NC BL 06/00/2008 Table: Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH, Bulletin, October 2007 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $25.43 2.7 34.1 $25.04 3.0 34.1 $28.88 2.5 33.7 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 36.41 3.0 36.8 36.51 3.4 37.3 35.76 2.2 33.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 41.92 3.0 39.7 42.24 3.2 40.1 38.00 5.2 35.9 Professional and related.......................................... 33.54 3.4 35.4 33.23 4.0 35.8 35.20 1.9 33.3 Service............................................................. 13.50 2.3 28.7 11.87 2.4 27.9 22.58 2.6 34.4 Sales and office.................................................... 20.14 4.7 32.6 20.17 5.0 32.8 19.68 6.7 29.7 Sales and related................................................. 22.17 9.3 30.7 22.36 9.4 30.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 18.79 2.6 34.1 18.62 2.8 34.4 20.71 3.5 30.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.47 2.5 39.3 25.59 2.6 39.3 23.91 3.1 39.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 26.86 2.5 39.3 26.97 2.5 39.3 25.44 6.3 39.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.29 2.9 39.5 23.44 3.1 39.5 21.41 7.2 39.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.19 4.4 34.3 15.01 4.6 34.2 19.53 7.0 36.8 Production........................................................ 16.10 5.5 39.0 16.08 5.6 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.40 3.6 31.1 14.05 3.8 30.8 19.72 7.4 36.4 Full time........................................................... 27.45 2.8 39.2 27.18 3.1 39.5 29.64 2.3 37.5 Part time........................................................... 13.87 2.5 19.5 13.61 2.6 19.8 18.92 9.5 14.6 Union............................................................... 26.99 2.3 34.1 24.65 3.7 32.4 30.01 1.7 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 25.12 3.4 34.1 25.09 3.5 34.3 26.14 9.3 28.6 Time................................................................ 25.13 2.7 33.9 24.69 3.0 33.9 28.88 2.5 33.7 Incentive........................................................... 32.14 8.6 38.4 32.14 8.6 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 27.92 5.2 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 21.05 3.7 33.0 20.98 3.9 33.1 22.92 7.3 29.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 25.13 2.1 34.2 24.48 2.2 34.1 29.44 4.7 34.9 500 workers or more................................................. 32.30 5.0 35.8 32.65 5.9 36.1 30.57 2.7 34.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $25.43 2.7 $27.45 2.8 $13.87 2.5 Management occupations.............................................. 48.50 3.8 48.58 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.98 5.3 22.98 5.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.26 5.9 28.26 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.71 7.6 32.77 7.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 41.22 11.3 41.22 11.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.69 2.0 45.56 1.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 61.69 6.0 61.96 5.9 – – Level 13.................................................. 79.08 9.4 79.08 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.38 4.8 49.52 4.8 – – General and operations managers................................... 53.26 12.4 54.08 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.88 11.5 47.88 11.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.31 7.7 57.31 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.20 7.4 57.20 7.4 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.19 13.0 58.19 13.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.89 8.6 48.89 8.6 – – Sales managers.................................................. 55.85 11.5 55.85 11.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 46.07 9.0 46.07 9.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.59 8.1 53.59 8.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.15 1.8 59.15 1.8 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.66 6.0 52.66 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.06 6.6 52.06 6.6 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 45.12 17.6 45.12 17.6 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 42.02 1.8 42.02 1.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 42.92 7.1 43.17 7.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.23 6.0 52.23 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.25 11.5 44.04 13.5 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.24 11.7 53.24 11.7 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.34 6.0 42.72 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.05 18.6 39.88 22.7 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 54.19 14.2 54.19 14.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.86 15.5 45.86 15.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.10 33.8 63.10 33.8 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 27.94 5.6 27.94 5.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.22 3.6 33.27 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.91 4.9 20.11 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.98 2.0 24.98 2.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.57 5.1 27.57 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.88 5.0 29.95 5.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.93 7.4 33.93 7.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.75 5.1 42.49 5.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.23 6.6 59.23 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.55 16.3 32.58 16.5 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.68 11.3 31.68 11.3 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.37 4.5 28.37 4.5 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.59 14.9 33.59 14.9 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.71 7.5 26.58 8.2 – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.45 14.3 27.31 15.3 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.84 12.6 25.86 13.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.42 4.9 29.93 5.0 – – Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.79 6.8 30.30 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.91 3.9 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 42.73 11.9 42.73 11.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.29 6.6 26.29 6.6 – – Budget analysts................................................... 38.41 14.0 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.66 7.3 46.66 7.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 47.60 7.9 47.60 7.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.25 2.0 40.20 2.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.22 7.3 20.22 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.33 6.7 27.33 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.28 7.5 28.28 7.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.29 2.1 37.31 2.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 40.70 4.7 40.70 4.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.87 4.8 47.87 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.54 6.7 49.34 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.69 4.1 39.69 4.1 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 29.08 7.7 29.08 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.16 4.3 45.20 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.20 3.2 40.35 3.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.11 7.6 43.11 7.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.70 9.1 48.70 9.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.94 9.4 46.94 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.61 8.2 46.61 8.2 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 4.7 44.21 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.63 6.3 41.63 6.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.00 4.9 46.07 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.32 9.6 49.32 9.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.77 1.4 51.77 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.13 11.9 43.13 11.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 35.96 8.4 35.96 8.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 4.3 36.26 4.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.66 3.7 39.44 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.18 4.3 34.18 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.79 12.7 37.79 12.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.90 9.3 37.90 9.3 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.70 3.4 33.70 3.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.15 3.3 35.92 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.97 8.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.62 2.2 26.62 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.49 5.8 37.49 5.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.99 8.1 43.99 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.00 2.1 45.00 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.02 4.5 48.64 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.77 9.1 37.84 9.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.77 1.9 40.55 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.94 4.9 28.94 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.02 5.9 35.02 5.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.99 8.1 43.99 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.00 2.1 45.00 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.02 4.5 48.64 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.24 7.5 41.24 7.5 – – Civil engineers................................................. 29.47 8.5 29.47 8.5 – – Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.98 8.8 41.98 8.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.24 3.6 42.24 3.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.65 3.1 44.65 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.29 15.7 43.29 15.7 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.32 4.6 41.32 4.6 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 4.2 42.64 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.83 3.6 44.83 3.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.55 9.8 30.65 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.12 3.2 23.14 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.61 7.0 23.61 7.0 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.38 4.5 22.38 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.00 6.2 23.00 6.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.60 8.5 31.63 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.36 5.2 24.36 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.50 17.5 27.41 17.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 30.70 6.6 30.67 6.7 – – Level 12.................................................. 36.68 7.1 36.56 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.83 6.8 32.30 6.6 – – Biological scientists........................................... 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 28.54 14.3 28.54 14.3 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 45.91 20.1 46.26 20.5 – – Market research analysts........................................ 45.91 20.1 46.26 20.5 – – Psychologists..................................................... 29.73 32.2 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.71 10.0 23.89 10.3 21.89 16.3 Level 7 .................................................. 19.08 10.4 18.62 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.68 8.9 29.97 9.5 26.82 7.5 Counselors........................................................ 24.88 11.9 25.19 11.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.82 12.8 28.99 13.0 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.04 16.0 30.56 16.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.68 22.3 32.26 23.1 – – Social workers.................................................... 25.26 12.4 25.11 13.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.37 12.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.03 10.9 – – – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.89 19.2 24.89 19.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.77 16.0 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 14.41 12.0 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 49.45 15.0 51.29 16.7 – – Lawyers........................................................... 70.31 15.0 70.31 15.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.92 11.6 35.81 7.6 17.72 15.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 5.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 12.4 14.52 13.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.02 10.1 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.50 13.5 21.65 13.6 20.69 28.7 Level 8 .................................................. – – 24.94 21.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.82 3.1 40.96 3.3 37.15 5.8 Level 10.................................................. 41.63 5.2 41.41 6.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 50.92 6.9 51.13 6.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.51 9.3 53.18 9.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.95 11.7 73.95 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.92 8.4 42.16 7.5 17.08 13.9 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.43 6.4 51.56 6.3 30.98 18.1 Level 9 .................................................. 42.76 12.6 43.46 11.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.09 4.3 38.60 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 50.23 7.8 50.44 7.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.51 9.3 53.18 9.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.95 11.7 73.95 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.05 10.5 51.70 10.9 26.12 22.1 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.22 4.3 57.22 4.3 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 42.92 5.0 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.37 7.8 53.53 8.0 – – English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 49.85 20.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.18 9.1 46.93 9.4 26.95 11.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.33 13.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.84 16.6 34.51 10.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 13.93 7.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. – – 24.84 24.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.75 1.6 42.71 1.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.75 7.5 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. – – 16.02 12.2 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. – – 14.94 10.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.18 1.5 42.89 1.5 24.64 25.8 Level 9 .................................................. 43.23 1.8 43.20 1.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.22 2.2 43.16 2.2 24.64 25.8 Level 9 .................................................. 43.61 2.8 43.59 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 3.9 42.03 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.08 3.6 42.08 3.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.56 1.1 40.77 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.92 1.8 40.92 1.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.56 1.1 40.77 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.92 1.8 40.92 1.8 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.29 13.6 35.86 14.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.29 1.3 43.11 1.5 – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 39.32 10.4 38.88 11.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.73 6.7 44.67 8.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.37 10.9 24.05 21.7 28.28 16.4 Level 9 .................................................. 28.79 25.8 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 28.06 18.1 27.93 18.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.62 9.7 14.82 10.8 13.57 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 12.4 14.52 13.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.44 5.1 28.98 5.1 15.23 19.6 Level 9 .................................................. 33.02 6.6 33.02 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.02 11.1 24.36 12.1 – – Designers......................................................... 27.20 13.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 25.53 8.6 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.53 8.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 24.89 14.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.89 14.3 – – – – Public relations specialists...................................... 30.92 12.8 30.92 12.8 – – Writers and editors............................................... 38.19 6.8 39.03 8.6 – – Editors......................................................... 35.16 7.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.46 3.5 27.12 4.4 33.76 5.3 Level 4 .................................................. 17.78 7.1 17.75 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.27 5.2 17.85 5.6 22.52 6.9 Level 6 .................................................. 24.50 6.9 24.65 8.8 23.97 8.5 Level 7 .................................................. 27.46 7.5 27.92 4.5 26.11 15.5 Level 8 .................................................. 31.23 16.3 27.94 20.1 42.65 7.4 Level 9 .................................................. 37.79 2.3 35.79 2.4 41.18 3.3 Level 10.................................................. 35.00 14.5 34.59 15.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.15 6.9 51.91 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.85 2.5 26.04 1.3 24.84 16.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.92 3.3 – – – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 38.77 16.0 35.23 15.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.78 2.4 35.98 3.9 39.16 2.1 Level 7 .................................................. 29.26 1.1 – – 31.01 6.8 Level 8 .................................................. 39.50 3.1 38.04 7.2 42.33 8.8 Level 9 .................................................. 37.68 2.7 36.14 3.1 40.81 3.8 Level 11.................................................. 52.58 14.1 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 29.00 20.1 32.27 7.8 24.74 34.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.85 9.2 18.99 9.8 25.83 1.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.15 6.2 16.01 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.85 3.8 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.67 9.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.57 20.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.99 5.8 17.63 7.9 20.48 13.8 Level 4 .................................................. 16.15 6.2 16.01 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.35 6.8 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.85 11.7 – – – – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.90 4.3 16.56 6.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.78 8.3 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.73 6.8 18.03 10.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.35 1.8 24.09 .8 22.38 5.0 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.62 5.0 15.55 4.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.82 1.4 14.69 2.4 15.14 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.37 1.8 13.22 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 2.3 13.85 1.9 13.12 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 8.5 15.00 9.4 17.34 4.8 Level 5 .................................................. 18.38 10.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.64 11.3 15.02 10.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.24 1.6 13.26 2.4 13.17 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 13.50 2.4 13.27 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.53 2.5 13.79 2.5 12.98 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 6.3 12.98 6.5 – – Home health aides............................................... 12.31 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.37 3.2 13.58 2.7 12.55 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. – – 13.12 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.51 3.7 13.73 2.5 12.82 3.4 Level 4 .................................................. 13.85 5.7 – – – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.58 2.1 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.03 2.5 17.28 2.7 16.49 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.96 6.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.16 6.8 18.41 10.2 17.71 4.0 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 15.91 .6 – – – – Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.45 13.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.98 10.0 21.46 11.0 14.96 26.7 Level 4 .................................................. 11.23 8.3 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.23 3.3 24.65 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.18 4.2 28.18 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.88 12.6 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 23.67 6.5 24.01 4.9 – – Police officers................................................... 25.94 4.3 25.18 1.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.09 4.8 24.51 2.7 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.94 4.3 25.18 1.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.09 4.8 24.51 2.7 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.76 8.7 17.25 9.7 11.91 10.2 Security guards................................................. 15.76 8.7 17.25 9.7 11.91 10.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.33 2.4 11.60 6.2 7.33 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 2.0 7.53 27.7 7.99 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.70 5.2 8.31 16.8 7.26 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.57 8.7 12.62 6.4 6.14 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.68 5.1 12.65 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.89 3.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.60 4.5 18.60 4.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.59 4.5 18.59 4.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 12.78 3.9 13.11 2.5 10.80 13.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.43 9.5 12.74 5.9 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.13 6.4 12.16 6.8 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.78 1.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.03 12.3 – – 10.46 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.35 16.8 – – 9.44 3.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.38 17.3 6.29 34.3 4.95 9.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.01 20.8 – – 6.55 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 4.99 10.5 – – 4.72 17.8 Level 3 .................................................. 5.42 30.2 – – 4.37 24.3 Bartenders...................................................... 6.94 6.2 – – 6.92 5.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.82 30.0 – – 3.10 12.3 Level 2 .................................................. 2.95 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.91 44.0 – – 3.18 20.7 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.99 7.6 – – 7.50 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 4.5 – – 7.69 10.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.72 3.7 10.16 6.2 8.09 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.29 3.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 8.1 – – 8.15 6.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.53 4.1 – – 7.98 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 9.2 – – 8.26 7.7 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.82 4.4 – – 8.17 3.2 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.06 9.9 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.06 9.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.87 2.5 14.48 3.3 11.79 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.87 4.7 11.64 7.6 12.20 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.40 4.3 14.01 5.2 10.96 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 15.63 2.7 15.64 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.37 13.3 16.57 13.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 18.46 16.8 19.30 18.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 17.73 20.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.67 2.8 14.30 3.9 11.73 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 11.85 5.5 11.55 9.2 12.20 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.51 4.0 – – 10.86 6.5 Level 3 .................................................. 16.00 2.9 15.86 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.83 2.5 14.89 3.9 11.80 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 12.69 1.7 13.19 1.8 12.31 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 12.53 5.0 13.60 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.00 2.9 15.86 2.9 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.92 9.2 9.52 10.0 11.15 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 10.6 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.74 11.8 13.59 12.1 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.44 9.4 12.25 9.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.15 7.3 15.40 9.2 10.62 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 11.03 3.1 – – 12.20 12.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.21 4.7 – – 8.99 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.23 7.3 – – 10.23 7.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 10.2 12.87 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.78 4.7 – – – – Transportation attendants......................................... 32.66 6.4 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.18 7.0 – – 9.09 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.66 3.2 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.94 3.0 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.47 2.5 – – 13.36 2.3 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 13.20 .2 – – 13.20 .2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.17 9.3 27.62 8.2 9.96 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 2.0 – – 8.99 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.47 2.2 – – 9.28 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.16 3.4 13.79 4.8 10.60 6.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.85 7.1 18.11 5.8 11.78 4.6 Level 5 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.82 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.04 4.9 22.04 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 38.82 16.7 38.82 16.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.43 22.6 39.43 22.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 50.82 30.9 50.82 30.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 57.45 8.9 57.63 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.26 19.6 17.99 21.7 12.28 16.6 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.91 13.3 23.20 12.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.18 3.0 18.50 2.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.47 8.9 14.01 12.0 9.40 1.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 2.0 – – 8.99 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.45 2.2 – – 9.26 2.4 Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 3.6 13.94 5.0 10.60 6.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 5.7 16.61 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.11 7.8 21.70 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.97 10.8 10.05 12.9 9.63 2.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.67 3.9 12.10 9.2 9.23 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 2.5 – – 9.00 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 5.3 – – 9.29 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 14.88 13.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.65 4.0 12.10 9.2 9.20 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 2.5 – – 9.00 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 5.3 – – 9.29 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 13.7 – – – – Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.14 7.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.50 5.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.34 15.1 15.65 13.4 9.89 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 9.5 – – 9.89 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.50 3.7 14.46 3.4 10.66 7.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 6.1 16.61 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.49 11.6 21.11 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.45 1.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.29 7.3 30.63 6.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 38.17 14.1 38.17 14.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 24.31 9.9 24.73 7.7 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 24.56 18.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.79 2.6 19.34 2.6 14.98 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 3.9 – – 9.19 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.29 9.2 12.82 6.6 13.89 17.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.07 2.7 14.08 2.8 13.89 5.8 Level 4 .................................................. 17.19 2.5 17.26 2.8 16.79 2.3 Level 5 .................................................. 20.86 6.6 20.97 7.0 19.15 4.6 Level 6 .................................................. 21.95 5.3 21.95 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.67 5.7 24.51 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.73 6.0 21.35 6.1 14.87 13.9 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.47 3.5 31.47 3.5 – – Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 13.91 19.6 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.53 6.8 17.78 7.7 15.80 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.53 2.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.41 8.7 13.41 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 5.7 15.90 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.84 6.0 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.09 11.2 24.09 11.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.15 16.7 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.15 7.5 15.24 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.00 10.6 14.00 10.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.14 11.1 19.62 12.5 14.84 7.0 Tellers......................................................... 13.88 5.0 – – – – Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 7.0 18.87 7.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 19.64 8.8 20.22 8.9 12.43 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 13.63 7.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.22 7.3 17.31 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.18 17.0 23.20 17.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.20 3.5 18.20 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.20 10.3 – – – – Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.07 .4 – – – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.72 15.7 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.13 4.6 13.91 3.5 15.55 16.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.69 7.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 13.45 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.12 10.3 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 19.53 11.1 20.26 12.0 – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.24 15.3 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 11.8 20.93 11.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.89 12.5 18.97 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.97 19.8 18.97 19.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.55 7.6 13.13 7.0 9.13 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 3.9 – – 9.19 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 6.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.98 2.1 21.12 2.4 19.32 9.2 Level 4 .................................................. 17.79 3.3 17.94 4.2 17.25 2.6 Level 5 .................................................. 19.69 4.7 19.69 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.78 5.2 23.78 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.52 3.5 24.25 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.82 7.4 19.83 7.7 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.46 2.4 24.46 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.93 5.8 23.93 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.05 3.8 25.05 3.8 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.80 3.8 17.88 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.27 4.5 17.23 5.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.19 3.9 19.26 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.38 3.4 17.48 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.70 12.0 18.70 12.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.29 5.9 – – – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.60 6.6 14.58 7.3 14.80 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 14.46 8.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.30 7.7 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 14.01 5.2 14.07 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.27 1.8 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 2.8 16.91 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.66 .2 17.66 .2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 19.74 3.8 20.07 3.8 18.53 13.6 Level 3 .................................................. 15.43 5.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.66 6.9 17.93 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.72 5.2 21.92 5.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.86 2.5 26.93 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.64 2.1 18.64 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.97 4.4 25.27 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.08 3.9 27.08 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.54 5.3 30.63 5.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.13 10.8 31.13 10.8 – – Carpenters........................................................ 29.39 10.1 29.39 10.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.22 7.5 28.22 7.5 – – Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 16.7 31.45 16.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.67 4.5 24.67 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.31 14.3 28.31 14.3 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.27 6.2 26.27 6.2 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.27 6.2 26.27 6.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.29 2.9 23.37 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.51 2.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.67 8.7 20.75 8.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.94 4.1 24.94 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.42 2.2 26.42 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.03 .9 30.03 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.45 12.5 24.45 12.5 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.79 6.6 27.79 6.6 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.79 6.6 27.79 6.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.95 6.4 19.96 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.05 2.3 19.05 2.3 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.85 .2 21.85 .2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.15 10.1 19.15 10.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.14 3.2 19.14 3.2 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.92 5.5 25.92 5.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.10 5.5 16.28 5.4 11.45 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 2.3 10.36 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.18 2.5 12.38 2.3 10.52 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.86 11.1 11.74 11.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.30 2.4 16.30 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.31 4.5 18.31 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.71 5.7 20.71 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.18 6.2 26.18 6.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.46 13.0 27.46 13.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.46 5.9 15.62 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.10 6.3 13.21 7.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.44 3.4 16.79 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.16 9.4 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.36 3.3 15.45 3.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 23.30 .4 23.30 .4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 10.9 15.77 10.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 5.4 13.88 5.2 11.46 17.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.40 3.6 15.85 4.9 10.32 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 4.8 9.63 9.2 7.87 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 12.04 1.7 – – 12.35 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.43 6.5 17.59 5.5 16.17 20.3 Level 4 .................................................. 17.96 11.5 17.98 11.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.50 6.9 18.51 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.59 3.7 19.09 3.4 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.41 8.6 – – 14.40 2.4 Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.69 2.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 7.7 18.53 9.1 10.13 13.6 Level 3 .................................................. 20.28 8.1 20.90 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.79 12.9 19.88 12.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.68 7.0 20.57 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.18 16.2 20.18 16.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.53 23.2 – – 9.20 28.0 Level 3 .................................................. 18.16 12.6 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.23 8.8 17.48 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.64 5.9 12.77 8.2 9.37 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.53 6.3 10.00 10.5 8.83 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.86 7.4 – – 10.92 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 14.57 3.6 14.72 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.94 11.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.32 11.8 13.04 15.2 10.40 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.11 11.6 10.23 14.1 9.69 9.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.86 7.4 – – 10.92 6.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.54 2.5 10.77 7.6 8.49 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.8 9.43 11.3 8.49 2.6 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 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $25.04 3.0 $27.18 3.1 $13.61 2.6 Management occupations.............................................. 49.10 4.1 49.21 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.98 5.3 22.98 5.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.26 5.9 28.26 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.01 8.3 33.09 8.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 41.63 12.8 41.63 12.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.34 2.1 45.34 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 62.66 6.3 62.99 6.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 79.08 9.4 79.08 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.92 5.1 50.04 5.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 55.50 13.2 56.52 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.88 11.5 47.88 11.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.31 7.7 57.31 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.20 7.4 57.20 7.4 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.19 13.0 58.19 13.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.89 8.6 48.89 8.6 – – Sales managers.................................................. 55.85 11.5 55.85 11.5 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.60 8.4 53.60 8.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.91 6.1 52.91 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.06 6.6 52.06 6.6 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 45.12 17.6 45.12 17.6 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 42.02 1.8 42.02 1.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.39 7.7 40.67 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.31 15.7 40.00 18.1 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 43.23 6.0 43.67 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.05 18.6 39.88 22.7 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 54.07 15.1 54.07 15.1 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.26 16.3 48.26 16.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.53 3.7 33.58 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.42 4.9 20.42 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.98 2.0 24.98 2.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.68 5.1 27.68 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.70 5.9 29.78 6.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.93 7.4 33.93 7.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.49 5.5 42.49 5.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 59.23 6.6 59.23 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.83 16.8 32.87 16.9 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.68 11.3 31.68 11.3 – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.37 4.5 28.37 4.5 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.59 14.9 33.59 14.9 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.71 7.5 26.58 8.2 – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.45 14.3 27.31 15.3 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.69 13.1 25.71 13.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.70 5.4 30.33 5.6 – – Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.79 6.8 30.30 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.91 3.9 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 42.73 11.9 42.73 11.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.25 7.5 26.25 7.5 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.66 7.3 46.66 7.3 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 47.60 7.9 47.60 7.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.35 2.0 40.30 2.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.22 7.3 20.22 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.33 6.7 27.33 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.28 7.5 28.28 7.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.84 2.2 37.87 2.3 – – Level 10.................................................. 40.70 4.7 40.70 4.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.87 4.8 47.87 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.54 6.7 49.34 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.99 4.1 38.99 4.1 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 28.84 8.1 28.84 8.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.16 4.3 45.20 4.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.20 3.2 40.35 3.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.11 7.6 43.11 7.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.70 9.1 48.70 9.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.94 9.4 46.94 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.61 8.2 46.61 8.2 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 4.7 44.21 4.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.63 6.3 41.63 6.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.00 4.9 46.07 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.32 9.6 49.32 9.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.77 1.4 51.77 1.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.13 11.9 43.13 11.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 36.50 8.6 36.50 8.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 4.3 36.26 4.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.92 4.0 38.68 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.49 4.5 34.49 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.13 3.9 34.13 3.9 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 38.61 9.6 38.61 9.6 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.28 3.2 36.05 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.97 8.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.93 2.3 26.93 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.49 5.8 37.49 5.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.99 8.1 43.99 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.00 2.1 45.00 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.02 4.5 48.64 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.43 9.5 37.49 9.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.72 1.9 40.49 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.94 4.9 28.94 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.02 5.9 35.02 5.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 43.99 8.1 43.99 8.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.00 2.1 45.00 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 48.02 4.5 48.64 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.95 8.1 40.95 8.1 – – Civil engineers................................................. 29.47 8.5 29.47 8.5 – – Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.98 8.8 41.98 8.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.13 3.7 42.13 3.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.65 3.1 44.65 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.81 17.9 42.81 17.9 – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.89 5.2 40.89 5.2 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 4.2 42.64 4.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.83 3.6 44.83 3.6 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.55 9.8 30.65 9.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.20 3.6 23.22 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.83 8.5 23.83 8.5 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.38 4.5 22.38 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.00 6.2 23.00 6.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.37 9.2 31.40 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.36 5.2 24.36 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.26 19.1 27.15 19.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 29.81 3.8 – – – – Level 12.................................................. 36.68 7.1 36.56 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.79 9.2 32.55 8.9 – – Biological scientists........................................... 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 46.42 20.9 46.80 21.3 – – Market research analysts........................................ 46.42 20.9 46.80 21.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.91 8.5 17.47 6.8 20.76 21.1 Level 7 .................................................. 17.83 10.5 17.18 10.0 – – Counselors........................................................ 17.89 8.8 18.06 8.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.55 12.1 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.53 21.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 55.50 12.2 58.37 13.2 – – Lawyers........................................................... 76.29 14.4 76.29 14.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.52 22.5 32.40 16.7 16.24 15.8 Level 9 .................................................. 30.00 8.0 29.51 7.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 39.13 5.3 39.59 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 55.34 7.6 55.34 7.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.90 11.4 53.51 11.2 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.95 11.7 73.95 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.01 13.2 47.18 12.5 20.28 13.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.14 7.6 52.40 7.4 30.33 20.7 Level 9 .................................................. 39.53 16.2 40.35 15.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 38.06 4.5 38.60 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 55.34 7.6 55.34 7.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 53.90 11.4 53.51 11.2 – – Level 13.................................................. 73.95 11.7 73.95 11.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.35 11.4 51.12 12.0 26.12 22.1 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 48.65 9.2 53.30 9.6 – – English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 46.81 32.1 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.67 10.3 47.60 10.5 27.43 12.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.33 13.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... – – 15.88 4.2 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. – – 13.67 6.4 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. – – 13.67 6.4 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.07 5.8 – – 25.49 12.5 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.91 5.1 29.47 5.1 15.09 20.6 Level 9 .................................................. 33.02 6.6 33.02 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.59 12.5 24.94 13.5 – – Designers......................................................... 27.20 13.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 25.82 8.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.82 8.5 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 25.31 14.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.31 14.2 – – – – Writers and editors............................................... 38.19 6.8 39.03 8.6 – – Editors......................................................... 35.16 7.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.25 3.7 26.76 4.7 33.80 5.3 Level 4 .................................................. 17.78 7.1 17.75 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.27 5.2 17.85 5.6 22.52 6.9 Level 6 .................................................. 24.83 8.4 25.10 11.8 23.97 8.8 Level 7 .................................................. 27.44 7.8 – – 26.11 15.5 Level 8 .................................................. 31.07 17.3 27.48 21.7 42.65 7.4 Level 9 .................................................. 37.75 2.3 35.14 1.9 41.32 3.3 Level 10.................................................. 35.00 14.5 34.59 15.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.15 6.9 51.91 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.80 2.6 25.99 1.3 24.84 16.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.92 3.3 – – – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 38.77 16.0 35.23 15.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.85 2.4 35.95 4.2 39.24 2.1 Level 7 .................................................. – – – – 31.01 6.8 Level 8 .................................................. 40.15 3.1 38.82 7.7 42.33 8.8 Level 9 .................................................. 37.61 2.8 35.49 2.9 40.99 3.8 Level 11.................................................. 52.58 14.1 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 29.00 20.1 32.27 7.8 24.74 34.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.85 9.2 18.99 9.8 25.83 1.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.15 6.2 16.01 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.85 3.8 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.67 9.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.57 20.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.99 5.8 17.63 7.9 20.48 13.8 Level 4 .................................................. 16.15 6.2 16.01 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.35 6.8 – – – – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.33 4.7 15.89 7.2 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.73 6.8 18.03 10.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.35 1.8 24.09 .8 22.38 5.0 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.62 5.0 15.55 4.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.75 1.3 14.59 2.3 15.15 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.30 2.4 13.05 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.51 2.5 13.79 2.1 13.02 2.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 8.5 15.00 9.4 17.34 4.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.64 11.3 15.02 10.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.18 1.7 13.21 2.6 13.10 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.47 3.1 13.12 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 2.9 13.73 2.9 12.83 2.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 6.3 12.98 6.5 – – Home health aides............................................... 12.31 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.31 3.4 13.54 2.9 12.35 .8 Level 2 .................................................. – – 13.12 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.40 4.1 13.65 3.0 12.54 1.8 Level 4 .................................................. 13.85 5.7 – – – – Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.94 1.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.87 2.3 17.05 2.5 16.49 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.96 6.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.16 6.8 18.41 10.2 17.71 4.0 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 15.91 .6 – – – – Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.45 13.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.19 8.4 – – 11.19 10.0 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.82 10.0 17.72 11.6 11.91 10.2 Security guards................................................. 15.82 10.0 17.72 11.6 11.91 10.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.28 2.4 11.56 6.3 7.28 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.84 2.0 7.28 30.3 8.00 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.65 5.2 8.31 16.8 7.17 6.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.51 9.1 12.65 6.6 6.14 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.65 5.2 12.65 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.89 3.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.61 4.6 18.61 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.60 4.7 18.60 4.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 12.79 4.0 13.10 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.41 9.9 12.71 6.2 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.08 7.0 12.08 7.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.78 1.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.03 12.3 – – 10.46 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.35 16.8 – – 9.44 3.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.35 17.4 6.29 34.3 4.90 9.6 Level 1 .................................................. 6.01 20.8 – – 6.55 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 4.91 10.8 – – 4.56 19.3 Level 3 .................................................. 5.42 30.2 – – 4.37 24.3 Bartenders...................................................... 6.94 6.2 – – 6.92 5.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.82 30.0 – – 3.10 12.3 Level 2 .................................................. 2.95 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.91 44.0 – – 3.18 20.7 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.89 8.1 – – 7.33 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 4.5 – – 7.69 10.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.60 3.5 9.94 7.4 8.07 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.72 7.9 – – 8.07 5.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.33 3.7 – – 7.92 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.50 8.8 – – 8.14 7.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.74 4.3 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.06 9.9 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.06 9.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.20 3.6 13.75 5.1 11.64 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.77 4.8 11.44 7.8 12.20 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.16 5.3 – – 10.96 6.6 Level 3 .................................................. 14.47 3.5 14.70 3.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 16.37 12.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 14.96 9.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.11 4.0 13.71 5.9 11.58 5.4 Level 1 .................................................. 11.74 5.6 11.30 9.6 12.20 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 13.27 4.9 – – 10.86 6.5 Level 3 .................................................. 15.11 4.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.88 4.0 13.89 5.8 11.63 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 12.60 1.8 13.06 1.5 12.31 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.81 3.8 12.62 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.11 4.2 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.92 9.2 9.52 10.0 11.15 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 10.6 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.44 9.4 12.25 9.3 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.44 9.4 12.25 9.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.20 7.5 15.40 9.2 10.60 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 11.26 1.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 4.6 – – 8.85 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.23 7.3 – – 10.23 7.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 10.2 12.87 10.9 – – Transportation attendants......................................... 32.66 6.4 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.19 7.5 – – 8.96 7.9 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.94 3.0 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.36 2.1 – – 13.20 .2 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 13.20 .2 – – 13.20 .2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.36 9.4 27.70 8.3 9.92 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 2.0 – – 8.99 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 1.9 – – 9.12 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.95 2.9 13.54 4.5 10.60 6.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.76 7.9 18.14 6.6 11.78 4.6 Level 5 .................................................. 19.66 3.9 19.82 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.04 4.9 22.04 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 38.82 16.7 38.82 16.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.43 22.6 39.43 22.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 50.82 30.9 50.82 30.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 57.45 8.9 57.63 9.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.26 19.6 17.99 21.7 12.28 16.6 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.25 13.6 23.58 13.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.22 3.5 18.60 2.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.43 9.2 13.91 12.2 9.34 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.88 2.0 – – 8.99 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.33 1.8 – – 9.10 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 13.03 3.1 13.68 4.7 10.60 6.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.52 5.7 16.61 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.11 7.8 21.70 8.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.97 10.8 10.05 12.9 9.63 2.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.41 4.5 11.09 7.8 9.10 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 2.5 – – 9.00 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.14 6.5 – – 9.03 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 10.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.39 4.6 11.09 7.8 9.07 3.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 2.5 – – 9.00 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.14 6.5 – – 9.03 6.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.14 7.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.50 5.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.34 15.1 15.65 13.4 9.89 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 9.5 – – 9.89 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.50 3.7 14.46 3.4 10.66 7.3 Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 6.1 16.61 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.49 11.6 21.11 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.45 1.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.29 7.3 30.63 6.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 38.17 14.1 38.17 14.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 24.31 9.9 24.73 7.7 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 24.56 18.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.62 2.8 19.14 2.9 15.15 6.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 3.9 – – 9.19 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.36 9.6 12.73 6.7 14.17 18.9 Level 3 .................................................. 13.87 2.9 13.85 2.9 14.20 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.91 2.5 16.91 2.9 16.95 2.1 Level 5 .................................................. 20.76 7.2 20.88 7.6 19.15 4.6 Level 6 .................................................. 22.13 5.9 22.13 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.72 6.0 24.56 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.26 6.8 20.91 6.9 14.87 13.9 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.92 3.2 31.92 3.2 – – Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.45 11.5 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.48 6.9 17.74 7.8 15.80 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.53 2.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.41 8.7 13.41 8.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 5.7 15.90 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.84 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.15 16.7 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.15 7.5 15.24 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.00 10.6 14.00 10.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.09 11.2 19.57 12.7 14.84 7.0 Tellers......................................................... 13.88 5.0 – – – – Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 7.0 18.87 7.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 19.46 9.1 20.05 9.3 12.43 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 13.63 7.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.22 7.3 17.31 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.18 17.0 23.20 17.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.20 3.5 18.20 3.5 – – Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.07 .4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.10 4.7 13.86 3.6 15.55 16.9 Level 2 .................................................. 13.48 9.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 13.45 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.12 10.3 – – – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.54 6.2 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 11.8 20.93 11.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.89 12.5 18.97 12.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.97 19.8 18.97 19.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.35 7.3 12.91 7.0 9.13 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 3.9 – – 9.19 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 6.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.95 2.2 21.10 2.6 19.32 9.2 Level 4 .................................................. 17.12 3.6 17.08 4.1 17.25 2.6 Level 5 .................................................. 19.18 5.0 19.18 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.48 3.1 24.48 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.60 3.8 24.30 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.73 8.8 19.74 9.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.97 2.1 24.97 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.82 3.1 24.82 3.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.21 4.5 25.21 4.5 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.72 4.2 17.79 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.09 5.0 16.97 6.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.99 5.1 19.06 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.19 2.7 17.28 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.31 14.3 17.31 14.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.37 7.3 14.33 8.0 14.80 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 14.46 8.2 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 13.82 5.2 13.88 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.27 1.8 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 2.8 16.91 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.66 .2 17.66 .2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 19.98 4.2 20.07 4.2 19.65 13.0 Level 4 .................................................. 17.77 7.5 17.79 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.76 4.9 22.02 4.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.97 2.5 27.04 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.34 2.3 18.34 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.97 4.4 25.27 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.52 3.3 27.52 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.62 5.5 30.72 6.0 – – Carpenters........................................................ 29.53 10.6 29.53 10.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 16.7 31.45 16.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.55 4.4 24.55 4.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.31 14.3 28.31 14.3 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 27.76 4.2 27.76 4.2 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.76 4.2 27.76 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.44 3.1 23.53 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.51 2.1 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.74 9.8 20.84 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.94 4.1 24.94 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.42 2.2 26.42 2.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.03 .9 30.03 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.16 19.5 25.16 19.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.86 6.8 19.87 6.9 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.85 .2 21.85 .2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.75 11.8 18.75 11.8 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.92 5.5 25.92 5.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.08 5.6 16.26 5.5 11.45 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 2.3 10.36 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.18 2.5 12.38 2.4 10.52 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.86 11.1 11.74 11.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.30 2.4 16.30 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.31 4.5 18.31 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.71 5.7 20.71 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.32 6.4 26.32 6.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.46 13.0 27.46 13.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.46 5.9 15.62 6.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.10 6.3 13.21 7.4 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.44 3.4 16.79 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.16 9.4 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.36 3.3 15.45 3.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 23.30 .4 23.30 .4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 10.9 15.77 10.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 5.4 13.88 5.2 11.46 17.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.05 3.8 15.49 5.3 10.26 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.84 4.8 9.63 9.2 7.87 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 1.7 – – 12.21 5.4 Level 3 .................................................. 17.64 6.9 17.84 5.7 16.17 20.3 Level 4 .................................................. 17.96 11.5 17.98 11.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.50 6.9 18.51 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.24 6.5 17.85 5.0 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 14.41 2.0 – – 14.40 2.4 Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.79 2.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 7.8 18.53 9.1 9.89 14.6 Level 3 .................................................. 20.28 8.1 20.90 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.79 12.9 19.88 12.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.68 7.0 20.57 7.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.18 16.2 20.18 16.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.48 24.1 – – 8.64 28.8 Level 3 .................................................. 18.16 12.6 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.23 8.8 17.48 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.40 5.8 12.45 8.3 9.37 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.53 6.3 10.00 10.5 8.83 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.86 7.4 – – 10.92 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 14.52 3.9 14.69 4.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.91 12.3 12.51 16.1 10.41 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 10.11 11.6 10.23 14.1 9.69 9.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.86 7.4 – – 10.92 6.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.54 2.5 10.77 7.6 8.49 2.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.8 9.43 11.3 8.49 2.6 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 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $28.88 2.5 $29.64 2.3 $18.92 9.5 Management occupations.............................................. 42.57 7.7 42.31 7.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.59 5.5 46.86 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.09 12.6 44.25 12.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 49.26 11.5 49.26 11.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.84 4.4 51.84 4.4 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.24 11.7 53.24 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.62 12.5 26.90 9.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.07 14.1 38.07 14.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.81 10.8 34.81 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.90 12.0 31.90 12.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 30.48 7.8 30.64 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.35 8.4 32.70 8.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 34.12 12.7 34.30 13.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.94 12.8 33.09 13.5 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 43.53 10.5 44.83 7.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.79 10.0 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 30.48 10.1 30.82 10.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.15 1.6 38.52 2.2 21.83 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.58 2.4 16.79 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.27 17.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.90 4.4 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.47 6.1 39.47 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.78 1.7 42.93 2.1 37.89 8.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.83 11.1 35.21 12.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.86 3.4 47.38 3.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.02 .3 43.12 .6 21.48 .9 Level 8 .................................................. 42.19 1.2 42.19 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.53 .1 43.50 .1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.75 7.5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.81 .3 43.57 .2 24.64 25.8 Level 9 .................................................. 44.03 .7 44.01 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.05 1.4 44.07 1.1 24.64 25.8 Level 9 .................................................. 44.71 1.6 44.70 1.7 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 3.9 42.03 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.08 3.6 42.08 3.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.97 .5 41.39 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.70 .4 41.70 .4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.97 .5 41.39 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.70 .4 41.70 .4 – – Special education teachers...................................... 43.88 .2 43.79 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 43.86 .4 43.73 .1 – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 44.53 4.4 44.46 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.73 6.7 44.67 8.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 35.10 15.4 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 26.60 25.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.99 4.8 16.32 4.5 14.33 4.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 1.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.58 2.4 16.79 2.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.35 6.4 32.49 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.06 8.8 38.33 9.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.06 8.6 36.20 9.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.06 8.8 38.33 9.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.07 10.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.92 1.6 25.76 .9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.38 3.6 20.38 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.76 3.0 25.14 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.24 4.2 28.24 4.2 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 23.67 6.5 24.01 4.9 – – Police officers................................................... 26.02 4.4 25.25 1.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.19 4.9 24.59 2.7 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.02 4.4 25.25 1.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.19 4.9 24.59 2.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.40 6.5 – – 10.91 9.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.37 2.6 17.40 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.58 3.2 16.36 3.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.55 2.1 16.54 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.58 3.2 16.36 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.55 2.1 16.54 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.58 3.2 16.36 3.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.00 9.8 – – 11.00 9.8 Child care workers................................................ 10.13 1.3 – – 10.13 1.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.71 3.5 21.47 3.7 11.83 6.8 Level 3 .................................................. 16.79 6.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.04 5.1 20.66 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.90 8.1 21.90 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.43 10.0 24.43 10.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.21 5.6 21.21 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.71 5.4 20.71 5.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.27 8.9 22.27 8.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.84 3.4 19.84 3.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 18.08 8.0 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.44 6.3 25.44 6.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.41 7.2 21.41 7.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.72 7.4 19.97 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.48 12.0 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $25.43 2.7 $27.45 2.8 $13.87 2.5 Management occupations.............................................. 48.50 3.8 48.58 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 7.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.48 4.8 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 88.15 6.3 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 53.26 12.4 54.08 12.7 – – Group III................................................. 33.76 11.7 34.14 12.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.31 7.7 57.31 7.7 – – Group III................................................. 53.03 8.3 – – – – Marketing managers.............................................. 58.19 13.0 58.19 13.0 – – Group III................................................. 55.73 10.3 55.73 10.3 – – Sales managers.................................................. 55.85 11.5 55.85 11.5 – – Administrative services managers.................................. 46.07 9.0 46.07 9.0 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.59 8.1 53.59 8.1 – – Group III................................................. 49.87 7.5 49.87 7.5 – – Financial managers................................................ 52.66 6.0 52.66 6.0 – – Group III................................................. 48.72 11.2 48.72 11.2 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 45.12 17.6 45.12 17.6 – – Industrial production managers.................................... 42.02 1.8 42.02 1.8 – – Education administrators.......................................... 42.92 7.1 43.17 7.5 – – Group III................................................. 47.34 4.3 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.24 11.7 53.24 11.7 – – Group III................................................. 50.82 10.9 50.82 10.9 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.34 6.0 42.72 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 46.12 4.2 46.12 4.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 54.19 14.2 54.19 14.2 – – Group III................................................. 47.46 8.1 47.46 8.1 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.86 15.5 45.86 15.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.71 9.9 38.71 9.9 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 27.94 5.6 27.94 5.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.22 3.6 33.27 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 24.22 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.31 6.0 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.68 11.3 31.68 11.3 – – Group III................................................. 39.52 14.1 – – – – Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.37 4.5 28.37 4.5 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.59 14.9 33.59 14.9 – – Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.71 7.5 26.58 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.68 6.6 – – – – Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.45 14.3 27.31 15.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.55 4.6 23.55 4.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.84 12.6 25.86 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.91 7.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.31 10.6 – – – – Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.79 6.8 30.30 6.9 – – Group III................................................. 30.91 3.9 – – – – Management analysts............................................... 42.73 11.9 42.73 11.9 – – Group III................................................. 44.85 13.6 44.85 13.6 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.29 6.6 26.29 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 24.05 8.5 24.05 8.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.46 6.8 36.46 6.8 – – Budget analysts................................................... 38.41 14.0 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.66 7.3 46.66 7.3 – – Group III................................................. 46.18 15.0 – – – – Financial analysts.............................................. 47.60 7.9 47.60 7.9 – – Group III................................................. 47.63 17.4 47.63 17.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.25 2.0 40.20 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.97 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.59 1.7 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 29.08 7.7 29.08 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.16 4.3 45.20 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.40 4.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.24 2.7 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 4.7 44.21 4.7 – – Group III................................................. 43.93 4.4 43.93 4.4 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.00 4.9 46.07 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 46.42 3.0 46.54 2.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 35.96 8.4 35.96 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.48 9.5 19.48 9.5 – – Group III................................................. 43.37 7.1 43.37 7.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.66 3.7 39.44 3.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.33 5.3 42.05 5.0 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.90 9.3 37.90 9.3 – – Group III................................................. 42.10 6.5 42.10 6.5 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.70 3.4 33.70 3.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.15 3.3 35.92 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.43 2.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.08 2.1 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.77 1.9 40.55 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 30.42 3.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.81 2.4 – – – – Civil engineers................................................. 29.47 8.5 29.47 8.5 – – Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.98 8.8 41.98 8.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.24 3.6 42.24 3.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.18 1.7 – – – – Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.32 4.6 41.32 4.6 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 4.2 42.64 4.2 – – Group III................................................. 42.45 1.9 42.45 1.9 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Group III................................................. 38.17 .2 – – – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 .9 36.96 .9 – – Group III................................................. 38.17 .2 38.17 .2 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.55 9.8 30.65 9.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.16 4.9 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.12 3.2 23.14 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.59 5.0 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.38 4.5 22.38 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.97 6.0 21.97 6.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.60 8.5 31.63 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.52 11.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.73 8.9 – – – – Biological scientists........................................... 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.62 12.7 40.62 12.7 – – Physical scientists............................................... 28.54 14.3 28.54 14.3 – – Market and survey researchers..................................... 45.91 20.1 46.26 20.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.40 8.9 – – – – Market research analysts........................................ 45.91 20.1 46.26 20.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.40 8.9 38.40 8.9 – – Psychologists..................................................... 29.73 32.2 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 23.71 10.0 23.89 10.3 21.89 16.3 Group II.................................................. 17.81 7.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.00 7.9 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 24.88 11.9 25.19 11.9 – – Group II.................................................. 16.81 10.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.19 12.1 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.04 16.0 30.56 16.8 – – Group III................................................. 32.07 20.7 32.64 21.3 – – Social workers.................................................... 25.26 12.4 25.11 13.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.16 10.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.13 9.6 – – – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.89 19.2 24.89 19.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.77 16.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.64 12.8 – – – – Social and human service assistants............................. 14.41 12.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.64 12.8 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 49.45 15.0 51.29 16.7 – – Group III................................................. 54.08 10.3 – – – – Lawyers........................................................... 70.31 15.0 70.31 15.0 – – Group III................................................. 62.53 15.7 62.53 15.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.92 11.6 35.81 7.6 17.72 15.0 Group I................................................... 13.79 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.03 18.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.14 3.6 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 73.95 11.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.43 6.4 51.56 6.3 30.98 18.1 Group III................................................. 49.39 7.6 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 73.95 11.7 – – – – Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.22 4.3 57.22 4.3 – – Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 42.92 5.0 – – – – Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.37 7.8 53.53 8.0 – – Group III................................................. 51.58 8.6 – – – – English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 49.85 20.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.18 9.1 46.93 9.4 26.95 11.9 Group III................................................. 47.97 8.5 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.84 16.6 34.51 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 42.84 1.6 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. – – 16.02 12.2 – – Preschool teachers, except special education.................. – – 14.94 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. – – 13.97 3.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.18 1.5 42.89 1.5 24.64 25.8 Group II.................................................. 35.97 1.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.35 1.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.22 2.2 43.16 2.2 24.64 25.8 Group II.................................................. 34.72 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 43.76 2.9 43.74 3.0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 3.9 42.03 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 42.08 3.6 42.08 3.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.56 1.1 40.77 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 40.92 1.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.56 1.1 40.77 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 40.92 1.8 40.92 1.8 – – Special education teachers...................................... 36.29 13.6 35.86 14.1 – – Group III................................................. 43.29 1.3 – – – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 39.32 10.4 38.88 11.0 – – Group III................................................. 44.73 6.7 44.67 8.0 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.37 10.9 24.05 21.7 28.28 16.4 Group III................................................. 28.79 25.8 – – – – Librarians........................................................ 28.06 18.1 27.93 18.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.62 9.7 14.82 10.8 13.57 8.0 Group I................................................... 14.22 9.2 14.36 10.5 13.57 8.0 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.44 5.1 28.98 5.1 15.23 19.6 Group II.................................................. 18.33 11.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.07 5.8 – – – – Designers......................................................... 27.20 13.8 – – – – Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 25.53 8.6 – – – – Coaches and scouts.............................................. 24.89 14.3 – – – – Public relations specialists...................................... 30.92 12.8 30.92 12.8 – – Writers and editors............................................... 38.19 6.8 39.03 8.6 – – Group III................................................. 39.03 8.6 – – – – Editors......................................................... 35.16 7.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.46 3.5 27.12 4.4 33.76 5.3 Group I................................................... 15.06 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.89 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.40 3.4 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 48.92 3.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 49.57 2.0 – – – – Physicians and surgeons........................................... 38.77 16.0 35.23 15.5 – – Group III................................................. 39.09 16.8 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.78 2.4 35.98 3.9 39.16 2.1 Group II.................................................. 33.27 3.5 32.15 4.7 36.73 5.3 Group III................................................. 40.22 4.5 39.96 6.2 40.82 3.3 Therapists........................................................ 29.00 20.1 32.27 7.8 24.74 34.5 Group II.................................................. 23.06 17.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.85 9.2 18.99 9.8 25.83 1.6 Group I................................................... 16.15 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.74 12.9 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.57 20.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.99 5.8 17.63 7.9 20.48 13.8 Group I................................................... 16.15 6.2 16.01 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.91 7.0 19.07 11.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.85 11.7 – – – – Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.90 4.3 16.56 6.0 – – Group II.................................................. 16.87 4.2 16.56 6.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.73 6.8 18.03 10.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.35 1.8 24.09 .8 22.38 5.0 Group II.................................................. 23.88 1.9 – – – – Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.62 5.0 15.55 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.08 4.9 14.94 4.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.82 1.4 14.69 2.4 15.14 4.1 Group I................................................... 14.57 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.33 9.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.24 1.6 13.26 2.4 13.17 3.1 Group I................................................... 13.31 2.0 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 12.31 2.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.31 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.37 3.2 13.58 2.7 12.55 1.7 Group I................................................... 13.56 2.4 13.75 2.1 12.74 1.4 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.58 2.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.49 2.7 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.03 2.5 17.28 2.7 16.49 3.3 Group I................................................... 17.38 4.6 – – – – Medical equipment preparers..................................... 15.91 .6 – – – – Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.45 13.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.98 10.0 21.46 11.0 14.96 26.7 Group I................................................... 13.07 10.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.03 9.4 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 23.67 6.5 24.01 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.76 4.4 23.76 4.4 – – Police officers................................................... 25.94 4.3 25.18 1.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.71 3.8 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.94 4.3 25.18 1.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.71 3.8 24.85 .7 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.76 8.7 17.25 9.7 11.91 10.2 Group I................................................... 14.91 4.7 – – – – Security guards................................................. 15.76 8.7 17.25 9.7 11.91 10.2 Group I................................................... 14.91 4.7 15.37 5.3 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.33 2.4 11.60 6.2 7.33 6.0 Group I................................................... 8.60 1.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.47 6.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.60 4.5 18.60 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.07 8.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.59 4.5 18.59 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.07 8.0 19.07 8.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 12.78 3.9 13.11 2.5 10.80 13.0 Group I................................................... 12.61 6.2 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.13 6.4 12.16 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.08 7.1 12.11 7.6 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.78 1.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.24 1.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.03 12.3 – – 10.46 6.0 Group I................................................... 12.03 12.3 – – 10.46 6.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.38 17.3 6.29 34.3 4.95 9.4 Group I................................................... 5.38 17.3 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.94 6.2 – – 6.92 5.3 Group I................................................... 6.94 6.2 – – 6.92 5.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.82 30.0 – – 3.10 12.3 Group I................................................... 3.82 30.0 – – 3.10 12.3 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.99 7.6 – – 7.50 3.6 Group I................................................... 7.99 7.6 – – 7.50 3.6 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.72 3.7 10.16 6.2 8.09 2.3 Group I................................................... 8.72 3.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.53 4.1 – – 7.98 3.0 Group I................................................... 8.53 4.1 – – 7.98 3.0 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.82 4.4 – – 8.17 3.2 Group I................................................... 8.82 4.4 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.06 9.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.06 9.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.87 2.5 14.48 3.3 11.79 5.3 Group I................................................... 13.30 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.75 3.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 18.46 16.8 19.30 18.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 17.73 20.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.67 2.8 14.30 3.9 11.73 5.4 Group I................................................... 13.42 3.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.83 2.5 14.89 3.9 11.80 5.9 Group I................................................... 13.41 2.5 14.34 3.7 11.78 6.0 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.92 9.2 9.52 10.0 11.15 3.9 Group I................................................... 9.76 9.1 9.26 9.9 11.15 3.9 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.74 11.8 13.59 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 9.3 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.44 9.4 12.25 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 9.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.15 7.3 15.40 9.2 10.62 4.4 Group I................................................... 10.89 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.51 24.9 – – – – Transportation attendants......................................... 32.66 6.4 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 10.18 7.0 – – 9.09 7.2 Group I................................................... 9.91 7.5 – – 9.01 7.2 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.94 3.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.94 3.0 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.47 2.5 – – 13.36 2.3 Group I................................................... 12.21 8.9 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 13.20 .2 – – 13.20 .2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.17 9.3 27.62 8.2 9.96 3.8 Group I................................................... 11.41 8.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.55 8.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 51.85 20.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.91 13.3 23.20 12.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.89 16.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.18 3.0 18.50 2.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.47 8.9 14.01 12.0 9.40 1.1 Group I................................................... 10.88 9.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.18 14.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.67 3.9 12.10 9.2 9.23 2.8 Group I................................................... 9.63 3.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.65 4.0 12.10 9.2 9.20 2.9 Group I................................................... 9.61 3.7 12.26 10.9 9.21 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.14 7.5 – – – – Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.50 5.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.34 15.1 15.65 13.4 9.89 4.3 Group I................................................... 12.26 14.6 14.43 10.4 9.73 5.9 Group II.................................................. 24.10 17.6 24.94 17.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.29 7.3 30.63 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 17.78 19.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.74 9.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.05 4.6 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 38.17 14.1 38.17 14.1 – – Group III................................................. 46.13 9.4 46.13 9.4 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 24.31 9.9 24.73 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.78 19.7 – – – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 24.56 18.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.79 2.6 19.34 2.6 14.98 6.2 Group I................................................... 15.33 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.78 4.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.47 3.5 31.47 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 31.29 3.2 31.29 3.2 – – Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 13.91 19.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.76 23.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.53 6.8 17.78 7.7 15.80 7.8 Group I................................................... 14.78 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.84 7.4 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.15 7.5 15.24 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.64 7.6 14.84 7.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.14 11.1 19.62 12.5 14.84 7.0 Group I................................................... 14.52 2.9 – – 14.84 7.0 Group II.................................................. 24.48 6.7 24.48 6.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.88 5.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.15 .0 – – – – Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 7.0 18.87 7.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 19.64 8.8 20.22 8.9 12.43 7.6 Group I................................................... 15.65 6.2 16.27 6.9 12.58 4.7 Group II.................................................. 21.62 14.2 21.62 14.3 – – Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.07 .4 – – – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.72 15.7 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.13 4.6 13.91 3.5 15.55 16.9 Group I................................................... 14.08 4.9 13.89 3.8 16.65 24.6 Dispatchers....................................................... 19.53 11.1 20.26 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.13 6.3 – – – – Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.24 15.3 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 11.8 20.93 11.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.89 12.5 18.97 12.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.22 14.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.46 3.3 22.46 3.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.55 7.6 13.13 7.0 9.13 1.5 Group I................................................... 11.28 8.0 12.91 10.0 9.13 1.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.98 2.1 21.12 2.4 19.32 9.2 Group I................................................... 17.58 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.79 3.3 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.46 2.4 24.46 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.75 2.9 24.75 2.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.80 3.8 17.88 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 17.27 4.5 17.23 5.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.19 3.9 19.26 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.84 4.4 16.85 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 7.3 20.20 7.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.60 6.6 14.58 7.3 14.80 8.6 Group I................................................... 14.36 7.1 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 14.01 5.2 14.07 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.82 5.2 13.88 5.6 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 2.8 16.91 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 16.24 9.2 16.24 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.32 2.2 17.32 2.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 19.74 3.8 20.07 3.8 18.53 13.6 Group I................................................... 17.96 6.8 17.61 6.0 18.60 14.3 Group II.................................................. 22.52 3.6 22.70 3.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.86 2.5 26.93 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 19.81 10.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.26 2.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.13 10.8 31.13 10.8 – – Carpenters........................................................ 29.39 10.1 29.39 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 25.84 2.4 25.84 2.4 – – Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 16.7 31.45 16.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 24.67 4.5 24.67 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.53 3.2 16.53 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.68 7.0 25.68 7.0 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.27 6.2 26.27 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.27 6.2 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.27 6.2 26.27 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.27 6.2 26.27 6.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.29 2.9 23.37 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.24 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.94 2.1 – – – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.79 6.6 27.79 6.6 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.79 6.6 27.79 6.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.95 6.4 19.96 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.39 3.9 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.85 .2 21.85 .2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.43 3.4 21.43 3.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.15 10.1 19.15 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.48 7.3 21.48 7.3 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.92 5.5 25.92 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.40 5.2 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.10 5.5 16.28 5.4 11.45 6.9 Group I................................................... 12.28 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.47 5.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.46 13.0 27.46 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.46 13.0 27.46 13.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.46 5.9 15.62 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.81 8.6 – – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.44 3.4 16.79 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.06 9.6 14.35 10.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.36 3.3 15.45 3.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 23.30 .4 23.30 .4 – – Group II.................................................. 22.56 4.9 22.56 4.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 10.9 15.77 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.16 11.1 11.16 11.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.59 6.4 22.59 6.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 5.4 13.88 5.2 11.46 17.2 Group I................................................... 12.83 7.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.40 3.6 15.85 4.9 10.32 6.3 Group I................................................... 12.76 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 4.9 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.41 8.6 – – 14.40 2.4 Group I................................................... 14.47 2.4 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.69 2.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 15.51 2.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 7.7 18.53 9.1 10.13 13.6 Group I................................................... 15.44 9.2 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.68 7.0 20.57 7.3 – – Group I................................................... 21.01 9.9 20.85 10.5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.53 23.2 – – 9.20 28.0 Group I................................................... 14.53 23.2 – – 9.20 28.0 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.23 8.8 17.48 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.23 8.8 17.48 8.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.64 5.9 12.77 8.2 9.37 1.3 Group I................................................... 10.89 4.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.32 11.8 13.04 15.2 10.40 6.5 Group I................................................... 11.12 9.7 11.46 13.7 10.41 6.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.54 2.5 10.77 7.6 8.49 2.5 Group I................................................... 9.13 3.7 10.01 9.4 8.49 2.6 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.75 $13.60 $20.92 $31.98 $46.85 Management occupations.............................................. 24.86 31.86 44.09 57.69 80.02 General and operations managers................................... 21.45 33.32 46.58 57.69 107.76 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 36.33 40.87 54.95 71.44 90.80 Marketing managers.............................................. 36.33 39.21 54.95 77.99 100.47 Sales managers.................................................. 40.87 42.20 52.89 56.39 90.80 Administrative services managers.................................. 38.46 38.89 43.27 60.51 60.81 Computer and information systems managers......................... 42.08 45.59 49.49 58.82 81.10 Financial managers................................................ 26.85 31.45 48.08 66.88 80.35 Human resources managers.......................................... 31.40 35.71 35.71 44.18 84.14 Industrial production managers.................................... 23.56 40.50 42.87 49.32 49.32 Education administrators.......................................... 23.63 28.72 40.48 55.54 62.50 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.75 46.75 52.09 56.73 67.91 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.13 28.05 37.14 56.04 62.50 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.46 38.92 48.85 56.26 90.72 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.75 31.74 36.09 51.08 108.53 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.45 25.95 26.37 26.37 35.54 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.05 21.79 28.46 38.06 56.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.36 20.00 26.86 43.63 56.96 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 13.70 19.43 20.00 30.50 63.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.36 25.51 28.15 45.56 56.96 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 17.15 19.85 26.60 31.44 35.90 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 17.59 19.85 28.41 31.94 36.92 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.00 19.00 23.00 30.71 36.55 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 23.93 24.20 29.23 33.36 33.36 Management analysts............................................... 25.82 26.55 38.06 54.20 75.44 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.58 18.79 24.04 31.98 35.90 Budget analysts................................................... 28.66 30.46 32.09 49.13 51.83 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.04 27.70 36.15 57.28 99.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 24.04 27.70 35.72 57.28 99.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 31.19 40.63 48.53 53.95 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.43 18.43 32.65 34.22 36.75 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.83 36.11 45.82 51.28 57.69 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.09 33.87 46.36 51.28 57.21 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 32.50 40.63 45.61 50.72 60.07 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.84 25.37 35.18 49.01 53.90 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.21 30.77 39.06 46.68 51.83 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.52 29.84 43.71 44.71 47.33 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 26.35 32.02 33.79 37.44 37.50 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.40 27.72 37.89 44.10 49.07 Engineers......................................................... 28.78 32.36 42.02 46.73 52.27 Civil engineers................................................. 24.15 24.79 28.78 28.78 42.84 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 32.24 35.00 42.18 48.48 50.11 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 28.48 32.99 42.80 48.56 56.01 Electrical engineers.......................................... 29.05 32.42 38.71 47.50 58.73 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 27.03 35.58 43.87 50.16 56.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Drafters.......................................................... 22.81 27.52 27.72 32.64 42.41 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.40 19.70 22.40 25.68 30.39 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.53 19.70 22.36 24.48 29.16 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.79 21.44 25.64 40.87 51.42 Biological scientists........................................... 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Physical scientists............................................... 19.55 23.53 23.53 23.53 54.94 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.13 26.44 43.43 48.75 95.65 Market research analysts........................................ 24.13 26.44 43.43 48.75 95.65 Psychologists..................................................... 11.54 12.50 32.34 41.93 64.31 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.43 16.00 22.33 28.05 35.94 Counselors........................................................ 12.56 17.95 22.12 25.87 44.22 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 17.94 19.23 22.56 37.95 49.50 Social workers.................................................... 15.44 17.35 25.02 30.20 33.52 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 15.44 16.00 21.74 30.20 40.37 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.23 12.23 13.21 17.77 22.33 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.23 12.23 12.43 16.36 22.33 Legal occupations................................................... 18.85 22.98 36.99 69.97 81.38 Lawyers........................................................... 36.99 37.77 69.97 81.38 94.71 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.40 15.00 31.09 46.23 55.54 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.04 37.50 47.50 57.69 74.76 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 47.50 50.39 53.56 67.18 69.87 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 36.73 40.55 40.55 41.95 43.92 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 26.04 38.28 49.20 61.13 72.53 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 27.70 35.03 54.65 54.65 73.88 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.93 32.87 43.66 49.21 74.18 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 12.18 14.81 30.72 44.72 53.90 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.45 33.67 42.53 51.74 57.42 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.63 33.11 42.53 52.55 57.74 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.03 35.07 42.53 48.18 55.28 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.25 30.99 38.99 47.15 54.72 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.25 30.99 38.99 47.15 54.72 Special education teachers...................................... 18.44 24.38 33.91 47.36 55.98 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 18.44 30.49 36.48 48.77 57.60 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 18.49 18.49 19.23 28.82 45.14 Librarians........................................................ 20.14 20.14 21.09 30.75 54.34 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 11.36 13.55 17.50 20.58 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.41 21.00 26.67 36.06 46.51 Designers......................................................... 10.00 28.42 28.42 33.79 34.69 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.92 19.33 26.67 32.86 32.86 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 14.06 17.38 27.37 32.86 32.86 Public relations specialists...................................... 22.26 26.44 28.85 31.16 46.64 Writers and editors............................................... 25.00 36.06 36.40 46.51 47.49 Editors......................................................... 24.18 28.96 36.06 36.40 36.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.09 17.74 26.50 34.25 48.00 Pharmacists....................................................... 43.46 48.00 48.00 54.00 54.00 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 23.52 24.06 27.41 61.73 62.50 Registered nurses................................................. 25.82 29.62 32.78 43.91 52.89 Therapists........................................................ 16.95 17.43 31.43 37.60 38.57 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.42 16.07 17.11 22.50 30.66 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 15.80 16.07 16.57 28.68 31.90 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.67 16.29 17.36 20.35 22.50 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.57 23.97 35.51 36.36 37.96 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.00 14.00 15.45 18.80 24.24 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.00 16.34 16.87 20.34 23.45 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.77 21.22 23.76 25.21 25.77 Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.50 13.50 16.24 17.20 17.68 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.17 12.24 14.42 16.13 20.21 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.93 11.63 12.75 14.82 16.13 Home health aides............................................... 10.57 11.17 11.95 12.75 15.30 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.10 11.75 12.86 15.03 16.26 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.54 14.49 14.82 15.19 15.29 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.26 14.61 15.79 19.95 22.00 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 14.00 14.63 15.89 16.16 18.57 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.26 13.26 13.91 21.00 22.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.33 13.83 21.42 26.34 32.06 Fire fighters..................................................... 21.17 21.18 21.57 26.53 30.88 Police officers................................................... 20.99 22.83 24.40 28.30 32.34 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.99 22.83 24.40 28.30 32.34 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.79 12.88 14.83 16.39 20.40 Security guards................................................. 9.79 12.88 14.83 16.39 20.40 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.64 7.34 8.50 12.00 15.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 Cooks............................................................. 9.47 11.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.30 9.85 11.00 14.45 16.53 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 11.00 12.80 15.00 15.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.80 9.25 11.85 13.00 18.53 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 3.34 8.00 9.50 Bartenders...................................................... 4.00 5.41 8.00 8.00 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.93 3.80 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.00 4.73 8.00 9.50 10.93 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.96 11.11 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.96 11.44 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 8.00 8.50 8.75 10.90 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.53 8.00 8.05 9.50 11.60 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 12.00 13.16 16.00 18.77 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 12.00 12.50 18.52 21.64 34.53 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 12.00 12.50 12.50 21.26 34.53 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.04 11.89 13.50 16.00 17.97 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.04 11.89 12.95 15.50 19.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 7.96 9.97 11.43 12.50 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.00 11.50 12.64 13.16 22.15 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.00 10.75 12.64 13.16 14.82 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.76 8.77 11.00 13.10 20.85 Transportation attendants......................................... 10.00 25.93 30.73 47.35 47.35 Child care workers................................................ 8.00 8.30 9.64 12.25 13.10 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.54 10.80 11.11 11.37 11.54 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.50 10.04 14.40 15.15 18.30 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 7.99 10.00 12.00 16.19 19.32 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.69 15.00 26.45 41.83 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.15 16.11 21.25 31.88 31.88 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.92 16.11 17.64 20.50 26.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.49 10.06 12.19 16.83 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.42 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.42 11.94 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.00 8.50 11.34 13.50 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 11.34 12.19 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.00 11.41 14.00 22.50 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 19.36 25.00 39.90 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 15.96 31.30 38.69 50.67 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.50 17.50 21.41 26.44 36.41 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.58 16.01 19.81 32.10 50.34 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.58 14.13 17.50 22.80 27.43 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.50 29.11 32.75 32.75 34.56 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 8.50 8.50 12.56 14.84 24.32 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 14.13 16.17 19.61 27.43 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.50 12.62 16.17 17.50 18.71 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.13 14.13 16.15 24.03 28.03 Tellers......................................................... 10.76 11.50 13.46 16.60 17.68 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 15.97 16.44 18.28 19.48 21.80 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.26 15.06 17.39 25.85 29.37 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 11.31 13.50 15.00 16.77 18.14 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 8.37 9.79 15.65 20.15 24.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.21 12.31 13.79 15.29 19.26 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.75 16.45 17.31 21.00 33.07 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.75 15.11 21.00 24.95 33.07 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.80 20.09 20.80 24.18 27.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.18 15.27 17.75 22.94 26.17 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.16 9.17 11.10 13.25 15.71 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.74 17.00 19.81 24.03 26.68 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.59 21.01 24.67 26.68 31.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.22 16.00 18.04 19.11 20.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.71 16.16 19.31 21.97 23.90 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.42 13.32 13.52 15.88 19.69 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.32 13.32 13.52 13.52 18.50 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.54 15.84 17.46 17.93 19.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.41 15.48 19.08 24.92 25.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.19 20.00 25.35 34.48 38.57 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.25 27.75 27.89 37.88 42.45 Carpenters........................................................ 20.00 22.00 32.92 34.53 37.53 Construction laborers............................................. 25.05 25.10 27.91 43.01 43.01 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 17.35 23.50 28.00 38.57 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.04 22.04 28.55 29.57 30.25 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.04 22.04 28.55 29.57 30.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.54 19.25 22.67 28.66 30.00 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 19.74 24.66 28.93 31.80 31.80 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 19.74 24.66 28.93 31.80 31.80 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 17.40 20.00 22.98 27.00 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.48 20.00 21.68 23.60 27.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 16.19 17.98 22.73 29.31 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.18 22.34 25.33 28.66 31.27 Production occupations.............................................. 9.20 11.47 14.18 20.13 24.20 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.85 19.00 26.20 34.62 34.62 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.09 13.49 14.43 18.02 20.90 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.09 13.20 16.25 20.17 21.86 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 12.04 16.61 19.25 21.30 Machinists........................................................ 18.31 20.55 22.60 28.38 29.92 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.16 9.94 13.50 20.30 24.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.94 10.35 12.55 16.22 20.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.75 13.01 18.12 22.82 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.00 13.00 14.46 19.00 26.55 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.85 13.85 15.53 18.12 19.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.75 10.19 19.55 20.36 23.46 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.54 19.55 20.25 22.82 28.71 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.75 5.75 15.00 19.87 23.40 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.00 13.71 18.73 19.50 20.86 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.50 10.06 13.85 17.85 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.81 11.91 14.19 17.85 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.53 8.00 9.00 10.75 13.25 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.30 $13.25 $20.16 $31.62 $46.68 Management occupations.............................................. 25.13 31.86 44.09 58.82 81.10 General and operations managers................................... 23.89 33.32 47.35 57.69 107.76 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 36.33 40.87 54.95 71.44 90.80 Marketing managers.............................................. 36.33 39.21 54.95 77.99 100.47 Sales managers.................................................. 40.87 42.20 52.89 56.39 90.80 Computer and information systems managers......................... 42.08 45.59 49.49 58.82 81.10 Financial managers................................................ 24.67 31.45 52.09 66.88 80.35 Human resources managers.......................................... 31.40 35.71 35.71 44.18 84.14 Industrial production managers.................................... 23.56 40.50 42.87 49.32 49.32 Education administrators.......................................... 17.00 28.05 37.14 54.86 62.50 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.13 28.72 37.14 56.04 62.50 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.46 38.46 48.51 54.41 90.72 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.13 32.69 42.00 51.08 108.53 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.40 21.89 28.41 38.06 56.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.36 20.00 26.86 43.63 56.96 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 13.70 19.43 20.00 30.50 63.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.36 25.51 28.15 45.56 56.96 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 17.15 19.85 26.60 31.44 35.90 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 17.59 19.85 28.41 31.94 36.92 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.00 19.00 22.55 30.71 36.55 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 23.93 24.20 29.23 33.36 33.36 Management analysts............................................... 25.82 26.55 38.06 54.20 75.44 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.58 21.24 24.04 31.98 36.19 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.04 27.70 36.15 57.28 99.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 24.04 27.70 35.72 57.28 99.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 31.21 40.74 48.53 53.90 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.43 18.43 32.65 34.22 36.75 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.83 36.11 45.82 51.28 57.69 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.09 33.87 46.36 51.28 57.21 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 32.50 40.63 45.61 50.72 60.07 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.84 25.37 34.60 53.31 53.90 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.21 30.63 39.06 46.68 51.83 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.52 29.84 43.71 44.71 47.33 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.81 28.07 37.93 43.93 48.99 Engineers......................................................... 28.76 32.24 41.51 46.73 52.30 Civil engineers................................................. 24.15 24.79 28.78 28.78 42.84 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 32.24 35.00 42.18 48.48 50.11 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 28.48 32.99 42.69 48.20 56.01 Electrical engineers.......................................... 28.93 31.58 37.93 46.24 59.84 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 27.03 35.58 43.87 50.16 56.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Drafters.......................................................... 22.81 27.52 27.72 32.64 42.41 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 15.77 19.70 22.93 25.70 31.13 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.53 19.70 22.36 24.48 29.16 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.79 21.44 25.64 39.92 51.42 Biological scientists........................................... 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.13 26.44 44.57 51.92 95.65 Market research analysts........................................ 24.13 26.44 44.57 51.92 95.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.23 13.21 17.35 20.86 25.32 Counselors........................................................ 11.30 12.89 18.97 20.88 24.36 Social workers.................................................... 15.20 15.70 17.35 21.00 29.22 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.23 12.23 12.43 13.21 29.20 Legal occupations................................................... 21.98 26.97 36.99 81.38 81.95 Lawyers........................................................... 36.99 68.54 69.97 81.38 96.64 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.00 14.81 18.49 40.55 53.56 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.30 35.03 47.50 60.90 76.56 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 20.63 35.03 49.20 62.71 74.12 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 27.70 27.70 35.03 71.61 76.32 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.76 32.87 43.28 46.23 75.72 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 18.49 18.49 19.23 19.23 33.50 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.92 21.02 26.95 36.06 46.64 Designers......................................................... 10.00 28.42 28.42 33.79 34.69 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 16.92 26.67 26.67 32.86 32.86 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 14.06 17.38 30.84 32.86 32.86 Writers and editors............................................... 25.00 36.06 36.40 46.51 47.49 Editors......................................................... 24.18 28.96 36.06 36.40 36.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.09 17.43 26.24 33.92 48.16 Pharmacists....................................................... 43.46 48.00 48.00 54.00 54.00 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 23.52 24.06 27.41 61.73 62.50 Registered nurses................................................. 25.75 29.62 32.86 44.25 53.27 Therapists........................................................ 16.95 17.43 31.43 37.60 38.57 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.42 16.07 17.11 22.50 30.66 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 15.80 16.07 16.57 28.68 31.90 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.67 16.29 17.36 20.35 22.50 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.00 13.91 14.68 17.43 21.49 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.00 16.34 16.87 20.34 23.45 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.77 21.22 23.76 25.21 25.77 Medical records and health information technicians................ 12.50 13.50 16.24 17.20 17.68 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.17 12.00 14.34 16.08 20.21 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.93 11.63 12.67 14.82 16.13 Home health aides............................................... 10.57 11.17 11.95 12.75 15.30 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 11.66 12.67 14.94 16.29 Psychiatric aides............................................... 13.39 14.66 14.82 15.29 16.91 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.26 14.61 15.28 18.43 21.50 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 14.00 14.63 15.89 16.16 18.57 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.26 13.26 13.91 21.00 22.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.33 10.33 13.83 14.51 17.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.79 12.88 14.80 15.76 23.96 Security guards................................................. 9.79 12.88 14.80 15.76 23.96 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.64 7.34 8.50 12.00 15.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 Cooks............................................................. 9.74 11.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.30 9.85 11.00 14.54 16.53 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 11.00 12.80 15.00 15.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.80 9.25 11.85 13.00 18.53 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 3.34 8.00 9.30 Bartenders...................................................... 4.00 5.41 8.00 8.00 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.93 3.80 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.00 4.73 8.00 9.30 10.93 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.75 10.90 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.83 11.11 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 8.00 8.50 8.75 10.47 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.53 8.00 8.05 9.50 11.60 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.97 11.75 13.10 14.00 16.00 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 12.00 12.50 12.50 21.41 21.64 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers........................................................ 12.00 12.50 12.50 18.52 21.26 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.97 11.75 13.10 13.85 16.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.04 11.40 12.65 13.15 15.70 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 7.96 9.97 11.43 12.50 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.00 10.75 12.64 13.16 14.82 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.00 10.75 12.64 13.16 14.82 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.76 8.77 11.00 13.10 20.85 Transportation attendants......................................... 10.00 25.93 30.73 47.35 47.35 Child care workers................................................ 8.00 8.30 9.64 12.25 13.10 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.54 10.80 11.11 11.37 11.54 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.50 10.04 14.40 15.15 18.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 7.99 10.00 12.00 16.19 19.32 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.61 15.00 26.92 41.83 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.46 16.11 24.04 31.88 31.88 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.92 15.31 18.00 20.50 26.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.80 8.35 10.00 12.19 16.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 8.90 10.28 11.94 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.80 10.10 11.94 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.00 8.50 11.34 13.50 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 11.34 12.19 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.00 11.41 14.00 22.50 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 19.36 25.00 39.90 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 15.96 31.30 38.69 50.67 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.50 17.50 21.41 26.44 36.41 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.58 16.01 19.81 32.10 50.34 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.50 14.13 17.25 22.50 27.43 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.50 30.34 32.75 34.56 40.00 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 8.50 8.50 11.98 13.61 14.84 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 14.13 16.17 19.61 27.43 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.50 12.62 16.17 17.50 18.71 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.13 14.13 16.15 24.03 28.03 Tellers......................................................... 10.76 11.50 13.46 16.60 17.68 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 15.97 16.44 18.28 19.48 21.80 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.26 15.06 16.84 25.03 29.37 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 11.31 13.50 15.00 16.77 18.14 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.21 12.31 13.79 15.29 19.26 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.75 15.51 17.31 18.05 21.00 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.80 20.09 20.80 24.18 27.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.18 15.27 17.75 22.94 26.17 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.16 9.00 10.92 12.25 14.19 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.45 16.95 19.80 24.05 26.68 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.39 21.54 25.85 26.68 32.33 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.21 15.90 17.71 19.11 20.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.71 16.16 19.23 21.64 23.91 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.39 13.32 13.52 13.86 19.69 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.27 13.32 13.52 13.52 13.86 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.54 15.84 17.46 17.93 19.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 15.48 20.31 24.92 25.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.60 20.00 25.50 34.53 38.57 Carpenters........................................................ 20.00 22.00 32.92 34.53 37.53 Construction laborers............................................. 25.05 25.10 27.91 43.01 43.01 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 17.19 23.50 28.00 38.57 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.45 27.11 29.57 30.24 30.25 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.45 27.11 29.57 30.24 30.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.54 19.99 22.73 28.66 30.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 17.98 20.00 22.73 25.25 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.48 20.00 21.68 23.60 27.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 16.19 17.98 22.73 24.00 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.18 22.34 25.33 28.66 31.27 Production occupations.............................................. 9.16 11.45 14.18 20.00 24.20 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.85 19.00 26.20 34.62 34.62 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.09 13.49 14.43 18.02 20.90 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.09 13.20 16.25 20.17 21.86 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 12.04 16.61 19.25 21.30 Machinists........................................................ 18.31 20.55 22.60 28.38 29.92 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.16 9.94 13.50 20.30 24.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.94 10.35 12.55 16.22 20.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 9.50 12.96 17.99 20.86 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 14.46 19.00 Bus drivers, school............................................. 13.85 13.85 14.46 19.00 19.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.75 10.00 19.55 20.36 23.46 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.54 19.55 20.25 22.82 28.71 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.75 5.75 15.00 19.87 23.40 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.00 13.71 18.73 19.50 20.86 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.29 10.00 13.50 17.85 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.75 11.25 14.00 17.85 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.53 8.00 9.00 10.75 13.25 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.85 $19.22 $25.85 $35.48 $49.50 Management occupations.............................................. 22.84 32.15 42.71 53.46 60.81 Education administrators.......................................... 27.19 42.71 47.07 56.73 67.91 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.75 46.75 52.09 56.73 67.91 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.88 17.99 28.62 32.70 35.90 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.06 29.09 33.65 41.99 67.48 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.77 21.50 23.59 47.06 64.15 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.09 23.38 26.06 33.69 45.74 Counselors........................................................ 23.50 25.87 26.58 44.22 57.74 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.24 37.95 42.12 49.50 57.74 Social workers.................................................... 22.41 25.86 30.20 31.44 40.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.25 25.48 37.88 49.09 55.67 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.73 38.97 45.23 54.65 61.72 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.46 33.91 42.53 51.07 56.47 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 34.64 42.58 51.99 57.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.60 34.44 42.78 52.76 57.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.03 35.07 42.53 48.18 55.28 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.62 31.38 39.78 47.65 54.88 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.62 31.38 39.78 47.65 54.88 Special education teachers...................................... 31.98 33.91 43.60 53.26 58.74 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 32.63 33.91 45.98 54.47 58.74 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 16.00 28.82 28.82 45.14 55.10 Librarians........................................................ 20.14 20.14 20.14 26.03 54.34 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.66 12.90 14.79 18.20 20.58 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.09 25.33 30.85 42.22 47.00 Registered nurses................................................. 26.38 29.88 32.77 42.22 47.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.54 14.05 14.60 17.77 22.23 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.38 22.40 25.70 30.10 32.12 Fire fighters..................................................... 21.17 21.18 21.57 26.53 30.88 Police officers................................................... 20.99 22.83 24.40 28.49 32.50 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.99 22.83 24.40 28.49 32.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.25 10.58 11.90 14.06 16.13 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.93 14.46 17.36 19.25 22.15 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.66 14.22 17.36 18.77 20.16 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.66 14.22 17.36 18.77 20.16 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.50 10.00 11.05 14.82 Child care workers................................................ 7.00 7.50 10.00 11.05 14.82 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.39 17.43 19.98 24.03 28.21 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.74 17.43 21.02 23.90 25.22 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.43 17.43 23.01 24.83 30.07 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.39 15.74 21.02 23.52 23.90 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.89 14.90 17.99 19.71 28.21 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.00 21.94 24.25 27.75 33.80 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.19 18.10 19.74 25.52 30.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.24 15.75 18.00 26.55 26.82 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.86 $15.65 $22.85 $34.03 $48.75 Management occupations.............................................. 24.67 32.19 44.09 57.69 80.02 General and operations managers................................... 21.45 33.32 46.58 57.69 107.76 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 36.33 40.87 54.95 71.44 90.80 Marketing managers.............................................. 36.33 39.21 54.95 77.99 100.47 Sales managers.................................................. 40.87 42.20 52.89 56.39 90.80 Administrative services managers.................................. 38.46 38.89 43.27 60.51 60.81 Computer and information systems managers......................... 42.08 45.59 49.49 58.82 81.10 Financial managers................................................ 26.85 31.45 48.08 66.88 80.35 Human resources managers.......................................... 31.40 35.71 35.71 44.18 84.14 Industrial production managers.................................... 23.56 40.50 42.87 49.32 49.32 Education administrators.......................................... 23.63 28.72 40.48 56.04 62.50 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.75 46.75 52.09 56.73 67.91 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.13 28.05 37.14 56.04 62.50 Engineering managers.............................................. 38.46 38.92 48.85 56.26 90.72 Medical and health services managers.............................. 25.75 31.74 36.09 51.08 108.53 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 24.45 25.95 26.37 26.37 35.54 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.31 21.79 28.62 38.06 56.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.36 20.00 26.86 43.63 56.96 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 13.70 19.43 20.00 30.50 63.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.36 25.51 28.15 45.56 56.96 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 17.15 19.85 26.34 31.49 36.00 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 17.55 19.85 28.07 32.69 36.92 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.00 19.00 22.55 31.83 36.55 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 23.93 25.93 30.71 33.36 33.65 Management analysts............................................... 25.82 26.55 38.06 54.20 75.44 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.58 18.79 24.04 31.98 35.90 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.04 27.70 36.15 57.28 99.95 Financial analysts.............................................. 24.04 27.70 35.72 57.28 99.95 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 31.19 40.63 48.53 53.95 Computer programmers.............................................. 18.43 18.43 32.65 34.22 36.75 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.83 36.17 45.87 51.28 57.69 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.09 33.87 46.36 51.28 57.21 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 32.50 40.63 45.67 50.85 60.10 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.84 25.37 35.18 49.01 53.90 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.21 30.63 39.06 46.68 51.83 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.52 29.84 43.71 44.71 47.33 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 26.35 32.02 33.79 37.44 37.50 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.40 27.72 36.57 43.04 49.07 Engineers......................................................... 28.61 32.24 41.14 46.57 52.73 Civil engineers................................................. 24.15 24.79 28.78 28.78 42.84 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 32.24 35.00 42.18 48.48 50.11 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 28.48 32.99 42.80 48.56 56.01 Electrical engineers.......................................... 29.05 32.42 38.71 47.50 58.73 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 27.03 35.58 43.87 50.16 56.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.65 31.05 38.20 41.48 44.76 Drafters.......................................................... 22.81 27.52 27.72 32.64 42.41 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.40 19.70 22.40 25.68 30.39 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 14.53 19.70 22.36 24.48 29.16 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.77 21.44 25.19 40.93 51.42 Biological scientists........................................... 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 26.44 31.16 38.46 49.23 57.21 Physical scientists............................................... 19.55 23.53 23.53 23.53 54.94 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.13 26.44 44.22 51.92 95.65 Market research analysts........................................ 24.13 26.44 44.22 51.92 95.65 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.43 16.00 22.12 27.03 37.95 Counselors........................................................ 12.88 18.46 22.56 25.87 45.74 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 17.94 19.23 23.54 40.15 57.74 Social workers.................................................... 15.44 17.35 25.00 30.20 34.88 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 15.44 16.00 21.74 30.20 40.37 Legal occupations................................................... 18.85 22.31 36.99 69.97 81.38 Lawyers........................................................... 36.99 37.77 69.97 81.38 94.71 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.56 19.23 34.64 48.84 57.49 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.30 38.93 49.20 58.54 75.00 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 47.50 50.39 53.56 67.18 69.87 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 35.03 41.58 54.65 62.49 73.88 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.78 32.87 43.84 51.52 75.72 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.25 18.10 35.71 47.15 54.70 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.00 12.18 14.81 14.81 18.10 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 10.00 12.18 14.81 14.81 17.50 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.77 34.44 42.55 51.98 57.66 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.41 34.25 42.78 52.76 57.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.03 35.07 42.53 48.18 55.28 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.41 32.65 40.34 47.78 55.09 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.41 32.65 40.34 47.78 55.09 Special education teachers...................................... 18.44 24.38 33.91 47.36 55.60 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 18.44 30.49 35.37 47.67 56.47 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 18.49 18.49 19.23 21.60 41.64 Librarians........................................................ 20.14 20.14 21.09 30.75 43.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.25 11.81 13.62 17.50 20.58 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.43 21.02 26.80 36.06 46.64 Public relations specialists...................................... 22.26 26.44 28.85 31.16 46.64 Writers and editors............................................... 25.82 36.06 36.40 46.51 47.49 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.67 17.11 25.41 32.06 46.34 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 23.52 24.04 27.41 61.73 61.73 Registered nurses................................................. 25.75 28.77 32.70 41.25 52.89 Therapists........................................................ 24.00 30.17 31.43 36.05 38.57 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.36 16.07 16.89 21.54 28.60 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.67 16.00 17.35 19.29 22.50 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.00 13.91 14.94 18.36 23.42 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.00 16.34 16.34 19.95 23.45 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.86 22.86 24.00 25.21 26.22 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.19 13.50 16.24 17.20 17.20 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.04 12.00 14.31 16.08 19.95 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.82 11.58 12.62 15.14 16.50 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 12.00 13.03 15.50 16.54 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.91 14.85 15.28 19.95 22.23 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.16 13.83 21.88 26.53 32.06 Fire fighters..................................................... 21.17 21.22 21.58 26.53 30.88 Police officers................................................... 20.99 22.83 24.40 26.64 31.11 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.99 22.83 24.40 26.64 31.11 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.16 14.18 15.13 17.64 23.96 Security guards................................................. 12.16 14.18 15.13 17.64 23.96 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.34 8.05 11.30 14.54 17.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.22 16.67 17.50 20.00 27.25 Cooks............................................................. 10.00 11.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.30 9.85 11.00 14.54 16.53 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.93 2.93 3.80 8.50 12.90 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.25 8.75 9.75 11.11 12.61 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.20 12.50 13.50 16.00 19.03 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 12.50 12.50 18.52 21.64 34.53 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.20 12.62 13.50 16.00 18.77 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.20 12.50 13.73 17.36 19.60 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.96 7.96 7.96 11.49 12.71 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.00 11.50 12.64 13.16 22.15 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.00 10.75 12.50 13.16 14.82 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.76 10.25 11.37 14.40 30.26 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.25 13.42 21.62 31.88 48.18 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.00 16.31 24.04 31.88 31.88 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.00 16.11 18.00 20.50 26.92 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.78 12.19 16.00 24.31 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.48 8.50 11.40 13.83 16.63 Cashiers...................................................... 7.48 8.50 11.40 13.83 16.63 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.92 11.27 12.94 19.10 26.45 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 19.90 26.44 39.90 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 15.96 31.30 38.69 50.67 52.23 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 12.82 17.57 21.41 27.97 38.46 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.31 14.87 17.99 23.40 28.03 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.50 29.11 32.75 32.75 34.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.58 14.13 16.17 19.64 27.43 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.50 13.19 16.17 17.50 18.71 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.13 14.13 16.50 26.50 28.03 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 15.97 16.44 18.28 19.48 21.80 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.99 15.33 18.44 27.17 29.37 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.93 12.31 13.77 15.00 15.97 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.75 17.31 17.39 21.00 33.07 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 13.80 20.09 20.80 24.18 27.53 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.18 15.27 17.75 22.94 26.17 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.25 11.10 12.00 14.19 16.22 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.74 17.43 20.05 24.05 26.68 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.59 21.01 24.67 26.68 31.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.00 15.77 18.95 19.11 20.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.71 16.16 19.49 21.77 23.90 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.32 13.32 13.52 13.86 19.69 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.00 13.32 13.52 13.52 18.50 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.54 15.84 17.46 17.93 19.92 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 17.50 19.71 25.00 25.48 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.19 20.00 25.50 34.48 38.57 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.25 27.75 27.89 37.88 42.45 Carpenters........................................................ 20.00 22.00 32.92 34.53 37.53 Construction laborers............................................. 25.05 25.10 27.91 43.01 43.01 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 17.35 23.50 28.00 38.57 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.04 22.04 28.55 29.57 30.25 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.04 22.04 28.55 29.57 30.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.54 19.30 22.73 28.66 30.00 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 19.74 24.66 28.93 31.80 31.80 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 19.74 24.66 28.93 31.80 31.80 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 17.40 20.00 22.98 27.00 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 15.48 20.00 21.68 23.60 27.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 16.19 17.98 22.73 29.31 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.18 22.34 25.33 28.66 31.27 Production occupations.............................................. 9.27 11.50 14.65 20.30 24.97 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.85 19.00 26.20 34.62 34.62 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.32 13.52 14.61 18.76 20.90 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.32 13.60 17.63 20.28 22.60 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 12.04 16.61 19.25 21.30 Machinists........................................................ 18.31 20.55 22.60 28.38 29.92 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.16 9.94 13.50 20.30 24.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.95 12.55 16.32 20.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.75 10.50 15.32 19.55 23.28 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 15.00 19.87 22.82 24.99 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.54 19.55 19.95 22.82 28.71 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.25 15.05 18.73 20.86 20.86 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 9.18 12.50 15.45 17.85 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.75 12.96 17.80 17.85 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.53 9.18 11.00 12.50 13.85 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), Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $8.25 $10.42 $15.00 $24.92 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.65 13.21 23.19 29.23 30.24 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.67 12.40 14.93 15.99 26.33 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 14.73 21.67 24.11 38.35 53.83 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.67 24.11 24.11 25.93 33.06 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.67 15.00 21.88 21.88 51.24 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.67 15.00 21.88 21.88 51.24 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.99 19.33 23.50 37.30 45.14 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.00 11.10 12.72 16.06 18.47 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 10.00 17.38 21.00 21.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.43 22.40 31.63 44.05 48.50 Registered nurses................................................. 27.75 31.01 37.22 46.45 53.16 Therapists........................................................ 15.39 16.95 17.43 37.60 37.60 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.29 22.40 26.03 33.01 34.95 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.29 16.29 17.74 22.40 27.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.77 20.77 20.77 24.12 25.54 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.60 12.75 14.61 16.38 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.60 12.44 12.75 14.66 15.22 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.51 11.60 12.55 13.15 14.10 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.93 14.61 16.06 18.44 22.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.95 9.19 12.09 14.69 39.66 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.19 9.19 12.88 14.12 14.80 Security guards................................................. 9.19 9.19 12.88 14.12 14.80 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 4.73 8.00 9.00 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.39 9.65 11.50 12.80 12.80 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.80 8.50 10.00 12.57 13.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 3.20 8.00 8.00 Bartenders...................................................... 4.00 5.41 8.00 8.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 2.63 2.64 3.20 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 8.50 8.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.00 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.50 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.50 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.89 10.04 11.89 12.95 13.10 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.89 10.04 11.89 12.95 13.10 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.95 10.04 12.25 12.95 13.10 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 11.27 11.43 11.43 11.43 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.26 9.79 11.54 15.45 Child care workers................................................ 7.50 8.00 8.34 9.00 13.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.99 10.00 12.00 16.50 21.15 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 7.99 10.00 12.00 16.19 19.32 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 8.00 9.00 10.50 11.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.80 8.00 9.00 10.42 11.44 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.80 8.00 8.97 10.35 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.80 8.00 8.96 10.30 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.95 9.00 11.00 11.44 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.63 10.45 15.00 17.50 22.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.00 15.62 18.00 22.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.90 13.97 14.58 16.38 17.44 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.61 8.65 11.81 15.24 19.87 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.47 8.63 15.00 22.00 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.80 8.16 8.90 9.39 10.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.20 17.00 17.00 20.00 30.93 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.16 12.42 12.61 17.43 17.43 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.89 15.48 17.38 24.92 24.92 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.75 13.75 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.82 9.16 9.16 15.47 15.47 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.75 7.70 9.50 13.00 15.90 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.85 19.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.50 5.75 6.50 15.00 20.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.75 5.75 5.75 14.85 15.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.68 8.00 8.90 10.06 11.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.12 8.90 10.06 11.65 12.13 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.50 7.99 8.00 9.00 10.00 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $27.45 $22.85 $1,077 $900 39.2 $54,679 $45,843 1,992 Management occupations.............................................. 48.58 44.09 1,940 1,728 39.9 100,306 89,467 2,065 General and operations managers................................... 54.08 46.58 2,172 1,863 40.2 112,919 96,880 2,088 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.31 54.95 2,280 2,096 39.8 118,563 108,999 2,069 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.19 54.95 2,326 2,198 40.0 120,967 114,288 2,079 Sales managers.................................................. 55.85 52.89 2,204 2,096 39.5 114,616 108,999 2,052 Administrative services managers.................................. 46.07 43.27 1,824 1,647 39.6 94,872 85,665 2,059 Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.59 49.49 2,096 1,979 39.1 108,992 102,931 2,034 Financial managers................................................ 52.66 48.08 2,151 2,104 40.9 111,872 109,401 2,124 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.12 35.71 1,775 1,413 39.4 92,324 73,476 2,046 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.02 42.87 1,781 1,715 42.4 92,631 89,159 2,204 Education administrators.......................................... 43.17 40.48 1,616 1,709 37.4 80,056 84,863 1,854 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.24 52.09 2,097 2,084 39.4 95,219 89,943 1,788 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.72 37.14 1,523 1,300 35.7 77,130 62,000 1,805 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.19 48.85 2,230 2,083 41.2 115,975 108,339 2,140 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.86 36.09 1,893 1,382 41.3 98,455 71,864 2,147 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 27.94 26.37 1,076 923 38.5 55,936 48,001 2,002 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.27 28.62 1,346 1,127 40.4 68,277 57,606 2,052 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.68 26.86 1,318 1,148 41.6 68,512 59,700 2,163 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.37 20.00 1,167 900 41.1 60,660 46,800 2,138 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.59 28.15 1,407 1,148 41.9 73,146 59,700 2,177 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.58 26.34 1,019 1,011 38.4 52,998 52,562 1,994 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.31 28.07 1,048 1,074 38.4 54,487 55,869 1,995 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.86 22.55 1,038 902 40.2 46,262 39,520 1,789 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.30 30.71 1,258 1,228 41.5 65,426 63,875 2,159 Management analysts............................................... 42.73 38.06 1,771 1,522 41.4 92,080 79,154 2,155 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.29 24.04 1,006 962 38.3 52,314 49,999 1,990 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.66 36.15 1,986 1,446 42.6 103,296 75,196 2,214 Financial analysts.............................................. 47.60 35.72 2,061 1,446 43.3 107,196 75,196 2,252 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.20 40.63 1,610 1,584 40.0 83,708 82,358 2,082 Computer programmers.............................................. 29.08 32.65 1,141 1,250 39.2 59,321 64,999 2,040 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.20 45.87 1,839 1,833 40.7 95,605 95,326 2,115 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 46.36 1,838 1,858 41.6 95,592 96,595 2,162 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 45.67 1,839 1,808 39.9 95,615 94,016 2,075 Computer support specialists...................................... 35.96 35.18 1,423 1,364 39.6 73,987 70,913 2,057 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.44 39.06 1,582 1,550 40.1 82,270 80,600 2,086 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.90 43.71 1,518 1,749 40.1 78,956 90,923 2,083 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.70 33.79 1,338 1,351 39.7 69,578 70,273 2,065 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.92 36.57 1,471 1,483 41.0 76,501 77,101 2,129 Engineers......................................................... 40.55 41.14 1,673 1,714 41.3 87,009 89,107 2,146 Civil engineers................................................. 29.47 28.78 1,231 1,151 41.8 64,033 59,858 2,173 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.98 42.18 1,814 1,939 43.2 94,316 100,840 2,247 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.24 42.80 1,734 1,792 41.0 90,150 93,176 2,134 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.32 38.71 1,653 1,548 40.0 85,944 80,517 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 43.87 1,771 1,813 41.5 92,102 94,259 2,160 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Drafters.......................................................... 30.65 27.72 1,191 1,039 38.9 61,957 54,048 2,022 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.14 22.40 919 882 39.7 47,787 45,889 2,065 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.38 22.36 895 894 40.0 46,540 46,500 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.63 25.19 1,239 1,025 39.2 63,582 53,290 2,010 Biological scientists........................................... 40.62 38.46 1,602 1,538 39.4 83,293 80,001 2,050 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.62 38.46 1,602 1,538 39.4 83,293 80,001 2,050 Physical scientists............................................... 28.54 23.53 1,123 941 39.4 57,019 48,940 1,998 Market and survey researchers..................................... 46.26 44.22 1,869 1,769 40.4 97,162 91,978 2,100 Market research analysts........................................ 46.26 44.22 1,869 1,769 40.4 97,162 91,978 2,100 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.89 22.12 907 815 38.0 44,103 42,126 1,846 Counselors........................................................ 25.19 22.56 947 833 37.6 44,505 42,126 1,767 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.56 23.54 1,120 942 36.6 48,310 43,460 1,581 Social workers.................................................... 25.11 25.00 952 938 37.9 47,006 48,880 1,872 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.89 21.74 928 815 37.3 44,904 42,391 1,804 Legal occupations................................................... 51.29 36.99 1,954 1,480 38.1 101,628 76,945 1,981 Lawyers........................................................... 70.31 69.97 2,757 2,799 39.2 143,369 145,542 2,039 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.81 34.64 1,302 1,283 36.4 52,947 51,298 1,479 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.56 49.20 1,993 1,849 38.6 83,257 74,984 1,615 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 57.22 53.56 2,253 2,142 39.4 103,589 104,910 1,810 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 53.53 54.65 1,955 2,022 36.5 76,047 75,250 1,421 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 46.93 43.84 1,722 1,534 36.7 67,173 68,361 1,431 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.51 35.71 1,251 1,293 36.2 49,038 50,076 1,421 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 16.02 14.81 623 578 38.9 28,634 23,681 1,787 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.94 14.81 584 578 39.1 27,104 23,681 1,815 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.89 42.55 1,492 1,523 34.8 55,329 56,791 1,290 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.16 42.78 1,504 1,557 34.8 55,752 58,101 1,292 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 42.53 1,454 1,479 34.6 53,993 54,801 1,285 Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.77 40.34 1,473 1,473 36.1 54,595 54,745 1,339 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.77 40.34 1,473 1,473 36.1 54,595 54,745 1,339 Special education teachers...................................... 35.86 33.91 1,317 1,220 36.7 51,594 49,836 1,439 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 38.88 35.37 1,432 1,347 36.8 55,160 54,400 1,419 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.05 19.23 847 769 35.2 38,954 40,000 1,620 Librarians........................................................ 27.93 21.09 1,037 755 37.1 51,963 39,267 1,861 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.82 13.62 486 437 32.8 18,958 17,089 1,279 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.98 26.80 1,138 1,076 39.3 59,096 55,950 2,039 Public relations specialists...................................... 30.92 28.85 1,226 1,106 39.6 63,740 57,500 2,062 Writers and editors............................................... 39.03 36.40 1,479 1,442 37.9 76,917 75,001 1,971 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.12 25.41 1,036 951 38.2 53,553 49,280 1,975 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 35.23 27.41 1,422 1,096 40.4 73,965 57,013 2,099 Registered nurses................................................. 35.98 32.70 1,307 1,209 36.3 66,920 61,961 1,860 Therapists........................................................ 32.27 31.43 1,212 1,207 37.6 63,041 62,754 1,954 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.99 16.89 755 667 39.7 39,238 34,671 2,067 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.63 17.35 696 684 39.5 36,190 35,589 2,053 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.56 14.94 661 598 39.9 34,351 31,075 2,074 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.03 16.34 716 653 39.7 36,659 33,981 2,033 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.09 24.00 931 945 38.6 48,398 49,154 2,009 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.55 16.24 605 610 38.9 31,441 31,699 2,022 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.69 14.31 573 556 39.0 29,700 28,724 2,021 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.26 12.62 517 496 39.0 26,895 25,792 2,028 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.58 13.03 524 514 38.6 27,271 26,749 2,007 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.28 15.28 676 611 39.1 35,029 31,778 2,028 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.46 21.88 862 906 40.2 44,699 47,109 2,083 Fire fighters..................................................... 24.01 21.58 1,061 1,017 44.2 55,159 52,870 2,297 Police officers................................................... 25.18 24.40 991 976 39.4 51,539 50,744 2,047 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.18 24.40 991 976 39.4 51,539 50,744 2,047 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 17.25 15.13 680 605 39.4 35,335 31,470 2,048 Security guards................................................. 17.25 15.13 680 605 39.4 35,335 31,470 2,048 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.60 11.30 443 440 38.2 22,155 21,154 1,910 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.60 17.50 785 763 42.2 38,985 36,400 2,096 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.59 17.50 785 756 42.2 38,969 36,400 2,096 Cooks............................................................. 13.11 14.00 514 560 39.2 26,577 29,120 2,027 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.16 11.00 481 440 39.5 24,528 22,880 2,018 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.29 3.80 220 120 34.9 10,346 6,240 1,646 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.16 9.75 383 364 37.7 19,109 17,680 1,881 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.48 13.50 574 540 39.6 29,227 28,080 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.............................................. 19.30 18.52 772 741 40.0 40,148 38,528 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.30 13.50 566 540 39.6 29,436 28,080 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.89 13.73 586 549 39.4 30,497 28,558 2,048 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.52 7.96 374 319 39.3 19,432 16,565 2,042 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.59 12.64 540 505 39.7 22,359 16,100 1,645 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.25 12.50 486 505 39.7 19,515 15,797 1,592 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.40 11.37 517 479 33.6 26,310 23,105 1,709 Sales and related occupations....................................... 27.62 21.62 1,097 854 39.7 56,807 43,730 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.20 24.04 939 962 40.5 47,987 49,999 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.50 18.00 760 729 41.1 39,546 37,900 2,137 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.01 12.19 546 458 38.9 28,214 23,739 2,013 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.10 11.40 472 434 39.0 23,509 20,581 1,943 Cashiers...................................................... 12.10 11.40 472 434 39.0 23,509 20,581 1,943 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.65 12.94 603 495 38.5 31,359 25,719 2,004 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.63 26.44 1,225 1,000 40.0 63,681 52,000 2,079 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 38.17 38.69 1,540 1,548 40.3 80,062 80,471 2,097 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 24.73 21.41 982 812 39.7 51,056 42,201 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.34 17.99 748 700 38.7 38,868 36,400 2,010 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.47 32.75 1,217 1,310 38.7 63,267 68,120 2,010 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.78 16.17 691 647 38.9 35,931 33,634 2,021 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.24 16.17 604 647 39.6 31,401 33,634 2,061 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.62 16.50 748 666 38.1 38,911 34,649 1,983 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 18.28 725 706 38.4 37,705 36,716 1,999 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.22 18.44 784 738 38.8 40,779 38,357 2,016 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.91 13.77 538 548 38.7 27,970 28,494 2,011 Dispatchers....................................................... 20.26 17.39 802 692 39.6 41,727 36,001 2,059 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 20.80 808 832 38.6 41,999 43,264 2,007 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.97 17.75 753 710 39.7 39,133 36,920 2,063 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.13 12.00 519 480 39.5 26,980 24,960 2,055 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.12 20.05 811 788 38.4 42,031 40,993 1,990 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.46 24.67 937 923 38.3 48,699 48,001 1,991 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.88 18.95 701 749 39.2 36,437 38,938 2,037 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.26 19.49 723 756 37.6 37,024 38,150 1,923 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.58 13.52 574 541 39.3 29,824 28,122 2,045 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.07 13.52 557 541 39.6 28,950 28,122 2,057 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 17.46 659 655 39.0 34,262 34,055 2,026 Office clerks, general............................................ 20.07 19.71 770 763 38.3 40,026 39,693 1,994 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.93 25.50 1,076 1,014 40.0 55,090 52,728 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 31.13 27.89 1,245 1,116 40.0 64,743 58,011 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 29.39 32.92 1,176 1,317 40.0 61,129 68,465 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 27.91 1,258 1,116 40.0 62,621 58,049 1,991 Electricians...................................................... 24.67 23.50 987 940 40.0 51,305 48,880 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.27 28.55 1,027 1,084 39.1 53,425 56,393 2,034 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.27 28.55 1,027 1,084 39.1 53,425 56,393 2,034 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.37 22.73 936 909 40.1 48,410 47,154 2,072 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.79 28.93 1,098 1,157 39.5 57,083 60,174 2,054 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.79 28.93 1,098 1,157 39.5 57,083 60,174 2,054 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.96 20.00 798 800 40.0 41,517 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.85 21.68 874 867 40.0 45,453 45,094 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.15 17.98 766 719 40.0 39,833 37,398 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.92 25.33 1,037 1,013 40.0 53,915 52,686 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.28 14.65 646 584 39.7 33,598 30,389 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.46 26.20 1,072 1,048 39.0 55,741 54,500 2,030 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.62 14.61 625 584 40.0 32,491 30,389 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.79 17.63 671 705 40.0 34,915 36,670 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.45 16.61 594 616 38.5 30,908 32,032 2,000 Machinists........................................................ 23.30 22.60 932 904 40.0 48,472 47,008 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 13.50 631 540 40.0 32,811 28,080 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.88 12.55 555 502 40.0 28,872 26,104 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.85 15.32 614 582 38.8 31,580 29,442 1,993 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.53 19.87 749 782 40.4 38,915 40,664 2,100 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.57 19.95 841 798 40.9 43,700 41,496 2,125 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.48 18.73 684 749 39.1 35,558 38,958 2,034 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.77 12.50 508 500 39.8 26,402 26,000 2,068 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.04 12.96 520 518 39.9 27,052 26,955 2,075 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.77 11.00 425 440 39.5 22,108 22,880 2,053 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $27.18 $22.50 $1,072 $874 39.5 $55,165 $44,990 2,030 Management occupations.............................................. 49.21 44.09 1,970 1,767 40.0 102,243 91,894 2,078 General and operations managers................................... 56.52 47.35 2,270 2,131 40.2 118,064 110,808 2,089 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.31 54.95 2,280 2,096 39.8 118,563 108,999 2,069 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.19 54.95 2,326 2,198 40.0 120,967 114,288 2,079 Sales managers.................................................. 55.85 52.89 2,204 2,096 39.5 114,616 108,999 2,052 Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.60 49.49 2,100 1,979 39.2 109,201 102,931 2,037 Financial managers................................................ 52.91 52.09 2,168 2,287 41.0 112,738 118,899 2,131 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.12 35.71 1,775 1,413 39.4 92,324 73,476 2,046 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.02 42.87 1,781 1,715 42.4 92,631 89,159 2,204 Education administrators.......................................... 40.67 37.14 1,494 1,300 36.7 75,878 62,603 1,866 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 43.67 37.14 1,553 1,441 35.6 78,513 74,940 1,798 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.07 48.51 2,238 2,083 41.4 116,377 108,339 2,152 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.26 42.00 2,014 1,512 41.7 104,719 78,624 2,170 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.58 28.46 1,363 1,148 40.6 69,059 58,469 2,057 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.68 26.86 1,318 1,148 41.6 68,512 59,700 2,163 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 28.37 20.00 1,167 900 41.1 60,660 46,800 2,138 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.59 28.15 1,407 1,148 41.9 73,146 59,700 2,177 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.58 26.34 1,019 1,011 38.4 52,998 52,562 1,994 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.31 28.07 1,048 1,074 38.4 54,487 55,869 1,995 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.71 22.55 1,034 902 40.2 45,778 39,520 1,781 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.30 30.71 1,258 1,228 41.5 65,426 63,875 2,159 Management analysts............................................... 42.73 38.06 1,771 1,522 41.4 92,080 79,154 2,155 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.25 24.04 1,008 962 38.4 52,436 49,999 1,998 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.66 36.15 1,986 1,446 42.6 103,296 75,196 2,214 Financial analysts.............................................. 47.60 35.72 2,061 1,446 43.3 107,196 75,196 2,252 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.30 40.63 1,616 1,625 40.1 84,038 84,519 2,085 Computer programmers.............................................. 28.84 32.65 1,135 1,250 39.4 59,025 64,999 2,047 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.20 45.87 1,839 1,833 40.7 95,605 95,326 2,115 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.21 46.36 1,838 1,858 41.6 95,592 96,595 2,162 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.07 45.67 1,839 1,808 39.9 95,615 94,016 2,075 Computer support specialists...................................... 36.50 34.60 1,446 1,339 39.6 75,210 69,643 2,061 Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.68 38.75 1,554 1,539 40.2 80,782 80,040 2,089 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 38.61 43.71 1,562 1,749 40.5 81,213 90,923 2,103 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.05 37.02 1,479 1,517 41.0 76,904 78,901 2,133 Engineers......................................................... 40.49 41.11 1,671 1,710 41.3 86,905 88,924 2,146 Civil engineers................................................. 29.47 28.78 1,231 1,151 41.8 64,033 59,858 2,173 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.98 42.18 1,814 1,939 43.2 94,316 100,840 2,247 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.13 42.69 1,730 1,792 41.1 89,973 93,176 2,136 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.89 37.93 1,636 1,517 40.0 85,061 78,901 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 43.87 1,771 1,813 41.5 92,102 94,259 2,160 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Drafters.......................................................... 30.65 27.72 1,191 1,039 38.9 61,957 54,048 2,022 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.22 22.93 929 917 40.0 48,293 47,694 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.38 22.36 895 894 40.0 46,540 46,500 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.40 25.19 1,236 1,025 39.4 63,967 53,290 2,037 Biological scientists........................................... 40.62 38.46 1,602 1,538 39.4 83,293 80,001 2,050 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.62 38.46 1,602 1,538 39.4 83,293 80,001 2,050 Market and survey researchers..................................... 46.80 45.10 1,891 1,863 40.4 98,348 96,886 2,101 Market research analysts........................................ 46.80 45.10 1,891 1,863 40.4 98,348 96,886 2,101 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.47 17.21 668 668 38.3 33,665 31,431 1,928 Counselors........................................................ 18.06 18.97 687 695 38.0 34,679 36,116 1,920 Legal occupations................................................... 58.37 68.54 2,233 2,742 38.3 116,131 142,561 1,990 Lawyers........................................................... 76.29 69.97 3,014 2,799 39.5 156,740 145,542 2,054 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.40 26.12 1,261 943 38.9 57,198 44,702 1,766 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.40 49.20 2,048 1,849 39.1 87,410 79,196 1,668 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 53.30 49.20 1,941 1,722 36.4 75,467 72,864 1,416 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.60 43.84 1,771 1,534 37.2 70,055 68,361 1,472 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.88 14.81 630 578 39.7 29,080 23,681 1,832 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.67 14.81 537 578 39.3 25,234 23,681 1,845 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.67 14.81 537 578 39.3 25,234 23,681 1,845 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.47 28.42 1,157 1,137 39.3 60,121 59,114 2,040 Writers and editors............................................... 39.03 36.40 1,479 1,442 37.9 76,917 75,001 1,971 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.76 25.22 1,023 941 38.2 53,195 48,926 1,988 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 35.23 27.41 1,422 1,096 40.4 73,965 57,013 2,099 Registered nurses................................................. 35.95 32.10 1,301 1,192 36.2 67,670 61,961 1,883 Therapists........................................................ 32.27 31.43 1,212 1,207 37.6 63,041 62,754 1,954 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.99 16.89 755 667 39.7 39,238 34,671 2,067 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.63 17.35 696 684 39.5 36,190 35,589 2,053 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 15.89 14.42 636 577 40.0 33,050 29,994 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.03 16.34 716 653 39.7 36,659 33,981 2,033 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.09 24.00 931 945 38.6 48,398 49,154 2,009 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.55 16.24 605 610 38.9 31,441 31,699 2,022 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.59 14.03 569 551 39.0 29,561 28,662 2,026 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.21 12.48 514 483 38.9 26,747 25,106 2,025 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.54 12.98 522 507 38.6 27,148 26,362 2,005 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.05 15.27 666 611 39.1 34,535 31,778 2,025 Protective service occupations Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 17.72 15.56 704 622 39.7 36,604 32,365 2,066 Security guards................................................. 17.72 15.56 704 622 39.7 36,604 32,365 2,066 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.56 11.11 442 440 38.3 22,225 21,840 1,923 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 18.61 17.50 794 763 42.7 39,973 37,294 2,148 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.60 17.50 794 763 42.7 39,968 37,294 2,149 Cooks............................................................. 13.10 14.00 514 560 39.3 26,753 29,120 2,043 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.08 11.00 480 440 39.7 24,967 22,880 2,067 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.29 3.80 220 120 34.9 10,346 6,240 1,646 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.94 9.30 376 350 37.8 18,928 17,680 1,903 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.75 13.50 544 540 39.6 27,604 28,080 2,007 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.71 13.50 542 540 39.6 28,198 28,080 2,057 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.89 13.10 544 505 39.2 28,313 26,250 2,038 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.52 7.96 374 319 39.3 19,432 16,565 2,042 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.25 12.50 486 505 39.7 19,515 15,797 1,592 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.25 12.50 486 505 39.7 19,515 15,797 1,592 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.40 11.37 517 479 33.6 26,310 23,105 1,709 Sales and related occupations....................................... 27.70 21.62 1,100 854 39.7 56,974 44,403 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.58 24.04 955 962 40.5 48,745 49,999 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.60 18.26 768 729 41.3 39,934 37,900 2,147 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.91 12.19 541 458 38.9 27,991 23,739 2,013 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.09 11.01 432 424 38.9 21,455 20,058 1,934 Cashiers...................................................... 11.09 11.01 432 424 38.9 21,455 20,058 1,934 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.65 12.94 603 495 38.5 31,359 25,719 2,004 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.63 26.44 1,225 1,000 40.0 63,681 52,000 2,079 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 38.17 38.69 1,540 1,548 40.3 80,062 80,471 2,097 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 24.73 21.41 982 812 39.7 51,056 42,201 2,064 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.14 17.68 744 692 38.9 38,706 36,001 2,022 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 31.92 32.75 1,243 1,310 39.0 64,655 68,120 2,026 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.74 16.17 690 647 38.9 35,878 33,634 2,023 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.24 16.17 604 647 39.6 31,401 33,634 2,061 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.57 16.47 748 666 38.2 38,878 34,649 1,987 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 18.28 725 706 38.4 37,705 36,716 1,999 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.05 17.74 776 712 38.7 40,376 36,999 2,014 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.86 13.77 537 548 38.7 27,908 28,494 2,013 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 20.80 808 832 38.6 41,999 43,264 2,007 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.97 17.75 753 710 39.7 39,133 36,920 2,063 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.91 11.55 515 462 39.9 26,772 24,024 2,074 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.10 19.80 817 776 38.7 42,467 40,331 2,012 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.97 25.85 966 969 38.7 50,210 50,400 2,011 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.79 18.75 697 714 39.2 36,231 37,128 2,036 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.06 19.23 720 738 37.8 37,445 38,357 1,965 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.33 13.52 564 541 39.4 29,339 28,122 2,047 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.88 13.52 550 541 39.7 28,621 28,122 2,062 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 17.46 659 655 39.0 34,262 34,055 2,026 Office clerks, general............................................ 20.07 20.73 776 791 38.6 40,331 41,122 2,009 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.04 25.50 1,082 1,020 40.0 55,311 52,728 2,045 Carpenters........................................................ 29.53 32.92 1,181 1,317 40.0 61,417 68,465 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 27.91 1,258 1,116 40.0 62,621 58,049 1,991 Electricians...................................................... 24.55 23.50 982 940 40.0 51,060 48,880 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 27.76 29.57 1,107 1,183 39.9 57,572 61,506 2,074 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.76 29.57 1,107 1,183 39.9 57,572 61,506 2,074 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.53 22.73 943 909 40.1 48,754 47,278 2,072 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.87 20.00 795 800 40.0 41,327 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.85 21.68 874 867 40.0 45,453 45,094 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.75 17.98 750 719 40.0 38,994 37,398 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.92 25.33 1,037 1,013 40.0 53,915 52,686 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.26 14.65 645 584 39.7 33,543 30,389 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.46 26.20 1,072 1,048 39.0 55,741 54,500 2,030 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.62 14.61 625 584 40.0 32,491 30,389 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.79 17.63 671 705 40.0 34,915 36,670 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.45 16.61 594 616 38.5 30,908 32,032 2,000 Machinists........................................................ 23.30 22.60 932 904 40.0 48,472 47,008 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.77 13.50 631 540 40.0 32,811 28,080 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.88 12.55 555 502 40.0 28,872 26,104 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.49 14.67 603 560 38.9 31,214 28,410 2,015 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.53 19.87 749 782 40.4 38,915 40,664 2,100 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.57 19.95 841 798 40.9 43,700 41,496 2,125 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.48 18.73 684 749 39.1 35,558 38,958 2,034 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.45 12.20 495 488 39.8 25,727 25,376 2,067 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.51 12.75 499 510 39.9 25,950 26,520 2,074 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.77 11.00 425 440 39.5 22,108 22,880 2,053 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $29.64 $26.06 $1,112 $1,019 37.5 $51,322 $49,525 1,731 Management occupations.............................................. 42.31 42.71 1,642 1,647 38.8 82,214 85,292 1,943 Education administrators.......................................... 49.26 47.07 1,931 1,883 39.2 90,007 88,910 1,827 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.24 52.09 2,097 2,084 39.4 95,219 89,943 1,788 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.90 28.62 1,016 979 37.8 52,833 50,905 1,964 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.07 33.65 1,477 1,334 38.8 76,819 69,380 2,018 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.81 23.59 1,287 896 37.0 59,188 54,294 1,700 Community and social services occupations........................... 30.64 26.06 1,154 1,035 37.7 54,154 53,780 1,767 Counselors........................................................ 34.30 25.97 1,272 1,039 37.1 55,004 53,803 1,604 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 44.83 44.22 1,541 1,461 34.4 57,730 57,260 1,288 Social workers.................................................... 30.82 30.20 1,166 1,132 37.8 57,290 54,705 1,859 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.52 39.45 1,332 1,395 34.6 50,437 53,000 1,309 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.38 45.44 1,735 1,681 36.6 65,928 65,566 1,392 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.12 42.78 1,503 1,523 34.9 55,525 56,743 1,288 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.57 42.95 1,511 1,540 34.7 55,771 57,460 1,280 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.07 43.50 1,530 1,589 34.7 56,354 59,121 1,279 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 42.53 1,454 1,479 34.6 53,993 54,801 1,285 Secondary school teachers....................................... 41.39 41.74 1,458 1,462 35.2 54,102 54,455 1,307 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 41.39 41.74 1,458 1,462 35.2 54,102 54,455 1,307 Special education teachers...................................... 43.79 43.60 1,538 1,561 35.1 56,650 57,584 1,294 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................ 44.46 46.19 1,589 1,617 35.7 58,444 59,838 1,314 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.32 14.85 514 457 31.5 19,142 16,779 1,173 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.49 30.85 1,225 1,195 37.7 58,370 57,546 1,797 Registered nurses................................................. 36.20 32.77 1,345 1,311 37.2 62,099 64,168 1,716 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.76 25.62 1,040 1,034 40.4 54,085 53,781 2,099 Fire fighters..................................................... 24.01 21.58 1,061 1,017 44.2 55,159 52,870 2,297 Police officers................................................... 25.25 24.40 994 976 39.4 51,669 50,744 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.25 24.40 994 976 39.4 51,669 50,744 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.40 17.36 691 694 39.7 35,951 36,109 2,066 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.54 17.36 657 667 39.7 34,155 34,807 2,065 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.54 17.36 657 667 39.7 34,155 34,807 2,065 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 21.47 20.54 790 777 36.8 40,478 39,621 1,885 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.21 21.02 784 805 37.0 39,828 40,993 1,878 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.27 23.01 819 841 36.8 42,577 43,735 1,912 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.84 21.02 732 762 36.9 35,896 36,169 1,809 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.44 24.25 1,004 882 39.5 52,226 45,843 2,053 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.41 19.74 850 770 39.7 44,207 40,040 2,065 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.97 18.00 746 720 37.4 35,307 34,528 1,768 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $25.04 $20.98 $24.48 $32.65 Management, professional, and related...... 36.51 31.95 35.32 40.75 Management, business, and financial...... 42.24 37.97 41.13 47.09 Professional and related................. 33.23 27.52 32.49 37.56 Service.................................... 11.87 10.77 12.12 14.59 Sales and office........................... 20.17 17.90 22.97 21.48 Sales and related........................ 22.36 18.25 27.31 31.84 Office and administrative support........ 18.62 17.57 19.52 19.31 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 25.59 24.26 29.04 26.81 Construction and extraction............. 26.97 25.27 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 23.44 22.35 24.48 26.46 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.01 14.13 15.07 18.00 Production............................... 16.08 14.67 16.73 17.80 Transportation and material moving....... 14.05 13.78 13.13 18.29 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........................................................... 3.0 3.9 2.2 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.4 6.1 3.8 5.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.2 4.9 4.8 6.3 Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 7.0 4.7 5.6 Service............................................................. 2.4 6.1 3.7 3.9 Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 2.8 9.3 7.2 Sales and related................................................. 9.4 6.8 14.9 19.4 Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 4.1 7.0 2.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.5 2.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.1 6.3 4.1 4.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.6 7.6 7.0 11.8 Production........................................................ 5.6 10.2 2.6 15.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 3.8 8.9 11.3 18.6 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 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $23.13 $19.55 $917 $769 39.7 $46,947 $39,753 2,030 Management occupations.............................................. 43.14 37.14 1,760 1,538 40.8 91,020 80,001 2,110 General and operations managers................................... 55.81 57.69 2,297 2,308 41.2 119,447 119,999 2,140 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.72 52.89 2,215 2,096 39.8 115,203 108,999 2,068 Marketing managers.............................................. 47.46 36.54 1,919 1,470 40.4 99,779 76,452 2,102 Financial managers................................................ 38.48 31.45 1,608 1,415 41.8 83,592 73,600 2,172 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.18 26.44 1,278 1,075 41.0 62,317 52,000 1,999 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.49 25.51 1,144 1,075 41.6 59,499 55,877 2,164 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.64 46.68 1,707 1,867 41.0 88,747 97,096 2,131 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.34 51.28 2,071 2,149 42.0 107,703 111,767 2,183 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.33 46.68 1,702 1,867 41.2 88,502 97,096 2,141 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.95 26.05 1,101 1,042 40.9 57,266 54,184 2,125 Engineers......................................................... 33.76 28.78 1,409 1,151 41.7 73,285 59,858 2,170 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.31 24.04 1,292 962 40.0 67,198 49,999 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.75 15.97 636 616 38.0 31,999 30,911 1,910 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.14 14.81 621 578 38.4 28,632 23,759 1,774 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.35 14.81 562 578 39.1 26,212 23,681 1,826 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.70 14.81 538 578 39.3 25,212 23,681 1,841 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.70 14.81 538 578 39.3 25,212 23,681 1,841 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.46 22.96 1,018 918 40.0 52,955 47,751 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.24 20.64 942 874 38.9 48,967 45,427 2,020 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.85 13.82 574 522 38.6 29,843 27,164 2,009 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.74 10.90 410 385 38.2 20,693 19,344 1,926 Cooks............................................................. 12.94 14.00 507 560 39.2 26,374 29,120 2,038 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.13 2.93 142 103 34.5 6,618 5,333 1,601 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.73 10.35 410 414 38.2 21,297 21,528 1,984 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.75 21.25 868 836 39.9 45,150 43,482 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.09 19.44 824 729 41.0 42,826 37,900 2,132 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.83 11.41 545 440 39.4 28,346 22,881 2,050 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.21 12.72 632 480 39.0 32,844 24,960 2,026 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 26.67 25.00 1,065 1,000 39.9 55,379 52,000 2,077 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 31.96 32.55 1,278 1,302 40.0 66,481 67,700 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 22.49 21.41 897 812 39.9 46,654 42,201 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.88 16.39 699 647 39.1 36,361 33,634 2,033 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.26 15.26 677 610 39.2 35,198 31,745 2,039 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.45 14.13 752 565 38.7 39,103 29,380 2,010 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.29 15.39 677 615 39.1 35,183 32,001 2,035 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.87 13.56 533 542 38.4 27,710 28,201 1,998 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 19.58 16.00 772 640 39.4 40,155 33,280 2,051 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.04 19.11 823 764 39.1 42,784 39,753 2,033 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 25.01 26.05 960 1,042 38.4 49,915 54,180 1,996 Office clerks, general............................................ 20.27 21.50 795 860 39.2 41,315 44,720 2,038 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.32 24.04 1,013 961 40.0 51,525 49,993 2,035 Carpenters........................................................ 29.56 32.92 1,183 1,317 40.0 61,495 68,465 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 31.45 27.91 1,258 1,116 40.0 62,621 58,049 1,991 Electricians...................................................... 21.99 21.50 879 860 40.0 45,731 44,720 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.38 22.00 899 880 40.2 46,289 45,760 2,068 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.74 17.98 670 719 40.0 34,828 37,398 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.87 12.50 586 500 39.4 30,490 26,000 2,050 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.21 13.85 587 519 38.6 30,346 26,728 1,995 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.13 19.55 741 782 40.9 38,552 40,664 2,126 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 19.95 852 798 41.4 44,298 41,496 2,152 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.89 12.96 512 518 39.8 26,638 26,955 2,067 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.19 13.50 567 540 40.0 29,508 28,080 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $30.48 $25.64 $1,197 $972 39.3 $61,842 $50,400 2,029 Management occupations.............................................. 53.54 49.49 2,117 1,962 39.5 110,061 102,000 2,056 General and operations managers................................... 59.21 43.20 2,180 1,486 36.8 113,370 77,251 1,915 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 58.78 54.95 2,339 2,249 39.8 121,642 116,971 2,070 Marketing managers.............................................. 63.57 62.42 2,527 2,497 39.7 131,388 129,842 2,067 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.21 49.72 2,157 1,989 39.1 112,162 103,418 2,032 Financial managers................................................ 57.29 59.46 2,334 2,404 40.7 121,381 125,000 2,119 Education administrators.......................................... 44.43 38.33 1,582 1,544 35.6 82,283 80,284 1,852 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 44.43 38.33 1,582 1,544 35.6 82,283 80,284 1,852 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.46 52.09 2,491 2,157 41.9 129,523 112,176 2,178 Medical and health services managers.............................. 50.36 42.15 2,133 1,512 42.4 110,915 78,624 2,202 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.15 29.35 1,417 1,174 40.3 73,682 61,038 2,096 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 38.59 43.63 1,603 1,530 41.5 83,362 79,543 2,160 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 42.24 45.56 1,783 1,745 42.2 92,706 90,750 2,195 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.17 26.05 1,003 977 38.3 52,136 50,799 1,992 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.89 26.92 1,030 1,062 38.3 53,568 55,201 1,992 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.75 29.23 1,244 1,169 40.4 64,683 60,803 2,103 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.74 29.23 1,242 1,169 41.8 64,580 60,803 2,172 Training and development specialists............................ 30.07 25.50 1,195 923 39.7 62,131 47,999 2,066 Management analysts............................................... 46.93 36.54 1,814 1,510 38.7 94,330 78,537 2,010 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.04 21.24 868 770 37.7 45,122 40,039 1,958 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 45.90 34.09 1,993 1,446 43.4 103,644 75,196 2,258 Financial analysts.............................................. 46.25 31.23 2,037 1,249 44.0 105,905 64,963 2,290 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.79 39.06 1,583 1,550 39.8 82,319 80,600 2,069 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.24 43.25 1,787 1,731 40.4 92,910 90,000 2,100 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.89 35.43 1,687 1,469 41.2 87,705 76,399 2,145 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.18 45.88 1,843 1,833 39.9 95,830 95,326 2,075 Computer support specialists...................................... 34.12 34.24 1,349 1,284 39.5 70,135 66,774 2,056 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.49 37.33 1,437 1,416 39.4 74,701 73,621 2,047 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 42.02 43.71 1,706 1,749 40.6 88,694 90,923 2,111 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.25 40.11 1,570 1,674 41.1 81,661 87,027 2,135 Engineers......................................................... 41.76 42.02 1,720 1,720 41.2 89,436 89,440 2,142 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.47 42.80 1,747 1,792 41.1 90,866 93,176 2,140 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.91 37.93 1,676 1,517 40.0 87,176 78,901 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 42.64 43.87 1,771 1,813 41.5 92,102 94,259 2,160 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.96 38.20 1,549 1,551 41.9 80,524 80,642 2,179 Drafters.......................................................... 30.65 27.72 1,191 1,039 38.9 61,957 54,048 2,022 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.54 22.99 982 919 40.0 51,046 47,813 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.98 22.79 959 912 40.0 49,885 47,403 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.03 25.19 1,213 1,025 39.1 62,702 53,290 2,021 Market and survey researchers..................................... 52.06 45.10 2,116 1,950 40.6 110,032 101,390 2,113 Market research analysts........................................ 52.06 45.10 2,116 1,950 40.6 110,032 101,390 2,113 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.42 17.94 713 695 38.7 35,942 36,116 1,951 Counselors........................................................ 17.08 17.21 655 688 38.3 32,748 32,000 1,917 Legal occupations................................................... 61.70 69.97 2,345 2,767 38.0 121,948 143,892 1,976 Lawyers........................................................... 86.61 81.38 3,411 3,255 39.4 177,353 169,279 2,048 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 46.84 43.57 1,843 1,678 39.3 82,366 74,984 1,758 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.91 49.59 2,130 2,015 39.5 92,767 86,348 1,721 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 53.30 49.20 1,941 1,722 36.4 75,467 72,864 1,416 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 49.89 46.23 1,885 1,751 37.8 76,430 69,999 1,532 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 35.21 33.79 1,348 1,274 38.3 69,900 66,248 1,985 Writers and editors............................................... 40.03 36.40 1,491 1,274 37.2 77,519 66,248 1,936 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.72 26.02 1,054 960 38.0 54,767 49,920 1,976 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 32.84 27.41 1,327 1,096 40.4 68,988 57,013 2,101 Registered nurses................................................. 36.62 32.70 1,320 1,215 36.0 68,624 63,190 1,874 Therapists........................................................ 30.01 30.17 1,200 1,207 40.0 62,420 62,754 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.70 16.57 743 663 39.7 38,625 34,466 2,066 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.72 17.11 658 676 39.4 34,242 35,131 2,047 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.03 16.34 716 653 39.7 36,659 33,981 2,033 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.05 16.24 620 650 38.7 32,265 33,779 2,010 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.43 14.16 566 556 39.2 29,387 28,933 2,036 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.84 13.26 539 528 38.9 28,010 27,477 2,024 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.64 13.00 529 518 38.8 27,522 26,957 2,017 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.20 15.27 608 611 40.0 31,406 31,751 2,066 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.17 15.76 687 630 40.0 35,717 32,785 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.81 15.13 632 605 40.0 32,883 31,470 2,080 Security guards................................................. 15.81 15.13 632 605 40.0 32,883 31,470 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.39 12.66 515 494 38.5 25,666 24,644 1,917 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 17.96 19.08 711 763 39.6 33,942 37,294 1,889 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.46 12.65 528 505 39.2 27,460 26,250 2,040 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.94 12.65 507 500 39.2 26,353 26,000 2,036 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.04 13.10 549 506 39.1 28,569 26,312 2,034 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.52 7.96 374 319 39.3 19,432 16,565 2,042 Personal care and service occupations............................... 19.70 13.25 597 534 30.3 29,848 27,178 1,515 Sales and related occupations....................................... 36.24 23.10 1,430 865 39.4 73,587 44,976 2,030 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.04 12.40 535 488 38.1 27,418 25,168 1,953 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.03 11.40 425 434 38.5 20,743 20,220 1,880 Cashiers...................................................... 11.03 11.40 425 434 38.5 20,743 20,220 1,880 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.96 13.00 569 495 38.0 29,567 25,719 1,976 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.29 31.80 1,413 1,200 40.0 73,452 62,400 2,081 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 45.52 52.23 1,854 2,089 40.7 96,432 108,630 2,118 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.02 18.85 776 728 38.7 40,329 37,831 2,014 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.55 18.00 712 666 38.4 37,019 34,649 1,996 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.57 16.04 612 642 39.3 31,833 33,361 2,045 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.80 18.00 740 666 37.4 38,463 34,649 1,943 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.87 18.28 725 706 38.4 37,705 36,716 1,999 Customer service representatives.................................. 20.81 19.22 804 759 38.6 41,794 39,458 2,008 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.86 14.05 541 562 39.0 28,148 29,222 2,030 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.93 20.80 808 832 38.6 41,999 43,264 2,007 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 18.18 17.75 727 710 40.0 37,824 36,920 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.05 14.19 598 568 39.7 31,097 29,515 2,066 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.15 20.51 812 792 38.4 42,249 41,184 1,998 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.94 25.50 969 969 38.8 50,382 50,400 2,020 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.85 16.00 658 631 39.0 34,213 32,808 2,030 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.84 18.66 700 692 37.1 36,395 36,001 1,932 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.72 16.60 658 643 39.3 34,212 33,446 2,046 Office clerks, general............................................ 19.87 19.08 757 763 38.1 39,368 39,693 1,981 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.31 33.05 1,292 1,322 40.0 67,154 68,748 2,078 Electricians...................................................... 33.28 38.57 1,331 1,543 40.0 69,228 80,226 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 27.76 29.57 1,107 1,183 39.9 57,572 61,506 2,074 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.76 29.57 1,107 1,183 39.9 57,572 61,506 2,074 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.15 25.33 1,005 1,013 40.0 52,266 52,686 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.84 22.73 914 909 40.0 47,512 47,278 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.29 21.68 892 867 40.0 46,366 45,094 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.16 15.83 684 633 39.8 35,549 32,916 2,072 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.06 14.61 643 584 40.0 33,411 30,389 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.74 18.02 710 721 40.0 36,899 37,482 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.38 25.81 975 1,032 40.0 50,707 53,685 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.84 20.30 754 812 40.0 39,192 42,224 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.45 12.55 538 502 40.0 27,980 26,104 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 15.40 621 616 39.2 32,268 32,032 2,039 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.38 20.05 764 795 39.4 39,663 41,330 2,047 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.99 11.93 477 474 39.7 24,786 24,661 2,067 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... $26.99 $24.65 $30.01 $25.12 $25.09 $26.14 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.31 38.00 37.06 36.29 36.45 32.73 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.71 – 39.81 41.99 42.27 37.31 Professional and related.......................................... 37.21 38.23 36.82 32.76 32.93 28.34 Service............................................................. 19.98 14.04 23.55 11.91 11.66 18.49 Sales and office.................................................... 19.97 19.45 21.66 20.17 20.25 17.91 Sales and related................................................. – – – 23.04 23.27 – Office and administrative support................................. 22.94 23.57 21.52 18.10 18.02 19.76 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30.70 31.95 23.26 22.40 22.30 – Construction and extraction...................................... 32.40 33.45 24.29 22.77 22.56 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.25 27.47 21.80 22.13 22.18 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.02 17.55 20.28 14.49 14.49 – Production........................................................ 18.18 18.01 – 15.54 15.56 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.87 16.89 19.97 13.62 13.62 – 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........................................................... 2.3 3.7 1.7 3.4 3.5 9.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.3 5.8 2.4 3.4 3.5 8.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.8 – 11.3 3.0 3.2 5.7 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 6.2 2.0 4.1 4.3 11.5 Service............................................................. 3.4 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.9 10.8 Sales and office.................................................... 9.5 12.5 4.1 4.9 5.1 10.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 8.5 8.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.9 6.1 4.1 2.6 2.7 7.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.2 2.3 5.1 3.6 3.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.4 2.1 7.9 5.0 5.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.5 4.9 8.6 4.5 4.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.5 8.6 8.6 4.8 4.9 – Production........................................................ 11.2 11.9 – 5.9 5.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.5 17.6 8.7 5.3 5.3 – 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.13 $24.69 $32.14 $32.14 Management, professional, and related............................... 36.33 36.42 41.39 41.39 Management, business, and financial............................... 41.94 42.28 41.39 41.39 Professional and related.......................................... 33.54 33.23 – – Service............................................................. 13.49 11.83 – – Sales and office.................................................... 18.24 18.14 37.55 37.55 Sales and related................................................. 17.20 17.30 38.70 38.70 Office and administrative support................................. 18.77 18.60 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.51 25.64 24.62 24.62 Construction and extraction...................................... – 26.85 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.38 23.56 22.44 22.44 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.11 14.92 16.16 16.16 Production........................................................ 16.23 16.21 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.10 13.69 17.33 17.33 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.7 3.0 8.6 8.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.0 3.5 12.7 12.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.0 3.2 12.7 12.7 Professional and related.......................................... 3.4 4.0 – – Service............................................................. 2.4 2.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.7 3.9 9.9 9.9 Sales and related................................................. 9.5 9.7 12.0 12.0 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.9 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.3 2.4 14.5 14.5 Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.7 2.8 15.2 15.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 5.0 13.9 13.9 Production........................................................ 5.4 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.8 5.0 19.2 19.2 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 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........................................................... - $27.85 $20.14 - - - $23.85 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 39.81 37.50 - - - 29.79 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 41.50 43.85 - - - 38.80 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 38.87 29.95 - - - 28.21 - - Service............................................................. - – 14.63 - - - 13.90 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 23.18 16.21 - - - 18.52 - - Sales and related................................................. - 39.31 16.02 - - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 18.35 16.66 - - - 18.41 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 21.59 25.24 - - - 24.92 - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 21.14 24.76 - - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 16.57 15.73 - - - 12.14 - - Production........................................................ - 16.77 19.28 - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 15.39 15.00 - - - 13.32 - - 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........................................................... - 7.5 11.4 - - - 1.6 - - Management, professional, and related............................... - 2.7 12.4 - - - 6.2 - - Management, business, and financial............................... - 3.7 5.6 - - - 2.8 - - Professional and related.......................................... - 2.4 16.4 - - - 6.3 - - Service............................................................. - – 5.1 - - - 2.2 - - Sales and office.................................................... - 8.0 13.2 - - - 3.8 - - Sales and related................................................. - 3.2 16.2 - - - – - - Office and administrative support................................. - 2.8 9.4 - - - 3.5 - - Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 5.2 7.1 - - - 4.3 - - Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 3.5 7.2 - - - – - - Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 1.2 8.0 - - - 2.4 - - Production........................................................ - 3.1 18.0 - - - – - - Transportation and material moving................................ - 13.1 5.3 - - - 4.8 - - 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,955,100 2,625,600 329,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 1,117,400 935,100 182,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 340,600 311,800 28,800 Professional and related.......................................... 776,800 623,300 153,500 Service............................................................. 577,100 502,200 74,900 Sales and office.................................................... 691,500 647,900 43,700 Sales and related................................................. 291,500 283,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 400,000 364,400 35,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 217,200 201,900 15,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 136,900 127,400 9,500 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 78,100 72,300 5,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 351,900 338,500 13,400 Production........................................................ 142,300 140,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 209,600 197,800 11,900 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, Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA, October 2007 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 140,030 135,868 4,162 Total in sample....................................................... 892 812 80 Responding........................................................ 528 453 75 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 225 220 5 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 139 139 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.