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Workers in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City Combined Statistical Area earned an average of $23.18 per hour in October 2008, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Jay A. Mousa noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $32.84 for business and financial operations occupations and $24.94 for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. Another group, healthcare support occupations, had a mean hourly wage rate of $12.70. The NCS data available for the Chicago area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Loan officers, part of the business and financial operations occupational group, earned $45.13 per hour. Within the installation, maintenance, and repair group, industrial machinery mechanics averaged $23.74 per hour. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, an occupation within the healthcare support occupational group, earned $12.73 per hour. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from the NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $24.94 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $12.94. Union workers earned $27.33 and non-union workers, $22.12. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $20.70 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $21.24, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $28.17.
The occupational wage data available from the NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
The NCS data provided here covered 1,127 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 4,288,400 workers in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which is comprised of Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties in Illinois; Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Indiana; and Kenosha County in Wisconsin.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI National Compensation Survey October 2008. The bulletin is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For additional information, please contact the Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Information Office in Chicago at (312) 353-1880 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT.
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Bulletin tables - PDF format
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| Occupation (3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$23.18 | 1.9 | $24.94 | 1.9 | $12.94 | 3.0 |
Management occupations |
47.33 | 7.2 | 47.40 | 7.2 | – | – |
Chief executives |
143.21 | 15.4 | 143.21 | 15.4 | – | – |
General and operations managers |
51.28 | 24.2 | 51.28 | 24.2 | – | – |
Marketing and sales managers |
46.26 | 4.3 | 46.26 | 4.3 | – | – |
Marketing managers |
44.40 | 7.6 | 44.40 | 7.6 | – | – |
Sales managers |
49.33 | 9.9 | 49.33 | 9.9 | – | – |
Public relations managers |
37.87 | 11.9 | 37.87 | 11.9 | – | – |
Administrative services managers |
35.41 | 10.8 | 35.41 | 10.8 | – | – |
Computer and information systems managers |
59.39 | 10.5 | 59.39 | 10.5 | – | – |
Financial managers |
43.70 | 7.6 | 44.07 | 7.6 | – | – |
Human resources managers |
32.90 | 22.7 | 32.90 | 22.7 | – | – |
Industrial production managers |
52.22 | 18.6 | 52.22 | 18.6 | – | – |
Education administrators |
50.97 | 7.0 | 50.97 | 7.0 | – | – |
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
54.91 | 10.1 | 54.91 | 10.1 | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
32.84 | 3.8 | 33.13 | 4.1 | 29.99 | 5.4 |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
33.81 | 14.9 | 33.81 | 14.9 | – | – |
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
38.67 | 16.1 | 38.67 | 16.1 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators |
26.34 | 14.2 | 26.34 | 14.2 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
26.34 | 14.2 | 26.34 | 14.2 | – | – |
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists |
30.47 | 4.6 | 30.47 | 4.6 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
31.72 | 3.5 | 31.82 | 3.8 | 31.29 | 6.4 |
Financial analysts and advisors |
34.64 | 13.7 | 34.15 | 13.2 | – | – |
Financial analysts |
34.06 | 23.5 | 33.16 | 24.4 | – | – |
Insurance underwriters |
40.49 | 9.7 | 40.49 | 9.7 | – | – |
Loan counselors and officers |
45.13 | 2.7 | 46.23 | 9.4 | – | – |
Loan officers |
45.13 | 2.7 | 46.23 | 9.4 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
34.78 | 3.4 | 34.78 | 3.4 | – | – |
Computer programmers |
34.27 | 4.7 | 34.27 | 4.7 | – | – |
Computer software engineers |
37.18 | 2.7 | 37.18 | 2.7 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, applications |
35.20 | 4.7 | 35.20 | 4.7 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, systems software |
39.25 | 2.5 | 39.25 | 2.5 | – | – |
Computer support specialists |
25.59 | 5.8 | 25.59 | 5.8 | – | – |
Computer systems analysts |
38.31 | 5.4 | 38.31 | 5.4 | – | – |
Network and computer systems administrators |
31.91 | 9.4 | 31.91 | 9.4 | – | – |
Network systems and data communications analysts |
31.92 | 5.7 | 31.92 | 5.7 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
32.36 | 5.3 | 32.36 | 5.3 | – | – |
Engineers |
39.34 | 6.7 | 39.34 | 6.7 | – | – |
Civil engineers |
34.48 | 12.3 | 34.48 | 12.3 | – | – |
Electrical and electronics engineers |
50.38 | 17.0 | 50.38 | 17.0 | – | – |
Mechanical engineers |
33.60 | 14.0 | 33.60 | 14.0 | – | – |
Drafters |
21.72 | 8.1 | 21.72 | 8.1 | – | – |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
28.26 | 9.7 | 28.26 | 9.7 | – | – |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
31.51 | 11.7 | 31.20 | 13.0 | – | – |
Life scientists |
41.51 | 27.1 | 41.51 | 27.1 | – | – |
Biological scientists |
31.05 | 20.2 | 31.05 | 20.2 | – | – |
Physical scientists |
40.79 | 13.4 | 40.79 | 13.4 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
21.75 | 9.4 | 22.24 | 10.1 | 18.36 | 9.0 |
Counselors |
27.52 | 16.5 | 29.46 | 17.4 | – | – |
Social workers |
22.74 | 6.5 | 22.58 | 6.1 | – | – |
Child, family, and school social workers |
24.67 | 9.2 | 24.48 | 8.9 | – | – |
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists |
19.18 | 16.6 | 19.86 | 20.5 | – | – |
Legal occupations |
50.27 | 6.2 | 50.15 | 6.8 | – | – |
Lawyers |
52.31 | 9.4 | 52.31 | 9.4 | – | – |
Education, training, and library occupations |
34.67 | 14.6 | 39.63 | 8.1 | – | – |
Postsecondary teachers |
62.70 | 11.0 | 63.84 | 10.8 | 35.42 | 10.0 |
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary |
82.54 | 13.4 | 82.54 | 13.4 | – | – |
Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
82.54 | 13.4 | 82.54 | 13.4 | – | – |
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary |
55.84 | 15.4 | 55.84 | 15.4 | – | – |
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary |
41.62 | 4.2 | 42.30 | 4.6 | – | – |
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers |
42.86 | 8.0 | 43.36 | 8.0 | – | – |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
42.19 | 5.0 | 44.00 | 3.5 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
45.02 | 2.5 | 45.88 | 2.0 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
45.17 | 2.6 | 46.17 | 2.0 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
44.12 | 2.4 | 44.12 | 2.4 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
42.38 | 8.9 | 42.64 | 8.8 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
42.38 | 8.9 | 42.64 | 8.8 | – | – |
Special education teachers |
40.73 | 8.8 | 40.73 | 8.8 | – | – |
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
39.04 | 12.0 | 39.04 | 12.0 | – | – |
Special education teachers, secondary school |
41.35 | 9.3 | 41.35 | 9.3 | – | – |
Other teachers and instructors |
31.36 | 20.7 | 38.41 | 19.6 | – | – |
Librarians |
46.97 | 18.7 | 48.50 | 20.0 | – | – |
Teacher assistants |
11.72 | 7.1 | 12.34 | 7.3 | – | – |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
24.53 | 4.5 | 25.42 | 4.4 | 11.78 | 14.8 |
Designers |
22.61 | 6.7 | 23.18 | 7.5 | – | – |
Graphic designers |
24.15 | 6.5 | 24.15 | 6.5 | – | – |
Writers and editors |
26.83 | 7.4 | 26.83 | 7.4 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
30.95 | 2.6 | 31.60 | 2.4 | 28.09 | 6.3 |
Pharmacists |
52.36 | 1.6 | 52.36 | 1.6 | – | – |
Physicians and surgeons |
72.09 | 26.6 | 72.09 | 26.6 | – | – |
Registered nurses |
32.77 | 1.6 | 32.54 | 1.9 | 33.52 | 2.5 |
Therapists |
31.11 | 9.8 | 31.94 | 9.7 | 25.22 | 7.0 |
Respiratory therapists |
24.82 | 3.9 | – | – | – | – |
Speech-language pathologists |
34.91 | 24.6 | 34.91 | 24.6 | – | – |
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians |
20.20 | 2.6 | 20.61 | 2.0 | – | – |
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
19.40 | 1.6 | 19.77 | 3.8 | – | – |
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians |
34.92 | 9.8 | 38.47 | 5.1 | 13.94 | 11.7 |
Radiologic technologists and technicians |
31.10 | 5.0 | 31.56 | 5.0 | – | – |
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
16.06 | 16.8 | – | – | – | – |
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians |
17.74 | 5.8 | 17.75 | 11.2 | – | – |
Pharmacy technicians |
15.58 | 7.5 | – | – | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
23.10 | 4.8 | 22.98 | 6.5 | – | – |
Medical records and health information technicians |
18.38 | 13.4 | 19.14 | 13.4 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
12.70 | 3.7 | 12.82 | 5.5 | 12.22 | 4.7 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
12.63 | 3.8 | 12.75 | 4.5 | 11.80 | 3.8 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
12.73 | 3.1 | 12.85 | 3.6 | 11.92 | 3.5 |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
12.88 | 4.7 | 13.17 | 12.9 | 12.50 | 8.8 |
Medical assistants |
17.23 | 5.5 | – | – | – | – |
Protective service occupations |
19.90 | 5.0 | 20.54 | 5.4 | 11.46 | 8.7 |
Fire fighters |
24.15 | 2.1 | 25.89 | 4.9 | – | – |
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers |
22.74 | 6.8 | 22.74 | 6.8 | – | – |
Correctional officers and jailers |
22.51 | 7.9 | 22.51 | 7.9 | – | – |
Police officers |
30.56 | 3.2 | 30.68 | 3.3 | – | – |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
30.56 | 3.2 | 30.68 | 3.3 | – | – |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers |
10.52 | 5.3 | 10.54 | 5.5 | – | – |
Security guards |
10.52 | 5.3 | 10.54 | 5.5 | – | – |
Miscellaneous protective service workers |
12.27 | 9.3 | – | – | 10.65 | 8.5 |
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
9.78 | 10.4 | – | – | 9.78 | 10.4 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
9.26 | 5.7 | 11.09 | 3.3 | 7.38 | 3.3 |
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers |
16.43 | 4.0 | 16.62 | 2.8 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
16.55 | 3.5 | 16.79 | 2.5 | – | – |
Cooks |
11.62 | 3.8 | 12.09 | 4.3 | 10.36 | 5.2 |
Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
13.34 | 13.3 | 15.66 | 9.8 | 9.33 | 4.5 |
Cooks, restaurant |
11.89 | 1.9 | 12.22 | 0.6 | 10.90 | 8.8 |
Food preparation workers |
10.46 | 7.3 | 10.79 | 10.6 | – | – |
Food service, tipped |
6.43 | 4.0 | 7.38 | 11.9 | 5.99 | 6.6 |
Bartenders |
7.46 | 9.5 | – | – | – | – |
Waiters and waitresses |
5.58 | 3.4 | 5.41 | 6.5 | 5.63 | 5.9 |
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
7.94 | 3.5 | 9.51 | 12.2 | 6.54 | 18.1 |
Fast food and counter workers |
8.88 | 2.7 | 9.81 | 7.2 | 8.30 | 2.2 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
8.65 | 4.1 | 9.46 | 8.9 | 8.27 | 3.4 |
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
9.82 | 7.1 | – | – | – | – |
Food servers, nonrestaurant |
10.65 | 14.0 | – | – | 8.54 | 16.7 |
Dishwashers |
10.19 | 6.7 | 10.45 | 10.0 | – | – |
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
9.21 | 18.7 | – | – | 7.59 | 9.6 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
12.64 | 2.5 | 13.00 | 2.0 | 9.65 | 5.6 |
Building cleaning workers |
12.36 | 2.1 | 12.61 | 1.6 | 9.42 | 5.7 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
12.48 | 3.1 | 12.84 | 2.4 | 9.38 | 5.7 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
12.11 | 2.1 | 12.13 | 2.2 | – | – |
Grounds maintenance workers |
11.40 | 5.7 | 12.88 | 7.8 | 9.07 | 3.0 |
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
10.98 | 6.9 | – | – | 9.07 | 3.0 |
Personal care and service occupations |
13.26 | 5.5 | 15.43 | 7.8 | 9.54 | 4.8 |
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers |
8.42 | 3.6 | – | – | 8.42 | 3.6 |
Child care workers |
9.47 | 3.7 | – | – | 8.43 | 7.9 |
Recreation and fitness workers |
13.53 | 21.6 | – | – | 9.84 | 13.3 |
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
14.18 | 25.7 | – | – | 14.18 | 25.7 |
Recreation workers |
13.42 | 23.2 | – | – | 8.41 | 12.5 |
Sales and related occupations |
25.26 | 10.7 | 30.22 | 13.1 | 9.95 | 4.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
24.70 | 4.5 | 25.36 | 5.3 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
18.52 | 3.0 | 19.07 | 2.0 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
43.70 | 10.2 | 43.70 | 10.2 | – | – |
Retail sales workers |
12.32 | 5.8 | 14.53 | 5.4 | 9.64 | 3.7 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.76 | 2.3 | 10.69 | 6.1 | 9.06 | 3.0 |
Cashiers |
9.76 | 2.3 | 10.69 | 6.1 | 9.06 | 3.0 |
Retail salespersons |
15.43 | 6.4 | 17.30 | 4.4 | 11.05 | 6.8 |
Insurance sales agents |
25.73 | 10.4 | 25.73 | 10.4 | – | – |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
85.79 | 38.3 | 88.43 | 39.2 | – | – |
Travel agents |
22.17 | 8.9 | 22.17 | 8.9 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing |
53.54 | 42.3 | 53.54 | 42.3 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
96.87 | 27.0 | 96.87 | 27.0 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
29.83 | 13.2 | 29.83 | 13.2 | – | – |
Miscellaneous sales and related workers |
13.83 | 18.0 | – | – | – | – |
Office and administrative support occupations |
17.42 | 2.1 | 17.98 | 2.2 | 13.88 | 4.0 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
22.20 | 5.9 | 22.20 | 5.9 | – | – |
Financial clerks |
16.84 | 5.2 | 17.43 | 4.7 | 11.86 | 4.5 |
Bill and account collectors |
15.71 | 10.8 | 16.81 | 7.9 | – | – |
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
21.97 | 10.5 | 22.12 | 11.1 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
18.61 | 5.6 | 19.09 | 4.6 | 13.09 | 8.2 |
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
21.97 | 8.6 | 21.97 | 8.6 | – | – |
Tellers |
11.86 | 5.1 | 12.16 | 5.2 | 10.42 | 3.1 |
Customer service representatives |
18.52 | 5.1 | 19.35 | 4.8 | 12.60 | 11.4 |
File clerks |
12.44 | 10.7 | – | – | – | – |
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
15.06 | 4.9 | – | – | – | – |
Library assistants, clerical |
14.10 | 5.5 | 15.62 | 6.3 | 12.13 | 6.2 |
Loan interviewers and clerks |
18.69 | 0.0 | 18.69 | 0.0 | – | – |
Order clerks |
18.06 | 7.6 | 16.67 | 3.0 | – | – |
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
19.95 | 8.8 | 19.73 | 8.9 | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
13.53 | 4.3 | 14.18 | 5.1 | 11.45 | 4.0 |
Dispatchers |
22.93 | 3.4 | 22.93 | 3.4 | – | – |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
14.08 | 6.2 | 14.27 | 7.0 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
13.80 | 8.2 | 15.39 | 5.8 | 8.61 | 4.1 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
21.40 | 2.1 | 21.47 | 2.2 | 20.29 | 7.6 |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
22.06 | 3.0 | 22.26 | 3.0 | 19.24 | 6.3 |
Legal secretaries |
25.42 | 8.5 | 25.47 | 10.1 | – | – |
Medical secretaries |
21.10 | 7.2 | 21.30 | 6.4 | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
18.12 | 2.7 | 18.02 | 3.0 | – | – |
Data entry and information processing workers |
15.96 | 11.2 | 15.57 | 11.0 | 17.65 | 12.6 |
Data entry keyers |
16.15 | 13.2 | 15.55 | 13.0 | – | – |
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
17.17 | 15.6 | 17.22 | 15.9 | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
16.20 | 5.8 | 16.74 | 6.9 | 14.42 | 5.4 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
31.08 | 4.0 | 31.05 | 4.4 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
41.26 | 5.0 | 41.26 | 5.0 | – | – |
Carpenters |
31.86 | 4.4 | 31.86 | 4.4 | – | – |
Construction laborers |
27.58 | 5.1 | 26.73 | 9.1 | – | – |
Electricians |
34.00 | 1.7 | 34.00 | 1.7 | – | – |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
31.00 | 12.4 | 31.00 | 12.4 | – | – |
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
31.00 | 12.4 | 31.00 | 12.4 | – | – |
Highway maintenance workers |
27.62 | 4.2 | 27.62 | 4.2 | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
24.94 | 3.7 | 25.10 | 3.5 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
28.27 | 8.6 | 28.27 | 8.6 | – | – |
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers |
21.53 | 7.6 | 21.53 | 7.6 | – | – |
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
21.53 | 7.6 | 21.53 | 7.6 | – | – |
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repaires |
25.92 | 6.2 | 25.92 | 6.2 | – | – |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
25.35 | 33.5 | 25.35 | 33.5 | – | – |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
30.90 | 9.5 | 30.90 | 9.5 | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
25.43 | 7.7 | 25.43 | 7.7 | – | – |
Industrial machinery mechanics |
23.74 | 5.2 | 23.74 | 5.2 | – | – |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
23.74 | 3.0 | 23.74 | 3.0 | – | – |
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
17.18 | 7.7 | 17.70 | 8.1 | – | – |
Production occupations |
15.64 | 2.9 | 15.97 | 3.0 | 9.90 | 9.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
26.90 | 7.9 | 26.90 | 7.9 | – | – |
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers |
14.57 | 22.2 | 14.57 | 22.2 | – | – |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
14.40 | 15.0 | 15.58 | 19.1 | – | – |
Team assemblers |
16.21 | 17.0 | 16.21 | 17.0 | – | – |
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
13.37 | 7.1 | 13.37 | 7.1 | – | – |
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
13.82 | 8.3 | 13.82 | 8.3 | – | – |
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
10.81 | 24.2 | 10.81 | 24.2 | – | – |
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
10.31 | 21.8 | 10.31 | 21.8 | – | – |
Tool and die makers |
25.01 | 16.8 | 25.01 | 16.8 | – | – |
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers |
16.40 | 7.6 | 16.40 | 7.6 | – | – |
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
15.18 | 5.4 | 15.18 | 5.4 | – | – |
Printers |
19.11 | 20.3 | 19.11 | 20.3 | – | – |
Printing machine operators |
18.75 | 25.6 | 18.75 | 25.6 | – | – |
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
11.06 | 6.0 | 11.06 | 6.0 | – | – |
Cutting workers |
14.17 | 17.3 | 13.09 | 20.7 | – | – |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
16.48 | 19.2 | 16.48 | 19.2 | – | – |
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
14.91 | 11.5 | 14.91 | 11.5 | – | – |
Miscellaneous production workers |
11.04 | 6.0 | 11.59 | 11.6 | – | – |
Helpers--production workers |
9.21 | 10.3 | – | – | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
16.63 | 2.8 | 17.90 | 2.7 | 10.60 | 8.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
21.20 | 11.0 | 25.65 | 8.1 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operations |
28.04 | 3.3 | 28.04 | 3.3 | – | – |
Bus drivers |
22.93 | 5.9 | 25.14 | 2.7 | 17.01 | 7.9 |
Bus drivers, school |
18.07 | 12.1 | – | – | – | – |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
19.69 | 7.6 | 20.16 | 7.3 | 12.77 | 14.7 |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
20.70 | 6.2 | 20.79 | 6.3 | – | – |
Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
17.30 | 20.4 | 18.42 | 19.6 | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
14.23 | 4.1 | 14.56 | 3.5 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
11.22 | 4.2 | 12.03 | 6.2 | 9.17 | 5.8 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
11.97 | 5.3 | 13.39 | 4.7 | 9.75 | 8.0 |
Machine feeders and offbearers |
13.08 | 29.2 | 13.08 | 29.2 | – | – |
Packers and packagers, hand |
10.09 | 9.5 | 10.28 | 10.5 | – | – |
Footnotes:
(1) Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
(2) Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
(3) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
(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.
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.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Last Modified Date: June 11, 2009
