NC SM 01/00/2010 Table: Tuscaloosa, AL, Summary, August 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $16.44 5.8 35.0 $14.87 7.1 33.9 $20.63 6.9 38.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.81 6.5 38.4 26.92 6.8 39.2 24.95 10.5 37.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.29 5.3 40.6 30.00 5.1 41.0 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 24.16 9.2 37.4 22.17 13.1 36.7 24.83 11.6 37.6 Service............................................................. 9.81 7.1 29.6 8.21 8.8 28.3 18.16 9.5 38.7 Sales and office.................................................... 13.15 9.4 32.8 11.89 11.2 31.0 16.66 7.5 39.2 Sales and related................................................. 11.26 14.1 29.9 11.13 15.0 29.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.80 7.0 35.7 12.99 8.9 33.5 17.09 8.1 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.60 3.8 41.7 19.35 3.8 42.4 16.82 7.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.80 4.1 40.0 18.61 5.4 40.0 16.54 9.4 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.82 4.3 44.5 20.16 3.6 45.4 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.30 6.1 37.7 15.34 6.2 38.0 – – – Production........................................................ 15.87 8.0 39.2 15.87 8.0 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.25 7.8 35.2 14.29 8.4 35.8 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.24 5.1 39.4 17.13 6.2 39.6 20.58 7.5 39.0 Part time........................................................... 8.67 7.4 23.6 7.80 3.3 23.4 21.86 7.8 27.3 Union............................................................... 14.63 15.2 36.2 14.63 15.2 36.2 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 16.57 5.7 34.9 14.89 7.1 33.6 20.63 6.9 38.3 Time................................................................ 16.12 5.6 34.6 14.27 6.5 33.2 20.63 6.9 38.3 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.73 11.2 31.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.63 8.3 32.4 13.14 8.8 31.9 18.85 12.6 38.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.09 12.8 36.9 15.78 14.0 36.7 18.85 13.7 38.9 500 workers or more................................................. 21.08 5.7 38.5 20.90 2.1 39.2 21.16 8.4 38.2 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 2007 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), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $16.44 5.8 $18.24 5.1 $8.67 7.4 Management occupations.............................................. 31.34 8.4 31.34 8.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.67 4.1 24.67 4.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.80 4.4 28.94 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.84 15.0 21.17 18.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.78 7.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.10 8.3 21.24 7.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.08 14.5 10.01 30.4 5.39 10.3 Cooks............................................................. 9.42 6.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.26 14.1 15.54 20.9 7.57 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.74 4.2 – – 7.87 4.2 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.16 9.7 – – 7.57 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.74 4.2 – – 7.87 4.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.63 7.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.36 4.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.63 7.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.36 4.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 7.0 15.33 7.3 9.22 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 3.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.88 10.7 13.88 10.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.60 13.1 18.60 13.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.28 4.6 20.28 4.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.81 5.4 15.62 5.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.94 12.7 21.94 12.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 10.70 7.5 10.76 7.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.80 4.1 17.80 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.82 4.3 19.82 4.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.87 8.0 15.98 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.49 14.9 14.49 14.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.30 5.0 17.30 5.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.84 7.0 14.09 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.25 7.8 15.23 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.05 5.3 15.05 5.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.53 9.7 – – – – 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 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), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $14.87 7.1 $17.13 6.2 $7.80 3.3 Management occupations.............................................. 32.97 8.9 32.97 8.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.76 4.1 24.76 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.78 7.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.86 11.8 – – 5.39 10.3 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.13 15.0 15.90 24.9 7.57 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 5.1 – – 7.87 4.2 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.97 10.9 – – 7.57 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.39 5.1 – – 7.87 4.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 6.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 6.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.99 8.9 13.62 9.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.59 10.2 15.59 10.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.29 7.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.61 5.4 18.61 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.16 3.6 20.16 3.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.87 8.0 15.98 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.49 14.9 14.49 14.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.30 5.0 17.30 5.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.84 7.0 14.09 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.29 8.4 15.36 7.4 – – 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), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $20.63 6.9 $20.58 7.5 $21.86 7.8 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.80 4.4 28.94 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.03 19.7 20.73 24.0 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.10 8.3 21.24 7.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.09 8.1 17.22 8.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.04 3.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.89 7.8 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.83 6.6 15.83 6.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.54 9.4 16.54 9.4 – – 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. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.52 $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $29.43 Management occupations.............................................. 20.21 23.52 29.81 37.97 42.18 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.11 22.37 24.96 26.01 29.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.54 22.30 28.45 32.72 37.60 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.00 12.98 15.00 30.50 40.78 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 9.36 9.50 11.00 11.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.82 19.03 21.13 22.76 27.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.19 8.31 11.60 16.83 Cooks............................................................. 7.52 7.52 9.00 10.00 12.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.23 7.25 8.75 11.54 16.32 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.23 7.25 8.75 10.25 12.72 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.15 7.23 8.75 9.75 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 6.15 7.23 8.75 9.75 10.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.65 10.90 13.98 18.05 21.12 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.71 12.31 13.98 18.05 19.56 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.00 18.05 18.50 28.24 31.08 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.33 8.00 10.90 12.00 15.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 13.50 14.50 21.42 23.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.35 19.25 19.50 22.75 23.25 Production occupations.............................................. 9.37 14.68 15.75 17.34 20.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.25 11.00 14.83 15.75 17.86 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 11.00 14.25 17.34 17.88 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.72 7.75 11.00 11.81 13.55 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 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $9.00 $13.00 $18.00 $24.96 Management occupations.............................................. 20.21 29.81 31.24 40.87 45.37 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.11 24.30 24.96 26.01 29.37 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 9.36 9.50 11.00 11.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.19 7.52 9.00 12.67 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.23 7.25 8.75 11.05 16.32 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.23 7.25 8.25 9.75 11.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.15 7.23 8.75 9.50 10.25 Cashiers...................................................... 6.15 7.23 8.75 9.50 10.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 9.27 11.00 16.95 18.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.27 10.59 13.91 16.45 16.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.56 13.83 13.83 23.12 23.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.00 19.25 19.50 22.75 23.25 Production occupations.............................................. 9.37 14.68 15.75 17.34 20.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.25 11.00 14.83 15.75 17.86 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 11.00 14.50 17.42 17.88 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. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.40 $14.14 $18.53 $23.52 $32.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.54 22.30 28.45 32.72 37.60 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.14 13.50 14.66 31.92 41.55 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.82 19.03 21.13 22.76 27.61 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.95 12.93 17.63 19.56 22.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.05 13.52 17.92 19.56 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.83 12.99 18.53 18.53 19.88 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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $18.24 $16.48 $718 $663 39.4 $36,462 $34,216 1,999 Management occupations.............................................. 31.34 29.81 1,282 1,192 40.9 66,675 62,001 2,127 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.67 24.96 1,002 998 40.6 52,095 51,917 2,112 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.94 28.45 1,090 1,102 37.7 48,202 44,926 1,666 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.17 14.28 842 571 39.8 40,398 29,078 1,908 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.24 21.13 876 845 41.2 45,531 43,950 2,143 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.01 9.12 391 377 39.0 19,487 18,720 1,946 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.54 13.04 621 522 40.0 32,314 27,121 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.33 15.74 575 559 37.5 29,603 29,432 1,931 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.62 16.45 614 658 39.3 30,335 30,364 1,943 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.94 18.50 878 740 40.0 45,542 38,480 2,076 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.76 10.90 358 320 33.2 18,597 16,640 1,729 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.80 14.50 712 580 40.0 37,012 30,160 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.82 19.50 882 864 44.5 45,875 44,938 2,314 Production occupations.............................................. 15.98 15.75 626 630 39.2 32,503 32,766 2,034 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.09 14.83 527 593 37.4 27,265 30,846 1,936 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.23 15.95 591 638 38.8 29,898 33,176 1,963 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 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $17.13 $15.81 $678 $628 39.6 $35,230 $32,677 2,057 Management occupations.............................................. 32.97 31.24 1,359 1,274 41.2 70,645 66,254 2,143 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.76 24.96 1,006 998 40.6 52,320 51,917 2,113 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.90 13.44 636 538 40.0 33,080 27,955 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.62 12.00 487 392 35.8 25,342 20,399 1,861 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.61 13.83 745 553 40.0 38,719 28,773 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.16 19.50 916 963 45.4 47,620 50,050 2,362 Production occupations.............................................. 15.98 15.75 626 630 39.2 32,503 32,766 2,034 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.09 14.83 527 593 37.4 27,265 30,846 1,936 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.36 15.95 615 638 40.0 31,954 33,176 2,080 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 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2009 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........................................................... $20.58 $18.53 $803 $738 39.0 $38,854 $38,542 1,888 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.94 28.45 1,090 1,102 37.7 48,202 44,926 1,666 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.73 14.28 822 571 39.7 38,324 28,600 1,849 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.24 21.13 876 845 41.2 45,531 43,950 2,143 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.22 17.92 683 705 39.7 34,692 33,280 2,015 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.83 17.92 617 672 39.0 29,869 30,364 1,887 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.54 18.53 662 741 40.0 34,388 38,542 2,079 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