NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Springfield, MA, Bulletin 3120-72, September 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.31 6.8 32.4 $17.73 10.2 31.6 $23.80 1.8 35.2 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.85 6.9 33.6 24.30 10.8 33.3 29.60 1.8 34.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.07 10.8 33.8 32.18 18.5 33.6 37.35 2.8 34.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 6.2 37.4 32.63 5.9 39.1 25.70 14.0 30.6 Sales............................................................. 12.35 9.8 26.7 12.35 9.8 26.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.03 4.2 34.2 13.78 5.9 33.9 14.64 3.3 35.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.51 4.4 37.7 15.09 4.2 37.8 18.31 11.6 36.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.62 3.6 39.5 21.28 3.1 39.2 19.19 11.3 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.14 2.9 39.7 13.14 2.9 39.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.02 9.2 31.3 13.13 3.7 30.2 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.31 5.1 30.4 13.17 5.8 31.8 – – – Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.04 9.3 27.8 8.76 4.7 25.1 16.15 10.5 36.6 Full time........................................................... 21.26 7.2 38.4 19.85 11.0 38.8 24.44 1.6 37.5 Part time........................................................... 11.19 9.4 19.7 11.21 10.0 20.0 10.95 9.5 16.0 Union............................................................... 22.16 3.1 36.0 16.51 9.1 33.8 24.26 .7 36.8 Nonunion............................................................ 17.95 10.9 31.0 17.90 11.3 31.3 19.33 17.6 24.8 Time................................................................ 19.33 6.8 32.4 17.76 10.2 31.5 23.80 1.8 35.2 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.40 32.6 29.4 18.41 34.6 29.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.55 7.1 31.1 15.01 8.8 30.5 23.23 2.8 34.0 500 workers or more................................................. 23.35 2.9 36.3 22.44 4.7 36.0 24.44 1.5 36.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $19.31 6.8 $17.73 10.2 $23.80 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.60 7.0 18.04 10.5 23.80 1.8 White collar........................................................ 25.85 6.9 24.30 10.8 29.60 1.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 6.7 25.84 10.6 29.60 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.07 10.8 32.18 18.5 37.35 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.95 11.4 33.98 20.7 38.89 1.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.07 2.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 39.65 23.6 40.69 24.6 29.41 1.8 Registered nurses........................................... 25.61 5.4 24.94 5.9 29.41 1.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.40 8.1 55.45 22.3 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.65 5.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.56 .2 – – 37.74 .5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.40 .2 – – 38.40 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.52 13.2 24.79 14.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.48 2.9 17.21 2.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 6.2 32.63 5.9 25.70 14.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.77 6.6 31.72 7.4 32.20 8.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.77 11.1 – – – – Management related............................................ 31.01 16.3 34.34 14.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 32.16 25.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 34.55 7.1 34.55 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 12.35 9.8 12.35 9.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.76 1.1 8.76 1.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.03 4.2 13.78 5.9 14.64 3.3 Secretaries................................................. 15.03 5.6 14.66 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.31 4.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.93 3.1 12.38 6.4 14.97 1.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.74 3.7 – – 11.74 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 15.51 4.4 15.09 4.2 18.31 11.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.62 3.6 21.28 3.1 19.19 11.3 Electricians................................................ 20.70 7.4 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.14 2.9 $13.14 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.11 .0 16.11 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.06 7.9 13.06 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.02 9.2 13.13 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.31 5.1 13.17 5.8 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.08 .8 8.08 .8 – – Service............................................................. 11.04 9.3 8.76 4.7 $16.15 10.5 Protective service............................................ 16.46 17.4 9.53 12.5 20.57 7.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.62 1.9 – – 19.62 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.70 12.1 9.53 12.5 – – Food service.................................................. 8.56 7.3 7.95 5.7 12.61 12.7 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.02 3.8 5.02 3.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.83 3.6 4.83 3.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.71 3.2 9.09 2.8 12.61 12.7 Cooks....................................................... 13.05 7.7 12.01 4.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.08 5.6 – – 10.38 5.4 Health service................................................ 11.76 3.9 10.98 4.9 12.93 1.1 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.67 3.9 10.74 4.2 12.95 1.2 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.12 4.6 8.79 4.2 13.47 2.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.29 4.9 8.90 4.3 13.60 1.7 Personal service.............................................. 8.38 5.9 8.41 6.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $21.26 7.2 $19.85 11.0 $24.44 1.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.41 7.3 20.01 11.2 24.44 1.6 White collar........................................................ 27.76 8.6 26.64 13.7 29.92 2.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.41 8.7 27.56 14.0 29.92 2.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.59 12.0 34.10 21.5 37.72 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.35 12.6 35.80 24.0 39.31 1.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.07 2.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 43.88 28.2 45.84 29.2 29.58 1.7 Registered nurses........................................... 25.37 8.7 24.04 10.4 29.58 1.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.56 8.5 55.95 23.7 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.79 1.6 – – 38.30 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.40 .2 – – 38.40 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.79 14.2 26.75 15.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.52 6.3 32.63 5.9 25.51 15.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.8 31.72 7.4 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.77 11.1 – – – – Management related............................................ 31.01 16.3 34.34 14.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 32.16 25.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 34.55 7.1 34.55 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 15.63 14.0 15.63 14.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.26 4.9 14.02 7.3 14.71 3.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.97 6.6 14.43 5.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.31 4.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.45 2.5 – – 14.97 1.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.80 3.0 – – 11.80 3.0 Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 4.6 15.39 4.5 18.91 10.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.62 3.6 21.28 3.1 19.19 11.3 Electricians................................................ 20.70 7.4 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 2.9 13.15 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.11 .0 16.11 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.06 7.9 13.06 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $14.89 10.3 $13.58 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.61 12.2 15.73 12.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.83 9.4 9.64 4.1 $16.75 10.2 Protective service............................................ 18.38 12.8 10.63 9.0 21.58 5.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.62 1.9 – – 19.62 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.79 8.5 10.63 9.0 – – Food service.................................................. 10.11 6.4 9.12 5.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.12 6.4 10.28 6.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.04 7.8 11.99 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.83 4.9 10.76 5.4 12.97 .9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.81 5.1 10.63 5.5 12.98 1.0 Cleaning and building service................................. $10.97 5.1 $9.23 4.8 $13.47 2.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.32 5.7 9.51 4.5 13.60 1.7 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $11.19 9.4 $11.21 10.0 $10.95 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.46 10.2 11.50 11.0 10.95 9.5 White collar........................................................ 15.76 5.6 15.82 5.8 14.32 16.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.99 3.2 18.18 3.7 14.32 16.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.79 4.5 23.35 4.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.29 4.0 25.11 4.1 – – Health related................................................ 26.66 3.8 26.70 3.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.98 1.1 26.02 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.71 .1 8.71 .1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.68 .6 8.68 .6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.08 4.7 13.12 4.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.43 10.5 8.73 8.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.09 15.3 7.95 1.1 – – Service............................................................. 7.95 6.0 7.86 6.1 9.15 4.8 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.25 6.0 7.13 5.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.50 3.4 5.50 3.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 3.2 8.03 4.1 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.58 1.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.49 4.8 11.40 5.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.13 4.0 10.96 3.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.23 7.9 8.23 7.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 7.9 8.22 7.9 – – 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, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $817 7.3 38.4 $771 11.2 38.8 $916 1.5 37.5 All excluding sales............................................... 822 7.4 38.4 777 11.4 38.8 916 1.5 37.5 White collar........................................................ 1,041 9.0 37.5 1,023 14.2 38.4 1,074 1.4 35.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,064 9.0 37.4 1,058 14.6 38.4 1,074 1.4 35.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,326 12.2 37.3 1,307 21.8 38.3 1,352 2.3 35.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,387 12.9 37.1 1,374 24.2 38.4 1,402 1.4 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,277 3.1 39.8 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,709 29.2 39.0 1,787 30.3 39.0 1,145 4.1 38.7 Registered nurses........................................... 964 10.6 38.0 908 12.6 37.8 1,145 4.1 38.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,912 6.2 37.1 1,893 15.4 33.8 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,301 1.2 34.4 – – – 1,314 .6 34.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,305 .4 34.0 – – – 1,305 .4 34.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 946 14.9 38.2 1,018 16.3 38.1 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,226 7.3 38.9 1,276 7.1 39.1 967 16.2 37.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,247 8.6 39.2 1,241 9.5 39.1 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,201 12.0 39.0 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 1,194 17.0 38.5 1,341 14.8 39.0 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,258 27.0 39.1 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,304 5.4 37.7 1,304 5.4 37.7 – – – Sales............................................................. 607 14.1 38.8 607 14.1 38.8 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 530 5.1 37.1 533 8.0 38.0 523 3.3 35.6 Secretaries................................................. 587 5.7 39.2 572 5.5 39.6 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 611 4.0 39.9 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 538 2.8 37.2 – – – 556 1.5 37.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 367 6.5 31.1 – – – 367 6.5 31.1 Blue collar......................................................... 627 4.8 39.6 609 4.5 39.6 756 10.7 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 814 4.0 39.5 835 4.0 39.2 767 11.3 40.0 Electricians................................................ 828 7.4 40.0 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $521 2.3 39.7 $521 2.3 39.7 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 602 .0 37.4 602 .0 37.4 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 522 7.9 40.0 522 7.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 580 11.5 38.9 524 4.6 38.6 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 637 13.5 40.8 642 14.2 40.8 – – – Service............................................................. 502 9.9 39.1 373 4.6 38.7 $666 10.6 39.7 Protective service............................................ 732 13.4 39.8 424 8.9 39.9 859 6.2 39.8 Police and detectives, public service....................... 757 2.7 38.6 – – – 757 2.7 38.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 431 8.4 39.9 424 8.9 39.9 – – – Food service.................................................. 387 7.3 38.3 347 6.8 38.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 433 5.2 39.0 400 4.3 38.9 – – – Cooks....................................................... 508 8.8 39.0 465 6.0 38.8 – – – Health service................................................ 454 6.1 38.4 400 5.0 37.2 514 .9 39.7 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 453 6.4 38.4 393 4.6 37.0 517 1.1 39.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 438 5.1 39.9 367 4.9 39.8 539 2.1 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 451 5.8 39.9 378 4.6 39.8 544 1.7 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $40,311 7.3 1,896 $39,771 11.2 2,004 $41,338 1.5 1,691 All excluding sales............................................... 40,530 7.4 1,893 40,088 11.4 2,003 41,338 1.5 1,691 White collar........................................................ 49,376 9.0 1,779 52,471 14.2 1,969 44,818 1.4 1,498 White collar excluding sales.................................... 50,209 9.0 1,767 54,167 14.6 1,965 44,818 1.4 1,498 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,780 12.2 1,680 66,002 21.8 1,935 53,258 2.3 1,412 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,208 12.9 1,639 68,932 24.2 1,926 54,235 1.4 1,380 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 66,406 3.1 2,071 – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 88,324 29.2 2,013 92,940 30.3 2,027 56,554 4.1 1,912 Registered nurses........................................... 49,501 10.6 1,951 47,209 12.6 1,964 56,554 4.1 1,912 Teachers, college and university.............................. 74,159 6.2 1,438 74,675 15.4 1,335 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 48,493 1.2 1,283 – – – 48,682 .6 1,271 Elementary school teachers.................................. 48,287 .4 1,257 – – – 48,287 .4 1,257 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 49,187 14.9 1,984 52,927 16.3 1,979 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 63,725 7.3 2,022 66,283 7.1 2,031 50,293 16.2 1,972 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 64,777 8.6 2,034 64,446 9.5 2,032 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 62,096 12.0 2,018 – – – – – – Management related............................................ 62,077 17.0 2,002 69,713 14.8 2,030 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 65,435 27.0 2,035 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 67,796 5.4 1,962 67,796 5.4 1,962 – – – Sales............................................................. 31,551 14.1 2,019 31,551 14.1 2,019 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 26,207 5.1 1,837 27,730 8.0 1,978 23,933 3.3 1,627 Secretaries................................................. 30,545 5.7 2,041 29,724 5.5 2,060 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 31,788 4.0 2,076 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 27,464 2.8 1,901 – – – 28,260 1.5 1,888 Teachers' aides............................................. 13,783 6.5 1,168 – – – 13,783 6.5 1,168 Blue collar......................................................... 32,613 4.8 2,060 31,666 4.5 2,058 39,326 10.7 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,328 4.0 2,053 43,430 4.0 2,041 39,906 11.3 2,080 Electricians................................................ 43,051 7.4 2,080 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $27,112 2.3 2,062 $27,112 2.3 2,062 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 31,316 .0 1,944 31,316 .0 1,944 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,160 7.9 2,080 27,160 7.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 30,136 11.5 2,024 27,228 4.6 2,006 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 33,105 13.5 2,120 33,405 14.2 2,124 – – – Service............................................................. 25,776 9.9 2,010 19,296 4.6 2,002 $33,824 10.6 2,020 Protective service............................................ 38,081 13.4 2,071 22,073 8.9 2,076 44,663 6.2 2,070 Police and detectives, public service....................... 39,387 2.7 2,007 – – – 39,387 2.7 2,007 Guards and police, except public service.................... 22,397 8.4 2,076 22,073 8.9 2,076 – – – Food service.................................................. 19,248 7.3 1,905 17,840 6.8 1,957 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,380 5.2 1,922 20,507 4.3 1,994 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,631 8.8 1,888 23,534 6.0 1,963 – – – Health service................................................ 23,607 6.1 1,995 20,802 5.0 1,934 26,752 .9 2,063 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,567 6.4 1,995 20,440 4.6 1,923 26,892 1.1 2,071 Cleaning and building service................................. 22,767 5.1 2,075 19,105 4.9 2,071 28,010 2.1 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,472 5.8 2,074 19,669 4.6 2,069 28,286 1.7 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $19.31 6.8 $17.73 10.2 $23.80 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 19.60 7.0 18.04 10.5 23.80 1.8 White collar........................................................ 25.85 6.9 24.30 10.8 29.60 1.8 1....................................................... 10.15 10.2 8.69 2.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.96 7.4 9.80 6.6 13.33 8.1 3....................................................... 12.04 3.8 11.60 4.1 13.06 5.8 4....................................................... 14.46 6.3 13.97 7.9 16.36 3.2 5....................................................... 15.54 5.1 15.35 5.7 17.07 6.0 6....................................................... 18.24 4.8 17.60 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.25 3.3 19.99 3.8 21.42 2.3 8....................................................... 30.92 4.8 24.95 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.42 3.5 27.85 6.6 36.55 2.4 10........................................................ 32.52 4.8 32.65 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 39.64 1.6 38.58 1.4 41.54 2.9 12........................................................ 58.46 11.3 59.92 24.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.98 29.4 45.61 29.9 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.03 6.7 25.84 10.6 29.60 1.8 2....................................................... 12.08 5.8 10.79 6.2 13.33 8.1 3....................................................... 12.06 4.2 11.56 4.6 13.06 5.8 4....................................................... 14.73 6.8 14.23 8.4 16.36 3.2 5....................................................... 15.64 5.1 15.46 5.7 17.07 6.0 6....................................................... 18.24 4.8 17.60 6.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.00 3.0 19.66 3.3 21.42 2.3 8....................................................... 30.95 4.8 24.99 4.4 – – 9....................................................... 32.73 3.5 28.29 6.8 36.55 2.4 10........................................................ 32.52 4.8 32.65 5.0 – – 11........................................................ 39.76 1.8 38.72 1.8 41.54 2.9 12........................................................ 58.46 11.3 59.92 24.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.47 29.8 46.18 30.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 34.07 10.8 32.18 18.5 37.35 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.95 11.4 33.98 20.7 38.89 1.6 5....................................................... 13.77 5.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.66 8.4 20.12 8.4 – – 8....................................................... 31.24 5.1 24.90 4.9 – – 9....................................................... 33.23 3.6 26.15 5.5 36.94 2.3 11........................................................ 40.03 2.7 – – 42.26 2.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.63 33.4 63.63 33.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.07 2.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 39.65 23.6 40.69 24.6 29.41 1.8 7....................................................... 21.36 10.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.99 2.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.67 2.8 28.18 3.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... $25.61 5.4 $24.94 5.9 $29.41 1.8 7....................................................... 21.36 10.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.67 4.0 26.76 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.40 8.1 55.45 22.3 – – 11........................................................ 43.60 1.0 – – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.65 5.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.56 .2 – – 37.74 .5 9....................................................... 37.21 2.5 – – 37.98 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.40 .2 – – 38.40 .2 9....................................................... 38.52 .2 – – 38.52 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.52 13.2 24.79 14.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.60 4.0 17.31 3.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.48 2.9 17.21 2.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.64 4.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.48 6.2 32.63 5.9 25.70 14.0 7....................................................... 19.69 8.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.02 10.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.90 2.6 39.36 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.00 10.4 33.18 10.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.77 6.6 31.72 7.4 32.20 8.8 11........................................................ 37.57 3.6 37.93 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.92 8.6 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.77 11.1 – – – – Management related............................................ 31.01 16.3 34.34 14.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 9.4 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 32.16 25.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 34.55 7.1 34.55 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 12.35 9.8 12.35 9.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.90 1.6 8.90 1.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.76 1.1 8.76 1.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.90 1.6 8.90 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.03 4.2 13.78 5.9 14.64 3.3 2....................................................... 12.13 5.8 10.86 6.2 13.33 8.1 3....................................................... 12.44 3.9 12.01 3.7 13.06 5.8 4....................................................... 14.46 7.3 14.14 8.6 16.01 4.4 5....................................................... 15.60 9.5 15.11 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.95 7.0 15.03 9.9 – – Secretaries................................................. 15.03 5.6 14.66 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. $15.31 4.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.93 3.1 $12.38 6.4 $14.97 1.3 3....................................................... 14.04 2.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.74 3.7 – – 11.74 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 15.51 4.4 15.09 4.2 18.31 11.6 1....................................................... 9.79 6.4 9.67 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.69 2.0 12.59 2.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.16 2.3 14.16 2.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.25 2.6 14.01 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 8.3 16.68 8.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.98 6.2 18.54 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.47 3.5 22.86 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.76 2.6 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.62 3.6 21.28 3.1 19.19 11.3 7....................................................... 21.75 3.7 23.56 2.7 – – Electricians................................................ 20.70 7.4 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.14 2.9 13.14 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.77 7.8 9.77 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.08 1.7 12.08 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.10 2.5 14.10 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.86 2.4 13.86 2.4 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.11 .0 16.11 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.06 7.9 13.06 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.02 9.2 13.13 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 13.78 1.5 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.31 5.1 13.17 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.54 11.7 8.84 8.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.08 .8 8.08 .8 – – Service............................................................. 11.04 9.3 8.76 4.7 16.15 10.5 1....................................................... 8.28 5.0 7.63 4.0 11.74 1.6 2....................................................... 10.20 2.1 8.97 3.0 12.65 .8 3....................................................... 9.23 12.4 8.74 13.7 12.65 8.7 4....................................................... 12.24 5.2 12.16 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.97 13.1 – – 19.32 7.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.12 11.1 12.08 2.0 – – Protective service............................................ 16.46 17.4 9.53 12.5 20.57 7.5 3....................................................... 10.89 4.2 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.32 7.4 – – 19.32 7.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.62 1.9 – – 19.62 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.70 12.1 9.53 12.5 – – 3....................................................... $11.37 0.9 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.56 7.3 $7.95 5.7 $12.61 12.7 1....................................................... 7.49 7.7 7.31 8.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.14 6.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.47 23.1 7.28 23.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.02 3.8 5.02 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 4.56 8.9 4.56 8.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.83 3.6 4.83 3.6 – – Other food service........................................... 9.71 3.2 9.09 2.8 12.61 12.7 1....................................................... 8.46 5.3 8.34 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.59 4.1 10.41 4.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.05 7.7 12.01 4.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.08 5.6 – – 10.38 5.4 1....................................................... 8.83 1.4 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.76 3.9 10.98 4.9 12.93 1.1 2....................................................... 11.89 2.6 11.01 2.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.73 5.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.67 3.9 10.74 4.2 12.95 1.2 2....................................................... 11.89 2.6 11.01 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.12 4.6 8.79 4.2 13.47 2.1 1....................................................... 9.33 7.6 7.92 2.6 13.98 3.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.29 4.9 8.90 4.3 13.60 1.7 1....................................................... 9.56 9.6 7.98 2.7 – – Personal service.............................................. 8.38 5.9 8.41 6.3 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $21.26 7.2 $19.85 11.0 $24.44 1.6 All excluding sales............................................... 21.41 7.3 20.01 11.2 24.44 1.6 White collar........................................................ 27.76 8.6 26.64 13.7 29.92 2.1 2....................................................... 12.15 6.3 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.01 4.9 11.24 5.0 13.08 5.8 4....................................................... 14.34 6.7 13.76 8.6 16.36 3.2 5....................................................... 15.49 8.4 14.89 9.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.96 4.1 18.52 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 20.18 4.0 19.87 4.9 – – 8....................................................... 32.19 5.0 24.77 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 33.15 3.5 28.24 8.1 36.55 2.4 10........................................................ 32.60 4.8 32.72 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.64 1.6 38.58 1.4 41.54 2.9 12........................................................ 58.46 11.3 59.92 24.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.62 30.3 46.15 30.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 28.41 8.7 27.56 14.0 29.92 2.1 2....................................................... 12.52 6.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.04 5.6 11.09 5.8 13.08 5.8 4....................................................... 14.62 7.4 14.01 9.2 16.36 3.2 5....................................................... 15.55 8.5 14.95 9.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.96 4.1 18.52 5.3 – – 7....................................................... 19.91 3.8 19.52 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 32.23 5.0 24.82 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 33.52 3.5 28.85 8.3 36.55 2.4 10........................................................ 32.60 4.8 32.72 4.9 – – 11........................................................ 39.76 1.8 38.72 1.8 41.54 2.9 12........................................................ 58.46 11.3 59.92 24.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.15 30.7 46.76 31.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.59 12.0 34.10 21.5 37.72 2.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 37.35 12.6 35.80 24.0 39.31 1.8 7....................................................... 20.88 10.0 20.33 10.0 – – 8....................................................... 32.67 5.2 24.65 7.8 – – 9....................................................... 34.34 3.3 25.85 8.8 36.94 2.3 11........................................................ 40.03 2.7 – – 42.26 2.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.79 33.7 63.79 33.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.07 2.8 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 43.88 28.2 45.84 29.2 29.58 1.7 9....................................................... 30.78 3.9 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.37 8.7 24.04 10.4 29.58 1.7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 51.56 8.5 55.95 23.7 – – 11........................................................ 43.60 1.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 37.79 1.6 – – 38.30 1.1 9....................................................... $37.21 2.5 – – $37.98 1.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 38.40 .2 – – 38.40 .2 9....................................................... 38.52 .2 – – 38.52 .2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.79 14.2 $26.75 15.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.52 6.3 32.63 5.9 25.51 15.1 7....................................................... 19.69 8.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.02 10.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.90 2.6 39.36 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.18 10.6 33.18 10.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 31.84 6.8 31.72 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.57 3.6 37.93 4.2 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 30.77 11.1 – – – – Management related............................................ 31.01 16.3 34.34 14.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.03 9.4 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 32.16 25.6 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 34.55 7.1 34.55 7.1 – – Sales............................................................. 15.63 14.0 15.63 14.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.26 4.9 14.02 7.3 14.71 3.2 2....................................................... 12.52 6.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.63 4.9 – – 13.08 5.8 4....................................................... 14.33 7.8 13.93 9.4 16.01 4.4 5....................................................... 16.16 14.6 15.38 19.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.32 7.4 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.97 6.6 14.43 5.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.31 4.1 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.45 2.5 – – 14.97 1.3 3....................................................... 14.25 2.6 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.80 3.0 – – 11.80 3.0 Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 4.6 15.39 4.5 18.91 10.7 1....................................................... 10.00 6.6 10.00 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.69 2.1 12.57 2.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.21 2.4 14.21 2.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.25 2.6 14.01 3.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 8.3 16.68 8.3 – – 6....................................................... 19.98 6.2 18.54 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.47 3.5 22.86 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.76 2.6 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $20.62 3.6 $21.28 3.1 $19.19 11.3 7....................................................... 21.75 3.7 23.56 2.7 – – Electricians................................................ 20.70 7.4 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 2.9 13.15 2.9 – – 1....................................................... 9.77 7.8 9.77 7.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.09 1.7 12.09 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 14.10 2.5 14.10 2.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.86 2.4 13.86 2.4 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 16.11 .0 16.11 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.06 7.9 13.06 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.89 10.3 13.58 3.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.61 12.2 15.73 12.8 – – Service............................................................. 12.83 9.4 9.64 4.1 16.75 10.2 1....................................................... 9.14 8.8 7.74 7.9 13.98 3.0 2....................................................... 11.56 4.9 9.58 8.7 12.67 .8 3....................................................... 10.30 4.0 9.86 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.05 4.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.99 13.1 – – 19.32 7.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.12 11.1 12.08 2.0 – – Protective service............................................ 18.38 12.8 10.63 9.0 21.58 5.1 3....................................................... 10.89 4.4 – – – – 5....................................................... 19.32 7.4 – – 19.32 7.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 19.62 1.9 – – 19.62 1.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 10.79 8.5 10.63 9.0 – – Food service.................................................. 10.11 6.4 9.12 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.37 9.7 – – – – Other food service........................................... 11.12 6.4 10.28 6.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 13.04 7.8 11.99 4.8 – – Health service................................................ 11.83 4.9 10.76 5.4 12.97 .9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.81 5.1 10.63 5.5 12.98 1.0 Cleaning and building service................................. 10.97 5.1 9.23 4.8 13.47 2.1 1....................................................... 10.26 6.5 8.10 3.7 13.98 3.0 2....................................................... 12.87 3.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.32 5.7 9.51 4.5 13.60 1.7 1....................................................... 10.90 8.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.87 3.7 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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................................................................... $11.19 9.4 $11.21 10.0 $10.95 9.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.46 10.2 11.50 11.0 10.95 9.5 White collar........................................................ 15.76 5.6 15.82 5.8 14.32 16.7 1....................................................... 8.79 1.7 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.08 5.6 8.66 1.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.10 3.9 12.12 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.76 2.9 15.76 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.64 5.4 16.28 7.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 4.7 26.57 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.46 47.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.99 3.2 18.18 3.7 14.32 16.7 3....................................................... 12.10 3.9 12.12 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.76 2.9 15.76 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.83 6.1 16.52 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 4.7 26.57 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.46 47.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.79 4.5 23.35 4.5 – – Professional specialty.......................................... 24.29 4.0 25.11 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 4.7 26.57 4.7 – – Health related................................................ 26.66 3.8 26.70 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 4.7 26.57 4.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.98 1.1 26.02 1.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 4.7 26.57 4.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 17.72 13.0 17.72 13.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.71 .1 8.71 .1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.68 .6 8.68 .6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.08 4.7 13.12 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.06 4.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.61 3.3 15.61 3.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 9.43 10.5 8.73 8.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.92 11.6 7.89 2.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.09 15.3 $7.95 1.1 – – 1....................................................... 9.12 15.7 7.97 .8 – – Service............................................................. 7.95 6.0 7.86 6.1 $9.15 4.8 1....................................................... 7.66 4.8 7.57 5.2 8.44 .7 2....................................................... 8.84 2.8 8.74 3.2 – – 3....................................................... 5.43 20.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.25 6.0 7.13 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.71 9.8 7.51 10.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.50 3.4 5.50 3.4 – – Other food service........................................... 8.14 3.2 8.03 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.39 6.4 8.24 7.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.58 1.4 – – – – 1....................................................... 8.85 2.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.49 4.8 11.40 5.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 4.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.13 4.0 10.96 3.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.14 4.3 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.23 7.9 8.23 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.73 1.6 7.73 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 8.22 7.9 8.22 7.9 – – 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, Springfield, MA, September 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....................................................... $21.26 $11.19 $22.16 $17.95 $19.33 – All excluding sales............................................. 21.41 11.46 22.58 18.15 19.60 – White collar........................................................ 27.76 15.76 28.01 24.87 25.93 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 28.41 17.99 29.34 25.97 27.03 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 35.59 22.79 36.59 32.52 34.07 – Professional specialty.......................................... 37.35 24.29 37.89 34.54 35.95 – Technical....................................................... 24.79 17.72 18.15 24.60 23.52 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.52 – – 32.78 31.48 – Sales............................................................. 15.63 8.71 – 13.54 12.39 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.26 13.08 14.56 13.83 14.03 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 9.43 17.92 14.12 15.51 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.62 – 21.38 18.58 20.62 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.15 – 12.11 13.33 13.14 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.89 – – 12.93 14.02 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 15.61 9.09 11.00 14.86 13.31 – Service............................................................. 12.83 7.95 16.06 8.75 11.04 – 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....................................................... 7.2 9.4 3.1 10.9 6.8 – All excluding sales............................................. 7.3 10.2 2.9 11.2 7.0 – White collar........................................................ 8.6 5.6 2.8 10.7 6.9 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 8.7 3.2 2.5 10.6 6.7 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 12.0 4.5 3.3 18.8 10.8 – Professional specialty.......................................... 12.6 4.0 2.2 21.1 11.4 – Technical....................................................... 14.2 13.0 4.9 14.2 13.2 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.3 – – 5.6 6.2 – Sales............................................................. 14.0 .1 – 12.5 10.8 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.9 4.7 2.7 5.8 4.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.6 10.5 7.3 3.1 4.4 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.6 – 3.9 3.2 3.6 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.9 – 6.3 4.6 2.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 – – 3.9 9.2 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.2 15.3 16.6 11.5 5.1 – Service............................................................. 9.4 6.0 11.5 4.6 9.3 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Springfield, MA, September 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....................................................... $17.73 - – – - - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.04 - – – - - – - - - White collar........................................................ 24.30 - – – - - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.84 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.18 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 33.98 - – – - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 24.79 - – – - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.63 - – – - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 12.35 - – – - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.78 - – – - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.09 - – – - - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 - – – - - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.14 - – – - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 - – – - - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.17 - – – - - – - - - Service............................................................. 8.76 - – – - - – - - - 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....................................................... 10.2 - – – - - – - - - All excluding sales............................................. 10.5 - – – - - – - - - White collar........................................................ 10.8 - – – - - – - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.6 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.5 - – – - - – - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 20.7 - – – - - – - - - Technical....................................................... 14.2 - – – - - – - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 - – – - - – - - - Sales............................................................. 9.8 - – – - - – - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.9 - – – - - – - - - Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 - – – - - – - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 - – – - - – - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.9 - – – - - – - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 3.7 - – – - - – - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 - – – - - – - - - Service............................................................. 4.7 - – – - - – - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 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....................................................... $17.73 $18.41 $17.53 $15.01 $22.44 All excluding sales............................................. 18.04 18.60 17.87 15.40 22.35 White collar........................................................ 24.30 – 22.83 19.11 27.77 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.84 – 24.35 21.23 27.73 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32.18 41.58 28.40 24.02 31.92 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.98 42.10 29.61 24.42 33.44 Technical....................................................... 24.79 – 25.05 23.10 27.06 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.63 – 32.63 33.10 32.18 Sales............................................................. 12.35 – 12.06 10.69 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.78 – 13.93 13.39 14.89 Blue collar......................................................... 15.09 – 15.71 15.82 15.50 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 – 21.70 22.80 17.63 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.14 – 13.67 12.61 15.38 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.13 – 12.94 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.17 – 13.74 13.03 – Service............................................................. 8.76 7.82 9.22 8.69 12.30 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 10.2 34.6 6.2 8.8 4.7 All excluding sales............................................. 10.5 35.7 6.3 9.3 4.8 White collar........................................................ 10.8 – 7.3 11.7 4.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 10.6 – 7.4 13.2 4.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 18.5 40.0 6.4 11.9 5.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 20.7 39.8 5.9 11.0 7.8 Technical....................................................... 14.2 – 14.4 19.7 10.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 – 5.9 13.5 6.4 Sales............................................................. 9.8 – 11.3 7.4 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 5.9 – 8.4 10.1 7.2 Blue collar......................................................... 4.2 – 6.4 11.5 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 – 2.8 .9 5.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.9 – 6.8 9.2 4.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.7 – 4.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.8 – 4.1 3.8 – Service............................................................. 4.7 7.4 4.6 4.0 5.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.00 $10.50 $14.79 $24.15 $36.97 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.91 14.91 24.33 37.22 White collar.................................... 10.50 13.99 20.75 34.62 42.64 White collar excluding sales................ 11.45 14.71 22.93 35.24 43.49 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.00 21.47 30.44 38.48 47.17 Professional specialty...................... 16.35 24.36 31.84 40.00 48.97 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 26.76 34.92 36.97 36.97 Mathematical and computer scientists...... – – – – – Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 19.05 24.36 29.00 37.89 74.83 Registered nurses....................... 17.78 22.90 25.73 29.45 32.33 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.92 36.80 46.80 59.73 75.27 Other post-secondary teachers........... 26.67 35.27 45.92 54.58 62.87 Teachers, except college and university... 25.01 30.74 39.01 43.49 46.32 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.53 32.91 40.01 44.06 46.32 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. – – – – – Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 16.00 16.85 18.70 32.80 34.95 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.00 16.50 17.00 17.95 19.85 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.60 24.73 30.42 39.59 45.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.73 25.00 31.99 38.13 39.59 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.03 24.73 31.53 35.97 39.59 Management related........................ 17.25 18.67 25.28 45.29 45.29 Accountants and auditors................ 17.25 18.05 23.49 45.29 45.29 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.81 23.42 40.74 42.56 42.56 Sales......................................... 7.35 8.25 9.50 14.87 22.58 Cashiers................................ 7.13 7.65 8.25 9.63 11.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.47 13.99 15.95 18.86 Secretaries............................. 11.30 12.67 14.79 16.85 19.49 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 14.01 14.38 14.96 16.55 17.78 General office clerks................... 10.52 12.31 14.71 15.89 16.68 Teachers' aides......................... 8.95 10.18 11.39 11.92 17.84 Blue collar..................................... 9.40 11.74 14.54 18.02 24.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.81 16.72 19.45 26.06 26.90 Electricians............................ 17.28 17.69 19.60 22.97 27.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.91 11.00 12.54 15.89 18.02 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.08 14.08 15.86 18.51 18.51 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.32 10.40 12.75 14.67 16.54 Transportation and material moving............ $8.78 $11.74 $14.18 $14.54 $16.31 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.59 8.91 13.52 15.97 21.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.05 7.35 7.65 8.55 9.45 Service......................................... 6.90 7.75 9.86 12.82 17.69 Protective service........................ 7.35 9.17 16.22 23.19 25.21 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 18.54 19.72 23.40 23.40 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 7.50 9.37 11.30 13.16 Food service.............................. 2.70 7.00 8.25 10.05 12.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 3.00 8.50 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 2.70 8.50 9.00 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.55 9.00 11.35 13.58 Cooks................................... 9.89 11.00 12.75 14.24 17.69 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.30 7.76 9.00 10.00 11.55 Health service............................ 9.11 10.25 11.67 13.83 14.76 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.01 10.16 11.42 13.83 14.17 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $8.00 $9.24 $11.77 $13.69 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 12.00 13.80 Personal service.......................... 7.20 7.43 7.75 9.25 10.30 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.65 $9.86 $13.20 $20.19 $32.45 All excluding sales........................... 7.65 10.00 13.50 20.96 33.17 White collar.................................... 10.00 12.35 18.05 29.45 38.44 White collar excluding sales................ 11.18 13.97 19.85 30.87 39.42 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.20 17.76 25.73 35.10 40.00 Professional specialty...................... 11.97 18.76 26.29 36.97 53.05 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.00 24.36 28.60 37.89 120.19 Registered nurses....................... 17.76 21.97 25.73 28.42 30.39 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.64 27.84 40.00 74.62 113.99 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.00 17.00 20.75 34.17 35.97 Licensed practical nurses............... 15.50 16.35 17.00 17.64 19.48 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 21.25 25.00 34.62 40.74 45.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.73 25.00 32.76 38.13 39.59 Management related........................ 18.05 20.81 40.74 45.29 45.29 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.81 23.42 40.74 42.56 42.56 Sales......................................... 7.35 8.25 9.50 14.87 22.58 Cashiers................................ 7.13 7.65 8.25 9.63 11.15 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.30 13.00 15.53 18.58 Secretaries............................. 11.30 12.67 14.79 16.27 17.65 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.52 12.07 13.83 16.42 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.47 14.08 18.02 22.97 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.12 17.50 20.00 26.26 26.90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.91 11.00 12.54 15.89 18.02 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.08 14.08 15.86 18.51 18.51 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.32 10.40 12.75 14.67 16.54 Transportation and material moving............ 10.11 12.25 13.67 14.54 15.48 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.35 8.25 11.25 19.38 21.50 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.05 7.35 7.65 8.55 9.45 Service......................................... $6.75 $7.50 $8.50 $10.20 $12.00 Protective service........................ 7.25 7.50 8.50 11.02 11.88 Guards and police, except public service 7.25 7.50 8.50 11.02 11.88 Food service.............................. 2.63 6.75 8.00 9.30 12.05 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 3.00 8.50 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.63 2.63 2.70 8.50 9.00 Other food service....................... 6.90 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.50 Cooks................................... 9.75 10.25 12.25 13.00 14.25 Health service............................ 9.00 9.62 10.58 12.00 13.58 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 9.53 10.34 12.00 12.93 Cleaning and building service............. 7.00 7.75 8.36 9.84 10.84 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.25 7.75 8.50 10.00 11.22 Personal service.......................... 7.20 7.63 7.75 9.25 10.30 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $11.25 $13.89 $18.82 $32.60 $43.49 All excluding sales........................... 11.25 13.89 18.82 32.60 43.49 White collar.................................... 12.49 16.18 29.94 40.39 46.32 White collar excluding sales................ 12.49 16.18 29.94 40.39 46.32 Professional specialty and technical.......... 22.77 30.76 38.47 44.06 48.56 Professional specialty...................... 27.21 32.43 39.01 44.51 48.95 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ 22.14 26.25 32.43 32.43 32.43 Registered nurses....................... 22.14 26.25 32.43 32.43 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 27.42 32.05 39.73 43.71 46.32 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.53 32.91 40.01 44.06 46.32 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.25 20.75 23.49 27.89 35.97 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 26.20 26.20 27.89 35.97 37.26 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.37 11.92 14.62 17.30 19.87 General office clerks................... 12.70 14.53 14.93 15.89 17.30 Teachers' aides......................... 8.95 10.18 11.39 11.92 17.84 Blue collar..................................... 13.89 14.94 16.54 22.20 27.47 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.74 16.54 16.72 22.20 27.47 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 10.05 11.75 13.83 19.72 23.40 Protective service........................ 9.17 17.66 21.30 23.40 25.62 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 18.54 19.72 23.40 23.40 Food service.............................. 9.15 10.05 12.37 14.33 17.69 Other food service....................... 9.15 10.05 12.37 14.33 17.69 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.92 9.28 10.26 11.55 12.62 Health service............................ 10.94 11.67 13.83 13.83 15.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.94 11.58 13.83 13.83 15.12 Cleaning and building service............. 10.93 11.77 13.69 14.93 16.29 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.99 12.18 13.69 14.93 16.29 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.75 $11.85 $16.50 $26.15 $38.44 All excluding sales........................... 9.86 11.88 16.54 26.25 38.48 White collar.................................... 11.47 14.86 23.36 36.38 44.06 White collar excluding sales................ 11.47 15.28 24.58 36.97 44.67 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.18 23.00 32.43 40.00 48.44 Professional specialty...................... 16.97 25.05 34.05 41.07 51.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 24.04 26.76 34.92 36.97 36.97 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.30 24.75 30.87 37.89 120.19 Registered nurses....................... 17.00 19.05 26.24 30.39 32.43 Teachers, college and university.......... 26.92 37.10 46.85 59.93 75.59 Teachers, except college and university... 27.38 31.91 39.73 43.60 46.32 Elementary school teachers.............. 28.53 32.91 40.01 44.06 46.32 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 16.18 17.00 19.00 34.17 35.97 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 19.60 24.73 30.77 39.59 45.29 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.73 25.00 32.76 38.13 39.59 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.03 24.73 31.53 35.97 39.59 Management related........................ 17.25 18.67 25.28 45.29 45.29 Accountants and auditors................ 17.25 18.05 23.49 45.29 45.29 Management related, n.e.c............... 20.81 23.42 40.74 42.56 42.56 Sales......................................... 9.00 9.00 14.00 18.16 26.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.47 14.10 16.42 19.49 Secretaries............................. 11.30 12.24 14.52 16.98 19.87 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 14.01 14.38 14.96 16.55 17.78 General office clerks................... 11.61 13.15 14.71 15.89 16.88 Teachers' aides......................... 9.35 10.27 11.39 11.92 17.84 Blue collar..................................... 10.16 12.10 14.72 18.34 24.15 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 15.81 16.72 19.45 26.06 26.90 Electricians............................ 17.28 17.69 19.60 22.97 27.47 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.91 11.00 12.54 15.89 18.02 Extruding and forming machine operators. 14.08 14.08 15.86 18.51 18.51 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.32 10.40 12.75 14.67 16.54 Transportation and material moving............ 11.38 13.30 14.27 14.64 26.15 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $10.47 $11.25 $14.44 $21.50 $21.50 Service......................................... 7.75 9.17 11.40 14.80 21.45 Protective service........................ 9.17 11.46 19.17 23.40 25.21 Police and detectives, public service... 9.17 18.54 19.72 23.40 23.40 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 9.37 11.00 11.88 14.10 Food service.............................. 3.69 8.00 10.00 12.50 14.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.75 9.00 10.26 12.75 15.10 Cooks................................... 9.89 11.00 12.75 14.01 17.69 Health service............................ 9.00 10.34 11.67 13.83 15.05 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.00 10.15 11.48 13.83 15.12 Cleaning and building service............. $7.66 $8.60 $10.50 $13.43 $15.09 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.25 9.16 10.93 13.69 15.11 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.75 $7.50 $9.00 $12.89 $21.80 All excluding sales........................... 6.75 7.50 9.00 13.29 23.55 White collar.................................... 7.95 10.00 13.69 21.77 25.73 White collar excluding sales................ 10.70 12.04 15.23 24.36 26.46 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.18 17.85 24.36 25.73 29.27 Professional specialty...................... 14.26 22.97 25.10 26.29 29.45 Health related............................ 22.97 24.36 25.73 27.59 29.85 Registered nurses....................... 22.75 24.36 25.73 27.59 29.45 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... 11.70 13.69 17.64 20.44 25.68 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 7.65 8.25 9.50 11.00 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.65 8.25 9.50 11.00 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.28 13.28 14.79 15.95 Blue collar..................................... 7.05 7.47 8.38 9.75 13.89 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.05 7.35 7.95 9.45 13.89 Service......................................... 6.00 7.05 7.75 9.00 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.63 6.75 7.50 9.00 9.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.63 2.63 6.00 9.00 9.00 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.10 7.55 9.00 10.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 7.50 8.25 9.15 10.00 Health service............................ 9.11 10.25 11.76 12.43 13.91 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.11 10.25 11.26 12.00 12.72 Cleaning and building service............. 6.75 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.75 7.50 8.00 8.71 10.00 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid 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, and 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, Springfield, MA, September 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 127,900 93,800 34,100 All excluding sales............................................. 122,000 87,900 34,100 White collar........................................................ 62,800 42,000 20,700 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 56,900 36,200 20,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 32,700 19,000 13,800 Professional specialty.......................................... 28,500 15,400 13,100 Technical....................................................... 4,200 3,500 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,700 4,500 1,200 Sales............................................................. 5,900 5,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 18,500 12,700 5,700 Blue collar......................................................... 23,600 20,400 3,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,900 4,700 2,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 11,500 11,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,400 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2,800 - - Service............................................................. 41,500 31,300 10,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.