NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Richmond-Petersburg, VA, Bulletin 3120-73, 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................. $18.15 3.3 37.0 $17.85 3.6 36.5 $18.94 7.4 38.4 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.27 4.0 37.5 21.69 4.7 37.1 20.43 7.7 38.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.33 3.5 37.8 28.72 4.7 37.3 24.19 5.9 38.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.20 4.2 39.7 30.78 4.7 39.7 26.42 5.6 39.6 Sales............................................................. 16.62 18.7 33.6 16.62 18.7 33.6 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.55 2.8 37.6 13.86 4.0 37.4 12.90 2.8 38.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.29 3.2 38.0 15.09 3.2 38.0 17.36 11.7 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.90 4.4 39.9 18.82 4.9 39.9 19.27 10.7 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 15.22 5.9 39.6 15.22 5.9 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.07 4.0 37.0 15.29 4.2 37.8 12.98 2.6 30.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.99 6.3 35.3 10.87 6.7 35.1 13.16 13.2 38.4 Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.31 6.4 34.0 8.55 4.9 32.0 13.74 9.9 39.0 Full time........................................................... 19.01 3.5 39.8 19.04 3.4 39.9 18.94 8.5 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.41 10.8 22.7 8.92 4.2 22.3 18.87 20.8 25.2 Union............................................................... 18.90 4.6 38.5 18.90 4.6 38.5 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.09 3.5 36.9 17.73 3.8 36.3 18.94 7.4 38.4 Time................................................................ 18.03 3.3 37.0 17.68 3.5 36.5 18.94 7.4 38.4 Incentive........................................................... 30.93 10.0 40.0 30.93 10.0 40.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.48 5.8 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.95 4.2 35.6 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.12 6.1 34.8 17.03 6.4 34.7 19.79 5.5 36.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.31 6.3 36.7 16.24 6.5 36.7 18.51 8.6 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 19.84 5.8 38.2 20.90 8.8 37.8 18.94 7.8 38.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $18.15 3.3 $17.85 3.6 $18.94 7.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.26 3.4 17.97 3.7 18.94 7.4 White collar........................................................ 21.27 4.0 21.69 4.7 20.43 7.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.84 3.9 22.70 4.4 20.43 7.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.33 3.5 28.72 4.7 24.19 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.78 2.8 30.99 4.3 25.20 3.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.61 13.6 35.75 10.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.51 10.4 39.51 10.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.98 3.8 35.51 5.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.91 3.9 35.42 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 22.78 4.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 25.08 5.1 24.32 4.8 26.24 9.7 Registered nurses........................................... 23.56 4.0 23.75 6.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.79 16.6 32.79 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.48 1.2 21.87 3.9 25.70 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.25 4.0 – – 26.28 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 24.31 .4 – – 24.17 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Librarians.................................................. 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.46 3.5 23.70 10.5 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.97 6.2 – – 17.45 11.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.97 6.2 – – 17.45 11.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.47 6.4 20.78 7.4 17.46 7.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.88 1.4 16.89 1.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.31 18.3 14.61 20.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.20 4.2 30.78 4.7 26.42 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.97 4.8 33.16 5.2 31.43 12.8 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.36 18.9 – – 34.37 20.1 Financial managers.......................................... 37.71 9.6 37.71 9.6 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.82 13.5 30.82 13.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.86 19.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.88 7.6 30.22 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.80 8.0 27.67 9.1 22.38 4.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.65 5.4 26.53 5.7 21.48 7.0 Other financial officers.................................... 26.21 9.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.80 21.5 36.15 21.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.60 14.2 25.08 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 16.62 18.7 16.62 18.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.29 18.4 26.29 18.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. $17.21 21.5 $17.21 21.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.41 6.6 11.41 6.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.92 1.6 7.92 1.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.55 2.8 13.86 4.0 $12.90 2.8 Computer operators.......................................... 18.33 4.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.59 2.7 14.62 4.6 14.56 2.8 Receptionists............................................... 12.34 7.8 12.34 7.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.61 3.1 12.61 3.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.31 12.4 17.31 12.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 10.52 11.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.52 11.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.96 4.1 13.22 4.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.94 17.7 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.58 15.1 11.58 15.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.17 12.2 16.17 12.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.47 3.4 13.21 2.9 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.43 4.4 14.43 4.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.02 7.0 13.17 13.1 11.06 3.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.91 8.8 – – 11.93 9.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.18 3.0 13.59 4.2 12.35 5.3 Blue collar......................................................... 15.29 3.2 15.09 3.2 17.36 11.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.90 4.4 18.82 4.9 19.27 10.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.67 3.5 26.16 8.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.66 14.2 23.77 14.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.31 5.6 – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.70 11.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.71 5.8 23.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.22 5.9 15.22 5.9 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 14.14 10.9 14.14 10.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.99 8.2 19.99 8.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.07 .9 12.07 .9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.07 4.0 15.29 4.2 12.98 2.6 Truck drivers............................................... 15.25 7.2 15.57 8.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.78 4.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.78 2.1 14.78 2.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.99 6.3 10.87 6.7 13.16 13.2 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.11 10.7 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 14.82 16.5 14.82 16.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.80 3.9 8.80 3.9 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ $12.53 3.7 $12.53 3.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.95 15.5 10.95 15.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.89 5.4 9.89 5.4 – – Service............................................................. 10.31 6.4 8.55 4.9 $13.74 9.9 Protective service............................................ 13.85 18.4 – – 17.86 10.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.70 .6 – – 18.70 .6 Food service.................................................. 7.68 11.5 7.34 12.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.64 17.5 5.64 17.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.65 21.7 5.65 21.7 – – Other food service........................................... 9.26 7.3 8.83 7.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.48 10.9 10.51 11.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.15 9.6 9.15 9.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.93 7.5 7.57 9.0 – – Health service................................................ 9.22 6.0 9.09 6.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.19 6.4 9.05 7.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.38 2.3 9.29 2.3 9.51 5.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.55 3.4 9.61 4.4 9.51 5.0 Personal service.............................................. 10.15 16.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $19.01 3.5 $19.04 3.4 $18.94 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.98 3.6 18.99 3.6 18.94 8.5 White collar........................................................ 22.01 4.0 22.88 4.3 20.35 8.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.24 4.1 23.40 4.3 20.35 8.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.38 3.5 28.93 4.7 24.03 6.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.90 2.9 31.28 4.2 25.10 4.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.61 13.6 35.75 10.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.51 10.4 39.51 10.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.93 5.2 35.51 5.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.85 5.2 35.42 5.4 – – Natural scientists............................................ 22.78 4.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.75 3.9 23.48 6.7 24.12 2.5 Registered nurses........................................... 23.45 4.6 23.54 7.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.56 1.2 22.04 5.6 25.76 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.31 4.1 – – 26.28 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 24.31 .4 – – 24.17 .3 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Librarians.................................................. 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.52 3.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.07 4.0 – – 18.50 2.7 Social workers.............................................. 17.07 4.0 – – 18.50 2.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.57 6.3 20.98 7.1 17.46 7.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.91 1.4 16.93 1.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.64 18.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.21 4.2 30.78 4.7 26.45 5.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.98 4.8 33.16 5.2 31.53 12.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.36 18.9 – – 34.37 20.1 Financial managers.......................................... 37.71 9.6 37.71 9.6 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.82 13.5 30.82 13.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.86 19.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.88 7.6 30.22 7.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.80 8.0 27.67 9.1 22.38 4.6 Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.65 5.4 26.53 5.7 21.48 7.0 Other financial officers.................................... 26.21 9.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.80 21.5 36.15 21.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.60 14.2 25.08 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 19.62 19.7 19.62 19.7 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.29 18.4 26.29 18.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. $17.21 21.5 $17.21 21.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.16 5.5 12.16 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.95 2.6 14.39 3.7 $13.10 2.8 Computer operators.......................................... 18.33 4.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.66 2.8 14.66 4.9 14.67 2.9 Receptionists............................................... 12.41 7.9 12.41 7.9 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.53 13.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.33 3.5 13.80 3.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 17.8 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.17 12.2 16.17 12.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.50 3.7 13.22 3.1 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.54 4.8 14.54 4.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.54 6.8 14.97 7.8 11.06 3.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.93 9.0 – – 11.93 9.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.04 2.4 14.59 3.1 13.03 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.71 3.4 15.53 3.4 17.49 11.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.06 4.4 19.01 4.9 19.27 10.7 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.67 3.5 26.16 8.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.66 14.2 23.77 14.4 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.31 5.6 – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.70 11.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.71 5.8 23.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.25 6.0 15.25 6.0 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 14.14 10.9 14.14 10.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.99 8.2 19.99 8.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.22 4.2 15.44 4.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.17 7.6 15.49 8.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.78 2.1 14.78 2.1 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.62 7.9 11.51 8.4 13.31 13.9 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.11 10.7 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 14.82 16.5 14.82 16.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.43 4.5 10.43 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.51 3.1 12.51 3.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.49 11.4 10.49 11.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.24 7.2 9.26 6.3 14.02 9.6 Protective service............................................ 14.06 17.9 – – 17.91 10.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.70 .6 – – 18.70 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.94 18.3 8.40 20.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $6.37 32.3 $6.37 32.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.86 8.1 10.34 6.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.10 8.9 10.10 8.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.68 6.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.96 3.4 9.97 4.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.02 3.1 10.05 4.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.39 2.7 9.34 2.9 $9.48 5.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.59 3.8 9.73 4.5 9.48 5.6 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $10.41 10.8 $8.92 4.2 $18.87 20.8 All excluding sales............................................... 10.97 11.7 9.25 4.8 18.87 20.8 White collar........................................................ 13.21 14.4 10.75 6.8 21.81 16.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.94 14.0 13.06 7.8 21.81 16.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.56 9.0 24.22 5.9 26.33 15.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.13 9.2 25.74 4.5 26.33 15.6 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.06 15.2 27.96 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 2.3 24.84 2.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.57 2.3 7.57 2.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.31 2.2 7.31 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.70 4.5 9.97 4.8 7.93 10.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.97 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.32 3.8 8.05 2.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.22 13.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.73 3.2 7.69 3.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.95 .6 6.95 .6 – – Service............................................................. 7.27 5.5 7.08 5.7 9.28 6.7 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.47 8.6 6.44 8.6 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.97 17.0 4.97 17.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.89 23.0 4.89 23.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.68 5.7 7.63 5.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.90 4.8 7.90 4.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.01 4.3 7.01 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 7.97 10.5 7.83 10.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $7.86 10.4 $7.72 10.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $757 3.4 39.8 $761 3.3 39.9 $749 8.5 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 754 3.6 39.7 756 3.7 39.8 749 8.5 39.5 White collar........................................................ 874 3.9 39.7 915 4.2 40.0 799 9.0 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 880 4.1 39.6 930 4.3 39.7 799 9.0 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,045 3.5 39.6 1,149 4.5 39.7 949 6.8 39.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,103 2.9 39.5 1,241 4.1 39.7 990 4.4 39.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,182 13.5 39.9 1,425 10.2 39.9 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,581 10.4 40.0 1,581 10.4 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,350 4.8 39.8 1,410 4.8 39.7 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,347 4.8 39.8 1,407 4.8 39.7 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 910 4.8 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 939 3.6 39.5 923 6.2 39.3 961 2.4 39.9 Registered nurses........................................... 927 4.4 39.5 922 7.8 39.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 986 .7 38.6 878 5.4 39.8 992 .2 38.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,024 3.8 38.9 – – – 1,021 3.9 38.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 965 .8 39.7 – – – 959 .7 39.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 980 4.3 38.6 – – – 990 5.7 38.5 Librarians.................................................. 980 4.3 38.6 – – – 990 5.7 38.5 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 980 3.3 40.0 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 681 3.9 39.9 – – – 735 2.6 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 681 3.9 39.9 – – – 735 2.6 39.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 780 6.3 39.8 835 7.2 39.8 697 7.1 39.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 667 .4 39.4 666 .5 39.3 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 626 18.5 40.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,200 4.3 39.7 1,222 4.8 39.7 1,056 5.7 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,319 4.9 40.0 1,325 5.3 40.0 1,263 12.4 40.1 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,368 18.5 39.8 – – – 1,368 19.7 39.8 Financial managers.......................................... 1,509 9.4 40.0 1,509 9.4 40.0 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,208 14.4 39.2 1,208 14.4 39.2 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,566 18.9 40.3 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,200 7.6 40.2 1,214 7.6 40.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,057 7.7 39.4 1,089 8.7 39.4 891 4.6 39.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 984 5.5 39.9 1,059 5.7 39.9 858 7.0 39.9 Other financial officers.................................... 1,039 10.3 39.6 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,390 20.2 38.8 1,404 20.2 38.9 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $960 15.4 39.0 $981 15.8 39.1 – – – Sales............................................................. 816 22.3 41.6 816 22.3 41.6 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,145 13.6 43.6 1,145 13.6 43.6 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 688 21.5 40.0 688 21.5 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 481 5.5 39.6 481 5.5 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 550 2.7 39.4 572 3.9 39.7 $508 2.5 38.8 Computer operators.......................................... 733 4.2 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 583 2.7 39.8 585 4.7 39.9 581 2.9 39.6 Receptionists............................................... 497 7.9 40.0 497 7.9 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 420 13.4 39.9 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 572 3.6 39.9 550 4.0 39.8 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 679 23.8 42.4 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 630 15.3 38.9 630 15.3 38.9 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 535 3.6 39.6 523 2.9 39.6 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 577 4.2 39.7 577 4.2 39.7 – – – General office clerks....................................... 490 7.1 39.1 598 7.8 40.0 426 2.6 38.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 396 12.6 33.2 – – – 396 12.6 33.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 556 2.3 39.6 575 3.1 39.4 520 1.1 39.9 Blue collar......................................................... 627 3.5 39.9 621 3.4 40.0 687 13.6 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 762 4.4 40.0 760 4.8 40.0 769 10.7 39.9 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,084 4.5 40.6 1,090 10.3 41.7 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 922 12.2 39.0 926 12.4 39.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 769 5.7 39.8 – – – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 666 11.7 39.9 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 947 5.6 39.9 947 5.6 39.9 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 604 5.9 39.6 604 5.9 39.6 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 566 10.9 40.0 566 10.9 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 781 7.5 39.0 781 7.5 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 613 5.1 40.3 630 4.9 40.8 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 618 10.5 40.7 633 12.3 40.9 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 595 2.5 40.2 595 2.5 40.2 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 464 8.0 39.9 460 8.5 39.9 531 13.6 39.9 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 801 14.2 41.9 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 575 16.5 38.8 575 16.5 38.8 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $417 4.5 40.0 $417 4.5 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 495 3.2 39.6 495 3.2 39.6 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 420 11.4 40.0 420 11.4 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 451 7.5 40.1 368 6.2 39.8 $570 10.4 40.7 Protective service............................................ 578 19.4 41.1 – – – 757 11.9 42.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 727 3.8 38.9 – – – 727 3.8 38.9 Food service.................................................. 350 18.0 39.1 336 20.6 39.9 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 255 32.3 40.0 255 32.3 40.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 418 7.7 38.5 412 6.7 39.9 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 398 10.0 39.4 398 10.0 39.4 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 339 8.2 35.0 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 392 3.3 39.4 391 4.1 39.2 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 395 2.9 39.4 394 3.6 39.2 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 375 2.6 39.9 372 2.6 39.9 379 5.6 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 384 3.8 40.0 389 4.5 40.0 379 5.6 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $38,691 3.4 2,035 $39,456 3.3 2,072 $36,938 8.5 1,950 All excluding sales............................................... 38,484 3.6 2,028 39,213 3.7 2,064 36,938 8.5 1,950 White collar........................................................ 44,433 3.9 2,019 47,484 4.2 2,075 39,103 9.0 1,922 White collar excluding sales.................................... 44,615 4.1 2,006 48,248 4.3 2,062 39,103 9.0 1,922 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,052 3.5 1,973 59,417 4.5 2,054 45,758 6.8 1,904 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,470 2.9 1,952 64,085 4.1 2,049 47,168 4.4 1,879 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 61,468 13.5 2,076 74,082 10.2 2,072 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 82,190 10.4 2,080 82,190 10.4 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 70,225 4.8 2,070 73,338 4.8 2,065 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 70,067 4.8 2,070 73,146 4.8 2,065 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 47,327 4.8 2,078 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,098 3.6 2,025 48,009 6.2 2,045 48,214 2.4 1,999 Registered nurses........................................... 48,217 4.4 2,056 47,957 7.8 2,038 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 41,050 .7 1,606 35,981 5.4 1,633 41,343 .2 1,605 Elementary school teachers.................................. 42,379 3.8 1,611 – – – 42,178 3.9 1,605 Secondary school teachers................................... 40,208 .8 1,654 – – – 39,889 .7 1,651 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 46,724 4.3 1,841 – – – 45,825 5.7 1,784 Librarians.................................................. 46,724 4.3 1,841 – – – 45,825 5.7 1,784 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 50,954 3.3 2,078 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 35,397 3.9 2,074 – – – 38,198 2.6 2,065 Social workers.............................................. 35,397 3.9 2,074 – – – 38,198 2.6 2,065 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 40,549 6.3 2,072 43,427 7.2 2,070 36,239 7.1 2,075 Licensed practical nurses................................... 34,674 .4 2,051 34,615 .5 2,045 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 32,538 18.5 2,080 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,420 4.3 2,066 63,557 4.8 2,065 54,908 5.7 2,076 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,570 4.9 2,079 68,912 5.3 2,078 65,695 12.4 2,083 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 71,114 18.5 2,070 – – – 71,115 19.7 2,069 Financial managers.......................................... 78,483 9.4 2,081 78,483 9.4 2,081 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 62,837 14.4 2,039 62,837 14.4 2,039 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,442 18.9 2,096 – – – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 62,398 7.6 2,088 63,112 7.6 2,089 – – – Management related............................................ 54,969 7.7 2,051 56,638 8.7 2,047 46,334 4.6 2,070 Accountants and auditors.................................... 51,175 5.5 2,076 55,074 5.7 2,076 44,591 7.0 2,076 Other financial officers.................................... 54,034 10.3 2,061 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 72,281 20.2 2,019 73,031 20.2 2,020 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $49,930 15.4 2,030 $51,003 15.8 2,034 – – – Sales............................................................. 42,454 22.3 2,164 42,454 22.3 2,164 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 59,551 13.6 2,265 59,551 13.6 2,265 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 35,799 21.5 2,080 35,799 21.5 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 25,031 5.5 2,058 25,031 5.5 2,058 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,117 2.7 2,016 29,742 3.9 2,066 $25,216 2.5 1,925 Computer operators.......................................... 38,130 4.2 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 30,199 2.7 2,060 30,399 4.7 2,074 30,007 2.9 2,046 Receptionists............................................... 25,673 7.9 2,068 25,673 7.9 2,068 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 21,832 13.4 2,072 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 29,742 3.6 2,076 28,585 4.0 2,071 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 35,298 23.8 2,206 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 32,735 15.3 2,024 32,735 15.3 2,024 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 27,811 3.6 2,060 27,211 2.9 2,058 – – – Bill and account collectors................................. 30,004 4.2 2,064 30,004 4.2 2,064 – – – General office clerks....................................... 24,769 7.1 1,975 31,111 7.8 2,078 21,215 2.6 1,918 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,568 12.6 1,305 – – – 15,568 12.6 1,305 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 28,902 2.3 2,059 29,925 3.1 2,051 27,030 1.1 2,074 Blue collar......................................................... 32,380 3.5 2,061 32,156 3.4 2,070 34,506 13.6 1,973 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,601 4.4 2,077 39,510 4.8 2,078 40,002 10.7 2,075 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 56,367 4.5 2,113 56,665 10.3 2,166 – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 47,949 12.2 2,026 48,160 12.4 2,026 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 39,972 5.7 2,070 – – – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 34,631 11.7 2,073 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 49,227 5.6 2,077 49,227 5.6 2,077 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 31,396 5.9 2,058 31,396 5.9 2,058 – – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 29,411 10.9 2,080 29,411 10.9 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 40,592 7.5 2,030 40,592 7.5 2,030 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,164 5.1 2,048 32,734 4.9 2,120 – – – Truck drivers............................................... 32,113 10.5 2,117 32,908 12.3 2,125 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,920 2.5 2,092 30,920 2.5 2,092 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 23,796 8.0 2,048 23,560 8.5 2,046 27,586 13.6 2,073 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 41,655 14.2 2,180 – – – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 29,903 16.5 2,017 29,903 16.5 2,017 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $21,692 4.5 2,080 $21,692 4.5 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 25,735 3.2 2,057 25,735 3.2 2,057 – – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 21,814 11.4 2,080 21,814 11.4 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 23,150 7.5 2,059 19,072 6.2 2,059 $28,869 10.4 2,060 Protective service............................................ 29,566 19.4 2,103 – – – 38,534 11.9 2,152 Police and detectives, public service....................... 37,715 3.8 2,017 – – – 37,715 3.8 2,017 Food service.................................................. 17,369 18.0 1,942 17,409 20.6 2,072 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 13,240 32.3 2,080 13,240 32.3 2,080 – – – Other food service........................................... 20,096 7.7 1,851 21,343 6.7 2,065 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 20,697 10.0 2,049 20,697 10.0 2,049 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 14,700 8.2 1,518 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 20,388 3.3 2,046 20,318 4.1 2,038 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 20,520 2.9 2,047 20,478 3.6 2,038 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 19,496 2.6 2,075 19,364 2.6 2,073 19,712 5.6 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 19,955 3.8 2,080 20,241 4.5 2,080 19,712 5.6 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $18.15 3.3 $17.85 3.6 $18.94 7.4 All excluding sales............................................... 18.26 3.4 17.97 3.7 18.94 7.4 White collar........................................................ 21.27 4.0 21.69 4.7 20.43 7.7 1....................................................... 8.04 8.7 8.04 8.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.56 4.6 9.54 5.0 9.68 6.9 3....................................................... 10.88 2.3 11.01 3.1 10.55 2.1 4....................................................... 13.77 2.2 14.18 2.4 12.52 2.1 5....................................................... 15.44 2.9 16.14 3.9 14.81 4.0 6....................................................... 15.98 3.1 17.00 2.7 14.79 3.9 7....................................................... 20.03 4.0 20.85 4.7 18.06 3.2 8....................................................... 22.78 3.9 22.68 5.0 22.89 6.2 9....................................................... 25.12 1.8 27.83 3.5 23.94 1.6 10........................................................ 31.81 6.2 32.18 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 36.00 6.7 37.08 8.3 31.64 6.7 12........................................................ 42.26 5.0 44.52 6.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.26 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.61 11.1 23.82 11.1 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.84 3.9 22.70 4.4 20.43 7.7 1....................................................... 8.81 9.3 8.81 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.84 5.0 11.15 6.5 9.68 6.9 3....................................................... 11.15 3.0 11.49 4.1 10.55 2.1 4....................................................... 13.79 2.1 14.32 2.6 12.52 2.1 5....................................................... 15.35 3.0 15.99 4.3 14.81 4.0 6....................................................... 15.95 3.2 17.01 2.8 14.79 3.9 7....................................................... 20.03 4.0 20.85 4.7 18.06 3.2 8....................................................... 22.85 4.5 22.80 6.8 22.89 6.2 9....................................................... 24.77 1.4 26.87 2.1 23.94 1.6 10........................................................ 31.04 6.8 31.43 7.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.37 2.5 33.86 3.2 31.64 6.7 12........................................................ 42.26 5.0 44.52 6.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.26 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.60 9.8 24.85 9.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.33 3.5 28.72 4.7 24.19 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.78 2.8 30.99 4.3 25.20 3.8 6....................................................... 17.91 1.6 18.07 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.87 8.3 20.11 9.3 – – 8....................................................... 22.85 4.3 22.76 2.8 22.89 6.2 9....................................................... 24.88 .9 26.88 2.1 24.32 1.1 10........................................................ 31.82 9.6 32.89 10.7 – – 11........................................................ 35.80 1.8 38.20 1.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.20 2.5 38.14 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.16 5.4 36.16 5.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.61 13.6 35.75 10.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.51 10.4 39.51 10.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $32.98 3.8 $35.51 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.50 3.4 28.50 3.4 – – 10........................................................ 32.29 14.1 32.29 14.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 1.4 38.44 .6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.09 2.9 34.09 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.91 3.9 35.42 5.4 – – 10........................................................ 32.29 14.1 32.29 14.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 1.4 38.44 .6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.09 2.9 34.09 2.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 22.78 4.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 25.08 5.1 24.32 4.8 $26.24 9.7 9....................................................... 24.49 2.6 26.10 4.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.56 4.0 23.75 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 23.01 2.8 24.21 5.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 32.79 16.6 32.79 16.6 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.48 1.2 21.87 3.9 25.70 .9 9....................................................... 25.80 1.2 – – 25.78 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.25 4.0 – – 26.28 4.2 9....................................................... 26.25 4.0 – – 26.28 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 24.31 .4 – – 24.17 .3 9....................................................... 24.10 .3 – – 23.92 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Librarians.................................................. 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.46 3.5 23.70 10.5 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.97 6.2 – – 17.45 11.5 Social workers.............................................. 16.97 6.2 – – 17.45 11.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.47 6.4 20.78 7.4 17.46 7.2 4....................................................... 15.16 6.5 15.16 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.64 6.4 – – – – 6....................................................... 19.16 7.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.78 6.0 22.73 5.7 18.61 7.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.88 1.4 16.89 1.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.31 18.3 14.61 20.5 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.20 4.2 30.78 4.7 26.42 5.6 6....................................................... 15.67 5.2 15.69 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.73 5.5 – – 18.45 4.0 8....................................................... 22.78 17.8 22.78 17.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.58 4.4 26.93 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 29.96 4.5 29.72 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 32.88 4.5 33.40 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 6.7 45.72 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.14 8.1 30.16 8.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $32.97 4.8 $33.16 5.2 $31.43 12.8 8....................................................... 23.15 23.9 23.15 23.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.38 7.3 26.59 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 32.62 5.3 33.00 6.0 – – 12........................................................ 39.86 4.2 39.92 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.38 11.9 34.47 12.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.36 18.9 – – 34.37 20.1 Financial managers.......................................... 37.71 9.6 37.71 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.59 16.0 43.59 16.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.82 13.5 30.82 13.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.86 19.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.88 7.6 30.22 7.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.46 4.6 34.46 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.80 11.6 29.80 11.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.80 8.0 27.67 9.1 22.38 4.6 6....................................................... 15.67 6.2 15.69 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.72 6.0 – – 18.49 4.2 8....................................................... 21.69 4.3 21.69 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.79 4.2 27.50 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 6.6 24.80 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.65 5.4 26.53 5.7 21.48 7.0 Other financial officers.................................... 26.21 9.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.80 21.5 36.15 21.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.60 14.2 25.08 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 16.62 18.7 16.62 18.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.22 2.7 8.22 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.88 4.2 9.88 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.69 7.2 13.69 7.2 – – 5....................................................... 17.91 15.0 17.91 15.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.29 5.7 22.29 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.59 30.0 12.59 30.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.29 18.4 26.29 18.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.21 21.5 17.21 21.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.41 6.6 11.41 6.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.37 8.5 12.37 8.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.92 1.6 7.92 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 7.80 5.8 7.80 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.32 6.9 8.32 6.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.55 2.8 13.86 4.0 12.90 2.8 1....................................................... 8.81 9.3 8.81 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.01 4.9 11.41 6.7 9.68 6.9 3....................................................... 11.17 3.0 11.52 4.1 10.55 2.1 4....................................................... 13.69 2.2 14.24 2.8 12.52 2.1 5....................................................... 14.71 4.3 15.28 6.4 14.02 4.3 6....................................................... $15.28 3.6 $16.36 3.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.93 4.8 18.65 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.63 5.7 12.83 6.0 – – Computer operators.......................................... 18.33 4.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.59 2.7 14.62 4.6 $14.56 2.8 4....................................................... 14.09 5.6 14.11 6.6 14.04 9.8 5....................................................... 13.45 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.40 9.6 14.40 9.6 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.34 7.8 12.34 7.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.61 3.1 12.61 3.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.31 12.4 17.31 12.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 10.52 11.5 – – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.52 11.9 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.96 4.1 13.22 4.0 – – Dispatchers................................................. 15.94 17.7 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.58 15.1 11.58 15.1 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.17 12.2 16.17 12.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.47 3.4 13.21 2.9 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.43 4.4 14.43 4.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.02 7.0 13.17 13.1 11.06 3.0 3....................................................... 10.45 2.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.61 10.8 13.64 20.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.75 8.8 12.75 8.8 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.91 8.8 – – 11.93 9.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 13.18 3.0 13.59 4.2 12.35 5.3 4....................................................... 12.81 3.7 12.92 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.66 7.9 13.26 7.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.29 3.2 15.09 3.2 17.36 11.7 1....................................................... 8.16 6.7 8.10 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.79 4.3 10.79 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.19 2.6 12.15 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 6.1 15.03 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.69 2.7 16.78 2.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.90 5.7 19.32 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.42 3.8 21.30 4.2 17.45 1.0 8....................................................... 23.54 9.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.26 4.8 27.45 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.77 9.0 12.70 9.3 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.90 4.4 18.82 4.9 19.27 10.7 5....................................................... 18.95 2.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.78 7.9 18.09 8.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 4.4 21.60 4.7 17.42 1.3 9....................................................... 27.55 5.7 28.09 10.9 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.67 3.5 26.16 8.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $23.66 14.2 $23.77 14.4 – – 7....................................................... 26.59 11.6 26.59 11.6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.31 5.6 – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.70 11.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.71 5.8 23.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.22 5.9 15.22 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.30 2.9 12.30 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.62 9.1 15.62 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.78 4.3 15.78 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 22.30 7.3 22.30 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.25 17.3 17.25 17.3 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 14.14 10.9 14.14 10.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.99 8.2 19.99 8.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.07 .9 12.07 .9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.07 4.0 15.29 4.2 $12.98 2.6 3....................................................... 15.76 4.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 14.12 4.3 14.49 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.74 4.0 17.01 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.63 10.4 13.63 10.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.25 7.2 15.57 8.2 – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.78 4.2 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.78 2.1 14.78 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.65 6.2 14.65 6.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.99 6.3 10.87 6.7 13.16 13.2 1....................................................... 7.97 7.2 7.90 7.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.95 6.4 10.95 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.82 6.4 10.82 6.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.54 9.3 14.63 9.7 – – 6....................................................... 15.64 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.78 4.5 11.25 2.7 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.11 10.7 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 14.82 16.5 14.82 16.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.80 3.9 8.80 3.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.66 8.0 7.66 8.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.53 3.7 12.53 3.7 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 10.95 15.5 10.95 15.5 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 9.89 5.4 9.89 5.4 – – Service............................................................. 10.31 6.4 8.55 4.9 13.74 9.9 1....................................................... 7.62 6.4 7.04 9.3 9.55 2.5 2....................................................... 8.10 4.0 7.93 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.26 4.1 8.95 4.5 10.34 6.3 4....................................................... $10.97 3.6 $11.11 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.30 3.8 – – $14.71 3.0 6....................................................... 14.50 6.8 – – 14.55 8.0 7....................................................... 16.47 10.3 – – 16.04 9.8 Protective service............................................ 13.85 18.4 – – 17.86 10.7 6....................................................... 14.06 4.4 – – 13.93 3.7 7....................................................... 19.85 4.4 – – 18.97 1.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.70 .6 – – 18.70 .6 Food service.................................................. 7.68 11.5 7.34 12.0 – – 1....................................................... 6.61 12.1 6.36 14.0 – – 2....................................................... 6.53 11.6 6.10 14.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.33 4.3 9.33 4.3 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.64 17.5 5.64 17.5 – – 1....................................................... 5.64 31.7 5.64 31.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.65 21.7 5.65 21.7 – – 1....................................................... 5.51 33.4 5.51 33.4 – – Other food service........................................... 9.26 7.3 8.83 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.52 3.3 7.19 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 9.14 4.1 9.14 4.1 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.48 10.9 10.51 11.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.15 9.6 9.15 9.6 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.93 7.5 7.57 9.0 – – 1....................................................... 7.39 5.2 6.99 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 9.22 6.0 9.09 6.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.04 8.2 8.79 9.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.19 6.4 9.05 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.99 8.7 8.71 10.6 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.38 2.3 9.29 2.3 9.51 5.0 1....................................................... 9.16 2.8 8.69 4.3 9.60 2.9 2....................................................... 8.23 3.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.55 3.4 9.61 4.4 9.51 5.0 1....................................................... 9.41 2.1 9.13 2.7 9.60 2.9 Personal service.............................................. 10.15 16.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $19.01 3.5 $19.04 3.4 $18.94 8.5 All excluding sales............................................... 18.98 3.6 18.99 3.6 18.94 8.5 White collar........................................................ 22.01 4.0 22.88 4.3 20.35 8.9 2....................................................... 10.46 6.1 10.46 6.8 10.50 11.4 3....................................................... 11.19 2.6 11.53 3.1 10.56 2.2 4....................................................... 14.11 2.2 14.67 2.1 12.57 2.4 5....................................................... 15.51 2.9 16.16 3.9 14.91 4.0 6....................................................... 15.99 3.1 17.00 2.7 14.81 3.9 7....................................................... 20.03 4.1 20.85 4.8 18.08 3.1 8....................................................... 22.35 3.6 22.66 5.2 21.86 3.6 9....................................................... 25.09 1.8 27.81 3.5 23.95 1.6 10........................................................ 31.64 6.3 32.01 6.7 – – 11........................................................ 35.44 7.0 37.08 8.3 27.97 2.9 12........................................................ 42.26 5.0 44.52 6.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.26 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.83 9.0 24.82 9.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.24 4.1 23.40 4.3 20.35 8.9 2....................................................... 11.23 6.4 11.40 7.8 10.50 11.4 3....................................................... 11.28 3.3 11.81 4.3 10.56 2.2 4....................................................... 14.17 2.3 14.93 2.4 12.57 2.4 5....................................................... 15.42 3.0 16.01 4.3 14.91 4.0 6....................................................... 15.96 3.2 17.01 2.8 14.81 3.9 7....................................................... 20.03 4.1 20.85 4.8 18.08 3.1 8....................................................... 22.36 4.4 22.79 7.3 21.86 3.6 9....................................................... 24.73 1.4 26.79 2.1 23.95 1.6 10........................................................ 30.80 7.0 31.17 7.8 – – 11........................................................ 32.67 2.6 33.86 3.2 27.97 2.9 12........................................................ 42.26 5.0 44.52 6.7 – – 13........................................................ 50.26 4.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.43 8.9 25.42 8.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.38 3.5 28.93 4.7 24.03 6.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.90 2.9 31.28 4.2 25.10 4.1 6....................................................... 18.03 2.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.84 8.9 20.01 9.8 – – 8....................................................... 22.18 2.5 22.71 2.2 21.86 3.6 9....................................................... 24.83 .9 26.76 1.9 24.33 1.1 10........................................................ 31.45 10.2 32.49 11.5 – – 11........................................................ 33.97 4.9 38.20 1.2 – – 12........................................................ 39.20 2.5 38.14 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.16 5.4 36.16 5.4 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 29.61 13.6 35.75 10.3 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 39.51 10.4 39.51 10.4 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.93 5.2 35.51 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 28.50 3.4 28.50 3.4 – – 10........................................................ $32.29 14.1 $32.29 14.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 1.4 38.44 .6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.09 2.9 34.09 2.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.85 5.2 35.42 5.4 – – 10........................................................ 32.29 14.1 32.29 14.1 – – 11........................................................ 37.96 1.4 38.44 .6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.09 2.9 34.09 2.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 22.78 4.8 – – – – Health related................................................ 23.75 3.9 23.48 6.7 $24.12 2.5 8....................................................... 24.08 .3 – – – – 9....................................................... 24.00 2.0 25.35 2.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.45 4.6 23.54 7.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.08 .3 – – – – 9....................................................... 22.89 2.7 24.11 4.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.56 1.2 22.04 5.6 25.76 .9 9....................................................... 25.82 1.1 – – 25.78 1.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 26.31 4.1 – – 26.28 4.2 9....................................................... 26.31 4.1 – – 26.28 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 24.31 .4 – – 24.17 .3 9....................................................... 24.10 .3 – – 23.92 .1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Librarians.................................................. 25.38 4.2 – – 25.69 5.6 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 24.52 3.3 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.07 4.0 – – 18.50 2.7 Social workers.............................................. 17.07 4.0 – – 18.50 2.7 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 19.57 6.3 20.98 7.1 17.46 7.2 4....................................................... 15.32 6.0 15.32 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 16.64 6.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.83 5.9 22.80 5.6 18.61 7.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.91 1.4 16.93 1.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.64 18.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.21 4.2 30.78 4.7 26.45 5.6 6....................................................... 15.67 5.2 15.69 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.73 5.5 – – 18.45 4.0 8....................................................... 22.78 17.8 22.78 17.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.58 4.4 26.93 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 29.96 4.5 29.72 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 32.88 4.5 33.40 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 45.02 6.7 45.72 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.16 8.1 30.16 8.2 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.98 4.8 33.16 5.2 31.53 12.6 8....................................................... $23.15 23.9 $23.15 23.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.38 7.3 26.59 6.5 – – 11........................................................ 32.62 5.3 33.00 6.0 – – 12........................................................ 39.86 4.2 39.92 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.42 11.9 34.47 12.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 34.36 18.9 – – $34.37 20.1 Financial managers.......................................... 37.71 9.6 37.71 9.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.59 16.0 43.59 16.0 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 30.82 13.5 30.82 13.5 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.86 19.1 – – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 29.88 7.6 30.22 7.6 – – 11........................................................ 34.46 4.6 34.46 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.80 11.6 29.80 11.6 – – Management related............................................ 26.80 8.0 27.67 9.1 22.38 4.6 6....................................................... 15.67 6.2 15.69 6.6 – – 7....................................................... 19.72 6.0 – – 18.49 4.2 8....................................................... 21.69 4.3 21.69 4.3 – – 9....................................................... 25.79 4.2 27.50 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.80 6.6 24.80 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 24.65 5.4 26.53 5.7 21.48 7.0 Other financial officers.................................... 26.21 9.6 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 35.80 21.5 36.15 21.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.60 14.2 25.08 14.6 – – Sales............................................................. 19.62 19.7 19.62 19.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.86 6.3 13.86 6.3 – – 5....................................................... 17.91 15.0 17.91 15.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.29 5.7 22.29 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.30 26.8 15.30 26.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 26.29 18.4 26.29 18.4 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.21 21.5 17.21 21.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 12.16 5.5 12.16 5.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.95 2.6 14.39 3.7 13.10 2.8 2....................................................... 11.49 6.3 11.75 8.2 10.50 11.4 3....................................................... 11.29 3.3 11.84 4.4 10.56 2.2 4....................................................... 14.09 2.5 14.89 2.7 12.57 2.4 5....................................................... 14.73 4.3 15.31 6.4 14.02 4.3 6....................................................... 15.28 3.6 16.36 3.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.93 4.8 18.65 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.18 4.8 13.18 4.8 – – Computer operators.......................................... 18.33 4.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.66 2.8 14.66 4.9 14.67 2.9 4....................................................... 14.13 5.5 14.18 6.2 14.04 9.8 5....................................................... 13.45 5.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.41 9.6 14.41 9.6 – – Receptionists............................................... $12.41 7.9 $12.41 7.9 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 10.53 13.6 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 14.33 3.5 13.80 3.8 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.00 17.8 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.17 12.2 16.17 12.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.50 3.7 13.22 3.1 – – Bill and account collectors................................. 14.54 4.8 14.54 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.78 2.6 13.78 2.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 12.54 6.8 14.97 7.8 $11.06 3.0 3....................................................... 10.46 2.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.87 9.5 18.28 3.1 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.93 9.0 – – 11.93 9.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.04 2.4 14.59 3.1 13.03 1.2 Blue collar......................................................... 15.71 3.4 15.53 3.4 17.49 11.9 1....................................................... 8.41 9.0 8.35 9.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.39 4.5 11.39 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.34 2.6 12.34 2.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.98 6.2 15.17 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.68 2.7 16.78 2.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.90 5.7 19.32 6.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.42 3.8 21.30 4.2 17.45 1.0 8....................................................... 23.54 9.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.26 4.8 27.45 8.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.12 9.4 13.06 9.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.06 4.4 19.01 4.9 19.27 10.7 5....................................................... 18.95 2.9 – – – – 6....................................................... 17.78 7.9 18.09 8.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.49 4.4 21.60 4.7 17.42 1.3 9....................................................... 27.55 5.7 28.09 10.9 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 26.67 3.5 26.16 8.0 – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.66 14.2 23.77 14.4 – – 7....................................................... 26.59 11.6 26.59 11.6 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.31 5.6 – – – – Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c..................... 16.70 11.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.71 5.8 23.71 5.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.25 6.0 15.25 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.30 2.9 12.30 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.62 9.1 15.62 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.78 4.3 15.78 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 22.30 7.3 22.30 7.3 – – 7....................................................... 17.25 17.3 17.25 17.3 – – Slicing and cutting machine operators....................... 14.14 10.9 14.14 10.9 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 19.99 8.2 19.99 8.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $15.22 4.2 $15.44 4.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.39 5.0 14.85 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 16.71 4.3 17.00 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.63 10.4 13.63 10.4 – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.17 7.6 15.49 8.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.78 2.1 14.78 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.65 6.2 14.65 6.2 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.62 7.9 11.51 8.4 $13.31 13.9 1....................................................... 8.22 10.1 8.15 10.2 – – 2....................................................... 11.93 7.4 11.93 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.42 7.7 11.42 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.69 9.5 14.79 10.0 – – 6....................................................... 15.64 6.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.95 4.8 11.42 1.7 – – Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c.................................................... 19.11 10.7 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 14.82 16.5 14.82 16.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.43 4.5 10.43 4.5 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 12.51 3.1 12.51 3.1 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.49 11.4 10.49 11.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.24 7.2 9.26 6.3 14.02 9.6 1....................................................... 9.02 1.8 8.67 1.3 9.60 3.0 2....................................................... 8.20 6.6 8.26 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.75 4.0 9.49 3.7 10.37 6.7 4....................................................... 11.15 3.6 11.13 3.9 – – 5....................................................... 14.30 3.8 – – 14.71 3.0 6....................................................... 14.50 6.8 – – 14.55 8.0 7....................................................... 16.47 10.3 – – 16.04 9.8 Protective service............................................ 14.06 17.9 – – 17.91 10.4 6....................................................... 14.06 4.4 – – 13.93 3.7 7....................................................... 19.85 4.4 – – 18.97 1.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 18.70 .6 – – 18.70 .6 Food service.................................................. 8.94 18.3 8.40 20.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.18 5.6 – – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 6.37 32.3 6.37 32.3 – – Other food service........................................... 10.86 8.1 10.34 6.8 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.10 8.9 10.10 8.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.68 6.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.96 3.4 9.97 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.13 2.6 10.22 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.02 3.1 10.05 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 10.15 2.6 10.26 3.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 9.39 2.7 9.34 2.9 9.48 5.6 1....................................................... $9.25 2.7 $8.81 4.0 $9.60 2.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 9.59 3.8 9.73 4.5 9.48 5.6 1....................................................... 9.52 2.4 9.39 3.7 9.60 2.9 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 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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................................................................... $10.41 10.8 $8.92 4.2 $18.87 20.8 All excluding sales............................................... 10.97 11.7 9.25 4.8 18.87 20.8 White collar........................................................ 13.21 14.4 10.75 6.8 21.81 16.5 1....................................................... 7.15 1.8 7.15 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.07 2.6 8.11 2.7 – – 3....................................................... 9.49 5.1 9.49 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.32 8.4 10.32 9.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.11 8.3 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.94 14.0 13.06 7.8 21.81 16.5 2....................................................... 9.12 4.8 9.85 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.42 5.7 10.44 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.45 9.0 10.46 9.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.11 8.3 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.56 9.0 24.22 5.9 26.33 15.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 26.13 9.2 25.74 4.5 26.33 15.6 9....................................................... 27.11 8.3 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 33.06 15.2 27.96 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.51 2.3 24.84 2.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 7.57 2.3 7.57 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 7.71 3.3 7.71 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 7.83 3.4 7.83 3.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.31 2.2 7.31 2.2 – – 2....................................................... 7.11 3.8 7.11 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 7.83 3.4 7.83 3.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.70 4.5 9.97 4.8 7.93 10.9 2....................................................... 9.12 4.8 9.85 2.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.43 5.9 10.45 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 10.41 9.1 10.41 9.8 – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 8.97 7.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.32 3.8 8.05 2.8 – – 1....................................................... 6.89 2.0 6.86 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.31 7.0 8.24 7.1 – – 3....................................................... $10.39 12.2 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.22 13.8 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.73 3.2 $7.69 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.89 2.0 6.86 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.29 7.5 8.22 7.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.95 .6 6.95 .6 – – 1....................................................... 6.71 1.9 6.71 1.9 – – Service............................................................. 7.27 5.5 7.08 5.7 $9.28 6.7 1....................................................... 5.66 9.2 5.58 9.4 – – 2....................................................... 7.91 12.5 7.25 13.9 – – 3....................................................... 8.04 7.9 7.95 8.0 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 6.47 8.6 6.44 8.6 – – 1....................................................... 5.46 11.6 5.38 11.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 6.0 9.00 6.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.97 17.0 4.97 17.0 – – 1....................................................... 3.62 31.7 3.62 31.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.89 23.0 4.89 23.0 – – Other food service........................................... 7.68 5.7 7.63 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.15 3.9 7.05 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 8.62 4.2 8.62 4.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 7.90 4.8 7.90 4.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.01 4.3 7.01 4.3 – – 1....................................................... 6.92 4.3 6.92 4.3 – – Health service................................................ 7.97 10.5 7.83 10.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 7.86 10.4 7.72 10.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $19.01 $10.41 $18.90 $18.09 $18.03 $30.93 All excluding sales............................................. 18.98 10.97 18.90 18.20 18.19 31.80 White collar........................................................ 22.01 13.21 20.72 21.28 21.11 32.96 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.24 15.94 20.72 21.87 21.74 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.38 25.56 – 26.40 26.23 – Professional specialty.......................................... 27.90 26.13 – 27.78 27.67 – Technical....................................................... 19.57 – – 19.23 19.47 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.21 – – 30.20 30.11 – Sales............................................................. 19.62 7.57 – 16.62 15.62 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.95 9.70 20.33 13.17 13.55 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.71 8.32 18.62 14.23 15.29 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.06 – 21.72 18.11 18.90 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.25 – 18.90 12.89 15.23 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.22 12.22 15.85 14.84 15.07 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.62 7.73 14.28 10.46 10.98 – Service............................................................. 11.24 7.27 – 10.30 10.31 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.5 10.8 4.6 3.5 3.3 10.0 All excluding sales............................................. 3.6 11.7 4.6 3.6 3.4 10.7 White collar........................................................ 4.0 14.4 1.5 4.1 4.0 8.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.1 14.0 1.5 4.0 3.9 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.5 9.0 – 3.5 3.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.9 9.2 – 2.8 2.8 – Technical....................................................... 6.3 – – 7.0 6.4 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.2 – – 4.2 4.5 – Sales............................................................. 19.7 2.3 – 18.7 20.9 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.6 4.5 2.9 2.8 2.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 3.8 5.6 3.9 3.2 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.4 – 4.0 5.6 4.4 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.0 – 12.2 3.3 6.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 13.8 6.3 4.6 4.0 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.9 3.2 10.6 6.9 6.3 – Service............................................................. 7.2 5.5 – 6.5 6.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $17.85 $20.48 – - $21.09 $16.95 $19.80 $13.10 - - All excluding sales............................................. 17.97 20.59 – - 21.23 16.96 19.80 13.28 - - White collar........................................................ 21.69 30.75 – - 31.41 20.30 21.32 14.46 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.70 31.51 – - 32.32 21.09 21.44 16.48 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.72 35.50 – - 35.62 26.96 25.35 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 30.99 41.52 – - 41.83 28.73 30.16 – - - Technical....................................................... 20.78 23.34 – - 23.34 19.65 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.78 34.32 – - 36.14 29.53 34.14 25.18 - - Sales............................................................. 16.62 – – - – 16.81 – 12.72 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.86 14.12 – - 13.81 13.84 17.14 11.74 - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.09 16.31 – - 16.66 13.34 17.54 13.25 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 18.56 – - 21.19 19.50 21.46 – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.22 15.86 – - 15.86 9.32 – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.29 16.18 – - 14.93 15.04 15.87 15.58 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.87 12.34 – - 12.54 10.13 15.81 9.92 - - Service............................................................. 8.55 – – - – 8.52 – 6.85 - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 5.8 – - 6.8 4.2 4.7 10.6 - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 5.5 – - 6.5 4.7 4.9 12.3 - - White collar........................................................ 4.7 7.1 – - 7.8 4.8 8.0 13.1 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 5.9 – - 6.6 4.8 8.3 16.2 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.7 10.8 – - 10.9 4.8 17.1 – - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 7.3 – - 7.2 4.6 14.2 – - - Technical....................................................... 7.4 2.8 – - 2.8 11.1 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.7 9.1 – - 10.2 5.8 9.6 11.3 - - Sales............................................................. 18.7 – – - – 19.1 – 7.2 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 2.4 – - 1.5 4.2 5.9 8.3 - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 3.0 – - 2.6 6.7 2.5 6.2 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 6.3 – - 3.4 5.2 6.5 – - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 6.0 – - 6.0 5.4 – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 7.1 – - 4.9 4.9 2.6 2.6 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 1.9 – - 2.1 9.9 7.2 3.2 - - Service............................................................. 4.9 – – - – 5.0 – 10.6 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, 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....................................................... $17.85 $17.03 $18.10 $16.24 $20.90 All excluding sales............................................. 17.97 16.90 18.29 16.13 21.33 White collar........................................................ 21.69 23.06 21.34 19.18 24.46 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 22.70 24.40 22.29 19.71 25.54 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.72 28.76 28.70 25.21 31.16 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.99 29.42 31.88 28.99 33.42 Technical....................................................... 20.78 – 19.67 18.98 20.70 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.78 24.59 32.45 29.13 36.09 Sales............................................................. 16.62 18.09 16.09 17.12 12.40 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.86 11.94 14.04 14.26 13.62 Blue collar......................................................... 15.09 13.07 15.76 13.98 18.83 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.82 15.70 20.14 19.07 21.68 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 15.22 12.19 15.83 12.82 19.19 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.29 15.45 15.23 14.75 16.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.87 9.26 11.46 10.60 14.73 Service............................................................. 8.55 7.82 8.87 8.32 – B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 6.4 4.1 6.5 8.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 6.9 4.4 7.0 9.1 White collar........................................................ 4.7 7.7 6.0 8.1 8.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.4 9.1 6.2 8.5 8.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.7 7.6 5.8 8.5 7.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.3 8.0 5.3 8.1 7.8 Technical....................................................... 7.4 – 7.6 13.0 3.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.7 11.5 4.8 6.1 6.8 Sales............................................................. 18.7 16.9 25.7 31.3 11.4 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.0 3.9 4.3 6.2 3.9 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 6.6 4.1 6.5 3.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.9 8.0 3.9 4.9 6.1 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.9 8.4 6.7 3.7 10.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 1.1 5.7 9.6 .8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 4.4 9.8 11.8 10.6 Service............................................................. 4.9 7.5 5.5 8.5 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.20 $10.78 $15.33 $22.74 $32.16 All excluding sales........................... 8.32 11.00 15.60 22.84 31.60 White collar.................................... 9.72 12.86 18.32 26.44 37.61 White collar excluding sales................ 10.75 13.59 19.18 26.92 37.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.41 19.36 24.07 30.95 39.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.00 20.77 25.89 33.00 39.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.95 21.88 26.20 33.03 47.11 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.00 30.20 41.87 47.11 47.11 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.07 25.00 33.65 39.44 46.64 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.07 24.93 33.65 39.44 46.59 Natural scientists........................ 19.18 19.30 23.44 24.43 26.20 Health related............................ 17.65 20.49 24.09 28.00 31.69 Registered nurses....................... 17.95 20.17 23.84 26.73 28.85 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.00 26.85 30.07 39.29 47.55 Teachers, except college and university... 20.30 21.50 23.94 28.84 33.20 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.71 21.55 24.27 29.72 34.79 Secondary school teachers............... 20.30 21.11 22.81 26.95 30.49 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 20.29 23.61 24.56 28.61 32.74 Librarians.............................. 20.29 23.61 24.56 28.61 32.74 Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.18 19.18 26.20 28.82 28.82 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.50 14.42 17.22 19.36 21.25 Social workers.......................... 12.50 14.42 17.22 19.36 21.25 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... – – – – – Technical................................... 12.02 15.35 18.42 22.60 26.15 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.77 15.61 17.14 18.60 19.30 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.25 13.08 19.55 23.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.31 20.31 28.21 37.60 44.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.55 23.44 32.56 39.59 44.92 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.99 24.97 34.18 44.04 47.66 Financial managers...................... 23.44 29.05 37.32 39.59 43.75 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 20.78 20.78 23.08 45.73 47.69 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.57 30.12 40.04 40.04 40.04 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.35 20.77 28.85 37.71 42.79 Management related........................ 15.00 17.31 23.99 32.19 43.42 Accountants and auditors................ 16.35 18.27 23.75 28.85 36.75 Other financial officers................ 13.67 17.72 27.64 33.65 36.06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.46 17.31 30.23 53.39 57.54 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.30 17.30 18.89 34.04 37.57 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.25 12.00 17.35 34.97 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 18.00 22.73 40.14 40.14 Sales, other business services.......... $9.71 $12.02 $14.83 $22.02 $28.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.65 8.50 11.32 13.25 14.08 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.15 8.00 8.54 8.81 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 10.86 12.98 15.46 18.55 Computer operators...................... 13.63 18.55 18.55 19.92 20.93 Secretaries............................. 11.71 12.23 14.86 16.15 17.37 Receptionists........................... 10.00 10.61 12.02 14.50 14.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.58 11.54 12.48 13.50 14.79 Order clerks............................ 9.15 11.15 21.81 22.84 22.84 Library clerks.......................... 6.58 6.59 12.10 13.73 13.73 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.30 8.70 8.80 11.80 14.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.87 12.00 13.74 15.60 17.79 Dispatchers............................. 12.38 12.38 12.38 20.89 24.08 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.75 8.75 11.00 11.00 22.91 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.12 13.00 15.80 17.24 22.93 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 12.05 13.20 14.46 16.52 Bill and account collectors............. 12.79 13.15 13.99 14.90 16.13 General office clerks................... 8.51 9.41 10.86 14.04 17.74 Teachers' aides......................... 8.39 9.40 10.52 13.62 20.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.18 10.78 13.41 15.31 16.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.67 14.48 19.08 24.40 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.94 14.75 18.50 21.78 27.14 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.58 24.44 25.43 28.38 31.25 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.48 19.60 25.83 29.86 29.86 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.48 16.82 18.55 21.77 22.81 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 12.12 13.94 14.75 21.20 23.08 Supervisors, production................. 16.25 19.49 22.95 25.52 32.18 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.82 11.00 13.50 18.05 24.40 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.61 12.36 13.77 15.33 17.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 14.16 21.17 24.40 27.40 Assemblers.............................. 10.00 10.50 11.25 13.58 14.88 Transportation and material moving............ 9.96 11.74 15.26 16.80 20.22 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 13.15 15.82 17.48 18.85 Bus drivers............................. 9.96 10.12 11.10 18.03 19.85 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.40 12.95 14.95 16.20 17.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.25 9.95 13.29 16.30 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 11.75 13.34 18.44 26.01 26.01 Production helpers...................... 10.12 11.23 15.60 15.60 22.86 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 6.75 8.25 10.12 12.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ $7.05 $11.09 $12.46 $15.25 $16.30 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 8.00 9.49 11.25 18.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.12 13.95 Service......................................... 6.50 7.88 9.28 11.65 15.70 Protective service........................ 8.05 9.00 11.57 16.63 21.07 Police and detectives, public service... 16.12 16.64 18.96 20.15 21.71 Food service.............................. 2.13 6.08 7.95 9.34 11.66 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 6.08 8.32 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.20 9.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.25 8.47 10.00 13.34 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.50 9.50 11.75 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.00 7.58 8.55 10.00 13.34 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.50 7.50 8.56 10.80 Health service............................ 6.50 7.35 9.36 10.56 11.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.50 7.35 9.25 10.60 11.50 Cleaning and building service............. 7.13 7.90 8.86 10.52 12.07 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.44 8.00 9.40 10.75 12.50 Personal service.......................... 5.00 8.23 10.34 12.56 14.04 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.95 $10.00 $14.42 $22.07 $33.53 All excluding sales........................... 8.00 10.40 14.74 22.50 33.17 White collar.................................... 9.00 12.41 17.50 28.47 38.92 White collar excluding sales................ 10.75 13.44 18.89 28.85 39.18 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.61 20.26 26.63 35.00 45.95 Professional specialty...................... 17.85 22.12 29.37 37.50 47.11 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 25.63 27.32 30.20 47.11 51.56 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.00 30.20 41.87 47.11 47.11 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 22.12 28.85 34.62 40.87 50.00 Computer systems analysts and scientists 22.12 28.85 34.61 40.87 50.00 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.87 19.80 24.83 28.07 31.60 Registered nurses....................... 15.87 20.00 24.07 27.19 29.94 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.00 26.85 30.07 39.29 47.55 Teachers, except college and university... 14.85 15.63 20.72 27.50 32.10 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.05 20.26 20.26 28.26 33.46 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.67 16.00 20.84 26.15 28.65 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.97 15.88 17.12 18.37 19.60 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.18 12.25 16.85 24.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.33 20.78 28.42 37.71 45.73 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.09 23.44 32.90 39.23 45.09 Financial managers...................... 23.44 29.05 37.32 39.59 43.75 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 20.78 20.78 23.08 45.73 47.69 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.35 21.28 28.85 37.71 42.79 Management related........................ 15.00 17.49 24.54 33.65 53.39 Accountants and auditors................ 18.27 20.34 26.44 32.89 36.75 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.46 17.33 30.23 54.56 57.54 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.30 17.30 22.05 34.04 37.57 Sales......................................... 7.25 8.25 12.00 17.35 34.97 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 18.00 22.73 40.14 40.14 Sales, other business services.......... 9.71 12.02 14.83 22.02 28.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.65 8.50 11.32 13.25 14.08 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.15 8.00 8.54 8.81 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.00 11.00 13.15 15.60 19.48 Secretaries............................. 12.00 12.23 14.26 16.00 17.54 Receptionists........................... $10.00 $10.61 $12.02 $14.50 $14.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.58 11.54 12.48 13.50 14.79 Order clerks............................ 9.15 11.15 21.81 22.84 22.84 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.87 11.06 12.73 14.56 16.72 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.75 8.75 11.00 11.00 22.91 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.12 13.00 15.80 17.24 22.93 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.97 13.03 14.15 15.15 Bill and account collectors............. 12.79 13.15 13.99 14.90 16.13 General office clerks................... 8.00 9.00 13.02 17.45 19.48 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.10 11.06 14.15 15.80 17.32 Blue collar..................................... 7.98 10.50 14.08 19.08 23.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.50 14.00 18.55 21.78 27.14 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.58 19.58 24.44 31.25 35.97 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.50 19.60 25.83 29.86 29.86 Supervisors, production................. 16.25 19.49 22.95 25.52 32.18 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.82 11.00 13.50 18.05 24.40 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.61 12.36 13.77 15.33 17.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 14.16 21.17 24.40 27.40 Assemblers.............................. 10.00 10.50 11.25 13.58 14.88 Transportation and material moving............ 9.96 12.00 15.82 17.36 20.88 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 14.00 15.82 18.00 19.25 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.40 12.95 14.95 16.20 17.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.25 9.76 13.25 16.17 Production helpers...................... 10.12 11.23 15.60 15.60 22.86 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 6.75 8.25 10.12 12.45 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.05 11.09 12.46 15.25 16.30 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 7.00 8.00 9.49 11.25 18.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.12 13.95 Service......................................... 5.75 7.00 8.50 10.00 11.63 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 5.92 7.83 9.00 11.40 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 6.08 8.32 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.20 9.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 6.50 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.75 Cooks................................... 8.00 8.50 9.50 12.00 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.00 7.58 8.55 10.00 13.34 Food preparation, n.e.c................. $5.75 $6.50 $7.25 $8.00 $9.99 Health service............................ 6.50 7.00 9.15 10.56 11.52 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.50 7.00 9.03 10.56 11.52 Cleaning and building service............. 7.16 8.00 8.50 10.25 11.78 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.91 8.25 9.27 10.75 12.50 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 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.76 $12.56 $17.23 $23.44 $29.31 All excluding sales........................... 9.76 12.56 17.23 23.44 29.31 White collar.................................... 10.75 14.36 19.18 24.77 31.71 White collar excluding sales................ 10.75 14.36 19.18 24.77 31.71 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.41 19.18 22.88 27.21 34.79 Professional specialty...................... 18.35 20.44 23.44 28.78 38.38 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 19.05 20.67 24.00 27.40 33.28 Teachers, except college and university... 20.52 21.75 24.17 28.84 33.39 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.77 21.55 24.17 29.72 35.09 Secondary school teachers............... 20.30 21.11 22.81 26.67 30.01 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.82 22.28 25.67 29.20 32.79 Librarians.............................. 19.82 22.28 25.67 29.20 32.79 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 15.99 17.63 19.82 23.50 Social workers.......................... 10.00 15.99 17.63 19.82 23.50 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.43 15.02 16.87 19.56 22.92 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.11 17.68 24.97 31.00 40.04 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.47 23.84 30.45 40.04 44.04 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.99 23.84 30.45 44.04 47.66 Management related........................ 15.87 16.83 20.51 27.16 30.10 Accountants and auditors................ 15.87 16.82 17.95 23.74 30.72 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.08 10.51 12.38 15.35 16.78 Secretaries............................. 10.82 12.35 15.08 16.78 16.92 General office clerks................... 8.80 9.41 10.51 12.29 13.94 Teachers' aides......................... 8.39 9.39 10.52 13.68 20.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.18 10.75 12.02 14.68 16.22 Blue collar..................................... 11.14 13.68 16.68 19.03 25.43 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.94 15.80 17.50 22.81 27.65 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 10.92 12.48 14.83 16.64 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.26 10.68 12.97 15.28 17.74 Service......................................... 8.23 9.58 12.02 16.12 20.23 Protective service........................ $11.49 $13.14 $16.30 $19.74 $27.75 Police and detectives, public service... 16.12 16.64 18.96 20.15 21.71 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 6.98 7.66 9.48 10.72 12.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.98 7.66 9.48 10.72 12.38 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.75 $16.11 $23.28 $33.22 All excluding sales........................... 9.05 11.81 16.35 23.32 32.90 White collar.................................... 10.89 13.66 19.18 27.40 38.46 White collar excluding sales................ 11.13 14.15 19.48 27.41 38.34 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.41 19.63 24.04 30.80 39.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.26 20.77 25.96 33.04 39.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 19.95 21.88 26.20 33.03 47.11 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 30.00 30.20 41.87 47.11 47.11 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.88 25.96 34.61 39.44 47.69 Computer systems analysts and scientists 18.84 25.96 34.61 39.44 47.44 Natural scientists........................ 19.18 19.30 23.44 24.43 26.20 Health related............................ 17.33 20.06 23.97 26.85 30.28 Registered nurses....................... 17.55 20.00 23.72 26.56 28.85 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.30 21.53 24.02 28.84 33.25 Elementary school teachers.............. 20.77 21.59 24.27 29.72 34.79 Secondary school teachers............... 20.30 21.11 22.81 26.95 30.49 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 20.29 23.61 24.56 28.61 32.74 Librarians.............................. 20.29 23.61 24.56 28.61 32.74 Social scientists and urban planners...... 19.18 19.18 26.20 28.82 28.82 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.23 14.43 17.22 19.71 21.22 Social workers.......................... 13.23 14.43 17.22 19.71 21.22 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.42 15.45 18.53 22.60 26.15 Licensed practical nurses............... 13.80 15.65 17.17 18.60 19.33 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 9.00 9.18 13.50 20.28 24.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.31 20.31 28.21 37.60 44.92 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.55 23.44 32.56 39.59 44.92 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 21.99 24.97 34.18 44.04 47.66 Financial managers...................... 23.44 29.05 37.32 39.59 43.75 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 20.78 20.78 23.08 45.73 47.69 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 23.57 30.12 40.04 40.04 40.04 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 16.35 20.77 28.85 37.71 42.79 Management related........................ 15.00 17.31 23.99 32.19 43.42 Accountants and auditors................ 16.35 18.27 23.75 28.85 36.75 Other financial officers................ 13.67 17.72 27.64 33.65 36.06 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 13.46 17.31 30.23 53.39 57.54 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.30 17.30 18.89 34.04 37.57 Sales......................................... 8.51 10.71 14.08 22.73 40.14 Supervisors, sales...................... 12.67 18.00 22.73 40.14 40.14 Sales, other business services.......... $9.71 $12.02 $14.83 $22.02 $28.48 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.15 9.50 13.00 14.08 14.08 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.62 11.22 13.43 15.90 18.98 Computer operators...................... 13.63 18.55 18.55 19.92 20.93 Secretaries............................. 11.78 12.25 14.91 16.15 17.37 Receptionists........................... 10.00 11.57 12.02 14.50 14.75 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 8.30 8.70 8.80 12.46 15.26 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.06 12.50 14.04 16.05 17.87 Dispatchers............................. 12.38 12.38 12.38 20.89 24.08 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 12.12 13.00 15.80 17.24 22.93 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.92 13.44 14.50 16.68 Bill and account collectors............. 12.50 13.13 14.08 15.08 17.18 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.71 11.72 14.61 18.55 Teachers' aides......................... 8.39 9.39 10.52 13.68 20.89 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.75 12.02 14.28 15.93 17.20 Blue collar..................................... 9.00 11.23 14.79 19.48 24.51 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 14.75 18.50 21.78 27.17 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 19.58 24.44 25.43 28.38 31.25 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 15.48 19.60 25.83 29.86 29.86 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 16.48 16.82 18.55 21.77 22.81 Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. 12.12 13.94 14.75 21.20 23.08 Supervisors, production................. 16.25 19.49 22.95 25.52 32.18 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.82 11.06 13.50 18.50 24.40 Slicing and cutting machine operators... 10.61 12.36 13.77 15.33 17.47 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 11.05 14.16 21.17 24.40 27.40 Transportation and material moving............ 10.12 12.01 15.32 16.80 20.88 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 12.95 15.65 17.06 18.85 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 11.40 12.95 14.95 16.20 17.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.50 7.85 10.50 13.83 17.31 Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers, n.e.c........ 11.75 13.34 18.44 26.01 26.01 Production helpers...................... 10.12 11.23 15.60 15.60 22.86 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.60 9.50 9.67 12.45 13.07 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.05 11.09 12.53 15.25 16.30 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.25 7.55 9.00 13.83 14.90 Service......................................... 7.21 8.25 10.00 12.58 16.97 Protective service........................ 8.15 9.25 11.83 16.64 21.48 Police and detectives, public service... 16.12 16.64 18.96 20.15 21.71 Food service.............................. $3.20 $6.08 $8.83 $11.00 $14.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 3.20 3.20 6.08 9.00 11.40 Other food service....................... 7.34 8.47 10.00 12.67 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.14 8.01 9.34 12.01 14.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.21 7.50 9.27 10.96 12.85 Health service............................ 7.75 8.65 10.06 10.95 11.93 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.94 8.75 10.14 10.95 11.93 Cleaning and building service............. 7.16 8.00 8.86 10.52 11.78 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.47 8.20 9.45 10.75 12.21 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.00 $8.08 $10.00 $17.77 All excluding sales........................... 6.15 7.00 8.50 10.87 20.87 White collar.................................... 6.90 7.58 9.15 13.29 28.00 White collar excluding sales................ 8.00 9.00 11.15 20.30 31.50 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.84 17.15 24.07 31.50 35.00 Professional specialty...................... 15.00 17.77 25.00 32.00 35.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 20.75 24.00 28.28 35.00 59.74 Registered nurses....................... 19.18 21.00 24.07 28.00 30.00 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.50 7.00 7.40 8.11 8.80 Cashiers................................ 6.50 6.75 7.25 7.90 8.30 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.25 8.00 9.43 10.91 12.73 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 5.59 8.00 9.18 10.00 11.00 Blue collar..................................... 6.15 6.70 8.00 9.00 10.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 7.91 8.16 10.12 16.10 18.34 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.15 6.50 7.50 9.00 9.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.15 6.25 6.70 7.50 8.25 Service......................................... 2.13 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 4.25 7.45 8.25 9.25 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 8.00 9.45 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 8.00 10.00 Other food service....................... 5.92 6.50 7.64 8.50 9.11 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 6.50 7.00 8.25 8.75 9.05 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.75 6.50 6.80 7.71 8.00 Health service............................ 6.50 6.50 7.00 9.72 10.49 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 6.50 6.50 6.90 9.42 10.54 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - 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, Richmond-Petersburg, VA, September 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 260,600 188,600 72,100 All excluding sales............................................. 241,700 169,600 72,100 White collar........................................................ 156,400 103,100 53,300 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 137,500 84,200 53,300 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,900 27,700 32,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,300 21,800 28,400 Technical....................................................... 9,700 5,900 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 22,000 19,000 2,900 Sales............................................................. 18,900 18,900 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 55,600 37,400 18,200 Blue collar......................................................... 60,500 54,900 5,600 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19,300 15,800 3,500 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14,200 14,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9,000 7,800 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18,000 17,200 800 Service............................................................. 43,700 30,600 13,100 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.