NC BL 05/00/2010 Table: Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, Bulletin, September 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $21.11 3.0 35.6 $20.20 3.4 35.2 $27.37 3.7 38.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 31.26 3.5 37.6 31.09 4.5 37.1 31.74 4.4 39.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.87 3.4 40.8 33.42 3.5 41.1 37.25 11.9 38.9 Professional and related.......................................... 30.20 4.2 36.4 29.89 6.0 35.4 30.90 3.9 39.0 Service............................................................. 11.57 2.5 28.7 10.87 2.4 28.1 18.94 3.9 37.3 Sales and office.................................................... 16.87 4.4 36.5 16.73 4.9 36.3 18.42 5.3 40.0 Sales and related................................................. 16.13 11.1 36.1 15.99 11.7 35.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.34 2.7 36.8 17.22 3.0 36.5 18.25 5.2 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.45 7.5 40.0 26.40 8.0 40.0 27.31 2.3 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 27.30 7.9 40.0 27.22 8.3 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.04 9.3 40.0 24.95 10.1 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.98 4.0 37.5 16.69 4.1 37.5 25.27 14.9 38.0 Production........................................................ 18.41 3.7 39.8 18.37 3.8 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.33 6.9 35.1 14.60 6.5 34.9 25.22 16.8 37.8 Full time........................................................... 22.13 3.0 39.5 21.26 3.4 39.4 27.70 4.2 39.7 Part time........................................................... 12.61 6.3 19.7 12.15 6.8 19.4 20.55 16.0 28.1 Union............................................................... 25.59 3.7 37.6 24.82 6.2 36.6 26.42 3.9 38.8 Nonunion............................................................ 19.81 3.6 35.1 19.50 3.7 35.0 32.94 10.0 39.8 Time................................................................ 21.01 2.9 35.6 20.06 3.4 35.2 27.37 3.7 38.9 Incentive........................................................... 24.32 17.1 36.5 24.32 17.1 36.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.78 4.2 33.5 17.75 4.3 33.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.52 8.9 37.3 21.22 9.4 37.2 28.08 19.5 39.6 500 workers or more................................................. 27.57 4.3 38.7 27.21 7.2 38.8 28.01 3.5 38.5 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $21.11 3.0 $22.13 3.0 $12.61 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 37.52 5.4 37.66 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.81 4.4 30.79 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.08 21.9 40.08 21.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.26 11.9 46.26 11.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.94 15.1 33.94 15.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.88 4.2 30.88 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.01 5.0 20.01 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 4.5 21.91 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.17 2.6 33.17 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.62 14.3 33.62 14.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.10 8.0 27.10 8.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.42 10.4 29.70 10.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.50 2.2 34.50 2.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.09 2.2 41.09 2.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 37.25 3.6 37.25 3.6 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 17.35 24.6 17.12 27.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.48 3.1 34.48 3.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.13 1.5 29.13 1.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.48 5.5 24.48 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.89 2.6 32.89 2.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.00 4.8 39.00 4.8 – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 29.54 3.1 29.54 3.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.47 9.0 33.47 9.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.41 6.2 39.41 6.2 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.45 3.3 34.45 3.3 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.30 1.9 33.30 1.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.68 5.2 25.68 5.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.58 14.2 24.38 14.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.79 10.8 22.06 12.2 – – Legal occupations................................................... 57.79 25.5 57.79 25.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.64 6.1 32.16 6.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.21 9.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.83 1.3 34.83 1.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.38 6.7 51.38 6.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.97 11.3 44.62 9.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.38 6.7 51.38 6.7 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.14 16.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.20 6.2 33.20 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.83 1.3 34.83 1.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.50 1.6 36.50 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.01 1.7 36.01 1.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.36 3.0 36.36 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.79 2.9 35.79 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.70 .0 36.70 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.29 1.9 36.29 1.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.30 6.2 35.30 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.77 6.0 34.77 6.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.30 6.2 35.30 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.77 6.0 34.77 6.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.16 7.2 15.13 8.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.38 7.7 22.66 8.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.82 2.5 29.85 2.6 29.40 6.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 9.2 14.32 10.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.43 3.1 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.88 3.6 23.88 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.70 12.7 29.70 12.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.49 5.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.99 3.3 36.24 3.3 – – Level 10.................................................. 49.40 3.9 49.40 3.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.75 2.9 36.59 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.81 3.1 35.69 3.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 30.69 3.9 31.43 3.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.85 4.6 31.70 3.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.81 4.2 19.88 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.02 4.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.52 2.8 19.52 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.02 4.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 31.03 18.7 31.03 18.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.03 18.7 31.03 18.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.39 9.9 14.31 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.62 5.5 17.99 6.0 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.38 4.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.55 2.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.08 5.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.06 19.0 17.68 20.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.90 5.0 10.72 2.9 8.89 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.79 2.7 – – 8.46 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 6.5 11.98 4.7 9.32 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.93 3.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.73 4.5 11.34 2.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.56 .3 – – 8.48 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 .1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.43 .2 – – 8.43 .3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.04 2.1 – – 8.67 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 .6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.04 2.1 – – 8.67 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 .6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.83 4.5 13.04 4.7 11.74 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.49 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.55 6.4 14.64 6.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.63 4.9 12.83 5.4 11.74 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.49 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.15 6.0 15.29 6.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.91 6.1 13.21 6.1 10.22 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.20 4.4 11.31 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.18 7.4 15.36 8.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.07 5.6 11.78 8.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.54 5.9 11.27 10.3 9.03 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 4.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.74 2.2 – – 8.50 .5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 .6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.13 11.1 16.71 11.3 9.84 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 3.7 10.23 4.2 8.81 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.93 7.9 13.25 8.6 11.33 10.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 3.3 15.71 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.11 11.0 21.11 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.41 5.7 17.41 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.41 5.7 17.41 5.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.83 5.8 12.17 6.0 9.77 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 3.7 10.23 4.2 8.81 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.01 8.2 13.29 8.8 11.41 12.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 5.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.17 5.6 11.50 5.5 8.87 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 10.10 4.1 8.87 6.6 Cashiers...................................................... 11.17 5.6 11.50 5.5 8.87 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 10.10 4.1 8.87 6.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.8 12.46 8.7 10.59 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.45 16.5 12.74 18.4 11.41 12.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.34 2.7 17.37 2.7 17.04 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 13.09 9.2 13.32 9.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.49 4.8 13.56 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.86 3.0 16.94 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.20 2.7 19.26 3.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.83 3.3 22.75 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.02 10.7 28.02 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.76 4.9 15.34 2.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.16 10.3 24.16 10.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.52 13.0 27.52 13.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.90 2.1 17.14 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.18 4.9 15.18 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.59 3.6 20.86 3.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.29 1.7 17.39 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 7.3 15.38 7.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.56 7.2 15.68 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.64 12.4 17.96 11.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.42 6.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.44 2.5 17.15 1.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.55 3.9 19.30 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 3.6 16.39 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.00 3.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.27 8.4 21.27 8.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.90 5.6 16.82 6.3 10.61 9.0 Level 3 .................................................. 13.81 10.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.84 6.0 18.10 5.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.30 7.9 27.30 7.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 31.08 3.6 31.08 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.84 5.6 32.84 5.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.49 11.8 18.49 11.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.04 9.3 25.04 9.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.49 5.5 18.49 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.65 14.2 36.65 14.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.97 16.3 20.97 16.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.41 3.7 18.46 3.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 5.0 10.78 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.75 7.0 13.75 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.18 3.7 16.18 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.39 .5 19.39 .5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.50 4.3 22.50 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.47 10.0 29.47 10.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.16 9.4 16.16 9.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 19.05 23.6 19.05 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.33 6.9 16.17 6.6 10.71 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 5.0 10.43 2.9 9.49 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 9.6 11.81 10.7 10.83 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 14.34 4.9 14.33 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.23 9.1 20.23 9.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.26 11.7 25.26 11.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 14.9 17.28 13.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.99 9.3 23.99 9.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 6.3 20.59 6.3 – – Service station attendants........................................ 8.64 1.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.59 9.7 14.53 10.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.56 6.8 12.77 7.9 11.68 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.72 2.4 10.24 2.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.56 16.6 – – 11.30 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.04 13.3 14.23 14.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.36 5.3 12.47 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 4.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.17 11.9 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.36 21.6 – – – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $20.20 3.4 $21.26 3.4 $12.15 6.8 Management occupations.............................................. 36.34 6.1 36.34 6.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.12 24.2 40.12 24.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.23 4.3 31.23 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.82 5.2 19.82 5.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.36 4.9 22.36 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.77 2.1 33.77 2.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.62 14.3 33.62 14.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.18 9.5 27.18 9.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.12 12.2 29.35 12.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.09 2.2 41.09 2.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 37.76 4.2 37.76 4.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 16.90 27.4 16.74 29.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.39 5.4 34.39 5.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.28 1.1 29.28 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.89 2.6 32.89 2.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.67 5.3 38.67 5.3 – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 29.54 3.1 29.54 3.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.16 9.2 33.16 9.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.08 6.8 39.08 6.8 – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.45 3.3 34.45 3.3 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.30 1.9 33.30 1.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.53 16.6 19.32 16.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.16 8.5 22.46 9.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.53 2.1 30.59 1.8 29.94 7.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.25 9.2 14.32 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.25 3.9 25.25 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.70 12.7 29.70 12.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.65 4.0 36.59 4.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 49.40 3.9 49.40 3.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.87 3.4 36.68 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.74 3.6 35.58 3.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 32.10 3.8 32.10 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.67 4.7 32.67 4.7 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.81 7.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.02 4.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.02 4.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.02 4.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.43 4.3 33.43 4.3 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 33.43 4.3 33.43 4.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.11 10.3 14.05 11.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.88 6.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.15 3.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.54 3.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.86 5.0 10.70 2.9 8.83 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.79 2.7 – – 8.46 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 7.3 – – 9.20 5.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.93 3.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.65 4.5 11.26 3.0 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.56 .3 – – 8.48 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 .1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.43 .2 – – 8.43 .3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 1.7 – – 8.57 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 .6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.98 1.7 – – 8.57 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.49 .6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.05 3.8 12.13 4.5 11.74 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.49 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.38 10.7 14.54 11.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.85 3.8 11.88 4.9 11.74 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.90 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.49 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.70 5.3 11.94 5.7 10.22 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.20 4.4 11.31 4.1 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.07 5.6 11.78 8.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.56 6.1 11.27 10.3 8.97 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.12 4.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.74 2.2 – – 8.50 .5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 .6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.99 11.7 16.59 12.0 9.84 4.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 3.7 10.23 4.2 8.81 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.68 9.1 13.00 10.1 11.33 10.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 3.3 15.71 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.11 11.0 21.11 11.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.39 4.9 16.39 4.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.39 4.9 16.39 4.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.71 6.1 12.04 6.4 9.77 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 3.7 10.23 4.2 8.81 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.76 9.6 13.04 10.5 11.41 12.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 5.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.86 5.4 11.17 5.2 8.87 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 10.10 4.1 8.87 6.6 Cashiers...................................................... 10.86 5.4 11.17 5.2 8.87 6.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 10.10 4.1 8.87 6.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.8 12.46 8.7 10.59 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.45 16.5 12.74 18.4 11.41 12.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.22 3.0 17.25 3.1 17.04 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 13.09 9.2 13.32 9.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.52 5.1 13.59 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.71 3.2 16.80 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.24 3.2 19.03 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.70 4.1 22.86 9.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.12 11.3 28.12 11.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.76 4.9 15.34 2.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.16 10.3 24.16 10.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.52 13.0 27.52 13.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.38 2.0 16.60 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.18 4.9 15.18 4.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.21 1.7 17.31 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 7.3 15.38 7.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.56 7.2 15.68 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.64 12.4 17.96 11.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.42 6.7 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.44 2.5 17.15 1.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.72 4.7 19.25 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.22 4.2 16.24 4.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.58 6.4 16.66 7.0 10.61 9.0 Level 4 .................................................. 17.65 7.2 17.98 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.22 8.3 27.22 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 31.12 3.7 31.12 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.29 5.3 33.29 5.3 – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.07 11.4 18.07 11.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.95 10.1 24.95 10.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.49 5.5 18.49 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 37.69 14.0 37.69 14.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.40 17.4 20.40 17.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.37 3.8 18.41 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 5.0 10.78 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.75 7.0 13.75 7.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.18 3.7 16.18 3.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.39 .5 19.39 .5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.38 4.5 22.38 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.47 10.0 29.47 10.0 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.16 9.4 16.16 9.4 – – Printers.......................................................... 19.05 23.6 19.05 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.60 6.5 15.39 5.9 10.25 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.03 5.0 10.43 2.9 9.49 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 11.49 10.0 11.62 11.4 10.83 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 14.23 4.9 14.33 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.58 11.2 19.58 11.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 14.9 17.28 13.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.99 9.3 23.99 9.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 6.3 20.59 6.3 – – Service station attendants........................................ 8.64 1.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.59 9.7 14.53 10.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.56 6.8 12.77 7.9 11.68 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.72 2.4 10.24 2.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.56 16.6 – – 11.30 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.04 13.3 14.23 14.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.36 5.3 12.47 7.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 4.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.17 11.9 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.36 21.6 – – – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $27.37 3.7 $27.70 4.2 $20.55 16.0 Management occupations.............................................. 43.51 12.8 45.49 12.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.89 2.6 26.89 2.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.32 9.7 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.93 11.5 27.93 11.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.75 12.9 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 26.79 10.8 26.79 10.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.68 4.5 35.52 4.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.37 1.0 36.37 1.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.38 6.7 51.38 6.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.50 14.5 51.38 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 51.38 6.7 51.38 6.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.55 2.0 36.55 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.37 1.0 36.37 1.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.05 .8 37.05 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.60 .5 36.60 .5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.31 1.0 37.31 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.85 .0 36.85 .0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.70 .0 36.70 .0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.29 1.9 36.29 1.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.76 3.3 36.76 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.36 2.9 36.36 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.76 3.3 36.76 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.36 2.9 36.36 2.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 16.39 4.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.89 7.8 27.93 8.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.03 3.9 35.11 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.31 3.8 25.31 3.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.13 7.3 16.13 7.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.97 9.0 15.97 9.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.97 9.0 15.97 9.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.25 5.2 18.25 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.04 6.6 18.04 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.01 3.5 20.01 3.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 21.00 7.0 21.00 7.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 17.45 12.8 17.45 12.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 25.22 16.8 – – – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $21.11 3.0 $22.13 3.0 $12.61 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 37.52 5.4 37.66 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.31 6.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.02 8.7 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 58.98 9.3 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 33.94 15.1 33.94 15.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.88 4.2 30.88 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 23.13 7.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.51 7.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.10 8.0 27.10 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 21.63 4.3 21.63 4.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.42 10.4 29.70 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.05 16.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.28 2.7 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 37.25 3.6 37.25 3.6 – – Group III................................................. 37.72 4.7 – – – – Computer support specialists...................................... 17.35 24.6 17.12 27.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.35 24.6 17.12 27.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.48 3.1 34.48 3.1 – – Group III................................................. 35.59 1.7 35.59 1.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.13 1.5 29.13 1.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.93 2.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.97 2.7 – – – – Architects, except naval.......................................... 29.54 3.1 29.54 3.1 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.47 9.0 33.47 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.83 3.7 – – – – Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.45 3.3 34.45 3.3 – – Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.30 1.9 33.30 1.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.68 5.2 25.68 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.89 4.1 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.58 14.2 24.38 14.6 – – Group III................................................. 29.65 12.7 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.79 10.8 22.06 12.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.76 8.4 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 57.79 25.5 57.79 25.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.64 6.1 32.16 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.16 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.05 25.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.50 2.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.97 11.3 44.62 9.6 – – Group III................................................. 46.32 10.5 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 37.14 16.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.20 6.2 33.20 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.83 1.3 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.50 1.6 36.50 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 36.01 1.7 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.36 3.0 36.36 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 35.79 2.9 35.79 2.9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.70 .0 36.70 .0 – – Group III................................................. 36.29 1.9 36.29 1.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.30 6.2 35.30 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.77 6.0 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.30 6.2 35.30 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.77 6.0 34.77 6.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.16 7.2 15.13 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.16 7.2 15.13 8.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.38 7.7 22.66 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.33 9.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.82 2.5 29.85 2.6 29.40 6.0 Group I................................................... 15.25 9.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.22 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.06 3.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.75 2.9 36.59 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 36.66 2.9 36.59 3.0 – – Therapists........................................................ 30.69 3.9 31.43 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.02 4.5 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.81 4.2 19.88 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 18.02 4.4 – – – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.52 2.8 19.52 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 18.02 4.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 31.03 18.7 31.03 18.7 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.03 18.7 31.03 18.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.39 9.9 14.31 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.24 10.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.38 4.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.38 4.6 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.55 2.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 18.08 5.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.06 19.0 17.68 20.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.90 5.0 10.72 2.9 8.89 3.8 Group I................................................... 9.77 4.2 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.73 4.5 11.34 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.53 3.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.56 .3 – – 8.48 1.0 Group I................................................... 8.56 .3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.43 .2 – – 8.43 .3 Group I................................................... 8.43 .2 – – 8.43 .3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.04 2.1 – – 8.67 1.6 Group I................................................... 9.04 2.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.04 2.1 – – 8.67 1.6 Group I................................................... 9.04 2.1 – – 8.67 1.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.83 4.5 13.04 4.7 11.74 2.0 Group I................................................... 12.49 4.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.63 4.9 12.83 5.4 11.74 2.0 Group I................................................... 12.50 4.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.91 6.1 13.21 6.1 10.22 3.2 Group I................................................... 12.71 5.6 13.00 5.5 10.22 3.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.07 5.6 11.78 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.07 5.6 11.78 8.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.54 5.9 11.27 10.3 9.03 2.5 Group I................................................... 10.33 5.7 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.74 2.2 – – 8.50 .5 Group I................................................... 8.74 2.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.13 11.1 16.71 11.3 9.84 4.2 Group I................................................... 12.71 6.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.95 4.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.41 5.7 17.41 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 4.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.41 5.7 17.41 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 4.2 17.95 4.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.83 5.8 12.17 6.0 9.77 4.5 Group I................................................... 11.76 6.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.17 5.6 11.50 5.5 8.87 6.6 Group I................................................... 11.17 5.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.17 5.6 11.50 5.5 8.87 6.6 Group I................................................... 11.17 5.6 11.50 5.5 8.87 6.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.14 6.8 12.46 8.7 10.59 6.3 Group I................................................... 11.99 10.1 12.35 12.0 10.59 6.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.34 2.7 17.37 2.7 17.04 9.7 Group I................................................... 15.56 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.80 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.16 10.3 24.16 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 26.48 10.4 26.48 10.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.90 2.1 17.14 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.83 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.29 4.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.29 1.7 17.39 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.38 7.3 15.38 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.89 5.3 20.69 3.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.56 7.2 15.68 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.35 7.2 15.49 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 17.24 10.5 17.24 10.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.42 6.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.79 8.0 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.44 2.5 17.15 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.35 2.3 17.22 1.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.55 3.9 19.30 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.36 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.34 3.8 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.27 8.4 21.27 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.91 8.5 21.91 8.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.90 5.6 16.82 6.3 10.61 9.0 Group I................................................... 15.55 6.4 16.12 7.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.30 7.9 27.30 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 29.76 7.4 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.49 11.8 18.49 11.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.04 9.3 25.04 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 26.52 15.8 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.97 16.3 20.97 16.3 – – Group II.................................................. 27.66 2.9 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.41 3.7 18.46 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.94 5.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.38 3.9 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.16 9.4 16.16 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.80 10.9 – – – – Printers.......................................................... 19.05 23.6 19.05 23.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.33 6.9 16.17 6.6 10.71 8.3 Group I................................................... 13.75 5.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.87 12.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.26 11.7 25.26 11.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 14.9 17.28 13.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.98 15.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 6.3 20.59 6.3 – – Service station attendants........................................ 8.64 1.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.64 1.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.59 9.7 14.53 10.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.27 12.3 14.27 12.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.56 6.8 12.77 7.9 11.68 3.1 Group I................................................... 12.56 6.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.36 5.3 12.47 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.36 5.3 12.47 7.2 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.36 21.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.36 21.6 – – – – 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.21 $12.00 $17.97 $26.82 $36.12 Management occupations.............................................. 19.88 25.00 32.76 47.71 57.69 Education administrators.......................................... 21.79 26.44 26.44 51.58 53.66 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 22.92 30.26 37.02 41.82 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.97 20.59 26.01 32.69 40.19 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.25 21.00 32.26 35.80 41.50 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 34.24 35.62 41.25 44.52 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.00 12.25 16.71 21.00 26.70 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.93 31.37 34.98 37.86 38.46 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.55 22.20 27.61 34.19 39.81 Architects, except naval.......................................... 24.98 28.25 31.68 31.68 33.97 Engineers......................................................... 21.64 26.95 33.67 38.79 43.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.95 30.09 32.48 39.38 43.48 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.95 26.95 31.97 38.79 43.01 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.50 22.29 25.19 27.61 30.30 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.27 15.27 23.52 30.19 42.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.00 14.64 17.81 25.94 34.18 Legal occupations................................................... 28.85 31.27 47.12 64.90 120.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.67 20.61 34.05 40.42 45.32 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.00 31.22 38.60 49.66 61.43 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 20.00 31.22 35.25 47.39 54.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.51 29.29 34.12 40.42 44.57 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.13 34.05 35.51 41.49 44.58 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.66 33.49 36.51 40.76 44.58 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.28 34.05 35.28 41.58 44.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.51 33.11 35.02 40.42 44.58 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.51 33.11 35.02 40.42 44.58 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.46 13.77 14.77 16.71 18.83 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.86 19.83 20.19 26.44 26.52 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.08 21.00 30.29 37.60 43.11 Registered nurses................................................. 30.00 31.58 35.98 41.36 45.21 Therapists........................................................ 24.73 28.64 29.43 33.18 37.63 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.58 17.54 19.81 21.52 22.57 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.58 17.54 19.23 21.52 22.57 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.86 19.65 34.44 38.17 40.77 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 17.86 19.65 34.44 38.17 40.77 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.50 10.79 13.15 16.00 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.30 10.79 13.15 13.66 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.00 15.79 17.73 18.01 22.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.75 11.00 14.00 21.19 28.77 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.40 8.40 8.94 11.00 13.21 Cooks............................................................. 8.50 10.00 11.00 11.05 12.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.44 8.64 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.44 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.94 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.94 9.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 10.50 11.57 14.86 17.45 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 10.50 11.57 14.11 16.92 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.50 11.57 14.59 17.70 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.25 11.25 11.50 13.32 15.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.19 8.40 9.42 11.00 15.49 Child care workers................................................ 8.19 8.19 8.40 8.50 9.42 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.25 14.50 17.16 20.75 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.70 14.00 16.84 19.52 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.70 14.00 16.84 19.52 21.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.40 9.21 10.80 14.00 16.04 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.40 8.70 10.25 12.89 15.36 Cashiers...................................................... 8.40 8.70 10.25 12.89 15.36 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.65 9.48 10.92 14.66 17.39 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.87 13.23 17.00 20.25 23.02 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.37 18.50 19.43 31.56 36.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.10 14.00 15.50 20.19 23.29 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.10 14.34 15.60 20.57 21.61 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.93 10.60 15.00 20.20 23.02 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.00 12.45 12.50 15.93 15.93 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.03 12.80 17.10 17.34 17.47 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.75 17.18 20.47 22.69 23.54 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.50 17.81 20.47 21.85 34.52 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 12.02 16.00 20.05 21.39 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 21.28 29.74 35.65 36.12 Carpenters........................................................ 13.48 15.50 18.86 21.28 27.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 15.25 20.00 28.75 42.80 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 11.00 23.53 27.80 35.95 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 12.00 17.25 22.68 30.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.92 10.92 15.15 19.73 23.25 Printers.......................................................... 9.87 12.00 19.86 22.22 28.68 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 9.16 13.15 19.71 25.09 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 18.99 20.43 25.00 30.80 36.73 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.40 8.40 16.25 22.17 28.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.45 19.17 20.43 22.17 22.17 Service station attendants........................................ 8.40 8.40 8.40 9.05 9.05 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.17 12.41 13.50 17.62 19.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 9.16 11.00 14.44 19.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.50 11.50 13.25 19.75 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.16 9.16 9.16 19.75 20.25 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.25 $16.84 $25.00 $36.00 Management occupations.............................................. 19.61 21.68 30.77 47.71 57.46 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.78 23.41 33.17 39.11 42.18 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.47 21.00 26.01 29.53 40.19 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.25 19.29 31.06 35.62 42.31 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 34.24 35.62 41.60 44.64 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.00 12.25 14.02 19.29 26.70 Computer systems analysts......................................... 27.33 30.09 34.95 37.36 41.83 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.55 21.84 28.25 34.71 39.38 Architects, except naval.......................................... 24.98 28.25 31.68 31.68 33.97 Engineers......................................................... 21.64 26.95 33.67 37.80 42.64 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.95 30.09 32.48 39.38 43.48 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.95 26.95 31.97 38.79 43.01 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.74 13.77 16.51 24.36 31.22 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.86 19.83 19.83 26.52 26.52 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.71 19.25 31.75 38.00 45.22 Registered nurses................................................. 30.00 31.58 36.43 41.36 45.40 Therapists........................................................ 23.72 28.84 32.61 36.91 39.26 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.42 16.59 18.24 19.81 23.39 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.27 16.58 17.91 18.75 23.39 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 28.53 30.85 34.85 36.87 38.20 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.53 30.85 34.85 36.87 38.20 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 10.79 10.80 15.79 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.30 10.79 11.30 13.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.00 15.79 18.00 18.00 22.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.40 8.40 8.87 10.25 13.21 Cooks............................................................. 8.50 10.00 11.00 11.05 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.44 8.64 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.44 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.94 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.94 9.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.50 10.50 11.50 13.00 15.60 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.69 10.50 11.50 12.75 15.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.50 11.50 11.57 14.74 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.25 11.25 11.50 13.32 15.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.19 8.40 9.42 11.00 15.53 Child care workers................................................ 8.19 8.19 8.40 8.50 9.42 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.55 10.20 14.00 17.10 20.67 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 14.00 16.68 17.16 20.75 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.00 14.00 16.68 17.16 20.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.40 9.10 10.60 12.95 16.04 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.40 8.50 10.00 11.75 14.99 Cashiers...................................................... 8.40 8.50 10.00 11.75 14.99 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.65 9.48 10.92 14.66 17.39 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.71 13.00 16.81 20.05 23.02 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.37 18.50 19.43 31.56 36.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.10 13.49 15.06 19.10 21.61 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.10 14.34 15.60 20.57 21.61 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.93 10.60 15.00 20.20 23.02 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.00 12.45 12.50 15.93 15.93 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.03 12.80 17.10 17.34 17.47 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.75 17.00 22.41 22.69 25.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 12.02 16.00 20.05 20.05 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 19.52 29.74 35.69 36.12 Carpenters........................................................ 13.48 15.50 18.86 21.28 21.28 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.15 15.25 19.00 28.75 43.75 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 11.00 17.47 28.01 35.95 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 12.00 17.17 22.68 30.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.92 10.92 15.15 19.73 23.25 Printers.......................................................... 9.87 12.00 19.86 22.22 28.68 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 9.16 12.41 18.05 22.17 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.40 8.40 16.25 22.17 28.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.45 19.17 20.43 22.17 22.17 Service station attendants........................................ 8.40 8.40 8.40 9.05 9.05 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.17 12.41 13.50 17.62 19.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 9.16 11.00 14.44 19.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.50 11.50 13.25 19.75 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.16 9.16 9.16 19.75 20.25 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.99 $19.02 $25.57 $34.18 $41.56 Management occupations.............................................. 31.05 31.36 39.66 52.04 70.01 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 21.50 25.94 29.93 39.02 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.00 25.15 33.98 37.78 38.01 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.50 23.16 26.82 29.88 43.30 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.08 24.17 25.94 30.19 42.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.99 19.52 25.94 34.18 44.46 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.36 29.74 35.23 41.04 45.32 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 20.00 37.30 47.39 52.61 61.43 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.24 33.49 35.36 40.76 44.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.99 34.05 35.51 41.56 44.58 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.98 34.77 36.89 40.90 44.58 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.28 34.05 35.28 41.58 44.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.09 33.51 35.02 40.42 44.58 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.09 33.51 35.02 40.42 44.58 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.34 14.77 16.01 18.48 20.61 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.23 21.52 26.48 33.20 39.55 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.55 20.60 22.36 28.77 34.85 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.25 13.98 16.77 17.58 19.60 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.25 13.98 15.99 17.70 19.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.25 13.98 15.99 17.70 19.85 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.94 14.92 18.72 21.19 23.29 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.34 19.03 20.56 23.29 26.31 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.84 13.23 16.02 22.47 23.98 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.90 17.50 25.26 31.10 36.73 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.15 $18.97 $28.69 $37.08 Management occupations.............................................. 19.61 24.23 33.32 47.71 57.69 Education administrators.......................................... 21.79 26.44 26.44 51.58 53.66 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 22.92 30.26 37.02 41.82 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.97 20.59 26.01 32.69 40.19 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.25 25.40 32.26 35.80 41.71 Computer software engineers....................................... 34.24 34.24 35.62 41.25 44.52 Computer support specialists...................................... 10.00 12.25 14.38 21.96 26.70 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.93 31.37 34.98 37.86 38.46 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.55 22.20 27.61 34.19 39.81 Architects, except naval.......................................... 24.98 28.25 31.68 31.68 33.97 Engineers......................................................... 21.64 26.95 33.67 38.79 43.01 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 26.95 30.09 32.48 39.38 43.48 Industrial engineers.......................................... 26.95 26.95 31.97 38.79 43.01 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.50 22.29 25.19 27.61 30.30 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.27 15.27 23.52 30.19 42.56 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.64 14.67 18.67 25.94 34.37 Legal occupations................................................... 28.85 31.27 47.12 64.90 120.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.67 22.66 34.09 40.42 45.32 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.22 35.25 43.30 50.83 61.43 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.51 29.29 34.12 40.42 44.57 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.13 34.05 35.51 41.49 44.58 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.66 33.49 36.51 40.76 44.58 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.28 34.05 35.28 41.58 44.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.51 33.11 35.02 40.42 44.58 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.51 33.11 35.02 40.42 44.58 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.46 13.77 14.77 17.78 19.81 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.83 19.83 20.19 26.52 26.52 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.00 21.00 30.57 37.27 43.11 Registered nurses................................................. 30.00 31.49 34.72 41.19 45.22 Therapists........................................................ 24.89 29.43 29.50 34.76 38.07 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.59 17.54 20.16 21.52 22.57 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.59 17.54 19.81 21.52 22.57 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 17.86 19.65 34.44 38.17 40.77 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 17.86 19.65 34.44 38.17 40.77 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.79 10.79 13.15 17.73 18.82 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.00 11.50 14.00 21.19 28.77 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.40 8.64 10.00 12.00 14.50 Cooks............................................................. 10.00 10.75 11.05 11.05 13.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 10.50 11.57 15.60 17.58 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 10.70 11.57 14.59 17.58 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.50 11.00 11.57 14.90 17.70 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 10.26 11.50 13.32 15.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.19 9.00 9.85 11.50 17.86 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.21 10.80 15.00 18.43 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.70 14.00 16.84 19.52 21.50 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.70 14.00 16.84 19.52 21.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.65 11.35 14.66 16.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.40 9.00 10.80 12.89 15.69 Cashiers...................................................... 8.40 9.00 10.80 12.89 15.69 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.21 9.88 11.50 14.66 18.43 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.42 13.50 17.00 20.05 23.06 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 15.37 18.50 19.43 31.56 36.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.10 14.09 15.60 20.57 23.29 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.10 14.34 17.00 20.57 22.29 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.86 10.60 15.26 21.52 23.02 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.95 16.95 17.34 17.34 17.47 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.50 16.18 18.24 20.47 25.33 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.50 17.81 20.47 21.85 34.52 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.93 12.75 16.83 20.05 22.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.46 21.28 29.74 35.65 36.12 Carpenters........................................................ 13.48 15.50 18.86 21.28 27.16 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 15.25 20.00 28.75 42.80 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 11.00 23.53 27.80 35.95 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 12.00 17.50 22.68 30.69 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.92 10.92 15.15 19.73 23.25 Printers.......................................................... 9.87 12.00 19.86 22.22 28.68 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 14.44 20.00 25.32 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 18.99 20.43 25.00 30.80 36.73 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.40 10.75 16.88 22.17 28.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.45 19.17 20.43 22.17 22.17 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.17 12.41 12.41 18.00 19.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 9.16 10.00 14.65 20.25 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.50 9.00 11.50 14.65 19.75 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), Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.40 $8.40 $9.28 $14.58 $22.69 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.05 19.24 28.64 39.28 41.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.65 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.51 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.26 8.40 8.40 8.60 9.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.26 8.40 8.40 8.60 9.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 10.50 11.25 13.00 13.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 10.50 11.25 13.00 13.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.50 10.00 10.00 10.50 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.50 9.75 Child care workers................................................ 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.17 8.40 8.58 10.20 15.31 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.17 8.40 8.55 9.65 15.31 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 8.17 8.40 8.70 10.60 Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 8.17 8.40 8.70 10.60 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.40 8.40 8.65 15.31 16.03 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.60 11.03 15.93 22.69 22.69 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.40 8.55 10.00 12.50 12.69 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 8.40 9.36 12.00 15.02 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.50 10.03 11.25 12.50 14.27 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $22.13 $18.97 $873 $744 39.5 $44,693 $38,696 2,019 Management occupations.............................................. 37.66 33.32 1,597 1,456 42.4 82,669 75,696 2,195 Education administrators.......................................... 33.94 26.44 1,358 1,058 40.0 69,387 54,999 2,044 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.88 30.26 1,231 1,215 39.9 63,987 63,190 2,072 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.10 26.01 1,084 1,040 40.0 56,374 54,105 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.70 32.26 1,207 1,296 40.6 62,753 67,413 2,113 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.25 35.62 1,547 1,425 41.5 80,439 74,079 2,159 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.12 14.38 688 575 40.2 35,753 29,910 2,089 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.48 34.98 1,419 1,399 41.1 73,773 72,758 2,140 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.13 27.61 1,190 1,104 40.8 61,874 57,429 2,124 Architects, except naval.......................................... 29.54 31.68 1,247 1,267 42.2 64,820 65,890 2,194 Engineers......................................................... 33.47 33.67 1,380 1,379 41.2 71,757 71,718 2,144 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.45 32.48 1,378 1,299 40.0 71,662 67,558 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.30 31.97 1,332 1,279 40.0 69,267 66,487 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.68 25.19 1,027 1,008 40.0 53,420 52,393 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.38 23.52 983 941 40.3 49,290 48,922 2,021 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.06 18.67 882 747 40.0 41,299 38,823 1,872 Legal occupations................................................... 57.79 47.12 2,312 1,885 40.0 120,207 97,999 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.16 34.09 1,265 1,362 39.3 50,233 52,635 1,562 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.62 43.30 1,783 1,732 40.0 77,620 72,066 1,740 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.20 34.12 1,318 1,368 39.7 51,133 53,232 1,540 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.50 35.51 1,451 1,421 39.7 54,794 54,834 1,501 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.36 36.51 1,443 1,460 39.7 54,451 55,030 1,498 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.70 35.28 1,460 1,411 39.8 55,261 53,620 1,506 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.30 35.02 1,403 1,401 39.8 52,864 53,232 1,498 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.30 35.02 1,403 1,401 39.8 52,864 53,232 1,498 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.13 14.77 549 535 36.3 22,250 21,664 1,471 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.66 20.19 891 793 39.3 46,317 41,242 2,044 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.85 30.57 1,157 1,152 38.8 59,740 59,904 2,001 Registered nurses................................................. 36.59 34.72 1,371 1,294 37.5 70,264 65,437 1,920 Therapists........................................................ 31.43 29.50 1,243 1,179 39.5 62,696 61,214 1,995 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.88 20.16 795 806 40.0 41,343 41,933 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.52 19.81 781 792 40.0 40,611 41,205 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 31.03 34.44 1,201 1,328 38.7 62,468 69,056 2,013 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.03 34.44 1,201 1,328 38.7 62,468 69,056 2,013 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.31 13.15 503 512 35.1 26,134 26,624 1,826 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.68 14.00 707 560 40.0 36,769 29,120 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.72 10.00 396 385 36.9 20,426 19,542 1,905 Cooks............................................................. 11.34 11.05 418 385 36.8 21,057 20,020 1,857 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.04 11.57 512 463 39.2 26,369 24,057 2,022 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.83 11.57 505 461 39.4 26,010 24,057 2,027 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.21 11.57 525 463 39.7 26,933 24,057 2,039 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.78 11.50 452 460 38.4 23,512 23,920 1,995 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.27 9.85 444 389 39.4 23,092 20,238 2,048 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.71 15.00 648 512 38.8 33,707 26,624 2,017 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.41 16.84 720 674 41.4 37,447 35,031 2,151 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.41 16.84 720 674 41.4 37,447 35,031 2,151 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.17 11.35 477 432 39.1 24,780 22,464 2,036 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.50 10.80 455 426 39.6 23,664 22,164 2,057 Cashiers...................................................... 11.50 10.80 455 426 39.6 23,664 22,164 2,057 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.46 11.50 479 423 38.4 24,901 22,006 1,999 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.37 17.00 686 672 39.5 35,479 34,189 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.16 19.43 964 777 39.9 49,756 38,856 2,060 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.14 15.60 680 624 39.7 35,383 32,448 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.39 17.00 692 680 39.8 35,972 35,360 2,069 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 15.26 627 610 40.0 32,609 31,741 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.15 17.34 642 684 37.5 33,401 35,568 1,948 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.30 18.24 741 691 38.4 38,038 33,696 1,971 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.27 20.47 851 819 40.0 44,235 42,567 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.82 16.83 673 673 40.0 34,983 35,000 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.30 29.74 1,092 1,190 40.0 56,777 61,859 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 18.49 18.86 740 754 40.0 38,454 39,229 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.04 20.00 1,002 800 40.0 52,080 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.97 23.53 839 941 40.0 43,618 48,944 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.46 17.50 735 686 39.9 38,242 35,693 2,072 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.16 15.15 646 606 40.0 33,603 31,514 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.05 19.86 762 794 40.0 39,615 41,309 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 14.44 633 576 39.1 32,759 29,557 2,025 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.26 25.00 1,010 1,000 40.0 52,545 52,000 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.28 16.88 691 675 40.0 35,935 35,110 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 20.43 823 817 40.0 42,817 42,494 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.53 12.41 581 496 40.0 30,221 25,813 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.77 10.00 509 400 39.9 26,474 20,800 2,074 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.47 11.50 496 438 39.8 25,798 22,757 2,069 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $21.26 $17.88 $838 $700 39.4 $43,486 $36,161 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 36.34 30.77 1,557 1,418 42.8 80,713 73,715 2,221 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.23 33.17 1,244 1,327 39.8 64,698 69,002 2,072 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.18 26.01 1,087 1,040 40.0 56,529 54,105 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.35 32.26 1,195 1,290 40.7 62,149 67,101 2,118 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.76 35.62 1,571 1,425 41.6 81,709 74,079 2,164 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.74 13.98 673 559 40.2 34,977 29,085 2,090 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.39 34.95 1,452 1,403 42.2 75,523 72,946 2,196 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.28 28.25 1,199 1,212 41.0 62,356 63,016 2,129 Architects, except naval.......................................... 29.54 31.68 1,247 1,267 42.2 64,820 65,890 2,194 Engineers......................................................... 33.16 33.67 1,369 1,367 41.3 71,176 71,105 2,146 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.45 32.48 1,378 1,299 40.0 71,662 67,558 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.30 31.97 1,332 1,279 40.0 69,267 66,487 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.32 16.51 761 661 39.4 35,829 28,313 1,854 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.46 19.83 898 793 40.0 46,713 41,242 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.59 31.58 1,174 1,152 38.4 60,942 59,904 1,992 Registered nurses................................................. 36.68 35.26 1,385 1,294 37.8 72,022 67,309 1,964 Therapists........................................................ 32.10 32.61 1,271 1,304 39.6 64,353 67,829 2,005 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.43 34.85 1,327 1,394 39.7 69,000 72,488 2,064 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 33.43 34.85 1,327 1,394 39.7 69,000 72,488 2,064 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.05 13.15 487 480 34.7 25,320 24,960 1,802 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.70 10.00 395 376 36.9 20,500 19,760 1,916 Cooks............................................................. 11.26 11.05 415 385 36.9 21,408 20,020 1,901 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.13 11.50 474 460 39.1 24,649 23,920 2,033 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.88 11.50 467 460 39.3 24,285 23,920 2,043 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.94 11.50 475 460 39.8 24,709 23,920 2,070 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.78 11.50 452 460 38.4 23,512 23,920 1,995 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.27 9.85 444 389 39.4 23,092 20,238 2,048 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.59 15.00 643 512 38.7 33,417 26,624 2,014 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.39 16.68 681 667 41.5 35,393 34,686 2,160 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.39 16.68 681 667 41.5 35,393 34,686 2,160 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.04 10.92 471 428 39.1 24,480 22,256 2,033 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.17 10.25 441 410 39.5 22,951 21,320 2,055 Cashiers...................................................... 11.17 10.25 441 410 39.5 22,951 21,320 2,055 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.46 11.50 479 423 38.4 24,901 22,006 1,999 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.25 16.84 680 648 39.4 35,318 33,696 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.16 19.43 964 777 39.9 49,756 38,856 2,060 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.60 15.06 659 602 39.7 34,244 31,329 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.31 15.60 689 624 39.8 35,802 32,448 2,068 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.68 15.26 627 610 40.0 32,609 31,741 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.15 17.34 642 684 37.5 33,401 35,568 1,948 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.25 18.24 731 648 38.0 37,995 33,696 1,974 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.66 17.00 666 680 40.0 34,654 35,360 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.22 29.74 1,089 1,190 40.0 56,614 61,859 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 18.07 18.86 723 754 40.0 37,590 39,229 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.95 19.00 998 760 40.0 51,903 39,520 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.40 17.47 816 699 40.0 42,430 36,338 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.41 17.25 734 686 39.8 38,150 35,693 2,072 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.16 15.15 646 606 40.0 33,603 31,514 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.05 19.86 762 794 40.0 39,615 41,309 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.39 13.50 602 540 39.1 31,317 28,080 2,035 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.28 16.88 691 675 40.0 35,935 35,110 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.59 20.43 823 817 40.0 42,817 42,494 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.53 12.41 581 496 40.0 30,221 25,813 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.77 10.00 509 400 39.9 26,474 20,800 2,074 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.47 11.50 496 438 39.8 25,798 22,757 2,069 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $27.70 $25.94 $1,100 $1,042 39.7 $51,747 $51,743 1,868 Management occupations.............................................. 45.49 39.75 1,820 1,590 40.0 93,390 93,047 2,053 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.89 25.94 1,075 1,037 40.0 55,924 53,945 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.93 26.82 1,117 1,073 40.0 58,086 55,786 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.79 25.94 1,071 1,037 40.0 50,036 51,436 1,868 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.52 35.28 1,397 1,411 39.3 53,280 53,620 1,500 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.38 49.26 1,998 1,938 38.9 80,018 73,192 1,557 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.55 35.36 1,453 1,414 39.8 55,113 53,831 1,508 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.05 35.51 1,472 1,421 39.7 55,632 54,834 1,502 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.31 36.89 1,481 1,475 39.7 55,917 55,030 1,499 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.70 35.28 1,460 1,411 39.8 55,261 53,620 1,506 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.76 35.02 1,461 1,401 39.7 55,115 53,232 1,499 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.76 35.02 1,461 1,401 39.7 55,115 53,232 1,499 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.93 26.48 1,111 1,177 39.8 56,528 59,793 2,024 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.31 22.36 1,012 894 40.0 52,640 46,509 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.13 16.77 639 677 39.6 32,021 32,198 1,985 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.97 15.99 632 645 39.6 31,520 30,347 1,974 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.97 15.99 632 645 39.6 31,520 30,347 1,974 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.25 18.72 730 749 40.0 36,604 35,838 2,006 Financial clerks.................................................. 21.00 20.56 840 822 40.0 43,674 42,765 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.45 16.02 698 641 40.0 36,289 33,322 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 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.20 $17.75 $21.22 $27.21 Management, professional, and related...... 31.09 28.84 30.17 35.98 Management, business, and financial...... 33.42 32.83 29.73 40.73 Professional and related................. 29.89 25.93 30.37 34.33 Service.................................... 10.87 10.32 11.16 14.08 Sales and office........................... 16.73 15.11 18.03 20.21 Sales and related........................ 15.99 13.15 17.89 – Office and administrative support........ 17.22 17.33 18.08 15.24 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 26.40 24.89 32.55 27.75 Construction and extraction............. 27.22 26.47 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 24.95 21.81 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.69 14.96 16.21 25.47 Production............................... 18.37 18.14 15.88 24.64 Transportation and material moving....... 14.60 12.57 16.77 30.30 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........................................................... 3.4 4.3 9.4 7.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 5.1 15.1 3.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.5 6.6 8.0 8.1 Professional and related.......................................... 6.0 5.4 19.1 2.7 Service............................................................. 2.4 2.9 7.7 7.4 Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 5.7 3.8 24.2 Sales and related................................................. 11.7 8.0 2.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 5.1 5.0 3.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.0 7.6 10.7 9.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 8.3 7.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.1 9.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.1 8.9 3.4 10.9 Production........................................................ 3.8 10.2 3.6 13.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 6.5 8.9 3.1 12.6 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $19.03 $16.00 $742 $615 39.0 $38,501 $31,335 2,024 Management occupations.............................................. 33.95 26.90 1,490 1,084 43.9 77,495 56,376 2,283 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.11 33.17 1,273 1,327 39.6 66,184 69,002 2,061 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.72 26.44 1,061 1,058 39.7 55,161 54,997 2,064 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.49 23.68 1,030 947 40.4 53,562 49,248 2,101 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.57 17.43 800 692 38.9 35,503 25,608 1,726 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.59 24.50 969 980 37.8 50,141 50,960 1,959 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.51 10.00 382 376 36.4 19,836 19,542 1,888 Cooks............................................................. 11.26 11.05 415 385 36.9 21,408 20,020 1,901 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.21 11.00 436 440 38.9 22,648 22,880 2,021 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.36 11.50 446 460 39.3 23,213 23,920 2,043 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.68 8.80 372 328 38.5 19,363 17,033 2,000 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.59 13.00 522 512 38.4 27,168 26,624 1,998 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.07 14.00 631 585 41.9 32,803 30,420 2,177 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.07 14.00 631 585 41.9 32,803 30,420 2,177 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.21 10.25 440 410 39.2 22,882 21,320 2,041 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.15 9.65 406 386 40.0 21,113 20,062 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.15 9.65 406 386 40.0 21,113 20,062 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.47 10.50 438 410 38.2 22,760 21,320 1,985 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.15 15.75 670 624 39.1 34,783 32,448 2,028 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.92 14.36 630 574 39.5 32,735 29,871 2,056 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.37 15.06 650 602 39.7 33,793 31,329 2,065 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.99 17.39 719 696 40.0 37,414 36,171 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.47 28.85 1,059 1,154 40.0 55,066 60,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.81 18.95 873 758 40.0 45,371 39,412 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.25 16.25 724 650 39.7 37,650 33,800 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.09 10.50 516 420 39.4 26,806 21,840 2,049 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.73 13.50 589 540 40.0 30,636 28,080 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.82 9.18 433 367 40.0 22,512 19,088 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 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 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........................................................... $23.73 $19.75 $947 $784 39.9 $49,114 $40,602 2,070 Management occupations.............................................. 38.48 38.47 1,613 1,507 41.9 83,431 78,372 2,168 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.19 27.45 1,210 1,098 40.1 62,929 57,104 2,084 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.13 25.66 1,005 1,026 40.0 52,273 53,373 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.96 34.24 1,227 1,370 41.0 63,820 71,221 2,130 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.76 35.62 1,571 1,425 41.6 81,709 74,079 2,164 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.14 33.54 1,376 1,446 41.5 71,539 75,180 2,159 Engineers......................................................... 36.58 36.66 1,539 1,512 42.1 80,020 78,630 2,187 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 34.37 32.48 1,375 1,299 40.0 71,489 67,558 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.17 31.97 1,327 1,279 40.0 68,988 66,487 2,080 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 19.83 885 793 40.0 46,007 41,242 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.82 33.15 1,310 1,276 38.7 68,124 66,340 2,014 Registered nurses................................................. 37.42 36.80 1,413 1,337 37.8 73,478 69,545 1,964 Therapists........................................................ 33.21 33.13 1,321 1,325 39.8 68,700 68,910 2,069 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.43 34.85 1,327 1,394 39.7 69,000 72,488 2,064 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 33.43 34.85 1,327 1,394 39.7 69,000 72,488 2,064 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.55 13.65 534 544 39.4 27,782 28,288 2,051 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.78 13.00 503 515 39.3 26,135 26,790 2,044 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.73 12.38 501 489 39.4 26,059 25,438 2,048 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.53 18.60 970 744 39.5 50,423 38,696 2,056 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.89 14.66 575 518 38.6 29,886 26,936 2,007 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.43 12.89 549 516 38.0 28,544 26,820 1,978 Cashiers...................................................... 14.43 12.89 549 516 38.0 28,544 26,820 1,978 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.32 17.10 687 680 39.6 35,662 35,360 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.35 23.25 1,054 930 40.0 54,128 48,360 2,054 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.39 19.10 736 764 40.0 38,261 39,728 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.26 13.51 610 540 40.0 31,738 28,097 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 17.30 17.34 638 684 36.9 33,200 35,568 1,919 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.31 18.86 766 754 39.7 39,852 39,229 2,064 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.68 16.79 667 672 40.0 34,692 34,919 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.99 36.05 1,199 1,442 40.0 62,374 74,984 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 33.91 28.85 1,356 1,154 40.0 70,534 60,008 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.51 18.00 740 703 40.0 38,464 36,548 2,078 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.34 17.17 733 687 40.0 38,141 35,722 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 21.93 20.26 877 810 40.0 45,618 42,141 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.79 18.00 765 703 38.6 39,759 36,546 2,009 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 17.27 19.75 684 790 39.6 35,555 41,080 2,059 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.85 18.05 663 722 39.4 34,494 37,544 2,047 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 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........................................................... $25.59 $24.82 $26.42 $19.81 $19.50 $32.94 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.83 29.90 31.10 31.41 31.19 34.25 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 34.45 33.68 41.84 Professional and related.......................................... 30.98 28.82 31.33 29.84 29.96 27.97 Service............................................................. 16.87 14.41 18.72 10.70 10.61 – Sales and office.................................................... 17.29 16.55 17.78 16.81 16.74 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.15 16.05 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.60 17.06 17.99 17.28 17.24 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30.69 31.15 27.31 21.66 21.66 – Construction and extraction...................................... 31.19 31.30 – 19.34 19.34 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.88 30.18 – 23.67 23.67 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.68 22.25 25.27 15.16 15.16 – Production........................................................ 24.40 24.36 – 16.81 16.81 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.17 19.85 25.22 13.07 13.07 – 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........................................................... 3.7 6.2 3.9 3.6 3.7 10.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.0 9.7 4.4 4.2 4.5 9.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 3.8 3.9 14.3 Professional and related.......................................... 4.5 14.7 4.4 5.7 6.0 7.6 Service............................................................. 8.1 13.4 5.2 2.7 2.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 7.5 4.9 5.0 5.1 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.7 11.8 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.8 6.4 5.1 3.2 3.2 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.8 2.3 2.3 7.3 7.3 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.3 2.7 – 5.8 5.8 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.9 10.2 – 11.9 11.9 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.3 6.4 14.9 5.5 5.5 – Production........................................................ .7 .8 – 8.4 8.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.1 5.8 16.8 5.1 5.1 – 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.01 $20.06 $24.32 $24.32 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.47 31.38 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 34.25 33.84 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.37 30.12 – – Service............................................................. 11.56 10.84 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.29 16.08 23.89 23.89 Sales and related................................................. 14.25 13.98 24.78 24.78 Office and administrative support................................. 17.35 17.23 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.72 25.60 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 27.22 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.63 22.30 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.99 16.69 – – Production........................................................ 18.42 18.38 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.33 14.60 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.9 3.4 17.1 17.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 4.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 3.5 3.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.3 6.1 – – Service............................................................. 2.5 2.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.9 3.2 24.7 24.7 Sales and related................................................. 6.7 7.2 25.8 25.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 3.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.0 8.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 8.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.1 9.0 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.0 4.1 – – Production........................................................ 3.7 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 6.5 – – 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 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........................................................... – – – – $26.37 – $20.28 – $20.75 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 33.59 – 28.13 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 33.04 – 32.16 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 34.94 – 27.26 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.98 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 21.92 – 18.47 – 16.47 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 15.99 – 17.92 – 17.46 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – – – 10.8 – 4.3 – 8.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 4.6 – 5.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 3.6 – 11.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – 9.0 – 5.2 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 1.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 24.0 – 3.6 – 5.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 7.0 – 3.7 – 8.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 911,400 793,300 118,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 269,200 194,800 74,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 68,000 59,500 8,500 Professional and related.......................................... 201,300 135,300 65,900 Service............................................................. 187,200 172,100 15,200 Sales and office.................................................... 238,800 220,100 18,700 Sales and related................................................. 92,500 88,900 – Office and administrative support................................. 146,300 131,200 15,100 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 62,000 58,100 3,900 Construction and extraction...................................... 39,500 38,100 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21,500 19,800 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 154,200 148,300 5,900 Production........................................................ 77,800 77,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 76,400 70,900 5,500 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, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, September 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 51,470 50,344 1,126 Total in sample....................................................... 378 349 29 Responding........................................................ 209 187 22 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 125 118 7 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 44 44 0 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 2007 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.