NC BL 12/00/2009 Table: Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, Bulletin, August 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $22.43 2.1 35.5 $21.61 2.2 35.7 $26.90 5.5 34.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.46 5.1 36.5 36.23 6.8 37.4 29.83 5.4 34.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.87 5.0 40.4 41.27 6.0 40.7 29.38 2.4 39.2 Professional and related.......................................... 33.04 6.2 35.5 34.38 8.6 36.3 29.93 6.6 33.6 Service............................................................. 12.18 3.6 31.7 11.05 4.4 31.4 22.50 10.9 35.7 Sales and office.................................................... 14.74 4.9 35.2 14.37 5.3 35.2 19.52 5.5 35.9 Sales and related................................................. 15.03 11.0 33.2 15.03 11.0 33.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.57 3.1 36.6 13.92 2.3 36.7 19.52 5.5 35.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.20 5.7 39.5 23.97 6.3 39.4 25.45 16.8 39.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 24.96 7.2 39.2 24.94 7.4 39.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.96 7.1 40.0 22.03 3.5 40.0 28.36 14.7 39.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.98 3.9 35.9 16.64 4.1 36.7 21.51 21.6 27.8 Production........................................................ 18.66 8.5 39.4 18.50 8.7 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.82 5.3 33.8 15.24 5.3 34.9 – – – Full time........................................................... 24.55 2.0 39.6 23.77 2.2 39.6 28.94 4.9 39.4 Part time........................................................... 12.89 9.1 24.3 11.53 8.9 24.3 19.13 15.6 24.2 Union............................................................... 24.54 5.8 36.2 22.90 8.6 37.5 26.61 5.7 34.6 Nonunion............................................................ 21.55 2.8 35.2 21.29 2.8 35.2 28.36 9.0 36.0 Time................................................................ 22.46 2.0 35.5 21.62 2.0 35.6 26.90 5.5 34.8 Incentive........................................................... 21.25 17.9 36.5 21.25 17.9 36.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.91 1.8 34.7 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 16.70 6.9 34.8 16.54 7.4 34.9 19.94 5.7 33.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.80 5.3 34.7 19.95 5.9 34.5 27.32 5.2 35.0 500 workers or more................................................. 33.59 2.1 37.8 35.30 1.6 38.9 28.86 8.1 35.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $22.43 2.1 $24.55 2.0 $12.89 9.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.23 6.4 44.23 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.92 5.3 48.92 5.3 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 2.9 61.90 2.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.58 4.5 27.80 5.1 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.75 5.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.65 10.5 22.65 10.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.16 8.1 29.16 8.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.23 4.7 43.23 4.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.87 2.0 40.87 2.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 44.35 4.0 44.35 4.0 – – Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 5.9 48.97 5.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.09 15.3 30.51 11.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.07 23.6 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 24.07 23.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.18 16.7 30.89 13.7 16.29 28.1 Level 9 .................................................. 38.08 4.7 37.48 3.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.49 13.1 33.16 13.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.52 1.9 38.67 .6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.36 3.1 38.36 3.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.49 2.9 38.49 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.88 9.0 – – 10.83 9.1 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.69 20.2 19.48 14.4 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.43 8.2 30.78 8.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.11 5.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.07 7.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.97 19.3 26.10 12.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.72 3.3 10.34 6.3 9.00 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 1.0 – – 8.63 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.94 1.1 – – 8.80 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.34 7.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 12.41 2.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.60 1.3 – – 8.52 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 .7 – – 8.54 .1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.52 .2 – – 8.52 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.54 .2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.05 2.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.08 3.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.34 4.8 16.00 5.3 9.24 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.03 8.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 5.2 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.51 5.3 16.22 5.9 9.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.03 3.4 16.84 2.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.48 7.7 – – 9.47 7.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.03 11.0 17.08 11.5 9.58 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 5.3 12.75 7.7 8.81 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.34 5.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.87 4.4 16.64 5.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.88 21.5 24.88 21.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.90 3.4 11.73 2.4 9.58 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 5.3 12.75 7.7 8.81 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 5.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 4.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 4.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.46 2.1 12.23 1.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.57 3.1 14.82 3.6 12.23 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 5.1 11.64 5.6 10.36 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.54 6.3 12.49 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.00 4.4 14.93 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.59 5.1 18.73 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.54 7.8 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.68 6.3 15.67 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 3.4 14.65 3.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.27 7.9 15.08 8.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.83 4.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.86 10.0 15.99 10.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.30 10.2 15.21 9.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.96 7.2 25.21 6.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.96 7.1 23.96 7.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.31 7.8 24.31 7.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.17 11.1 32.36 11.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.90 2.5 21.90 2.5 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 3.3 21.04 3.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.66 8.5 19.06 10.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 1.5 10.85 1.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.72 8.0 12.07 9.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 5.3 16.13 6.0 14.14 8.9 Level 1 .................................................. 11.38 7.1 11.58 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.46 7.2 13.09 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.18 4.9 16.37 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.84 9.4 20.89 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.80 7.9 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.8 17.91 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.91 6.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.88 .3 14.88 .3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.24 4.4 12.32 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.06 5.1 12.39 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.89 8.5 12.89 8.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.95 3.0 11.95 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 6.1 12.52 6.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.76 10.5 12.76 10.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $21.61 2.2 $23.77 2.2 $11.53 8.9 Management occupations.............................................. 45.08 7.2 45.08 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.38 6.2 50.38 6.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 2.9 61.90 2.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.70 5.9 30.20 6.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.75 4.8 43.75 4.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.87 2.0 40.87 2.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 44.99 4.1 44.99 4.1 – – Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 5.9 48.97 5.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.83 10.3 29.31 10.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.64 3.4 10.34 6.3 8.78 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 1.0 – – 8.63 .7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 1.0 – – 8.78 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.84 6.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 12.44 2.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.60 1.3 – – 8.52 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 .7 – – 8.54 .1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.52 .2 – – 8.52 .3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.54 .2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.80 1.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.83 1.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.54 5.4 15.29 6.9 9.24 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.03 8.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.90 6.2 15.76 7.7 9.10 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 8.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.52 3.2 16.57 3.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.48 7.7 – – 9.47 7.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.03 11.0 17.08 11.5 9.58 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 5.3 12.75 7.7 8.81 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.34 5.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.87 4.4 16.64 5.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.88 21.5 24.88 21.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.90 3.4 11.73 2.4 9.58 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.25 5.3 12.75 7.7 8.81 1.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.40 5.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 4.0 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 4.0 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.46 2.1 12.23 1.4 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.92 2.3 14.10 2.7 12.29 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.35 5.1 11.64 5.6 10.56 4.7 Level 3 .................................................. 12.54 6.3 12.49 6.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.49 3.7 14.35 3.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.79 6.0 14.68 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 3.4 14.65 3.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.27 7.9 15.08 8.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.83 4.3 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.58 10.2 15.21 9.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.94 7.4 25.20 6.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.03 3.5 22.03 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.19 8.5 24.19 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.81 7.7 26.81 7.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.62 3.4 21.62 3.4 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 3.3 21.04 3.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.50 8.7 18.90 10.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.78 1.5 10.85 1.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.72 8.0 12.07 9.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.24 5.3 15.58 5.3 11.90 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 11.38 7.1 11.58 7.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.79 7.4 13.09 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.11 5.1 16.37 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.89 9.4 20.89 9.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.48 7.1 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.8 17.91 8.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.91 6.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.88 .3 14.88 .3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.24 4.4 12.32 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.06 5.1 12.39 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.89 8.5 12.89 8.5 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.95 3.0 11.95 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 6.1 12.52 6.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.76 10.5 12.76 10.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $26.90 5.5 $28.94 4.9 $19.13 15.6 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.18 8.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.98 8.2 36.34 6.4 21.12 26.0 Level 9 .................................................. 38.08 4.7 37.48 3.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.58 1.4 38.81 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.52 1.9 38.67 .6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.36 3.1 38.36 3.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.49 2.9 38.49 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.27 1.8 – – 13.32 1.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.52 5.5 20.25 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.11 5.9 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.36 14.7 28.44 14.8 – – 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $22.43 2.1 $24.55 2.0 $12.89 9.1 Management occupations.............................................. 44.23 6.4 44.23 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 45.97 8.8 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 2.9 61.90 2.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.58 4.5 27.80 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.81 5.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.14 3.7 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.75 5.8 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.65 10.5 22.65 10.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.16 8.1 29.16 8.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.23 4.7 43.23 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.93 7.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.44 3.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 44.35 4.0 44.35 4.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.26 3.9 – – – – Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 5.9 48.97 5.9 – – Group III................................................. 46.93 3.2 46.93 3.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.09 15.3 30.51 11.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.07 23.6 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 24.07 23.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.18 16.7 30.89 13.7 16.29 28.1 Group I................................................... 10.85 9.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 6.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.98 4.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.49 13.1 33.16 13.7 – – Group III................................................. 39.52 1.9 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.36 3.1 38.36 3.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.49 2.9 38.49 2.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 40.71 .4 39.28 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 40.72 .5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.88 9.0 – – 10.83 9.1 Group I................................................... 10.85 9.0 – – 10.80 9.1 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.69 20.2 19.48 14.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.36 23.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.43 8.2 30.78 8.9 – – Group III................................................. 37.11 5.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.07 7.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.97 19.3 26.10 12.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.72 3.3 10.34 6.3 9.00 2.6 Group I................................................... 9.23 1.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 12.41 2.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.67 3.6 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.60 1.3 – – 8.52 .4 Group I................................................... 8.60 1.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.52 .2 – – 8.52 .3 Group I................................................... 8.52 .2 – – 8.52 .3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.05 2.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.50 5.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.08 3.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.34 4.8 16.00 5.3 9.24 2.5 Group I................................................... 14.96 4.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.51 5.3 16.22 5.9 9.10 3.0 Group I................................................... 15.18 5.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.03 3.4 16.84 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 15.70 2.7 16.52 2.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.48 7.7 – – 9.47 7.9 Group I................................................... 9.48 7.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.03 11.0 17.08 11.5 9.58 3.1 Group I................................................... 12.10 8.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.88 21.5 24.88 21.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.90 3.4 11.73 2.4 9.58 3.1 Group I................................................... 10.49 4.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Group I................................................... 10.43 4.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.53 4.8 11.16 7.3 9.94 3.2 Group I................................................... 10.43 4.6 – – 9.94 3.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.46 2.1 12.23 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 10.35 8.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.57 3.1 14.82 3.6 12.23 9.4 Group I................................................... 13.49 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.08 3.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.68 6.3 15.67 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.03 5.8 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.27 7.9 15.08 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.22 7.8 13.87 7.7 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.83 4.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.79 7.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.86 10.0 15.99 10.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.30 10.2 15.21 9.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.96 7.2 25.21 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 29.37 12.1 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.96 7.1 23.96 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.93 6.7 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.90 2.5 21.90 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.90 2.5 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 3.3 21.04 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.04 3.3 21.04 3.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.66 8.5 19.06 10.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.66 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.73 5.7 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.72 8.0 12.07 9.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.82 5.3 16.13 6.0 14.14 8.9 Group I................................................... 15.45 4.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.8 17.91 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 17.86 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.88 .3 14.88 .3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.24 4.4 12.32 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.52 4.9 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.95 3.0 11.95 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.46 6.1 12.52 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.74 7.0 12.85 7.7 – – 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.89 $11.67 $17.56 $31.23 $44.16 Management occupations.............................................. 20.38 35.26 44.37 53.53 61.36 Engineering managers.............................................. 49.62 61.11 61.36 67.60 67.60 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.77 20.13 24.18 33.07 41.22 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.14 28.70 33.96 41.22 41.22 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.05 18.15 20.13 24.95 31.85 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.20 23.24 23.59 36.84 44.06 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.34 35.41 44.16 50.45 55.13 Engineers......................................................... 33.65 36.17 44.16 50.45 55.69 Nuclear engineers............................................... 44.16 44.16 44.16 51.43 59.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.32 21.49 24.31 34.28 34.28 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.63 18.65 18.65 34.54 45.52 Counselors........................................................ 12.63 18.65 18.65 34.54 45.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.75 13.39 22.94 37.13 45.17 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.17 25.22 37.39 43.89 47.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.06 32.42 39.10 44.62 47.54 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.23 32.42 39.10 44.84 47.54 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.30 36.29 43.89 43.89 46.61 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.30 36.29 43.89 43.89 46.61 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.23 9.64 9.78 12.56 13.77 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.31 8.31 10.35 20.19 27.71 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.76 25.54 32.91 41.00 45.52 Registered nurses................................................. 25.23 27.51 35.73 42.03 44.95 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.75 9.50 16.53 33.18 48.48 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 9.50 11.99 Cooks............................................................. 9.36 10.00 11.72 15.05 16.90 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.35 8.45 8.55 8.55 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.35 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 8.71 11.28 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 8.71 11.28 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.81 10.50 15.00 21.66 21.66 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.55 10.00 16.33 21.66 21.66 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.55 10.50 16.33 21.66 21.66 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.00 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.55 8.98 11.45 17.16 23.51 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 13.93 20.28 40.39 40.39 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.55 8.82 10.00 12.10 14.99 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.55 8.72 8.98 11.28 14.99 Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 8.72 8.98 11.28 14.99 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.63 9.35 11.11 12.46 14.74 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.69 13.99 16.18 20.70 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 13.34 14.97 20.00 22.49 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.55 13.34 14.97 18.88 22.49 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.32 12.00 13.00 13.00 13.99 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.13 10.85 15.45 20.40 21.06 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.09 10.85 15.08 16.45 20.70 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 21.26 22.94 28.44 36.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.43 19.82 22.73 25.18 34.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.63 20.85 22.73 23.16 23.76 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.63 19.82 20.85 23.76 23.76 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.60 13.25 27.32 35.08 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.09 12.73 13.13 13.38 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.31 13.00 14.87 18.65 20.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.50 14.75 17.97 20.85 20.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.50 14.83 15.03 15.03 15.47 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.24 10.82 11.50 13.57 15.67 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.13 11.13 11.50 13.57 13.57 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.24 9.31 13.00 14.78 15.68 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.71 $10.60 $15.68 $27.84 $44.16 Management occupations.............................................. 20.38 39.86 49.14 56.45 62.15 Engineering managers.............................................. 49.62 61.11 61.36 67.60 67.60 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.05 18.15 33.07 34.36 41.22 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.19 35.60 44.16 50.45 55.61 Engineers......................................................... 35.41 36.23 44.16 50.45 56.24 Nuclear engineers............................................... 44.16 44.16 44.16 51.43 59.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.44 25.54 28.74 41.00 45.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 9.50 11.72 Cooks............................................................. 9.36 10.00 11.72 15.05 16.90 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.35 8.45 8.55 8.55 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.35 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 8.71 8.91 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.55 8.55 8.71 8.71 8.97 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.55 9.81 13.88 21.66 21.66 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.55 9.00 13.82 21.66 21.66 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.55 10.00 14.64 21.66 21.66 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.00 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.55 8.98 11.45 17.16 23.51 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 13.93 20.28 40.39 40.39 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.55 8.82 10.00 12.10 14.99 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.55 8.72 8.98 11.28 14.99 Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 8.72 8.98 11.28 14.99 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.63 9.35 11.11 12.46 14.74 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.39 13.34 15.33 19.70 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.30 12.50 14.97 15.36 20.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.55 13.34 14.97 18.88 22.49 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.32 12.00 13.00 13.00 13.99 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.09 10.85 15.08 16.45 20.70 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 21.26 22.94 28.44 36.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.43 17.02 20.85 23.76 27.74 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.82 19.82 22.73 22.73 23.76 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.63 19.82 20.85 23.76 23.76 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.50 13.20 27.50 35.08 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.09 12.73 13.13 13.38 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 12.37 14.75 18.65 20.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.50 14.75 17.97 20.85 20.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.50 14.83 15.03 15.03 15.47 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.24 10.82 11.50 13.57 15.67 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.13 11.13 11.50 13.57 13.57 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.24 9.31 13.00 14.78 15.68 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $14.31 $16.90 $23.64 $34.99 $43.89 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.13 20.13 23.27 24.95 31.85 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.77 14.31 33.51 43.89 47.54 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.26 34.99 42.16 44.07 47.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.06 32.42 39.10 44.62 47.54 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.23 32.42 39.10 44.84 47.54 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.30 36.29 43.89 43.89 46.61 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.30 36.29 43.89 43.89 46.61 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.69 12.56 13.27 14.27 14.88 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.93 15.88 22.13 22.61 23.03 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.98 23.16 23.37 34.95 39.31 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.20 $13.50 $20.89 $34.95 $45.68 Management occupations.............................................. 20.38 35.26 44.37 53.53 61.36 Engineering managers.............................................. 49.62 61.11 61.36 67.60 67.60 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.77 20.13 24.95 33.07 41.22 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 17.05 18.15 20.13 24.95 31.85 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.20 23.24 23.59 36.84 44.06 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.34 35.41 44.16 50.45 55.13 Engineers......................................................... 33.65 36.17 44.16 50.45 55.69 Nuclear engineers............................................... 44.16 44.16 44.16 51.43 59.00 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.70 24.31 34.28 34.28 49.18 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.79 22.94 29.99 41.51 47.54 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.28 25.22 35.74 42.76 47.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.06 32.42 39.10 44.62 47.54 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.23 32.42 39.10 44.84 47.54 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.30 34.20 40.09 45.17 47.54 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.30 34.20 40.09 45.17 47.54 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.35 10.35 20.19 25.45 27.71 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.44 25.23 26.34 36.09 45.52 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.51 16.53 21.90 34.90 48.48 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.71 8.85 11.00 16.05 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.82 12.44 16.33 21.66 21.66 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.81 11.50 16.33 21.66 21.66 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.82 13.82 16.50 21.66 21.66 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 11.00 13.28 19.85 40.39 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.00 13.93 20.28 40.39 40.39 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.98 10.00 11.11 13.48 14.99 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.98 8.98 10.20 12.67 15.44 Cashiers...................................................... 8.98 8.98 10.20 12.67 15.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.80 11.00 11.45 13.48 15.77 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.13 12.00 14.00 17.09 21.45 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.30 12.50 14.97 20.00 22.49 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.55 11.44 14.97 18.42 22.49 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.13 10.85 15.80 20.45 21.35 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.85 12.20 15.08 16.45 20.70 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 21.26 22.94 28.44 36.63 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.43 19.63 22.73 25.18 34.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.63 20.85 22.73 23.16 23.76 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.63 19.82 20.85 23.76 23.76 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 11.50 13.25 27.50 35.08 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.09 10.41 12.73 13.13 13.13 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 13.13 14.83 18.65 21.03 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.50 14.75 17.97 20.85 20.89 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.50 14.83 15.03 15.03 15.47 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.24 11.13 12.37 13.57 15.67 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.13 11.13 11.50 13.57 13.57 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.24 9.31 13.13 14.78 15.68 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), Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.55 $8.55 $9.78 $13.40 $18.30 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.60 9.75 13.27 14.31 43.89 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.23 9.64 9.78 12.56 13.77 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.65 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.35 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.35 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.55 8.55 9.00 9.81 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.55 8.55 9.00 9.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.68 10.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.55 8.55 8.64 9.00 10.55 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.55 8.55 8.64 9.00 10.55 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.55 8.55 8.75 9.11 14.99 Cashiers...................................................... 8.55 8.55 8.75 9.11 14.99 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.65 9.09 11.39 14.00 15.82 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 10.87 15.64 16.90 17.63 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $24.55 $20.89 $972 $834 39.6 $49,323 $42,107 2,009 Management occupations.............................................. 44.23 44.37 1,835 1,968 41.5 95,407 102,353 2,157 Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 61.36 2,476 2,454 40.0 128,760 127,618 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.80 24.95 1,114 998 40.1 57,946 51,896 2,085 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.65 20.13 911 805 40.2 47,356 41,879 2,090 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.16 23.59 1,172 944 40.2 60,967 49,065 2,091 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.23 44.16 1,729 1,766 40.0 89,917 91,853 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 44.35 44.16 1,774 1,766 40.0 92,239 91,853 2,080 Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 44.16 1,959 1,766 40.0 101,851 91,853 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.51 34.28 1,211 1,371 39.7 62,988 71,311 2,064 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.89 29.99 1,198 1,171 38.8 49,562 47,721 1,605 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.16 35.74 1,265 1,340 38.1 46,645 49,333 1,406 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.36 39.10 1,453 1,484 37.9 52,822 53,595 1,377 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.49 39.10 1,456 1,485 37.8 52,912 53,595 1,375 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.28 40.09 1,471 1,511 37.4 53,381 54,996 1,359 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.28 40.09 1,471 1,511 37.4 53,381 54,996 1,359 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.48 20.19 779 807 40.0 40,518 41,989 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.78 26.34 1,192 1,022 38.7 56,885 53,082 1,848 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.10 21.90 1,005 802 38.5 52,276 41,683 2,003 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.34 8.85 409 348 39.6 21,283 18,121 2,057 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.00 16.33 633 653 39.6 32,932 33,966 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.22 16.33 640 653 39.5 33,287 33,966 2,052 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.84 16.50 670 660 39.8 34,862 34,320 2,070 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.08 13.28 670 520 39.3 34,855 27,040 2,041 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.88 20.28 995 811 40.0 51,741 42,184 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.73 11.11 454 440 38.7 23,618 22,880 2,014 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.16 10.20 446 408 40.0 23,203 21,216 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.16 10.20 446 408 40.0 23,203 21,216 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.23 11.45 455 440 37.2 23,667 22,880 1,935 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.82 14.00 589 560 39.7 30,576 29,120 2,062 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.67 14.97 622 599 39.7 32,329 31,136 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.08 14.97 595 599 39.5 30,959 31,136 2,053 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.99 15.80 640 632 40.0 33,268 32,856 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.21 15.08 608 603 40.0 31,629 31,368 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.21 22.94 1,008 918 40.0 50,656 46,534 2,009 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.96 22.73 959 909 40.0 49,845 47,278 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.90 22.73 876 909 40.0 45,562 47,278 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 20.85 842 834 40.0 43,767 43,368 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.06 13.25 762 530 40.0 38,723 27,452 2,032 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.07 12.73 483 509 40.0 24,036 26,478 1,992 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.13 14.83 608 540 37.7 31,047 28,080 1,925 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.91 17.97 650 590 36.3 33,338 30,680 1,861 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.88 15.03 580 564 38.9 30,137 29,309 2,025 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.32 12.37 478 495 38.8 24,113 25,730 1,957 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.95 11.50 467 460 39.1 21,663 23,920 1,813 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.52 13.13 483 509 38.6 25,139 26,462 2,007 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $23.77 $19.19 $942 $755 39.6 $48,486 $38,438 2,040 Management occupations.............................................. 45.08 49.14 1,879 1,968 41.7 97,726 102,353 2,168 Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 61.36 2,476 2,454 40.0 128,760 127,618 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.20 33.07 1,213 1,323 40.1 63,055 68,779 2,088 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.75 44.16 1,750 1,766 40.0 90,993 91,853 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 44.99 44.16 1,799 1,766 40.0 93,571 91,853 2,080 Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 44.16 1,959 1,766 40.0 101,851 91,853 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.31 25.54 1,143 1,022 39.0 59,447 53,125 2,029 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.34 8.85 409 348 39.6 21,283 18,121 2,057 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.29 13.96 603 558 39.5 31,360 29,037 2,052 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.76 16.50 619 586 39.3 32,201 30,451 2,043 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.57 18.00 658 660 39.7 34,231 34,320 2,066 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.08 13.28 670 520 39.3 34,855 27,040 2,041 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.88 20.28 995 811 40.0 51,741 42,184 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.73 11.11 454 440 38.7 23,618 22,880 2,014 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.16 10.20 446 408 40.0 23,203 21,216 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 11.16 10.20 446 408 40.0 23,203 21,216 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.23 11.45 455 440 37.2 23,667 22,880 1,935 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.10 13.43 560 534 39.7 29,103 27,747 2,064 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.68 14.97 582 599 39.6 30,255 31,136 2,060 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.08 14.97 595 599 39.5 30,959 31,136 2,053 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.21 15.08 608 603 40.0 31,629 31,368 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.20 22.94 1,008 918 40.0 50,597 46,534 2,008 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.03 20.85 881 834 40.0 45,828 43,368 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.62 22.73 865 909 40.0 44,972 47,278 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 20.85 842 834 40.0 43,767 43,368 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.90 13.25 756 530 40.0 38,393 27,452 2,031 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.07 12.73 483 509 40.0 24,036 26,478 1,992 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.58 14.75 585 540 37.6 29,899 28,080 1,920 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.91 17.97 650 590 36.3 33,338 30,680 1,861 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.88 15.03 580 564 38.9 30,137 29,309 2,025 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.32 12.37 478 495 38.8 24,113 25,730 1,957 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.95 11.50 467 460 39.1 21,663 23,920 1,813 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.52 13.13 483 509 38.6 25,139 26,462 2,007 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $28.94 $26.00 $1,141 $1,024 39.4 $53,574 $49,171 1,851 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.34 37.05 1,391 1,445 38.3 55,311 55,747 1,522 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.81 39.10 1,460 1,485 37.6 53,069 53,667 1,367 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.36 39.10 1,453 1,484 37.9 52,822 53,595 1,377 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.49 39.10 1,456 1,485 37.8 52,912 53,595 1,375 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.28 40.09 1,471 1,511 37.4 53,381 54,996 1,359 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.28 40.09 1,471 1,511 37.4 53,381 54,996 1,359 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.25 22.13 810 885 40.0 41,596 46,030 2,054 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.44 23.37 1,138 935 40.0 59,156 48,612 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 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.61 $16.54 $19.95 $35.30 Management, professional, and related...... 36.23 24.94 39.74 42.53 Management, business, and financial...... 41.27 29.61 – 48.54 Professional and related................. 34.38 22.52 31.35 41.39 Service.................................... 11.05 10.07 9.79 16.78 Sales and office........................... 14.37 14.71 13.04 – Sales and related........................ 15.03 16.75 13.02 – Office and administrative support........ 13.92 13.64 13.08 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 23.97 21.42 21.75 34.35 Construction and extraction............. 24.94 21.29 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.03 21.82 21.50 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.64 15.66 14.91 – Production............................... 18.50 13.97 16.57 – Transportation and material moving....... 15.24 16.21 12.99 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.2 7.4 5.9 1.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.8 17.9 5.3 2.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.0 18.3 – 4.0 Professional and related.......................................... 8.6 22.9 12.5 3.0 Service............................................................. 4.4 5.5 2.8 6.7 Sales and office.................................................... 5.3 8.3 1.2 – Sales and related................................................. 11.0 18.1 1.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 3.0 2.7 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.3 10.1 10.2 6.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.4 13.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.5 5.2 2.1 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.1 3.5 6.3 – Production........................................................ 8.7 7.5 12.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.3 6.5 3.6 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $17.99 $15.22 $713 $600 39.7 $36,565 $31,200 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 32.15 34.76 1,419 1,390 44.1 73,778 72,301 2,295 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.01 8.71 397 348 39.6 20,625 18,121 2,061 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.35 13.88 522 555 39.1 27,144 28,870 2,034 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.65 13.87 786 555 40.0 40,877 28,839 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.32 10.15 453 406 40.0 23,540 21,108 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.60 13.34 538 534 39.6 27,990 27,747 2,058 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.56 14.97 576 599 39.5 29,929 31,136 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.70 14.97 579 599 39.4 30,088 31,136 2,046 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.29 22.66 851 906 40.0 42,261 44,221 1,985 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.82 22.73 873 909 40.0 45,390 47,278 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.97 12.75 559 510 40.0 29,060 26,520 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 15.68 606 550 37.5 31,185 28,621 1,929 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.91 17.97 650 590 36.3 33,338 30,680 1,861 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.19 11.50 488 460 40.0 25,354 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $29.86 $27.74 $1,183 $1,100 39.6 $61,160 $57,200 2,048 Management occupations.............................................. 54.94 53.53 2,198 2,141 40.0 114,277 111,347 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 61.90 61.36 2,476 2,454 40.0 128,760 127,618 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.41 33.96 1,465 1,358 40.2 76,193 70,631 2,093 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.84 44.16 1,753 1,766 40.0 91,177 91,853 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 44.77 44.16 1,791 1,766 40.0 93,115 91,853 2,080 Nuclear engineers............................................... 48.97 44.16 1,959 1,766 40.0 101,851 91,853 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.44 8.97 450 359 39.4 23,415 18,662 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.60 14.64 659 586 39.7 34,250 30,451 2,064 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.97 21.66 673 866 39.7 34,993 45,053 2,062 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.97 21.66 673 866 39.7 34,993 45,053 2,062 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.05 12.46 540 474 38.4 28,060 24,648 1,998 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.08 11.45 455 440 37.7 23,682 22,880 1,960 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.38 11.55 456 434 36.9 23,733 22,568 1,917 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 14.94 618 598 40.0 32,117 31,075 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.34 20.85 894 834 40.0 46,464 43,368 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.04 20.85 842 834 40.0 43,767 43,368 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.04 20.85 842 834 40.0 43,767 43,368 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.13 14.68 845 587 40.0 42,461 29,058 2,010 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.84 13.57 526 509 38.0 26,195 26,462 1,893 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.47 13.13 469 509 37.6 22,933 26,083 1,839 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.91 13.13 469 509 36.3 24,407 26,462 1,890 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... $24.54 $22.90 $26.61 $21.55 $21.29 $28.36 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.41 21.71 30.08 37.77 38.62 28.93 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 39.99 41.27 31.81 Professional and related.......................................... 27.54 21.71 30.52 36.67 37.41 25.90 Service............................................................. 18.08 – 20.48 10.87 10.48 – Sales and office.................................................... 18.86 – 19.60 14.27 14.19 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.85 14.85 – Office and administrative support................................. 19.53 – 19.60 13.91 13.77 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 26.66 27.05 25.47 20.00 19.99 – Construction and extraction...................................... 27.70 27.74 – 18.03 18.03 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.87 23.50 28.44 21.67 21.66 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 21.90 21.97 – 13.84 13.84 – Production........................................................ 25.79 25.77 – 13.61 13.61 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.91 18.14 – 13.98 13.98 – 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........................................................... 5.8 8.6 5.7 2.8 2.8 9.0 Management, professional, and related............................... 11.2 28.7 6.0 3.3 3.5 9.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.1 6.0 5.3 Professional and related.......................................... 11.9 28.7 6.4 3.6 3.5 18.2 Service............................................................. 10.3 – 5.3 4.3 2.9 – Sales and office.................................................... 5.4 – 7.0 5.5 5.6 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.2 12.2 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 – 7.0 2.2 2.3 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 10.5 17.0 7.7 7.7 – Construction and extraction...................................... 12.7 13.2 – 9.6 9.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.1 10.0 14.8 3.7 3.7 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.8 9.6 – 2.6 2.6 – Production........................................................ 13.0 13.7 – 5.9 5.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 8.4 – 3.2 3.2 – 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.46 $21.62 $21.25 $21.25 Management, professional, and related............................... 34.46 36.23 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 38.87 41.27 – – Professional and related.......................................... 33.04 34.38 – – Service............................................................. 12.18 11.05 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.32 13.89 23.34 23.34 Sales and related................................................. 13.84 13.84 23.58 23.58 Office and administrative support................................. 14.57 13.92 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.51 24.31 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 26.04 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.18 20.78 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.89 16.53 – – Production........................................................ 19.12 18.97 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.37 14.71 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.0 2.0 17.9 17.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.1 6.8 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.0 6.0 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 8.6 – – Service............................................................. 3.6 4.4 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.5 4.7 23.6 23.6 Sales and related................................................. 11.4 11.4 23.9 23.9 Office and administrative support................................. 3.1 2.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.1 5.5 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.5 5.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.0 4.2 – – Production........................................................ 7.9 8.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.9 3.1 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 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........................................................... – – $15.83 $23.49 $18.06 – – $10.34 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 22.34 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 9.42 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 14.04 – 16.46 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 14.26 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 13.35 – 12.74 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 16.02 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 15.90 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – 5.1 13.4 17.7 – – 6.7 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 5.0 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 3.8 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 10.0 – 15.7 – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 11.7 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 5.5 – 10.5 – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – 6.3 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 7.4 – – – – – – 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 88,300 72,400 15,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 30,200 20,100 10,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 6,100 4,800 1,300 Professional and related.......................................... 24,100 15,200 8,900 Service............................................................. 17,600 16,000 1,600 Sales and office.................................................... 18,600 17,200 1,300 Sales and related................................................. 7,300 7,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 11,200 9,900 1,300 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9,900 8,400 1,500 Construction and extraction...................................... 6,000 5,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3,400 2,400 1,000 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12,100 10,700 1,300 Production........................................................ 4,400 4,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 7,600 6,400 – 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, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA, August 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,488 4,332 156 Total in sample....................................................... 145 126 19 Responding........................................................ 104 88 16 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 33 30 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 8 8 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.