NC BL 12/00/2008 Table: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, Bulletin, April 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $20.79 5.4 35.8 $20.44 6.3 35.5 $23.09 6.4 37.4 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.69 5.0 39.1 34.37 5.9 39.7 28.22 6.7 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.70 10.1 40.7 40.85 10.2 41.2 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.61 4.3 38.7 31.77 5.6 39.1 28.25 6.7 37.7 Service............................................................. 11.20 13.9 29.9 11.06 15.2 29.4 12.95 5.9 38.4 Sales and office.................................................... 16.45 11.8 34.7 16.58 12.7 34.4 15.08 18.0 37.7 Sales and related................................................. 17.04 25.2 32.4 17.04 25.2 32.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.96 4.8 36.8 16.13 4.6 36.6 15.08 18.0 37.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.14 3.8 39.7 19.24 4.0 40.1 17.58 11.0 35.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 19.34 1.1 40.0 19.44 1.0 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.95 7.7 39.5 19.03 8.4 40.1 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.17 12.6 37.2 18.18 13.5 37.3 18.05 16.1 35.9 Production........................................................ 21.56 31.9 39.0 21.56 31.9 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.61 6.1 36.5 16.47 6.9 36.6 18.05 16.1 35.9 Full time........................................................... 22.23 5.5 39.4 22.05 6.4 39.7 23.33 6.6 38.3 Part time........................................................... 9.30 4.6 20.5 9.22 4.7 20.5 12.44 8.4 19.1 Union............................................................... 23.14 9.9 37.9 21.37 11.6 38.3 31.87 13.8 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 20.57 5.4 35.6 20.36 6.2 35.3 22.03 7.5 37.7 Time................................................................ 20.56 5.6 35.6 20.15 6.6 35.3 23.09 6.4 37.4 Incentive........................................................... 24.47 25.3 39.0 24.47 25.3 39.0 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.09 5.1 34.4 16.99 5.4 34.3 19.07 12.5 36.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 23.60 8.7 37.3 23.40 9.1 37.2 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 26.09 10.0 37.7 27.38 13.9 37.7 23.79 4.1 37.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $20.79 5.4 $22.23 5.5 $9.30 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 43.72 10.5 43.72 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.54 17.0 42.54 17.0 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 65.86 11.7 65.86 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.00 11.1 30.00 11.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.49 10.0 25.49 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.70 5.8 47.70 5.8 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.31 21.0 30.31 21.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.30 7.8 27.30 7.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.11 12.0 36.11 12.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.46 4.5 43.46 4.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.07 13.1 38.07 13.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.92 6.6 36.92 6.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.26 14.2 20.17 14.4 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.45 5.1 20.45 5.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.40 1.9 34.14 2.7 10.83 29.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 3.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.59 7.9 33.97 7.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.56 5.2 35.46 4.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.97 3.5 37.00 3.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.03 7.1 40.88 8.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.92 .4 35.95 .4 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.65 7.4 29.90 6.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.54 2.4 36.54 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.00 2.6 38.00 2.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.70 1.8 34.70 1.8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.70 1.9 34.70 1.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 16.35 4.2 16.34 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 3.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.07 3.4 27.24 3.7 22.81 17.2 Level 5 .................................................. 17.00 2.7 17.00 2.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.75 4.8 23.80 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.37 4.6 30.17 4.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.13 3.1 31.96 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.54 5.0 30.21 5.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.41 3.6 18.41 3.6 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.36 7.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.50 10.1 19.52 10.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.18 28.0 18.52 28.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.14 5.5 11.10 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.85 15.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.85 4.0 9.88 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.83 3.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.98 10.2 12.98 10.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.68 7.7 15.21 6.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.29 9.5 8.87 13.9 7.31 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.29 5.0 – – 7.96 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.88 10.7 7.93 16.3 7.81 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 6.19 24.1 6.54 23.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.00 32.4 12.39 30.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.25 8.8 10.58 11.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.72 2.3 4.45 18.9 5.00 13.3 Bartenders...................................................... 6.18 1.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 10.7 – – 3.95 25.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.20 5.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.17 1.9 10.29 2.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.22 2.5 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.91 3.2 10.28 2.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.22 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.46 5.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.94 6.3 10.62 10.1 8.68 2.9 Level 3 .................................................. 8.33 1.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.04 25.2 20.12 25.9 8.07 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 15.8 – – 7.37 6.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.42 10.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.49 4.8 13.49 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 13.97 15.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.43 28.7 25.74 29.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.45 20.1 17.58 21.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.75 9.5 11.15 4.2 7.93 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 15.8 – – 7.37 6.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 1.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.96 4.8 16.35 5.0 10.69 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 4.2 10.70 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.78 8.5 12.11 10.2 9.40 11.1 Level 4 .................................................. 13.81 3.2 13.95 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.91 10.9 16.91 10.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.40 4.6 20.40 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.42 10.6 28.42 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.16 12.1 19.48 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.68 2.9 19.68 2.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.70 8.5 13.22 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.66 4.7 13.30 3.0 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.86 6.1 13.32 4.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.21 .8 11.26 1.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.95 6.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.78 3.7 18.96 3.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.91 6.1 20.91 6.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.87 11.1 14.84 13.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.07 5.9 14.07 5.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.34 1.1 19.22 1.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.64 6.6 20.64 6.6 – – Electricians...................................................... 19.56 1.0 19.16 1.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.95 7.7 19.03 7.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.47 5.1 17.47 5.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.66 5.7 24.66 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.47 8.5 16.47 8.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 21.56 31.9 22.06 31.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 17.7 19.03 17.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.27 6.7 32.27 6.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 35.11 34.3 35.11 34.3 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 2.5 12.57 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.61 6.1 17.53 4.9 8.90 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 11.1 9.77 11.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.66 6.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.65 12.3 18.65 12.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.54 7.1 18.55 7.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.65 18.6 16.89 17.7 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.98 23.4 – – – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.36 5.0 13.36 5.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.81 8.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.51 6.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.97 8.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.67 6.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $20.44 6.3 $22.05 6.4 $9.22 4.7 Management occupations.............................................. 43.99 11.0 43.99 11.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.54 17.0 42.54 17.0 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 65.86 11.7 65.86 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.45 10.7 32.45 10.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.49 10.0 25.49 10.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.70 5.8 47.70 5.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.30 7.8 27.30 7.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.34 13.6 37.34 13.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.46 4.5 43.46 4.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 38.07 13.1 38.07 13.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 17.43 17.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.48 2.0 38.49 8.4 10.94 31.1 Level 10.................................................. 35.92 .4 35.95 .4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.80 8.7 46.48 10.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 35.92 .4 35.95 .4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.29 3.1 28.63 3.9 22.81 17.2 Level 9 .................................................. 30.45 6.1 30.20 6.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.33 4.6 33.10 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.93 5.9 30.55 6.5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.41 3.6 18.41 3.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.65 28.5 18.96 28.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.14 5.5 11.10 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.85 15.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.53 3.1 9.56 2.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.78 3.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.98 10.2 12.98 10.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.28 9.6 8.85 13.9 7.31 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.29 5.0 – – 7.96 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 10.9 7.87 17.0 7.81 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 6.19 24.1 6.54 23.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.00 32.4 12.39 30.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.25 8.8 10.58 11.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.72 2.3 4.45 18.9 5.00 13.3 Bartenders...................................................... 6.18 1.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 10.7 – – 3.95 25.3 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.20 5.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 10.26 2.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.29 2.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.84 3.0 10.25 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.29 2.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.95 6.6 10.62 10.1 8.55 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 8.33 1.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.04 25.2 20.12 25.9 8.07 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 15.8 – – 7.37 6.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.42 10.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.49 4.8 13.49 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 13.97 15.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.43 28.7 25.74 29.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.45 20.1 17.58 21.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.75 9.5 11.15 4.2 7.93 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.31 15.8 – – 7.37 6.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 1.8 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.13 4.6 16.61 4.8 10.69 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 5.5 10.59 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.81 8.6 12.15 10.3 9.40 11.1 Level 4 .................................................. 13.74 3.6 13.88 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.83 4.7 18.83 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.59 4.6 20.59 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.42 10.6 28.42 10.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.47 29.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.87 2.2 19.87 2.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.68 8.6 13.21 10.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.60 4.9 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.80 6.6 13.29 5.1 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.21 .8 11.26 1.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.74 3.9 18.93 3.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.44 1.0 19.32 1.3 – – Electricians...................................................... 19.61 1.1 19.21 1.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.03 8.4 19.03 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.76 4.8 17.76 4.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.67 9.0 16.67 9.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 21.56 31.9 22.06 31.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.03 17.7 19.03 17.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.27 6.7 32.27 6.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 35.11 34.3 35.11 34.3 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 2.5 12.57 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.47 6.9 17.44 5.4 8.50 9.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 11.1 9.77 11.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.55 7.2 18.55 7.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.72 18.7 16.89 17.7 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.98 23.4 – – – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.36 5.0 13.36 5.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.81 8.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.51 6.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.97 8.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.67 6.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.09 6.4 $23.33 6.6 $12.44 8.4 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.58 2.0 32.62 2.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 34.74 8.0 34.74 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.23 4.5 37.23 4.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.22 1.7 38.22 1.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.00 2.6 38.00 2.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.66 .8 37.66 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.54 .7 37.54 .7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.69 5.8 24.69 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.85 6.8 23.85 6.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.43 2.8 29.43 2.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.08 18.0 15.08 18.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.05 16.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $20.79 5.4 $22.23 5.5 $9.30 4.6 Management occupations.............................................. 43.72 10.5 43.72 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.70 18.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 49.32 15.6 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 65.86 11.7 65.86 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.00 11.1 30.00 11.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.11 8.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.87 17.0 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.31 21.0 30.31 21.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.30 7.8 27.30 7.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.11 12.0 36.11 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 28.80 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.71 8.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 38.07 13.1 38.07 13.1 – – Group III................................................. 41.65 8.5 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.92 6.6 36.92 6.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.26 14.2 20.17 14.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.52 2.4 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 20.45 5.1 20.45 5.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.40 1.9 34.14 2.7 10.83 29.9 Group I................................................... 15.53 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 30.65 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.93 8.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.03 7.1 40.88 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.47 10.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 50.89 14.4 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.65 7.4 29.90 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 36.85 19.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.54 2.4 36.54 2.4 – – Group II.................................................. 35.48 3.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.70 1.8 34.70 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 33.75 2.6 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.70 1.9 34.70 1.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 16.35 4.2 16.34 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.53 3.3 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.07 3.4 27.24 3.7 22.81 17.2 Group I................................................... 13.81 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.42 6.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.22 4.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.13 3.1 31.96 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 28.76 3.0 28.76 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 33.33 5.1 33.12 5.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.41 3.6 18.41 3.6 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.36 7.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.50 10.1 19.52 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 20.05 10.1 20.09 10.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.18 28.0 18.52 28.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.19 7.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.85 4.0 9.88 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.85 4.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.83 3.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.83 3.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.98 10.2 12.98 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.94 10.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.68 7.7 15.21 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.01 4.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.29 9.5 8.87 13.9 7.31 10.4 Group I................................................... 8.25 11.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.25 8.8 10.58 11.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 9.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.72 2.3 4.45 18.9 5.00 13.3 Group I................................................... 4.92 8.4 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.18 1.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 10.7 – – 3.95 25.3 Group I................................................... 3.62 15.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.35 4.6 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.20 5.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.20 5.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.17 1.9 10.29 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.16 1.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.91 3.2 10.28 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.91 3.2 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.46 5.4 – – Group I................................................... – – 10.46 5.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.94 6.3 10.62 10.1 8.68 2.9 Group I................................................... 8.95 6.1 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.04 25.2 20.12 25.9 8.07 6.0 Group I................................................... 10.17 8.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.87 15.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.43 28.7 25.74 29.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.45 20.1 17.58 21.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.75 9.5 11.15 4.2 7.93 4.3 Group I................................................... 9.79 8.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Group I................................................... 7.96 1.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.11 5.3 – – 7.68 3.3 Group I................................................... 7.96 1.9 – – 7.68 3.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.96 4.8 16.35 5.0 10.69 8.3 Group I................................................... 12.55 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.18 5.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.68 2.9 19.68 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 2.9 19.68 2.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.70 8.5 13.22 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.74 4.7 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.86 6.1 13.32 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.53 7.5 13.08 5.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.21 .8 11.26 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.21 .8 11.26 1.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.95 6.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.78 3.7 18.96 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.01 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.28 3.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.91 6.1 20.91 6.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.87 11.1 14.84 13.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.07 5.9 14.07 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.46 5.5 13.46 5.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.34 1.1 19.22 1.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.48 4.4 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 19.56 1.0 19.16 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. – – 19.58 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.95 7.7 19.03 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.05 5.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.47 8.5 16.47 8.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 21.56 31.9 22.06 31.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.15 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.63 20.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 35.11 34.3 35.11 34.3 – – Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 .0 29.77 .0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 2.5 12.57 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.57 2.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.61 6.1 17.53 4.9 8.90 7.8 Group I................................................... 13.10 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.99 6.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.65 18.6 16.89 17.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.78 25.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.98 23.4 – – – – Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.36 5.0 13.36 5.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.81 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.81 8.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.97 8.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.97 8.5 – – – – 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $10.90 $16.83 $27.18 $38.44 Management occupations.............................................. 17.00 30.93 40.54 56.02 70.93 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.80 56.02 56.02 69.55 104.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.57 19.23 24.04 44.05 50.72 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.57 22.11 29.09 32.21 50.48 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.80 22.88 22.97 28.70 47.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 26.89 36.55 39.92 47.89 Engineers......................................................... 21.37 33.65 36.66 40.00 49.35 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.57 30.77 37.36 45.43 45.63 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.63 14.39 18.92 23.43 29.06 Social workers.................................................... 14.86 17.27 21.88 22.72 23.91 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.39 18.79 32.50 41.40 44.74 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 14.77 23.84 29.62 53.27 83.73 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 14.18 22.44 29.32 30.90 44.87 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.21 32.42 37.95 42.27 43.25 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.86 31.48 36.08 41.40 42.55 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.09 32.23 35.79 40.10 42.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.56 15.51 16.91 17.96 18.59 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.29 18.13 26.79 32.63 39.20 Registered nurses................................................. 23.00 28.15 30.48 34.43 41.43 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.83 12.94 16.00 26.54 29.50 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.92 13.03 15.69 16.71 19.30 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.88 16.74 18.26 23.88 23.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.94 12.73 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.64 9.00 9.26 10.27 11.91 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 9.50 10.27 11.67 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.08 11.79 12.57 13.02 18.62 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 12.10 14.82 18.27 20.33 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.50 5.83 8.50 9.59 13.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 13.17 14.00 14.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 4.00 5.83 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.13 5.00 5.83 8.18 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.17 2.50 4.00 9.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 5.06 7.79 8.50 9.50 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.75 9.74 10.86 14.61 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.74 10.04 12.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.98 8.00 8.45 10.00 14.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.48 8.75 10.97 16.90 35.04 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.97 13.46 16.40 29.35 76.08 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.97 13.25 16.40 24.03 25.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 8.00 9.00 10.40 12.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.50 9.60 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.50 9.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.62 11.29 14.84 20.00 23.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.12 18.75 19.66 21.63 21.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 10.38 11.52 13.51 15.57 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.48 13.00 15.57 15.63 Tellers......................................................... 10.38 10.38 10.50 12.51 12.51 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.56 7.95 7.95 9.83 12.42 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.88 20.00 21.20 23.50 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.83 20.19 20.19 23.50 23.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.91 12.18 15.00 16.60 22.47 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.17 12.25 13.22 15.00 20.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 16.00 20.00 21.00 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 16.00 17.50 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 15.00 18.07 21.67 29.15 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.04 13.52 18.07 18.07 21.45 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 13.00 17.37 29.88 34.02 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.84 14.88 40.05 45.72 61.11 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.50 9.50 12.50 13.95 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 11.30 15.00 20.55 24.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 9.00 19.48 20.29 24.50 Driver/sales workers............................................ 6.55 7.00 14.78 19.48 24.50 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 11.25 14.97 14.97 15.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.05 9.26 11.30 15.34 16.12 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.42 10.77 11.30 15.34 16.12 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.38 $16.21 $26.44 $38.00 Management occupations.............................................. 16.56 29.13 40.87 56.02 77.53 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.80 56.02 56.02 69.55 104.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.00 19.23 29.09 44.05 50.72 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.80 22.88 22.97 28.70 47.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 26.89 36.66 40.00 49.04 Engineers......................................................... 21.37 33.65 36.66 40.00 49.35 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.63 9.63 14.73 22.72 27.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.16 18.29 28.79 38.04 83.73 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 14.77 28.79 30.81 83.73 83.73 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.20 20.35 28.15 37.36 41.43 Registered nurses................................................. 23.50 28.15 31.05 37.36 41.43 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.83 12.94 16.00 26.54 29.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.89 13.02 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 9.00 9.26 10.27 10.95 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 9.00 9.40 10.27 11.47 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.08 11.79 12.57 13.02 18.62 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.50 5.83 8.50 9.59 13.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.00 13.17 14.00 14.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 4.00 5.83 9.00 Bartenders...................................................... 2.13 5.00 5.83 8.18 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.17 2.50 4.00 9.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 5.06 7.79 8.50 9.50 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.69 10.00 12.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.84 8.00 8.25 10.00 14.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.48 8.75 10.97 16.90 35.04 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.97 13.46 16.40 29.35 76.08 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.97 13.25 16.40 24.03 25.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 8.00 9.00 10.40 12.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.50 9.60 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.50 9.60 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.52 11.35 15.00 20.00 23.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.12 19.31 19.66 21.63 21.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 10.38 11.52 13.15 15.57 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.48 13.00 15.57 15.63 Tellers......................................................... 10.38 10.38 10.50 12.51 12.51 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 15.88 20.00 20.19 23.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 16.00 20.00 21.00 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 16.00 17.50 25.00 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.60 15.00 18.07 21.67 29.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.04 13.52 18.07 18.07 21.45 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 13.00 17.37 29.88 34.02 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.84 14.88 40.05 45.72 61.11 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.50 9.50 12.50 13.95 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.09 11.25 15.00 20.76 24.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 8.09 19.48 20.29 24.50 Driver/sales workers............................................ 6.55 7.00 14.78 19.48 24.50 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 11.25 14.97 14.97 15.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.05 9.26 11.30 15.34 16.12 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.42 10.77 11.30 15.34 16.12 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.66 $14.44 $18.69 $30.80 $40.10 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.39 19.74 34.59 41.67 43.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.19 33.49 39.05 42.49 43.30 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.58 32.59 38.75 42.48 42.57 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.41 33.00 38.22 41.10 42.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.35 17.22 25.79 29.61 32.25 Registered nurses................................................. 22.64 27.29 28.49 30.83 32.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.87 10.51 13.22 17.07 22.47 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.15 12.62 15.38 18.69 32.80 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.50 $12.50 $18.76 $29.13 $39.61 Management occupations.............................................. 17.00 30.93 40.54 56.02 70.93 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.80 56.02 56.02 69.55 104.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.57 19.23 24.04 44.05 50.72 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.57 22.11 29.09 32.21 50.48 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.80 22.88 22.97 28.70 47.55 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.37 26.89 36.55 39.92 47.89 Engineers......................................................... 21.37 33.65 36.66 40.00 49.35 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.57 30.77 37.36 45.43 45.63 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.63 14.39 18.92 22.72 29.06 Social workers.................................................... 14.86 17.27 21.88 22.72 23.91 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.24 21.28 32.93 41.83 45.04 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 14.77 25.18 29.83 56.68 83.73 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 14.18 22.44 29.32 30.90 44.87 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.21 32.42 37.95 42.27 43.25 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.86 31.48 36.08 41.40 42.55 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.09 32.23 35.79 40.10 42.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.56 15.51 16.91 17.96 18.59 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.69 18.20 27.39 32.63 38.70 Registered nurses................................................. 23.00 28.15 30.48 33.30 37.36 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 9.83 12.94 16.00 26.54 29.50 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.88 16.56 18.09 23.88 23.88 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.19 13.02 31.00 31.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 9.00 9.26 10.27 11.60 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.08 11.79 12.57 13.02 18.62 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 11.54 14.82 18.27 20.33 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.50 7.00 8.50 9.77 14.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 7.75 8.75 14.00 14.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 4.00 5.83 9.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.75 9.25 9.74 10.86 13.91 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.75 9.25 9.74 10.86 13.91 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.76 9.25 10.00 10.86 14.26 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.89 8.00 8.25 10.00 15.23 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.96 10.00 13.25 24.03 37.51 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.97 14.42 16.90 29.35 76.08 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.97 13.25 16.40 24.03 25.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.58 15.29 20.00 23.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.12 18.75 19.66 21.63 21.64 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 10.38 12.51 14.21 15.63 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.45 10.60 13.00 15.57 15.63 Tellers......................................................... 10.38 10.38 10.38 12.51 12.51 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 16.83 20.00 21.20 23.50 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.83 20.19 20.19 23.50 23.50 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.91 12.18 13.36 21.97 22.47 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.17 12.25 13.22 15.00 20.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 16.00 20.00 21.00 25.00 Electricians...................................................... 14.00 16.00 17.00 24.09 25.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.60 15.00 18.07 21.67 29.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.04 13.52 18.07 18.07 21.45 Production occupations.............................................. 11.09 13.25 18.00 29.88 34.02 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 13.84 14.88 40.05 45.72 61.11 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 25.33 29.36 29.88 30.50 34.02 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.50 9.50 12.50 13.95 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 12.08 16.00 20.76 27.50 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.00 14.78 19.48 20.76 24.50 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 10.42 11.25 14.97 14.97 15.00 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. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $7.48 $8.25 $10.00 $13.88 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.50 6.50 6.50 14.82 18.29 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.90 11.59 22.66 24.62 42.79 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 5.00 7.79 9.37 10.24 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.50 3.79 8.18 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.50 3.79 9.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.03 8.00 8.80 9.32 10.68 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.56 7.25 8.00 9.00 9.10 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.56 7.25 8.00 8.32 9.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.00 6.56 7.42 8.32 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.00 6.56 7.42 8.32 9.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.54 8.43 10.72 11.52 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 6.56 9.56 10.03 11.21 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $22.23 $18.76 $877 $745 39.4 $44,560 $38,377 2,004 Management occupations.............................................. 43.72 40.54 1,801 1,493 41.2 92,514 77,637 2,116 Engineering managers.............................................. 65.86 56.02 2,795 2,521 42.4 145,349 131,084 2,207 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.00 24.04 1,187 962 39.5 61,700 49,999 2,056 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.31 29.09 1,213 1,164 40.0 63,054 60,507 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.30 22.97 1,092 919 40.0 56,782 47,771 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.11 36.55 1,496 1,555 41.4 77,784 80,872 2,154 Engineers......................................................... 38.07 36.66 1,586 1,597 41.7 82,475 83,025 2,166 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.92 37.36 1,487 1,494 40.3 76,899 77,099 2,083 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.17 18.92 796 766 39.4 39,887 41,184 1,977 Social workers.................................................... 20.45 21.88 818 875 40.0 42,544 45,510 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.14 32.93 1,242 1,212 36.4 46,872 46,279 1,373 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.88 29.83 1,605 1,219 39.3 66,517 59,000 1,627 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.90 29.32 1,196 1,173 40.0 51,073 47,995 1,708 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.54 37.95 1,286 1,346 35.2 47,140 49,117 1,290 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.70 36.08 1,230 1,282 35.4 45,261 47,076 1,304 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.70 35.79 1,227 1,274 35.3 45,309 46,883 1,306 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.34 16.91 579 592 35.4 20,920 21,430 1,280 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.24 27.39 1,073 1,066 39.4 55,490 55,120 2,037 Registered nurses................................................. 31.96 30.48 1,248 1,161 39.1 64,917 60,372 2,031 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.41 16.00 734 640 39.9 38,147 33,280 2,072 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.52 18.09 765 689 39.2 39,787 35,818 2,039 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.52 13.02 719 469 38.8 37,367 24,377 2,018 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.88 9.26 387 371 39.2 20,132 19,267 2,037 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.98 12.57 481 469 37.1 25,011 24,377 1,927 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.21 14.82 668 605 43.9 34,729 31,434 2,283 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.87 8.50 323 340 36.4 16,756 17,680 1,890 Cooks............................................................. 10.58 8.75 429 350 40.5 22,285 18,200 2,107 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.45 4.00 144 87 32.3 7,479 4,514 1,679 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.29 9.74 395 390 38.4 20,539 20,259 1,997 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.28 9.74 395 390 38.4 20,522 20,259 1,996 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.46 10.00 392 375 37.5 20,404 19,500 1,952 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.62 8.25 403 330 37.9 16,700 17,160 1,572 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.12 13.25 804 555 39.9 41,791 28,845 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.74 16.90 1,042 676 40.5 54,184 35,152 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.58 16.40 714 656 40.6 37,123 34,112 2,112 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.15 10.00 442 400 39.6 22,980 20,800 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.35 15.29 636 587 38.9 33,082 30,500 2,024 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.68 19.66 787 786 40.0 40,929 40,895 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.22 12.51 529 501 40.0 27,503 26,027 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.32 13.00 533 520 40.0 27,716 27,040 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.26 10.38 450 415 40.0 23,411 21,590 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.96 20.00 722 800 38.1 37,519 41,600 1,979 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.91 20.19 789 808 37.7 41,038 41,999 1,963 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.84 13.36 543 487 36.6 28,227 25,334 1,901 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.07 13.22 563 529 40.0 29,256 27,498 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.22 20.00 769 800 40.0 39,984 41,600 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.16 17.00 766 680 40.0 39,850 35,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.03 18.07 763 723 40.1 39,694 37,584 2,085 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.47 18.07 659 723 40.0 34,247 37,584 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 22.06 18.00 878 720 39.8 45,650 37,440 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 35.11 40.05 1,363 1,602 38.8 70,864 83,300 2,018 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 12.50 503 500 40.0 26,150 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.53 16.00 708 645 40.4 36,333 33,530 2,072 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.89 19.48 693 779 41.0 36,037 40,516 2,133 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.36 14.97 555 599 41.5 28,836 31,131 2,159 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $22.05 $18.68 $874 $731 39.7 $45,119 $37,586 2,047 Management occupations.............................................. 43.99 40.87 1,831 1,538 41.6 95,193 79,961 2,164 Engineering managers.............................................. 65.86 56.02 2,795 2,521 42.4 145,349 131,084 2,207 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.45 29.09 1,298 1,164 40.0 67,495 60,507 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.30 22.97 1,092 919 40.0 56,782 47,771 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.34 36.66 1,550 1,584 41.5 80,617 82,393 2,159 Engineers......................................................... 38.07 36.66 1,586 1,597 41.7 82,475 83,025 2,166 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.49 29.32 1,452 1,173 37.7 59,801 50,000 1,554 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.48 30.90 1,804 1,236 38.8 78,061 61,614 1,679 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.63 28.15 1,134 1,126 39.6 58,978 58,550 2,060 Registered nurses................................................. 33.10 31.05 1,302 1,224 39.3 67,687 63,627 2,045 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.41 16.00 734 640 39.9 38,147 33,280 2,072 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.96 13.02 734 469 38.7 38,182 24,377 2,014 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.56 9.26 373 371 39.0 19,384 19,267 2,028 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.98 12.57 481 469 37.1 25,011 24,377 1,927 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 8.50 322 340 36.4 16,753 17,680 1,892 Cooks............................................................. 10.58 8.75 429 350 40.5 22,285 18,200 2,107 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.45 4.00 144 87 32.3 7,479 4,514 1,679 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.26 9.74 390 381 38.0 20,287 19,820 1,978 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.25 9.74 390 380 38.0 20,262 19,765 1,976 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.62 8.25 403 330 37.9 16,700 17,160 1,572 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.12 13.25 804 555 39.9 41,791 28,845 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.74 16.90 1,042 676 40.5 54,184 35,152 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.58 16.40 714 656 40.6 37,123 34,112 2,112 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.15 10.00 442 400 39.6 22,980 20,800 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.61 15.77 651 623 39.2 33,848 32,375 2,037 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.87 19.66 795 786 40.0 41,338 40,895 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.21 12.51 528 501 40.0 27,472 26,027 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.29 13.00 532 520 40.0 27,646 27,040 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.26 10.38 450 415 40.0 23,411 21,590 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.93 20.00 726 800 38.4 37,762 41,600 1,994 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.32 20.00 773 800 40.0 40,190 41,600 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.21 17.50 768 700 40.0 39,950 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.03 18.07 763 723 40.1 39,702 37,584 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.67 18.07 667 723 40.0 34,680 37,584 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 22.06 18.00 878 720 39.8 45,650 37,440 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 35.11 40.05 1,363 1,602 38.8 70,864 83,300 2,018 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 12.50 503 500 40.0 26,150 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.44 16.12 709 665 40.6 36,851 34,595 2,113 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.89 19.48 693 779 41.0 36,037 40,516 2,133 Sailors and marine oilers......................................... 13.36 14.97 555 599 41.5 28,836 31,131 2,159 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $23.33 $19.06 $893 $783 38.3 $41,692 $40,477 1,787 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.62 34.59 1,172 1,257 35.9 43,015 45,999 1,319 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.22 39.05 1,343 1,358 35.1 49,033 49,469 1,283 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.66 38.75 1,332 1,364 35.4 48,698 49,930 1,293 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.54 38.22 1,334 1,367 35.5 48,710 49,945 1,298 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.69 25.79 961 1,010 38.9 49,256 52,499 1,995 Registered nurses................................................. 29.43 28.49 1,134 1,140 38.5 58,952 59,259 2,003 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.08 13.22 569 529 37.7 29,575 27,498 1,961 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.44 $16.99 $23.40 $27.38 Management, professional, and related...... 34.37 30.92 34.58 38.34 Management, business, and financial...... 40.85 32.41 40.68 59.30 Professional and related................. 31.77 30.22 30.51 33.87 Service.................................... 11.06 11.22 10.17 11.01 Sales and office........................... 16.58 13.17 27.40 15.65 Sales and related........................ 17.04 10.75 33.89 – Office and administrative support........ 16.13 16.00 16.48 16.21 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.24 19.20 19.33 – Construction and extraction............. 19.44 18.79 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.03 19.60 17.00 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 18.18 15.39 16.88 28.48 Production............................... 21.56 13.99 – 30.53 Transportation and material moving....... 16.47 15.92 17.38 – 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........................................................... 6.3 5.4 9.1 13.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.9 3.8 7.7 12.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.2 18.1 11.0 7.5 Professional and related.......................................... 5.6 10.3 7.2 10.2 Service............................................................. 15.2 20.3 6.2 7.3 Sales and office.................................................... 12.7 4.4 26.4 11.6 Sales and related................................................. 25.2 4.9 24.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.6 4.2 11.4 11.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.0 6.3 6.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... 1.0 2.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.4 11.6 8.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.5 9.8 8.6 19.3 Production........................................................ 31.9 5.7 – 14.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 11.9 10.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $18.71 $16.00 $743 $640 39.7 $38,567 $33,280 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 34.61 34.10 1,488 1,364 43.0 77,384 70,932 2,236 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.01 22.11 1,041 884 40.0 54,109 45,989 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.25 21.28 860 745 38.7 37,579 26,817 1,689 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 22.99 31.00 889 1,240 38.7 46,215 64,480 2,010 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.57 8.50 308 340 35.9 16,010 17,680 1,869 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.45 4.00 144 87 32.3 7,479 4,514 1,679 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.19 10.97 487 439 39.9 25,303 22,820 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.39 15.90 667 656 40.7 34,706 34,112 2,118 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.39 15.90 667 656 40.7 34,706 34,112 2,118 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.36 10.00 410 400 39.6 21,334 20,800 2,059 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 17.41 646 696 39.3 33,600 36,209 2,041 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.30 20.19 784 808 38.6 40,765 41,999 2,008 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.58 18.50 743 740 40.0 38,656 38,480 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.60 18.07 787 723 40.2 40,938 37,584 2,088 Production occupations.............................................. 14.55 13.00 582 520 40.0 30,267 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.57 12.50 503 500 40.0 26,150 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.47 19.48 722 779 41.4 37,568 40,516 2,151 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.52 19.48 713 779 40.7 37,092 40,516 2,117 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $26.16 $22.37 $1,035 $880 39.6 $53,063 $45,718 2,029 Management occupations.............................................. 52.51 41.95 2,123 1,678 40.4 110,412 87,260 2,103 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.48 33.31 1,499 1,332 40.0 77,967 69,276 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.97 39.92 1,719 1,597 40.0 89,374 83,025 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 45.43 39.92 1,817 1,597 40.0 94,490 83,025 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.51 32.38 1,380 1,320 41.2 71,765 68,665 2,141 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 56.30 69.76 2,069 2,102 36.7 80,389 87,782 1,428 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.33 81.66 2,436 3,062 37.9 93,198 112,351 1,449 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.59 28.15 1,130 1,126 39.5 58,767 58,550 2,055 Registered nurses................................................. 33.10 31.05 1,302 1,224 39.3 67,687 63,627 2,045 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.25 10.23 399 398 38.9 20,738 20,696 2,023 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.84 8.64 432 320 36.5 15,764 11,232 1,331 Sales and related occupations....................................... 33.18 29.35 1,326 1,174 40.0 68,975 61,048 2,079 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.81 14.00 657 545 39.1 34,166 28,319 2,033 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.47 12.69 579 508 40.0 30,093 26,393 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.02 12.70 521 508 40.0 27,085 26,418 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.55 21.00 822 840 40.0 42,750 43,680 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.67 18.17 707 727 40.0 36,748 37,800 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 26.90 29.36 1,067 1,174 39.7 55,467 61,071 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 36.19 42.93 1,399 1,665 38.7 72,743 86,601 2,010 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 29.77 29.88 1,191 1,195 40.0 61,912 62,150 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.41 14.89 695 583 39.9 36,122 30,334 2,074 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... $23.14 $21.37 $31.87 $20.57 $20.36 $22.03 Management, professional, and related............................... 35.20 – 35.20 32.58 34.37 27.02 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 39.70 40.85 – Professional and related.......................................... 35.20 – 35.20 30.36 31.77 26.95 Service............................................................. – – – 11.19 11.09 12.46 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 16.47 16.60 15.08 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.10 17.10 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 15.96 16.13 15.08 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.33 21.33 – 18.21 18.27 17.58 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.95 18.95 – 19.63 19.83 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.25 17.14 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.40 22.51 – 17.09 17.03 – Production........................................................ 27.05 27.05 – 18.77 18.77 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.33 – – 16.49 16.35 – 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........................................................... 9.9 11.6 13.8 5.4 6.2 7.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 17.3 – 17.3 5.3 5.9 7.3 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.1 10.2 – Professional and related.......................................... 17.3 – 17.3 4.5 5.6 6.5 Service............................................................. – – – 14.3 15.4 6.4 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 11.8 12.7 18.0 Sales and related................................................. – – – 25.3 25.3 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.8 4.6 18.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.4 11.4 – 3.5 3.7 11.0 Construction and extraction...................................... .4 .4 – 3.3 4.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 4.8 5.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.0 17.3 – 10.2 10.9 – Production........................................................ 9.8 9.8 – 35.9 35.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.5 – – 7.8 8.7 – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.56 $20.15 $24.47 $24.47 Management, professional, and related............................... 32.64 34.30 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 39.50 40.64 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.61 31.77 – – Service............................................................. 11.30 11.15 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.42 14.34 30.17 30.17 Sales and related................................................. 11.81 11.81 30.67 30.67 Office and administrative support................................. 15.94 16.11 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.11 19.20 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 19.44 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.87 18.94 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.06 18.06 – – Production........................................................ 21.81 21.81 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.10 15.88 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.6 6.6 25.3 25.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.0 5.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 10.2 10.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.3 5.6 – – Service............................................................. 14.1 15.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 4.4 30.7 30.7 Sales and related................................................. 7.1 7.1 30.7 30.7 Office and administrative support................................. 4.8 4.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.9 4.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 1.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.0 8.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.6 15.6 – – Production........................................................ 32.8 32.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.5 8.5 – – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 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........................................................... – $28.66 – – – – $19.70 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 50.21 – – – – 27.27 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 61.67 – – – – 34.93 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 40.51 – – – – 26.86 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.22 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 20.50 – – – – 16.02 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 20.16 – – – – 15.86 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 23.29 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 23.87 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 30.2 – – – – 2.9 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.4 – – – – 3.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 11.1 – – – – 3.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... – .0 – – – – 3.6 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 7.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 4.6 – – – – 10.9 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 8.3 – – – – 11.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 32.9 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 34.6 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 475,600 410,200 65,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 129,800 89,300 40,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 27,100 24,200 – Professional and related.......................................... 102,700 65,100 37,700 Service............................................................. 103,500 97,200 6,300 Sales and office.................................................... 116,700 107,000 9,600 Sales and related................................................. 55,700 55,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 61,000 51,400 9,600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 47,500 44,400 3,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 24,200 23,600 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23,300 20,900 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 78,100 72,300 5,800 Production........................................................ 23,100 23,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 55,000 49,200 5,800 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,815 22,241 574 Total in sample....................................................... 228 205 23 Responding........................................................ 123 105 18 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 68 64 4 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 37 36 1 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.