NC SM 10/00/2008 Table: State College, PA, Summary, June 2008 Table 1. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), State College, PA, June 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........................................................... $24.70 16.4 $26.38 11.2 $8.11 13.2 Management occupations.............................................. 43.67 11.0 43.73 11.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.19 10.0 46.19 10.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.80 45.4 36.99 45.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.12 6.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.59 .6 38.59 .6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.44 .3 38.12 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.12 6.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.69 2.1 39.69 2.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.19 1.0 38.91 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.42 2.1 40.42 2.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.15 3.2 38.45 3.7 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.18 7.1 17.32 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.15 4.9 21.15 4.9 – – Police officers................................................... 24.64 5.3 24.64 5.3 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.64 5.3 24.64 5.3 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.76 4.9 12.97 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.19 5.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.84 6.8 12.91 7.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.84 6.8 12.91 7.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.17 .3 – – 7.17 .3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.27 26.8 20.29 26.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.57 .7 16.57 .7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.03 5.3 15.03 5.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.48 .3 16.48 .3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.45 7.5 17.01 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.66 9.8 17.66 9.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.31 3.8 17.78 .9 – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 14.04 9.8 15.04 11.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.84 9.7 13.82 9.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.48 7.9 14.50 8.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 2. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), State College, PA, June 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.58 $14.42 $18.95 $27.66 $37.68 Management occupations.............................................. 29.21 35.29 52.20 52.20 52.20 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.42 14.42 23.91 37.00 94.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.98 30.55 35.53 42.85 54.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.06 31.66 35.53 43.78 54.83 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.90 32.54 35.53 41.81 54.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.03 16.03 16.03 16.03 21.23 Police officers................................................... 20.41 21.23 24.03 28.69 29.26 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.41 21.23 24.03 28.69 29.26 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.97 10.58 11.90 14.39 17.42 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.17 10.58 11.90 14.39 17.35 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.17 10.58 11.90 14.39 17.35 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.75 7.00 7.15 7.15 7.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.01 14.02 17.28 26.75 30.98 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.26 12.89 14.21 17.14 18.93 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.86 13.52 16.82 19.83 23.74 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 9.50 10.50 13.61 17.16 20.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.35 11.97 14.21 16.52 19.64 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 3. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, State College, PA, June 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........................................................... $26.38 $21.65 $1,036 $865 39.3 $49,952 $41,371 1,894 Management occupations.............................................. 43.73 52.20 1,744 2,088 39.9 90,693 108,574 2,074 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.99 23.91 1,429 956 38.6 59,622 48,192 1,612 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.12 35.53 1,368 1,360 35.9 51,573 51,667 1,353 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.91 35.53 1,397 1,421 35.9 52,665 53,726 1,353 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.45 35.53 1,389 1,421 36.1 52,263 53,726 1,359 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.32 16.03 692 641 39.9 35,981 33,349 2,077 Police officers................................................... 24.64 24.03 959 934 38.9 49,885 48,568 2,024 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.64 24.03 959 934 38.9 49,885 48,568 2,024 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.97 11.90 489 463 37.7 24,645 24,053 1,901 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.91 11.90 485 465 37.6 25,203 24,200 1,953 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.91 11.90 485 465 37.6 25,203 24,200 1,953 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.29 17.28 804 672 39.6 41,797 34,944 2,060 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.03 14.21 570 560 37.9 29,631 29,094 1,971 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.01 17.30 615 683 36.2 31,756 35,360 1,867 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.04 14.54 537 544 35.7 27,929 28,309 1,857 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.50 14.21 552 545 38.1 26,440 26,250 1,823 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