Internet: www.bls.gov/ro3/ | PLS - 4399 FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 |
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Highlights of Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News
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Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$16.24 | 2.9 | $18.01 | 2.7 | $9.72 | 5.7 |
Management occupations |
36.32 | 11.5 | 36.69 | 11.9 | – | – |
Financial managers |
28.80 | 5.0 | 28.11 | 5.6 | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
25.23 | 3.4 | 25.38 | 3.5 | – | – |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
20.75 | 9.9 | 20.75 | 9.9 | – | – |
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists |
27.97 | 15.0 | 27.97 | 15.0 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
25.07 | 2.7 | 25.53 | 3.0 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
22.49 | 11.0 | 22.49 | 11.0 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
26.31 | 8.5 | 26.31 | 8.5 | – | – |
Engineers |
30.85 | 3.6 | 30.85 | 3.6 | – | – |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
23.00 | 13.8 | 23.00 | 13.8 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
18.13 | 12.3 | 18.33 | 12.7 | – | – |
Counselors |
21.01 | 20.5 | – | – | – | – |
Education, training, and library occupations |
27.89 | 3.8 | 29.51 | 3.2 | 14.65 | 15.6 |
Postsecondary teachers |
32.80 | 12.4 | 35.92 | 8.7 | 15.25 | 32.8 |
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers |
26.10 | 18.5 | – | – | – | – |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
31.82 | 1.3 | 31.82 | 1.3 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
31.32 | 2.7 | 31.32 | 2.7 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
30.54 | 1.4 | 30.54 | 1.4 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
32.99 | 4.6 | 32.99 | 4.6 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
31.87 | 2.1 | 31.87 | 2.1 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
31.43 | 1.6 | 31.43 | 1.6 | – | – |
Other teachers and instructors |
14.96 | 13.7 | – | – | 13.65 | 19.0 |
Teacher assistants |
12.37 | 0.1 | 12.37 | 0.1 | – | – |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
26.56 | 7.9 | 27.35 | 6.8 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
22.80 | 13.0 | 22.43 | 14.9 | 26.94 | 9.4 |
Registered nurses |
24.12 | 6.0 | 23.28 | 7.0 | 27.45 | 1.5 |
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians |
12.33 | 8.7 | 12.33 | 8.7 | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
16.39 | 1.0 | 16.31 | 1.4 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
11.51 | 5.6 | 12.23 | 9.4 | 10.05 | 9.5 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
10.23 | 3.6 | 10.68 | 0.8 | 9.52 | 4.9 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
10.47 | 1.2 | 10.68 | 0.8 | 10.01 | 1.5 |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
10.95 | 8.6 | – | – | – | – |
Protective service occupations |
13.23 | 11.7 | 14.73 | 11.2 | 8.00 | 4.7 |
Police officers |
19.81 | 5.1 | 19.81 | 5.1 | – | – |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
19.81 | 5.1 | 19.81 | 5.1 | – | – |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers |
8.87 | 4.6 | 9.46 | 5.9 | – | – |
Security guards |
8.87 | 4.6 | 9.46 | 5.9 | – | – |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
8.41 | 8.5 | 9.33 | 19.6 | 8.15 | 15.8 |
Cooks |
7.83 | 1.8 | – | – | 7.83 | 1.8 |
Food service, tipped |
8.43 | 18.6 | – | – | 9.39 | 28.1 |
Waiters and waitresses |
3.21 | 24.6 | – | – | 2.19 | 6.4 |
Fast food and counter workers |
6.97 | 5.2 | – | – | 6.77 | 6.4 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
6.95 | 5.2 | – | – | 6.75 | 6.6 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11.41 | 8.8 | 11.36 | 7.8 | 11.51 | 21.2 |
Building cleaning workers |
11.28 | 10.0 | 11.14 | 9.6 | 11.51 | 21.2 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
11.92 | 14.5 | 12.51 | 19.0 | 11.51 | 21.2 |
Personal care and service occupations |
7.53 | 10.9 | – | – | 7.05 | 6.0 |
Recreation and fitness workers |
10.86 | 9.6 | – | – | 9.03 | 7.3 |
Recreation workers |
10.79 | 10.2 | – | – | – | – |
Sales and related occupations |
12.63 | 10.0 | 14.25 | 10.5 | 8.10 | 5.3 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
16.58 | 6.0 | 16.58 | 6.0 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
16.17 | 5.9 | 16.17 | 5.9 | – | – |
Retail sales workers |
9.54 | 2.8 | 10.39 | 4.1 | 7.98 | 5.0 |
Cashiers, all workers |
8.82 | 4.4 | – | – | 7.71 | 4.1 |
Cashiers |
8.82 | 4.4 | – | – | 7.71 | 4.1 |
Retail salespersons |
10.13 | 6.4 | 11.40 | 2.4 | 8.15 | 10.5 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
13.59 | 1.9 | 13.88 | 2.1 | 12.31 | 2.1 |
Financial clerks |
15.07 | 5.0 | 15.09 | 8.2 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
– | – | 15.64 | 14.9 | – | – |
Customer service representatives |
13.12 | 3.8 | 13.16 | 3.9 | – | – |
Order clerks |
9.82 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
11.10 | 3.0 | 11.47 | 4.5 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
9.53 | 9.4 | 10.00 | 6.7 | – | – |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
13.71 | 4.8 | 14.11 | 5.3 | 11.39 | 8.9 |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
15.09 | 6.4 | 15.39 | 5.7 | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
11.69 | 7.1 | – | – | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
13.51 | 4.9 | 14.16 | 5.2 | 10.11 | 2.6 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
16.08 | 8.5 | 16.20 | 8.5 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
25.54 | 11.4 | 25.54 | 11.4 | – | – |
Construction laborers |
10.98 | 0.8 | 10.98 | 0.8 | – | – |
Construction equipment operators |
14.93 | 5.5 | 14.93 | 5.5 | – | – |
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
14.93 | 5.5 | 14.93 | 5.5 | – | – |
Electricians |
17.55 | 3.1 | 17.55 | 3.1 | – | – |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
17.02 | 8.7 | 17.02 | 8.7 | – | – |
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
18.65 | 5.1 | 18.65 | 5.1 | – | – |
Helpers, construction trades |
9.72 | 7.0 | – | – | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
16.25 | 3.8 | 16.55 | 4.0 | 12.82 | 11.0 |
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers |
15.30 | 3.5 | – | – | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
20.28 | 20.4 | 20.60 | 20.4 | – | – |
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
13.63 | 15.7 | 13.93 | 18.0 | – | – |
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
11.19 | 11.9 | – | – | – | – |
Production occupations |
16.81 | 14.1 | 17.06 | 14.5 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
27.26 | 16.8 | 27.26 | 16.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
16.43 | 32.1 | 16.43 | 32.1 | – | – |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
10.72 | 8.7 | 11.36 | 14.2 | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
11.03 | 9.7 | 12.05 | 6.9 | 7.87 | 3.6 |
Bus drivers |
14.11 | 2.3 | 14.19 | 2.2 | – | – |
Bus drivers, school |
14.11 | 2.3 | 14.19 | 2.2 | – | – |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
12.34 | 10.1 | 12.36 | 10.3 | – | – |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
12.66 | 13.3 | 12.66 | 13.3 | – | – |
Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
14.35 | 12.5 | – | – | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
12.30 | 7.0 | 12.91 | 6.6 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
9.28 | 9.0 | 10.73 | 6.2 | 7.69 | 8.6 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
9.18 | 11.7 | 10.94 | 10.5 | 7.53 | 10.7 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
8.56 | 4.6 | – | – | – | – |
Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: July 7, 2008