NC BL 12/00/2002 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin 3115-19, February 2002 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $15.74 3.2 35.7 $14.45 3.1 34.7 $18.04 6.3 37.7 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 18.35 4.6 36.0 16.78 4.8 34.6 20.23 7.7 38.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.10 4.7 36.0 20.06 6.8 36.2 24.32 6.7 35.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 9.4 40.7 25.52 6.0 41.1 25.76 13.5 40.5 Sales............................................................. 13.19 12.6 27.7 13.53 13.2 26.9 - - - Administrative support............................................ 11.98 3.0 37.1 12.49 4.1 36.0 11.29 4.2 38.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 14.20 3.2 37.8 14.00 3.4 37.7 15.38 10.1 38.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.19 4.7 40.0 16.94 5.3 40.0 18.13 11.4 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 13.22 5.0 39.8 13.22 5.0 39.8 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.91 8.8 38.2 16.88 10.2 38.1 - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 10.09 3.2 34.2 10.14 3.7 33.9 - - - Service occupations(5).............................................. 10.20 5.9 31.4 7.90 4.7 27.8 12.70 6.2 36.6 Full time........................................................... 16.59 3.4 39.7 15.50 3.3 39.7 18.36 6.5 39.6 Part time........................................................... 9.82 10.5 21.1 8.81 11.8 20.7 13.86 21.2 23.0 Union............................................................... 16.57 4.0 38.1 17.35 4.5 39.0 16.25 5.4 37.7 Nonunion............................................................ 15.28 4.4 34.5 13.88 3.7 34.0 22.34 10.5 37.8 Time................................................................ 15.57 3.3 35.7 14.11 3.2 34.6 18.04 6.3 37.7 Incentive........................................................... 21.70 7.4 36.2 21.70 7.4 36.2 - - - Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 13.12 5.7 33.4 12.92 5.8 33.2 - - - 100-499 workers..................................................... 13.86 4.5 34.7 13.55 4.7 34.5 20.27 6.8 37.3 500 workers or more................................................. 17.50 4.7 37.0 16.78 5.8 35.9 17.93 6.6 37.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.74 3.2 $14.45 3.1 $18.04 6.3 All excluding sales............................................... 15.88 3.3 14.52 3.2 18.15 6.3 White collar........................................................ 18.35 4.6 16.78 4.8 20.23 7.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.92 4.9 17.42 5.2 20.44 7.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.10 4.7 20.06 6.8 24.32 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.05 4.9 22.00 7.9 25.77 6.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.31 4.6 25.19 4.9 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.62 12.6 27.62 12.6 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.36 13.6 27.36 13.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.55 10.4 - - 26.97 10.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.63 5.4 € € 30.63 5.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.33 11.0 € € 30.33 11.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.78 6.8 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.78 6.8 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 15.26 4.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.29 4.3 16.43 5.9 - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.95 3.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 9.4 25.52 6.0 25.76 13.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.3 28.23 9.7 29.09 9.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.94 4.9 30.85 7.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.25 17.2 22.72 7.5 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 14.99 16.4 € € € € Sales............................................................. 13.19 12.6 13.53 13.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.05 24.8 17.41 25.6 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 34.61 21.7 34.61 21.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.5 6.76 2.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.98 3.0 12.49 4.1 11.29 4.2 Secretaries................................................. 12.27 6.5 14.40 7.6 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.85 7.8 12.85 7.8 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 1.1 11.81 2.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.95 4.5 10.14 3.8 € € Data entry keyers........................................... 9.94 6.5 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.20 3.2 14.00 3.4 15.38 10.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $17.19 4.7 $16.94 5.3 $18.13 11.4 Supervisors, production..................................... 17.43 14.5 21.99 13.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.22 5.0 13.22 5.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.63 11.8 12.63 11.8 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.03 3.1 15.03 3.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.72 7.6 11.72 7.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.91 8.8 16.88 10.2 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.93 7.5 13.53 9.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.09 3.2 10.14 3.7 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.42 9.9 8.42 9.9 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.04 3.4 10.04 3.4 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.48 11.6 13.48 11.6 € € Service............................................................. 10.20 5.9 7.90 4.7 12.70 6.2 Protective service............................................ 14.07 8.6 - - 14.24 8.8 Food service.................................................. 6.61 7.0 6.10 6.3 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.19 10.4 3.19 10.4 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 12.9 2.98 12.9 € € Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.4 8.12 4.3 - - Cooks....................................................... 8.69 3.7 8.61 4.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.48 3.4 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.67 3.2 10.76 4.6 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.63 3.4 10.71 5.2 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.00 5.3 11.94 6.0 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.24 5.5 12.48 5.8 € € Personal service.............................................. 8.19 6.8 7.08 4.1 - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.28 5.6 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.59 3.4 $15.50 3.3 $18.36 6.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.55 3.4 15.31 3.3 18.48 6.5 White collar........................................................ 18.92 4.9 17.64 5.3 20.28 8.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.99 5.2 17.44 5.7 20.49 8.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.97 5.1 19.68 7.9 24.34 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.99 5.3 21.71 9.4 25.73 6.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.31 4.6 25.19 4.9 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.62 12.6 27.62 12.6 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.36 13.6 27.36 13.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.30 11.3 - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 20.22 3.7 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.86 10.7 - - 26.28 10.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.63 5.4 € € 30.63 5.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.21 4.4 16.22 6.0 - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.95 3.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 9.4 25.52 6.0 25.76 13.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.3 28.23 9.7 29.09 9.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.94 4.9 30.85 7.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.25 17.2 22.72 7.5 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 14.99 16.4 € € € € Sales............................................................. 17.90 13.9 19.38 12.8 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.05 24.8 17.41 25.6 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 34.61 21.7 34.61 21.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 3.3 12.78 4.5 11.36 4.4 Secretaries................................................. 12.29 6.5 14.47 7.7 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.89 8.0 12.89 8.0 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 1.2 11.79 2.2 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.91 5.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.69 3.4 14.53 3.6 15.63 10.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.23 4.7 16.99 5.3 18.13 11.4 Supervisors, production..................................... 17.43 14.5 21.99 13.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.32 5.0 $13.32 5.0 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.63 11.8 12.63 11.8 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.03 3.1 15.03 3.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.05 7.8 12.05 7.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.33 8.9 17.36 10.3 - - Truck drivers............................................... 13.93 7.5 13.53 9.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.78 3.4 10.93 3.8 - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.14 3.5 10.14 3.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.56 11.7 13.56 11.7 € € Service............................................................. 11.70 5.8 9.50 5.6 $13.25 6.9 Protective service............................................ - - € € - - Food service.................................................. 7.60 4.5 7.48 4.6 - - Other food service........................................... 8.56 5.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.92 2.8 11.32 3.0 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.92 2.8 11.32 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.93 4.4 12.66 5.1 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.30 4.7 € € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.82 10.5 $8.81 11.8 $13.86 21.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.46 11.7 9.39 13.9 13.86 21.2 White collar........................................................ 13.43 14.7 12.01 16.3 19.34 30.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.91 14.3 17.24 15.0 19.34 30.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.27 11.3 - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.57 12.3 - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.72 1.7 6.72 1.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.5 6.76 2.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.58 3.6 9.55 3.5 - - Blue collar......................................................... 7.28 3.2 7.08 2.8 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.99 3.6 6.79 2.8 - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.38 1.8 6.38 1.8 € € Service............................................................. 7.01 7.3 6.00 7.5 9.99 7.9 Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.86 12.8 4.96 9.8 - - Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.30 13.1 3.30 13.1 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.12 15.0 3.12 15.0 € € Other food service........................................... 8.66 9.7 7.49 3.8 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.41 7.7 6.80 3.1 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. 8.55 7.5 - - - - Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.35 5.5 € € € € 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $658 3.4 39.7 $615 3.4 39.7 $728 6.4 39.6 All excluding sales............................................... 656 3.4 39.7 608 3.4 39.7 732 6.4 39.6 White collar........................................................ 749 4.9 39.6 702 5.5 39.8 797 7.9 39.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 751 5.1 39.6 694 5.8 39.8 805 7.9 39.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 851 4.9 38.7 778 8.1 39.5 924 6.1 38.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 920 5.1 38.3 853 9.8 39.3 968 5.7 37.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,052 4.6 40.0 1,008 4.9 40.0 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,083 12.3 39.2 1,083 12.3 39.2 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,076 13.3 39.3 1,076 13.3 39.3 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 983 11.4 38.9 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 798 4.5 39.5 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 913 8.9 36.7 - - - 962 8.3 36.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,081 5.3 35.3 € € € 1,081 5.3 35.3 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 647 4.3 39.9 647 5.9 39.9 - - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 678 3.6 40.0 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,046 9.5 40.7 1,049 6.6 41.1 1,044 13.6 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,178 7.3 40.8 1,159 10.1 41.0 1,183 9.0 40.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,136 5.3 40.7 1,284 7.1 41.6 € € € Management related............................................ 741 18.5 40.6 935 10.2 41.2 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 603 17.0 40.2 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 711 14.4 39.7 769 13.6 39.7 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 596 24.8 39.6 687 25.9 39.4 € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 1,367 22.6 39.5 1,367 22.6 39.5 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 485 3.2 39.9 508 4.5 39.7 455 4.4 40.0 Secretaries................................................. 492 6.5 40.0 579 7.7 40.0 € € € Order clerks................................................ 516 8.0 40.0 516 8.0 40.0 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 480 1.3 39.9 467 2.4 39.6 € € € General office clerks....................................... 428 5.5 39.2 € € € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 584 3.4 39.7 577 3.7 39.7 625 10.6 40.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $690 4.7 40.0 $680 5.3 40.0 $725 11.4 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 701 14.9 40.2 894 14.0 40.7 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 533 5.0 40.0 533 5.0 40.0 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 505 11.8 40.0 505 11.8 40.0 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 601 3.1 40.0 601 3.1 40.0 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 482 7.8 40.0 482 7.8 40.0 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 688 9.1 39.7 688 10.5 39.6 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 557 7.5 40.0 541 9.4 40.0 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 422 3.9 39.1 426 4.6 39.0 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 406 3.5 40.0 406 3.5 40.0 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 543 11.7 40.0 543 11.7 40.0 € € € Service............................................................. 467 6.3 39.9 370 6.1 38.9 539 7.3 40.7 Protective service............................................ - - - € € € - - - Food service.................................................. 292 5.0 38.5 287 5.0 38.4 - - - Other food service........................................... 328 8.2 38.3 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 433 3.1 39.6 444 4.4 39.3 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 433 3.1 39.6 444 4.4 39.3 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 475 4.5 39.8 502 5.5 39.7 - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 492 4.7 40.0 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $33,346 3.4 2,010 $31,966 3.4 2,062 $35,434 6.4 1,930 All excluding sales............................................... 33,222 3.4 2,008 31,574 3.4 2,062 35,629 6.4 1,928 White collar........................................................ 37,583 4.9 1,986 36,471 5.5 2,068 38,667 7.9 1,907 White collar excluding sales.................................... 37,623 5.1 1,981 36,060 5.8 2,068 39,012 7.9 1,904 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 40,640 4.9 1,850 40,342 8.1 2,050 40,892 6.1 1,680 Professional specialty.......................................... 42,790 5.1 1,784 44,193 9.8 2,036 41,934 5.7 1,630 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 54,635 4.6 2,077 52,270 4.9 2,075 - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 56,313 12.3 2,039 56,313 12.3 2,039 € € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 55,974 13.3 2,046 55,974 13.3 2,046 € € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - € € € Health related................................................ 47,989 11.4 1,897 - - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 41,520 4.5 2,053 € € € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - - - € € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 37,549 8.9 1,511 - - - 38,791 8.3 1,476 Elementary school teachers.................................. 40,614 5.3 1,326 € € € 40,614 5.3 1,326 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - - € € € - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 33,532 4.3 2,069 33,660 5.9 2,076 - - - Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 35,251 3.6 2,080 € € € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 54,381 9.5 2,117 54,540 6.6 2,137 54,308 13.6 2,108 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 61,239 7.3 2,120 60,261 10.1 2,134 61,533 9.0 2,115 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 59,053 5.3 2,114 66,778 7.1 2,165 € € € Management related............................................ 38,521 18.5 2,111 48,616 10.2 2,140 - - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 31,380 17.0 2,093 € € € € € € Sales............................................................. 36,967 14.4 2,065 39,977 13.6 2,063 - - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 30,993 24.8 2,060 35,706 25.9 2,051 € € € Advertising and related sales............................... 71,090 22.6 2,054 71,090 22.6 2,054 € € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 25,158 3.2 2,068 26,397 4.5 2,065 23,548 4.4 2,072 Secretaries................................................. 25,534 6.5 2,078 30,015 7.7 2,074 € € € Order clerks................................................ 26,820 8.0 2,080 26,820 8.0 2,080 € € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 24,977 1.3 2,073 24,306 2.4 2,061 € € € General office clerks....................................... 21,980 5.5 2,014 € € € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 29,974 3.4 2,041 29,984 3.7 2,064 29,919 10.6 1,914 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $35,878 4.7 2,082 $35,373 5.3 2,082 $37,707 11.4 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 36,455 14.9 2,092 46,488 14.0 2,114 € € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,688 5.0 2,079 27,688 5.0 2,079 € € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,251 11.8 2,079 26,251 11.8 2,079 € € € Welders and cutters......................................... 31,195 3.1 2,075 31,195 3.1 2,075 € € € Assemblers.................................................. 25,036 7.8 2,079 25,036 7.8 2,079 € € € Transportation and material moving................................ 35,783 9.1 2,064 35,795 10.5 2,062 - - - Truck drivers............................................... 28,976 7.5 2,080 28,136 9.4 2,080 € € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,946 3.9 1,944 22,156 4.6 2,027 - - - Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 21,091 3.5 2,080 21,091 3.5 2,080 € € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 28,213 11.7 2,080 28,213 11.7 2,080 € € € Service............................................................. 23,724 6.3 2,028 19,219 6.1 2,023 26,936 7.3 2,032 Protective service............................................ - - - € € € - - - Food service.................................................. 15,115 5.0 1,989 14,938 5.0 1,998 - - - Other food service........................................... 16,933 8.2 1,977 € € € € € € Health service................................................ 22,506 3.1 2,060 23,104 4.4 2,042 - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,506 3.1 2,060 23,104 4.4 2,042 € € € Cleaning and building service................................. 24,683 4.5 2,069 26,112 5.5 2,063 - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,576 4.7 2,080 € € € € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $15.74 3.2 $14.45 3.1 $18.04 6.3 All excluding sales............................................... 15.88 3.3 14.52 3.2 18.15 6.3 White collar........................................................ 18.35 4.6 16.78 4.8 20.23 7.7 2....................................................... 8.09 3.9 8.05 4.4 € € 3....................................................... 9.92 5.1 9.85 5.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.94 4.2 11.83 4.1 10.10 4.4 5....................................................... 12.77 4.0 13.71 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.24 3.7 14.06 6.5 12.71 3.2 7....................................................... 17.89 4.4 18.20 4.4 € € 8....................................................... 22.94 9.2 25.70 8.5 19.54 11.4 9....................................................... 25.12 5.8 22.70 7.6 26.09 7.7 10........................................................ 27.69 4.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.19 6.3 31.46 5.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.43 8.8 18.63 5.3 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.92 4.9 17.42 5.2 20.44 7.8 2....................................................... 9.06 3.3 9.21 3.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.44 2.0 10.40 2.2 € € 4....................................................... 11.18 4.9 12.27 3.5 10.15 5.2 5....................................................... 12.78 4.0 13.73 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.24 3.8 14.14 7.1 12.71 3.2 7....................................................... 18.36 4.0 18.75 3.8 € € 8....................................................... 23.02 9.4 26.03 8.7 19.54 11.4 9....................................................... 24.80 5.8 21.31 6.1 26.09 7.7 11........................................................ 34.14 6.8 32.41 6.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.58 8.8 18.36 4.8 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.10 4.7 20.06 6.8 24.32 6.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.05 4.9 22.00 7.9 25.77 6.3 6....................................................... 13.08 9.6 € € € € 7....................................................... 18.93 5.9 19.45 5.4 € € 8....................................................... 25.41 8.8 € € 22.17 12.1 9....................................................... 26.77 8.5 22.75 9.1 27.46 10.0 11........................................................ 32.03 6.2 € € € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.54 3.2 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.31 4.6 25.19 4.9 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.62 12.6 27.62 12.6 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.36 13.6 27.36 13.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ - - - - - - 8....................................................... 27.58 8.6 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 25.55 10.4 - - 26.97 10.1 8....................................................... 21.05 4.0 € € 21.05 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.63 5.4 € € 30.63 5.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 30.33 11.0 € € 30.33 11.0 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... $13.78 6.8 - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.78 6.8 € € € € Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 15.26 4.5 - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.29 4.3 $16.43 5.9 - - 5....................................................... 14.57 3.9 14.57 3.9 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.95 3.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 9.4 25.52 6.0 $25.76 13.5 9....................................................... 22.61 3.9 23.47 12.3 € € 11........................................................ 36.68 7.0 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.3 28.23 9.7 29.09 9.0 9....................................................... 22.73 4.4 23.83 14.0 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.94 4.9 30.85 7.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.25 17.2 22.72 7.5 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 14.99 16.4 € € € € Sales............................................................. 13.19 12.6 13.53 13.2 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.05 24.8 17.41 25.6 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 34.61 21.7 34.61 21.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.5 6.76 2.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.98 3.0 12.49 4.1 11.29 4.2 2....................................................... 9.06 3.3 9.21 3.4 € € 3....................................................... 10.44 2.0 10.40 2.2 € € 4....................................................... 11.05 5.1 12.15 4.2 10.15 5.2 5....................................................... 11.79 3.3 12.33 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 12.97 3.6 15.09 6.7 12.32 1.5 7....................................................... 18.98 2.8 18.98 2.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 12.27 6.5 14.40 7.6 € € 4....................................................... 10.47 4.3 € € € € Order clerks................................................ 12.85 7.8 12.85 7.8 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 1.1 11.81 2.1 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.95 4.5 10.14 3.8 € € 4....................................................... 11.69 5.3 € € € € Data entry keyers........................................... 9.94 6.5 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.20 3.2 14.00 3.4 15.38 10.1 1....................................................... 6.98 3.8 6.98 3.8 € € 2....................................................... 9.98 6.1 10.04 6.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.52 3.3 10.52 3.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.18 4.6 12.81 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 12.96 5.5 13.68 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 15.80 3.4 15.80 3.4 € € 7....................................................... $19.36 6.1 $20.60 3.7 $16.62 10.9 9....................................................... 25.53 4.8 25.66 5.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.19 4.7 16.94 5.3 18.13 11.4 5....................................................... 12.49 2.3 12.47 2.3 € € 7....................................................... 18.73 6.9 20.22 4.2 16.03 9.9 9....................................................... 24.04 3.1 23.95 3.6 € € Supervisors, production..................................... 17.43 14.5 21.99 13.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.22 5.0 13.22 5.0 € € 2....................................................... 11.95 9.1 11.95 9.1 € € 4....................................................... 13.54 10.6 13.54 10.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.70 3.1 13.70 3.1 € € 6....................................................... 16.13 3.9 16.13 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.63 11.8 12.63 11.8 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.03 3.1 15.03 3.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 11.72 7.6 11.72 7.6 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 16.91 8.8 16.88 10.2 - - 4....................................................... 13.60 4.7 13.02 3.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.93 7.5 13.53 9.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.09 3.2 10.14 3.7 - - 1....................................................... 6.68 4.6 6.68 4.6 € € 2....................................................... 9.29 11.2 9.39 11.8 € € 3....................................................... 10.82 2.4 10.82 2.4 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.42 9.9 8.42 9.9 € € 1....................................................... 6.50 4.6 6.50 4.6 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.04 3.4 10.04 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 8.93 1.9 8.93 1.9 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.48 11.6 13.48 11.6 € € Service............................................................. 10.20 5.9 7.90 4.7 12.70 6.2 1....................................................... 6.41 7.7 6.40 7.7 € € 2....................................................... 8.24 9.4 6.94 17.3 9.66 5.2 3....................................................... 8.10 8.3 8.03 8.8 € € 4....................................................... 9.73 4.5 9.55 8.4 € € 5....................................................... 12.00 1.9 € € € € 6....................................................... 13.19 4.4 € € € € Protective service............................................ 14.07 8.6 - - 14.24 8.8 Food service.................................................. 6.61 7.0 6.10 6.3 - - 1....................................................... 6.38 9.0 6.37 9.0 € € 2....................................................... 4.27 25.1 3.22 15.9 € € 3....................................................... 5.60 15.5 5.33 16.6 € € 4....................................................... 8.34 7.4 8.34 7.4 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.19 10.4 3.19 10.4 € € 2....................................................... $2.75 15.6 $2.75 15.6 € € 3....................................................... 3.53 16.0 3.53 16.0 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 12.9 2.98 12.9 € € 2....................................................... 2.75 15.6 2.75 15.6 € € 3....................................................... 3.30 18.5 3.30 18.5 € € Other food service........................................... 8.61 5.4 8.12 4.3 € € 1....................................................... 7.01 1.8 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.52 2.3 € € € € Cooks....................................................... 8.69 3.7 8.61 4.2 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.48 3.4 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.67 3.2 10.76 4.6 - - 3....................................................... 10.47 4.8 10.47 4.8 € € Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.63 3.4 10.71 5.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.35 5.3 10.35 5.3 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.00 5.3 11.94 6.0 - - 2....................................................... 10.58 8.3 € € € € Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.24 5.5 12.48 5.8 € € Personal service.............................................. 8.19 6.8 7.08 4.1 - - 2....................................................... 7.96 8.4 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.28 5.6 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $16.59 3.4 $15.50 3.3 $18.36 6.5 All excluding sales............................................... 16.55 3.4 15.31 3.3 18.48 6.5 White collar........................................................ 18.92 4.9 17.64 5.3 20.28 8.0 2....................................................... 9.45 2.3 9.52 2.2 € € 3....................................................... 10.25 3.6 10.19 4.0 € € 4....................................................... 11.05 4.5 12.21 3.9 10.05 4.4 5....................................................... 12.76 4.0 13.71 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.12 3.6 14.06 6.5 12.44 2.0 7....................................................... 17.55 4.7 17.69 4.7 € € 8....................................................... 22.73 10.2 25.84 10.0 19.54 11.4 9....................................................... 24.82 5.9 23.01 8.1 25.51 7.7 10........................................................ 27.69 4.4 € € € € 11........................................................ 33.19 6.3 31.46 5.4 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.55 8.7 18.96 5.0 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.99 5.2 17.44 5.7 20.49 8.0 2....................................................... 9.33 2.8 9.41 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.52 2.1 10.48 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.22 5.2 12.46 3.6 10.09 5.2 5....................................................... 12.77 4.0 13.73 3.9 € € 6....................................................... 13.11 3.7 14.14 7.1 12.44 2.0 7....................................................... 18.06 4.2 18.25 4.1 € € 8....................................................... 22.81 10.6 26.25 10.1 19.54 11.4 9....................................................... 24.47 5.9 21.50 6.7 25.51 7.7 11........................................................ 34.14 6.8 32.41 6.6 € € Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.71 8.7 € € € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.97 5.1 19.68 7.9 24.34 7.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.99 5.3 21.71 9.4 25.73 6.5 7....................................................... 18.17 7.6 18.60 7.3 € € 8....................................................... 25.48 10.4 28.53 11.5 22.17 12.1 9....................................................... 26.14 8.6 22.75 9.1 26.75 10.1 11........................................................ 32.03 6.2 € € € € Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 26.31 4.6 25.19 4.9 - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 27.62 12.6 27.62 12.6 € € Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 27.36 13.6 27.36 13.6 € € Natural scientists............................................ - - - - € € Health related................................................ 25.30 11.3 - - - - 8....................................................... 28.40 9.3 € € € € Registered nurses........................................... 20.22 3.7 € € € € Teachers, college and university.............................. - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... 24.86 10.7 - - 26.28 10.3 8....................................................... 21.05 4.0 € € 21.05 4.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.63 5.4 € € 30.63 5.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - - - Technical....................................................... $16.21 4.4 $16.22 6.0 - - 5....................................................... 14.57 3.9 14.57 3.9 € € Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 16.95 3.6 € € € € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 9.4 25.52 6.0 $25.76 13.5 9....................................................... 22.61 3.9 23.47 12.3 € € 11........................................................ 36.68 7.0 € € € € Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 28.89 7.3 28.23 9.7 29.09 9.0 9....................................................... 22.73 4.4 23.83 14.0 € € Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 27.94 4.9 30.85 7.5 € € Management related............................................ 18.25 17.2 22.72 7.5 - - Management related, n.e.c................................... 14.99 16.4 € € € € Sales............................................................. 17.90 13.9 19.38 12.8 - - Supervisors, sales.......................................... 15.05 24.8 17.41 25.6 € € Advertising and related sales............................... 34.61 21.7 34.61 21.7 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 3.3 12.78 4.5 11.36 4.4 2....................................................... 9.33 2.8 9.41 2.6 € € 3....................................................... 10.52 2.1 10.48 2.4 € € 4....................................................... 11.09 5.4 12.37 4.3 10.09 5.3 5....................................................... 11.79 3.3 12.33 4.6 € € 6....................................................... 12.97 3.6 15.09 6.7 12.32 1.5 7....................................................... 18.98 2.8 18.98 2.8 € € Secretaries................................................. 12.29 6.5 14.47 7.7 € € Order clerks................................................ 12.89 8.0 12.89 8.0 € € Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.05 1.2 11.79 2.2 € € General office clerks....................................... 10.91 5.4 € € € € Blue collar......................................................... 14.69 3.4 14.53 3.6 15.63 10.6 1....................................................... 7.87 6.0 7.87 6.0 € € 2....................................................... 10.49 6.9 10.56 7.0 € € 3....................................................... 10.52 3.3 10.52 3.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.40 4.4 12.81 4.5 € € 5....................................................... 12.99 5.6 13.74 3.6 € € 6....................................................... 15.80 3.4 15.80 3.4 € € 7....................................................... 19.36 6.1 20.60 3.7 16.62 10.9 9....................................................... 25.53 4.8 25.66 5.3 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.23 4.7 16.99 5.3 18.13 11.4 5....................................................... 12.58 2.1 12.57 2.2 € € 7....................................................... 18.73 6.9 20.22 4.2 16.03 9.9 9....................................................... 24.04 3.1 23.95 3.6 € € Supervisors, production..................................... $17.43 14.5 $21.99 13.9 € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.32 5.0 13.32 5.0 € € 2....................................................... 12.22 9.3 12.22 9.3 € € 4....................................................... 13.54 10.6 13.54 10.6 € € 5....................................................... 13.70 3.1 13.70 3.1 € € 6....................................................... 16.13 3.9 16.13 3.9 € € Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.63 11.8 12.63 11.8 € € Welders and cutters......................................... 15.03 3.1 15.03 3.1 € € Assemblers.................................................. 12.05 7.8 12.05 7.8 € € Transportation and material moving................................ 17.33 8.9 17.36 10.3 - - 4....................................................... 13.60 4.7 13.02 3.7 € € Truck drivers............................................... 13.93 7.5 13.53 9.4 € € Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.78 3.4 10.93 3.8 - - 2....................................................... 10.40 14.1 10.67 14.9 € € 3....................................................... 10.82 2.4 10.82 2.4 € € Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 10.14 3.5 10.14 3.5 € € Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 13.56 11.7 13.56 11.7 € € Service............................................................. 11.70 5.8 9.50 5.6 $13.25 6.9 2....................................................... 10.60 7.1 € € € € 3....................................................... 9.29 8.5 9.27 9.4 € € 4....................................................... 9.79 6.5 9.88 11.5 € € 5....................................................... 11.84 1.9 € € € € Protective service............................................ - - € € - - Food service.................................................. 7.60 4.5 7.48 4.6 - - Other food service........................................... 8.56 5.7 € € € € Health service................................................ 10.92 2.8 11.32 3.0 - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.92 2.8 11.32 3.0 € € Cleaning and building service................................. 11.93 4.4 12.66 5.1 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.30 4.7 € € € € Personal service.............................................. - - - - - - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $9.82 10.5 $8.81 11.8 $13.86 21.2 All excluding sales............................................... 10.46 11.7 9.39 13.9 13.86 21.2 White collar........................................................ 13.43 14.7 12.01 16.3 19.34 30.5 2....................................................... 7.12 2.9 € € € € 3....................................................... 8.81 9.8 8.81 9.8 € € 4....................................................... 9.41 10.7 8.66 11.1 € € White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.91 14.3 17.24 15.0 19.34 30.5 2....................................................... 8.33 2.8 7.90 4.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.46 6.2 9.84 8.6 € € Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.27 11.3 - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 24.57 12.3 - - - - Health related................................................ - - - - € € Teachers, except college and university....................... - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... - - € € - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... - - - - € € Technical....................................................... - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 6.72 1.7 6.72 1.7 € € Cashiers.................................................... 6.76 2.5 6.76 2.5 € € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 9.58 3.6 9.55 3.5 - - 2....................................................... 8.33 2.8 7.90 4.4 € € 4....................................................... 10.41 6.4 9.74 9.0 € € Blue collar......................................................... 7.28 3.2 7.08 2.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.54 3.4 6.54 3.4 € € 2....................................................... 7.47 3.5 7.47 3.5 € € Precision production, craft, and repair........................... - - - - € € Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... - - - - € € Transportation and material moving................................ - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.99 3.6 6.79 2.8 - - 1....................................................... 6.09 2.5 6.09 2.5 € € 2....................................................... 7.45 3.9 7.45 3.9 € € Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.38 1.8 6.38 1.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.09 2.5 6.09 2.5 € € Service............................................................. 7.01 7.3 6.00 7.5 9.99 7.9 1....................................................... 5.39 15.8 5.35 15.9 € € 2....................................................... 6.04 12.0 4.65 13.5 8.43 8.3 3....................................................... $6.85 13.3 $6.85 13.3 € € Protective service............................................ - - - - - - Food service.................................................. 5.86 12.8 4.96 9.8 - - 1....................................................... 5.38 18.3 5.34 18.6 € € 2....................................................... 4.44 25.4 3.32 16.6 € € 3....................................................... 5.08 17.8 5.08 17.8 € € Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.30 13.1 3.30 13.1 € € 2....................................................... 2.81 16.9 2.81 16.9 € € 3....................................................... 3.94 20.3 3.94 20.3 € € Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.12 15.0 3.12 15.0 € € 2....................................................... 2.81 16.9 2.81 16.9 € € Other food service........................................... 8.66 9.7 7.49 3.8 € € 1....................................................... 6.72 3.2 6.69 3.1 € € Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.41 7.7 6.80 3.1 € € 1....................................................... 6.69 3.1 6.69 3.1 € € Health service................................................ - - - - € € Cleaning and building service................................. - - - - - - Personal service.............................................. $8.55 7.5 - - - - 2....................................................... 7.96 8.4 € € € € Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.35 5.5 € € € € 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $16.59 $9.82 $16.57 $15.28 $15.57 $21.70 All excluding sales............................................. 16.55 10.46 16.57 15.46 15.82 - White collar........................................................ 18.92 13.43 17.89 18.55 18.22 23.12 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 18.99 17.91 17.89 19.43 18.94 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.97 23.27 24.29 20.85 22.11 - Professional specialty.......................................... 23.99 24.57 26.21 22.67 24.09 - Technical....................................................... 16.21 - - 16.35 16.29 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.69 € - 27.98 25.69 € Sales............................................................. 17.90 6.72 € 13.19 9.76 25.49 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.16 9.58 11.40 12.32 11.97 - Blue collar......................................................... 14.69 7.28 16.85 12.34 13.93 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 17.23 - 19.64 15.14 16.97 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.32 - 17.23 11.58 12.39 - Transportation and material moving................................ 17.33 - 20.49 13.56 16.92 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.78 6.99 11.07 9.40 10.00 - Service............................................................. 11.70 7.01 13.17 7.76 10.20 € B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.4 10.5 4.0 4.4 3.3 7.4 All excluding sales............................................. 3.4 11.7 4.0 4.6 3.4 - White collar........................................................ 4.9 14.7 7.8 5.4 4.7 13.1 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 14.3 7.8 5.7 4.9 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 5.1 11.3 8.4 6.1 4.7 - Professional specialty.......................................... 5.3 12.3 8.6 6.3 4.9 - Technical....................................................... 4.4 - - 5.8 4.3 € Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.4 € - 6.6 9.4 € Sales............................................................. 13.9 1.7 € 12.6 8.3 16.9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.3 3.6 5.0 3.7 3.0 - Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 3.2 5.3 3.9 3.4 - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 - 6.5 7.2 4.8 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 - 4.4 5.1 5.3 - Transportation and material moving................................ 8.9 - 12.1 6.7 8.8 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.4 3.6 4.9 4.7 3.2 - Service............................................................. 5.8 7.3 6.2 4.1 5.9 € 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.45 - € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 14.52 - € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 16.78 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.42 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.06 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.00 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 16.43 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.52 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.53 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.49 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 14.00 - € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.94 - € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.22 - € - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.88 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 7.90 - € - - - - - - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 - € - - - - - - - All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 - € - - - - - - - White collar........................................................ 4.8 - € - - - - - - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.8 - € - - - - - - - Professional specialty.......................................... 7.9 - € - - - - - - - Technical....................................................... 5.9 - € - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.0 - € - - - - - - - Sales............................................................. 13.2 - € - - - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 - € - - - - - - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 - € - - - - - - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 - € - - - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 - € - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving................................ 10.2 - € - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 - € - - - - - - - Service............................................................. 4.7 - € - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $14.45 $12.92 $14.80 $13.55 $16.78 All excluding sales............................................. 14.52 13.01 14.86 13.50 16.78 White collar........................................................ 16.78 15.00 17.13 15.98 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 17.42 15.94 17.67 16.49 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 20.06 17.28 20.45 17.58 - Professional specialty.......................................... 22.00 16.78 22.94 18.11 - Technical....................................................... 16.43 - 16.21 17.07 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.52 22.71 26.44 28.33 - Sales............................................................. 13.53 12.19 13.98 13.98 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 12.49 11.52 12.65 12.70 12.47 Blue collar......................................................... 14.00 14.62 13.89 11.51 16.12 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 16.94 - 16.61 13.81 18.29 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.22 10.60 13.51 11.98 15.53 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.88 - 17.53 12.88 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 10.14 10.16 10.13 8.59 - Service............................................................. 7.90 7.32 8.23 7.89 - B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.1 5.8 3.8 4.7 5.8 All excluding sales............................................. 3.2 5.5 3.8 4.6 5.8 White collar........................................................ 4.8 8.5 5.7 6.2 - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.2 7.6 6.0 6.5 - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 6.8 15.7 7.5 5.7 - Professional specialty.......................................... 7.9 17.3 8.5 10.3 - Technical....................................................... 5.9 - 6.1 6.3 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.0 11.5 6.2 5.6 - Sales............................................................. 13.2 18.1 17.3 17.3 € Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.1 5.7 4.8 5.8 6.3 Blue collar......................................................... 3.4 6.5 4.0 5.2 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.3 - 6.7 14.4 5.3 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 5.0 6.6 5.3 6.7 5.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.2 - 11.2 6.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 3.7 14.5 4.2 3.9 - Service............................................................. 4.7 10.2 6.1 7.6 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.70 $10.13 $13.32 $20.32 $27.39 All excluding sales........................... 8.33 10.26 13.55 20.65 27.39 White collar.................................... 9.50 11.22 16.14 24.95 32.17 White collar excluding sales................ 10.10 11.79 16.53 25.48 32.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.74 16.19 21.30 27.39 33.21 Professional specialty...................... 15.07 17.01 24.95 29.66 33.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.32 23.80 24.95 27.29 33.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.84 17.78 31.05 36.05 36.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.84 17.78 34.44 36.71 36.71 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.19 16.79 27.79 32.17 39.02 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.95 27.79 30.40 32.45 39.02 Secondary school teachers............... 16.19 28.30 28.30 40.56 40.56 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.27 13.31 14.35 15.69 15.69 Social workers.......................... 9.27 13.31 14.35 15.69 15.69 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.91 12.91 15.07 17.01 17.31 Technical................................... 13.46 13.74 16.04 16.53 19.53 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.53 16.53 16.53 16.53 21.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.79 20.70 25.07 30.60 35.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.71 22.35 26.84 35.72 35.72 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.71 26.84 26.84 29.81 33.00 Management related........................ 11.79 11.79 16.10 21.96 24.55 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.79 11.79 11.79 19.71 21.96 Sales......................................... 6.46 6.82 9.50 14.52 28.44 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.50 9.80 11.00 16.45 28.44 Advertising and related sales........... 16.78 17.34 41.39 56.87 56.87 Cashiers................................ 6.46 6.57 6.80 6.84 8.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.98 10.10 11.22 12.37 17.12 Secretaries............................. 9.88 9.88 12.08 12.37 18.10 Order clerks............................ 10.10 10.10 11.70 17.12 17.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.33 12.04 12.04 12.33 12.88 General office clerks................... 9.25 10.25 10.79 11.48 13.93 Data entry keyers....................... 8.98 8.98 10.85 10.85 10.85 Blue collar..................................... 7.70 10.00 13.20 16.24 22.86 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 13.20 15.73 22.37 23.69 Supervisors, production................. 14.21 14.21 14.21 18.61 29.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.11 10.09 14.00 15.49 18.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. $7.50 $7.50 $12.62 $14.74 $18.75 Welders and cutters..................... 13.09 14.07 15.42 16.24 16.24 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.35 11.33 14.77 15.49 Transportation and material moving............ 11.01 12.00 14.85 21.62 29.41 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 12.00 13.00 15.36 15.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.75 8.33 10.00 10.31 13.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.94 6.50 7.28 10.31 10.31 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.33 8.33 10.00 11.00 13.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.75 11.17 13.51 16.15 18.42 Service......................................... 4.58 7.44 10.33 11.99 14.39 Protective service........................ 11.87 11.87 11.99 13.77 20.32 Food service.............................. 2.30 2.58 7.02 8.83 10.11 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.14 2.30 2.30 4.50 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.14 2.26 2.30 2.58 6.00 Other food service....................... 6.83 7.02 8.05 9.51 13.05 Cooks................................... 7.86 7.94 8.10 9.24 10.06 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.32 7.02 7.02 8.25 9.01 Health service............................ 8.80 9.42 10.53 11.50 12.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.80 9.42 10.11 11.57 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. 6.18 9.10 10.85 14.39 15.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 6.18 10.33 10.85 14.39 15.38 Personal service.......................... 5.90 6.79 7.91 10.15 10.32 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.44 9.44 9.44 10.32 10.32 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.02 $9.85 $12.52 $18.28 $23.69 All excluding sales........................... 7.50 10.00 12.91 18.34 23.17 White collar.................................... 8.75 10.85 14.40 21.30 29.55 White collar excluding sales................ 10.10 11.22 15.84 21.30 29.81 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.03 14.35 18.34 23.11 33.21 Professional specialty...................... 12.91 16.34 21.30 25.75 33.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.32 22.32 23.80 27.29 33.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.84 17.78 31.05 36.05 36.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.84 17.78 34.44 36.71 36.71 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.03 13.74 14.40 18.28 21.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.03 19.71 24.48 29.94 38.46 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.03 19.91 29.81 30.38 44.39 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.91 28.22 29.81 33.00 44.39 Management related........................ 16.10 18.27 20.70 24.48 38.46 Sales......................................... 6.46 6.82 8.70 16.45 28.44 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.25 11.00 12.50 28.44 28.44 Advertising and related sales........... 16.78 17.34 41.39 56.87 56.87 Cashiers................................ 6.46 6.57 6.80 6.84 8.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.50 10.23 11.17 14.04 18.10 Secretaries............................. 11.57 11.57 13.04 18.10 18.40 Order clerks............................ 10.10 10.10 11.70 17.12 17.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.23 11.33 12.00 12.88 12.88 General office clerks................... 8.88 9.25 10.39 10.99 11.22 Blue collar..................................... 7.50 10.00 12.62 16.24 22.37 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 9.72 11.13 15.73 22.35 23.69 Supervisors, production................. 13.70 14.22 23.62 29.24 29.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.11 10.09 14.00 15.49 18.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 7.50 12.62 14.74 18.75 Welders and cutters..................... 13.09 14.07 15.42 16.24 16.24 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.35 11.33 14.77 15.49 Transportation and material moving............ $11.01 $12.00 $13.67 $21.84 $29.41 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 12.00 13.00 13.67 23.17 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.58 8.33 10.00 11.00 13.53 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.94 6.50 7.28 10.31 10.31 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.33 8.33 10.00 11.00 13.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.75 11.17 13.51 16.15 18.42 Service......................................... 2.30 6.00 7.52 10.50 12.45 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.26 2.30 7.02 8.00 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.14 2.30 2.30 4.50 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.14 2.26 2.30 2.58 6.00 Other food service....................... 6.83 7.02 7.86 8.83 10.11 Cooks................................... 7.86 7.94 8.05 10.00 10.06 Health service............................ 8.80 10.11 11.11 11.57 12.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.80 10.11 10.83 11.57 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. $7.51 $9.48 $12.91 $14.39 $15.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.10 11.20 12.91 14.39 15.38 Personal service.......................... 5.90 6.00 7.00 7.50 7.91 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.88 $11.79 $14.21 $25.19 $30.40 All excluding sales........................... 9.88 11.79 14.35 25.19 30.40 White collar.................................... 9.88 12.04 16.79 27.39 32.45 White collar excluding sales................ 9.88 12.04 16.79 27.39 32.45 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.53 16.79 25.95 29.66 32.45 Professional specialty...................... 16.79 17.02 27.39 30.40 32.45 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.79 16.79 27.79 32.17 39.02 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.95 27.79 30.40 32.45 39.02 Secondary school teachers............... 16.19 28.30 28.30 40.56 40.56 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.79 22.35 26.84 35.72 35.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 22.35 22.35 26.84 35.72 35.72 Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.98 9.88 11.22 12.08 12.85 Blue collar..................................... 10.23 10.23 14.21 18.04 23.33 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.21 14.21 15.73 22.37 25.19 Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... - - - - - Service......................................... 9.44 10.33 11.99 13.77 14.48 Protective service........................ 11.87 11.87 11.99 13.77 20.32 Food service.............................. - - - - - Other food service....................... - - - - - Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.50 $10.85 $14.00 $21.39 $28.30 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 10.85 14.00 21.35 27.79 White collar.................................... 9.88 11.79 16.53 25.50 32.17 White collar excluding sales................ 10.23 11.81 16.53 25.48 32.17 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.74 16.19 20.65 27.79 33.21 Professional specialty...................... 15.07 17.01 24.95 29.66 33.21 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 22.32 23.80 24.95 27.29 33.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 15.84 17.78 31.05 36.05 36.71 Computer systems analysts and scientists 15.84 17.78 34.44 36.71 36.71 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 17.02 21.30 22.88 33.21 33.21 Registered nurses....................... 17.02 17.89 21.30 21.30 22.88 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 16.19 16.79 27.79 32.17 32.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 25.95 27.79 30.40 32.45 39.02 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.50 13.74 16.04 16.53 19.28 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 16.53 16.53 16.53 16.53 21.65 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 11.79 20.70 25.07 30.60 35.72 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 21.71 22.35 26.84 35.72 35.72 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 21.71 26.84 26.84 29.81 33.00 Management related........................ 11.79 11.79 16.10 21.96 24.55 Management related, n.e.c............... 11.79 11.79 11.79 19.71 21.96 Sales......................................... 9.25 9.80 12.50 28.44 31.06 Supervisors, sales...................... 9.50 9.80 11.00 16.45 28.44 Advertising and related sales........... 16.78 17.34 41.39 56.87 56.87 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.25 11.33 12.52 17.12 Secretaries............................. 9.88 9.88 12.08 12.37 18.10 Order clerks............................ 10.10 10.10 11.70 17.12 17.12 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.33 12.04 12.04 12.33 12.88 General office clerks................... 8.88 10.12 10.79 11.22 13.93 Blue collar..................................... 8.86 10.23 13.55 18.61 22.97 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 13.32 15.73 22.37 23.69 Supervisors, production................. 14.21 14.21 14.21 18.61 29.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.35 10.09 14.04 15.49 18.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.50 7.50 12.62 14.74 18.75 Welders and cutters..................... 13.09 14.07 15.42 16.24 16.24 Assemblers.............................. 8.35 8.86 11.33 15.49 15.49 Transportation and material moving............ $11.62 $12.00 $15.22 $21.62 $29.41 Truck drivers........................... 12.00 12.00 13.00 15.36 15.36 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.33 10.00 10.23 11.00 13.55 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 8.33 8.92 10.00 11.00 13.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 6.75 11.17 13.51 16.15 18.42 Service......................................... 7.02 10.06 11.87 13.77 14.48 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.30 7.02 7.02 9.20 10.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.02 7.02 8.25 9.24 10.50 Health service............................ 9.42 10.07 10.53 11.57 12.45 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.42 10.07 10.53 11.57 12.45 Cleaning and building service............. $9.48 $10.85 $11.20 $14.39 $15.38 Janitors and cleaners................... 10.33 10.85 11.20 14.39 15.38 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.25 $6.46 $7.65 $10.13 $19.53 All excluding sales........................... 2.58 6.25 8.52 11.40 22.47 White collar.................................... 6.57 6.84 9.34 19.53 25.75 White collar excluding sales................ 8.60 10.13 15.69 22.47 25.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 13.46 15.69 22.47 25.75 40.56 Professional specialty...................... 15.69 22.47 22.47 25.75 40.56 Health related............................ - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... - - - - - Sales......................................... 5.82 6.57 6.82 6.98 6.98 Cashiers................................ 6.46 6.57 6.80 6.84 8.07 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.17 8.60 9.64 10.13 11.48 Blue collar..................................... 5.94 5.94 7.05 7.65 9.31 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.64 5.94 7.01 7.28 8.88 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.61 5.94 6.50 7.05 7.05 Service......................................... 2.30 5.25 7.36 9.35 11.11 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.25 2.30 6.13 7.94 10.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.14 2.30 2.30 4.50 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.30 2.30 2.58 6.00 Other food service....................... 6.13 6.83 7.94 9.51 13.05 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.13 6.32 6.83 9.01 9.51 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 5.90 7.00 9.44 10.32 10.32 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 7.44 9.44 9.44 10.32 10.32 1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation's employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an occupation, one-tenth of the occupation's employment are found in sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less, and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations of the 25th, 50th, 75th, 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Lincoln, NE, February 2002 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 68,400 43,300 25,100 All excluding sales............................................. 64,000 39,200 24,900 White collar........................................................ 35,200 19,300 15,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 30,800 15,200 15,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 14,200 6,800 7,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 11,000 4,500 6,400 Technical....................................................... 3,200 2,300 - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5,200 1,600 3,500 Sales............................................................. 4,400 4,100 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11,500 6,800 4,700 Blue collar......................................................... 20,400 17,000 3,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6,600 5,200 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 4,000 4,000 € Transportation and material moving................................ 2,600 2,200 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7,200 5,600 - Service............................................................. 12,700 6,900 5,800 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. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.