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HIGHLIGHTS OF PROVIDENCE-NEW BEDFORD-FALL RIVER, RI-MA NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY, JANUARY 2007
Workers in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River metropolitan area averaged $20.18 per hour during January 2007, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Denis M. McSweeney reported average hourly earnings of $34.54 for management, professional, and related workers and $21.00 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Production, transportation, and material moving workers averaged $14.81 an hour; sales and office workers, $14.50; and service workers, $12.56. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]
In the Providence area, sales and office workers along with management, professional, and related workers made up the largest occupational groups with each accounting for 28 percent of the workforce. They were followed by service (25 percent) and production, transportation, and material moving workers (13 percent). Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at six percent.
The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in establishments employing with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 264 establishments representing 532,600 workers in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River Metropolitan Statistical Area which is comprised of Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties in Rhode Island and Bristol County in Massachusetts. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal government were excluded from the survey.
In the Providence area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, engineers averaged $39.16 per hour and registered nurses, $28.78. Secretaries and administrative assistants, part of the sales and office occupational group, earned $15.72. In the service occupations, building cleaning workers earned $14.06. (See table 2.)
The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Providence area with 1-99 workers averaged $15.63 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.62; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $29.40. Full-time workers averaged $21.88 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $11.15. (See table 1.)
The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. In addition to the locality occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the national and regional levels. Similarly, average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA National Compensation Survey January 2007 (Bulletin 3140-14). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the New England Information Office by calling 617-565-2327. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the New England Information Office at 617-565-2327 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007
Worker and establishment characteristics |
Civilian workers |
Private industry workers |
State and local government workers |
Hourly earnings |
Hourly earnings |
Hourly earnings |
Mean |
Relative error (2) percent |
Mean weekly hours (3) |
Mean |
Relative error (2) percent |
Mean weekly hours (3) |
Mean |
Relative error (2) percent |
Mean weekly hours (3) |
All workers |
$20.18 |
4.9 |
33.8 |
$18.92 |
5.9 |
33.8 |
$28.44 |
4.0 |
33.8 |
Worker characteristics(4)(5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management, professional, and related |
34.54 |
5.0 |
35.9 |
33.86 |
6.6 |
37.4 |
36.71 |
5.2 |
32.0 |
Management, business, and financial |
37.26 |
10.6 |
38.6 |
38.14 |
11.5 |
39.4 |
30.90 |
9.6 |
33.4 |
Professional and related |
32.95 |
4.0 |
34.5 |
30.64 |
5.3 |
36.0 |
38.05 |
6.5 |
31.7 |
Service |
12.56 |
3.9 |
30.6 |
11.27 |
3.2 |
30.2 |
20.78 |
3.4 |
34.1 |
Sales and office |
14.50 |
4.6 |
32.8 |
14.06 |
5.2 |
32.5 |
19.01 |
5.7 |
36.8 |
Sales and related |
13.15 |
10.3 |
29.1 |
13.15 |
10.3 |
29.1 |
– |
– |
– |
Office and administrative support |
15.29 |
2.9 |
35.5 |
14.67 |
3.0 |
35.3 |
19.01 |
5.7 |
36.8 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance |
21.00 |
4.7 |
38.7 |
21.05 |
4.8 |
38.7 |
– |
– |
– |
Construction and extraction |
21.17 |
4.2 |
38.0 |
21.27 |
4.3 |
38.0 |
– |
– |
– |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
20.73 |
7.9 |
39.7 |
20.73 |
7.9 |
39.7 |
– |
– |
– |
Production, transportation, and material moving |
14.81 |
5.3 |
35.4 |
14.61 |
5.4 |
35.2 |
– |
– |
– |
Production |
15.02 |
8.6 |
37.5 |
15.02 |
8.6 |
37.5 |
– |
– |
– |
Transportation and material moving |
14.39 |
7.1 |
32.1 |
13.68 |
8.3 |
31.0 |
– |
– |
– |
Full time |
21.88 |
5.1 |
39.1 |
20.60 |
6.2 |
39.5 |
29.26 |
4.4 |
36.6 |
Part time |
11.15 |
6.2 |
19.7 |
10.89 |
6.7 |
20.0 |
15.85 |
7.3 |
15.5 |
Union |
24.50 |
5.7 |
34.0 |
18.45 |
10.9 |
31.2 |
28.94 |
4.4 |
36.3 |
Nonunion |
19.10 |
6.1 |
33.7 |
18.97 |
6.3 |
34.1 |
24.97 |
10.0 |
22.8 |
Time |
20.00 |
5.0 |
33.7 |
18.66 |
6.0 |
33.7 |
28.44 |
4.0 |
33.8 |
Incentive |
27.05 |
19.5 |
36.3 |
27.05 |
19.5 |
36.3 |
– |
– |
– |
Establishment characteristics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goods producing |
-6 |
-6 |
-6 |
- |
- |
- |
-6 |
-6 |
-6 |
Service providing |
-6 |
-6 |
-6 |
18.93 |
7.4 |
33.0 |
-6 |
-6 |
-6 |
1-99 workers |
15.63 |
6.0 |
32.4 |
15.28 |
6.3 |
32.2 |
– |
– |
– |
100-499 workers |
18.62 |
7.0 |
34.4 |
17.47 |
7.5 |
34.9 |
32.23 |
10.2 |
29.9 |
500 workers or more |
29.40 |
7.4 |
35.5 |
30.01 |
10.6 |
36.3 |
28.26 |
4.5 |
34.0 |
Table 2. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007
Occupation (2) |
Hourly earnings (3) |
Weekly earnings (4) |
Mean weekly hours |
Annual earnings (5) |
Mean annual hours |
Mean |
Median |
Mean |
Median |
Mean |
Median |
All workers |
$21.88 |
$17.30 |
$855 |
$692 |
39.1 |
$43,157 |
$35,880 |
1,972 |
Management occupations |
40.15 |
31.95 |
1,610 |
1,222 |
40.1 |
83,743 |
63,554 |
2,086 |
Marketing and sales managers |
65.99 |
51.66 |
2,633 |
2,066 |
39.9 |
136,914 |
107,453 |
2,075 |
Financial managers |
47.67 |
33.65 |
1,884 |
1,346 |
39.5 |
97,969 |
70,000 |
2,055 |
Education administrators |
32.40 |
30.56 |
1,226 |
1,222 |
37.8 |
63,741 |
63,554 |
1,967 |
Business and financial operations occupations |
29.24 |
27.94 |
1,110 |
1,055 |
38.0 |
57,739 |
54,858 |
1,975 |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
35.49 |
33.36 |
1,370 |
1,334 |
38.6 |
71,264 |
69,378 |
2,008 |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
28.10 |
25.02 |
1,112 |
1,001 |
39.6 |
57,803 |
52,050 |
2,057 |
Engineers |
39.16 |
42.38 |
1,566 |
1,695 |
40.0 |
81,444 |
88,150 |
2,080 |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
23.14 |
23.59 |
911 |
916 |
39.4 |
47,348 |
47,628 |
2,046 |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
30.14 |
33.64 |
1,166 |
1,128 |
38.7 |
60,653 |
58,640 |
2,013 |
Community and social services occupations |
24.06 |
23.31 |
921 |
874 |
38.3 |
47,360 |
45,456 |
1,968 |
Social workers |
22.30 |
21.55 |
849 |
833 |
38.1 |
44,144 |
43,310 |
1,979 |
Education, training, and library occupations |
46.67 |
49.09 |
1,566 |
1,632 |
33.6 |
57,193 |
60,165 |
1,226 |
Postsecondary teachers |
68.53 |
80.92 |
2,551 |
2,990 |
37.2 |
91,219 |
95,680 |
1,331 |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
47.33 |
50.10 |
1,569 |
1,662 |
33.1 |
57,258 |
61,041 |
1,210 |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
45.37 |
47.21 |
1,510 |
1,629 |
33.3 |
55,120 |
60,138 |
1,215 |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
46.94 |
49.31 |
1,554 |
1,662 |
33.1 |
56,871 |
61,159 |
1,212 |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
43.45 |
44.28 |
1,455 |
1,493 |
33.5 |
52,967 |
54,481 |
1,219 |
Secondary school teachers |
49.97 |
50.66 |
1,638 |
1,672 |
32.8 |
59,644 |
61,192 |
1,194 |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
51.71 |
53.24 |
1,691 |
1,810 |
32.7 |
61,502 |
66,243 |
1,189 |
Teacher assistants |
16.01 |
16.97 |
500 |
509 |
31.2 |
18,092 |
18,324 |
1,130 |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. |
30.83 |
27.35 |
1,198 |
1,047 |
38.9 |
61,480 |
54,469 |
1,994 |
Registered nurses |
28.78 |
28.56 |
1,111 |
1,093 |
38.6 |
57,112 |
55,965 |
1,985 |
Therapists |
39.21 |
33.82 |
1,440 |
1,379 |
36.7 |
66,254 |
66,234 |
1,690 |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
23.86 |
23.37 |
950 |
935 |
39.8 |
49,395 |
48,610 |
2,070 |
Healthcare support occupations |
15.21 |
15.88 |
591 |
634 |
38.9 |
30,733 |
32,947 |
2,021 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
13.18 |
12.71 |
507 |
508 |
38.5 |
26,388 |
26,437 |
2,003 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
13.47 |
13.48 |
524 |
524 |
38.9 |
27,256 |
27,225 |
2,023 |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
17.33 |
17.70 |
680 |
694 |
39.2 |
35,351 |
36,075 |
2,039 |
Protective service occupations |
19.72 |
21.40 |
775 |
809 |
39.3 |
40,282 |
42,051 |
2,042 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
11.96 |
11.22 |
478 |
449 |
39.9 |
24,839 |
23,338 |
2,076 |
Cooks |
14.54 |
13.75 |
579 |
550 |
39.8 |
30,128 |
28,600 |
2,072 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
14.08 |
12.67 |
561 |
507 |
39.8 |
29,173 |
26,349 |
2,072 |
Building cleaning workers |
14.06 |
13.03 |
561 |
521 |
39.9 |
29,152 |
27,102 |
2,073 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
14.94 |
14.91 |
594 |
593 |
39.7 |
30,862 |
30,811 |
2,066 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
13.18 |
12.26 |
527 |
491 |
40.0 |
27,417 |
25,509 |
2,080 |
Personal care and service occupations |
12.31 |
11.45 |
486 |
458 |
39.5 |
25,125 |
23,816 |
2,041 |
Sales and related occupations |
15.51 |
12.75 |
615 |
500 |
39.7 |
31,648 |
25,480 |
2,040 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
14.95 |
15.50 |
618 |
597 |
41.3 |
32,139 |
31,054 |
2,149 |
Retail sales workers |
10.95 |
10.50 |
429 |
411 |
39.2 |
21,877 |
21,370 |
1,998 |
Cashiers, all workers |
10.07 |
9.78 |
396 |
391 |
39.3 |
20,587 |
20,342 |
2,045 |
Cashiers |
10.07 |
9.78 |
396 |
391 |
39.3 |
20,587 |
20,342 |
2,045 |
Retail salespersons |
11.68 |
11.50 |
456 |
440 |
39.0 |
23,701 |
22,859 |
2,029 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
15.65 |
14.63 |
611 |
577 |
39.0 |
31,747 |
30,001 |
2,028 |
Financial clerks |
14.89 |
14.25 |
582 |
569 |
39.1 |
30,268 |
29,576 |
2,033 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
17.67 |
12.98 |
660 |
600 |
37.3 |
34,306 |
31,195 |
1,942 |
Customer service representatives |
18.10 |
17.50 |
717 |
700 |
39.6 |
37,275 |
36,400 |
2,060 |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
12.25 |
11.40 |
490 |
456 |
40.0 |
25,479 |
23,712 |
2,080 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
15.72 |
13.80 |
619 |
552 |
39.4 |
32,211 |
28,700 |
2,049 |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
18.38 |
20.61 |
714 |
802 |
38.9 |
37,132 |
41,678 |
2,020 |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
13.80 |
12.98 |
548 |
519 |
39.7 |
28,507 |
26,998 |
2,066 |
Office clerks, general |
14.36 |
14.36 |
568 |
548 |
39.6 |
29,552 |
28,499 |
2,059 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
21.38 |
18.50 |
861 |
740 |
40.3 |
44,795 |
38,480 |
2,095 |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
29.36 |
29.50 |
1,174 |
1,180 |
40.0 |
61,065 |
61,360 |
2,080 |
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
29.36 |
29.50 |
1,174 |
1,180 |
40.0 |
61,065 |
61,360 |
2,080 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
20.73 |
17.84 |
824 |
714 |
39.7 |
41,700 |
36,400 |
2,011 |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
16.92 |
17.25 |
667 |
690 |
39.4 |
32,601 |
34,216 |
1,927 |
Line installers and repairers |
28.66 |
31.31 |
1,146 |
1,252 |
40.0 |
59,605 |
65,119 |
2,080 |
Production occupations |
15.20 |
13.41 |
602 |
536 |
39.6 |
31,303 |
27,889 |
2,059 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
23.18 |
23.80 |
892 |
952 |
38.5 |
46,392 |
49,500 |
2,001 |
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers |
11.99 |
11.85 |
480 |
474 |
40.0 |
24,943 |
24,648 |
2,080 |
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
15.70 |
17.44 |
628 |
698 |
40.0 |
32,650 |
36,275 |
2,080 |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
11.57 |
11.12 |
463 |
445 |
40.0 |
24,070 |
23,123 |
2,080 |
Miscellaneous production workers |
12.74 |
11.00 |
509 |
440 |
40.0 |
26,494 |
22,880 |
2,080 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
15.25 |
14.34 |
610 |
574 |
40.0 |
28,730 |
29,245 |
1,884 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
15.97 |
15.00 |
639 |
600 |
40.0 |
26,591 |
24,960 |
1,666 |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
19.28 |
22.19 |
771 |
888 |
40.0 |
40,101 |
46,155 |
2,080 |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
11.06 |
9.83 |
442 |
393 |
40.0 |
20,929 |
19,240 |
1,892 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
11.52 |
10.50 |
461 |
420 |
40.0 |
23,959 |
21,840 |
2,080 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
9.75 |
9.53 |
390 |
381 |
40.0 |
14,632 |
17,264 |
1,501 |
Last Modified Date: November 8, 2007
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