Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $18.22 5.5 33.2 $17.43 6.9 32.5 $20.95 6.5 36.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 27.88 4.7 35.7 28.32 6.4 35.1 27.09 5.7 36.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 30.53 7.6 38.6 31.39 8.8 39.3 27.11 8.9 36.1 Professional and related.......................................... 27.00 5.1 34.8 26.95 6.9 33.5 27.09 7.0 36.7 Service............................................................. 9.65 16.2 25.6 8.33 20.3 22.9 13.66 10.6 39.4 Sales and office.................................................... 15.71 7.1 34.4 15.82 8.2 35.0 15.10 7.3 31.0 Sales and related................................................. 16.69 12.8 34.3 16.69 12.8 34.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.95 4.1 34.4 14.89 5.0 35.8 15.10 7.3 31.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.81 4.7 38.9 17.94 4.9 39.0 17.22 12.0 38.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.51 6.4 37.9 17.96 5.2 38.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.08 6.6 39.8 17.92 7.8 40.0 18.56 12.3 39.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.77 4.4 36.3 12.70 4.5 36.3 13.98 16.4 35.8 Production........................................................ 13.86 2.3 37.9 13.86 2.3 37.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.47 9.5 34.6 11.15 11.2 34.4 13.98 16.4 35.8 Full time........................................................... 19.45 5.3 38.8 18.85 6.8 38.8 21.35 7.6 38.7 Part time........................................................... 10.60 7.8 17.6 9.93 6.8 17.4 15.72 13.1 18.8 Union............................................................... 15.11 28.0 37.2 – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.28 5.5 33.1 17.49 7.0 32.4 20.98 6.5 35.9 Time................................................................ 17.83 5.8 32.8 16.83 7.4 31.8 20.95 6.5 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 22.97 10.1 39.8 22.97 10.1 39.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.17 2.2 38.4 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.50 8.7 31.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.18 9.2 31.3 15.15 9.3 31.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.11 9.8 32.8 17.43 11.8 33.2 16.08 13.8 31.6 500 workers or more................................................. 23.16 7.2 36.5 23.69 13.1 35.6 22.64 6.4 37.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.22 5.5 $19.45 5.3 $10.60 7.8 Management occupations.............................................. 33.83 10.1 34.73 9.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.46 14.4 27.54 14.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.32 13.1 25.31 14.5 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.10 10.7 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.34 10.3 34.87 10.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.90 9.0 22.90 9.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.91 15.8 14.98 16.2 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.30 14.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.85 8.5 31.85 8.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.62 .8 33.62 .8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.69 .3 33.69 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.70 .8 33.70 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.06 1.1 33.06 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.98 .7 32.98 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 1.5 32.46 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.26 1.3 32.26 1.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.16 5.8 35.16 5.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.16 5.8 35.16 5.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.16 1.2 13.16 1.2 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.36 9.6 21.27 8.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.44 11.2 28.48 12.0 28.07 12.7 Level 8 .................................................. 26.74 3.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.18 2.3 27.00 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.77 4.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.53 17.0 – – 16.29 17.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 3.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.32 3.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 3.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.99 14.5 16.99 14.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.84 23.7 – – 6.76 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 6.02 25.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.44 8.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.49 8.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 10.74 10.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 9.96 6.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.57 5.0 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.69 12.8 19.32 12.6 8.06 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.88 20.5 16.88 20.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.29 2.5 13.32 5.0 8.06 4.6 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.03 7.0 – – 7.82 4.2 Cashiers...................................................... 8.03 7.0 – – 7.82 4.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.06 17.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.95 4.1 15.69 3.4 8.57 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 12.00 2.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.24 7.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.89 5.8 14.89 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.11 2.4 16.08 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.64 5.1 20.64 5.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.53 8.1 19.82 4.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.88 2.6 13.88 2.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 .4 14.37 .4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.97 7.5 19.05 7.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.09 3.7 17.09 3.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.97 6.2 13.97 6.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.51 6.4 17.51 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.08 6.6 18.08 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.86 9.1 21.86 9.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.86 2.3 13.90 2.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.47 9.5 12.20 10.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.93 10.7 12.89 11.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.92 9.4 9.15 9.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 4.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.29 12.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.43 6.9 $18.85 6.8 $9.93 6.8 Management occupations.............................................. 36.64 10.9 36.64 10.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.42 16.4 27.50 17.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.00 10.8 37.00 10.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 13.95 15.6 13.41 13.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.96 11.2 32.56 11.8 27.06 16.4 Registered nurses................................................. 27.35 2.8 27.61 3.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.21 19.5 – – 16.29 17.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.63 23.4 – – 6.76 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. – – – – 6.02 25.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.37 8.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.42 9.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.69 12.8 19.32 12.6 8.06 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 16.88 20.5 16.88 20.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.29 2.5 13.32 5.0 8.06 4.6 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.03 7.0 – – 7.82 4.2 Cashiers...................................................... 8.03 7.0 – – 7.82 4.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.06 17.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.89 5.0 15.52 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.23 1.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 7.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.58 8.5 15.58 8.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.12 3.0 16.12 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.32 7.6 20.32 7.6 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 .4 14.37 .4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.96 5.2 17.96 5.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.92 7.8 17.92 7.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 13.86 2.3 13.90 2.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.15 11.2 11.92 11.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.18 11.7 13.15 12.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.89 9.8 9.11 9.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.40 4.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.24 12.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.95 6.5 $21.35 7.6 $15.72 13.1 Management occupations.............................................. 26.79 14.2 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.32 19.3 21.49 24.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.87 9.2 31.87 9.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.68 .9 33.68 .9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.69 .3 33.69 .3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.70 .8 33.70 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.06 1.1 33.06 1.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.98 .7 32.98 .7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 1.5 32.46 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.26 1.3 32.26 1.3 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.16 5.8 35.16 5.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.16 5.8 35.16 5.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.16 1.2 13.16 1.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.28 12.0 19.42 11.5 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.38 13.9 18.38 13.9 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.89 11.2 12.97 11.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.76 4.4 11.76 4.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.10 7.3 16.19 4.1 9.17 7.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.92 2.6 13.92 2.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.05 8.9 19.05 8.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.56 12.3 18.56 12.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.98 16.4 13.98 16.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.76 $15.10 $22.80 $34.37 Management occupations.............................................. 17.86 22.54 28.29 45.83 49.28 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 21.21 23.07 29.81 35.67 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.95 17.95 23.07 26.07 32.60 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.86 26.15 35.22 40.13 53.08 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.39 17.39 21.67 24.09 28.66 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.90 11.38 13.45 20.14 24.64 Counselors........................................................ 9.31 16.75 18.49 22.15 24.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.81 23.33 30.61 38.55 45.94 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.69 26.70 33.00 38.55 42.44 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.70 26.70 31.51 38.55 41.65 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.51 26.70 31.18 37.83 42.38 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.93 29.31 35.04 40.39 43.44 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.93 29.31 35.04 40.39 43.44 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.30 11.30 12.63 14.39 16.91 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.56 17.09 23.08 24.02 24.02 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.50 21.00 24.96 35.72 45.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.35 22.93 26.23 31.63 35.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.41 10.76 10.76 22.05 22.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.31 9.44 10.76 10.76 10.76 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.48 12.13 15.25 19.67 27.87 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 7.25 8.25 10.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.90 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.90 10.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.49 13.13 18.13 36.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.65 13.13 15.24 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.10 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.10 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 8.65 11.40 15.24 20.81 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.15 11.66 14.50 16.81 22.11 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 7.30 16.55 18.49 22.76 24.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.32 11.90 14.50 14.88 16.47 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.76 12.44 13.71 16.10 17.67 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.18 15.85 17.34 21.14 27.18 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.04 15.34 15.89 19.38 20.02 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 11.47 13.94 15.30 17.07 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 12.25 16.50 20.00 22.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.72 13.48 18.00 20.50 27.71 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.65 13.00 15.98 19.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.25 11.17 13.50 15.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.00 12.58 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 9.69 10.00 11.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.40 $9.50 $14.50 $22.00 $31.95 Management occupations.............................................. 21.63 27.64 28.29 45.99 49.28 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 21.21 23.07 29.81 35.67 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.56 33.35 35.22 44.25 53.08 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.90 9.65 11.83 18.49 22.15 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.25 22.80 28.60 39.45 56.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.03 22.92 26.78 30.89 36.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.31 9.44 22.05 22.05 22.05 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 7.25 8.00 10.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.90 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.90 10.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.49 13.13 18.13 36.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.65 13.13 15.24 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.10 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.10 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 8.65 11.40 15.24 20.81 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.20 11.54 14.50 16.75 22.76 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.76 12.44 13.71 16.10 17.67 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.50 12.50 18.00 20.35 24.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.31 13.94 18.00 19.23 27.50 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.65 13.00 15.98 19.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.25 10.00 13.20 15.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 7.25 10.00 12.95 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 9.79 10.00 11.38 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.76 $12.64 $17.33 $26.70 $35.70 Management occupations.............................................. 17.33 17.92 26.50 34.07 37.61 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.76 15.52 24.11 24.64 34.37 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.57 19.58 30.55 38.55 46.36 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.69 26.70 33.00 38.55 42.44 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.70 26.70 31.51 38.55 41.65 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.51 26.70 31.18 37.83 42.38 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.93 29.31 35.04 40.39 43.44 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.93 29.31 35.04 40.39 43.44 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.30 11.30 12.63 14.39 16.91 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.28 16.14 20.62 24.62 31.79 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.65 13.25 17.00 27.87 27.87 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 10.93 12.14 14.09 18.34 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.81 10.93 10.93 12.95 13.93 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 12.41 14.43 17.74 22.11 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.04 15.37 18.34 21.86 25.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.07 12.72 17.21 26.00 30.01 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.69 11.24 12.03 20.12 20.12 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.45 $16.47 $755 $640 38.8 $38,335 $33,124 1,970 Management occupations.............................................. 34.73 28.29 1,383 1,132 39.8 71,936 58,843 2,071 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.54 23.07 1,089 920 39.5 56,631 47,857 2,057 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.87 35.22 1,368 1,321 39.2 71,157 68,685 2,040 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.90 21.67 904 867 39.5 47,018 45,074 2,053 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.98 12.76 573 484 38.3 28,921 26,562 1,930 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.85 30.61 1,190 1,160 37.4 48,263 46,258 1,515 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.69 33.00 1,219 1,217 36.2 45,095 45,066 1,339 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.06 31.51 1,190 1,169 36.0 44,019 43,080 1,332 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 31.18 1,172 1,155 36.1 43,226 40,907 1,332 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.16 35.04 1,291 1,324 36.7 47,570 49,395 1,353 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.16 35.04 1,291 1,324 36.7 47,570 49,395 1,353 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.16 12.63 467 449 35.5 17,226 16,501 1,309 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.27 23.10 839 923 39.5 43,643 47,977 2,052 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.48 24.21 1,096 957 38.5 57,010 49,778 2,002 Registered nurses................................................. 27.00 25.49 1,040 992 38.5 54,090 51,577 2,003 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.99 15.25 695 661 40.9 34,407 33,430 2,025 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.74 10.23 430 409 40.0 21,579 20,800 2,010 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.96 10.00 398 400 40.0 20,112 20,405 2,019 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.57 10.23 423 409 40.0 20,985 20,800 1,986 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.32 14.50 782 580 40.5 40,654 30,160 2,105 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.32 12.46 546 487 41.0 28,395 25,314 2,132 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.69 14.91 606 580 38.6 31,424 30,160 2,002 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.82 19.20 768 754 38.7 39,913 39,227 2,014 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.88 14.50 521 474 37.6 27,117 24,669 1,954 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 13.71 575 548 40.0 29,891 28,517 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.05 17.53 738 681 38.7 37,082 34,601 1,947 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.09 15.89 654 611 38.3 32,665 31,100 1,912 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.97 13.94 542 522 38.8 28,208 27,169 2,019 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.51 16.50 670 608 38.3 34,038 30,680 1,944 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.08 18.00 720 694 39.8 37,385 36,110 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 13.90 13.00 551 512 39.6 28,634 26,624 2,060 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.20 12.25 466 480 38.2 23,416 24,544 1,919 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.15 9.50 336 290 36.7 17,467 15,080 1,909 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.85 $15.78 $732 $612 38.8 $37,977 $31,826 2,015 Management occupations.............................................. 36.64 28.29 1,466 1,132 40.0 76,207 58,843 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.50 23.07 1,094 920 39.8 56,883 47,857 2,069 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.00 35.22 1,451 1,321 39.2 75,467 68,685 2,040 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.41 11.83 515 473 38.4 26,783 24,602 1,997 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.56 28.60 1,220 1,109 37.5 63,440 57,658 1,948 Registered nurses................................................. 27.61 27.55 1,071 992 38.8 55,670 51,577 2,016 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.32 14.50 782 580 40.5 40,654 30,160 2,105 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.32 12.46 546 487 41.0 28,395 25,314 2,132 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.52 14.85 602 580 38.7 31,280 30,160 2,015 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 13.71 575 548 40.0 29,891 28,517 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.96 18.00 684 640 38.1 34,671 33,124 1,930 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.92 18.00 717 720 40.0 37,269 37,430 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.90 13.00 551 512 39.6 28,634 26,624 2,060 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.92 12.25 460 480 38.6 23,864 24,960 2,003 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.11 9.50 333 290 36.6 17,321 15,080 1,901 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.35 $17.74 $826 $704 38.7 $39,364 $35,205 1,844 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.49 18.89 811 693 37.8 36,434 35,222 1,696 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.87 30.55 1,186 1,145 37.2 47,487 45,260 1,490 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.69 33.00 1,219 1,217 36.2 45,095 45,066 1,339 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.06 31.51 1,190 1,169 36.0 44,019 43,080 1,332 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 31.18 1,172 1,155 36.1 43,226 40,907 1,332 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.16 35.04 1,291 1,324 36.7 47,570 49,395 1,353 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.16 35.04 1,291 1,324 36.7 47,570 49,395 1,353 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.16 12.63 467 449 35.5 17,226 16,501 1,309 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.42 20.00 796 758 41.0 41,382 39,390 2,131 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.38 17.00 759 732 41.3 37,141 37,855 2,020 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.97 12.30 519 492 40.0 25,226 23,622 1,945 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.76 10.93 470 437 40.0 22,946 22,728 1,951 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.19 15.27 621 594 38.4 31,838 30,410 1,967 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.05 18.34 745 727 39.1 36,504 35,460 1,916 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.56 17.21 731 645 39.4 37,717 30,974 2,032 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.98 12.03 501 407 35.8 21,315 16,438 1,525 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 308,500 240,500 68,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 93,700 58,200 35,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 20,900 15,700 5,200 Professional and related.......................................... 72,700 42,500 30,300 Service............................................................. 72,400 60,100 12,300 Sales and office.................................................... 84,300 70,500 13,800 Sales and related................................................. 36,000 36,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 48,300 34,500 13,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22,200 18,100 4,200 Construction and extraction...................................... 11,100 9,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,100 8,200 2,900 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 35,900 33,700 2,200 Production........................................................ 18,500 18,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 17,500 15,200 2,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Columbia, SC, June 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 12,549 12,075 474 Total in sample....................................................... 98 73 25 Responding........................................................ 77 54 23 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 10 8 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 11 11 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.