NC BL 09/00/2009 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin, May 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $17.38 6.2 36.9 $16.90 7.3 36.8 $20.32 6.1 38.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 31.15 11.2 38.2 34.17 14.1 38.6 24.51 3.5 37.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 36.88 16.3 39.4 38.43 18.7 40.6 30.82 12.4 35.3 Professional and related.......................................... 28.98 8.8 37.7 32.18 11.9 37.8 23.14 3.8 37.7 Service............................................................. 9.47 5.9 33.5 8.24 5.4 32.7 16.00 12.9 38.7 Sales and office.................................................... 14.28 4.0 36.7 14.31 4.3 36.6 13.85 13.2 39.6 Sales and related................................................. 16.35 7.4 35.4 16.35 7.4 35.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.21 2.8 37.5 13.14 2.7 37.2 13.85 13.2 39.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.42 8.2 39.2 15.82 9.1 39.1 20.67 7.4 39.7 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.68 15.2 40.0 13.19 16.5 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.48 6.7 38.6 17.26 7.3 38.6 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.22 5.8 39.7 15.19 5.9 39.7 – – – Production........................................................ 15.45 3.1 38.6 15.45 3.1 38.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.05 10.0 40.6 15.00 10.5 40.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.19 6.4 40.3 17.81 7.6 40.4 20.37 6.5 39.6 Part time........................................................... 10.19 8.0 21.4 9.92 8.3 21.7 18.35 17.2 15.1 Union............................................................... 20.44 12.3 39.5 16.04 8.9 40.0 30.48 6.8 38.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.18 6.7 36.8 16.95 7.7 36.6 18.76 6.9 38.1 Time................................................................ 16.92 6.8 36.5 16.33 8.2 36.2 20.32 6.1 38.1 Incentive........................................................... 23.77 10.2 44.6 23.77 10.2 44.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.34 5.4 38.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.02 8.7 36.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.17 16.1 35.2 16.02 16.4 35.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.95 9.8 38.8 17.68 11.0 39.0 21.10 11.5 36.6 500 workers or more................................................. 18.96 4.5 38.1 18.31 7.4 37.6 19.69 5.0 38.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $17.38 6.2 $18.19 6.4 $10.19 8.0 Management occupations.............................................. 44.10 21.2 44.05 21.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 50.41 15.9 50.41 15.9 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.23 2.3 40.23 2.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.31 5.1 24.31 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.54 3.7 20.54 3.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.43 12.5 30.43 12.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.11 24.8 49.11 24.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 51.73 24.6 51.73 24.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.04 7.3 25.18 7.6 18.91 31.4 Level 7 .................................................. 14.33 3.2 – – 15.48 4.6 Level 9 .................................................. 30.64 3.8 30.61 3.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.73 3.1 31.22 2.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.58 3.1 29.53 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.58 3.1 29.53 3.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.29 2.8 29.23 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.29 2.8 29.23 2.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.09 27.0 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.73 2.3 11.73 2.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.91 15.6 21.91 15.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.75 14.5 29.74 13.8 29.83 25.2 Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 9.0 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.27 6.9 22.59 8.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.97 1.3 23.83 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.61 16.6 36.62 16.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.56 12.5 47.56 12.5 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 52.63 2.9 52.63 2.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.61 4.9 52.61 4.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.12 29.0 32.12 26.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.82 1.5 22.82 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.97 1.3 23.83 1.5 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.82 3.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.79 15.9 12.04 17.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.93 2.5 10.03 3.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.62 .5 9.54 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.62 .5 9.54 .4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.65 11.6 16.86 13.4 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.68 4.2 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.68 4.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.56 4.5 7.31 3.7 4.65 9.8 Level 1 .................................................. 5.51 8.2 6.20 14.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.19 8.7 6.55 10.3 5.42 11.6 Level 3 .................................................. 5.23 20.6 5.92 20.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.57 17.7 11.18 6.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.99 5.9 9.28 5.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.54 4.6 2.42 3.6 2.71 8.8 Level 1 .................................................. 2.87 2.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 .0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 2.22 3.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.33 1.7 2.26 2.8 2.45 .2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 .0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.33 6.0 9.16 8.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.57 4.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.33 6.0 9.16 8.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.57 4.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.52 3.8 9.86 3.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 2.8 8.15 1.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.34 7.8 10.34 7.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.95 3.8 9.25 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 2.8 8.07 1.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.34 7.8 10.34 7.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.24 5.6 9.86 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.45 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.45 1.9 8.45 1.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 .7 8.36 .7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 2.7 10.34 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 2.6 9.66 3.3 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.35 7.4 17.70 7.7 9.87 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 4.7 9.33 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 5.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 6.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.88 18.3 23.88 18.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.95 22.9 20.95 22.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.26 13.7 16.26 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.59 4.2 9.79 2.3 9.07 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 4.7 9.33 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.33 4.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.90 .4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.90 .4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.07 3.6 11.16 2.1 10.85 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 5.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.44 10.0 29.89 9.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.21 2.8 13.49 3.0 10.24 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 3.7 10.65 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.96 4.6 12.13 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.84 4.5 12.93 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.87 6.1 17.02 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.58 13.8 15.68 14.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.45 5.0 20.45 5.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.85 6.4 12.97 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.02 7.4 13.26 6.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.36 5.7 14.36 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 7.9 14.27 7.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.86 7.8 12.46 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.31 8.5 12.31 8.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.23 3.6 11.52 3.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.94 8.1 11.94 8.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.25 2.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.98 6.5 17.24 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 5.1 12.48 5.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.70 12.0 20.75 10.3 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 6.7 11.51 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.46 6.2 16.46 6.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.58 6.0 12.46 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.64 3.8 11.64 3.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.68 15.2 14.68 15.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.47 4.4 17.47 4.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.48 6.7 17.65 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.43 7.7 16.31 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.99 7.5 20.99 7.5 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.13 5.7 17.13 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.35 4.7 16.35 4.7 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.16 4.4 16.16 4.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.45 3.1 15.54 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.32 1.0 14.32 1.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 1.7 13.41 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.94 3.2 15.94 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.11 5.6 19.27 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.87 4.6 17.87 4.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 1.1 16.11 1.1 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.19 6.8 14.19 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 10.0 15.37 10.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.25 15.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 4.2 9.91 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.83 5.2 12.46 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.87 3.2 14.87 3.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.66 11.4 16.93 10.7 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.64 14.8 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.99 11.2 12.03 11.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.23 6.5 11.59 7.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.62 5.5 11.84 8.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $16.90 7.3 $17.81 7.6 $9.92 8.3 Management occupations.............................................. 45.97 24.1 45.97 24.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.45 6.6 24.45 6.6 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.45 15.2 33.45 15.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.11 24.8 49.11 24.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 51.73 24.6 51.73 24.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.73 3.1 31.22 2.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.99 17.1 20.99 17.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.89 16.8 31.93 16.0 31.51 26.9 Level 7 .................................................. 23.68 6.2 24.05 7.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.97 1.5 23.81 1.6 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 54.20 2.0 54.20 2.0 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.06 31.7 33.01 29.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.82 1.5 22.82 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.97 1.5 23.81 1.6 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.82 3.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.86 1.2 9.87 1.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.92 3.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.58 .5 9.49 .5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.59 .5 9.49 .5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.50 4.5 7.27 3.8 4.62 10.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.17 8.5 5.70 16.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.16 8.7 6.52 10.4 5.37 11.7 Level 3 .................................................. 5.23 20.6 5.92 20.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.57 17.7 11.18 6.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.99 5.9 9.28 5.1 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.54 4.6 2.42 3.6 2.71 8.8 Level 1 .................................................. 2.87 2.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 .0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 2.22 3.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.33 1.7 2.26 2.8 2.45 .2 Level 2 .................................................. 2.23 .0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.31 6.3 9.17 9.1 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.31 6.3 9.17 9.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.13 4.0 9.47 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 2.8 8.15 1.8 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.47 4.0 8.75 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 2.8 8.07 1.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.49 7.1 9.11 6.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.45 4.0 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.45 1.9 8.45 1.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 .7 8.36 .7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.14 3.2 10.48 4.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.35 7.4 17.70 7.7 9.87 10.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 4.7 9.33 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 5.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 6.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.88 18.3 23.88 18.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.95 22.9 20.95 22.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.26 13.7 16.26 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.59 4.2 9.79 2.3 9.07 11.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 4.7 9.33 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.33 4.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.90 .4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.90 .4 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.07 3.6 11.16 2.1 10.85 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 5.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.44 10.0 29.89 9.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.14 2.7 13.44 2.9 10.24 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 3.8 10.71 2.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 3.8 12.63 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.87 4.6 12.96 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.95 5.0 16.08 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.58 15.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.90 6.6 13.02 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.12 7.8 13.38 7.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.41 5.7 14.41 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 8.0 14.33 8.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.86 7.8 12.46 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.31 8.5 12.31 8.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.27 3.8 11.58 3.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.15 9.3 12.15 9.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.42 9.1 16.71 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.37 5.1 12.48 5.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.60 13.6 20.79 11.8 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 6.7 11.51 6.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.65 6.4 12.52 6.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.19 16.5 13.19 16.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.26 7.3 17.43 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.61 8.2 16.50 8.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.53 9.3 20.53 9.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.43 5.9 17.43 5.9 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.39 4.4 16.39 4.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.45 3.1 15.54 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.32 1.0 14.32 1.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 1.7 13.41 1.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.94 3.2 15.94 3.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.11 5.6 19.27 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.87 4.6 17.87 4.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 1.1 16.11 1.1 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.19 6.8 14.19 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.00 10.5 15.33 10.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.25 15.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 4.2 9.91 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.51 5.6 11.93 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.87 3.2 14.87 3.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.69 12.2 16.98 11.4 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.64 14.8 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.58 7.5 10.59 7.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.23 6.5 11.59 7.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.62 5.5 11.84 8.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.32 6.1 $20.37 6.5 $18.35 17.2 Management occupations.............................................. 35.85 14.7 35.40 15.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.24 6.3 24.37 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.66 3.1 29.61 2.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.58 3.1 29.53 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.58 3.1 29.53 3.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.29 2.8 29.23 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.29 2.8 29.23 2.6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.73 2.3 11.73 2.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.79 14.9 22.94 15.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.66 14.9 19.02 16.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.48 7.5 11.48 7.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 8.4 11.25 8.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.85 13.2 13.85 13.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $17.38 6.2 $18.19 6.4 $10.19 8.0 Management occupations.............................................. 44.10 21.2 44.05 21.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.58 8.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.22 14.0 – – – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.23 2.3 40.23 2.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.31 5.1 24.31 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.14 3.7 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.43 12.5 30.43 12.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.11 24.8 49.11 24.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 51.73 24.6 51.73 24.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.04 7.3 25.18 7.6 18.91 31.4 Group I................................................... 11.73 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.53 1.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.68 3.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.73 3.1 31.22 2.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.58 3.1 29.53 3.0 – – Group III................................................. 29.58 3.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.29 2.8 29.23 2.6 – – Group III................................................. 29.29 2.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Group III................................................. 28.97 1.9 28.90 1.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.09 27.0 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.73 2.3 11.73 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.73 2.3 11.73 2.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.91 15.6 21.91 15.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.73 7.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.75 14.5 29.74 13.8 29.83 25.2 Group I................................................... 14.27 9.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.73 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.89 17.5 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 52.63 2.9 52.63 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 52.63 2.9 52.63 2.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.12 29.0 32.12 26.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.56 1.6 23.44 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 48.53 34.4 46.07 34.9 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.82 3.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.79 15.9 12.04 17.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.87 1.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.62 .5 9.54 .4 – – Group I................................................... 9.62 .5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.62 .5 9.54 .4 – – Group I................................................... 9.62 .5 9.54 .4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.65 11.6 16.86 13.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.10 15.1 – – – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.68 4.2 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.68 4.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.56 4.5 7.31 3.7 4.65 9.8 Group I................................................... 6.24 4.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.99 5.9 9.28 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.99 5.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.54 4.6 2.42 3.6 2.71 8.8 Group I................................................... 2.54 4.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.33 1.7 2.26 2.8 2.45 .2 Group I................................................... 2.33 1.7 2.26 2.8 2.45 .2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.33 6.0 9.16 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.33 6.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.33 6.0 9.16 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 8.33 6.0 9.16 8.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.52 3.8 9.86 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.32 4.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.95 3.8 9.25 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.95 3.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.24 5.6 9.86 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.24 5.6 9.86 4.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.45 1.9 8.45 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.45 1.9 8.45 1.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.08 2.7 10.34 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.95 1.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.35 7.4 17.70 7.7 9.87 10.3 Group I................................................... 9.71 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.15 9.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.95 22.9 20.95 22.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.26 13.7 16.26 13.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.59 4.2 9.79 2.3 9.07 11.3 Group I................................................... 9.25 3.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Group I................................................... 8.51 1.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.80 1.2 8.96 .6 8.34 8.2 Group I................................................... 8.51 1.4 8.59 5.0 8.33 9.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.07 3.6 11.16 2.1 10.85 8.5 Group I................................................... 10.65 4.0 10.47 .9 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.44 10.0 29.89 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.98 9.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.21 2.8 13.49 3.0 10.24 5.3 Group I................................................... 11.94 2.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.50 6.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.85 6.4 12.97 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.95 6.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.36 5.7 14.36 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.33 6.0 14.33 6.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 11.86 7.8 12.46 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.62 9.7 12.31 8.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.23 3.6 11.52 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.23 3.6 11.52 3.1 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.94 8.1 11.94 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.00 8.6 12.00 8.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.25 2.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.25 2.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.98 6.5 17.24 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.37 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.67 3.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.70 12.0 20.75 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 22.20 6.0 22.20 6.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 6.7 11.51 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.51 6.7 11.51 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.46 6.2 16.46 6.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.58 6.0 12.46 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.39 6.6 12.33 6.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.68 15.2 14.68 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.63 11.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.84 8.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.48 6.7 17.65 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.56 9.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.93 5.4 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.13 5.7 17.13 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.23 5.4 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.16 4.4 16.16 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 17.34 2.8 17.34 2.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.45 3.1 15.54 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.74 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.29 1.9 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 1.1 16.11 1.1 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.19 6.8 14.19 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.19 6.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 10.0 15.37 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 5.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.66 11.4 16.93 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.79 6.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.64 14.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.64 14.8 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.99 11.2 12.03 11.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.99 11.2 12.03 11.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.23 6.5 11.59 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.23 6.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.62 5.5 11.84 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.62 5.5 11.84 8.2 – – 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.68 $19.91 $30.72 Management occupations.............................................. 18.92 27.42 38.79 69.14 69.14 Education administrators.......................................... 32.89 35.81 41.15 44.84 47.13 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.00 19.95 22.37 26.74 33.79 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.26 19.89 24.83 38.46 55.67 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.38 30.06 36.99 76.42 76.42 Engineers......................................................... 29.92 31.35 45.12 76.42 76.42 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.17 14.44 25.91 33.13 37.02 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.62 24.94 27.98 39.75 39.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.01 25.27 29.19 33.23 37.47 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.01 24.97 28.90 32.64 35.76 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.01 24.86 28.60 31.98 35.68 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 13.81 14.44 37.02 37.02 37.02 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.27 10.08 12.00 13.40 13.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 19.31 21.14 46.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.95 18.30 24.24 32.29 58.71 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.16 49.90 54.09 56.00 56.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.59 22.50 24.71 28.64 64.75 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.95 14.95 15.35 16.78 18.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.37 9.40 9.60 11.07 14.19 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.39 9.50 10.06 11.07 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.40 9.50 10.00 11.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.40 12.29 15.23 19.30 24.91 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.76 10.90 12.29 14.32 16.51 Security guards................................................. 9.76 10.90 12.29 14.32 16.51 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 6.90 9.49 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.01 6.90 9.65 10.16 11.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.45 3.97 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.16 2.45 2.45 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 7.00 7.02 8.50 12.05 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.73 7.00 7.02 8.50 12.05 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.76 7.46 8.95 10.60 13.03 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.76 7.37 8.25 9.87 12.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.75 6.76 8.70 11.40 12.80 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.46 8.00 9.50 9.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.50 8.71 9.74 10.95 12.30 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.00 10.87 17.11 32.31 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.91 10.93 16.75 30.72 47.60 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.91 10.93 15.00 16.90 30.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.20 7.75 9.53 10.07 12.87 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.70 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.70 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.70 9.50 10.25 12.40 14.54 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.81 24.04 32.31 32.31 40.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.27 10.63 12.40 14.90 18.03 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.72 17.72 20.91 21.42 23.60 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.24 11.37 11.74 14.90 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 12.98 14.90 15.00 17.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.15 10.20 11.39 13.26 16.16 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.50 11.00 12.00 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 9.75 12.40 14.19 15.63 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.86 12.33 12.59 12.59 13.41 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.14 13.94 15.07 20.77 25.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 10.85 13.94 21.40 25.96 27.02 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.56 10.46 11.17 12.64 13.68 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.24 14.00 15.91 18.94 20.77 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.63 10.76 12.00 15.00 15.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.25 10.75 13.05 17.21 21.45 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 13.62 16.32 21.51 24.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.75 14.57 17.75 17.75 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.50 13.75 16.32 17.75 21.42 Production occupations.............................................. 10.06 12.50 14.83 18.29 22.34 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.75 14.47 17.26 18.29 18.37 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.50 13.44 14.46 15.94 16.53 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.48 12.00 13.75 17.12 22.51 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.14 12.83 16.05 20.10 24.78 Driver/sales workers............................................ 6.55 7.00 16.05 16.05 16.05 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.75 12.00 12.90 16.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.50 10.19 13.00 13.75 13.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.19 11.10 13.75 13.75 13.75 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.51 $9.95 $12.98 $18.16 $29.92 Management occupations.............................................. 18.92 25.29 46.15 69.14 69.14 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.00 19.71 22.37 26.67 34.82 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.26 24.83 36.52 38.46 55.67 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.38 30.06 36.99 76.42 76.42 Engineers......................................................... 29.92 31.35 45.12 76.42 76.42 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.62 24.94 27.98 39.75 39.75 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 19.31 21.14 46.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.00 20.30 24.71 36.06 60.94 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.01 51.77 55.76 56.00 56.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.30 22.46 24.36 58.89 64.90 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.95 14.95 15.35 16.78 18.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.30 9.39 9.60 10.40 11.65 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.40 9.50 10.00 11.04 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.40 9.50 10.00 11.04 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 6.80 9.50 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.01 6.90 9.65 10.16 11.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.18 2.45 3.97 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.16 2.45 2.45 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.73 7.00 7.02 8.50 12.05 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.73 7.00 7.02 8.50 12.05 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.76 7.30 8.20 10.25 12.80 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.76 7.21 8.00 9.25 11.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.65 6.76 7.51 9.13 12.50 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.46 8.00 9.50 9.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.40 8.70 9.75 11.11 12.30 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 9.00 10.87 17.11 32.31 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.91 10.93 16.75 30.72 47.60 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.91 10.93 15.00 16.90 30.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.20 7.75 9.53 10.07 12.87 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.70 11.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.50 8.25 9.70 11.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.70 9.50 10.25 12.40 14.54 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.81 24.04 32.31 32.31 40.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 10.83 12.40 14.83 17.72 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.72 17.72 20.91 21.42 23.60 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.24 11.37 11.74 14.90 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 12.98 14.90 15.00 17.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.15 10.20 11.39 13.26 16.16 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.75 11.00 12.00 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.50 9.75 12.40 14.19 15.63 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.85 12.88 14.90 18.26 26.19 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 10.85 11.71 21.40 25.96 27.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.56 10.46 11.17 12.64 13.68 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.63 10.76 12.00 15.00 15.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.25 10.00 12.79 16.50 17.21 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 12.50 16.32 20.45 24.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.75 14.57 17.75 21.05 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.50 13.75 17.75 17.75 21.72 Production occupations.............................................. 10.06 12.50 14.83 18.29 22.34 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.75 14.47 17.26 18.29 18.37 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.50 13.44 14.46 15.94 16.53 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.48 11.90 13.75 17.12 22.65 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.02 12.50 16.05 20.45 24.78 Driver/sales workers............................................ 6.55 7.00 16.05 16.05 16.05 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.75 10.14 12.32 13.84 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.50 10.19 13.00 13.75 13.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.19 11.10 13.75 13.75 13.75 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.50 $12.90 $18.73 $26.49 $34.08 Management occupations.............................................. 27.42 27.42 35.81 41.51 45.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.63 14.70 25.32 31.56 35.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.01 25.27 29.19 33.23 37.47 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.01 24.97 28.90 32.64 35.76 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.01 24.86 28.60 31.98 35.68 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.27 10.08 12.00 13.40 13.90 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.77 15.00 18.39 27.00 35.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.29 14.13 15.23 22.81 27.65 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.46 11.46 13.03 14.05 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.20 10.99 13.03 14.05 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.20 10.99 13.03 14.05 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.22 9.27 11.25 18.67 21.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.75 $10.46 $14.25 $20.98 $32.11 Management occupations.............................................. 18.92 27.42 38.79 69.14 69.14 Education administrators.......................................... 32.89 35.81 41.15 44.84 47.13 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.00 19.95 22.37 26.74 33.79 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.26 19.89 24.83 38.46 55.67 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.38 30.06 36.99 76.42 76.42 Engineers......................................................... 29.92 31.35 45.12 76.42 76.42 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.17 14.44 26.12 33.15 37.02 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.94 27.14 28.58 39.75 39.75 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.01 25.13 29.19 33.23 37.47 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.01 24.86 28.83 32.54 35.76 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.94 24.86 28.37 31.73 35.76 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.27 10.08 12.00 13.40 13.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.82 14.22 19.31 21.14 46.74 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.95 18.30 24.37 34.64 56.00 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.16 49.90 54.09 56.00 56.00 Registered nurses................................................. 20.38 22.25 24.71 27.61 63.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.37 9.40 9.60 11.10 29.69 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.34 9.50 9.99 10.82 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.34 9.50 9.99 10.85 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.80 12.29 15.23 20.88 24.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.80 8.00 10.16 11.90 Cooks............................................................. 6.10 8.36 9.79 10.16 11.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.37 2.57 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.28 2.40 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.02 7.02 8.50 10.15 13.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.02 7.02 8.50 10.15 13.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.21 8.00 9.13 10.99 13.68 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.50 8.80 10.25 12.80 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.75 7.50 9.13 12.50 12.80 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.46 8.00 9.50 9.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.30 8.96 9.95 11.22 12.30 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 9.52 11.20 23.92 33.65 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.91 10.93 16.75 30.72 47.60 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.91 10.93 15.00 16.90 30.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 9.58 10.25 13.32 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.29 9.53 12.71 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.29 9.53 12.71 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.75 9.58 10.45 12.50 14.55 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.81 24.04 32.31 32.31 40.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.00 12.59 14.90 18.26 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.72 17.72 20.91 21.42 23.60 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.49 11.37 12.00 14.90 17.30 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 12.98 14.90 15.00 17.30 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.29 11.75 13.83 16.92 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.56 11.00 11.50 12.00 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.75 9.75 12.40 14.19 15.63 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.07 14.00 15.68 21.22 25.96 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 10.85 16.53 21.92 25.96 27.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.56 10.46 11.17 12.64 13.68 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.24 14.00 15.91 18.94 20.77 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.63 10.76 12.00 15.00 15.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.25 10.75 13.05 17.21 21.45 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 13.62 16.32 21.71 24.63 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.75 14.57 17.75 17.75 23.60 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.50 13.75 16.32 17.75 21.42 Production occupations.............................................. 10.20 12.50 14.83 18.29 22.34 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.75 14.47 17.26 18.29 18.37 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.50 13.44 14.46 15.94 16.53 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 11.90 14.66 17.50 22.78 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.90 12.90 16.05 20.45 24.78 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 8.75 12.32 12.90 16.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 10.19 11.22 13.00 14.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.19 10.19 11.22 13.00 14.50 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $2.50 $6.76 $8.70 $12.54 $16.05 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.33 14.99 14.99 22.57 34.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.64 18.00 21.51 25.00 75.72 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.45 3.97 6.73 7.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.45 3.74 3.97 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.45 2.45 3.74 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 7.25 9.40 10.15 13.35 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 7.20 8.80 10.00 11.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.10 6.75 8.24 9.70 10.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.10 6.75 8.24 9.70 10.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.50 10.00 12.10 14.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.15 8.22 10.00 11.71 13.42 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $18.19 $14.25 $733 $566 40.3 $37,479 $29,224 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 44.05 38.79 1,771 1,552 40.2 90,666 75,826 2,058 Education administrators.......................................... 40.23 41.15 1,616 1,644 40.2 73,440 74,491 1,826 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.31 22.37 982 895 40.4 51,072 46,530 2,100 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.43 24.83 1,226 993 40.3 63,770 51,642 2,095 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.11 36.99 1,979 1,480 40.3 102,900 76,939 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 51.73 45.12 2,086 1,838 40.3 108,486 95,551 2,097 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.18 26.12 971 1,004 38.6 41,322 40,215 1,641 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.22 28.58 1,249 1,143 40.0 59,518 58,192 1,907 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.53 29.19 1,131 1,117 38.3 45,193 44,672 1,530 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.23 28.83 1,117 1,092 38.2 44,636 43,676 1,527 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.90 28.37 1,106 1,084 38.2 44,205 43,355 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.73 12.00 434 437 37.0 16,730 16,746 1,426 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.91 19.31 824 618 37.6 42,507 32,137 1,940 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.74 24.37 1,176 975 39.5 60,366 49,171 2,029 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.63 54.09 2,105 2,164 40.0 109,474 112,509 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 32.12 24.71 1,284 980 40.0 66,495 50,939 2,070 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.04 9.60 466 376 38.7 23,444 19,573 1,947 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.54 9.50 368 376 38.6 19,145 19,560 2,007 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.54 9.50 368 376 38.6 19,143 19,560 2,007 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.86 15.23 724 727 42.9 37,632 37,814 2,231 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.31 8.00 285 298 38.9 14,626 13,624 2,001 Cooks............................................................. 9.28 9.79 355 390 38.2 18,438 20,265 1,987 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.42 2.13 97 85 40.0 5,030 4,430 2,080 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.26 2.13 90 85 40.0 4,694 4,430 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.16 8.50 334 255 36.4 16,784 13,260 1,832 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.16 8.50 334 255 36.4 16,784 13,260 1,832 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.86 9.13 386 365 39.2 19,806 18,720 2,009 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.25 8.80 361 340 39.0 18,600 17,680 2,011 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.86 9.13 387 368 39.3 20,116 19,136 2,041 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.45 8.00 327 320 38.7 16,679 16,640 1,974 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.34 9.95 439 410 42.5 21,709 20,800 2,100 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.70 11.20 711 486 40.2 36,958 25,293 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.95 16.75 891 676 42.5 46,323 35,152 2,211 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.26 15.00 698 600 42.9 36,282 31,200 2,232 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.79 9.58 389 383 39.8 20,227 19,926 2,067 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.96 8.29 357 330 39.8 18,541 17,160 2,069 Cashiers...................................................... 8.96 8.29 357 330 39.8 18,541 17,160 2,069 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.16 10.45 441 410 39.5 22,940 21,320 2,055 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.89 32.31 1,228 1,293 41.1 63,872 67,213 2,137 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.49 12.59 538 503 39.9 27,943 26,102 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.77 20.91 791 836 40.0 41,126 43,497 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.97 12.00 518 476 40.0 26,954 24,731 2,079 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.36 14.90 574 596 40.0 29,836 30,992 2,078 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.46 11.75 498 470 40.0 25,906 24,440 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.52 11.50 461 460 40.0 23,958 23,920 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.94 12.40 474 496 39.7 24,636 25,792 2,064 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.24 15.68 685 615 39.8 35,639 31,990 2,067 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.75 21.92 828 877 39.9 43,069 45,594 2,075 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 11.17 460 447 40.0 23,945 23,234 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.46 15.91 649 637 39.5 33,772 33,101 2,052 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.46 12.00 498 480 40.0 25,918 24,960 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.68 13.05 587 522 40.0 29,689 26,605 2,022 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.65 16.32 705 653 40.0 36,659 33,946 2,078 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.13 17.75 684 710 39.9 35,572 36,920 2,077 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.16 16.32 645 653 39.9 33,555 33,946 2,076 Production occupations.............................................. 15.54 14.83 622 593 40.0 32,318 30,836 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 17.26 645 690 40.0 33,518 35,901 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.19 14.46 568 578 40.0 29,518 30,073 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.37 14.66 675 554 43.9 34,780 28,080 2,263 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.93 16.05 792 676 46.7 40,503 33,384 2,392 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.03 12.32 481 493 40.0 25,013 25,626 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.59 11.22 464 449 40.0 24,110 23,338 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.84 11.22 474 449 40.0 24,623 23,338 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $17.81 $13.72 $719 $540 40.4 $37,197 $27,961 2,089 Management occupations.............................................. 45.97 46.15 1,860 1,846 40.5 96,636 96,000 2,102 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.45 22.37 1,000 895 40.9 52,017 46,530 2,128 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.45 36.52 1,357 1,538 40.6 70,589 80,001 2,110 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 49.11 36.99 1,979 1,480 40.3 102,900 76,939 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 51.73 45.12 2,086 1,838 40.3 108,486 95,551 2,097 Education, training, and library occupations Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.22 28.58 1,249 1,143 40.0 59,518 58,192 1,907 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.99 19.31 787 618 37.5 40,922 32,137 1,949 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.93 25.00 1,277 1,000 40.0 66,414 52,000 2,080 Pharmacists....................................................... 54.20 55.76 2,168 2,230 40.0 112,738 115,977 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 33.01 24.30 1,321 972 40.0 68,667 50,544 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.87 9.60 382 376 38.7 19,839 19,560 2,010 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.49 9.50 365 376 38.5 18,990 19,560 2,001 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.49 9.50 365 376 38.5 18,987 19,560 2,000 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.27 7.99 283 262 39.0 14,581 13,260 2,007 Cooks............................................................. 9.28 9.79 355 390 38.2 18,438 20,265 1,987 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.42 2.13 97 85 40.0 5,030 4,430 2,080 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.26 2.13 90 85 40.0 4,694 4,430 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.17 8.50 337 255 36.7 17,143 13,260 1,869 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.17 8.50 337 255 36.7 17,143 13,260 1,869 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.47 8.80 369 340 39.0 18,893 17,160 1,995 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.75 8.00 340 320 38.8 17,481 16,640 1,997 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.11 9.00 355 360 39.0 18,447 18,720 2,025 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.45 8.00 327 320 38.7 16,679 16,640 1,974 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.48 10.20 451 420 43.0 22,057 21,320 2,104 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.70 11.20 711 486 40.2 36,958 25,293 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.95 16.75 891 676 42.5 46,323 35,152 2,211 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.26 15.00 698 600 42.9 36,282 31,200 2,232 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.79 9.58 389 383 39.8 20,227 19,926 2,067 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.96 8.29 357 330 39.8 18,541 17,160 2,069 Cashiers...................................................... 8.96 8.29 357 330 39.8 18,541 17,160 2,069 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.16 10.45 441 410 39.5 22,940 21,320 2,055 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.89 32.31 1,228 1,293 41.1 63,872 67,213 2,137 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.44 12.59 537 503 40.0 27,872 26,179 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 19.77 20.91 791 836 40.0 41,126 43,497 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.02 12.00 521 480 40.0 27,073 24,960 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.41 14.90 576 596 40.0 29,966 30,992 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.46 11.75 498 470 40.0 25,906 24,440 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.58 11.60 463 464 40.0 24,085 24,128 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.15 12.40 486 496 40.0 25,271 25,792 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.71 14.90 664 596 39.7 34,520 31,000 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.79 21.40 832 856 40.0 43,250 44,512 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 11.17 460 447 40.0 23,945 23,234 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.52 12.00 501 480 40.0 26,045 24,960 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.19 12.79 528 512 40.0 26,503 26,000 2,010 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.43 16.32 698 653 40.0 36,271 33,946 2,081 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.43 17.75 697 710 40.0 36,248 36,920 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.39 17.75 656 710 40.0 34,090 36,920 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.54 14.83 622 593 40.0 32,318 30,836 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 17.26 645 690 40.0 33,518 35,901 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.19 14.46 568 578 40.0 29,518 30,073 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.33 14.54 676 547 44.1 34,827 28,080 2,272 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.98 16.05 804 642 47.3 41,064 33,384 2,418 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.59 10.14 424 406 40.0 22,035 21,091 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.59 11.22 464 449 40.0 24,110 23,338 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.84 11.22 474 449 40.0 24,623 23,338 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $20.37 $18.99 $807 $787 39.6 $38,939 $38,942 1,912 Management occupations.............................................. 35.40 35.81 1,385 1,433 39.1 66,657 70,711 1,883 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.37 25.45 934 980 38.3 38,641 39,240 1,585 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.53 29.19 1,131 1,117 38.3 45,193 44,672 1,530 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.23 28.83 1,117 1,092 38.2 44,636 43,676 1,527 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.90 28.37 1,106 1,084 38.2 44,205 43,355 1,529 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.73 12.00 434 437 37.0 16,730 16,746 1,426 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.94 18.30 875 748 38.1 43,294 39,503 1,887 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.02 15.23 848 853 44.6 44,079 44,350 2,318 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.48 11.46 459 458 40.0 23,788 22,998 2,071 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.25 10.99 450 440 40.0 23,285 22,859 2,070 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.25 10.99 450 440 40.0 23,285 22,859 2,070 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.85 11.25 548 450 39.6 28,509 23,400 2,058 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.90 $16.02 $17.68 $18.31 Management, professional, and related...... 34.17 36.08 35.93 28.74 Management, business, and financial...... 38.43 38.55 41.05 34.93 Professional and related................. 32.18 33.89 34.70 27.17 Service.................................... 8.24 7.83 8.39 9.19 Sales and office........................... 14.31 14.25 14.88 12.70 Sales and related........................ 16.35 16.05 17.06 – Office and administrative support........ 13.14 12.78 13.84 12.70 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 15.82 13.79 19.49 – Construction and extraction............. 13.19 12.17 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.26 14.90 20.79 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.19 12.81 16.79 18.63 Production............................... 15.45 13.18 15.31 18.84 Transportation and material moving....... 15.00 12.61 17.59 – 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........................................................... 7.3 16.4 11.0 7.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 14.1 24.1 15.4 5.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 18.7 27.4 29.3 12.2 Professional and related.......................................... 11.9 20.9 18.9 7.6 Service............................................................. 5.4 7.1 7.4 19.2 Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 10.4 8.7 3.1 Sales and related................................................. 7.4 18.7 26.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 2.4 6.2 3.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.1 9.6 7.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... 16.5 18.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.3 5.9 8.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.9 3.0 7.8 6.4 Production........................................................ 3.1 5.4 7.1 5.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 4.8 8.3 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $17.15 $12.75 $681 $500 39.7 $35,402 $26,000 2,064 Management occupations.............................................. 45.45 46.15 1,818 1,846 40.0 94,540 96,000 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.38 8.36 288 255 39.0 14,958 13,260 2,027 Cooks............................................................. 9.13 9.79 348 390 38.1 18,099 20,265 1,982 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.67 2.33 107 93 40.0 5,555 4,846 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.93 9.13 383 360 38.6 19,645 18,720 1,979 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.97 8.80 345 335 38.4 17,624 17,160 1,964 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.68 8.37 336 320 38.8 17,016 16,640 1,961 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.21 10.91 686 455 39.9 35,679 23,650 2,073 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.04 9.00 360 360 39.8 18,720 18,720 2,071 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.04 7.60 319 304 39.7 16,609 15,808 2,065 Cashiers...................................................... 8.04 7.60 319 304 39.7 16,609 15,808 2,065 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.39 32.31 1,269 1,293 40.4 65,993 67,213 2,102 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.11 12.40 524 496 39.9 27,228 25,792 2,077 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.62 14.00 545 560 40.0 28,339 29,120 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.84 14.90 594 596 40.0 30,869 30,992 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.77 11.60 471 464 40.0 24,477 24,128 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.99 11.63 480 465 40.0 24,944 24,190 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.17 10.75 487 430 40.0 25,305 22,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.76 15.75 591 630 40.0 30,743 32,760 2,082 Production occupations.............................................. 13.28 13.44 531 538 40.0 27,622 27,961 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.57 12.50 501 500 39.9 26,069 26,000 2,074 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.40 12.50 493 500 39.8 25,633 26,000 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.21 11.50 488 460 40.0 25,402 23,920 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.31 11.50 492 460 40.0 25,597 23,920 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $18.47 $14.54 $759 $573 41.1 $39,060 $29,640 2,114 Management occupations.............................................. 47.37 32.11 1,976 1,285 41.7 102,485 66,797 2,164 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.46 26.67 1,195 1,060 42.0 62,131 55,137 2,183 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.36 31.35 1,361 1,254 40.8 70,781 65,206 2,122 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.86 26.01 1,275 1,040 40.0 66,275 54,101 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 35.92 25.22 1,437 1,009 40.0 74,712 52,458 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.87 9.60 382 376 38.7 19,839 19,560 2,010 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.49 9.50 365 376 38.5 18,990 19,560 2,001 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.49 9.50 365 376 38.5 18,987 19,560 2,000 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.08 7.93 276 311 39.0 13,980 13,147 1,973 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.88 7.95 350 308 39.5 17,909 15,820 2,017 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.45 7.37 332 295 39.3 17,275 15,336 2,045 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.04 9.74 457 406 45.5 21,311 19,760 2,122 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.99 13.49 777 516 40.9 40,399 26,832 2,127 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.27 10.60 446 420 39.6 23,191 21,840 2,058 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.24 10.70 441 415 39.2 22,946 21,590 2,041 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.74 12.59 550 503 40.0 28,461 26,179 2,071 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.23 11.57 489 463 40.0 25,429 24,070 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.65 11.39 466 456 40.0 24,224 23,691 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.88 16.16 715 646 40.0 37,194 33,607 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.79 21.40 832 856 40.0 43,250 44,512 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.51 11.17 460 447 40.0 23,945 23,234 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.83 23.40 873 936 40.0 45,413 48,672 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.84 16.24 673 650 40.0 35,020 33,783 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.11 17.26 645 690 40.0 33,518 35,901 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.66 17.12 856 741 48.5 43,638 37,781 2,471 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... $20.44 $16.04 $30.48 $17.18 $16.95 $18.76 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.05 – 30.48 31.26 34.27 22.40 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 36.63 38.43 28.00 Professional and related.......................................... 28.33 – 28.63 29.05 32.30 21.03 Service............................................................. – – – 9.46 8.22 16.00 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.32 14.36 13.85 Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.39 16.39 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.20 13.12 13.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 16.33 15.68 20.67 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.48 12.88 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.52 17.27 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.00 17.00 – 14.99 14.95 – Production........................................................ 18.39 18.39 – 14.79 14.79 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 15.11 15.06 – 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........................................................... 12.3 8.9 6.8 6.7 7.7 6.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.4 – 6.8 12.3 14.2 4.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 17.2 18.7 6.4 Professional and related.......................................... 1.3 – 1.5 9.9 12.0 6.1 Service............................................................. – – – 5.9 5.4 12.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.2 4.5 13.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 7.6 7.6 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.0 2.9 13.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.7 9.7 7.4 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 15.8 17.1 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 7.3 8.0 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.1 13.1 – 7.4 7.6 – Production........................................................ 13.8 13.8 – 7.1 7.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 10.5 11.0 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.92 $16.33 $23.77 $23.77 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.13 34.19 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 37.03 38.70 – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.98 32.18 – – Service............................................................. 9.47 8.24 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.75 12.66 25.82 25.82 Sales and related................................................. 11.43 11.43 31.27 31.27 Office and administrative support................................. 13.29 13.23 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.34 15.72 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.19 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.37 17.13 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.37 14.32 – – Production........................................................ 15.45 15.45 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.35 13.19 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 6.8 8.2 10.2 10.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.4 14.4 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 16.8 19.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... 8.8 11.9 – – Service............................................................. 5.9 5.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.3 2.2 16.0 16.0 Sales and related................................................. 2.6 2.6 12.3 12.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 2.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 9.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.7 7.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.5 3.6 – – Production........................................................ 3.1 3.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.2 5.6 – – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 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........................................................... – $17.70 – $24.71 – $24.78 $16.92 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 33.25 – 32.52 – 43.31 25.96 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – 47.72 20.09 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 29.16 – 25.37 – 39.52 27.06 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 10.29 9.77 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 21.43 – 17.93 – 13.63 12.17 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.01 – – – 13.63 12.17 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 18.88 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.08 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 14.77 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 15.55 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.73 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 1.3 – 36.3 – 22.5 19.7 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 2.3 – 20.2 – 20.7 22.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – 18.3 9.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 1.0 – 18.1 – 20.7 21.7 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – 11.4 1.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 11.0 – 23.5 – 7.2 5.1 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 2.6 – – – 7.2 5.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 6.4 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 20.8 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 4.1 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 2.9 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 5.3 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 305,300 262,000 43,400 Management, professional, and related............................... 68,600 44,600 23,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 17,700 13,500 4,100 Professional and related.......................................... 50,900 31,100 19,800 Service............................................................. 71,200 61,200 10,000 Sales and office.................................................... 97,400 91,400 6,000 Sales and related................................................. 34,300 34,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 63,000 57,000 6,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20,400 18,000 2,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 7,700 6,300 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12,700 11,700 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 47,800 46,700 – Production........................................................ 20,300 20,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 27,500 26,400 – 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 12,256 12,107 149 Total in sample....................................................... 263 244 19 Responding........................................................ 162 145 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 63 61 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 38 38 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.