New Orleans-Matairie-Kenner, LA, Bulletin, April 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $20.74 5.6 35.0 $20.16 6.7 34.7 $24.21 6.0 37.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 33.25 6.1 38.1 34.99 7.9 38.4 29.40 6.3 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.27 13.7 39.7 41.25 14.6 39.9 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.58 4.8 37.5 31.27 6.6 37.5 29.55 6.5 37.6 Service............................................................. 8.82 4.0 27.6 8.34 4.1 26.9 13.50 6.5 37.8 Sales and office.................................................... 16.40 9.8 36.0 16.52 10.5 35.9 15.10 13.8 37.1 Sales and related................................................. 15.98 22.6 33.4 15.98 22.7 33.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.73 4.4 38.3 17.00 4.5 38.5 15.08 13.9 37.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.76 4.7 39.7 19.71 5.0 40.0 20.56 9.2 34.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.82 4.1 40.0 17.84 4.2 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.49 5.2 39.4 21.48 5.7 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.00 17.2 35.4 19.10 18.4 35.4 17.63 9.3 35.6 Production........................................................ 24.57 27.0 39.1 24.57 27.0 39.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.16 11.3 33.2 14.83 13.5 32.9 17.63 9.3 35.6 Full time........................................................... 22.56 6.6 39.2 22.20 7.8 39.4 24.47 6.3 38.1 Part time........................................................... 8.64 7.1 20.6 8.53 7.3 20.7 12.91 13.2 19.1 Union............................................................... 26.09 11.4 39.1 24.22 13.6 40.0 33.79 13.4 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 20.24 5.3 34.7 19.80 6.1 34.3 22.95 6.8 37.4 Time................................................................ 20.47 5.8 34.9 19.81 6.9 34.5 24.21 6.0 37.2 Incentive........................................................... 26.52 28.5 38.8 26.52 28.5 38.8 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.96 5.8 34.3 17.83 6.2 34.1 19.98 12.5 36.2 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.05 9.6 32.4 17.60 9.7 32.2 30.03 20.1 36.5 500 workers or more................................................. 26.30 10.9 38.1 26.90 15.7 38.4 25.02 4.0 37.6 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 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.74 5.6 $22.56 6.6 $8.64 7.1 Management occupations.............................................. 54.42 13.4 54.42 13.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.29 8.4 26.29 8.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.21 10.1 20.21 10.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.27 4.9 30.27 4.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.29 8.8 28.29 8.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.20 20.3 31.20 20.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.13 1.9 46.13 1.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.23 13.3 39.23 13.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.12 3.0 30.12 3.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.18 15.6 20.07 15.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.41 4.0 20.41 4.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.19 4.3 40.19 4.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.67 6.4 36.67 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.32 12.4 32.95 11.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.37 2.8 37.37 2.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.62 10.0 50.58 10.0 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.31 4.3 31.31 4.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.13 2.3 39.13 2.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.64 .3 39.64 .3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.12 4.3 38.12 4.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.87 3.5 38.87 3.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.87 6.0 27.31 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.14 9.0 16.14 9.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.31 7.6 25.31 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.03 2.9 28.88 3.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.14 3.6 33.17 3.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.94 1.9 28.75 2.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.56 6.8 10.54 6.6 10.61 13.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 8.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 7.3 10.17 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 8.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.59 8.0 16.16 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.86 5.9 7.82 16.7 5.87 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 5.06 23.5 5.79 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.17 13.3 6.80 13.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.00 28.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 9.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 14.1 4.82 4.1 3.89 17.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.19 17.8 4.16 10.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 10.87 5.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 10.86 5.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 11.21 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.20 5.7 9.37 6.0 7.98 3.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.98 22.6 18.46 26.9 8.53 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 16.4 – – 7.96 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 9.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 24.3 22.78 24.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.70 7.3 15.70 7.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.47 7.1 11.69 7.0 8.53 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 16.4 – – 7.96 7.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.07 15.3 12.41 12.9 7.99 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 3.8 – – 7.87 5.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.89 16.1 – – 7.99 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 3.8 – – 7.87 5.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.76 5.8 11.35 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.73 4.4 16.84 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.06 5.7 12.06 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 2.9 11.18 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.41 4.7 14.42 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.25 6.4 18.25 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.25 4.2 20.25 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.65 19.6 20.27 18.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.08 6.6 14.06 7.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.23 4.1 19.23 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.71 5.2 21.71 5.2 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.28 4.1 21.28 4.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.45 18.9 15.45 18.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.70 5.9 15.70 5.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.82 4.1 17.82 4.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.49 5.2 21.58 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.87 5.4 19.87 5.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.38 3.6 20.38 3.6 – – Production occupations.............................................. 24.57 27.0 25.12 26.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.26 12.6 21.26 12.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 45.66 17.6 45.66 17.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 11.3 17.40 6.5 8.21 14.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 12.2 – – 7.63 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 11.26 20.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.50 5.3 20.50 5.3 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 18.11 11.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.53 20.6 16.95 19.3 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.38 25.9 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.39 13.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.16 11.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.96 12.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.65 11.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.16 6.7 $22.20 7.8 $8.53 7.3 Management occupations.............................................. 55.03 13.8 55.03 13.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.20 8.9 27.20 8.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.27 4.9 30.27 4.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.29 8.8 28.29 8.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.20 21.4 32.20 21.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.13 1.9 46.13 1.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.23 13.3 39.23 13.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 54.67 11.6 54.63 11.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.83 13.9 56.79 13.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.49 9.7 28.50 5.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.33 2.8 28.07 2.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.62 5.0 33.70 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.86 2.3 28.61 2.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.31 7.0 10.21 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 8.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 5.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.40 8.8 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.85 5.9 7.80 16.7 5.87 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.93 2.6 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 5.01 24.0 5.70 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 6.17 13.3 6.80 13.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.00 28.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 9.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 14.1 4.82 4.1 3.89 17.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.19 17.8 4.16 10.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 11.00 2.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.23 5.8 9.37 6.0 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.98 22.7 18.46 27.0 8.53 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 16.4 – – 7.96 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 9.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 24.3 22.78 24.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.70 7.3 15.70 7.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.47 7.1 11.69 7.0 8.53 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.25 16.4 – – 7.96 7.2 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.07 15.3 12.41 12.9 7.99 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 3.8 – – 7.87 5.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.89 16.1 – – 7.99 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.10 3.8 – – 7.87 5.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.76 5.8 11.35 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.00 4.5 17.14 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 2.9 11.18 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.30 5.4 14.30 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.48 2.1 19.48 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.36 4.6 20.36 4.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.09 6.8 14.08 7.4 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.94 4.1 18.94 4.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.49 4.5 21.49 4.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.84 4.2 17.84 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.48 5.7 21.48 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.87 5.4 19.87 5.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 24.57 27.0 25.12 26.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.26 12.6 21.26 12.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 45.66 17.6 45.66 17.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.83 13.5 17.31 8.0 7.93 15.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 12.2 – – 7.63 1.8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.61 21.0 16.95 19.3 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.38 25.9 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.39 13.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.16 11.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.96 12.7 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.65 11.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.21 6.0 $24.47 6.3 $12.91 13.2 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.12 2.8 34.16 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.74 6.4 36.74 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.54 3.2 38.54 3.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.03 .5 40.03 .5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 39.64 .3 39.64 .3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.84 1.1 39.84 1.1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.12 .6 40.12 .6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.23 6.0 26.23 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.31 7.6 25.31 7.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.27 5.2 32.27 5.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.08 13.9 15.08 13.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.63 9.3 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.74 5.6 $22.56 6.6 $8.64 7.1 Management occupations.............................................. 54.42 13.4 54.42 13.4 – – Group III................................................. 60.07 20.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.29 8.4 26.29 8.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.02 5.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.87 6.0 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.29 8.8 28.29 8.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.20 20.3 31.20 20.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.74 8.1 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 39.23 13.3 39.23 13.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.76 8.5 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.12 3.0 30.12 3.0 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.18 15.6 20.07 15.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.41 4.0 20.41 4.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.19 4.3 40.19 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 35.63 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 53.05 6.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.62 10.0 50.58 10.0 – – Group III................................................. 55.69 11.2 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.31 4.3 31.31 4.3 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.13 2.3 39.13 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 38.25 3.4 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.12 4.3 38.12 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 37.50 6.3 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.87 3.5 38.87 3.5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.87 6.0 27.31 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.71 7.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.74 3.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.14 3.6 33.17 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 32.49 4.6 32.49 4.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.37 5.1 33.42 5.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.56 6.8 10.54 6.6 10.61 13.3 Group I................................................... 10.10 6.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 7.3 10.17 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 9.81 7.3 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.59 8.0 16.16 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.86 5.9 7.82 16.7 5.87 3.6 Group I................................................... 6.69 8.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 9.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.32 14.1 4.82 4.1 3.89 17.9 Group I................................................... 4.35 15.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.19 17.8 4.16 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 3.23 16.9 4.16 10.1 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 10.87 5.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 10.86 5.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 11.21 6.2 – – Group I................................................... – – 11.21 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.20 5.7 9.37 6.0 7.98 3.0 Group I................................................... 8.81 8.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.98 22.6 18.46 26.9 8.53 8.3 Group I................................................... 10.57 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.85 17.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 24.3 22.78 24.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.70 7.3 15.70 7.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.47 7.1 11.69 7.0 8.53 8.3 Group I................................................... 10.20 8.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.07 15.3 12.41 12.9 7.99 4.3 Group I................................................... 10.01 16.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.89 16.1 – – 7.99 4.3 Group I................................................... 9.81 17.3 – – 7.99 4.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.76 5.8 11.35 7.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.73 4.4 16.84 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.24 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.12 6.0 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.08 6.6 14.06 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.97 5.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.23 4.1 19.23 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.53 2.6 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.28 4.1 21.28 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 4.1 21.28 4.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.45 18.9 15.45 18.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.70 5.9 15.70 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.41 4.5 14.41 4.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.82 4.1 17.82 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.28 15.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.49 5.2 21.58 5.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.37 5.0 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 24.57 27.0 25.12 26.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.26 11.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.25 19.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 45.66 17.6 45.66 17.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 11.3 17.40 6.5 8.21 14.9 Group I................................................... 13.49 15.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.56 8.9 – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 18.11 11.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.53 20.6 16.95 19.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.17 29.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.38 25.9 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.39 13.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.39 13.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.96 12.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.96 12.7 – – – – 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.25 $17.32 $24.72 $37.84 Management occupations.............................................. 36.89 41.32 48.92 58.81 68.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.90 20.19 25.48 30.00 37.47 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.57 21.57 25.01 31.73 31.73 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.09 19.94 30.80 43.89 51.20 Engineers......................................................... 22.17 30.80 37.91 46.43 52.56 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.96 21.40 28.85 35.61 47.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.44 12.70 17.71 24.44 30.23 Social workers.................................................... 13.55 16.13 20.66 24.44 25.70 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.83 27.34 37.57 43.86 80.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.44 30.36 35.77 80.85 80.85 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.18 26.11 30.36 34.00 39.99 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.75 36.20 40.48 43.36 44.63 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 34.90 40.45 43.32 43.38 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.28 35.58 41.43 43.36 43.36 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.13 18.47 27.26 32.06 35.94 Registered nurses................................................. 23.10 28.00 31.28 34.48 36.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.25 9.72 11.75 12.97 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.25 9.72 10.42 12.24 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 9.98 18.40 20.87 21.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 7.25 9.00 12.50 Cooks............................................................. 8.75 9.36 12.00 13.50 14.47 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.58 6.03 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.58 6.14 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.22 7.72 8.29 10.48 11.83 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.20 11.50 16.19 30.10 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.65 13.95 14.92 20.94 31.12 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.65 13.95 14.92 18.10 20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.42 8.40 10.00 11.50 12.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.42 8.75 10.40 17.44 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.42 8.66 10.08 17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 9.00 10.95 11.63 12.36 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.69 12.50 15.14 20.00 21.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 12.08 13.52 15.00 18.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.00 17.74 20.00 21.64 24.51 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.74 20.19 21.64 21.66 24.51 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.29 9.29 13.00 16.75 28.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.78 12.66 14.30 19.47 19.90 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 13.00 18.19 21.47 23.69 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.00 18.27 21.41 24.09 31.25 Production occupations.............................................. 13.00 17.08 20.00 32.36 36.15 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.25 36.15 47.12 51.20 67.79 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 10.00 15.41 20.56 21.62 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.82 15.41 20.56 20.56 20.56 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 7.25 19.86 20.65 21.62 Driver/sales workers............................................ 7.25 7.25 14.92 19.86 24.98 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.31 7.79 11.80 16.24 17.01 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.42 8.82 11.80 16.24 17.01 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.66 $16.81 $23.00 $36.89 Management occupations.............................................. 36.89 41.32 51.92 58.81 80.07 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.45 20.76 25.48 30.00 37.47 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.57 21.57 25.01 31.73 31.73 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.09 19.94 30.80 44.07 51.64 Engineers......................................................... 22.17 30.80 37.91 46.43 52.56 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.18 30.36 42.71 80.85 80.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.11 30.36 75.62 80.85 80.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.13 18.41 27.68 31.68 35.79 Registered nurses................................................. 23.17 27.68 30.78 32.57 69.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.25 9.72 11.75 12.24 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.25 8.64 9.72 11.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 7.25 9.00 12.50 Cooks............................................................. 8.75 9.36 12.00 13.50 14.47 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.58 6.03 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.58 6.14 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.19 8.00 8.29 10.60 11.83 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.20 11.50 16.19 30.10 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.65 13.95 14.92 20.94 31.12 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.65 13.95 14.92 18.10 20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.42 8.40 10.00 11.50 12.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.42 8.75 10.40 17.44 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.42 8.66 10.08 17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 9.00 10.95 11.63 12.36 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.71 13.00 16.56 20.00 21.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 12.08 13.52 15.00 18.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.00 17.64 20.00 21.64 23.34 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.74 20.19 21.64 23.34 24.51 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 13.00 18.19 21.47 23.69 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.00 18.27 21.06 24.09 31.25 Production occupations.............................................. 13.00 17.08 20.00 32.36 36.15 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.25 36.15 47.12 51.20 67.79 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 9.00 15.41 20.56 21.62 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 7.25 19.86 20.65 21.62 Driver/sales workers............................................ 7.25 7.25 14.92 19.86 24.98 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.31 7.79 11.80 16.24 17.01 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.42 8.82 11.80 16.24 17.01 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.15 $14.95 $20.21 $33.15 $42.78 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.41 21.51 37.01 43.05 44.79 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.98 36.58 41.28 43.36 44.63 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.75 36.25 42.05 43.36 43.38 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.90 36.90 42.15 43.36 43.36 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.70 18.63 26.94 32.28 35.94 Registered nurses................................................. 23.10 28.60 32.25 35.94 35.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.43 11.15 12.56 16.91 26.67 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.03 13.22 16.39 20.22 25.78 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.00 $19.20 $27.50 $40.54 Management occupations.............................................. 36.89 41.32 48.92 58.81 68.24 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.90 20.19 25.48 30.00 37.47 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.57 21.57 25.01 31.73 31.73 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.09 19.94 30.80 43.89 51.20 Engineers......................................................... 22.17 30.80 37.91 46.43 52.56 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.96 21.40 28.85 35.61 47.45 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.44 12.57 17.71 24.44 30.23 Social workers.................................................... 13.55 16.13 20.66 24.44 25.70 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.83 27.34 37.57 43.86 80.85 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.44 30.36 35.66 80.85 80.85 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.18 26.11 30.36 34.00 39.99 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.75 36.20 40.48 43.36 44.63 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.34 34.90 40.45 43.32 43.38 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.28 35.58 41.43 43.36 43.36 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.64 18.63 27.68 32.25 35.94 Registered nurses................................................. 23.10 27.89 31.26 34.34 36.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 9.51 9.72 11.75 12.97 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.25 9.72 11.24 13.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 9.98 18.40 20.70 21.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.58 7.50 10.00 12.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 5.15 7.25 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.58 5.96 7.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.71 9.44 10.28 12.79 14.84 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.71 9.44 10.28 13.00 14.84 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.44 9.50 10.85 13.00 14.84 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.18 8.24 8.29 10.66 11.84 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 10.65 13.00 17.44 36.23 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.65 13.95 14.92 20.94 31.12 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.65 13.95 14.92 18.10 20.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 12.00 17.44 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.40 10.00 10.40 17.44 17.44 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.00 10.00 11.50 11.85 12.36 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.71 12.54 15.66 20.00 21.66 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 12.08 13.50 14.63 18.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.00 17.74 20.00 21.64 24.51 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.74 20.19 21.64 21.66 24.51 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.29 9.29 13.00 16.75 28.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.78 12.66 14.30 19.47 19.90 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 13.00 18.19 21.47 23.69 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.00 18.27 21.54 24.09 31.25 Production occupations.............................................. 13.25 17.08 20.10 32.36 36.15 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 18.25 36.15 47.12 51.20 67.79 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 14.10 19.35 20.56 21.65 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.00 19.86 20.65 24.98 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), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $2.13 $7.25 $8.25 $10.00 $12.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.25 8.62 9.92 12.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 5.50 8.50 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.50 8.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.37 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.42 8.25 8.80 11.40 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.42 8.25 8.80 11.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.60 8.50 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.60 8.50 9.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 4.75 5.76 7.42 10.75 11.17 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.56 $19.20 $884 $760 39.2 $44,270 $38,854 1,962 Management occupations.............................................. 54.42 48.92 2,188 1,957 40.2 105,742 101,756 1,943 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.29 25.48 1,029 1,019 39.1 53,496 53,000 2,035 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.29 25.01 1,132 1,000 40.0 58,851 52,021 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.20 30.80 1,280 1,232 41.0 66,570 64,062 2,134 Engineers......................................................... 39.23 37.91 1,638 1,706 41.8 85,189 88,719 2,171 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.12 28.85 1,203 1,154 39.9 62,184 60,000 2,064 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.07 17.71 792 708 39.4 39,666 38,022 1,976 Social workers.................................................... 20.41 20.66 816 826 40.0 42,455 42,973 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.19 37.57 1,473 1,366 36.6 55,999 52,302 1,393 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.58 35.66 1,967 1,467 38.9 81,533 71,103 1,612 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.31 30.36 1,252 1,214 40.0 55,552 54,298 1,774 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.13 40.48 1,382 1,416 35.3 50,379 51,582 1,288 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.12 40.45 1,361 1,450 35.7 49,613 53,033 1,301 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.87 41.43 1,389 1,492 35.7 50,654 54,427 1,303 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.31 27.68 1,061 1,078 38.9 54,749 56,118 2,005 Registered nurses................................................. 33.17 31.26 1,280 1,199 38.6 66,563 62,338 2,006 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.54 9.72 411 389 39.0 21,353 20,207 2,026 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.17 9.72 404 389 39.7 21,029 20,207 2,067 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.16 18.40 702 789 43.5 36,529 41,011 2,260 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.82 7.50 271 225 34.6 14,056 11,700 1,798 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.82 5.15 149 120 31.0 7,761 6,240 1,611 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.16 2.58 132 72 31.6 6,843 3,754 1,645 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.87 10.28 419 400 38.5 21,763 20,779 2,002 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.86 10.28 418 396 38.5 21,712 20,566 2,000 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.21 10.85 434 407 38.7 22,571 21,174 2,013 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.37 8.29 372 331 39.7 19,364 17,237 2,066 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.46 13.00 734 533 39.8 38,168 27,690 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 14.92 965 698 42.4 50,173 36,270 2,202 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.70 14.92 673 597 42.9 34,992 31,042 2,228 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.69 11.50 452 460 38.6 23,484 23,910 2,009 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.41 10.40 448 353 36.1 23,271 18,346 1,876 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.35 11.50 454 460 40.0 23,598 23,910 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.84 15.66 660 615 39.2 34,322 31,990 2,039 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.06 13.50 563 540 40.0 29,254 28,080 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.23 20.00 748 800 38.9 38,917 41,600 2,023 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.28 21.64 824 858 38.7 42,865 44,610 2,014 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.45 13.00 578 520 37.4 30,035 27,040 1,944 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.70 14.30 628 572 40.0 32,654 29,744 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.82 18.19 713 728 40.0 33,621 30,160 1,886 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.58 21.54 863 862 40.0 43,161 41,600 2,000 Production occupations.............................................. 25.12 20.10 1,002 804 39.9 52,120 41,808 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 45.66 47.12 1,796 1,879 39.3 93,384 97,700 2,045 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.40 19.35 680 760 39.1 33,758 34,903 1,940 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.95 19.86 687 794 40.6 35,740 41,307 2,109 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.20 $19.00 $874 $750 39.4 $44,547 $37,844 2,007 Management occupations.............................................. 55.03 51.92 2,232 2,077 40.6 109,892 101,756 1,997 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.20 25.48 1,070 1,019 39.3 55,627 53,000 2,045 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.29 25.01 1,132 1,000 40.0 58,851 52,021 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.20 30.80 1,324 1,232 41.1 68,831 64,062 2,138 Engineers......................................................... 39.23 37.91 1,638 1,706 41.8 85,189 88,719 2,171 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 54.63 42.71 2,109 2,274 38.6 88,559 116,320 1,621 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.79 75.70 2,188 3,032 38.5 92,885 118,249 1,636 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.50 28.47 1,107 1,110 38.9 57,576 57,720 2,020 Registered nurses................................................. 33.70 30.52 1,303 1,198 38.7 67,774 62,299 2,011 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.21 9.72 397 389 38.9 20,643 20,207 2,021 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.80 7.50 270 225 34.6 14,038 11,700 1,801 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.82 5.15 149 120 31.0 7,761 6,240 1,611 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.16 2.58 132 72 31.6 6,843 3,754 1,645 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.00 9.96 413 380 37.5 21,472 19,760 1,952 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.37 8.29 372 331 39.7 19,364 17,237 2,066 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.46 13.00 734 533 39.8 38,172 27,690 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 14.92 965 698 42.4 50,173 36,270 2,202 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.70 14.92 673 597 42.9 34,992 31,042 2,228 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.69 11.50 452 460 38.6 23,484 23,910 2,009 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.41 10.40 448 353 36.1 23,271 18,346 1,876 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.35 11.50 454 460 40.0 23,598 23,910 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.14 16.75 678 670 39.6 35,276 34,840 2,058 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.08 13.50 563 540 40.0 29,279 28,080 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.94 20.00 743 800 39.2 38,630 41,600 2,040 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.49 21.64 839 858 39.0 43,602 44,610 2,029 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.84 18.19 714 728 40.0 33,571 29,120 1,881 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.48 21.06 859 842 40.0 43,232 41,600 2,013 Production occupations.............................................. 25.12 20.10 1,002 804 39.9 52,120 41,808 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 45.66 47.12 1,796 1,879 39.3 93,384 97,700 2,045 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.31 19.86 680 794 39.3 34,312 39,520 1,982 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.95 19.86 687 794 40.6 35,740 41,307 2,109 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.47 $20.48 $932 $823 38.1 $43,005 $41,887 1,757 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.16 37.01 1,225 1,334 35.9 44,947 49,015 1,316 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.03 41.28 1,407 1,433 35.1 51,350 52,137 1,283 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.84 42.05 1,410 1,492 35.4 51,519 54,612 1,293 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.12 42.15 1,425 1,507 35.5 52,051 54,720 1,298 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.23 26.94 1,020 1,060 38.9 52,238 55,286 1,991 Registered nurses................................................. 32.27 32.25 1,240 1,203 38.4 64,489 62,566 1,998 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.08 12.56 560 498 37.1 29,119 25,871 1,931 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.16 $17.83 $17.60 $26.90 Management, professional, and related...... 34.99 31.00 29.89 42.80 Management, business, and financial...... 41.25 33.32 49.27 48.50 Professional and related................. 31.27 29.28 21.28 39.79 Service.................................... 8.34 7.87 8.11 10.83 Sales and office........................... 16.52 17.34 14.01 15.91 Sales and related........................ 15.98 16.41 – 14.78 Office and administrative support........ 17.00 18.57 13.72 16.38 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.71 20.62 18.81 18.79 Construction and extraction............. 17.84 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.48 21.40 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 19.10 14.27 15.03 27.12 Production............................... 24.57 16.89 – 32.42 Transportation and material moving....... 14.83 13.25 13.67 – 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........................................................... 6.7 6.2 9.7 15.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.9 9.0 17.4 13.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 14.6 17.2 8.8 28.4 Professional and related.......................................... 6.6 5.9 15.6 10.1 Service............................................................. 4.1 12.2 23.4 10.0 Sales and office.................................................... 10.5 15.1 5.9 9.4 Sales and related................................................. 22.7 28.3 – 8.6 Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 4.2 4.7 11.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.0 5.5 8.5 6.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.7 6.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.4 18.1 10.7 22.7 Production........................................................ 27.0 21.1 – 18.7 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.5 22.4 16.0 – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.19 $18.75 $793 $740 39.3 $41,203 $38,480 2,041 Management occupations.............................................. 43.50 58.30 1,802 1,677 41.4 93,704 87,200 2,154 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.20 25.48 1,059 1,019 38.9 55,043 53,000 2,023 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.66 37.50 1,435 1,500 42.6 74,618 78,000 2,217 Engineers......................................................... 33.66 37.50 1,435 1,500 42.6 74,618 78,000 2,217 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.62 7.50 260 225 34.2 13,545 11,700 1,776 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.21 2.58 127 85 30.1 6,606 4,430 1,567 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.03 2.13 92 72 30.4 4,791 3,754 1,582 Sales and related occupations First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... – – 1,029 698 43.1 53,533 36,270 2,240 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.03 10.36 420 414 38.1 21,858 21,549 1,981 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.70 20.00 742 800 39.7 38,607 41,600 2,064 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.44 20.00 807 800 39.5 41,942 41,600 2,052 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.40 20.00 856 800 40.0 44,519 41,600 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.01 18.50 720 740 40.0 37,465 38,480 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.54 19.86 710 794 40.5 36,923 41,307 2,105 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 19.86 709 794 40.6 36,884 41,307 2,111 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.17 $19.50 $955 $768 39.5 $47,728 $37,521 1,975 Management occupations.............................................. 61.57 51.92 2,468 2,077 40.1 118,057 101,756 1,917 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.20 20.76 1,088 830 40.0 56,581 43,177 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations Engineers......................................................... 51.13 51.64 2,045 2,065 40.0 106,354 107,401 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 56.79 75.70 2,188 3,032 38.5 92,885 118,249 1,636 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.79 75.70 2,188 3,032 38.5 92,885 118,249 1,636 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.50 28.47 1,107 1,110 38.9 57,576 57,720 2,020 Registered nurses................................................. 33.70 30.52 1,303 1,198 38.7 67,774 62,299 2,011 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.42 16.19 617 648 40.0 32,074 33,675 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.33 12.42 533 497 40.0 27,724 25,834 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.56 14.25 614 560 39.5 31,945 29,120 2,053 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.02 18.54 721 742 40.0 33,165 27,331 1,841 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.76 21.68 870 867 40.0 38,893 36,400 1,788 Production occupations.............................................. 27.52 27.06 1,097 1,082 39.9 57,057 56,285 2,074 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.15 20.10 660 742 38.5 32,588 32,049 1,900 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 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........................................................... $26.09 $24.22 $33.79 $20.24 $19.80 $22.95 Management, professional, and related............................... 37.07 – 37.07 33.06 34.99 28.03 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 40.27 41.25 – Professional and related.......................................... 37.07 – 37.07 30.13 31.27 28.09 Service............................................................. – – – 8.71 8.34 12.75 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 16.34 16.45 15.10 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.92 15.92 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 16.65 16.92 15.08 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.80 24.80 – 18.87 18.75 20.56 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 17.08 17.08 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 20.54 20.42 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 24.90 25.04 – 16.96 16.93 – Production........................................................ – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.08 13.62 – 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........................................................... 11.4 13.6 13.4 5.3 6.1 6.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 17.0 – 17.0 6.4 7.9 6.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 13.7 14.6 – Professional and related.......................................... 17.0 – 17.0 5.0 6.6 5.8 Service............................................................. – – – 3.6 4.1 6.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 10.1 10.9 13.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 23.6 23.6 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.3 4.5 13.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.5 8.5 – 6.5 7.1 9.2 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 7.7 8.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 5.8 6.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.8 17.1 – 14.1 15.5 – Production........................................................ – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.7 15.1 – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.47 $19.81 $26.52 $26.52 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.06 34.72 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 39.72 40.68 – – Professional and related.......................................... 30.58 31.27 – – Service............................................................. 8.82 8.34 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.98 14.96 – – Sales and related................................................. 11.90 11.88 – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.79 17.08 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.74 19.69 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.84 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.49 21.47 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.94 19.05 – – Production........................................................ 24.57 24.57 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.56 14.10 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.8 6.9 28.5 28.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.2 8.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 14.1 15.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 6.6 – – Service............................................................. 4.0 4.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 4.2 – – Sales and related................................................. 4.4 4.4 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 4.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 5.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.3 5.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.5 19.9 – – Production........................................................ 27.0 27.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.5 15.4 – – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – – – – $19.55 – $19.91 $8.08 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 28.40 – 32.32 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 31.79 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 9.87 7.12 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 15.00 – 15.13 12.70 – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 14.89 – 14.91 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – – – 9.1 – 9.0 9.7 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 4.9 – 5.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 6.9 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 5.0 5.4 – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 6.6 – 11.7 6.6 – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 7.8 – 12.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 469,900 400,600 69,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 126,900 83,100 43,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 32,500 29,800 – Professional and related.......................................... 94,400 53,400 41,000 Service............................................................. 100,200 93,000 7,100 Sales and office.................................................... 111,400 102,700 8,800 Sales and related................................................. 52,100 52,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 59,300 50,600 8,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 53,900 50,500 3,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 26,000 25,400 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27,900 25,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 77,400 71,200 6,200 Production........................................................ 27,800 27,800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 49,600 43,500 6,200 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 21,812 21,260 552 Total in sample....................................................... 187 163 24 Responding........................................................ 103 83 20 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 52 49 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 32 31 1 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.