RSE Table 19                                                                                                       Private industry sector(1): Relative standard errors(2) of mean
                                                                                                                                  hourly earnings(3) for major occupational groups
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                           Goods producing                                      Service providing                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  Trade,                             Profes-    Education                         
                                                                        Construc-    Manufac-   transpor-     Infor-    Financial   sional and     and       Leisure      Other   
                        Occupational group(4)                              tion       turing     tation,      mation    activities   business     health       and       services 
                                                                                                   and                               services    services  hospitality            
                                                                                                utilities                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                    Relative error(5)                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................     5.8%        4.5%        2.2%         –         11.6%         –          3.4%        3.5%        7.6%   
                                                                                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................    22.0         4.4        14.5          –         16.2          –          3.2        10.3        12.1    
    Management, business, and financial...............................    15.8         6.0        11.7          –         19.0          –          6.1        11.4        14.3    
    Professional and related..........................................      –          5.9        19.1          –         11.8          –          3.2        14.9        12.0    
  Service.............................................................      –         10.1         4.5          –         11.8          –          2.8         3.9         9.4    
  Sales and office....................................................     7.5         9.9         3.2          –          8.8          –          1.3         4.0        13.6    
    Sales and related.................................................      –         27.5         4.3          –         11.5          –         10.6        12.8          –     
    Office and administrative support.................................     8.4         4.1         4.7          –          2.8          –          1.6         4.4         7.6    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     5.5         3.4         5.0          –         10.8          –         15.3          –         17.9    
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    13.7         3.7         4.1          –         10.8          –         14.9          –         18.4    
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     8.7         3.4         2.9          –         14.1          –          9.5         7.3        35.6    
    Production........................................................      –          3.8        28.6          –           –           –         14.8         5.3          –     
    Transportation and material moving................................     8.7         4.4         3.7          –           –           –          3.3         8.7         3.7    

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  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 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by
hours.
  4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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 data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.