NC BL 09/00/2010 Table: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, Bulletin, January 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $15.27 2.4 35.9 $14.56 2.7 35.6 $18.69 3.5 37.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 23.58 4.2 36.3 25.81 6.0 34.7 21.56 4.4 37.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.59 5.9 40.4 32.22 9.2 40.6 20.16 6.6 40.2 Professional and related.......................................... 22.78 4.8 35.4 23.84 7.4 33.3 21.88 5.3 37.4 Service............................................................. 10.87 4.7 30.2 10.03 6.7 28.8 14.31 6.2 37.4 Sales and office.................................................... 12.96 5.1 35.9 12.89 5.4 35.8 14.07 7.3 36.8 Sales and related................................................. 11.48 11.7 32.8 11.48 11.7 32.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.81 3.1 37.9 13.78 3.4 38.0 14.07 7.3 36.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.67 7.0 39.9 14.54 8.5 39.9 15.25 5.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 12.09 5.3 40.0 11.85 5.9 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.98 4.9 39.8 17.44 6.2 39.7 15.59 6.1 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.03 2.9 37.7 14.04 3.0 37.9 – – – Production........................................................ 14.40 3.0 38.9 14.39 3.0 38.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.24 4.3 35.5 13.29 4.5 36.0 – – – Full time........................................................... 15.89 2.5 39.5 15.23 3.0 39.4 18.90 3.9 40.1 Part time........................................................... 9.97 4.3 20.2 9.40 4.1 20.4 15.38 9.9 18.5 Union............................................................... 22.21 4.5 36.4 22.21 4.5 36.4 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 15.14 2.2 35.9 14.39 2.5 35.6 18.69 3.5 37.5 Time................................................................ 15.18 2.4 35.7 14.38 2.9 35.3 18.69 3.5 37.5 Incentive........................................................... 16.50 8.2 39.6 16.50 8.2 39.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.74 2.2 39.0 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 14.44 4.4 33.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.43 4.2 34.5 13.24 4.5 34.4 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.31 2.9 37.9 16.24 3.0 38.0 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 18.69 2.7 37.7 17.94 2.3 37.5 19.23 4.7 37.9 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $15.27 2.4 $15.89 2.5 $9.97 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 32.08 11.8 32.08 11.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.02 8.5 41.02 8.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.60 5.2 21.60 5.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.18 9.4 24.18 9.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.66 3.6 22.85 4.2 19.27 1.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.91 8.7 22.05 9.4 20.81 10.9 Level 4 .................................................. 12.02 3.2 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.12 7.0 16.23 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.91 12.1 24.97 10.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.75 9.8 22.19 12.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.87 1.7 25.91 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.22 9.1 31.23 8.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.74 2.6 29.69 3.4 30.17 11.0 Level 8 .................................................. 26.61 .3 26.61 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.57 12.4 29.31 11.4 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.37 6.5 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.89 3.9 26.93 4.0 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.29 3.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.03 7.8 19.37 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.86 9.8 19.86 9.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.62 6.1 15.14 17.7 9.60 8.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 10.76 5.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.76 5.1 11.57 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 3.0 11.57 3.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.22 18.3 – – 15.15 21.0 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.00 5.5 13.23 4.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 13.8 9.35 5.8 6.63 13.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.87 4.0 6.99 1.4 6.76 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.44 18.6 – – 6.22 22.0 Cooks............................................................. 7.60 3.5 – – 7.56 2.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.76 28.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 14.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.03 5.9 – – 7.72 6.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.03 5.9 – – 7.72 6.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.80 9.4 13.27 16.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.10 1.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.87 6.5 9.42 16.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.59 7.1 8.85 15.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.48 11.7 12.45 12.1 8.13 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.28 10.8 – – 7.45 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.38 21.4 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.70 10.8 11.60 12.3 8.13 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.28 10.8 – – 7.45 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.38 21.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 10.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 10.9 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.21 8.0 13.88 7.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.81 3.1 13.89 3.1 11.64 16.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.05 3.0 11.43 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 6.4 11.93 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.57 1.6 13.61 1.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.67 5.8 16.53 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.46 5.1 18.46 5.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.69 7.0 16.69 7.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.44 6.8 15.40 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.39 3.0 14.58 3.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.55 12.3 14.84 13.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.80 3.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 7.0 13.01 7.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.48 5.9 10.48 5.9 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 15.5 15.63 15.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.11 4.3 13.11 4.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.73 7.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.57 9.1 12.57 9.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.07 .3 13.07 .3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.89 10.3 13.89 10.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 5.3 12.09 5.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.98 4.9 16.98 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 4.6 14.29 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.75 6.9 15.75 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.10 3.7 18.10 3.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.11 6.5 18.11 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.22 1.6 19.22 1.6 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 1.6 19.12 1.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.12 4.2 19.12 4.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.40 3.0 14.43 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.27 2.6 10.27 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.21 3.2 11.19 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.62 2.9 13.62 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.93 4.4 16.93 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.86 1.7 16.86 1.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.53 6.6 18.53 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.67 3.5 20.67 3.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.35 7.4 13.52 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 3.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.88 9.5 12.88 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.67 10.1 15.67 10.1 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.99 11.2 14.07 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.63 11.9 14.63 11.9 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.03 5.1 13.04 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 5.8 13.77 5.8 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.64 6.9 13.73 7.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.22 1.6 17.22 1.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.43 3.6 19.43 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.61 .7 21.61 .7 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.50 5.7 20.50 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.18 3.6 20.18 3.6 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 .3 14.87 .3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 .4 15.30 .4 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 .1 12.79 .1 – – Cutting workers................................................... 16.49 4.9 16.49 4.9 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.99 1.6 16.99 1.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.00 8.1 16.00 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.03 12.8 20.03 12.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.52 3.6 13.52 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.08 6.0 11.08 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.92 3.6 12.92 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.24 4.3 13.49 4.1 11.27 10.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.50 8.3 9.80 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.76 3.3 11.69 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 5.7 13.64 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.43 3.8 18.43 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.99 16.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.35 14.6 15.96 12.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.66 4.9 18.66 4.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.54 3.3 18.54 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.66 4.9 18.66 4.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.48 4.9 12.35 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.50 6.8 12.25 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 6.3 12.46 6.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 5.2 11.57 5.6 12.09 10.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.39 5.5 10.56 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 5.2 11.47 5.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.88 7.1 12.85 10.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.96 6.6 11.14 10.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.07 2.0 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.25 3.4 11.46 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 8.1 10.20 9.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.56 2.7 $15.23 3.0 $9.40 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 33.82 13.4 33.82 13.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.76 6.0 44.76 6.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.16 12.4 28.16 12.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.88 8.7 23.45 8.7 19.91 12.0 Level 5 .................................................. 16.82 8.2 17.04 9.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.91 12.1 24.97 10.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.87 1.7 25.91 1.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.92 3.5 30.49 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.61 .3 26.61 .3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.03 7.8 19.37 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.86 9.8 19.86 9.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.42 6.9 15.14 17.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.63 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 10.76 5.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.76 5.1 11.57 3.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 3.0 11.57 3.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.39 20.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 10.87 10.5 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.51 15.7 9.05 7.6 6.45 13.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.87 4.0 6.99 1.4 6.76 7.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.53 21.1 – – 5.80 20.5 Cooks............................................................. 7.60 3.5 – – 7.56 2.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.28 14.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 14.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.73 5.7 – – 7.28 2.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.73 5.7 – – 7.28 2.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.05 10.8 12.25 19.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.10 1.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.74 6.8 9.26 17.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.64 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.43 7.4 8.63 16.4 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.48 11.7 12.45 12.1 8.13 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.28 10.8 – – 7.45 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.38 21.4 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.70 10.8 11.60 12.3 8.13 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.28 10.8 – – 7.45 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.38 21.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 10.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.32 10.9 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.21 8.0 13.88 7.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.78 3.4 13.81 3.3 12.70 17.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 3.0 11.43 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 6.4 11.93 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.65 1.8 13.69 1.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.11 6.1 16.97 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.07 5.2 19.07 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.29 7.3 16.29 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.43 7.2 15.39 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.31 3.2 14.51 3.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.55 12.3 14.84 13.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.80 3.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 7.0 13.01 7.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.48 5.9 10.48 5.9 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 15.5 15.63 15.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.11 4.3 13.11 4.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.73 7.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.60 9.6 11.60 9.6 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.07 .3 13.07 .3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.05 12.8 14.05 12.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.85 5.9 11.85 5.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.44 6.2 17.44 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 4.6 14.29 4.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.15 7.7 18.15 7.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 1.6 19.12 1.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.39 3.0 14.42 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.27 2.6 10.27 2.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.21 3.2 11.19 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.62 2.9 13.62 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.94 4.5 16.94 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.02 1.5 17.02 1.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.53 6.6 18.53 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.67 3.5 20.67 3.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.35 7.4 13.52 6.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 3.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.88 9.5 12.88 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.67 10.1 15.67 10.1 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.99 11.2 14.07 10.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.63 11.9 14.63 11.9 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.03 5.1 13.04 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 5.8 13.77 5.8 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.64 6.9 13.73 7.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.22 1.6 17.22 1.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.43 3.6 19.43 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.61 .7 21.61 .7 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.50 5.7 20.50 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.18 3.6 20.18 3.6 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 .3 14.87 .3 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 .4 15.30 .4 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 .1 12.79 .1 – – Cutting workers................................................... 16.49 4.9 16.49 4.9 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.99 1.6 16.99 1.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.00 8.1 16.00 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.03 12.8 20.03 12.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.52 3.6 13.52 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.08 6.0 11.08 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.92 3.6 12.92 3.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.29 4.5 13.54 4.2 11.02 12.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.50 8.3 9.80 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.81 3.7 11.74 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.64 6.3 13.64 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.43 3.8 18.43 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.99 16.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.35 14.6 15.96 12.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.66 4.9 18.66 4.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.54 3.3 18.54 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.66 4.9 18.66 4.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.48 4.9 12.35 4.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.50 6.8 12.25 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 6.3 12.46 6.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 5.2 11.57 5.6 12.09 10.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.39 5.5 10.56 6.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 5.2 11.47 5.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.88 7.1 12.85 10.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.96 6.6 11.14 10.8 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.07 2.0 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.25 3.4 11.46 3.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 8.1 10.20 9.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $18.69 3.5 $18.90 3.9 $15.38 9.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.43 4.0 22.56 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.38 16.0 20.12 16.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.94 4.1 14.11 3.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 7.3 14.66 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.59 6.1 15.59 6.1 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $15.27 2.4 $15.89 2.5 $9.97 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 32.08 11.8 32.08 11.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.28 12.9 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.60 5.2 21.60 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 17.96 1.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.96 10.1 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.18 9.4 24.18 9.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.66 3.6 22.85 4.2 19.27 1.5 Group I................................................... 12.58 5.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.30 3.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 .1 25.00 .1 – – Group III................................................. 25.00 .1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Group III................................................. 25.32 1.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Group III................................................. 25.32 1.1 25.32 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.58 5.0 11.99 3.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.91 8.7 22.05 9.4 20.81 10.9 Group I................................................... 12.02 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.43 7.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.88 6.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.74 2.6 29.69 3.4 30.17 11.0 Group II.................................................. 24.99 3.1 24.93 3.5 25.52 2.0 Group III................................................. 38.55 6.1 – – – – Therapists........................................................ 27.37 6.5 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.89 3.9 26.93 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 26.89 3.9 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.29 3.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.03 7.8 19.37 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.28 8.6 19.67 9.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.62 6.1 15.14 17.7 9.60 8.9 Group I................................................... 12.43 6.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.76 5.1 11.57 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.76 5.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 3.0 11.57 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 11.57 3.0 11.57 3.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.22 18.3 – – 15.15 21.0 Group I................................................... 17.03 20.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.00 5.5 13.23 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.02 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.18 3.6 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Security guards................................................. 10.87 10.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 13.8 9.35 5.8 6.63 13.3 Group I................................................... 7.28 8.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.60 3.5 – – 7.56 2.0 Group I................................................... 7.60 3.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.76 28.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.76 28.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 14.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 4.28 14.8 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.03 5.9 – – 7.72 6.1 Group I................................................... 8.03 5.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.03 5.9 – – 7.72 6.1 Group I................................................... 8.03 5.9 – – 7.72 6.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.80 9.4 13.27 16.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.55 12.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.87 6.5 9.42 16.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.87 6.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.59 7.1 8.85 15.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.59 7.1 8.85 15.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.48 11.7 12.45 12.1 8.13 2.6 Group I................................................... 10.41 14.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.92 4.0 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.70 10.8 11.60 12.3 8.13 2.6 Group I................................................... 9.87 11.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Group I................................................... 8.43 9.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.79 8.3 9.26 11.9 7.90 2.1 Group I................................................... 8.43 9.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.21 8.0 13.88 7.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.81 3.1 13.89 3.1 11.64 16.1 Group I................................................... 12.53 1.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.13 4.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.69 7.0 16.69 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.30 7.5 17.30 7.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.44 6.8 15.40 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.28 2.9 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.55 12.3 14.84 13.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.80 3.4 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 7.0 13.01 7.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.48 5.9 10.48 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.48 5.9 10.48 5.9 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 15.5 15.63 15.5 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.11 4.3 13.11 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 1.5 13.69 1.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.73 7.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.73 7.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.57 9.1 12.57 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.26 9.6 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 13.07 .3 13.07 .3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.89 10.3 13.89 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.26 5.2 12.26 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 5.3 12.09 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 6.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.98 4.9 16.98 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.72 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.12 5.0 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.11 6.5 18.11 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.23 2.4 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 1.6 19.12 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.12 1.6 19.12 1.6 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.12 4.2 19.12 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.46 2.9 19.46 2.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.40 3.0 14.43 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.57 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.20 1.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.67 3.5 20.67 3.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.72 9.8 19.72 9.8 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.35 7.4 13.52 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.35 7.4 – – – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.99 11.2 14.07 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.99 11.2 14.07 10.8 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.03 5.1 13.04 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.03 5.1 – – – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.64 6.9 13.73 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.64 6.9 13.73 7.1 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.22 1.6 17.22 1.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.61 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.36 .1 – – – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.50 5.7 20.50 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 19.31 8.6 19.31 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.88 2.1 21.88 2.1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 .3 14.87 .3 – – Group I................................................... 14.68 1.1 – – – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 .4 15.30 .4 – – Group I................................................... 15.09 .5 15.09 .5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 .1 12.79 .1 – – Group I................................................... 12.79 .1 – – – – Cutting workers................................................... 16.49 4.9 16.49 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.49 4.9 – – – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.99 1.6 16.99 1.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.99 1.6 16.99 1.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.00 8.1 16.00 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 16.63 13.9 16.63 13.9 – – Group II.................................................. 15.11 5.8 15.11 5.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.52 3.6 13.52 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.21 2.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.24 4.3 13.49 4.1 11.27 10.4 Group I................................................... 12.55 6.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.35 14.6 15.96 12.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.60 14.2 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.54 3.3 18.54 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 18.54 3.3 18.54 3.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.48 4.9 12.35 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.48 4.9 12.35 4.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 5.2 11.57 5.6 12.09 10.9 Group I................................................... 11.29 4.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.88 7.1 12.85 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.29 8.8 12.62 10.9 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.07 2.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.07 2.0 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.25 3.4 11.46 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.25 3.4 11.46 3.9 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.75 $10.85 $13.25 $18.00 $24.49 Management occupations.............................................. 19.52 21.31 30.45 39.42 52.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.20 15.20 20.40 23.60 36.19 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.33 20.03 23.01 29.14 30.95 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.59 17.69 23.34 27.68 32.44 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.84 24.64 28.18 31.45 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.55 10.85 11.82 13.30 15.14 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 13.50 21.68 26.95 32.55 Registered nurses................................................. 21.03 25.89 26.49 35.61 43.64 Therapists........................................................ 23.55 24.54 27.54 29.90 31.49 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.90 25.99 25.99 29.61 30.36 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.35 11.95 12.13 13.50 13.74 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.31 17.60 18.00 22.80 23.63 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 9.00 10.75 13.00 21.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.97 12.14 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.89 9.89 11.75 12.14 14.32 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.96 12.00 21.50 21.50 21.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.89 10.95 13.22 14.60 15.58 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.25 9.50 10.95 10.95 15.00 Security guards................................................. 7.25 9.50 10.95 10.95 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.00 6.65 7.25 9.00 11.28 Cooks............................................................. 6.80 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.95 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 5.00 10.00 11.24 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 5.00 5.00 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.75 7.70 9.36 9.79 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 6.75 7.70 9.36 9.79 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.37 7.40 11.00 12.00 17.09 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.37 7.40 10.69 11.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.37 7.37 10.69 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.75 11.08 14.40 16.43 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.50 9.65 12.68 15.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.50 12.68 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.50 12.68 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.95 11.47 12.50 15.63 16.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.12 13.00 15.98 19.04 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.72 14.51 14.51 19.34 20.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 12.86 14.06 17.04 23.08 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 12.50 12.86 15.94 23.08 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.54 10.54 13.79 13.81 14.73 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.80 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.13 12.62 17.55 18.33 18.33 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.75 11.00 12.64 14.83 18.35 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.65 9.65 12.78 13.00 16.31 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.50 9.50 13.00 14.11 15.94 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.00 13.00 13.13 13.13 13.13 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 12.00 13.00 15.10 21.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.50 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.81 14.23 16.05 19.84 21.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.60 15.77 18.93 19.86 21.62 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.82 18.27 19.86 19.86 19.86 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.77 16.90 19.84 21.15 21.62 Production occupations.............................................. 9.30 11.83 13.29 16.55 20.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.00 16.06 17.07 25.38 29.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.30 11.00 12.65 15.42 18.40 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.00 12.00 13.00 16.38 18.19 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.00 12.84 12.90 13.65 14.50 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 12.90 13.54 14.50 15.59 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.25 16.02 20.50 23.12 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.01 17.88 19.77 22.50 27.30 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 12.98 13.49 15.35 15.47 17.20 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.70 15.20 15.35 15.70 16.71 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.75 13.68 14.30 Cutting workers................................................... 13.00 14.38 14.75 17.25 22.12 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 13.00 13.19 15.00 18.96 25.67 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.19 13.41 13.63 17.59 26.31 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.70 11.88 13.15 16.55 16.94 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.02 12.00 14.82 20.85 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.15 9.58 13.00 20.85 29.62 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.90 15.33 20.85 21.60 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.27 10.45 12.10 14.75 16.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.90 9.85 11.25 12.75 14.94 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.42 10.31 11.91 14.94 17.97 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.50 9.20 9.75 11.60 12.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 9.50 11.99 12.20 14.68 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.05 $10.00 $13.00 $16.99 $22.80 Management occupations.............................................. 15.22 22.84 31.25 49.50 52.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 20.90 30.96 36.19 39.43 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.75 14.50 23.30 27.44 38.52 Registered nurses................................................. 21.47 26.49 26.76 39.14 43.64 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.31 17.60 18.00 22.80 23.63 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 9.00 10.00 12.46 21.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.97 12.14 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.89 9.89 11.75 12.14 14.32 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.96 12.00 21.50 21.50 21.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.25 9.50 10.95 10.95 15.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.25 9.50 10.95 10.95 15.00 Security guards................................................. 7.25 9.50 10.95 10.95 15.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.65 7.25 8.50 10.16 Cooks............................................................. 6.80 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.95 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 5.00 5.00 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 5.00 5.00 7.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.70 7.25 8.44 9.79 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 6.70 7.25 8.44 9.79 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.37 7.37 11.00 12.00 17.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.37 7.37 9.07 11.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.37 7.37 9.07 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.75 11.08 14.40 16.43 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.50 9.65 12.68 15.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.50 12.68 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.50 12.68 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.95 11.47 12.50 15.63 16.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.98 19.04 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.72 13.72 14.51 19.04 20.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 12.86 14.06 17.04 23.08 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 12.50 12.86 15.94 23.08 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.54 10.54 13.79 13.81 14.73 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.80 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.13 12.62 17.55 18.33 18.33 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.75 11.00 12.64 14.83 18.35 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.65 9.65 12.78 13.00 16.31 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.50 9.50 13.00 13.13 13.13 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.00 13.00 13.13 13.13 13.13 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 10.00 13.00 15.10 21.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 10.00 10.50 13.25 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 14.50 18.20 19.86 21.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.11 15.77 18.93 19.86 21.62 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.82 18.27 19.86 19.86 19.86 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 11.83 13.25 16.55 20.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.00 16.06 17.07 25.38 29.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.30 11.00 12.65 15.42 18.40 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.00 12.00 13.00 16.38 18.19 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.00 12.84 12.90 13.65 14.50 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 12.90 13.54 14.50 15.59 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.25 16.02 20.50 23.12 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.01 17.88 19.77 22.50 27.30 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 12.98 13.49 15.35 15.47 17.20 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.70 15.20 15.35 15.70 16.71 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.75 13.68 14.30 Cutting workers................................................... 13.00 14.38 14.75 17.25 22.12 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 13.00 13.19 15.00 18.96 25.67 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.19 13.41 13.63 17.59 26.31 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.70 11.88 13.15 16.55 16.94 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 10.02 12.00 14.82 20.85 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.15 9.58 13.00 20.85 29.62 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.90 15.33 20.85 21.60 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.27 10.45 12.10 14.75 16.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.90 9.85 11.25 12.75 14.94 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.42 10.31 11.91 14.94 17.97 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.50 9.20 9.75 11.60 12.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 9.50 11.99 12.20 14.68 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.95 $13.22 $16.23 $23.58 $29.51 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.59 16.97 22.83 27.79 32.33 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.84 24.64 28.18 31.45 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.55 10.85 11.82 13.30 15.14 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 12.74 14.81 26.54 31.23 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.77 13.22 13.22 14.77 16.42 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.58 12.32 13.60 15.73 19.34 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.28 14.23 14.93 16.90 19.45 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.42 $11.50 $13.75 $18.61 $25.38 Management occupations.............................................. 19.52 21.31 30.45 39.42 52.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.20 15.20 20.40 23.60 36.19 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.33 20.03 23.01 29.14 30.95 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.59 17.69 23.85 27.99 32.64 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.84 24.64 28.18 31.45 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 24.92 28.50 31.60 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.55 10.85 11.61 12.82 13.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 13.57 22.80 27.44 31.30 Registered nurses................................................. 20.23 25.89 26.49 32.59 43.64 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.90 25.99 25.99 29.61 30.36 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.96 18.00 18.00 22.80 23.67 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.89 11.96 12.14 21.50 21.50 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.89 9.89 11.75 12.14 14.32 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.89 9.89 11.75 12.14 14.32 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.95 11.50 13.22 14.72 15.72 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.80 6.99 8.51 10.97 13.43 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.37 7.37 12.00 17.00 21.49 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.37 7.37 7.37 11.25 11.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.37 7.37 7.37 11.25 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.30 12.10 14.57 16.60 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 9.05 11.47 13.00 15.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 9.15 10.45 12.68 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 9.15 10.45 12.68 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.05 11.47 13.00 15.63 18.24 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.72 13.00 15.98 19.04 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.72 14.51 14.51 19.34 20.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.50 12.86 15.94 17.04 18.94 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.50 12.86 12.86 16.75 23.08 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.54 10.54 13.79 13.81 14.73 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.80 12.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.13 12.62 17.55 18.33 18.33 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.75 11.00 12.64 14.83 18.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.50 9.50 13.00 14.11 15.94 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.00 13.00 13.13 13.13 13.13 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 12.00 13.00 15.10 21.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.50 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.81 14.23 16.05 19.84 21.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.60 15.77 18.93 19.86 21.62 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.82 18.27 19.86 19.86 19.86 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.77 16.90 19.84 21.15 21.62 Production occupations.............................................. 9.42 11.83 13.41 16.55 20.23 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.00 16.06 17.07 25.38 29.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.00 11.31 12.75 15.42 18.40 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.00 12.00 13.00 16.38 18.19 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.00 12.84 12.90 13.65 15.10 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 12.90 13.54 14.50 15.59 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.25 16.02 20.50 23.12 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.01 17.88 19.77 22.50 27.30 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 12.98 13.49 15.35 15.47 17.20 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.70 15.20 15.35 15.70 16.71 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.75 13.68 14.30 Cutting workers................................................... 13.00 14.38 14.75 17.25 22.12 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 13.00 13.19 15.00 18.96 25.67 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.19 13.41 13.63 17.59 26.31 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.70 11.88 13.15 16.55 16.94 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.45 12.00 14.94 20.85 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.45 12.00 13.90 20.85 29.62 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.90 15.33 20.85 21.60 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.27 10.45 11.93 14.65 16.43 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.90 9.50 11.25 12.20 14.94 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.90 9.85 11.89 14.94 19.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.00 10.71 11.99 12.20 14.68 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.25 $8.50 $11.00 $14.50 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.00 16.97 18.28 20.00 25.75 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.50 13.50 15.31 25.90 33.33 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 25.90 25.90 40.00 40.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.25 9.00 9.00 13.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.25 13.00 13.00 18.51 21.81 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 5.00 7.25 7.50 9.36 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.44 8.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.65 7.25 8.00 10.58 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 6.65 7.25 8.00 10.58 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.25 7.46 8.45 9.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.46 8.45 9.65 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.05 9.25 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.05 9.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 9.33 10.00 12.93 23.44 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.15 7.75 11.10 13.03 16.25 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.80 9.85 11.10 13.25 16.72 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $15.89 $13.75 $628 $549 39.5 $32,293 $28,575 2,032 Management occupations.............................................. 32.08 30.45 1,307 1,218 40.8 67,987 63,336 2,119 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.60 20.40 866 816 40.1 45,041 42,434 2,085 Community and social services occupations........................... 24.18 23.01 952 934 39.4 46,626 44,782 1,928 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.85 23.85 904 918 39.5 39,097 40,179 1,711 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 24.64 977 967 39.1 42,487 42,240 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.32 24.92 985 977 38.9 42,816 42,534 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.32 24.92 985 977 38.9 42,816 42,534 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.99 11.61 470 464 39.2 20,348 19,942 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.05 22.80 842 760 38.2 43,365 40,061 1,966 Registered nurses................................................. 29.69 26.49 1,139 1,059 38.4 59,245 55,093 1,995 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.93 25.99 1,077 1,040 40.0 56,011 54,059 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.37 18.00 715 660 36.9 37,178 34,320 1,919 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.14 12.14 555 478 36.7 28,860 24,871 1,906 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.57 11.75 422 434 36.5 21,928 22,547 1,896 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 11.75 422 434 36.5 21,928 22,547 1,896 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.23 13.22 548 567 41.4 28,507 29,466 2,154 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.35 8.51 378 330 40.5 19,124 17,150 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.27 12.00 531 480 40.0 27,621 24,960 2,082 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.42 7.37 372 350 39.5 19,332 18,200 2,053 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.85 7.37 349 295 39.4 18,144 15,334 2,051 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.45 12.10 487 460 39.1 25,329 23,920 2,034 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.60 11.47 452 459 38.9 23,491 23,856 2,025 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.26 9.15 350 335 37.8 18,220 17,410 1,967 Cashiers...................................................... 9.26 9.15 350 335 37.8 18,220 17,410 1,967 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.88 13.00 561 520 40.4 29,183 27,040 2,103 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.89 13.00 550 520 39.6 28,592 27,040 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.69 14.51 667 580 40.0 34,707 30,181 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.40 15.94 585 638 38.0 30,427 33,155 1,975 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.84 12.86 544 514 36.6 28,274 26,740 1,905 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 13.79 519 552 39.9 27,012 28,683 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.48 10.00 415 400 39.6 21,573 20,800 2,059 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 17.55 625 702 40.0 32,514 36,504 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.11 12.64 525 506 40.0 27,276 26,291 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.57 13.00 498 495 39.6 25,877 25,755 2,058 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.07 13.13 506 488 38.7 26,291 25,350 2,012 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.89 13.00 548 520 39.5 28,502 27,040 2,052 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 11.50 484 460 40.0 25,145 23,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.98 16.05 676 631 39.8 35,137 32,802 2,070 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.11 18.93 718 757 39.6 37,321 39,366 2,061 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 19.86 726 794 38.0 37,743 41,309 1,974 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.12 19.84 765 794 40.0 39,769 41,267 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.43 13.41 565 528 39.1 29,376 27,435 2,036 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.67 17.07 854 752 41.3 44,408 39,081 2,149 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 12.75 530 486 39.2 27,576 25,272 2,040 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 14.07 13.00 557 520 39.6 28,958 27,040 2,059 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.04 12.90 517 514 39.7 26,890 26,707 2,063 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.73 13.54 542 542 39.5 28,204 28,163 2,054 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.22 16.02 678 624 39.4 35,241 32,448 2,047 Upholsterers.................................................... 20.50 19.77 811 783 39.5 42,147 40,706 2,056 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 15.35 595 614 40.0 30,925 31,928 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 15.35 612 614 40.0 31,825 31,928 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 12.75 512 510 40.0 26,606 26,520 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 16.49 14.75 640 581 38.8 33,273 30,222 2,018 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.99 15.00 654 600 38.5 34,027 31,200 2,002 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.00 13.63 641 545 40.0 33,311 28,350 2,081 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.52 13.15 524 520 38.7 27,229 27,040 2,014 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.49 12.00 540 480 40.0 28,086 24,960 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.96 13.90 637 530 39.9 33,145 27,560 2,077 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.54 20.85 768 864 41.4 39,927 44,928 2,154 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.35 11.93 494 475 40.0 25,704 24,690 2,081 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.57 11.25 461 442 39.8 23,972 23,005 2,071 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.85 11.89 503 467 39.2 26,168 24,294 2,037 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.46 11.99 460 480 40.2 23,924 24,939 2,088 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $15.23 $13.25 $600 $527 39.4 $31,189 $27,425 2,048 Management occupations.............................................. 33.82 31.25 1,385 1,250 40.9 72,006 65,000 2,129 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.16 30.96 1,123 1,238 39.9 58,383 64,388 2,073 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.45 23.30 872 884 37.2 45,366 45,989 1,935 Registered nurses................................................. 30.49 26.49 1,173 1,059 38.5 61,007 55,093 2,001 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.37 18.00 715 660 36.9 37,178 34,320 1,919 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.14 12.14 555 478 36.7 28,860 24,871 1,906 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.57 11.75 422 434 36.5 21,928 22,547 1,896 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.57 11.75 422 434 36.5 21,928 22,547 1,896 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.05 8.25 369 310 40.8 19,201 16,120 2,122 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.25 12.00 491 452 40.0 25,507 23,525 2,082 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.26 7.37 365 295 39.4 18,992 15,334 2,051 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.63 7.37 340 295 39.4 17,670 15,334 2,049 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.45 12.10 487 460 39.1 25,329 23,920 2,034 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.60 11.47 452 459 38.9 23,491 23,856 2,025 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.26 9.15 350 335 37.8 18,220 17,410 1,967 Cashiers...................................................... 9.26 9.15 350 335 37.8 18,220 17,410 1,967 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.88 13.00 561 520 40.4 29,183 27,040 2,103 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.81 13.00 546 520 39.5 28,403 27,040 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.29 14.51 652 580 40.0 33,891 30,181 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.39 14.62 583 638 37.9 30,318 33,155 1,970 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.84 12.86 544 514 36.6 28,274 26,740 1,905 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.01 13.79 519 552 39.9 27,012 28,683 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.48 10.00 415 400 39.6 21,573 20,800 2,059 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 17.55 625 702 40.0 32,514 36,504 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.11 12.64 525 506 40.0 27,276 26,291 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.60 13.00 457 488 39.4 23,752 25,350 2,048 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.07 13.13 506 488 38.7 26,291 25,350 2,012 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.05 13.00 553 520 39.3 28,743 27,040 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.85 10.50 474 420 40.0 24,654 21,840 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.44 18.20 693 691 39.7 36,047 35,909 2,066 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.15 18.93 718 757 39.6 37,342 39,366 2,057 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 19.86 726 794 38.0 37,743 41,309 1,974 Production occupations.............................................. 14.42 13.29 564 528 39.1 29,337 27,435 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.67 17.07 854 752 41.3 44,408 39,081 2,149 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.52 12.75 530 486 39.2 27,576 25,272 2,040 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 14.07 13.00 557 520 39.6 28,958 27,040 2,059 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.04 12.90 517 514 39.7 26,890 26,707 2,063 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.73 13.54 542 542 39.5 28,204 28,163 2,054 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.22 16.02 678 624 39.4 35,241 32,448 2,047 Upholsterers.................................................... 20.50 19.77 811 783 39.5 42,147 40,706 2,056 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 15.35 595 614 40.0 30,925 31,928 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 15.35 612 614 40.0 31,825 31,928 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 12.75 512 510 40.0 26,606 26,520 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 16.49 14.75 640 581 38.8 33,273 30,222 2,018 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.99 15.00 654 600 38.5 34,027 31,200 2,002 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.00 13.63 641 545 40.0 33,311 28,350 2,081 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.52 13.15 524 520 38.7 27,229 27,040 2,014 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.54 12.00 542 480 40.0 28,182 24,960 2,082 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.96 13.90 637 530 39.9 33,145 27,560 2,077 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.54 20.85 768 864 41.4 39,927 44,928 2,154 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.35 11.93 494 475 40.0 25,704 24,690 2,081 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.57 11.25 461 442 39.8 23,972 23,005 2,071 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.85 11.89 503 467 39.2 26,168 24,294 2,037 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.46 11.99 460 480 40.2 23,924 24,939 2,088 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.90 $16.57 $757 $676 40.1 $37,105 $34,247 1,963 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.56 23.12 884 905 39.2 38,063 39,397 1,687 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.00 24.64 977 967 39.1 42,487 42,240 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.32 24.92 985 977 38.9 42,816 42,534 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.32 24.92 985 977 38.9 42,816 42,534 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.99 11.61 470 464 39.2 20,348 19,942 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.12 14.81 797 592 39.6 40,484 30,796 2,012 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.11 13.22 606 570 43.0 31,521 29,640 2,234 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.66 13.80 586 552 40.0 30,494 28,704 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.59 14.93 624 597 40.0 32,434 31,050 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $14.56 $13.24 $16.24 $17.94 Management, professional, and related...... 25.81 23.02 28.99 32.14 Management, business, and financial...... 32.22 26.71 37.14 – Professional and related................. 23.84 21.98 24.40 29.89 Service.................................... 10.03 9.86 10.74 10.95 Sales and office........................... 12.89 12.70 13.00 15.70 Sales and related........................ 11.48 11.31 – – Office and administrative support........ 13.78 13.59 13.95 15.80 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.54 13.78 19.62 14.04 Construction and extraction............. 11.85 11.71 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.44 17.62 19.55 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.04 12.16 15.30 16.40 Production............................... 14.39 12.64 15.18 16.49 Transportation and material moving....... 13.29 11.48 15.84 16.24 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........................................................... 2.7 4.5 3.0 2.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.0 10.6 11.0 .5 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.2 10.9 11.3 – Professional and related.......................................... 7.4 14.0 3.0 2.7 Service............................................................. 6.7 9.1 8.1 .8 Sales and office.................................................... 5.4 7.0 1.6 5.0 Sales and related................................................. 11.7 15.4 – – Office and administrative support................................. 3.4 4.4 1.8 6.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.5 9.3 6.9 5.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 5.9 6.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.2 7.1 7.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.0 3.4 6.7 3.6 Production........................................................ 3.0 4.6 6.4 5.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.5 6.1 14.9 4.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $14.03 $12.50 $554 $498 39.5 $28,812 $25,896 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 27.34 22.84 1,100 852 40.2 57,183 44,329 2,091 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.25 18.00 637 648 34.9 33,104 33,696 1,814 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.18 8.50 376 308 40.9 19,531 16,016 2,127 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.27 12.10 477 459 38.9 24,796 23,856 2,021 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.74 11.47 454 459 38.7 23,616 23,856 2,012 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.44 13.08 585 523 40.5 30,445 27,211 2,108 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.63 13.00 538 520 39.5 27,993 27,040 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.05 14.51 642 580 40.0 33,378 30,181 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.53 14.06 554 500 35.7 28,820 26,000 1,856 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.47 10.00 415 400 39.6 21,567 20,800 2,059 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.00 13.00 552 520 39.4 28,694 27,040 2,050 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.71 10.50 468 420 40.0 24,358 21,840 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.62 17.26 705 691 40.0 36,654 35,909 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.55 18.20 742 728 40.0 38,590 37,856 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.67 11.83 506 473 39.9 26,296 24,606 2,075 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.23 11.50 529 460 40.0 27,515 23,920 2,080 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.80 12.00 472 480 40.0 24,552 24,960 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.66 11.70 463 440 39.7 24,067 22,880 2,063 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 14.58 13.60 583 544 40.0 30,335 28,288 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.74 11.59 465 450 39.6 24,183 23,400 2,060 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.95 13.00 467 520 39.1 24,281 27,040 2,031 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.77 11.00 470 440 39.9 24,421 22,880 2,075 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.61 11.04 424 442 40.0 22,059 22,963 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.00 $14.75 $668 $572 39.3 $34,691 $29,736 2,041 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.66 31.08 1,220 1,243 39.8 63,449 64,642 2,070 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.98 26.49 1,105 1,059 39.5 57,444 55,093 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 32.80 27.44 1,312 1,098 40.0 68,224 57,079 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.08 11.96 467 461 38.7 24,301 23,993 2,012 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.11 12.14 462 461 38.2 24,035 23,993 1,985 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.11 12.14 462 461 38.2 24,035 23,993 1,985 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.81 9.07 472 363 40.0 24,557 18,872 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.79 9.07 472 363 40.0 24,533 18,872 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.32 14.04 567 557 39.6 29,501 28,974 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.27 15.98 611 639 40.0 31,770 33,245 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.63 17.55 625 702 40.0 32,514 36,504 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.62 12.64 505 506 40.0 26,249 26,291 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.22 18.93 679 708 39.4 35,282 36,835 2,049 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.84 18.93 700 757 39.2 36,394 39,366 2,040 Production occupations.............................................. 15.55 14.40 601 547 38.7 31,259 28,454 2,010 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.85 13.30 532 517 38.4 27,642 26,878 1,996 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 15.62 13.41 614 536 39.3 31,939 27,893 2,044 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.64 12.90 541 514 39.7 28,123 26,707 2,062 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.08 13.54 556 542 39.5 28,897 28,163 2,052 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.51 18.65 723 715 39.1 37,586 37,195 2,031 Upholsterers.................................................... 20.90 19.77 824 783 39.4 42,869 40,706 2,051 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.87 15.35 595 614 40.0 30,925 31,928 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.30 15.35 612 614 40.0 31,825 31,928 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.79 12.75 512 510 40.0 26,606 26,520 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 17.37 15.00 667 581 38.4 34,701 30,222 1,998 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.67 13.63 572 545 39.0 29,720 28,350 2,026 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.11 13.19 541 528 38.4 28,150 27,435 1,995 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.28 14.68 662 587 40.7 34,447 30,534 2,115 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.16 11.68 483 464 39.7 25,115 24,124 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.72 11.89 496 467 39.0 25,789 24,294 2,028 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.00 11.99 483 480 40.2 25,099 24,939 2,092 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... $22.21 $22.21 – $15.14 $14.39 $18.69 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 23.59 25.94 21.56 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 26.59 32.22 20.16 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 22.77 23.88 21.88 Service............................................................. – – – 10.87 10.03 14.31 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 12.78 12.69 14.07 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.48 11.48 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.55 13.49 14.07 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.63 14.49 15.25 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 11.96 11.71 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.98 17.44 15.59 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 13.82 13.83 – Production........................................................ – – – 14.37 14.35 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.62 12.64 – 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........................................................... 4.5 4.5 – 2.2 2.5 3.5 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.3 6.4 4.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.9 9.2 6.6 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.9 8.0 5.3 Service............................................................. – – – 4.7 6.7 6.2 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 5.0 5.3 7.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.7 11.7 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.6 2.8 7.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 7.0 8.5 5.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 5.4 6.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 4.9 6.2 6.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 3.4 3.5 – Production........................................................ – – – 3.2 3.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 6.1 6.4 – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $15.18 $14.38 $16.50 $16.50 Management, professional, and related............................... 23.65 25.99 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 26.59 32.22 – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.87 24.04 – – Service............................................................. 10.87 10.03 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.61 12.50 15.48 15.48 Sales and related................................................. 10.57 10.57 – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.60 13.55 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.60 14.46 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.85 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.97 17.46 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.61 13.61 17.11 17.11 Production........................................................ 13.90 13.87 18.37 18.37 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.98 13.02 14.91 14.91 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.4 2.9 8.2 8.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.2 6.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.9 9.2 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.9 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 4.7 6.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 5.1 6.1 6.1 Sales and related................................................. 10.8 10.8 – – Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 3.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.1 8.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.2 6.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.0 2.1 12.8 12.8 Production........................................................ 2.3 2.3 14.0 14.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.4 5.7 15.3 15.3 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 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........................................................... – $15.19 $13.61 – – $11.22 $18.72 $9.01 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 29.43 21.75 – – – 27.06 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 33.71 – – – – 37.50 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 25.88 – – – – 24.59 – – Service............................................................. – 11.69 10.88 – – 10.34 11.38 7.74 – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.11 11.88 – – 12.46 14.49 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 11.38 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 14.70 12.57 – – 12.08 14.49 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 18.07 15.21 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 18.22 15.21 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 14.48 15.07 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 14.91 14.85 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.14 15.14 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 1.2 5.5 – – 7.2 7.4 18.7 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.2 29.9 – – – 7.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 10.6 – – – – 14.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... – .0 – – – – 5.8 – – Service............................................................. – 9.8 8.8 – – 12.9 5.8 19.6 – Sales and office.................................................... – 4.2 7.8 – – 8.5 7.3 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.0 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 6.4 2.2 – – 7.2 7.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 8.5 9.4 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 9.5 9.4 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.9 3.4 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 2.9 15.8 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 6.2 3.8 – – – – – – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 134,900 110,900 24,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 27,200 12,800 14,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 4,800 2,600 2,300 Professional and related.......................................... 22,400 10,200 12,200 Service............................................................. 24,800 20,600 4,200 Sales and office.................................................... 25,600 24,000 1,700 Sales and related................................................. 10,100 10,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 15,500 13,800 1,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,500 10,300 2,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,800 5,200 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,700 5,000 1,700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 44,700 43,200 – Production........................................................ 29,100 28,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15,600 14,400 – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 5,834 5,602 232 Total in sample....................................................... 196 178 18 Responding........................................................ 154 137 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 16 15 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 26 26 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.