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Highlights of Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland National Compensation Survey January 2008 (PDF)Workers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland metropolitan area earned an average of $22.36 per hour in January 2008, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. Sheila Watkins, the Bureau’s regional commissioner, noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $45.85 for management occupations and $22.10 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. Another occupational group, healthcare support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $12.70. The NCS data available for the Philadelphia area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.) Sales managers, part of the management occupational group, earned $42.32 per hour, and education administrators, postsecondary averaged $30.23. Within the installation, maintenance, and repair occupational group, electrical power-line installers and repairers registered an average hourly wage of $33.70 per hour and automotive service technicians and mechanics, $18.05. Dental assistants, an occupation within the healthcare support group, earned $18.36 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, $12.22 per hour. (See table 1.) Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $23.69 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $12.92. Union workers earned $25.08 and non-union workers, $21.81. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $18.77 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $20.34, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $29.30. The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/. The NCS data reported here covered 859 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 2,670,500 workers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland Combined Statistical Area (CSA) which is comprised of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania; Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey; New Castle County in Delaware; and Cecil County in Maryland. Survey AvailabilityComplete survey results are contained in the Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD National Compensation Survey January 2008 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey data, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Mid-Atlantic Information Office by calling (215) 597-3282 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. |
Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$22.36 | 1.6 | $23.69 | 1.5 | $12.92 | 5.9 |
Management occupations |
45.85 | 4.0 | 45.85 | 4.0 | – | – |
General and operations managers |
38.03 | 21.9 | 38.03 | 21.9 | – | – |
Marketing and sales managers |
48.65 | 10.1 | 48.65 | 10.1 | – | – |
Sales managers |
42.32 | 9.5 | 42.32 | 9.5 | – | – |
Computer and information systems managers |
62.03 | 8.0 | 62.03 | 8.0 | – | – |
Financial managers |
53.70 | 9.2 | 53.70 | 9.2 | – | – |
Human resources managers |
40.60 | 10.1 | 40.60 | 10.1 | – | – |
Education administrators |
33.93 | 8.6 | 33.93 | 8.6 | – | – |
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
40.58 | 16.7 | 40.58 | 16.7 | – | – |
Education administrators, postsecondary |
30.23 | 7.1 | 30.23 | 7.1 | – | – |
Social and community service managers |
30.57 | 14.0 | 30.57 | 14.0 | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
32.80 | 4.1 | 32.80 | 4.1 | – | – |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
31.95 | 6.9 | 31.95 | 6.9 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators |
31.40 | 9.8 | 31.40 | 9.8 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
31.40 | 9.8 | 31.40 | 9.8 | – | – |
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists |
36.76 | 19.8 | 36.76 | 19.8 | – | – |
Management analysts |
37.23 | 12.9 | 37.23 | 12.9 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
31.80 | 10.2 | 31.41 | 10.7 | – | – |
Financial analysts and advisors |
29.12 | 9.0 | 29.12 | 9.0 | – | – |
Financial analysts |
33.10 | 7.7 | 33.10 | 7.7 | – | – |
Personal financial advisors |
24.49 | 13.8 | 24.49 | 13.8 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
36.08 | 3.8 | 36.67 | 2.8 | – | – |
Computer software engineers |
42.24 | 7.8 | 42.24 | 7.8 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, applications |
37.78 | 11.9 | 37.78 | 11.9 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, systems software |
46.43 | 7.4 | 46.43 | 7.4 | – | – |
Computer support specialists |
25.15 | 4.8 | 25.15 | 4.8 | – | – |
Computer systems analysts |
40.93 | 7.1 | 40.93 | 7.1 | – | – |
Network and computer systems administrators |
37.32 | 6.6 | 37.32 | 6.6 | – | – |
Network systems and data communications analysts |
41.10 | 8.6 | 41.10 | 8.6 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
36.00 | 11.9 | 36.00 | 11.9 | – | – |
Engineers |
41.36 | 12.0 | 41.36 | 12.0 | – | – |
Electrical and electronics engineers |
41.80 | 19.3 | 41.80 | 19.3 | – | – |
Mechanical engineers |
36.39 | 7.0 | 36.39 | 7.0 | – | – |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
28.05 | 5.5 | 28.05 | 5.5 | – | – |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
34.00 | 8.6 | 34.01 | 8.6 | – | – |
Life scientists |
42.67 | 7.9 | 42.69 | 7.9 | – | – |
Biological scientists |
37.92 | 8.7 | 37.92 | 8.7 | – | – |
Medical scientists |
44.07 | 22.3 | 44.12 | 22.5 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
19.35 | 12.6 | 21.86 | 11.7 | – | – |
Counselors |
21.97 | 15.8 | 22.64 | 16.7 | – | – |
Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
27.15 | 22.2 | 31.09 | 20.7 | – | – |
Social workers |
20.21 | 12.2 | 19.28 | 9.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists |
– | – | 23.37 | 22.7 | – | – |
Legal occupations |
44.05 | 21.8 | 45.29 | 21.8 | – | – |
Lawyers |
57.40 | 21.4 | 59.28 | 20.9 | – | – |
Miscellaneous legal support workers |
20.27 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – |
Education, training, and library occupations |
34.45 | 1.4 | 35.24 | 1.5 | 16.38 | 8.8 |
Postsecondary teachers |
42.59 | 5.2 | 42.62 | 5.4 | 40.80 | 11.2 |
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary |
43.13 | 11.1 | 43.15 | 11.7 | – | – |
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers |
36.58 | 8.5 | 36.38 | 9.2 | – | – |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
36.44 | 3.3 | 36.66 | 3.3 | – | – |
Preschool and kindergarten teachers |
20.30 | 11.9 | 20.30 | 11.9 | – | – |
Preschool teachers, except special education |
14.21 | 9.5 | 14.21 | 9.5 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
37.78 | 5.3 | 38.21 | 4.9 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
36.34 | 5.2 | 36.84 | 4.8 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
42.77 | 2.9 | 42.87 | 2.6 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
42.80 | 7.3 | 42.91 | 7.6 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
42.80 | 7.3 | 42.91 | 7.6 | – | – |
Special education teachers |
40.80 | 6.5 | 40.80 | 6.5 | – | – |
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
43.80 | 4.8 | 43.80 | 4.8 | – | – |
Librarians |
32.08 | 13.3 | 32.08 | 13.3 | – | – |
Teacher assistants |
13.04 | 4.5 | 13.70 | 5.9 | 10.68 | 6.5 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
34.85 | 24.9 | 36.62 | 25.1 | 15.30 | 28.0 |
Designers |
19.41 | 6.5 | 21.47 | 12.1 | – | – |
Graphic designers |
23.10 | 9.8 | 23.10 | 9.8 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
35.21 | 2.8 | 35.78 | 3.5 | 32.31 | 6.6 |
Pharmacists |
35.43 | 37.6 | 45.04 | 15.6 | – | – |
Physicians and surgeons |
67.29 | 8.7 | 67.31 | 8.7 | – | – |
Registered nurses |
34.06 | 2.9 | 33.43 | 3.4 | 36.60 | 2.3 |
Therapists |
27.65 | 7.7 | 27.97 | 7.5 | – | – |
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians |
20.37 | 5.4 | 20.29 | 5.9 | – | – |
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians |
24.92 | 17.7 | – | – | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
23.31 | 2.6 | 22.27 | 3.0 | 25.52 | 4.9 |
Medical records and health information technicians |
12.76 | 2.3 | 12.76 | 2.3 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
12.70 | 2.7 | 13.00 | 3.2 | 11.79 | 4.5 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
12.00 | 3.0 | 12.14 | 3.4 | 11.33 | 2.9 |
Home health aides |
10.25 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
12.22 | 3.2 | 12.17 | 3.5 | 12.49 | 2.8 |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
13.82 | 6.1 | 14.86 | 6.1 | 12.07 | 8.1 |
Dental assistants |
18.36 | 5.3 | 19.28 | 4.0 | – | – |
Medical assistants |
13.61 | 7.5 | – | – | – | – |
Pharmacy aides |
8.58 | 1.0 | – | – | – | – |
Protective service occupations |
21.22 | 9.1 | 22.44 | 8.0 | 10.22 | 2.0 |
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers |
22.96 | 5.0 | 22.96 | 5.0 | – | – |
Correctional officers and jailers |
22.96 | 5.0 | 22.96 | 5.0 | – | – |
Police officers |
26.76 | 2.6 | 26.93 | 2.7 | – | – |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
26.76 | 2.6 | 26.93 | 2.7 | – | – |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers |
11.47 | 8.8 | 11.85 | 9.8 | 9.93 | 1.6 |
Security guards |
11.47 | 8.8 | 11.85 | 9.8 | 9.93 | 1.6 |
Miscellaneous protective service workers |
10.60 | 4.1 | – | – | 10.60 | 4.1 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
9.28 | 4.5 | 11.22 | 4.9 | 7.04 | 2.0 |
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers |
19.80 | 6.3 | 19.88 | 6.1 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
18.94 | 4.0 | 19.02 | 4.1 | – | – |
Cooks |
10.66 | 4.0 | 11.74 | 3.1 | 8.41 | 4.8 |
Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
12.31 | 9.4 | 12.72 | 9.3 | – | – |
Cooks, restaurant |
11.25 | 2.6 | 11.46 | 5.2 | – | – |
Food preparation workers |
9.87 | 6.4 | 10.36 | 11.8 | 9.15 | 7.8 |
Food service, tipped |
5.52 | 6.5 | 6.36 | 21.7 | 4.92 | 11.1 |
Bartenders |
6.86 | 10.8 | – | – | 5.98 | 15.3 |
Waiters and waitresses |
4.74 | 4.4 | 5.24 | 23.8 | 4.37 | 12.0 |
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
7.85 | 15.4 | 8.70 | 26.5 | 6.70 | 13.1 |
Fast food and counter workers |
8.95 | 5.0 | 11.85 | 12.2 | 7.88 | 2.0 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
8.83 | 5.9 | 12.64 | 18.2 | 7.88 | 2.3 |
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
9.44 | 13.7 | – | – | – | – |
Food servers, nonrestaurant |
11.17 | 7.0 | – | – | – | – |
Dishwashers |
8.27 | 3.3 | – | – | – | – |
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
10.75 | 14.9 | – | – | – | – |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
12.05 | 5.7 | 12.48 | 5.9 | 9.22 | 6.6 |
Building cleaning workers |
11.44 | 4.1 | 11.85 | 4.4 | 8.90 | 4.8 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
11.52 | 5.0 | 12.08 | 5.7 | 8.62 | 4.5 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
10.94 | 4.1 | 10.86 | 4.5 | – | – |
Grounds maintenance workers |
13.41 | 7.7 | – | – | – | – |
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
12.08 | 5.8 | – | – | – | – |
Personal care and service occupations |
14.76 | 6.0 | 16.28 | 8.4 | 10.83 | 7.5 |
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers |
15.20 | 9.6 | 15.20 | 9.6 | – | – |
Slot key persons |
13.78 | 3.6 | 13.78 | 3.6 | – | – |
Gaming services workers |
6.91 | 0.0 | 7.31 | 3.3 | – | – |
Gaming dealers |
6.82 | 1.5 | 7.31 | 3.3 | – | – |
Child care workers |
9.77 | 7.1 | 9.85 | 9.9 | 9.52 | 7.7 |
Recreation and fitness workers |
14.35 | 8.7 | – | – | – | – |
Recreation workers |
13.50 | 9.2 | – | – | – | – |
Sales and related occupations |
17.40 | 6.1 | 20.42 | 6.4 | 8.87 | 4.0 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
20.43 | 16.3 | 20.43 | 16.3 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
16.00 | 1.3 | 16.00 | 1.3 | – | – |
Retail sales workers |
11.94 | 2.6 | 14.08 | 2.4 | 8.53 | 2.2 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.75 | 4.4 | 11.30 | 8.2 | 8.52 | 3.7 |
Cashiers |
9.61 | 4.4 | 11.07 | 8.2 | 8.52 | 3.7 |
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons |
15.86 | 5.8 | 16.65 | 1.0 | – | – |
Parts salespersons |
16.67 | 1.1 | 16.67 | 1.1 | – | – |
Retail salespersons |
12.68 | 2.0 | 14.66 | 3.3 | 8.55 | 1.1 |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
22.65 | 23.1 | 22.65 | 23.1 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing |
31.00 | 8.3 | 31.00 | 8.3 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
30.84 | 15.8 | 30.84 | 15.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous sales and related workers |
27.17 | 33.3 | 27.91 | 34.0 | – | – |
Office and administrative support occupations |
16.76 | 2.1 | 17.06 | 1.9 | 13.90 | 7.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
24.62 | 2.4 | 24.62 | 2.4 | – | – |
Financial clerks |
16.06 | 4.7 | 16.07 | 4.7 | 15.89 | 9.0 |
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
15.33 | 7.3 | 15.33 | 7.3 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
15.92 | 6.2 | 15.97 | 6.6 | – | – |
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
15.30 | 12.7 | – | – | – | – |
Court, municipal, and license clerks |
15.22 | 8.5 | 15.22 | 8.5 | – | – |
Customer service representatives |
15.68 | 4.7 | 15.95 | 5.5 | 12.50 | 8.9 |
File clerks |
12.08 | 3.6 | – | – | – | – |
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
15.42 | 2.0 | 15.70 | 2.2 | – | – |
Order clerks |
13.76 | 14.3 | – | – | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
12.90 | 6.0 | 13.10 | 5.3 | 11.90 | 15.1 |
Dispatchers |
15.95 | 10.0 | 15.95 | 10.0 | – | – |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
14.16 | 2.9 | 14.16 | 3.2 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
12.48 | 6.3 | 14.25 | 1.5 | – | – |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
20.02 | 2.5 | 20.04 | 2.8 | 19.79 | 11.3 |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
22.05 | 3.4 | 22.27 | 4.1 | – | – |
Legal secretaries |
25.61 | 2.4 | 25.61 | 2.4 | – | – |
Medical secretaries |
18.68 | 5.2 | – | – | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
16.66 | 2.3 | 16.78 | 2.6 | – | – |
Data entry and information processing workers |
14.50 | 5.3 | 15.03 | 5.2 | – | – |
Data entry keyers |
12.39 | 5.0 | 12.44 | 5.6 | – | – |
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
17.22 | 2.1 | 17.14 | 2.5 | – | – |
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
12.55 | 1.2 | 12.50 | 1.7 | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
15.45 | 7.5 | 15.61 | 7.8 | 13.19 | 9.9 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
19.38 | 8.4 | 19.50 | 8.5 | – | – |
Carpenters |
22.29 | 6.0 | 22.41 | 6.3 | – | – |
Construction and building inspectors |
19.31 | 10.1 | – | – | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
22.10 | 3.7 | 22.19 | 3.8 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
35.50 | 6.6 | 35.50 | 6.6 | – | – |
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers |
21.47 | 13.9 | 21.47 | 13.9 | – | – |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
18.61 | 4.2 | 18.61 | 4.2 | – | – |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
18.05 | 3.9 | 18.05 | 3.9 | – | – |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
22.91 | 2.9 | 22.94 | 2.9 | – | – |
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
24.41 | 14.1 | 24.41 | 14.1 | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
20.15 | 5.0 | 20.27 | 5.2 | – | – |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
20.08 | 4.6 | 20.35 | 5.0 | – | – |
Line installers and repairers |
31.27 | 4.3 | 31.27 | 4.3 | – | – |
Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
33.70 | 1.0 | 33.70 | 1.0 | – | – |
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
16.30 | 8.1 | 16.42 | 8.3 | – | – |
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
16.84 | 4.5 | 17.04 | 5.0 | – | – |
Production occupations |
15.72 | 4.9 | 15.92 | 4.7 | 10.45 | 12.5 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
22.13 | 6.4 | 22.13 | 6.4 | – | – |
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers |
17.94 | 14.6 | 17.94 | 14.6 | – | – |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
12.80 | 20.2 | 12.80 | 20.2 | – | – |
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
16.21 | 8.8 | 16.21 | 8.8 | – | – |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
16.25 | 13.7 | 16.25 | 13.7 | – | – |
Painting workers |
16.46 | 2.8 | 16.46 | 2.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous production workers |
14.70 | 5.3 | 14.70 | 5.4 | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
16.61 | 4.3 | 17.15 | 5.1 | 12.04 | 8.8 |
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
18.82 | 9.1 | – | – | – | – |
Bus drivers |
17.74 | 6.8 | 19.39 | 5.5 | 16.03 | 3.2 |
Bus drivers, school |
16.66 | 3.9 | 17.78 | 2.8 | – | – |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
18.99 | 4.9 | 19.40 | 4.6 | – | – |
Driver/sales workers |
15.16 | 9.9 | 15.58 | 9.9 | – | – |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
19.93 | 4.9 | 20.32 | 4.6 | – | – |
Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
19.00 | 9.7 | 19.36 | 8.9 | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
17.31 | 9.8 | 17.31 | 9.8 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
11.71 | 4.6 | 12.18 | 5.0 | 10.12 | 2.9 |
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
10.91 | 8.7 | 11.09 | 12.6 | – | – |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
12.47 | 10.0 | 13.44 | 10.6 | 10.28 | 5.1 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
11.00 | 8.0 | 11.22 | 8.0 | – | – |
Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: November 5, 2008