NC BL 03/00/2009 Table: Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, Bulletin, July 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $18.79 2.7 34.3 $17.53 2.9 34.6 $25.64 4.9 33.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.60 2.5 35.3 26.56 2.2 35.8 34.33 5.2 34.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.60 6.5 38.2 27.13 4.9 39.9 38.56 19.8 29.9 Professional and related.......................................... 28.60 2.9 34.5 26.34 2.2 34.4 33.76 6.5 34.6 Service............................................................. 12.19 4.0 28.5 10.56 4.2 27.7 17.52 7.9 31.6 Sales and office.................................................... 14.61 2.9 34.3 14.08 2.6 34.4 19.38 9.1 32.8 Sales and related................................................. 13.96 7.4 31.6 13.68 7.5 31.7 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.87 3.7 35.4 14.25 3.6 35.8 18.88 9.1 33.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.15 9.4 39.3 22.32 10.3 39.3 20.57 3.8 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 23.42 11.8 39.0 23.62 13.0 38.9 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.27 12.8 39.9 20.42 14.0 39.9 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.76 5.4 39.1 16.71 5.6 39.4 – – – Production........................................................ 17.44 4.1 38.6 17.43 4.1 38.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.77 10.0 39.8 15.60 10.7 40.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 19.93 2.9 39.4 18.55 3.1 39.8 27.19 4.6 37.8 Part time........................................................... 11.59 6.0 18.9 11.41 6.7 19.3 12.88 12.0 16.4 Union............................................................... 24.21 4.1 36.7 21.29 7.5 37.0 26.75 4.2 36.5 Nonunion............................................................ 17.03 2.5 33.6 16.95 2.5 34.2 19.59 15.9 22.2 Time................................................................ 18.77 2.8 34.1 17.42 3.1 34.3 25.64 4.9 33.1 Incentive........................................................... 19.10 6.5 38.7 19.10 6.5 38.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.73 7.2 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.02 3.3 32.3 16.03 3.4 32.8 15.76 18.4 21.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.22 5.9 36.3 16.47 6.4 36.6 27.71 7.3 34.9 500 workers or more................................................. 24.66 4.5 36.5 23.66 6.0 37.4 26.22 6.2 35.1 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 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 2002 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $18.79 2.7 $19.93 2.9 $11.59 6.0 Management occupations.............................................. 34.99 12.3 35.60 12.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 22.26 29.5 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 43.81 5.2 43.81 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.97 3.4 39.56 3.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.09 3.7 23.83 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.43 5.0 22.43 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.01 6.9 27.93 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.12 9.7 24.60 9.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.26 8.3 26.76 10.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.50 7.4 24.57 7.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.39 17.9 23.00 19.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.42 2.8 17.44 5.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.35 2.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 52.71 14.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.88 4.7 34.24 6.0 13.78 22.1 Level 7 .................................................. 17.95 24.0 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.67 13.2 29.67 13.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 2.8 37.00 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.31 20.1 36.92 21.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.40 23.3 43.97 26.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.28 5.2 34.28 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.44 15.5 33.44 15.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.88 3.0 36.88 3.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.06 2.6 38.12 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.50 19.2 33.50 19.2 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.16 1.9 38.23 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.38 1.2 34.38 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.31 1.9 34.31 1.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.51 1.4 34.51 1.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.28 2.1 34.28 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.01 11.3 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.46 4.5 21.62 4.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.89 3.7 24.09 4.0 28.61 10.3 Level 5 .................................................. 19.23 8.7 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.12 3.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.01 3.7 29.23 3.3 28.54 5.9 Registered nurses................................................. 27.07 4.8 26.36 5.5 29.57 7.5 Level 8 .................................................. 29.73 2.7 – – 28.54 5.9 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 3.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.56 5.6 13.61 6.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.60 7.4 10.45 8.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.71 10.0 12.70 10.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.74 12.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.23 10.8 25.20 4.1 10.90 25.7 Level 3 .................................................. 17.22 6.6 – – 17.43 9.1 Police officers................................................... 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 3.5 10.01 10.7 7.25 1.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 1.6 – – 7.51 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.58 8.7 – – 6.90 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.71 12.5 10.13 10.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.79 5.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.41 9.2 5.38 10.4 5.44 9.3 Level 2 .................................................. 4.72 14.7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.26 4.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.39 6.3 – – 4.68 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.31 2.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.88 5.5 12.67 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.20 10.0 12.38 11.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.46 4.0 12.15 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.69 8.6 12.85 9.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.44 4.1 12.24 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.73 7.1 14.04 6.8 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.83 21.4 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.83 21.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.05 12.4 13.52 10.0 10.23 14.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 4.6 9.50 4.4 8.58 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.43 9.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.62 10.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.67 4.1 – – 9.25 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.95 .8 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.67 4.1 – – 9.25 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.95 .8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.96 7.4 16.07 7.6 9.17 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 5.7 – – 8.12 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.44 2.5 10.44 2.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.30 2.7 11.04 1.5 9.08 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.89 5.2 – – 8.13 .2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 2.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.66 1.7 – – 9.25 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 9.66 1.7 – – 9.25 1.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.57 5.1 11.38 5.5 8.20 1.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.87 3.7 15.27 4.1 11.52 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 10.9 – – 8.82 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.09 4.9 10.06 5.8 10.24 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.29 4.1 12.65 4.1 10.46 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.19 3.6 15.28 3.5 14.36 11.9 Level 5 .................................................. 15.10 6.4 15.14 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.53 6.2 19.85 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.07 8.9 23.07 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.55 4.2 14.60 4.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.76 13.5 24.91 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.31 2.8 14.62 3.2 12.07 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 12.24 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.52 2.9 14.52 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.15 7.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.64 8.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.65 5.6 14.86 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.46 8.2 13.46 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.97 5.0 17.81 2.9 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.46 3.4 13.52 8.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.86 12.4 13.96 12.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.48 20.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 5.8 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.00 2.3 13.00 2.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 7.9 18.62 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 9.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 15.4 20.78 15.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.24 12.0 17.04 13.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.47 6.9 13.65 11.5 – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.67 6.8 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.58 3.9 13.58 3.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.78 5.4 13.99 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.38 6.7 14.38 6.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.42 11.8 23.55 12.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 11.1 17.45 11.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.14 13.4 23.14 13.4 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.80 12.9 22.80 12.9 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.80 12.9 22.80 12.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.27 12.8 20.27 12.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 12.4 16.34 12.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.51 7.1 27.51 7.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.67 17.0 23.67 17.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.44 4.1 17.76 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.60 3.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 10.0 11.97 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.27 3.5 18.27 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.52 7.0 17.52 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.40 7.3 17.40 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.07 8.6 22.07 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.70 11.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.90 3.8 13.37 1.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.54 .9 15.54 .9 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.18 7.0 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.22 10.3 18.22 10.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.69 14.8 14.36 1.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.42 5.1 12.46 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.77 10.0 15.95 9.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.67 13.8 9.74 14.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 8.4 13.34 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.10 4.0 15.16 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.55 5.7 16.55 5.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.37 11.9 17.37 11.9 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.26 2.7 16.26 2.7 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.24 25.3 14.24 25.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.53 14.8 12.69 15.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.82 4.4 14.82 4.4 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.75 23.5 11.75 23.5 – – 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 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $17.53 2.9 $18.55 3.1 $11.41 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 32.01 11.9 32.55 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.56 3.4 39.56 3.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.98 3.9 23.94 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.94 5.2 21.94 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.70 5.8 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.60 9.4 24.60 9.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.63 8.7 22.67 8.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.26 5.4 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.52 2.9 17.50 6.0 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.35 2.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.08 11.7 27.52 14.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.87 21.7 20.39 23.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.62 4.3 21.62 4.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.12 3.4 25.42 3.5 28.61 10.3 Level 5 .................................................. 19.50 8.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.01 3.7 29.23 3.3 28.54 5.9 Registered nurses................................................. 28.71 5.0 28.34 5.8 29.57 7.5 Level 8 .................................................. 29.73 2.7 – – 28.54 5.9 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.11 5.9 13.13 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.45 8.2 10.45 8.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.29 7.7 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.74 12.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.17 3.7 9.48 10.5 7.15 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 1.6 – – 7.46 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 6.58 8.7 – – 6.90 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.58 .9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.40 4.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.41 9.2 5.38 10.4 5.44 9.3 Level 2 .................................................. 4.72 14.7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.26 4.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.39 6.3 – – 4.68 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 1.9 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.12 6.3 11.87 7.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.90 12.8 12.03 14.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.66 3.5 11.35 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.35 11.1 12.54 12.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.76 3.9 11.61 6.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.66 10.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.43 18.0 – – 10.47 25.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.00 6.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.68 7.5 15.71 7.7 9.11 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 5.7 – – 8.12 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 2.6 10.44 2.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.28 2.7 11.04 1.5 9.00 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.89 5.2 – – 8.13 .2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 2.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.57 1.0 – – 9.12 2.0 Cashiers...................................................... 9.57 1.0 – – 9.12 2.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.57 5.1 11.38 5.5 8.20 1.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.25 3.6 14.58 4.0 11.48 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 10.04 11.1 – – 9.08 5.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.65 3.2 9.61 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.33 4.2 12.65 4.1 10.33 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 14.96 3.9 15.05 3.8 14.05 13.6 Level 5 .................................................. 14.63 6.3 14.65 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.72 3.9 18.22 2.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.68 4.6 14.75 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.76 13.5 24.91 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.95 2.6 14.24 2.8 12.02 5.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 12.24 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.40 3.3 14.40 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.64 8.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.23 6.2 14.39 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.20 5.7 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.46 3.4 13.52 8.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.86 12.4 13.96 12.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.48 20.4 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.66 6.4 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.95 2.5 12.95 2.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.80 6.9 15.94 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 9.4 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.03 6.9 14.54 7.3 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.58 3.9 13.58 3.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.57 5.7 13.73 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.87 6.5 13.87 6.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.62 13.0 23.77 13.2 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.47 14.5 22.47 14.5 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.47 14.5 22.47 14.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.42 14.0 20.42 14.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.34 12.4 16.34 12.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.19 18.3 25.19 18.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.43 4.1 17.75 3.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.60 3.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 10.0 11.97 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.27 3.5 18.27 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.52 7.0 17.52 7.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.34 7.6 17.34 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.07 8.6 22.07 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.70 11.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.90 3.8 13.37 1.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.54 .9 15.54 .9 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.18 7.0 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.14 11.3 18.14 11.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.69 14.8 14.36 1.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.42 5.1 12.46 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.60 10.7 15.73 10.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.64 14.1 9.74 14.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 8.4 13.34 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 4.3 15.16 4.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.24 12.3 17.24 12.3 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.26 2.7 16.26 2.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.53 14.8 12.69 15.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.82 4.4 14.82 4.4 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.75 23.5 11.75 23.5 – – 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 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $25.64 4.9 $27.19 4.6 $12.88 12.0 Legal occupations................................................... 52.71 14.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.02 5.2 37.20 5.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.43 3.5 37.43 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.34 6.4 31.34 4.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.46 2.2 37.46 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.43 3.5 37.43 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.43 3.1 40.43 3.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.54 2.9 40.54 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.91 .9 34.91 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.80 .0 34.80 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.17 .7 35.17 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.84 .0 34.84 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.99 4.8 19.99 4.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.93 4.7 25.20 4.1 – – Police officers................................................... 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.28 6.2 14.74 4.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.30 2.6 14.30 2.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.91 1.2 13.91 1.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.35 10.6 – – 9.91 9.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.04 2.3 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.84 4.6 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.84 4.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.88 9.1 19.79 8.6 11.75 10.1 Level 4 .................................................. 17.28 5.5 17.42 6.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.24 5.1 17.49 4.9 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.89 10.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $18.79 2.7 $19.93 2.9 $11.59 6.0 Management occupations.............................................. 34.99 12.3 35.60 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.29 12.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.87 21.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.09 3.7 23.83 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.22 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.08 6.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.26 8.3 26.76 10.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.50 7.4 24.57 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.65 9.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.81 6.6 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations Group II.................................................. 27.56 4.2 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.39 17.9 23.00 19.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.42 2.8 17.44 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.75 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 20.65 2.2 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 20.35 2.2 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 52.71 14.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.88 4.7 34.24 6.0 13.78 22.1 Group II.................................................. 24.16 15.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.70 7.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.40 23.3 43.97 26.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.28 5.2 34.28 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.91 24.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.16 3.7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.06 2.6 38.12 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.66 16.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.44 1.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.16 1.9 38.23 2.1 – – Group II.................................................. 33.73 13.3 33.70 13.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.38 1.2 34.38 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 34.66 1.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.51 1.4 34.51 1.4 – – Group III................................................. 34.67 2.1 34.67 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.01 11.3 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.46 4.5 21.62 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.76 13.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.89 3.7 24.09 4.0 28.61 10.3 Group II.................................................. 22.34 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.72 6.8 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.07 4.8 26.36 5.5 29.57 7.5 Group II.................................................. 25.16 4.3 24.34 7.0 27.26 6.6 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 3.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.56 5.6 13.61 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 6.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.71 10.0 12.70 10.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.72 10.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.74 12.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.23 10.8 25.20 4.1 10.90 25.7 Group I................................................... 16.30 20.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.83 4.7 – – – – Police officers................................................... 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.32 7.0 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.66 6.8 25.66 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 25.32 7.0 25.32 7.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 3.5 10.01 10.7 7.25 1.5 Group I................................................... 7.84 2.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.79 5.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.79 5.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.41 9.2 5.38 10.4 5.44 9.3 Group I................................................... 5.41 9.2 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 6.26 4.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 6.26 4.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.39 6.3 – – 4.68 1.3 Group I................................................... 4.39 6.3 – – 4.68 1.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.31 2.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.31 2.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.88 5.5 12.67 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.62 5.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.46 4.0 12.15 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.51 4.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.44 4.1 12.24 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.49 4.9 12.49 6.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.83 21.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.63 20.7 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.83 21.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.63 20.7 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.05 12.4 13.52 10.0 10.23 14.4 Group I................................................... 10.75 11.5 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.62 10.1 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.67 4.1 – – 9.25 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.67 4.1 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.67 4.1 – – 9.25 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.67 4.1 – – 9.25 1.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.96 7.4 16.07 7.6 9.17 .9 Group I................................................... 10.41 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.63 14.4 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.30 2.7 11.04 1.5 9.08 2.8 Group I................................................... 9.79 1.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.66 1.7 – – 9.25 1.8 Group I................................................... 9.25 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.66 1.7 – – 9.25 1.8 Group I................................................... 9.25 1.8 – – 9.25 1.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.57 5.1 11.38 5.5 8.20 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.61 6.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.87 3.7 15.27 4.1 11.52 4.1 Group I................................................... 13.32 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.45 7.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.76 13.5 24.91 12.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.13 15.2 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.31 2.8 14.62 3.2 12.07 5.1 Group I................................................... 13.48 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.62 7.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.65 5.6 14.86 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.66 5.2 12.78 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.35 3.6 17.95 2.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.46 3.4 13.52 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.46 3.4 13.52 8.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.86 12.4 13.96 12.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 18.4 13.19 19.8 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.62 5.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.62 5.8 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.00 2.3 13.00 2.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 7.9 18.62 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.34 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.36 5.6 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 15.4 20.78 15.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.24 12.0 17.04 13.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.05 7.6 – – – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.47 6.9 13.65 11.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.60 7.7 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.67 6.8 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.58 3.9 13.58 3.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.78 5.4 13.99 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.17 5.8 13.40 6.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.42 11.8 23.55 12.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.55 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.49 6.3 – – – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.80 12.9 22.80 12.9 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.80 12.9 22.80 12.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.27 12.8 20.27 12.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.51 14.2 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.67 17.0 23.67 17.0 – – Group II.................................................. 25.19 18.3 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.44 4.1 17.76 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.80 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.83 7.3 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.54 .9 15.54 .9 – – Machinists........................................................ 17.18 7.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.18 7.0 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.22 10.3 18.22 10.3 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.69 14.8 14.36 1.2 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.42 5.1 12.46 5.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.77 10.0 15.95 9.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.64 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.27 7.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.37 11.9 17.37 11.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 10.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.27 8.2 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.26 2.7 16.26 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.79 3.6 14.79 3.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.24 25.3 14.24 25.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.53 14.8 12.69 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.53 14.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.75 23.5 11.75 23.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.75 23.5 11.75 23.5 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.70 $11.40 $15.79 $24.04 $31.89 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 19.85 35.67 43.96 62.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.59 19.16 24.04 27.29 31.34 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.63 23.36 24.52 27.29 41.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.48 16.34 23.65 31.89 33.49 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 13.45 15.43 17.80 21.65 43.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.11 22.16 23.01 Social workers.................................................... 15.59 18.11 20.29 22.16 26.54 Legal occupations................................................... 29.90 48.84 58.66 62.58 63.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.24 24.69 30.82 40.07 51.78 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.86 27.26 29.61 46.47 77.93 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.92 28.29 33.68 40.07 50.39 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.78 29.57 37.23 49.53 53.57 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.04 30.48 38.35 47.23 53.35 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 28.71 33.67 39.55 47.25 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.71 32.70 39.55 47.45 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.30 7.30 8.22 10.01 14.58 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.28 17.50 19.95 25.88 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.04 17.51 24.47 30.80 33.47 Registered nurses................................................. 19.99 22.55 28.19 31.70 32.78 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.50 14.87 16.32 18.16 18.16 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 11.28 13.14 15.79 17.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 10.75 12.11 14.66 18.01 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.00 11.50 14.68 15.79 15.79 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.51 17.63 24.57 27.77 29.53 Police officers................................................... 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.68 9.20 13.33 Cooks............................................................. 7.60 7.75 10.00 13.00 16.17 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.60 5.00 7.15 7.55 Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 5.15 7.29 7.29 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 3.85 4.60 4.60 5.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.75 8.00 8.94 9.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.53 11.47 14.13 17.31 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.63 11.35 13.77 16.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.65 11.37 13.77 14.80 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.68 7.50 15.55 20.15 23.59 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.68 7.50 15.55 20.15 23.59 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.30 9.00 9.75 15.40 18.24 Child care workers................................................ 7.30 7.30 9.75 10.64 13.52 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.06 13.81 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.06 13.81 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 9.20 11.05 14.75 25.31 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.21 8.40 10.00 11.50 12.92 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 8.00 9.60 10.45 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 8.00 9.60 10.45 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 8.20 9.80 12.07 14.22 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.43 11.64 13.91 16.83 20.95 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.85 17.67 25.06 31.33 31.33 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.45 13.00 13.91 15.98 18.33 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 12.75 14.13 18.26 18.78 Tellers......................................................... 9.72 10.45 12.31 14.22 15.46 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.00 13.05 17.06 18.69 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.27 9.38 9.48 11.48 11.48 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 10.70 13.46 15.05 17.61 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.56 14.42 17.00 22.74 26.18 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.13 15.76 17.97 26.92 33.08 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.33 14.42 17.00 20.20 24.89 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.35 11.09 12.65 15.14 18.18 Word processors and typists..................................... 12.02 14.11 15.14 17.72 19.52 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.40 11.78 12.85 15.72 16.17 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.44 16.08 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 16.50 26.00 28.65 29.01 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 14.75 19.00 25.80 33.05 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.00 18.07 21.54 32.67 33.58 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 13.00 16.00 20.00 29.48 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.30 14.07 15.69 16.92 17.44 Machinists........................................................ 13.38 15.19 17.43 19.46 19.46 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.00 14.79 14.79 19.16 29.48 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 10.63 13.10 14.66 17.80 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.00 12.04 13.07 15.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.80 14.92 18.61 23.29 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.50 16.54 19.61 25.22 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.12 14.50 16.24 18.00 18.62 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 17.01 23.29 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 9.48 12.80 14.77 16.87 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 9.48 15.85 16.87 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $10.95 $15.00 $22.02 $30.15 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 18.03 32.28 41.22 56.49 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.48 19.00 24.04 27.15 31.34 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.48 16.34 22.41 26.44 31.89 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.43 15.45 17.80 21.65 22.89 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.11 22.16 23.01 Social workers.................................................... 15.59 18.11 20.29 22.16 26.54 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.00 15.95 27.26 30.82 42.61 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.00 9.00 21.56 29.63 34.37 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.60 17.61 19.95 25.88 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.04 19.55 27.28 31.70 33.93 Registered nurses................................................. 19.99 26.25 30.80 32.05 32.78 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 10.75 13.00 15.79 15.79 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.15 10.25 11.16 12.76 14.25 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.00 11.50 14.68 15.79 15.79 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.68 8.94 12.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 7.65 9.50 12.50 16.17 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.60 5.00 7.15 7.55 Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 5.15 7.29 7.29 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 3.85 4.60 4.60 5.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 7.75 8.00 8.75 9.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.50 10.65 12.00 15.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.50 10.45 11.60 14.20 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.50 10.41 11.60 14.20 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.30 8.75 9.85 17.29 20.07 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.80 9.20 10.95 14.27 24.81 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.21 8.40 10.00 11.50 12.92 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 8.00 9.41 10.45 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 8.00 9.41 10.45 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 8.20 9.80 12.07 14.22 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.33 11.40 13.53 16.00 18.33 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.85 17.67 25.06 31.33 31.33 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.36 13.00 13.91 15.29 17.85 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.15 12.75 13.63 18.00 18.54 Tellers......................................................... 9.72 10.45 12.31 14.22 15.46 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.00 13.05 17.06 18.69 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.27 9.43 9.48 11.48 11.48 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 10.68 12.65 15.96 17.67 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.50 11.38 15.76 17.00 20.20 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.56 12.92 15.38 17.00 19.07 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.40 11.78 12.85 15.72 16.17 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.37 16.08 17.01 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.50 16.00 26.11 28.65 29.01 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 14.00 19.08 26.93 33.05 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.06 19.93 25.80 32.93 33.58 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 13.00 15.85 20.00 29.48 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.30 14.07 15.69 16.92 17.44 Machinists........................................................ 13.38 15.19 17.43 19.46 19.46 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.37 14.35 14.79 29.48 29.48 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 10.63 13.10 14.66 17.80 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.00 12.04 13.07 15.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.00 14.77 18.00 24.06 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.01 16.24 18.96 25.22 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.12 14.50 16.24 18.00 18.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 9.48 12.80 14.77 16.87 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 9.48 15.85 16.87 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.79 $16.13 $22.45 $31.00 $43.88 Legal occupations................................................... 29.90 48.84 58.66 62.58 63.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.28 27.69 34.59 43.27 52.18 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.25 29.29 34.89 42.85 52.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.24 31.89 40.07 49.53 54.44 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.68 33.31 40.07 49.53 54.44 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 29.11 34.59 39.55 47.45 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.71 33.67 39.61 47.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.13 16.49 20.59 23.55 24.51 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.78 23.10 25.90 28.39 29.53 Police officers................................................... 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.39 12.64 14.13 16.50 17.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.18 12.75 14.13 16.50 17.42 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.99 12.64 14.13 16.27 17.34 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 9.00 9.00 13.81 15.68 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.00 9.00 10.14 13.89 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.00 9.00 9.00 10.14 13.89 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.74 14.11 18.09 22.94 26.92 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.10 15.98 17.01 18.53 20.50 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.09 11.86 14.11 17.72 19.52 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.85 $12.92 $16.53 $25.16 $32.78 Management occupations.............................................. 10.30 19.85 35.67 43.96 62.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.48 19.00 23.56 27.29 31.34 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.63 21.63 27.15 27.29 41.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.48 16.34 23.65 31.89 33.49 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.43 16.45 17.90 21.65 48.17 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.53 15.48 18.11 19.16 22.16 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.56 27.10 31.78 40.07 52.03 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.26 27.26 33.17 46.47 77.93 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.92 28.29 33.67 40.07 50.39 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.78 29.29 38.13 49.53 53.69 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.99 30.34 38.35 48.68 53.46 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.39 28.71 33.67 39.55 47.25 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.39 28.71 32.70 39.55 47.45 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.60 17.61 19.95 25.88 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 16.59 23.75 30.15 33.47 Registered nurses................................................. 19.08 22.04 26.15 31.70 32.78 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 10.97 13.56 15.79 18.01 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.40 10.66 11.90 15.05 18.01 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.57 23.71 26.12 28.39 29.53 Police officers................................................... 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.92 22.45 26.62 29.53 31.61 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.85 7.25 9.00 13.00 16.17 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 3.85 5.00 7.25 7.29 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.17 10.31 11.60 14.20 17.46 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.32 10.31 11.60 14.13 17.27 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.53 10.41 11.60 14.13 17.14 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 9.00 13.52 17.29 20.07 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 10.00 12.92 18.13 31.14 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.25 9.60 10.20 12.00 14.20 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.20 9.00 11.20 12.92 14.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.23 12.06 14.29 17.00 21.68 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.85 18.01 25.06 31.33 31.33 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.14 13.00 14.22 16.00 18.33 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.15 12.75 14.50 18.33 18.87 Tellers......................................................... 10.45 12.31 14.22 15.46 15.46 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.20 13.21 17.29 18.69 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.45 10.70 13.46 15.05 17.61 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.33 14.42 17.00 22.96 26.92 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.13 15.76 17.97 26.92 33.08 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.33 12.92 16.01 22.19 24.89 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.35 10.35 14.11 15.14 19.17 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.40 11.78 12.85 15.72 16.17 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.74 12.47 16.52 18.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 17.29 26.00 28.65 29.01 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 15.78 26.11 29.01 33.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 14.75 19.00 25.80 33.05 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.00 18.07 21.54 32.67 33.58 Production occupations.............................................. 10.48 13.10 16.00 21.25 29.48 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.30 14.07 15.69 16.92 17.44 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.00 14.79 14.79 19.16 29.48 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.72 13.10 13.10 15.56 17.80 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 10.00 12.10 13.07 15.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 13.00 15.00 18.61 23.92 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.50 16.54 19.61 25.22 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.12 14.50 16.24 18.00 18.62 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 10.00 17.01 23.29 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 9.48 12.80 14.77 16.87 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 9.48 15.85 16.87 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.51 $9.00 $12.65 $20.29 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.30 7.30 13.35 13.47 24.31 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.25 22.18 28.15 32.74 43.26 Registered nurses................................................. 20.50 26.87 31.18 32.78 33.93 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.51 7.51 7.51 16.88 19.92 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.55 8.00 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.60 7.15 7.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.30 9.00 9.00 10.05 11.79 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.00 9.06 9.06 10.14 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.00 9.00 9.06 9.06 10.14 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.15 7.80 9.00 10.00 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.40 8.79 10.00 12.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 8.00 9.00 10.40 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 8.00 9.00 10.40 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.15 7.80 8.60 9.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.05 9.48 11.00 12.68 16.97 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.36 11.51 14.13 14.62 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $19.93 $16.53 $786 $653 39.4 $40,068 $33,987 2,010 Management occupations.............................................. 35.60 35.67 1,498 1,335 42.1 77,913 69,411 2,189 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.83 23.56 977 962 41.0 50,790 50,003 2,131 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.76 27.15 1,047 989 39.1 54,461 51,438 2,035 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.57 23.65 977 946 39.8 50,819 49,200 2,068 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.00 17.90 898 716 39.0 44,843 37,228 1,950 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.44 18.11 653 636 37.4 33,939 33,072 1,946 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.24 31.78 1,259 1,167 36.8 53,550 53,050 1,564 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.97 33.17 1,686 1,258 38.4 71,999 62,326 1,638 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.28 33.67 1,240 1,211 36.2 51,471 49,601 1,501 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.12 38.13 1,366 1,350 35.8 55,944 55,301 1,468 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.23 38.35 1,380 1,371 36.1 56,141 55,301 1,468 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.38 33.67 1,235 1,193 35.9 49,900 48,425 1,452 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.51 32.70 1,249 1,182 36.2 50,362 48,251 1,459 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.62 19.95 849 798 39.3 44,137 41,500 2,041 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.09 23.75 927 896 38.5 47,733 46,215 1,981 Registered nurses................................................. 26.36 26.15 1,018 989 38.6 51,565 51,453 1,956 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.61 13.56 530 520 38.9 27,544 27,040 2,024 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.70 11.90 490 446 38.5 25,456 23,205 2,004 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.20 26.12 998 1,045 39.6 51,146 53,872 2,030 Police officers................................................... 25.66 26.62 1,010 1,065 39.3 52,510 55,370 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.66 26.62 1,010 1,065 39.3 52,510 55,370 2,046 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.01 9.00 371 333 37.1 19,110 17,290 1,910 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.38 5.00 192 175 35.7 9,877 9,100 1,837 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.67 11.60 498 464 39.3 23,756 24,136 1,875 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.15 11.60 478 464 39.3 22,869 23,608 1,881 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.24 11.60 481 464 39.3 23,519 24,136 1,921 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.52 13.52 538 539 39.8 27,997 28,028 2,071 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.07 12.92 641 517 39.9 33,313 26,874 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.04 10.20 439 408 39.8 22,854 21,216 2,070 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.38 11.20 451 448 39.7 23,476 23,296 2,063 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.27 14.29 601 571 39.4 31,250 29,661 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.91 25.06 962 941 38.6 50,011 48,951 2,008 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.62 14.22 577 574 39.5 30,014 29,869 2,052 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.86 14.50 586 581 39.5 30,493 30,195 2,052 Tellers......................................................... 13.52 14.22 517 533 38.3 26,904 27,727 1,991 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.96 13.21 556 530 39.8 28,925 27,566 2,072 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.00 13.46 517 505 39.7 26,860 26,239 2,066 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.62 17.00 708 680 38.0 36,829 35,360 1,978 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 17.97 779 719 37.5 40,527 37,384 1,950 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.04 16.01 657 607 38.5 34,152 31,571 2,004 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.65 14.11 529 565 38.7 26,895 23,613 1,970 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.58 12.85 542 514 39.9 28,188 26,728 2,076 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.99 12.47 555 499 39.7 28,879 25,938 2,064 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.55 26.00 934 1,040 39.7 48,574 54,080 2,062 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.80 26.11 871 1,044 38.2 45,310 54,309 1,987 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.80 26.11 871 1,044 38.2 45,310 54,309 1,987 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.27 19.00 809 760 39.9 42,022 39,520 2,073 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.67 21.54 947 862 40.0 49,130 44,803 2,076 Production occupations.............................................. 17.76 16.00 706 640 39.8 36,734 33,280 2,068 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.54 15.69 621 628 40.0 32,317 32,635 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.22 14.79 721 615 39.6 37,483 32,001 2,057 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.36 13.10 574 524 40.0 29,872 27,248 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.46 12.10 493 484 39.5 25,616 25,168 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.95 15.00 654 614 41.0 34,016 31,914 2,133 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.37 16.54 740 734 42.6 38,490 38,170 2,216 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.26 16.24 715 708 44.0 37,171 36,795 2,286 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.24 10.00 584 400 41.0 30,393 20,800 2,134 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.69 12.80 505 558 39.8 26,263 29,037 2,070 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.75 9.48 467 379 39.7 24,268 19,723 2,065 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $18.55 $15.78 $737 $624 39.8 $38,081 $32,367 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 32.55 34.11 1,387 1,291 42.6 72,107 67,151 2,215 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.94 23.85 986 962 41.2 51,288 50,003 2,142 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.67 23.65 900 938 39.7 46,798 48,750 2,065 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.50 18.11 653 636 37.3 33,944 33,072 1,939 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.52 27.26 1,083 1,091 39.3 50,720 56,709 1,843 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.39 18.05 796 558 39.1 36,039 23,376 1,768 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.62 19.95 849 798 39.3 44,137 41,500 2,041 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.42 27.28 975 1,023 38.4 50,402 53,196 1,983 Registered nurses................................................. 28.34 30.80 1,103 1,177 38.9 56,340 61,194 1,988 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.13 13.00 509 492 38.8 26,472 25,604 2,016 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.48 8.94 352 333 37.1 18,199 16,744 1,919 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.38 5.00 192 175 35.7 9,877 9,100 1,837 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.87 11.60 465 459 39.2 21,860 22,464 1,842 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.35 11.35 444 454 39.1 20,654 22,152 1,820 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.61 11.60 454 464 39.1 21,717 22,152 1,871 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.71 12.72 628 508 40.0 32,652 26,416 2,079 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.04 10.20 439 408 39.8 22,854 21,216 2,070 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.38 11.20 451 448 39.7 23,476 23,296 2,063 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.58 13.85 576 552 39.5 29,970 28,683 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.91 25.06 962 941 38.6 50,011 48,951 2,008 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.24 13.91 563 556 39.5 29,283 28,933 2,056 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.39 13.63 569 545 39.5 29,568 28,350 2,055 Tellers......................................................... 13.52 14.22 517 533 38.3 26,904 27,727 1,991 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.96 13.21 556 530 39.8 28,925 27,566 2,072 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.95 12.65 518 506 40.0 26,937 26,312 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.94 15.76 605 594 38.0 31,457 30,908 1,974 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.54 14.42 554 577 38.1 28,794 30,000 1,980 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.58 12.85 542 514 39.9 28,188 26,728 2,076 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.73 12.44 545 497 39.7 28,322 25,865 2,062 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.77 26.50 942 1,060 39.6 48,979 55,120 2,060 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.47 26.11 856 1,044 38.1 44,502 54,309 1,980 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.47 26.11 856 1,044 38.1 44,502 54,309 1,980 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.42 19.08 814 763 39.9 42,320 39,686 2,073 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.19 25.80 1,008 1,032 40.0 52,263 53,664 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 17.75 16.00 707 640 39.8 36,746 33,280 2,070 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.54 15.69 621 628 40.0 32,317 32,635 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.14 14.79 726 592 40.0 37,731 30,763 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.36 13.10 574 524 40.0 29,872 27,248 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.46 12.10 493 484 39.5 25,616 25,168 2,056 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.73 14.80 654 602 41.6 33,985 31,304 2,161 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.24 16.24 736 708 42.7 38,262 36,795 2,219 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.26 16.24 715 708 44.0 37,171 36,795 2,286 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.69 12.80 505 558 39.8 26,263 29,037 2,070 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.75 9.48 467 379 39.7 24,268 19,723 2,065 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.19 $24.33 $1,028 $942 37.8 $49,238 $46,010 1,811 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.20 34.59 1,330 1,211 35.8 54,543 51,468 1,466 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.46 34.89 1,333 1,228 35.6 54,366 51,715 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.43 40.07 1,443 1,462 35.7 58,903 55,301 1,457 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.54 40.07 1,455 1,503 35.9 58,719 55,301 1,448 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.91 34.59 1,231 1,198 35.3 49,350 48,425 1,414 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.17 33.67 1,247 1,179 35.5 49,795 47,152 1,416 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.99 20.59 778 806 38.9 39,512 41,704 1,977 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.20 26.12 998 1,045 39.6 51,146 53,872 2,030 Police officers................................................... 25.66 26.62 1,010 1,065 39.3 52,510 55,370 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.66 26.62 1,010 1,065 39.3 52,510 55,370 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.74 14.13 586 565 39.8 28,997 29,397 1,968 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.30 14.13 568 565 39.8 29,560 29,397 2,068 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.91 14.13 553 565 39.7 28,732 29,397 2,066 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.79 18.53 761 732 38.4 39,400 37,639 1,991 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.49 17.23 680 689 38.9 35,372 35,838 2,022 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.53 $16.03 $16.47 $23.66 Management, professional, and related...... 26.56 22.52 26.65 32.42 Management, business, and financial...... 27.13 25.13 29.84 27.32 Professional and related................. 26.34 21.36 24.83 33.52 Service.................................... 10.56 10.60 10.09 11.61 Sales and office........................... 14.08 14.33 12.77 15.93 Sales and related........................ 13.68 14.89 – – Office and administrative support........ 14.25 13.90 13.44 15.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.32 21.40 – 28.30 Construction and extraction............. 23.62 23.35 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.42 17.83 – 29.45 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.71 15.50 16.50 22.45 Production............................... 17.43 15.90 16.46 22.73 Transportation and material moving....... 15.60 15.04 16.57 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.9 3.4 6.4 6.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.2 3.8 3.0 4.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.9 10.0 6.0 14.6 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 4.2 5.8 3.6 Service............................................................. 4.2 6.5 6.9 1.1 Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 4.6 3.7 6.8 Sales and related................................................. 7.5 10.6 – – Office and administrative support................................. 3.6 6.1 5.5 6.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.3 12.9 – 7.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 13.0 15.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.0 16.8 – 13.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 8.5 6.1 2.1 Production........................................................ 4.1 8.4 5.6 1.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.7 14.8 8.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.36 $15.46 $692 $615 39.9 $35,654 $31,836 2,054 Management occupations.............................................. 27.08 19.85 1,217 843 44.9 63,259 43,861 2,336 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.33 21.63 973 865 40.0 50,600 44,990 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.12 27.28 1,003 1,023 38.4 52,165 53,196 1,997 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.49 9.00 351 333 36.9 18,148 16,744 1,912 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.09 14.20 550 568 39.0 22,710 23,608 1,612 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.73 11.35 497 454 39.0 19,628 19,444 1,541 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.41 13.00 696 520 40.0 36,177 27,040 2,078 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.97 10.00 435 400 39.7 22,638 20,800 2,063 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.54 11.26 454 451 39.4 23,622 23,427 2,048 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.44 13.46 570 533 39.5 29,640 27,727 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.58 13.63 571 533 39.1 29,678 27,727 2,036 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.49 26.50 935 1,060 39.8 48,615 55,120 2,069 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.83 17.00 711 680 39.8 36,911 35,360 2,070 Production occupations.............................................. 16.24 14.79 645 592 39.7 33,516 30,763 2,064 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.21 14.50 636 586 41.8 33,038 30,449 2,173 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.72 15.12 718 740 43.0 37,330 38,470 2,233 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.54 14.80 714 700 45.9 37,100 36,400 2,387 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.74 12.00 467 480 39.8 24,250 24,960 2,066 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.80 9.48 428 379 39.7 22,256 19,723 2,061 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 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........................................................... $19.82 $16.00 $786 $640 39.6 $40,676 $33,280 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 40.84 38.14 1,613 1,476 39.5 83,889 76,756 2,054 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.14 24.04 962 962 39.9 50,031 50,007 2,072 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.64 23.65 812 938 39.4 42,236 48,750 2,046 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.47 26.87 979 940 38.4 50,917 48,902 1,999 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.48 23.70 938 896 38.3 48,078 46,215 1,964 Registered nurses................................................. 26.85 29.66 1,027 1,112 38.2 51,895 57,837 1,932 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.35 10.65 406 426 39.3 21,124 22,152 2,042 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.53 11.52 413 432 39.2 21,463 22,464 2,039 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.70 11.60 420 459 39.3 21,835 23,888 2,041 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.64 13.91 579 556 39.6 30,134 28,933 2,058 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.14 13.91 561 556 39.7 29,166 28,933 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.87 13.46 545 555 39.3 28,321 28,850 2,041 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.74 12.70 547 508 39.8 28,452 26,437 2,071 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.92 15.85 666 605 37.1 34,620 31,454 1,932 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.42 13.53 570 519 39.5 29,631 26,988 2,054 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.61 25.80 1,064 1,032 40.0 55,348 53,664 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 26.27 25.80 1,051 1,032 40.0 54,647 53,664 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.45 17.89 776 712 39.9 40,365 37,024 2,076 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.02 15.69 641 628 40.0 33,316 32,635 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.36 13.10 574 524 40.0 29,872 27,248 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.11 16.24 701 650 41.0 36,441 33,779 2,129 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.73 14.77 589 591 40.0 30,648 30,722 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.21 $21.29 $26.75 $17.03 $16.95 $19.59 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.15 26.35 35.50 26.62 26.59 27.16 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 27.22 27.13 28.64 Professional and related.......................................... 32.35 26.35 34.60 26.34 26.34 26.28 Service............................................................. 16.43 11.79 19.12 10.37 10.36 10.57 Sales and office.................................................... 19.90 22.31 19.33 14.02 13.89 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.72 13.72 – Office and administrative support................................. 19.64 23.69 18.69 14.15 13.97 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.31 28.99 20.57 17.21 17.21 – Construction and extraction...................................... 27.34 28.59 – 18.32 18.32 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.25 29.94 – 16.07 16.07 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.73 18.74 – 16.08 16.09 – Production........................................................ 21.09 21.14 – 16.24 16.24 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.58 14.60 – 15.85 15.88 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.1 7.5 4.2 2.5 2.5 15.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.8 12.0 4.9 1.9 1.9 13.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 4.7 4.9 14.2 Professional and related.......................................... 5.8 12.0 6.6 2.4 2.2 24.1 Service............................................................. 6.2 7.0 6.5 4.8 5.0 11.5 Sales and office.................................................... 8.2 14.8 9.9 2.8 2.6 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.5 7.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 8.0 12.5 9.6 3.7 3.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 3.3 3.8 5.6 5.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 3.7 2.3 – 5.0 5.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.6 8.0 – 9.2 9.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.9 10.2 – 6.2 6.2 – Production........................................................ 9.4 9.7 – 5.3 5.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.6 16.3 – 11.5 11.6 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.77 $17.42 $19.10 $19.10 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.75 26.69 22.83 22.83 Management, business, and financial............................... 29.21 27.66 22.91 22.91 Professional and related.......................................... 28.61 26.35 – – Service............................................................. 12.06 10.36 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.41 13.78 16.50 16.50 Sales and related................................................. 12.97 12.63 20.37 20.37 Office and administrative support................................. 14.94 14.27 14.10 14.10 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.00 22.16 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.62 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.77 19.88 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.36 16.30 – – Production........................................................ 17.44 17.43 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.38 14.01 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.8 3.1 6.5 6.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.6 2.3 3.8 3.8 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.1 5.6 4.2 4.2 Professional and related.......................................... 2.9 2.3 – – Service............................................................. 3.7 3.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 3.2 10.5 10.5 Sales and related................................................. 10.3 10.6 9.6 9.6 Office and administrative support................................. 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.4 10.4 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.0 13.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 5.0 – – Production........................................................ 4.1 4.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 8.1 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $19.89 $19.66 – – – – $17.87 $9.06 $15.13 Management, professional, and related............................... 26.26 31.42 – – – – 22.90 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 40.68 – – – – 22.15 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 22.47 – – – – 22.96 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 11.43 8.73 – Sales and office.................................................... – 22.41 – – – – 17.29 9.70 11.86 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.00 – – – – 17.29 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.14 27.02 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 25.87 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.36 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 16.88 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.29 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 24.9 2.8 – – – – 8.4 6.9 2.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 16.0 16.3 – – – – 4.8 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 17.1 – – – – 35.6 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 3.4 – – – – 3.5 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 2.4 7.6 – Sales and office.................................................... – 24.0 – – – – 14.1 21.4 3.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 3.9 – – – – 14.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.7 9.4 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.1 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 5.7 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.8 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.5 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 552,500 458,000 94,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 148,200 103,600 44,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 31,200 26,000 5,200 Professional and related.......................................... 117,000 77,700 39,300 Service............................................................. 123,400 96,900 26,500 Sales and office.................................................... 162,800 145,800 17,000 Sales and related................................................. 50,600 49,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 112,100 96,200 16,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,300 26,500 2,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 17,700 15,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,600 10,600 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 88,800 85,200 – Production........................................................ 53,100 52,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,800 32,400 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 23,550 22,913 637 Total in sample....................................................... 268 238 30 Responding........................................................ 169 142 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 65 62 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 34 34 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 2002 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.