 36.06 47.67 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 16.85 23.48 32.30 41.11 63.65 Financial managers...................... 26.28 26.28 27.93 42.55 75.48 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 14.42 22.28 25.00 63.65 63.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 22.71 32.91 35.08 35.08 83.59 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.21 28.37 32.30 38.22 42.90 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.45 27.64 37.51 45.41 56.83 Management related........................ 15.45 19.10 20.00 23.86 28.24 Accountants and auditors................ $15.61 $19.10 $19.24 $23.08 $25.76 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.79 18.85 19.95 23.86 23.86 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.50 18.99 19.30 21.79 29.71 Sales......................................... 6.50 7.95 9.75 14.85 22.89 Sales workers, apparel.................. 5.50 6.15 8.50 9.35 10.39 Sales counter clerks.................... 8.00 8.50 9.38 12.90 15.55 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.76 8.00 9.78 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 11.00 13.21 17.00 20.00 Secretaries............................. 12.00 13.46 15.39 17.95 20.77 Receptionists........................... 9.38 10.30 11.00 14.38 15.87 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 6.82 11.60 12.14 13.93 15.87 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.02 12.87 15.75 17.38 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 9.35 11.00 12.56 13.60 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.25 9.25 12.02 15.43 21.73 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.10 11.11 15.26 20.96 21.43 Bill and account collectors............. 13.00 13.71 14.84 22.34 22.34 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.00 11.48 13.02 17.45 Bank tellers............................ 8.25 8.67 10.00 11.39 12.50 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.57 11.84 13.10 16.59 18.49 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 11.58 16.50 24.81 27.90 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.40 19.29 24.81 28.64 30.14 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.85 22.48 23.79 30.52 36.34 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.80 20.39 26.25 29.75 29.75 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.60 16.00 17.54 21.69 22.63 Carpenters.............................. 24.87 28.64 28.64 30.14 30.14 Electricians............................ 19.29 29.20 29.20 33.72 36.78 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 22.24 22.74 23.43 24.81 30.29 Supervisors, production................. 17.56 20.10 23.66 25.87 29.71 Machinists.............................. 15.93 19.29 22.40 28.21 28.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.52 11.00 14.00 22.74 25.62 Printing press operators................ 10.56 10.92 14.83 23.99 23.99 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 11.81 13.06 16.60 25.94 25.98 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.16 10.16 13.84 16.48 22.55 Welders and cutters..................... 9.25 12.36 14.00 17.88 17.88 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.00 25.12 25.62 26.21 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.72 11.58 11.58 14.83 25.79 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.50 15.12 22.64 25.62 Truck drivers........................... $9.50 $10.00 $14.61 $17.15 $22.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.37 14.23 14.86 20.58 25.46 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 9.00 11.29 17.46 20.25 Construction laborers................... 10.00 10.00 17.50 23.78 23.78 Production helpers...................... 8.00 8.00 9.56 15.78 19.76 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.25 6.50 9.00 11.92 15.03 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.73 17.46 20.25 20.25 24.58 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 9.00 13.11 17.89 19.76 Service......................................... 5.15 6.50 8.25 10.33 12.93 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.55 10.08 11.22 20.21 Guards and police, except public service 8.55 9.26 10.08 11.22 20.21 Food service.............................. 3.00 5.50 7.00 8.94 11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.55 9.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.19 9.00 11.00 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 3.23 4.20 6.00 Other food service....................... 5.36 6.00 7.10 8.70 11.72 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.25 7.60 10.00 14.53 16.83 Cooks................................... 6.25 7.25 9.00 10.36 12.81 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 5.60 6.55 8.00 10.03 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.40 6.00 6.50 7.70 8.50 Health service............................ 7.25 8.75 9.75 10.94 12.08 Health aides, except nursing............ 6.00 6.25 8.00 9.66 13.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.00 8.75 10.00 10.94 11.50 Cleaning and building service............. 6.55 7.28 8.34 10.23 12.92 Maids and housemen...................... 6.90 7.00 8.13 8.86 10.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.55 7.20 8.02 9.96 11.70 Personal service.......................... 6.00 7.70 10.00 12.69 33.73 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.52 $12.76 $16.98 $24.55 $35.21 All excluding sales........................... 9.52 12.76 16.98 24.58 35.36 White collar.................................... 9.36 13.19 18.25 28.52 41.57 White collar excluding sales................ 9.49 13.19 18.39 28.52 41.68 Professional specialty and technical.......... 9.33 14.80 23.19 31.82 43.82 Professional specialty...................... 14.23 16.13 24.67 33.93 46.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.49 22.11 60.73 61.93 61.93 Registered nurses....................... 15.35 20.20 20.86 23.70 26.84 Teachers, college and university.......... 15.39 20.14 23.77 32.54 44.94 Teachers, except college and university... 15.38 24.18 28.94 37.72 45.43 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.66 25.23 30.31 39.65 48.14 Secondary school teachers............... 24.72 26.90 32.31 39.84 50.34 Teachers, special education............. 14.52 15.38 24.76 30.05 39.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 10.71 18.18 20.40 24.07 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.72 13.45 14.80 15.38 22.66 Social workers.......................... 12.72 13.45 14.80 15.38 22.66 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 7.91 7.91 8.45 9.19 9.50 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.87 17.72 21.45 32.85 45.61 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.68 24.12 31.16 41.31 57.59 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.25 24.12 28.33 31.73 39.29 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 19.86 30.19 37.71 52.41 62.10 Management related........................ 14.24 15.66 17.98 21.26 23.28 Construction inspectors................. 12.98 16.30 17.98 20.45 21.44 Management related, n.e.c............... 10.48 14.24 15.66 15.99 18.08 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.02 10.56 12.02 14.79 17.03 Secretaries............................. 10.56 11.26 13.70 16.32 18.15 Library clerks.......................... 6.98 8.30 9.82 12.61 14.70 General office clerks................... 9.83 11.69 11.94 14.04 16.49 Teachers' aides......................... 7.29 8.68 11.31 13.77 17.03 Blue collar..................................... 11.10 13.06 16.57 18.41 20.26 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.16 $13.00 $16.71 $18.39 $20.00 Transportation and material moving............ 11.90 14.63 17.25 18.41 21.68 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 11.24 12.75 15.33 16.95 19.79 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 10.00 11.91 13.55 16.95 19.60 Service......................................... 8.43 10.95 15.35 20.13 23.46 Protective service........................ 12.25 15.35 18.51 22.45 24.44 Police and detectives, public service... 15.35 15.35 19.45 22.78 24.12 Food service.............................. 7.44 7.55 7.66 8.59 10.69 Other food service....................... 7.44 7.55 7.66 8.59 10.69 Health service............................ 11.98 12.02 13.79 16.21 16.21 Cleaning and building service............. $8.43 $9.55 $10.94 $15.01 $17.96 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.43 8.91 10.69 13.09 15.35 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.73 $16.95 $24.80 $31.21 All excluding sales........................... 9.06 11.94 17.13 24.83 31.25 White collar.................................... 10.19 13.27 18.81 26.88 37.99 White collar excluding sales................ 10.76 13.77 19.23 27.24 38.53 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.19 16.63 23.51 30.56 41.91 Professional specialty...................... 14.52 18.57 25.09 32.45 43.78 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.00 25.09 28.55 33.34 40.87 Civil engineers......................... 23.08 25.09 25.30 28.55 35.58 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.19 23.54 29.46 34.72 41.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.38 23.98 28.85 34.43 39.95 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.77 18.64 22.73 29.16 44.12 Physicians.............................. 19.22 21.93 61.93 61.93 75.75 Registered nurses....................... 15.83 18.83 22.00 26.74 29.33 Pharmacists............................. 34.43 37.80 38.94 40.50 44.65 Occupational therapists................. 15.56 17.85 19.34 25.00 30.86 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.49 24.55 45.40 54.54 54.54 Other post-secondary teachers........... 14.54 15.88 24.62 38.05 46.44 Teachers, except college and university... 15.38 23.02 28.52 36.57 45.11 Elementary school teachers.............. 18.51 24.63 29.35 39.34 47.25 Secondary school teachers............... 23.75 26.03 31.60 39.64 50.34 Teachers, special education............. 14.52 15.38 24.76 30.05 39.41 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 10.71 10.71 19.59 20.41 24.87 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 17.09 22.17 24.64 28.84 38.06 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.07 12.82 14.52 15.09 17.84 Social workers.......................... 12.07 12.76 14.52 15.09 17.33 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.75 14.70 18.41 22.72 34.20 Technical................................... 8.45 13.26 17.66 22.50 28.35 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 12.86 15.17 18.68 24.52 28.80 Radiological technicians................ 13.65 20.00 22.44 26.29 28.35 Licensed practical nurses............... 7.91 8.45 13.92 16.12 17.66 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.70 10.00 14.10 17.89 18.92 Drafters................................ 14.42 17.75 18.81 20.77 20.85 Computer programmers.................... 20.93 23.08 27.89 35.47 40.87 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 10.31 12.00 18.32 28.61 34.86 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 15.61 19.30 24.58 35.08 47.35 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.89 24.04 31.73 41.26 57.59 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 18.25 24.12 28.22 31.73 38.95 Financial managers...................... 26.28 26.28 27.93 42.55 75.48 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 14.42 22.28 25.00 63.65 63.65 Administrators, education and related fields............................... $21.21 $31.21 $35.08 $46.47 $67.86 Managers, medicine and health........... 28.21 28.37 32.30 38.22 42.90 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 15.45 27.29 37.31 45.32 55.89 Management related........................ 14.82 17.80 19.95 23.20 27.71 Accountants and auditors................ 14.85 19.10 20.19 25.09 27.13 Other financial officers................ 20.74 20.74 23.20 27.24 30.98 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 12.79 17.44 19.95 23.86 23.86 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 20.38 22.26 25.46 28.77 29.55 Construction inspectors................. 14.77 17.72 18.75 21.44 22.00 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.50 15.66 19.30 20.80 25.53 Sales......................................... 8.00 9.75 12.02 19.24 29.56 Supervisors, sales...................... 10.10 10.10 14.85 29.56 32.16 Cashiers................................ 8.24 9.00 10.97 11.60 11.60 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.40 11.06 13.16 16.74 19.64 Secretaries............................. 11.26 13.25 15.08 17.43 20.77 Typists................................. 8.72 9.02 10.37 13.60 18.74 Receptionists........................... 9.41 10.50 11.00 14.07 15.87 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.99 11.60 12.14 13.93 15.41 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.00 12.02 12.87 15.63 17.51 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 9.00 9.35 11.00 12.56 13.60 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 9.25 9.25 11.45 15.43 21.73 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 10.10 11.11 15.26 20.96 21.43 Bill and account collectors............. 13.00 13.75 22.34 22.34 22.34 General office clerks................... 8.22 9.67 11.86 13.70 17.45 Bank tellers............................ 8.30 9.14 10.20 11.39 12.51 Teachers' aides......................... 6.00 9.16 11.66 13.86 17.03 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.87 11.89 13.12 16.54 18.49 Blue collar..................................... 9.87 12.28 17.15 24.81 27.85 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.50 17.84 23.19 28.21 30.14 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.85 22.48 23.79 30.52 36.34 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 16.80 20.39 26.25 29.75 29.75 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 11.76 15.00 16.88 20.37 22.63 Carpenters.............................. 24.87 28.64 28.64 30.14 30.14 Electricians............................ 19.29 29.20 29.20 33.72 36.78 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 16.93 17.84 23.43 24.81 30.29 Supervisors, production................. 17.56 20.10 23.66 25.87 29.71 Machinists.............................. 15.93 19.29 22.40 28.21 28.21 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 10.00 11.36 14.09 22.74 25.62 Printing press operators................ 10.56 10.92 14.83 23.99 23.99 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 11.81 13.06 16.60 25.94 25.98 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.16 10.16 13.84 16.48 22.55 Welders and cutters..................... $9.25 $12.36 $14.00 $17.88 $17.88 Assemblers.............................. 9.00 11.00 25.62 25.62 26.21 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.72 11.58 11.58 14.83 25.79 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.56 16.57 22.64 25.62 Truck drivers........................... 9.50 10.00 13.50 17.15 22.64 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.37 14.23 14.86 20.58 25.46 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.35 9.80 13.15 18.70 20.49 Construction laborers................... 10.00 11.00 17.50 23.11 23.78 Production helpers...................... 8.00 8.00 9.56 15.78 19.76 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 16.73 17.46 20.25 20.25 24.58 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.50 9.75 13.11 16.95 19.76 Service......................................... 6.55 7.80 10.00 14.53 20.21 Protective service........................ 10.44 12.96 17.23 21.31 24.04 Police and detectives, public service... 15.35 15.35 19.47 22.82 24.12 Guards and police, except public service 8.55 9.33 10.50 13.63 20.21 Food service.............................. 3.15 6.50 8.00 9.34 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 3.09 3.73 9.00 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 3.09 8.94 9.00 13.40 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.25 8.00 10.00 14.53 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.25 7.60 10.00 14.53 16.83 Cooks................................... 7.40 8.70 10.36 11.34 23.12 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.15 7.44 7.66 8.59 10.50 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 7.00 7.67 8.50 9.00 Health service............................ 7.56 8.75 10.00 11.22 12.97 Health aides, except nursing............ 5.51 7.50 8.87 12.02 13.10 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.15 8.75 10.00 11.14 12.86 Cleaning and building service............. $6.90 $7.50 $8.95 $11.95 $15.40 Maids and housemen...................... 6.90 7.00 8.13 9.00 10.55 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.55 7.50 8.57 10.30 13.09 Personal service.......................... 6.00 8.50 10.67 12.94 34.66 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, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.50 $6.40 $8.25 $10.94 $18.18 All excluding sales........................... 5.30 6.25 8.25 11.50 20.00 White collar.................................... 6.50 7.45 9.29 15.50 23.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.50 10.00 14.34 22.57 26.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.25 19.00 22.00 25.54 29.00 Professional specialty...................... 14.25 19.00 22.57 26.00 31.00 Health related............................ 18.04 20.00 24.00 26.60 34.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.00 20.01 24.00 26.00 27.75 Teachers, college and university.......... 17.00 21.00 23.00 25.00 30.00 Teachers, except college and university... 10.32 10.32 14.25 21.06 22.57 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... 13.50 17.25 20.00 22.75 23.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.20 6.70 7.95 9.00 10.91 Sales counter clerks.................... 7.70 8.95 9.25 12.90 16.40 Cashiers................................ 6.30 6.60 7.40 9.00 10.32 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.75 8.80 10.00 12.55 14.34 Secretaries............................. 9.12 9.92 14.34 14.34 14.34 General office clerks................... 8.50 8.90 9.60 11.37 13.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.20 6.50 9.00 11.92 14.35 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 5.15 11.00 12.20 14.71 17.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.20 6.40 7.20 10.14 11.92 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.20 6.40 7.95 10.14 11.92 Service......................................... 2.13 5.50 6.55 8.60 10.94 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.25 6.00 7.00 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.00 10.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 9.00 10.50 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 2.13 5.15 6.00 11.00 Other food service....................... 5.15 5.50 6.10 7.25 8.40 Cooks................................... 6.05 6.65 7.50 9.00 11.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 2.13 2.13 6.00 7.00 8.22 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.35 5.55 6.00 7.00 7.65 Health service............................ 6.50 8.50 10.94 11.50 11.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.75 9.00 10.94 11.50 11.50 Cleaning and building service............. $6.82 $7.47 $8.49 $9.52 $10.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.21 7.52 8.49 10.30 10.69 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, St. Louis, MO-IL, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 608,700 495,300 113,400 All excluding sales............................................. 568,200 455,200 112,900 White collar........................................................ 326,700 244,500 82,200 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 286,100 204,400 81,800 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 150,600 95,500 55,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 123,100 72,800 50,300 Technical....................................................... 27,500 22,600 4,900 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 44,100 35,900 8,300 Sales............................................................. 40,500 40,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 91,400 73,000 18,300 Blue collar......................................................... 165,700 155,200 10,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 51,100 46,400 4,600 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 55,300 55,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21,900 18,600 3,300 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 37,400 34,900 2,500 Service............................................................. 116,400 95,600 20,800 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.