NC BL 06/00/2004 Table: Portland-Salem, OR-WA, Bulletin 3120-75, 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $19.34 1.6 36.6 $18.48 1.7 36.8 $22.63 3.3 35.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 23.33 2.6 37.2 23.10 3.4 37.6 23.92 3.1 36.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.26 2.5 36.5 28.16 3.4 37.3 28.45 3.1 35.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 5.3 40.9 33.24 6.4 41.2 32.76 9.1 40.0 Sales............................................................. 16.08 8.1 35.0 16.06 8.2 35.0 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.88 1.8 37.2 14.82 2.3 37.4 15.00 2.6 36.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.37 4.7 37.7 15.98 5.0 37.8 20.02 7.3 36.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.46 4.4 38.9 20.26 4.8 38.8 22.14 8.7 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.81 9.1 39.1 13.78 9.2 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.12 13.4 36.7 15.26 16.1 37.3 19.33 9.2 34.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.34 6.4 34.9 13.00 6.7 34.6 17.84 7.9 38.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.18 4.0 33.4 10.49 3.0 33.2 19.20 2.8 34.3 Full time........................................................... 19.90 1.7 39.9 19.00 1.8 39.9 23.43 3.3 40.2 Part time........................................................... 13.86 4.7 20.3 13.27 6.1 20.9 15.83 3.1 18.8 Union............................................................... 20.12 2.9 35.2 18.63 5.0 34.4 21.66 2.1 36.0 Nonunion............................................................ 18.91 2.0 37.5 18.43 2.0 37.6 27.76 6.3 35.5 Time................................................................ 19.32 1.7 36.6 18.44 1.8 36.8 22.63 3.3 35.9 Incentive........................................................... 21.08 6.7 38.8 21.08 6.7 38.8 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.72 2.0 40.1 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.93 5.3 36.5 15.93 5.3 36.5 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.76 4.4 36.1 17.46 4.7 36.3 23.29 .9 32.5 500 workers or more................................................. 22.59 2.4 37.3 22.62 2.9 38.2 22.55 3.9 36.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.34 1.6 $18.48 1.7 $22.63 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.50 1.6 18.63 1.7 22.65 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.33 2.6 23.10 3.4 23.92 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.05 2.4 24.10 3.2 23.95 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.26 2.5 28.16 3.4 28.45 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.33 2.2 29.26 3.2 29.46 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.67 3.2 33.00 3.6 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 4.5 33.85 4.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.85 5.6 28.85 5.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 27.33 22.3 27.33 22.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.57 7.9 31.51 8.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.47 8.0 31.41 8.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.06 4.1 30.86 4.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.62 2.3 28.26 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.67 17.2 – – 35.81 5.6 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 28.44 25.5 – – 24.52 11.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.74 4.3 17.18 13.0 29.70 .2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.51 .5 – – 29.71 .1 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.75 2.1 – – 30.37 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 26.95 6.5 – – 28.77 1.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.35 19.5 23.90 19.5 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.97 6.1 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.60 4.6 16.80 6.6 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.19 4.2 16.88 7.8 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.85 5.1 18.50 5.5 – – Designers................................................... 19.87 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.91 9.5 23.80 11.0 19.32 5.2 Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.34 5.0 19.36 5.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.33 5.1 17.38 7.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 5.3 33.24 6.4 32.76 9.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.75 7.6 37.92 8.8 37.02 14.1 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.03 8.9 42.03 8.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.65 10.0 41.63 9.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 5.6 22.48 6.1 26.72 9.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.93 2.4 22.61 1.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.89 14.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.08 8.1 16.06 8.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.21 19.1 15.06 20.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... $13.95 13.0 $13.83 14.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.88 1.8 14.82 2.3 $15.00 2.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 19.74 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.03 5.0 16.66 6.7 14.95 3.4 Receptionists............................................... 11.72 2.8 11.72 2.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.17 7.9 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 14.43 7.6 14.07 8.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.95 7.0 17.27 7.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.17 7.8 15.74 9.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 5.5 14.07 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.69 12.5 13.11 11.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.81 3.2 15.19 5.8 12.86 2.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.62 7.4 – – 12.62 7.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.50 8.1 15.78 9.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.37 4.7 15.98 5.0 20.02 7.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.46 4.4 20.26 4.8 22.14 8.7 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.55 13.5 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.62 7.3 23.62 7.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.03 5.3 17.91 6.0 – – Electricians................................................ 28.50 5.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.62 2.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.99 13.5 21.99 13.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 21.31 4.9 21.31 4.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 14.27 10.5 14.27 10.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.27 10.4 19.27 10.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 9.1 13.78 9.2 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.71 .0 17.71 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.88 10.6 18.88 10.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 3.3 11.99 3.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.12 13.4 15.26 16.1 19.33 9.2 Truck drivers............................................... 16.78 6.4 16.91 7.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.00 13.3 – – 17.62 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.62 9.3 14.62 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.34 6.4 13.00 6.7 17.84 7.9 Production helpers.......................................... 12.85 4.1 12.85 4.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.22 5.4 13.22 5.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.81 12.4 10.81 12.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17.25 3.3 – – – – Service............................................................. $12.18 4.0 $10.49 3.0 $19.20 2.8 Protective service............................................ 15.13 4.5 10.54 7.0 23.25 4.6 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.91 2.7 9.85 2.7 – – Food service.................................................. 10.59 7.4 10.50 8.1 11.52 10.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.29 4.0 7.04 .9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.03 1.2 7.03 1.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.29 8.2 11.25 9.0 11.80 9.8 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.66 11.4 14.66 11.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.07 6.1 10.71 5.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.81 8.0 9.73 8.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.94 8.1 8.60 8.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.05 4.4 11.03 4.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.62 3.2 10.59 3.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.10 8.5 10.41 10.2 13.69 4.1 Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.59 5.5 10.59 5.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.68 6.0 9.74 5.4 13.62 4.5 Personal service.............................................. 8.91 3.1 8.74 2.7 11.55 8.1 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 8.91 5.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.90 1.7 $19.00 1.8 $23.43 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.05 1.7 19.13 1.9 23.45 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.75 2.3 23.46 3.0 24.51 3.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.40 2.4 24.34 3.2 24.54 3.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.44 2.7 28.18 3.7 28.97 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.41 2.4 29.13 3.5 29.92 2.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.67 3.2 33.00 3.6 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 4.5 33.85 4.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.85 5.6 28.85 5.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 27.33 22.3 27.33 22.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.57 7.9 31.51 8.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.47 8.0 31.41 8.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.03 6.6 30.89 6.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.69 2.8 28.19 3.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.16 17.6 – – 35.71 5.8 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 28.37 25.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.96 4.7 16.00 8.7 30.23 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.88 1.4 – – 30.09 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.78 2.3 – – 30.42 .2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.98 6.5 – – 28.82 1.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.20 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.05 4.6 16.87 7.2 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.27 4.6 16.96 8.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.85 5.1 18.50 5.5 – – Designers................................................... 19.87 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.45 10.2 24.27 11.7 20.02 7.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.36 5.0 19.36 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 5.3 33.24 6.4 32.76 9.1 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.75 7.6 37.92 8.8 37.02 14.1 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.03 8.9 42.03 8.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.65 10.0 41.63 9.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 5.6 22.48 6.1 26.72 9.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.93 2.4 22.61 1.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.89 14.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.69 8.0 16.68 8.1 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.06 15.3 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 14.04 12.8 13.92 14.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ $15.14 1.7 $15.03 2.1 $15.40 2.4 Supervisors, general office................................. 19.74 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.11 5.0 16.75 6.7 15.01 3.5 Order clerks................................................ 14.56 7.5 14.19 8.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.95 7.0 17.27 7.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.17 7.8 15.74 9.8 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 5.5 14.07 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.98 15.3 11.65 9.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.02 3.3 15.49 6.0 13.01 3.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.65 8.3 15.97 10.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 4.7 16.24 5.0 21.13 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.53 4.5 20.34 4.9 22.14 8.7 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.55 13.5 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.62 7.3 23.62 7.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.03 5.3 17.91 6.0 – – Electricians................................................ 28.50 5.4 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.62 2.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.99 13.5 21.99 13.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 21.31 4.9 21.31 4.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 14.27 10.5 14.27 10.5 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.27 10.4 19.27 10.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.85 9.2 13.82 9.3 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.71 .0 17.71 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.88 10.6 18.88 10.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 3.3 11.99 3.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 14.6 15.63 16.8 21.43 5.3 Truck drivers............................................... 16.78 6.4 16.91 7.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.62 9.3 14.62 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.87 5.5 13.50 5.9 18.21 5.7 Production helpers.......................................... 12.85 4.1 12.85 4.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.28 8.6 11.28 8.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.21 5.9 13.21 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17.25 3.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.94 3.9 10.95 3.6 20.36 3.6 Protective service............................................ 15.37 5.1 10.48 5.9 23.69 4.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.79 2.3 9.73 2.2 – – Food service.................................................. 11.37 9.2 11.30 9.8 – – Other food service........................................... $11.68 9.2 $11.62 9.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.66 11.4 14.66 11.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.13 6.4 10.77 5.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.84 6.1 8.84 6.1 – – Health service................................................ 11.47 3.7 11.47 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 2.3 10.95 2.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.83 5.8 11.16 7.7 $13.76 4.1 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.40 3.5 10.42 2.9 13.69 4.5 Personal service.............................................. 9.03 1.7 8.94 1.8 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $13.86 4.7 $13.27 6.1 $15.83 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 13.98 5.6 13.37 7.4 15.83 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.39 4.7 18.62 6.5 17.88 6.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.56 6.4 20.58 9.4 17.88 6.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.11 5.0 27.93 6.3 23.16 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.36 5.2 31.07 5.9 24.60 5.4 Health related................................................ 30.17 5.0 30.74 6.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.41 1.1 28.48 1.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.80 5.5 – – 36.80 4.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.22 11.8 – – 21.72 4.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.31 13.3 19.51 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 4.5 12.53 7.2 11.94 .9 General office clerks....................................... 10.85 7.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.98 3.7 – – 11.98 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 12.33 3.0 11.69 2.0 14.44 4.8 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.84 4.2 – – 14.68 3.6 Bus drivers................................................. 13.38 6.4 – – 14.68 3.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.38 13.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.98 3.0 8.77 3.7 10.54 4.3 Protective service............................................ 10.98 17.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.57 7.3 8.09 10.0 10.68 4.8 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.39 5.9 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.58 8.3 9.16 13.3 10.85 5.1 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.93 6.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.20 5.9 10.11 5.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.02 5.9 9.92 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.03 5.6 8.02 5.7 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.86 4.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.58 6.6 – – – – 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 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $795 1.7 39.9 $758 1.9 39.9 $941 3.0 40.2 All excluding sales............................................... 801 1.7 39.9 763 2.0 39.9 941 3.1 40.2 White collar........................................................ 952 2.3 40.1 941 3.0 40.1 978 3.0 39.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 978 2.4 40.1 977 3.2 40.1 980 3.0 39.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,140 2.5 40.1 1,131 3.5 40.1 1,159 2.9 40.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,184 2.2 40.2 1,176 3.3 40.4 1,197 1.5 40.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,330 2.6 40.7 1,345 3.0 40.8 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,377 2.8 40.7 1,377 2.8 40.7 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,154 5.6 40.0 1,154 5.6 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,093 22.3 40.0 1,093 22.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,305 6.4 41.3 1,305 6.7 41.4 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,302 6.5 41.4 1,302 6.9 41.4 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,216 6.2 40.5 1,209 7.1 39.1 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,116 2.3 38.9 1,094 2.1 38.8 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,251 15.3 37.7 – – – 1,304 3.6 36.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,083 22.6 38.2 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,108 4.6 39.6 637 8.7 39.8 1,197 .1 39.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,177 .5 39.4 – – – 1,185 .3 39.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,191 2.3 40.0 – – – 1,217 .2 40.0 Teachers, special education................................. 1,067 7.5 39.5 – – – 1,153 1.5 40.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,271 4.0 42.1 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 722 4.6 40.0 675 7.2 40.0 – – – Social workers.............................................. 731 4.6 40.0 679 8.4 40.0 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 754 5.1 40.0 740 5.5 40.0 – – – Designers................................................... 795 5.5 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 921 9.4 39.3 949 10.8 39.1 801 7.1 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 774 5.0 40.0 774 5.0 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,356 5.8 40.9 1,369 7.1 41.2 1,310 9.1 40.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,552 8.2 41.1 1,568 9.6 41.4 1,481 14.1 40.0 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,681 8.9 40.0 1,681 8.9 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,654 10.8 41.7 1,751 10.2 42.1 – – – Management related............................................ 959 5.4 40.6 917 5.7 40.8 1,069 9.7 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 917 2.4 40.0 905 1.2 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,204 13.9 39.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $667 8.2 40.0 $667 8.3 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 638 15.8 39.7 – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 560 13.0 39.9 555 14.2 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 601 1.6 39.7 596 2.0 39.7 $612 2.4 39.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 790 8.0 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 632 4.6 39.2 657 5.9 39.2 589 3.7 39.3 Order clerks................................................ 563 9.0 38.6 547 9.6 38.6 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 671 7.6 39.6 682 8.1 39.5 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 647 7.8 40.0 630 9.8 40.0 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 563 5.5 40.0 563 5.5 40.0 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 559 15.3 40.0 466 9.3 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 561 3.3 40.0 620 6.0 40.0 521 3.2 40.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 654 9.3 39.3 617 11.8 38.6 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 665 4.8 39.9 648 5.0 39.9 845 6.6 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 820 4.6 39.9 812 4.9 39.9 885 8.7 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 742 13.5 40.0 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 945 7.3 40.0 945 7.3 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 721 5.3 40.0 717 6.0 40.0 – – – Electricians................................................ 1,140 5.4 40.0 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 1,116 8.6 40.0 1,116 8.6 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 740 2.9 39.7 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 855 16.2 38.9 855 16.2 38.9 – – – Machinists.................................................. 852 4.9 40.0 852 4.9 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 567 11.0 39.7 567 11.0 39.7 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 771 10.4 40.0 771 10.4 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 552 9.2 39.9 551 9.3 39.9 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 708 .0 40.0 708 .0 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 499 1.1 39.5 499 1.1 39.5 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 755 10.6 40.0 755 10.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 479 3.3 40.0 479 3.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 664 14.6 40.0 625 16.8 40.0 857 5.3 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 671 6.4 40.0 676 7.0 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 585 9.3 40.0 585 9.3 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 551 5.7 39.7 536 6.2 39.7 728 5.7 40.0 Production helpers.......................................... 514 4.1 40.0 514 4.1 40.0 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $431 11.9 38.2 $431 11.9 38.2 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 528 5.9 40.0 528 5.9 40.0 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 690 3.3 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 513 4.2 39.6 429 3.8 39.1 $844 4.2 41.5 Protective service............................................ 622 5.1 40.5 414 7.4 39.5 1,001 4.9 42.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 386 2.7 39.4 384 2.7 39.5 – – – Food service.................................................. 441 9.7 38.7 437 10.2 38.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 456 9.6 39.0 453 10.2 39.0 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 568 13.7 38.8 568 13.7 38.8 – – – Cooks....................................................... 445 6.4 40.0 431 5.2 40.0 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 331 8.5 37.4 331 8.5 37.4 – – – Health service................................................ 434 4.8 37.8 434 4.8 37.8 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 410 3.2 37.5 410 3.2 37.5 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 473 5.8 40.0 446 7.7 40.0 551 4.1 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 455 3.5 40.0 416 2.8 39.9 548 4.5 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 357 1.9 39.6 353 2.3 39.6 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $40,358 1.7 2,028 $39,208 1.9 2,064 $44,491 3.0 1,899 All excluding sales............................................... 40,620 1.7 2,026 39,474 2.0 2,063 44,517 3.1 1,899 White collar........................................................ 47,398 2.3 1,996 48,505 3.0 2,068 44,791 3.0 1,827 White collar excluding sales.................................... 48,524 2.4 1,989 50,291 3.2 2,066 44,829 3.0 1,826 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 54,459 2.5 1,915 57,700 3.5 2,047 48,977 2.9 1,691 Professional specialty.......................................... 55,641 2.2 1,892 59,741 3.3 2,051 49,597 1.5 1,658 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 69,147 2.6 2,117 69,944 3.0 2,119 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 71,616 2.8 2,116 71,616 2.8 2,116 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 60,000 5.6 2,080 60,000 5.6 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 56,841 22.3 2,080 56,841 22.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 67,842 6.4 2,149 67,845 6.7 2,153 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 67,688 6.5 2,151 67,682 6.9 2,155 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 62,713 6.2 2,088 62,751 7.1 2,031 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 57,468 2.3 2,003 56,878 2.1 2,017 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50,366 15.3 1,519 – – – 51,930 3.6 1,454 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 44,598 22.6 1,572 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 43,303 4.6 1,549 28,476 8.7 1,780 45,696 .1 1,511 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,062 .5 1,508 – – – 45,346 .3 1,507 Secondary school teachers................................... 45,487 2.3 1,528 – – – 46,509 .2 1,529 Teachers, special education................................. 40,363 7.5 1,496 – – – 43,084 1.5 1,495 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 62,766 4.0 2,078 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 36,882 4.6 2,044 34,152 7.2 2,025 – – – Social workers.............................................. 37,253 4.6 2,039 34,138 8.4 2,012 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 39,207 5.1 2,080 38,475 5.5 2,080 – – – Designers................................................... 41,330 5.5 2,080 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 47,887 9.4 2,042 49,351 10.8 2,033 41,638 7.1 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 40,271 5.0 2,080 40,271 5.0 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,253 5.8 2,120 71,116 7.1 2,140 67,175 9.1 2,050 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 80,379 8.2 2,129 81,418 9.6 2,147 75,990 14.1 2,053 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 87,430 8.9 2,080 87,430 8.9 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 86,031 10.8 2,170 91,052 10.2 2,187 – – – Management related............................................ 49,633 5.4 2,101 47,704 5.7 2,122 54,704 9.7 2,047 Accountants and auditors.................................... 47,688 2.4 2,080 47,039 1.2 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 60,187 13.9 1,949 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $34,692 8.2 2,079 $34,680 8.3 2,079 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 33,198 15.8 2,067 – – – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 29,107 13.0 2,073 28,854 14.2 2,073 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,796 1.6 2,035 30,866 2.0 2,054 $30,633 2.4 1,990 Supervisors, general office................................. 41,063 8.0 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 31,379 4.6 1,948 34,153 5.9 2,040 27,131 3.7 1,808 Order clerks................................................ 29,268 9.0 2,010 28,463 9.6 2,005 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 34,868 7.6 2,057 35,472 8.1 2,054 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 33,639 7.8 2,080 32,749 9.8 2,080 – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 29,256 5.5 2,080 29,256 5.5 2,080 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 29,069 15.3 2,080 24,226 9.3 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,170 3.3 2,080 32,224 6.0 2,080 27,067 3.2 2,080 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 33,460 9.3 2,010 32,061 11.8 2,008 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 34,558 4.8 2,073 33,672 5.0 2,073 43,943 6.6 2,080 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,564 4.6 2,073 42,142 4.9 2,072 46,046 8.7 2,080 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 38,587 13.5 2,080 – – – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 49,177 7.3 2,082 49,177 7.3 2,082 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,504 5.3 2,080 37,259 6.0 2,080 – – – Electricians................................................ 59,273 5.4 2,080 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 58,014 8.6 2,080 58,014 8.6 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 38,466 2.9 2,066 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 44,470 16.2 2,022 44,470 16.2 2,022 – – – Machinists.................................................. 44,329 4.9 2,080 44,329 4.9 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 29,482 11.0 2,066 29,482 11.0 2,066 – – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 40,083 10.4 2,080 40,083 10.4 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 28,726 9.2 2,074 28,654 9.3 2,074 – – – Printing press operators.................................... 36,827 .0 2,080 36,837 .0 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 25,962 1.1 2,053 25,962 1.1 2,053 – – – Welders and cutters......................................... 39,272 10.6 2,080 39,272 10.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 24,931 3.3 2,080 24,931 3.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,533 14.6 2,080 32,517 16.8 2,080 44,576 5.3 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 34,893 6.4 2,080 35,172 7.0 2,080 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 30,417 9.3 2,080 30,417 9.3 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 28,656 5.7 2,066 27,878 6.2 2,065 37,868 5.7 2,080 Production helpers.......................................... 26,735 4.1 2,080 26,735 4.1 2,080 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $22,398 11.9 1,986 $22,398 11.9 1,986 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 27,480 5.9 2,080 27,480 5.9 2,080 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 35,884 3.3 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 26,511 4.2 2,049 22,209 3.8 2,028 $43,335 4.2 2,129 Protective service............................................ 32,269 5.1 2,099 21,531 7.4 2,055 51,625 4.9 2,179 Guards and police, except public service.................... 19,972 2.7 2,040 19,962 2.7 2,052 – – – Food service.................................................. 22,548 9.7 1,983 22,502 10.2 1,991 – – – Other food service........................................... 23,282 9.6 1,994 23,267 10.2 2,003 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 29,559 13.7 2,017 29,559 13.7 2,017 – – – Cooks....................................................... 22,613 6.4 2,032 22,397 5.2 2,080 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 16,457 8.5 1,861 16,444 8.5 1,860 – – – Health service................................................ 22,566 4.8 1,968 22,566 4.8 1,968 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 21,329 3.2 1,948 21,329 3.2 1,948 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 24,582 5.8 2,078 23,178 7.7 2,078 28,627 4.1 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 23,678 3.5 2,078 21,635 2.8 2,077 28,482 4.5 2,080 Personal service.............................................. 18,584 1.9 2,057 18,382 2.3 2,057 – – – 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.34 1.6 $18.48 1.7 $22.63 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 19.50 1.6 18.63 1.7 22.65 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.33 2.6 23.10 3.4 23.92 3.1 1....................................................... 10.21 4.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.71 3.8 – – 10.90 3.6 3....................................................... 12.34 4.8 12.39 5.7 12.05 2.6 4....................................................... 14.43 2.9 14.31 4.0 14.74 2.6 5....................................................... 16.90 4.4 17.00 4.9 16.04 4.4 6....................................................... 18.84 2.8 18.43 3.3 20.78 6.4 7....................................................... 20.69 3.9 21.49 4.8 18.75 3.6 8....................................................... 22.57 3.6 23.01 3.5 21.42 7.4 9....................................................... 29.43 1.4 29.65 2.1 29.15 1.5 10........................................................ 36.50 5.2 35.38 5.8 40.38 9.2 11........................................................ 34.84 6.6 35.79 7.7 31.54 9.5 12........................................................ 45.26 1.6 45.03 1.2 – – 13........................................................ 53.25 3.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.18 11.8 17.94 10.8 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.05 2.4 24.10 3.2 23.95 3.1 2....................................................... 10.71 3.8 – – 10.90 3.6 3....................................................... 12.09 4.6 12.10 6.1 12.05 2.6 4....................................................... 14.27 2.9 14.05 4.0 14.71 2.7 5....................................................... 16.30 2.8 16.34 3.2 16.04 4.4 6....................................................... 18.84 3.0 18.39 3.5 20.78 6.4 7....................................................... 20.77 3.9 21.63 4.9 18.76 3.6 8....................................................... 22.95 3.9 23.62 3.7 21.42 7.4 9....................................................... 29.43 1.4 29.65 2.1 29.15 1.5 10........................................................ 36.61 5.2 35.49 5.9 40.38 9.2 11........................................................ 34.79 6.8 35.75 7.8 31.54 9.5 12........................................................ 45.26 1.6 45.03 1.2 – – 13........................................................ 53.25 3.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.81 11.4 17.29 8.1 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.26 2.5 28.16 3.4 28.45 3.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.33 2.2 29.26 3.2 29.46 2.1 5....................................................... 15.00 11.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.87 12.5 19.25 14.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.94 7.8 21.68 8.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.00 4.5 25.34 3.6 21.49 6.7 9....................................................... 29.41 1.7 29.61 3.1 29.22 1.5 10........................................................ 37.34 6.1 36.29 7.3 40.38 9.2 11........................................................ 34.26 5.9 33.88 6.7 36.42 5.3 12........................................................ 42.06 2.0 42.58 2.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.67 3.2 33.00 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 28.86 6.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.65 7.7 27.01 8.9 – – 12........................................................ $42.74 2.1 $42.74 2.1 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 4.5 33.85 4.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.85 5.6 28.85 5.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 27.33 22.3 27.33 22.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 31.57 7.9 31.51 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 3.4 31.34 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.47 8.0 31.41 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 3.4 31.34 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.06 4.1 30.86 4.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.80 2.3 25.13 2.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.98 5.1 31.15 4.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.62 2.3 28.26 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 25.86 2.3 25.14 2.4 – – 9....................................................... 28.41 2.2 28.42 2.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.67 17.2 – – $35.81 5.6 10........................................................ 42.92 5.7 – – 42.92 5.7 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 28.44 25.5 – – 24.52 11.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.74 4.3 17.18 13.0 29.70 .2 8....................................................... 20.07 10.5 24.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.68 1.7 – – 30.15 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.51 .5 – – 29.71 .1 9....................................................... 29.86 1.3 – – 30.03 1.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.75 2.1 – – 30.37 .3 9....................................................... 29.74 2.1 – – 30.37 .3 Teachers, special education................................. 26.95 6.5 – – 28.77 1.6 9....................................................... 27.05 6.6 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 24.35 19.5 23.90 19.5 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 29.97 6.1 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.60 4.6 16.80 6.6 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.19 4.2 16.88 7.8 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.85 5.1 18.50 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.96 6.1 – – – – Designers................................................... 19.87 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.91 9.5 23.80 11.0 19.32 5.2 4....................................................... 14.68 4.1 14.68 4.1 – – 5....................................................... 19.46 4.0 19.47 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 19.24 3.1 18.76 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.69 7.5 23.35 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 21.56 8.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.34 6.4 32.34 6.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.34 5.0 19.36 5.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.33 5.1 17.38 7.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $33.14 5.3 $33.24 6.4 $32.76 9.1 6....................................................... 18.91 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.84 7.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.85 3.7 21.70 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.28 3.6 29.53 4.7 28.44 2.9 11........................................................ 31.31 7.3 33.20 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 47.63 2.3 46.99 2.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.75 7.6 37.92 8.8 37.02 14.1 9....................................................... 29.92 4.9 29.95 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 30.88 8.0 33.19 8.4 – – 12........................................................ 47.63 2.3 46.99 2.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.03 8.9 42.03 8.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.65 10.0 41.63 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.45 3.9 29.45 3.9 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 5.6 22.48 6.1 26.72 9.7 7....................................................... 20.84 7.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.72 4.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.00 5.0 28.24 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.93 2.4 22.61 1.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.89 14.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.08 8.1 16.06 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.91 9.6 12.91 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.19 9.3 15.16 9.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.21 19.1 15.06 20.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 13.95 13.0 13.83 14.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.88 1.8 14.82 2.3 15.00 2.6 2....................................................... 10.75 3.8 – – 10.99 3.5 3....................................................... 12.05 4.7 12.05 6.2 12.05 2.6 4....................................................... 14.26 3.0 14.00 4.2 14.73 2.7 5....................................................... 15.99 2.7 15.88 3.3 16.52 2.3 6....................................................... 18.41 7.5 17.25 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.54 4.8 21.24 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.02 6.7 17.02 6.7 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 19.74 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.03 5.0 16.66 6.7 14.95 3.4 4....................................................... 13.91 7.5 14.42 11.8 – – 5....................................................... 16.53 2.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.68 8.4 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.72 2.8 11.72 2.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 14.17 7.9 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 14.43 7.6 14.07 8.3 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.95 7.0 17.27 7.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.17 7.8 15.74 9.8 – – 4....................................................... $15.62 7.0 $13.97 3.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 5.5 14.07 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.69 12.5 13.11 11.4 – – 4....................................................... 16.61 11.2 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.81 3.2 15.19 5.8 $12.86 2.7 3....................................................... 12.20 3.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.88 3.9 13.41 14.3 14.00 3.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 12.62 7.4 – – 12.62 7.4 2....................................................... 10.97 7.3 – – 10.97 7.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.50 8.1 15.78 9.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.37 4.7 15.98 5.0 20.02 7.3 1....................................................... 10.18 11.0 10.18 11.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.22 4.4 11.22 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.46 5.8 12.44 6.0 13.04 1.3 4....................................................... 14.08 4.7 13.78 5.2 16.63 4.1 5....................................................... 17.39 3.5 16.71 1.9 19.53 5.0 6....................................................... 19.32 4.7 18.65 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.95 2.4 22.90 2.3 23.31 11.0 8....................................................... 31.22 6.5 31.76 6.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.46 4.4 20.26 4.8 22.14 8.7 4....................................................... 14.67 6.7 14.53 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 3.4 16.12 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.54 4.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.15 2.4 23.21 2.4 22.75 9.8 8....................................................... 32.37 8.2 32.37 8.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.55 13.5 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.62 7.3 23.62 7.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.03 5.3 17.91 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.82 2.6 21.22 1.8 – – Electricians................................................ 28.50 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 28.59 5.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.62 2.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.99 13.5 21.99 13.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 21.31 4.9 21.31 4.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 14.27 10.5 14.27 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 1.3 14.35 1.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.27 10.4 19.27 10.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.81 9.1 13.78 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.25 5.4 10.25 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 12.76 6.8 12.76 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 12.27 9.0 12.09 9.1 – – 5....................................................... $15.64 1.6 $15.64 1.6 – – 6....................................................... 16.82 8.1 16.82 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.13 6.7 21.13 6.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.71 .0 17.71 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – 4....................................................... 11.53 5.3 11.53 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 2.2 15.60 2.2 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.88 10.6 18.88 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.81 11.7 22.81 11.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 3.3 11.99 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.70 9.2 9.70 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.12 13.4 15.26 16.1 $19.33 9.2 3....................................................... 11.84 6.9 11.74 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.01 4.4 16.08 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 18.71 5.1 17.71 3.9 19.73 5.4 Truck drivers............................................... 16.78 6.4 16.91 7.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.00 13.3 – – 17.62 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 14.62 9.3 14.62 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.34 6.4 13.00 6.7 17.84 7.9 1....................................................... 11.02 11.4 11.03 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.43 4.6 12.43 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.65 5.2 12.65 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.38 6.1 14.65 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 19.12 6.2 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.85 4.1 12.85 4.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.22 5.4 13.22 5.4 – – Hand packers and packagers.................................. 10.81 12.4 10.81 12.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17.25 3.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.18 4.0 10.49 3.0 19.20 2.8 1....................................................... 8.13 2.1 7.92 1.8 10.39 3.2 2....................................................... 10.72 3.9 10.31 4.1 12.83 4.1 3....................................................... 10.13 2.5 10.04 2.5 11.51 9.3 4....................................................... 11.50 6.1 10.65 3.3 15.02 4.2 5....................................................... 17.43 5.5 15.83 9.8 19.71 .5 7....................................................... 22.77 4.3 – – 25.55 .5 Protective service............................................ 15.13 4.5 10.54 7.0 23.25 4.6 5....................................................... 18.98 4.7 – – 19.71 .5 7....................................................... 23.89 5.5 – – 25.57 .5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.91 2.7 9.85 2.7 – – Food service.................................................. 10.59 7.4 10.50 8.1 11.52 10.3 1....................................................... 7.76 3.1 7.37 1.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.54 4.8 8.30 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.05 6.0 10.00 6.5 – – 4....................................................... $10.52 6.3 $9.88 3.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.29 4.0 7.04 .9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 7.03 1.2 7.03 1.2 – – Other food service........................................... 11.29 8.2 11.25 9.0 $11.80 9.8 1....................................................... 7.81 5.2 – – – – 2....................................................... 9.46 1.8 9.22 .9 – – 3....................................................... 10.63 6.1 10.61 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.52 6.3 9.88 3.0 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.66 11.4 14.66 11.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.07 6.1 10.71 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.33 6.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 10.85 13.7 9.64 6.4 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.81 8.0 9.73 8.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.94 8.1 8.60 8.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.18 9.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.05 4.4 11.03 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 11.05 5.4 11.05 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 11.03 5.1 11.03 5.1 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.62 3.2 10.59 3.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.67 4.0 10.67 4.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.10 8.5 10.41 10.2 13.69 4.1 1....................................................... 8.35 3.7 8.15 2.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.39 3.1 12.19 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.31 8.7 9.51 7.8 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 10.59 5.5 10.59 5.5 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 10.68 6.0 9.74 5.4 13.62 4.5 1....................................................... 8.26 3.5 8.04 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.51 3.6 12.30 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 11.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.91 3.1 8.74 2.7 11.55 8.1 3....................................................... 9.03 3.2 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 8.91 5.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.86 3.0 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $19.90 1.7 $19.00 1.8 $23.43 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 20.05 1.7 19.13 1.9 23.45 3.3 White collar........................................................ 23.75 2.3 23.46 3.0 24.51 3.1 3....................................................... 12.49 4.9 12.61 5.9 11.89 3.7 4....................................................... 14.45 3.1 14.30 4.3 14.81 2.8 5....................................................... 16.88 4.6 16.92 5.1 16.52 2.3 6....................................................... 18.73 2.5 18.26 2.9 20.81 6.4 7....................................................... 20.55 4.1 21.29 4.8 18.61 4.6 8....................................................... 22.19 3.8 22.59 3.6 20.94 8.1 9....................................................... 29.32 1.7 29.45 2.8 29.17 1.6 10........................................................ 36.35 5.4 35.39 5.9 39.96 10.6 11........................................................ 34.82 6.7 35.79 7.7 31.42 9.4 12........................................................ 45.26 1.6 45.03 1.2 – – 13........................................................ 53.80 3.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.44 12.4 18.67 11.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.40 2.4 24.34 3.2 24.54 3.1 3....................................................... 12.25 4.7 12.36 6.1 11.89 3.7 4....................................................... 14.21 3.1 13.91 4.2 14.78 2.8 5....................................................... 16.25 2.9 16.21 3.3 16.52 2.3 6....................................................... 18.72 2.7 18.20 3.0 20.81 6.4 7....................................................... 20.63 4.1 21.42 4.9 18.61 4.6 8....................................................... 22.58 4.2 23.20 3.8 20.94 8.1 9....................................................... 29.32 1.7 29.45 2.8 29.17 1.6 10........................................................ 36.46 5.4 35.50 5.9 39.96 10.6 11........................................................ 34.77 6.8 35.75 7.8 31.42 9.4 12........................................................ 45.26 1.6 45.03 1.2 – – 13........................................................ 53.80 3.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.05 12.0 17.94 8.5 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.44 2.7 28.18 3.7 28.97 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.41 2.4 29.13 3.5 29.92 2.2 6....................................................... 19.01 12.8 19.40 14.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.37 8.7 21.28 9.5 – – 8....................................................... 23.55 5.8 24.81 4.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.26 2.3 29.27 4.7 29.25 1.7 10........................................................ 37.19 6.3 36.31 7.3 39.96 10.6 11........................................................ 34.22 5.9 33.88 6.7 36.24 5.3 12........................................................ 42.06 2.0 42.58 2.0 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 32.67 3.2 33.00 3.6 – – 7....................................................... 28.86 6.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.65 7.7 27.01 8.9 – – 12........................................................ 42.74 2.1 42.74 2.1 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 4.5 33.85 4.5 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 28.85 5.6 28.85 5.6 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 27.33 22.3 27.33 22.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... $31.57 7.9 $31.51 8.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 3.4 31.34 4.2 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 31.47 8.0 31.41 8.5 – – 9....................................................... 31.59 3.4 31.34 4.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.03 6.6 30.89 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 29.55 8.2 30.87 8.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.69 2.8 28.19 3.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.21 2.4 28.22 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 33.16 17.6 – – $35.71 5.8 10........................................................ 42.76 6.5 – – 42.76 6.5 Other post-secondary teachers............................... 28.37 25.6 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 27.96 4.7 16.00 8.7 30.23 .9 8....................................................... 24.80 7.3 24.93 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.71 1.8 – – 30.19 .9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 29.88 1.4 – – 30.09 1.4 9....................................................... 29.91 1.5 – – 30.09 1.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 29.78 2.3 – – 30.42 .2 9....................................................... 29.74 2.2 – – 30.42 .2 Teachers, special education................................. 26.98 6.5 – – 28.82 1.5 9....................................................... 27.05 6.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 30.20 6.4 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.05 4.6 16.87 7.2 – – Social workers.............................................. 18.27 4.6 16.96 8.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 18.85 5.1 18.50 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.96 6.1 – – – – Designers................................................... 19.87 5.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 23.45 10.2 24.27 11.7 20.02 7.1 5....................................................... 19.09 4.3 19.09 4.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.78 2.7 18.11 2.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.65 8.3 23.35 4.2 – – 8....................................................... 21.56 8.0 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.34 6.4 32.34 6.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.36 5.0 19.36 5.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 5.3 33.24 6.4 32.76 9.1 6....................................................... 18.91 4.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.84 7.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.85 3.7 21.70 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.28 3.6 29.53 4.7 28.44 2.9 11........................................................ 31.31 7.3 33.20 7.8 – – 12........................................................ 47.63 2.3 46.99 2.3 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.75 7.6 37.92 8.8 37.02 14.1 9....................................................... $29.92 4.9 $29.95 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 30.88 8.0 33.19 8.4 – – 12........................................................ 47.63 2.3 46.99 2.3 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 42.03 8.9 42.03 8.9 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 39.65 10.0 41.63 9.8 – – 9....................................................... 29.45 3.9 29.45 3.9 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 5.6 22.48 6.1 $26.72 9.7 7....................................................... 20.84 7.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.72 4.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.00 5.0 28.24 7.5 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.93 2.4 22.61 1.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 30.89 14.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 16.69 8.0 16.68 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.15 9.9 13.15 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.70 10.0 15.67 10.5 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.06 15.3 – – – – Cashiers.................................................... 14.04 12.8 13.92 14.0 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.14 1.7 15.03 2.1 15.40 2.4 3....................................................... 12.20 4.8 12.30 6.2 11.89 3.7 4....................................................... 14.20 3.1 13.87 4.2 14.81 2.9 5....................................................... 15.99 2.7 15.88 3.3 16.52 2.3 6....................................................... 18.41 7.5 17.25 7.0 – – 7....................................................... 19.54 4.8 21.24 5.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 19.74 8.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.11 5.0 16.75 6.7 15.01 3.5 4....................................................... 13.95 8.0 14.49 12.9 – – 5....................................................... 16.53 2.2 – – – – 6....................................................... 16.68 8.4 – – – – Order clerks................................................ 14.56 7.5 14.19 8.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 16.95 7.0 17.27 7.3 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.17 7.8 15.74 9.8 – – 4....................................................... 15.62 7.0 13.97 3.0 – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 14.07 5.5 14.07 5.5 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 13.98 15.3 11.65 9.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.02 3.3 15.49 6.0 13.01 3.2 3....................................................... 12.29 3.8 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.83 4.4 – – 13.92 4.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.65 8.3 15.97 10.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 4.7 16.24 5.0 21.13 6.6 1....................................................... 10.78 12.5 10.78 12.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.02 4.7 11.02 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.21 5.4 12.20 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.06 4.8 13.77 5.2 16.99 4.8 5....................................................... $17.47 3.7 $16.71 1.9 $20.38 3.1 6....................................................... 19.32 4.7 18.65 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 22.95 2.4 22.90 2.3 23.31 11.0 8....................................................... 31.22 6.5 31.76 6.7 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.53 4.5 20.34 4.9 22.14 8.7 4....................................................... 14.67 6.7 14.53 6.7 – – 5....................................................... 16.44 3.4 16.12 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.54 4.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.15 2.4 23.21 2.4 22.75 9.8 8....................................................... 32.37 8.2 32.37 8.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 18.55 13.5 – – – – Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 23.62 7.3 23.62 7.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.03 5.3 17.91 6.0 – – 7....................................................... 20.82 2.6 21.22 1.8 – – Electricians................................................ 28.50 5.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 28.59 5.7 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 27.89 8.6 27.89 8.6 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 18.62 2.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.99 13.5 21.99 13.5 – – Machinists.................................................. 21.31 4.9 21.31 4.9 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 14.27 10.5 14.27 10.5 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 1.3 14.35 1.3 – – Inspectors, testers, and graders............................ 19.27 10.4 19.27 10.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.85 9.2 13.82 9.3 – – 2....................................................... 10.25 5.4 10.25 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 13.00 7.0 13.00 7.0 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 9.1 12.09 9.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.64 1.6 15.64 1.6 – – 6....................................................... 16.82 8.1 16.82 8.1 – – 7....................................................... 21.13 6.7 21.13 6.7 – – Printing press operators.................................... 17.71 .0 17.71 .0 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.65 .7 12.65 .7 – – 4....................................................... 11.53 5.3 11.53 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.60 2.2 15.60 2.2 – – Welders and cutters......................................... 18.88 10.6 18.88 10.6 – – 7....................................................... 22.81 11.7 22.81 11.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 3.3 11.99 3.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.70 9.2 9.70 9.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 14.6 15.63 16.8 21.43 5.3 4....................................................... 16.06 4.5 16.08 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 19.12 5.6 17.71 3.9 – – Truck drivers............................................... 16.78 6.4 16.91 7.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ $14.62 9.3 $14.62 9.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.87 5.5 13.50 5.9 $18.21 5.7 1....................................................... 12.13 12.2 12.13 12.2 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 5.1 12.06 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 12.65 5.2 12.65 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 15.41 6.2 14.63 4.5 – – 5....................................................... 19.12 6.2 – – – – Production helpers.......................................... 12.85 4.1 12.85 4.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.28 8.6 11.28 8.6 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 13.21 5.9 13.21 5.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 17.25 3.3 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.94 3.9 10.95 3.6 20.36 3.6 1....................................................... 8.46 2.5 8.30 1.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.43 2.8 11.10 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 10.00 3.1 9.88 3.0 12.41 7.5 4....................................................... 11.67 6.0 10.74 3.0 15.33 5.1 5....................................................... 17.42 5.6 – – 19.71 .5 7....................................................... 22.77 4.3 – – 25.55 .5 Protective service............................................ 15.37 5.1 10.48 5.9 23.69 4.0 5....................................................... 18.98 4.7 – – 19.71 .5 7....................................................... 23.89 5.5 – – 25.57 .5 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.79 2.3 9.73 2.2 – – Food service.................................................. 11.37 9.2 11.30 9.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.10 3.9 9.10 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.95 6.3 9.85 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.52 6.0 9.94 2.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.68 9.2 11.62 9.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.47 1.2 9.48 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.39 7.1 10.31 7.7 – – 4....................................................... 10.52 6.0 9.94 2.7 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 14.66 11.4 14.66 11.4 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.13 6.4 10.77 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.04 13.6 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.84 6.1 8.84 6.1 – – Health service................................................ 11.47 3.7 11.47 3.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.40 8.2 11.40 8.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.29 5.8 11.29 5.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.95 2.3 10.95 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.79 5.3 10.79 5.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.83 5.8 11.16 7.7 13.76 4.1 1....................................................... 8.84 4.3 8.54 3.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.46 3.2 12.28 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 10.31 8.7 9.51 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.40 3.5 10.42 2.9 13.69 4.5 1....................................................... $8.65 4.3 $8.28 2.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.51 3.6 12.30 4.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.99 11.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.03 1.7 8.94 1.8 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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................................................................... $13.86 4.7 $13.27 6.1 $15.83 3.1 All excluding sales............................................... 13.98 5.6 13.37 7.4 15.83 3.1 White collar........................................................ 18.39 4.7 18.62 6.5 17.88 6.2 2....................................................... 10.75 2.8 – – 10.42 2.8 3....................................................... 11.60 6.8 11.35 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.26 4.1 14.39 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.34 13.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.61 8.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.83 14.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.32 4.7 27.46 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.48 6.7 32.52 7.7 28.47 3.8 10........................................................ 43.16 3.5 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.56 6.4 20.58 9.4 17.88 6.2 2....................................................... 10.75 2.8 – – 10.42 2.8 3....................................................... 11.14 7.4 10.39 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.89 4.7 15.30 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.34 13.7 – – – – 6....................................................... 21.61 8.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.83 14.2 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.32 4.7 27.46 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.48 6.7 32.52 7.7 28.47 3.8 10........................................................ 43.16 3.5 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.11 5.0 27.93 6.3 23.16 4.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.36 5.2 31.07 5.9 24.60 5.4 8....................................................... 25.32 4.7 27.46 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.48 6.7 32.52 7.7 28.47 3.8 10........................................................ 43.16 3.5 – – – – Health related................................................ 30.17 5.0 30.74 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 27.71 .7 27.46 1.3 – – 9....................................................... 32.36 7.5 32.52 7.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.41 1.1 28.48 1.3 – – 8....................................................... 27.59 .8 27.23 1.4 – – 9....................................................... 29.27 1.4 29.27 1.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.80 5.5 – – 36.80 4.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.22 11.8 – – 21.72 4.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.31 13.3 19.51 15.6 – – Sales............................................................. – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.31 4.5 12.53 7.2 11.94 .9 2....................................................... $10.84 3.4 – – $10.53 4.0 3....................................................... 11.14 7.4 $10.39 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.87 5.7 15.40 7.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.85 7.4 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.98 3.7 – – 11.98 3.7 Blue collar......................................................... 12.33 3.0 11.69 2.0 14.44 4.8 3....................................................... 13.57 13.0 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.84 4.2 – – 14.68 3.6 Bus drivers................................................. 13.38 6.4 – – 14.68 3.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.38 13.0 – – – – Service............................................................. 8.98 3.0 8.77 3.7 10.54 4.3 1....................................................... 7.75 2.4 7.47 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 8.51 8.6 7.92 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 10.83 6.2 11.01 6.8 9.40 2.7 4....................................................... 10.33 7.5 – – – – Protective service............................................ 10.98 17.8 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.57 7.3 8.09 10.0 10.68 4.8 1....................................................... 7.77 5.0 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.88 7.6 7.21 2.9 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.39 5.9 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.58 8.3 9.16 13.3 10.85 5.1 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.93 6.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 10.20 5.9 10.11 5.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.02 5.9 9.92 5.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 8.03 5.6 8.02 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.75 3.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.86 4.6 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.58 6.6 – – – – 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 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $19.90 $13.86 $20.12 $18.91 $19.32 $21.08 All excluding sales............................................. 20.05 13.98 20.39 19.00 19.50 – White collar........................................................ 23.75 18.39 22.34 23.77 23.38 21.01 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.40 19.56 23.19 24.44 24.05 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.44 26.11 28.74 28.00 28.26 – Professional specialty.......................................... 29.41 28.36 28.75 29.67 29.33 – Technical....................................................... 23.45 18.31 28.67 21.08 22.91 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.14 – 26.92 33.96 33.14 – Sales............................................................. 16.69 – – 17.09 14.59 21.01 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.14 12.31 15.28 14.67 14.88 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.67 12.33 18.80 14.18 16.35 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.53 – 24.05 17.73 20.44 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.85 – 18.68 12.09 13.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.60 12.84 17.32 13.34 16.12 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.87 10.38 14.28 11.92 13.34 – Service............................................................. 12.94 8.98 16.47 10.58 12.18 – 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....................................................... 1.7 4.7 2.9 2.0 1.7 6.7 All excluding sales............................................. 1.7 5.6 3.0 2.2 1.6 – White collar........................................................ 2.3 4.7 3.9 2.8 2.7 7.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.4 6.4 2.6 3.3 2.4 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.7 5.0 3.6 3.3 2.5 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.4 5.2 1.9 3.4 2.2 – Technical....................................................... 10.2 13.3 27.2 3.5 9.5 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.3 – 6.4 5.7 5.3 – Sales............................................................. 8.0 – – 9.1 8.7 7.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 4.5 2.5 2.3 1.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.7 3.0 7.8 5.4 4.7 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.5 – 5.0 5.1 4.5 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 – 4.5 11.9 9.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.6 4.2 19.6 7.4 13.4 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.5 13.0 9.6 6.0 6.4 – Service............................................................. 3.9 3.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $18.48 $20.72 – - $20.10 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 18.63 20.65 – - 20.03 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 23.10 29.65 – - 29.86 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.10 29.57 – - 29.78 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.16 32.07 – - 32.44 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 29.26 35.23 – - 35.17 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 23.80 20.07 – - 20.47 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.24 36.15 – - 36.67 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 16.06 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.82 15.13 – - 14.62 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.98 16.21 – - 14.78 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 20.48 – - 18.02 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 13.79 – - 13.54 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 15.26 14.56 – - 13.77 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.00 14.32 – - 12.93 - - - - - Service............................................................. 10.49 – – - – - - - - - 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....................................................... 1.7 2.0 – - 2.4 - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 1.7 2.0 – - 2.3 - - - - - White collar........................................................ 3.4 2.7 – - 2.8 - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 2.8 – - 2.9 - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 4.5 – - 4.3 - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 .3 – - .3 - - - - - Technical....................................................... 11.0 9.8 – - 10.1 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 5.0 – - 5.7 - - - - - Sales............................................................. 8.2 – – - – - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 4.7 – - 3.9 - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 5.0 4.9 – - 5.4 - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 7.3 – - 6.0 - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 10.4 – - 10.6 - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.1 7.6 – - 6.3 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 8.3 – - 2.6 - - - - - Service............................................................. 3.0 – – - – - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, 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....................................................... $18.48 $15.93 $19.26 $17.46 $22.62 All excluding sales............................................. 18.63 15.70 19.48 17.59 22.83 White collar........................................................ 23.10 18.43 24.28 22.77 26.47 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 24.10 18.60 25.23 23.90 26.95 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.16 20.38 29.47 28.20 30.50 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.26 20.62 30.58 29.80 31.29 Technical....................................................... 23.80 19.70 24.74 18.33 27.89 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.24 24.61 35.56 35.33 36.04 Sales............................................................. 16.06 17.93 14.73 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.82 13.66 15.08 14.87 15.49 Blue collar......................................................... 15.98 15.88 16.02 14.69 18.36 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.26 22.07 19.56 20.06 18.87 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.78 15.38 13.54 12.59 16.00 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.26 12.08 18.85 13.06 22.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.00 13.26 12.90 12.09 15.35 Service............................................................. 10.49 9.67 10.73 10.58 11.60 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....................................................... 1.7 5.3 2.3 4.7 2.9 All excluding sales............................................. 1.7 5.9 2.4 4.9 3.1 White collar........................................................ 3.4 3.1 4.4 7.4 2.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.2 4.1 4.2 7.5 2.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.4 4.7 3.8 6.1 3.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.2 5.4 3.3 7.1 1.5 Technical....................................................... 11.0 12.6 12.8 5.0 16.2 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.4 5.8 8.7 13.6 5.2 Sales............................................................. 8.2 4.3 12.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 2.3 5.2 3.1 4.2 3.6 Blue collar......................................................... 5.0 11.6 5.9 7.9 6.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.8 15.3 5.6 5.8 6.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.2 9.5 10.4 14.9 3.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.1 5.1 16.1 6.3 9.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.7 15.1 7.5 8.9 7.8 Service............................................................. 3.0 5.3 3.9 4.6 4.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.17 $11.60 $16.84 $24.04 $32.69 All excluding sales........................... 9.25 11.70 16.95 24.11 32.97 White collar.................................... 11.36 14.78 20.23 29.12 38.81 White collar excluding sales................ 11.75 15.22 21.06 29.90 39.57 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.37 20.44 26.96 34.33 41.00 Professional specialty...................... 17.29 22.06 28.85 35.69 41.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 26.85 32.60 37.50 41.53 Industrial engineers.................... 26.19 28.67 34.58 37.50 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.85 26.00 29.43 31.89 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 13.94 13.94 24.30 35.70 41.90 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 22.53 31.30 39.90 43.41 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 22.53 31.30 39.96 43.50 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 21.63 24.34 29.33 32.93 41.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.28 24.82 29.06 31.36 33.86 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.73 20.23 30.55 44.54 51.92 Other post-secondary teachers........... 15.69 20.23 23.31 29.23 53.08 Teachers, except college and university... 13.52 22.33 27.71 34.33 38.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.31 23.74 29.22 34.80 38.87 Secondary school teachers............... 21.74 23.74 30.02 34.86 38.52 Teachers, special education............. 17.29 21.89 24.93 32.28 38.87 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.69 20.53 23.44 27.49 48.20 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 22.01 25.31 29.41 33.47 39.39 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.58 16.16 17.20 19.77 21.71 Social workers.......................... 13.58 16.16 17.20 20.71 22.63 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.05 16.37 18.27 20.50 24.03 Designers............................... 15.51 17.31 19.25 20.82 26.97 Technical................................... 14.50 16.48 19.77 24.89 29.49 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.25 17.50 18.75 20.88 22.50 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 14.66 16.46 18.88 19.77 19.77 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.47 22.86 28.69 37.94 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.38 25.50 32.69 47.54 53.85 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.00 29.38 37.78 53.85 53.85 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 24.81 27.50 32.69 47.87 56.68 Management related........................ 16.83 19.11 22.36 26.06 33.09 Accountants and auditors................ 20.48 22.12 22.55 24.35 26.06 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.24 20.07 33.94 38.72 42.05 Sales......................................... 8.79 10.75 16.00 17.89 23.93 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.79 17.30 22.50 22.50 Cashiers................................ 7.85 10.35 15.08 17.67 17.67 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.15 11.80 14.43 17.48 20.46 Supervisors, general office............. $16.10 $18.60 $18.60 $21.03 $25.68 Secretaries............................. 12.41 14.03 15.93 17.43 20.44 Receptionists........................... 10.88 11.07 11.45 11.75 13.89 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 11.50 11.91 13.25 15.00 21.40 Order clerks............................ 9.27 10.66 13.74 18.42 20.31 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 13.74 15.70 16.10 18.74 21.54 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.58 13.46 17.40 18.37 20.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.96 12.25 13.45 15.66 19.01 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.20 10.89 13.22 20.82 20.82 General office clerks................... 9.97 11.75 13.61 16.04 17.73 Teachers' aides......................... 10.15 10.15 12.41 14.17 15.47 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.36 13.82 16.05 19.77 20.80 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 11.14 15.20 20.14 25.53 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.58 16.00 20.00 24.77 30.41 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.12 14.28 18.69 22.31 25.70 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.54 18.54 23.73 27.58 30.41 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.00 15.41 18.97 20.79 23.12 Electricians............................ 25.58 26.11 31.15 31.15 31.15 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 24.89 24.89 27.00 30.40 32.53 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.97 16.97 19.00 20.14 20.65 Supervisors, production................. 15.55 17.61 22.17 23.62 27.70 Machinists.............................. 18.25 19.49 20.94 23.52 23.52 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.72 12.69 14.41 16.60 17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 15.29 16.22 19.00 20.51 24.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.30 10.00 12.88 16.53 20.12 Printing press operators................ 13.55 15.00 18.54 19.09 19.91 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 10.38 11.47 14.63 16.58 Welders and cutters..................... 11.30 16.49 18.45 21.89 29.21 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.35 11.75 14.50 15.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.64 11.52 14.75 19.67 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 10.31 13.26 18.59 18.79 24.10 Bus drivers............................. 9.90 13.33 15.09 20.25 20.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 11.35 14.75 17.82 19.27 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.80 12.80 16.02 19.42 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.92 12.83 12.98 16.02 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.50 12.50 14.86 16.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.67 8.79 9.59 14.21 14.49 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 14.86 14.86 16.49 18.93 20.19 Service......................................... 7.15 8.50 10.10 14.26 20.19 Protective service........................ $8.15 $9.00 $10.75 $21.16 $27.45 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.50 9.15 10.15 13.00 Food service.............................. 6.90 7.50 10.00 12.50 18.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.90 6.90 6.95 7.05 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.90 6.90 6.90 7.05 7.50 Other food service....................... 7.25 8.50 10.25 13.46 18.15 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.00 11.75 14.42 18.15 18.15 Cooks................................... 8.72 9.72 10.50 12.00 15.20 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.62 7.85 9.50 10.75 13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 8.00 8.25 10.25 10.40 Health service............................ 9.09 9.75 10.30 12.59 13.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.75 9.75 10.00 11.55 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 8.00 10.75 13.70 15.72 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 9.27 11.12 12.39 12.39 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.15 7.75 10.38 13.64 14.94 Personal service.......................... 7.05 7.27 8.50 9.79 11.27 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.07 7.07 8.03 11.27 11.27 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.75 $11.00 $15.78 $22.35 $31.73 All excluding sales........................... 8.75 11.00 15.76 22.68 32.30 White collar.................................... 11.07 14.50 19.58 28.80 39.12 White collar excluding sales................ 11.50 15.05 20.60 29.88 40.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.50 19.90 26.94 34.23 41.00 Professional specialty...................... 16.45 21.43 28.85 36.09 41.22 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 27.18 33.20 37.77 42.19 Industrial engineers.................... 26.19 28.67 34.58 37.50 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.85 26.00 29.43 31.89 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 13.94 13.94 24.30 35.70 41.90 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 22.53 31.30 40.27 43.65 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 22.53 31.30 40.41 43.73 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 22.35 25.08 29.86 34.23 41.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.21 24.50 28.75 30.98 32.93 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.03 10.63 13.03 21.63 28.37 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.69 20.53 22.85 27.49 48.20 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.58 15.18 16.65 17.20 20.60 Social workers.......................... 13.58 14.26 17.20 18.19 20.60 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.05 15.76 17.67 19.78 22.10 Technical................................... 14.89 16.48 20.00 25.50 30.57 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.25 17.50 18.75 20.88 24.00 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.67 14.89 16.46 19.12 26.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.24 22.28 28.00 38.72 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.25 25.14 32.69 46.06 52.62 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.00 29.38 37.78 53.85 53.85 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 24.81 27.50 33.65 47.87 56.68 Management related........................ 16.37 18.43 21.64 24.04 29.30 Accountants and auditors................ 18.89 22.12 22.36 22.77 24.55 Sales......................................... 8.79 10.75 16.00 17.89 23.97 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.50 10.20 22.50 22.50 Cashiers................................ 7.80 10.00 13.60 17.67 17.67 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.73 14.36 17.33 20.80 Secretaries............................. 12.43 14.58 16.52 18.58 22.00 Receptionists........................... 10.88 11.07 11.45 11.75 13.89 Order clerks............................ 9.23 10.25 13.00 18.07 20.31 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $13.74 $16.10 $17.18 $19.31 $21.54 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 8.08 13.00 14.37 18.31 20.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.96 12.25 13.45 15.66 19.01 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.20 10.38 12.57 17.67 17.67 General office clerks................... 11.50 12.00 15.38 17.35 20.87 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.10 13.26 14.77 16.21 20.80 Blue collar..................................... 9.02 10.95 14.75 19.23 24.89 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.40 15.50 19.50 23.56 30.97 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.54 18.54 23.73 27.58 30.41 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.00 14.70 19.75 21.50 23.23 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 24.89 24.89 27.00 30.40 32.53 Supervisors, production................. 15.55 17.61 22.17 23.62 27.70 Machinists.............................. 18.25 19.49 20.94 23.52 23.52 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.72 12.69 14.41 16.60 17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 15.29 16.22 19.00 20.51 24.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.30 10.00 12.66 16.24 20.12 Printing press operators................ 13.10 15.00 18.90 19.09 20.79 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 10.38 11.47 14.63 16.58 Welders and cutters..................... 11.30 16.49 18.45 21.89 29.21 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.35 11.75 14.50 15.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.53 10.97 12.90 18.59 24.10 Truck drivers........................... 10.31 12.40 18.59 19.00 24.10 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 11.35 14.75 17.82 19.27 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.40 9.50 12.00 16.00 19.05 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.92 12.83 12.98 16.02 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.50 12.50 14.86 16.00 Hand packers and packagers.............. 7.67 8.79 9.59 14.21 14.49 Service......................................... 7.05 8.00 9.75 11.85 14.96 Protective service........................ 8.00 8.50 9.25 10.50 14.96 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.50 9.15 10.15 12.00 Food service.............................. 6.90 7.50 10.00 12.50 18.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.90 6.90 6.95 7.00 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.................. 6.90 6.90 6.90 7.05 7.50 Other food service....................... 7.25 8.20 10.25 13.46 18.15 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.00 11.75 14.42 18.15 18.15 Cooks................................... 8.50 9.50 10.05 11.75 13.25 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... $7.62 $7.85 $8.91 $10.50 $13.00 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.50 8.00 8.00 10.00 10.25 Health service............................ 9.09 9.75 10.21 12.40 13.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.75 9.75 10.00 11.55 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.05 7.50 9.54 12.38 14.26 Maids and housemen...................... 7.00 9.27 11.12 12.39 12.39 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.05 7.50 8.75 11.70 14.26 Personal service.......................... 7.05 7.27 8.08 9.37 11.27 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.05 $15.44 $20.48 $27.71 $35.29 All excluding sales........................... 12.05 15.44 20.55 27.71 35.30 White collar.................................... 12.36 15.67 21.71 30.09 38.52 White collar excluding sales................ 12.36 15.69 21.71 30.25 38.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.88 21.71 27.04 34.33 40.16 Professional specialty...................... 19.64 23.01 28.63 34.94 40.66 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... 15.23 29.23 39.95 44.78 51.92 Other post-secondary teachers........... 12.26 14.47 18.73 32.08 50.17 Teachers, except college and university... 21.35 24.06 29.41 35.09 38.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.61 24.05 29.34 34.88 38.87 Secondary school teachers............... 22.45 24.69 30.49 35.09 38.52 Teachers, special education............. 21.61 23.69 27.04 34.86 39.04 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.82 18.88 19.77 21.24 23.43 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 20.65 25.82 28.72 35.30 49.38 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 24.53 26.10 30.96 47.83 59.51 Management related........................ 19.11 22.78 26.06 28.69 33.09 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.56 12.37 14.64 17.91 19.52 Secretaries............................. 11.94 13.63 14.73 16.17 18.08 General office clerks................... 9.64 10.92 12.37 14.26 16.29 Teachers' aides......................... 10.15 10.15 12.41 14.17 15.47 Blue collar..................................... 14.16 16.67 20.14 22.05 27.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.97 18.69 20.65 26.66 27.42 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 13.57 15.09 20.25 20.97 27.66 Bus drivers............................. 12.92 14.46 20.25 20.25 20.90 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... $14.50 $17.29 $18.59 $19.42 $19.42 Service......................................... 10.49 12.90 18.22 25.03 28.67 Protective service........................ 16.00 19.26 23.25 27.45 30.19 Food service.............................. 9.33 10.02 10.65 12.53 15.20 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 9.33 9.72 11.30 13.05 15.20 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.49 11.82 14.10 15.72 16.87 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.49 11.46 14.10 15.72 16.52 Personal service.......................... 10.24 10.24 10.24 11.80 14.69 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.53 $12.25 $17.45 $24.50 $33.47 All excluding sales........................... 9.55 12.26 17.66 24.89 33.77 White collar.................................... 11.60 15.33 20.50 29.61 39.30 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.51 21.26 30.55 39.98 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.45 20.48 26.94 34.58 41.00 Professional specialty...................... 17.60 22.00 28.85 35.78 41.00 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.22 26.85 32.60 37.50 41.53 Industrial engineers.................... 26.19 28.67 34.58 37.50 39.42 Mechanical engineers.................... 22.85 26.00 29.43 31.89 33.65 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 13.94 13.94 24.30 35.70 41.90 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 19.90 22.53 31.30 39.90 43.41 Computer systems analysts and scientists 19.90 22.53 31.30 39.96 43.50 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.16 23.49 29.57 34.23 41.00 Registered nurses....................... 22.11 24.34 29.54 31.73 34.23 Teachers, college and university.......... 18.73 20.23 30.09 42.97 53.08 Other post-secondary teachers........... 15.69 20.23 23.31 29.23 53.08 Teachers, except college and university... 15.73 22.74 27.93 34.47 38.87 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.87 24.06 29.41 34.88 38.87 Secondary school teachers............... 21.74 23.74 29.88 34.96 38.52 Teachers, special education............. 17.95 21.89 24.93 32.28 38.87 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 23.39 25.56 30.33 33.47 39.39 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 13.58 16.45 17.20 20.60 21.71 Social workers.......................... 13.58 16.39 17.20 20.71 22.63 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 15.05 16.37 18.27 20.50 24.03 Designers............................... 15.51 17.31 19.25 20.82 26.97 Technical................................... 14.94 17.07 19.77 25.26 30.57 Licensed practical nurses............... 16.25 17.50 18.75 20.88 24.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.47 22.86 28.69 37.94 50.00 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 23.38 25.50 32.69 47.54 53.85 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 28.00 29.38 37.78 53.85 53.85 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 24.81 27.50 32.69 47.87 56.68 Management related........................ 16.83 19.11 22.36 26.06 33.09 Accountants and auditors................ 20.48 22.12 22.55 24.35 26.06 Management related, n.e.c............... 18.24 20.07 33.94 38.72 42.05 Sales......................................... 8.76 11.60 16.05 18.75 25.22 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.43 10.20 17.30 22.50 23.22 Cashiers................................ 8.25 10.50 15.08 17.67 17.67 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.40 12.02 14.68 17.67 20.71 Supervisors, general office............. 16.10 18.60 18.60 21.03 25.68 Secretaries............................. 12.43 14.03 15.93 17.57 20.49 Order clerks............................ 9.55 11.00 14.00 19.55 20.31 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $13.74 $15.70 $16.10 $18.74 $21.54 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.58 13.46 17.40 18.37 20.50 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 10.96 12.25 13.45 15.66 19.01 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 7.20 10.38 12.81 20.82 20.82 General office clerks................... 10.44 11.80 13.83 16.11 17.73 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.36 13.80 16.21 19.77 20.86 Blue collar..................................... 9.32 11.50 15.57 20.25 26.11 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.58 15.86 20.14 24.89 30.44 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 11.12 14.28 18.69 22.31 25.70 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 18.54 18.54 23.73 27.58 30.41 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 10.00 15.41 18.97 20.79 23.12 Electricians............................ 25.58 26.11 31.15 31.15 31.15 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters.. 24.89 24.89 27.00 30.40 32.53 Construction trades, n.e.c.............. 16.97 16.97 19.00 20.14 20.65 Supervisors, production................. 15.55 17.61 22.17 23.62 27.70 Machinists.............................. 18.25 19.49 20.94 23.52 23.52 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 9.72 12.69 14.41 16.60 17.88 Inspectors, testers, and graders........ 15.29 16.22 19.00 20.51 24.00 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.30 10.00 12.88 16.60 20.12 Printing press operators................ 13.55 15.00 18.54 19.09 19.91 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.25 10.38 11.47 14.63 16.58 Welders and cutters..................... 11.30 16.49 18.45 21.89 29.21 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.35 11.75 14.50 15.50 Transportation and material moving............ 9.64 11.52 15.20 20.25 24.91 Truck drivers........................... 10.31 13.26 18.59 18.79 24.10 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.00 11.35 14.75 17.82 19.27 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.79 10.00 13.05 16.31 19.57 Production helpers...................... 9.50 10.92 12.83 12.98 16.02 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.32 9.50 9.86 11.98 15.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 10.00 11.40 12.80 14.86 16.00 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 14.86 14.86 16.49 18.93 20.19 Service......................................... 7.85 9.00 10.81 14.96 21.16 Protective service........................ 8.15 9.00 11.00 21.28 27.45 Guards and police, except public service 8.00 8.50 9.25 10.15 12.00 Food service.............................. 7.20 8.50 10.25 13.46 18.15 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.62 8.80 10.30 14.14 18.15 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 10.00 11.75 14.42 18.15 18.15 Cooks................................... $9.00 $9.80 $10.50 $12.00 $15.20 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.15 7.63 8.50 9.50 11.85 Health service............................ 9.09 10.00 11.33 13.00 13.89 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.75 9.90 10.76 12.00 13.00 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 9.15 11.62 14.26 16.09 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.40 8.50 11.28 14.26 15.59 Personal service.......................... 7.21 7.94 8.58 9.79 11.27 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.07 $8.50 $11.25 $15.93 $26.39 All excluding sales........................... 7.05 8.50 11.25 16.00 27.68 White collar.................................... 9.54 11.35 14.52 24.79 30.91 White collar excluding sales................ 9.50 11.74 15.20 27.73 31.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.46 19.23 27.22 30.52 42.00 Professional specialty...................... 14.33 24.00 28.63 31.50 42.00 Health related............................ 24.37 27.45 29.01 31.22 42.00 Registered nurses....................... 23.65 26.31 28.50 30.40 31.91 Teachers, college and university.......... 19.24 31.50 44.54 47.50 51.70 Teachers, except college and university... 12.75 13.29 21.15 32.07 44.75 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.14 14.89 17.41 23.02 24.28 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.08 10.15 11.83 13.78 16.22 General office clerks................... 9.18 9.18 9.45 12.00 13.54 Teachers' aides......................... 9.77 10.15 12.00 13.16 14.58 Blue collar..................................... 7.10 9.65 12.00 15.05 17.64 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 9.27 9.90 13.95 14.46 16.13 Bus drivers............................. 9.65 10.60 13.95 15.05 16.13 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.10 7.10 10.90 12.00 14.21 Service......................................... 6.90 7.05 8.00 10.00 11.80 Protective service........................ 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.86 20.00 Food service.............................. 6.90 6.95 7.50 10.02 11.77 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 6.90 6.90 6.95 7.50 10.02 Other food service....................... 6.90 7.15 9.36 11.10 13.05 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.60 8.00 8.00 9.36 11.81 Health service............................ 7.10 9.75 10.00 10.10 12.76 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 7.10 9.75 10.00 10.10 12.08 Cleaning and building service............. 7.05 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.05 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.50 Personal service.......................... 7.05 7.05 7.07 8.50 10.24 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, Portland-Salem, OR-WA, September 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 436,300 334,500 101,800 All excluding sales............................................. 415,300 313,800 101,600 White collar........................................................ 228,700 156,900 71,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 207,800 136,200 71,500 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 105,500 63,900 41,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 89,100 50,900 38,300 Technical....................................................... 16,400 13,100 3,300 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27,300 21,300 6,000 Sales............................................................. 20,900 20,700 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 74,900 50,900 24,000 Blue collar......................................................... 130,600 116,400 14,200 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 40,000 35,900 4,100 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 34,500 33,700 - Transportation and material moving................................ 30,700 23,300 7,400 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,500 23,500 1,900 Service............................................................. 77,000 61,200 15,800 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.