NC BL 06/00/2009 Table: Birmingham-Hoover, AL, Bulletin, February 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $18.85 4.8 36.8 $18.10 5.3 36.6 $23.48 7.4 37.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 31.89 5.2 38.4 32.02 6.4 38.4 31.51 7.7 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 37.62 11.2 39.7 35.68 11.3 39.8 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.04 4.8 37.8 29.46 7.0 37.5 28.22 2.3 38.3 Service............................................................. 11.38 8.0 31.9 9.59 7.8 30.7 18.89 4.6 38.1 Sales and office.................................................... 14.88 4.5 36.9 14.73 5.1 36.6 16.23 4.8 38.9 Sales and related................................................. 15.57 9.1 36.3 15.57 9.1 36.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.61 4.7 37.1 14.36 5.5 36.8 16.23 4.8 38.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.62 8.1 40.0 18.50 8.8 40.0 20.39 9.7 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.96 9.1 40.0 16.68 10.1 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.46 12.9 39.9 20.45 13.5 39.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.25 4.2 37.5 14.21 4.4 38.2 14.84 12.5 29.2 Production........................................................ 15.11 3.6 40.0 15.15 3.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.34 7.3 35.2 13.23 7.9 36.5 – – – Full time........................................................... 19.88 5.1 39.9 19.14 5.6 39.9 24.16 8.7 40.1 Part time........................................................... 10.74 11.5 22.6 10.56 12.9 22.8 13.04 6.8 20.5 Union............................................................... 25.38 5.3 39.1 – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.51 5.1 36.7 17.73 5.7 36.4 23.26 7.3 37.9 Time................................................................ 18.99 5.0 36.6 18.19 5.7 36.4 23.48 7.4 37.9 Incentive........................................................... 17.04 13.4 39.4 17.04 13.4 39.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.33 7.1 35.4 15.33 7.1 35.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.99 8.7 36.8 17.14 8.3 36.7 29.20 21.5 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 24.37 7.7 38.7 25.49 11.0 39.4 22.60 8.4 37.6 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.85 4.8 $19.88 5.1 $10.74 11.5 Management occupations.............................................. 44.55 14.9 45.42 14.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.70 9.7 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.38 6.6 27.38 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.46 10.4 27.46 10.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 3.8 34.65 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.48 4.0 34.48 4.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.83 4.3 36.83 4.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.97 3.1 30.36 4.4 10.95 15.1 Level 6 .................................................. 14.33 4.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.73 4.4 30.84 4.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.06 6.5 34.06 6.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.44 5.9 30.68 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.73 4.4 30.84 4.4 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 24.15 17.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.41 6.5 31.41 6.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.30 6.5 31.30 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.21 5.4 31.21 5.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.84 7.6 29.84 7.6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.54 8.6 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.79 7.8 20.77 4.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.97 5.6 24.35 6.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.69 4.7 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.06 1.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.82 8.4 12.56 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 2.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 3.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.47 3.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.29 12.9 17.31 13.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.93 5.7 – – 6.29 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.57 9.3 – – 7.16 6.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.16 4.4 8.27 5.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 8.03 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.15 4.4 8.27 5.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 8.03 4.4 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 9.1 16.75 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.12 18.8 17.12 18.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.82 3.0 14.23 4.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.61 4.7 14.92 4.7 11.28 13.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 6.3 10.17 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.94 8.5 11.11 9.0 10.06 10.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.86 3.0 14.86 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.92 4.7 17.92 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.67 5.2 20.67 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.44 13.1 14.44 13.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.00 12.0 19.00 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.26 6.6 16.67 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.10 8.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.98 6.7 20.98 6.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.66 9.4 14.66 9.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.86 8.6 11.10 8.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.00 5.9 18.00 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.51 5.7 19.51 5.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.34 8.0 20.34 8.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.32 5.8 19.32 5.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.43 3.2 17.48 3.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.96 9.1 16.96 9.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.13 8.1 15.13 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.79 11.3 18.79 11.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.37 7.7 21.37 7.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.46 12.9 20.53 13.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.17 7.9 16.17 7.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.11 3.6 15.11 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 9.0 11.37 9.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 3.3 12.73 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.68 4.9 18.68 4.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.34 7.3 13.63 7.8 11.83 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.81 11.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.84 6.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.10 5.1 14.10 5.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.48 17.1 12.72 16.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.54 9.9 13.06 13.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.57 10.0 13.10 13.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.10 5.3 $19.14 5.6 $10.56 12.9 Management occupations.............................................. 42.01 16.4 42.92 16.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.38 6.6 27.38 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.46 10.4 27.46 10.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 3.8 34.65 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.46 4.5 35.46 4.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.23 23.4 22.51 30.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.10 1.7 18.46 .0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.79 10.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.51 6.2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.42 5.2 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.74 8.8 12.47 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 2.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.26 2.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.26 2.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.54 5.4 – – 6.25 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 7.00 4.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.95 3.6 8.04 4.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 8.03 4.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 3.6 8.03 4.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 8.03 4.4 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 9.1 16.75 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.12 18.8 17.12 18.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.82 3.0 14.23 4.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.36 5.5 14.69 5.6 11.18 13.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.61 5.8 9.83 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 8.8 11.10 9.1 9.75 11.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.63 3.0 14.63 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.66 5.3 17.66 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.79 4.0 21.79 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.56 15.4 14.56 15.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.26 6.6 16.67 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.10 8.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.98 6.7 20.98 6.7 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.66 9.4 14.66 9.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.77 10.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.31 8.2 18.31 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.93 4.2 20.93 4.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.28 7.0 22.28 7.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.40 4.1 17.95 5.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.68 10.1 16.68 10.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.08 8.4 15.08 8.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.45 13.5 20.53 13.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.97 6.8 14.97 6.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.15 3.5 15.15 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.73 3.3 12.73 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.75 5.5 18.75 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.23 7.9 13.58 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.81 11.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.10 5.1 14.10 5.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.25 18.5 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.54 9.9 13.06 13.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.57 10.0 13.10 13.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.48 7.4 $24.16 8.7 $13.04 6.8 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.46 2.1 30.77 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.96 4.5 30.96 4.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.72 4.9 31.72 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.96 4.5 30.96 4.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.69 6.8 31.69 6.8 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.61 1.8 32.61 1.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.16 10.9 27.16 10.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.09 3.0 20.17 3.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.23 4.8 16.24 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.06 3.8 16.06 3.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.19 5.3 17.19 5.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 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 appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.85 4.8 $19.88 5.1 $10.74 11.5 Management occupations.............................................. 44.55 14.9 45.42 14.6 – – Group III................................................. 44.07 12.7 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.38 6.6 27.38 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 23.67 7.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.37 8.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.46 10.4 27.46 10.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 3.8 34.65 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.48 4.0 34.48 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 32.39 6.3 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.83 4.3 36.83 4.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.97 3.1 30.36 4.4 10.95 15.1 Group II.................................................. 27.88 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.78 3.9 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.06 6.5 34.06 6.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.44 5.9 30.68 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 29.40 5.5 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 24.15 17.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.15 17.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.41 6.5 31.41 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 30.76 5.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.30 6.5 31.30 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.21 5.4 31.21 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 29.55 8.2 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.84 7.6 29.84 7.6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.54 8.6 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.79 7.8 20.77 4.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.97 5.6 24.35 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.04 8.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.81 5.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.69 4.7 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.06 1.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.82 8.4 12.56 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.09 5.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.47 3.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.47 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.47 3.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.29 12.9 17.31 13.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.68 15.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.28 3.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.93 5.7 – – 6.29 4.1 Group I................................................... 6.93 5.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.16 4.4 8.27 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.15 4.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.15 4.4 8.27 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.15 4.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 9.1 16.75 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 13.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.65 19.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.82 3.0 14.23 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 13.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.61 4.7 14.92 4.7 11.28 13.0 Group I................................................... 12.37 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.84 4.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.00 12.0 19.00 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.26 6.6 16.67 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.78 5.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.92 4.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.98 6.7 20.98 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.46 3.5 22.46 3.5 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.66 9.4 14.66 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.22 9.0 14.22 9.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.86 8.6 11.10 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.86 8.9 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.00 5.9 18.00 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.50 4.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.34 8.0 20.34 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.35 8.3 20.35 8.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.43 3.2 17.48 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.63 3.0 16.53 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.96 9.1 16.96 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 11.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.18 6.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.46 12.9 20.53 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.40 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.32 6.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.17 7.9 16.17 7.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.11 3.6 15.11 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.94 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.00 3.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.34 7.3 13.63 7.8 11.83 4.6 Group I................................................... 12.35 7.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.48 17.1 12.72 16.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.54 9.9 13.06 13.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 9.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.57 10.0 13.10 13.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.76 9.3 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. See appendix A 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.28 $15.50 $22.77 $33.14 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 33.75 39.66 47.38 83.81 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.14 22.75 26.97 30.59 38.47 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.14 22.65 22.95 31.97 37.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.98 31.83 36.39 36.39 40.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.75 30.53 32.68 41.25 45.52 Engineers......................................................... 26.13 31.02 38.66 42.45 46.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.97 25.64 31.46 34.26 36.78 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.06 30.13 32.69 36.54 37.26 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.83 27.18 31.70 34.89 37.23 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.97 17.00 24.31 31.05 34.61 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.31 27.74 31.78 34.89 38.32 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.17 27.61 31.81 34.61 38.06 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.83 28.06 33.08 35.86 37.21 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 16.13 26.35 30.78 35.00 39.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.25 11.79 12.46 14.58 15.71 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.21 15.00 18.84 25.89 25.89 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.81 17.50 21.24 30.85 37.27 Registered nurses................................................. 20.52 26.06 30.85 36.18 37.27 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.39 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 10.00 11.83 13.00 15.38 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.60 10.00 10.00 11.40 12.40 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.60 10.00 10.00 11.40 12.40 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.20 11.00 17.18 21.87 24.71 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 6.55 7.70 9.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.66 11.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.66 11.07 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.10 13.85 20.25 25.35 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.15 9.64 12.50 14.57 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 10.82 14.00 17.33 21.64 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.43 15.43 17.71 22.64 25.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.81 11.29 15.35 21.64 24.03 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.35 18.58 22.28 24.03 24.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.80 13.21 14.06 14.06 19.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.24 9.33 11.50 13.00 13.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.16 15.09 16.00 20.74 22.35 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.90 16.92 19.31 22.11 27.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 13.48 17.16 20.00 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.72 17.75 20.21 23.01 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.95 13.11 20.70 27.88 29.09 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.87 12.87 16.04 20.70 20.70 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.32 15.39 16.86 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.88 12.22 15.31 19.44 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 11.53 17.16 19.44 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 12.00 12.54 13.99 18.41 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 12.00 12.54 13.99 18.41 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.48 $14.74 $21.99 $31.02 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 33.75 37.25 45.35 62.34 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.14 22.75 26.97 30.59 38.47 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.14 22.65 22.95 31.97 37.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.98 31.83 36.39 36.39 40.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.13 31.02 33.45 42.14 46.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.97 13.19 18.00 24.31 31.94 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.97 12.50 16.04 22.53 25.69 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.21 14.74 18.84 20.30 25.89 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.00 17.50 21.33 30.85 37.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.42 25.01 30.85 35.00 37.27 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 10.00 11.83 13.00 15.38 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.60 9.97 10.00 11.00 11.83 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.60 9.97 10.00 11.00 11.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 6.55 7.25 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.00 8.66 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.00 8.66 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.10 13.85 20.25 25.35 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.15 9.64 12.50 14.57 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.25 10.15 13.91 16.84 21.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.81 11.29 15.35 21.64 24.03 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.35 18.58 22.28 24.03 24.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.80 13.21 14.06 14.06 19.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.24 8.24 11.50 13.00 13.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.16 14.45 16.00 21.15 27.70 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.45 18.77 20.74 27.70 27.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 13.48 17.16 20.00 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.72 16.25 19.50 22.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.95 13.11 21.19 27.88 29.09 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.87 12.87 14.52 16.04 17.00 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.32 15.50 16.86 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.79 12.04 14.46 19.44 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 11.33 17.16 19.44 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 12.00 12.54 13.99 18.41 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 12.00 12.54 13.99 18.41 3 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.12 $15.81 $20.29 $30.06 $36.33 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.97 26.58 31.52 34.61 36.95 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.39 28.06 31.90 35.25 37.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.10 27.78 31.87 34.93 38.32 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.79 29.46 33.08 35.86 37.23 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.46 18.33 20.22 36.33 51.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.52 16.69 20.47 22.96 25.31 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.53 13.41 15.92 18.87 21.20 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.68 15.30 17.09 19.24 22.11 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.27 $12.50 $16.06 $23.72 $33.79 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 33.75 39.66 47.38 83.81 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.14 22.75 26.97 30.59 38.47 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.14 22.65 22.95 31.97 37.75 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.98 31.83 36.39 36.39 40.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.75 30.53 32.68 41.25 45.52 Engineers......................................................... 26.13 31.02 38.66 42.45 46.28 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.58 27.61 31.78 34.93 37.24 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.06 30.13 32.69 36.54 37.26 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.16 27.61 31.75 34.93 37.60 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.31 27.74 31.78 34.89 38.32 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.17 27.61 31.81 34.61 38.06 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.83 28.06 33.08 35.86 37.21 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 16.13 26.35 30.78 35.00 39.23 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.74 18.03 18.84 25.89 30.29 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.25 17.50 22.62 30.85 37.27 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.14 10.97 12.50 15.38 15.38 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.20 11.00 17.11 21.87 24.71 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.66 11.07 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.75 7.75 8.66 11.07 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.68 12.50 14.57 21.13 25.35 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.15 12.50 13.69 15.29 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.50 14.16 17.60 21.76 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.43 15.43 17.71 22.64 25.65 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.10 12.51 16.50 22.28 24.03 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.35 18.58 22.28 24.03 24.50 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.80 13.21 14.06 14.06 19.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.24 9.33 11.50 13.00 13.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.16 15.09 16.00 20.74 22.35 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.90 16.92 19.31 22.11 27.70 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.55 15.91 17.16 19.03 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 12.72 17.75 20.21 23.01 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.95 13.11 20.75 27.88 29.09 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.87 12.87 16.04 20.70 20.70 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.32 15.39 16.86 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.08 12.54 17.12 19.44 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.00 11.59 17.16 19.44 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 12.54 13.99 13.99 18.41 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 12.54 13.99 13.99 18.41 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.25 $9.73 $12.00 $18.25 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.39 8.39 8.39 12.97 16.04 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.00 6.55 7.00 7.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.95 8.00 9.81 13.48 20.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.73 9.75 11.02 12.00 16.94 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.88 $16.06 $794 $642 39.9 $40,677 $33,426 2,046 Management occupations.............................................. 45.42 39.66 1,845 1,579 40.6 95,779 82,103 2,109 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.38 26.97 1,103 1,030 40.3 57,381 53,560 2,096 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.46 22.95 1,089 918 39.6 56,618 47,736 2,062 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 36.39 1,386 1,456 40.0 72,080 75,687 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.48 32.68 1,379 1,307 40.0 71,728 67,981 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 36.83 38.66 1,473 1,546 40.0 76,609 80,413 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.36 31.78 1,234 1,222 40.6 48,558 45,058 1,599 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.06 32.69 1,505 1,653 44.2 67,173 58,101 1,972 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.68 31.75 1,190 1,211 38.8 44,074 44,359 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.41 31.78 1,209 1,211 38.5 44,846 44,925 1,428 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.30 31.81 1,212 1,222 38.7 44,937 45,276 1,436 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.21 33.08 1,222 1,323 39.1 45,402 48,442 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.84 30.78 1,158 1,161 38.8 42,565 42,817 1,426 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.77 18.84 831 754 40.0 41,724 39,185 2,008 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.35 22.62 973 905 40.0 50,088 46,530 2,057 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.56 12.50 502 500 40.0 26,127 26,000 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.31 17.11 700 687 40.4 36,394 35,743 2,102 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.27 7.75 314 310 37.9 16,305 16,114 1,972 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.27 7.75 313 310 37.9 16,285 16,114 1,970 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.75 14.57 670 583 40.0 34,859 30,306 2,082 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.23 13.69 569 548 40.0 29,602 28,475 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.92 14.16 594 566 39.8 30,905 29,422 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.00 17.71 749 642 39.4 38,974 33,394 2,051 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.67 16.50 662 660 39.7 34,429 34,320 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.98 22.28 826 891 39.4 42,932 46,338 2,046 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.66 14.06 586 562 40.0 30,451 29,234 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.10 11.50 444 460 40.0 23,084 23,920 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.00 16.00 716 640 39.8 37,258 33,280 2,070 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.34 19.31 807 779 39.7 41,959 40,511 2,063 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.48 17.16 687 687 39.3 35,712 35,699 2,043 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.96 17.75 679 710 40.0 35,286 36,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.53 20.75 823 830 40.1 42,787 43,160 2,084 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.17 16.04 647 642 40.0 33,639 33,363 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.11 15.39 605 615 40.0 31,436 32,001 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.63 12.54 545 502 40.0 28,356 26,085 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.72 11.59 509 464 40.0 26,457 24,107 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.06 13.99 522 560 40.0 27,158 29,099 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.10 13.99 524 560 40.0 27,245 29,099 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.14 $15.50 $764 $620 39.9 $39,683 $32,240 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 42.92 37.25 1,751 1,490 40.8 91,055 77,480 2,121 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.38 26.97 1,103 1,030 40.3 57,381 53,560 2,096 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.46 22.95 1,089 918 39.6 56,618 47,736 2,062 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 36.39 1,386 1,456 40.0 72,080 75,687 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.46 33.45 1,418 1,338 40.0 73,754 69,568 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.51 20.09 767 804 34.1 28,068 31,000 1,247 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.46 19.44 738 778 40.0 26,583 27,999 1,440 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.47 12.50 499 500 40.0 25,948 26,000 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.04 7.75 304 310 37.8 15,816 16,114 1,967 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.03 7.75 304 310 37.8 15,789 16,114 1,965 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.75 14.57 670 583 40.0 34,859 30,306 2,082 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.23 13.69 569 548 40.0 29,602 28,475 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.69 14.00 586 560 39.9 30,476 29,120 2,074 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.67 16.50 662 660 39.7 34,429 34,320 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.98 22.28 826 891 39.4 42,932 46,338 2,046 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.66 14.06 586 562 40.0 30,451 29,234 2,077 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.31 16.00 730 640 39.8 37,939 33,280 2,072 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.28 20.74 885 829 39.7 46,025 43,129 2,066 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.95 17.16 707 687 39.4 36,758 35,699 2,047 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.68 16.25 667 650 40.0 34,697 33,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.53 22.00 823 880 40.1 42,774 45,760 2,084 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.97 14.52 599 581 40.0 31,129 30,200 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.15 15.50 606 620 40.0 31,504 32,240 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.58 12.54 543 502 40.0 28,244 26,085 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.06 13.99 522 560 40.0 27,158 29,099 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.10 13.99 524 560 40.0 27,245 29,099 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.16 $20.70 $968 $828 40.1 $45,914 $41,497 1,901 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.77 32.07 1,263 1,261 41.0 49,936 46,524 1,623 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.72 31.90 1,227 1,232 38.7 45,573 45,719 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.69 31.87 1,218 1,222 38.4 45,231 45,323 1,427 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.61 33.08 1,274 1,323 39.1 47,468 50,161 1,456 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.16 20.22 1,078 809 39.7 52,643 42,058 1,938 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.17 20.47 815 875 40.4 42,388 45,490 2,102 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.24 16.00 641 637 39.5 33,343 33,114 2,053 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.19 17.09 683 684 39.7 35,495 35,589 2,065 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.10 $15.33 $17.14 $25.49 Management, professional, and related...... 32.02 30.75 29.52 34.06 Management, business, and financial...... 35.68 31.61 30.29 48.11 Professional and related................. 29.46 26.23 29.13 29.97 Service.................................... 9.59 9.15 9.96 – Sales and office........................... 14.73 13.59 14.94 17.93 Sales and related........................ 15.57 14.95 – – Office and administrative support........ 14.36 13.02 14.93 17.14 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.50 19.23 14.98 23.43 Construction and extraction............. 16.68 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.45 20.00 – 22.76 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.21 11.92 14.90 18.06 Production............................... 15.15 13.63 14.68 – Transportation and material moving....... 13.23 10.38 15.09 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 7.1 8.3 11.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.4 8.8 9.0 12.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 11.3 7.4 10.6 28.1 Professional and related.......................................... 7.0 28.5 12.7 8.7 Service............................................................. 7.8 12.4 6.5 – Sales and office.................................................... 5.1 5.8 12.5 10.4 Sales and related................................................. 9.1 12.5 – – Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 5.1 13.7 10.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.8 11.0 9.6 6.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 10.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.5 17.8 – 8.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.4 6.5 8.7 4.2 Production........................................................ 3.5 5.3 3.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.9 8.1 15.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.42 $14.16 $653 $566 39.8 $33,913 $29,453 2,065 Management occupations.............................................. 36.17 33.75 1,447 1,350 40.0 75,239 70,200 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.39 27.50 1,154 1,100 40.6 59,999 57,200 2,113 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.52 18.58 741 743 40.0 26,671 26,749 1,440 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.46 19.44 738 778 40.0 26,583 27,999 1,440 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 14.57 623 583 40.0 32,393 30,306 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.27 13.17 530 527 39.9 27,553 27,398 2,076 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.66 14.15 621 566 39.7 32,281 29,422 2,062 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.10 22.77 806 911 40.1 41,935 47,370 2,086 Production occupations.............................................. 13.63 12.89 545 516 40.0 28,350 26,807 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.14 9.88 406 395 40.0 21,091 20,550 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.67 $18.68 $867 $749 40.0 $45,087 $38,854 2,081 Management occupations.............................................. 48.65 40.87 2,019 1,635 41.5 104,990 84,999 2,158 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.94 25.53 1,033 1,021 39.8 53,727 53,100 2,071 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.65 36.39 1,386 1,456 40.0 72,080 75,687 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.21 31.02 1,369 1,241 40.0 71,167 64,528 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.36 19.42 736 838 40.1 38,257 43,564 2,084 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.48 15.00 657 603 39.9 34,157 31,331 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.40 18.58 692 743 39.8 35,971 38,646 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 21.50 22.28 849 891 39.5 44,141 46,338 2,053 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.25 19.23 807 769 39.9 41,981 40,000 2,073 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.40 21.16 896 846 40.0 46,592 44,017 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.29 13.05 612 522 40.0 31,800 27,144 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.26 20.00 851 800 40.0 44,230 41,600 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 15.66 640 626 40.0 33,305 32,569 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.76 13.99 631 560 40.0 32,789 29,099 2,080 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.38 – – $18.51 $17.73 $23.26 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 32.00 32.02 31.95 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 37.62 35.68 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 29.08 29.46 28.25 Service............................................................. – – – 11.30 9.46 18.89 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.59 14.41 16.23 Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.94 14.94 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.46 14.18 16.23 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 16.77 16.46 20.39 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.86 $22.86 – 16.46 16.11 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.24 16.99 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.98 20.98 – 13.99 13.94 14.84 Production........................................................ – – – 14.78 14.79 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 13.20 13.08 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 – – 5.1 5.7 7.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.4 6.4 8.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 11.2 11.3 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 5.1 7.0 3.9 Service............................................................. – – – 8.2 8.1 4.6 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.5 5.2 4.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.3 10.3 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.8 5.7 4.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 7.7 8.6 9.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 3.4 3.4 – 11.4 12.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 6.7 6.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.2 6.2 – 4.2 4.5 12.5 Production........................................................ – – – 3.9 3.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 7.6 8.2 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.99 $18.19 $17.04 $17.04 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.97 32.13 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 37.94 35.98 – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.05 29.48 – – Service............................................................. 11.38 9.59 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.49 14.27 18.10 18.10 Sales and related................................................. 13.92 13.92 – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.66 14.39 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.94 18.83 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.68 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.71 21.77 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.08 14.02 – – Production........................................................ 15.14 15.18 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.88 12.71 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.0 5.7 13.4 13.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 6.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 11.3 11.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 7.0 – – Service............................................................. 8.0 7.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.4 5.0 15.5 15.5 Sales and related................................................. 7.6 7.6 – – Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 6.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.1 8.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 10.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.2 11.9 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.2 5.7 – – Production........................................................ 4.2 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.3 8.0 – – 1 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. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – – – – $17.62 – $19.06 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 32.72 – 25.78 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 33.47 – 29.48 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – $26.54 – – 24.70 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 11.67 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 12.88 – 16.21 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 18.65 12.49 – 16.21 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – – – – 13.3 – 12.5 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 13.9 – 9.1 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 17.9 – 11.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 0.0 – – 12.2 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 9.8 – 13.0 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.8 11.3 – 13.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 465,900 396,800 69,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 110,800 79,500 31,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 33,600 31,300 – Professional and related.......................................... 77,100 48,100 29,000 Service............................................................. 89,100 74,300 14,800 Sales and office.................................................... 150,600 136,300 14,400 Sales and related................................................. 42,700 42,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 107,900 93,600 14,400 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 58,900 55,200 3,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 31,000 28,500 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27,900 26,700 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 56,500 51,600 4,900 Production........................................................ 26,900 25,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,600 26,400 – 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 19,254 18,341 913 Total in sample....................................................... 153 138 15 Responding........................................................ 90 75 15 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 45 45 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 18 18 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.