NC BL 09/00/2009 Table: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, Bulletin, January 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $15.14 2.2 36.7 $14.39 2.5 36.6 $19.00 3.4 37.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 22.98 4.1 37.7 23.96 6.6 37.4 21.94 4.1 37.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.52 4.5 40.8 31.04 6.7 41.4 21.45 6.7 40.2 Professional and related.......................................... 22.14 4.7 37.0 22.23 8.2 36.6 22.05 4.9 37.5 Service............................................................. 9.84 5.0 31.0 8.78 5.0 29.7 14.16 4.9 37.4 Sales and office.................................................... 13.63 2.6 37.1 13.60 2.7 37.1 14.04 7.6 37.0 Sales and related................................................. 12.49 2.2 34.3 12.49 2.2 34.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.17 3.0 38.5 14.19 3.2 38.7 14.04 7.6 37.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.44 8.2 39.9 14.13 9.8 39.9 15.87 3.9 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 12.31 9.2 40.0 12.02 9.0 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.83 3.6 39.8 17.11 4.2 39.7 16.09 5.0 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.87 3.1 38.0 13.87 3.1 38.2 – – – Production........................................................ 14.57 3.4 38.9 14.56 3.5 38.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.49 4.0 36.3 12.49 4.2 36.8 – – – Full time........................................................... 15.67 2.4 39.7 14.94 2.7 39.6 19.23 3.8 40.1 Part time........................................................... 9.68 5.8 20.8 9.04 6.3 21.1 15.12 8.7 18.6 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 15.08 2.0 36.7 14.30 2.2 36.5 19.00 3.4 37.6 Time................................................................ 15.03 2.5 36.5 14.17 3.1 36.2 19.00 3.4 37.6 Incentive........................................................... 16.48 8.7 40.2 16.48 8.7 40.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.28 2.5 39.0 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.71 4.3 34.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 13.14 4.2 36.0 12.88 4.6 36.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 16.02 2.4 37.5 15.95 2.4 37.6 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 18.86 3.1 37.6 18.22 4.6 37.2 19.38 4.5 37.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $15.14 2.2 $15.67 2.4 $9.68 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 30.52 10.0 30.52 10.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.85 5.7 23.85 5.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.50 18.2 22.50 18.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.17 9.8 24.17 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.49 2.4 22.71 2.7 18.36 1.7 Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.13 7.4 21.93 8.7 23.81 12.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.12 4.2 12.88 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.19 6.8 16.31 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.61 4.0 21.72 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.28 8.1 22.91 9.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.43 2.7 25.48 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.45 11.1 32.39 9.6 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.30 5.5 29.22 6.4 30.13 11.3 Level 8 .................................................. 26.12 .8 26.12 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.31 10.3 29.37 9.0 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.73 6.7 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.87 13.1 16.99 15.3 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.84 6.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.32 5.1 26.37 5.4 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.78 3.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.41 7.4 18.70 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.96 10.2 19.96 10.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.15 6.2 10.82 4.5 9.36 8.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 4.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 8.4 10.23 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.96 1.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.34 3.7 10.19 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 9.47 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.53 3.6 11.53 3.6 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 5.4 12.21 2.6 15.06 18.0 Level 4 .................................................. 12.96 1.3 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.58 3.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.07 .4 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.16 6.7 13.45 5.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.77 11.6 8.94 8.0 6.63 11.2 Level 1 .................................................. 6.72 6.9 7.10 2.0 6.41 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.85 14.6 – – 6.60 22.4 Cooks............................................................. 7.45 2.3 7.49 5.1 7.37 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.36 4.4 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.52 9.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.45 42.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.30 37.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.63 6.2 – – 7.48 8.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.63 6.2 – – 7.48 8.0 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.63 11.5 11.77 19.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.82 5.9 9.34 15.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.53 6.6 8.83 15.2 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.49 2.2 13.48 1.6 7.80 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 10.6 – – 7.07 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 22.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.66 3.3 12.65 3.0 7.80 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 10.6 – – 7.07 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 22.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 10.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 10.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.71 2.4 14.39 3.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 3.0 14.31 3.0 9.88 9.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.99 3.9 11.74 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.07 3.8 12.03 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.64 2.2 13.68 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.17 5.7 16.17 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.45 5.0 19.45 5.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 9.1 17.50 9.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.56 6.4 14.79 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 5.5 14.15 5.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.79 9.9 14.02 10.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 6.4 13.04 6.4 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.20 6.3 14.20 6.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.70 3.0 13.70 3.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.65 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.83 2.7 13.83 2.7 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.93 .5 12.93 .5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.95 12.3 14.95 12.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 9.2 12.31 9.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 3.6 16.83 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.60 4.4 16.60 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.54 4.2 17.54 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.18 4.4 22.18 4.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.49 3.0 18.49 3.0 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.05 3.2 19.05 3.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.57 3.4 14.59 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.08 2.5 10.08 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.99 4.8 11.03 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.06 3.8 14.06 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 5.0 15.95 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.63 5.1 17.63 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 8.0 19.56 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.28 21.2 21.28 21.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.66 3.0 20.66 3.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.08 11.1 12.08 11.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.25 6.7 13.38 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.24 2.9 10.24 2.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.53 6.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 3.6 13.45 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 7.1 14.88 7.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.72 .0 15.72 .0 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.86 14.2 13.94 13.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.37 10.2 15.37 10.2 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.15 9.1 13.15 9.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 8.0 13.90 8.0 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.93 8.2 13.93 8.2 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.06 4.1 18.06 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.11 3.6 11.11 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.89 4.1 19.89 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.03 1.3 22.03 1.3 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.65 5.3 20.65 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.14 2.4 20.14 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.14 5.1 23.14 5.1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.28 1.9 15.28 1.9 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.02 .7 13.02 .7 – – Cutting workers................................................... 15.10 6.3 15.10 6.3 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.97 3.7 14.97 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.47 .3 16.47 .3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.86 2.1 14.86 2.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 1.9 13.74 1.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.65 1.5 10.65 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 5.5 12.66 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.49 4.0 12.71 3.8 10.22 10.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 7.5 9.87 6.8 8.30 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 4.8 11.01 5.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 3.5 13.58 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.01 2.2 19.01 2.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.07 10.9 13.38 10.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.45 2.7 18.45 2.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.40 5.5 12.27 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 10.2 11.57 11.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.90 3.5 12.90 3.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.43 3.2 11.66 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.47 2.8 10.69 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 5.7 11.51 5.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.22 6.9 12.90 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.10 5.5 11.58 8.3 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.67 2.1 9.67 2.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.57 2.8 11.85 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.33 5.7 10.75 5.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.39 2.5 $14.94 2.7 $9.04 6.3 Management occupations.............................................. 32.20 11.7 32.20 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.43 3.8 29.43 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.50 18.2 22.50 18.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.90 6.9 22.80 9.7 23.48 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 6.8 13.69 11.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.80 8.0 17.02 8.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.61 4.0 21.72 8.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.43 2.7 25.48 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.03 16.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.52 4.4 30.08 5.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.12 .8 26.12 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.01 19.4 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.87 13.1 16.99 15.3 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.84 6.4 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.41 7.4 18.70 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.96 10.2 19.96 10.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.85 5.1 10.82 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 4.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 8.4 10.23 6.9 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.34 3.7 10.19 2.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. – – 9.47 3.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.53 3.6 11.53 3.6 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.11 2.7 12.21 2.6 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.46 4.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.52 13.2 8.67 9.5 6.46 11.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.72 6.9 7.10 2.0 6.41 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. 6.52 19.7 – – 5.96 22.7 Cooks............................................................. 7.45 2.3 7.49 5.1 7.37 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.36 4.4 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.52 9.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.30 37.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.30 37.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.27 5.2 – – 6.94 3.7 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.27 5.2 – – 6.94 3.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.52 9.5 10.35 18.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.71 6.1 9.20 16.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.38 6.9 8.64 15.9 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.49 2.2 13.48 1.6 7.80 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 10.6 – – 7.07 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 22.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.66 3.3 12.65 3.0 7.80 4.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 10.6 – – 7.07 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 22.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 10.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 10.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.71 2.4 14.39 3.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.19 3.2 14.28 3.2 10.68 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 2.3 11.74 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.07 3.8 12.03 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 2.4 13.75 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.53 5.9 16.53 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.35 4.3 20.35 4.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.30 10.0 17.30 10.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.52 6.7 14.75 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.86 5.8 14.04 5.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.79 9.9 14.02 10.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 6.4 13.04 6.4 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.20 6.3 14.20 6.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.70 3.0 13.70 3.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.65 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.52 3.1 13.52 3.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.93 .5 12.93 .5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.02 9.0 12.02 9.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.11 4.2 17.11 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 .5 17.91 .5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.18 4.4 22.18 4.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.74 4.3 18.74 4.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.56 3.5 14.58 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.08 2.5 10.08 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.99 4.8 11.03 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.06 3.8 14.06 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 5.1 15.94 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.80 5.5 17.80 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 8.0 19.56 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.28 21.2 21.28 21.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.66 3.0 20.66 3.0 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.08 11.1 12.08 11.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.25 6.7 13.38 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.24 2.9 10.24 2.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.53 6.4 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 3.6 13.45 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.88 7.1 14.88 7.1 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.72 .0 15.72 .0 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.86 14.2 13.94 13.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.37 10.2 15.37 10.2 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.15 9.1 13.15 9.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 8.0 13.90 8.0 – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.93 8.2 13.93 8.2 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.06 4.1 18.06 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.11 3.6 11.11 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.89 4.1 19.89 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.03 1.3 22.03 1.3 – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.65 5.3 20.65 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.14 2.4 20.14 2.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.14 5.1 23.14 5.1 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.28 1.9 15.28 1.9 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.02 .7 13.02 .7 – – Cutting workers................................................... 15.10 6.3 15.10 6.3 – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.97 3.7 14.97 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.47 .3 16.47 .3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.86 2.1 14.86 2.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 1.9 13.74 1.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.65 1.5 10.65 1.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 5.5 12.66 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.49 4.2 12.73 3.9 9.70 10.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.57 7.5 9.87 6.8 8.30 9.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 5.1 11.01 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.57 3.8 13.57 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.01 2.2 19.01 2.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.07 10.9 13.38 10.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.45 2.7 18.45 2.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.40 5.5 12.27 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.88 10.2 11.57 11.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.90 3.5 12.90 3.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.43 3.2 11.66 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.47 2.8 10.69 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 5.7 11.51 5.7 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.22 6.9 12.90 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.10 5.5 11.58 8.3 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.67 2.1 9.67 2.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.57 2.8 11.85 2.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.33 5.7 10.75 5.1 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $19.00 3.4 $19.23 3.8 $15.12 8.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.36 2.4 22.54 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.02 15.6 20.81 16.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.91 2.6 14.08 2.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 7.6 14.61 7.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.09 5.0 16.09 5.0 – – 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 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $15.14 2.2 $15.67 2.4 $9.68 5.8 Management occupations.............................................. 30.52 10.0 30.52 10.0 – – Group III................................................. 43.45 12.5 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.85 5.7 23.85 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.24 1.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.77 5.5 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.50 18.2 22.50 18.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.17 9.8 24.17 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.49 2.4 22.71 2.7 18.36 1.7 Group I................................................... 12.85 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 26.15 1.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.37 .7 25.37 .7 – – Group III................................................. 25.37 .7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Group III................................................. 25.62 .4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Group III................................................. 25.62 .4 25.62 .4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 12.85 3.9 12.36 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.13 7.4 21.93 8.7 23.81 12.2 Group I................................................... 13.12 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.48 5.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.28 6.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.30 5.5 29.22 6.4 30.13 11.3 Group II.................................................. 24.79 2.8 24.73 3.2 25.39 .9 Group III................................................. 37.81 6.3 37.59 6.9 – – Therapists........................................................ 27.73 6.7 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.87 13.1 16.99 15.3 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.84 6.4 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.32 5.1 26.37 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.32 5.1 – – – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.78 3.5 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.41 7.4 18.70 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.29 8.9 19.75 9.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.15 6.2 10.82 4.5 9.36 8.4 Group I................................................... 9.94 5.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.34 3.7 10.19 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.34 3.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.53 3.6 11.53 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.53 3.6 11.53 3.6 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 5.4 12.21 2.6 15.06 18.0 Group I................................................... 12.24 2.5 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 12.58 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.57 3.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 13.16 6.7 13.45 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 14.42 4.5 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.77 11.6 8.94 8.0 6.63 11.2 Group I................................................... 7.34 7.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 7.45 2.3 7.49 5.1 7.37 3.0 Group I................................................... 7.45 2.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.52 9.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.52 9.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.45 42.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.45 42.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.30 37.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 3.30 37.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.63 6.2 – – 7.48 8.0 Group I................................................... 7.63 6.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.63 6.2 – – 7.48 8.0 Group I................................................... 7.63 6.2 – – 7.48 8.0 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.63 11.5 11.77 19.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.83 5.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.82 5.9 9.34 15.6 – – Group I................................................... 8.82 5.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.53 6.6 8.83 15.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.53 6.6 8.83 15.2 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.49 2.2 13.48 1.6 7.80 4.1 Group I................................................... 12.04 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.70 6.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.66 3.3 12.65 3.0 7.80 4.1 Group I................................................... 11.89 3.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Group I................................................... 8.35 10.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.59 8.6 9.13 11.1 7.50 2.8 Group I................................................... 8.35 10.1 8.96 13.3 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.71 2.4 14.39 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.20 .6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.17 3.0 14.31 3.0 9.88 9.6 Group I................................................... 12.93 1.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.94 4.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 9.1 17.50 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.27 9.5 18.27 9.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.56 6.4 14.79 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.91 5.1 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.79 9.9 14.02 10.9 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 6.4 13.04 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.94 9.6 11.94 9.6 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.20 6.3 14.20 6.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.70 3.0 13.70 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.76 1.7 13.76 1.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.65 3.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.65 3.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.83 2.7 13.83 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.23 1.5 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 12.93 .5 12.93 .5 – – Group I................................................... 12.93 .5 12.93 .5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.95 12.3 14.95 12.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 9.2 12.31 9.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.05 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.68 5.7 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 3.6 16.83 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.25 4.5 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.49 3.0 18.49 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.66 1.8 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.05 3.2 19.05 3.2 – – Group II.................................................. 18.72 3.1 18.72 3.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.57 3.4 14.59 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.69 2.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.66 3.0 20.66 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.92 8.4 19.92 8.4 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.08 11.1 12.08 11.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.25 6.7 13.38 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.25 6.7 – – – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.72 .0 15.72 .0 – – Group I................................................... 15.72 .0 – – – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.86 14.2 13.94 13.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.86 14.2 13.94 13.9 – – Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.15 9.1 13.15 9.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 9.1 – – – – Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.93 8.2 13.93 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.93 8.2 13.93 8.2 – – Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.06 4.1 18.06 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 16.32 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.41 .5 – – – – Upholsterers.................................................... 20.65 5.3 20.65 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 19.31 7.4 19.31 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.85 2.2 21.85 2.2 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.63 .4 – – – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.28 1.9 15.28 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.55 .2 14.55 .2 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.02 .7 13.02 .7 – – Group I................................................... 13.02 .7 – – – – Cutting workers................................................... 15.10 6.3 15.10 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.10 6.3 – – – – Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.56 4.1 15.56 4.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.97 3.7 14.97 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.38 1.8 14.38 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.20 6.6 16.20 6.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 1.9 13.74 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.49 1.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.49 4.0 12.71 3.8 10.22 10.2 Group I................................................... 12.40 4.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.07 10.9 13.38 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.07 10.9 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.45 2.7 18.45 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 18.45 2.7 18.45 2.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.40 5.5 12.27 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.40 5.5 12.27 5.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.43 3.2 11.66 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.38 3.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.22 6.9 12.90 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.29 7.8 12.87 9.1 – – Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.67 2.1 9.67 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.67 2.1 9.67 2.1 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.57 2.8 11.85 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.57 2.8 11.85 2.6 – – 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $10.55 $13.79 $17.57 $23.85 Management occupations.............................................. 16.54 19.52 22.84 39.42 55.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.45 18.33 22.75 29.46 35.72 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 14.45 22.33 28.27 31.94 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.83 19.70 23.44 29.14 31.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.92 16.35 23.45 27.28 30.71 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.92 24.83 28.79 31.94 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.23 11.55 12.16 13.28 15.28 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 14.50 19.77 26.07 35.69 Registered nurses................................................. 20.47 25.52 26.07 31.08 44.04 Therapists........................................................ 23.38 23.80 27.28 31.30 31.96 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.75 13.00 17.10 22.88 22.88 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.98 14.98 17.10 18.01 18.01 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.35 25.52 25.52 29.48 30.08 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.25 11.95 12.15 13.58 15.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.32 15.32 18.00 18.51 23.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.50 8.75 11.91 13.13 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.28 8.75 9.50 11.91 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.47 10.03 11.77 11.97 14.91 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.73 11.73 12.00 13.13 17.23 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 13.00 13.13 13.13 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.50 11.83 13.22 14.26 17.53 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.55 7.40 8.50 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 7.30 7.75 8.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.40 7.40 7.47 9.50 11.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 10.77 10.97 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.27 6.50 7.40 8.50 10.02 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.27 6.50 7.40 8.50 10.02 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.36 8.07 11.25 20.03 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.36 7.36 10.92 11.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.36 7.36 10.69 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.10 8.98 13.00 15.00 16.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.60 12.14 15.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.76 7.00 8.40 9.25 11.72 Cashiers...................................................... 6.76 7.00 8.40 9.25 11.72 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.90 13.00 15.00 15.00 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.84 13.66 16.03 19.15 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.32 14.35 18.67 20.00 21.21 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.77 12.50 15.00 16.75 17.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 11.76 12.71 17.31 17.68 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.40 10.40 13.41 13.79 15.28 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 12.62 15.23 15.29 16.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 11.81 14.00 16.00 18.15 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.50 10.00 11.61 12.78 12.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.96 12.48 13.63 14.94 15.94 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.96 12.48 12.87 12.87 14.75 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 12.41 14.19 20.63 20.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 11.00 14.68 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 13.73 16.82 18.55 20.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.01 16.82 18.39 20.61 21.62 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.73 17.35 18.92 20.96 21.62 Production occupations.............................................. 9.01 11.84 14.00 16.90 19.82 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.60 16.02 18.42 25.10 25.30 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.00 9.00 12.11 14.03 17.24 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.41 11.00 12.83 15.07 18.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.31 14.27 17.24 17.25 19.43 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 7.00 11.00 13.25 17.00 18.11 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.50 12.54 12.81 14.50 15.59 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.50 13.11 14.50 14.97 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.37 18.25 21.80 25.47 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.00 16.66 19.82 23.84 28.21 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 15.29 16.34 16.34 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.84 15.79 16.34 16.34 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.74 14.30 16.05 Cutting workers................................................... 12.39 13.19 14.31 17.25 18.35 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.62 13.19 14.75 17.98 19.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.84 14.24 17.02 18.64 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 12.36 14.00 15.01 16.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 11.85 14.22 20.68 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.36 10.00 12.00 15.33 20.68 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.20 14.31 20.68 20.68 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.13 10.00 11.70 14.50 16.85 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.25 10.90 13.23 14.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.00 11.13 14.05 15.25 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.50 9.00 9.25 10.00 11.42 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 9.50 11.99 13.86 15.10 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.23 $16.75 $21.60 Management occupations.............................................. 16.54 21.31 22.84 45.44 55.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.81 22.75 30.96 35.72 36.19 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 14.45 22.33 28.27 31.94 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.00 15.32 22.60 26.07 44.04 Registered nurses................................................. 22.60 26.07 26.07 44.04 44.04 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.75 13.00 17.10 22.88 22.88 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.98 14.98 17.10 18.01 18.01 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.32 15.32 18.00 18.51 23.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.50 8.75 11.73 12.72 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.28 8.75 9.50 11.91 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.47 10.03 11.77 11.97 14.91 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.73 11.73 12.00 13.13 13.13 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.00 12.00 13.13 13.13 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 6.55 7.30 8.41 10.50 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 7.30 7.75 8.48 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.40 7.40 7.47 9.50 11.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.26 6.45 7.20 7.81 8.72 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.26 6.45 7.20 7.81 8.72 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.36 7.50 11.25 16.65 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.36 7.36 10.54 11.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.36 7.36 9.57 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.10 8.98 13.00 15.00 16.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 8.60 12.14 15.00 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.76 7.00 8.40 9.25 11.72 Cashiers...................................................... 6.76 7.00 8.40 9.25 11.72 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.90 13.00 15.00 15.00 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.76 13.79 16.03 19.56 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.32 14.35 14.35 21.15 24.13 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.77 12.50 15.00 16.73 17.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 11.76 12.71 17.31 17.68 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.40 10.40 13.41 13.79 15.28 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 12.62 15.23 15.29 16.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 11.81 14.00 16.00 18.15 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.50 10.00 11.61 12.78 12.80 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.47 12.48 12.87 14.75 15.00 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.96 12.48 12.87 12.87 14.75 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 11.00 13.64 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.84 13.30 18.00 20.13 21.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.01 18.00 18.55 20.61 21.62 Production occupations.............................................. 9.01 11.84 14.00 16.91 19.82 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.60 16.02 18.42 25.10 25.30 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.00 9.00 12.11 14.03 17.24 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.41 11.00 12.83 15.07 18.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.31 14.27 17.24 17.25 19.43 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 7.00 11.00 13.25 17.00 18.11 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.50 12.54 12.81 14.50 15.59 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.50 13.11 14.50 14.97 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.37 18.25 21.80 25.47 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.00 16.66 19.82 23.84 28.21 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 15.29 16.34 16.34 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.84 15.79 16.34 16.34 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.74 14.30 16.05 Cutting workers................................................... 12.39 13.19 14.31 17.25 18.35 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.62 13.19 14.75 17.98 19.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.84 14.24 17.02 18.64 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 12.36 14.00 15.01 16.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 11.85 14.27 20.68 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.36 10.00 12.00 15.33 20.68 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.20 14.31 20.68 20.68 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.13 10.00 11.70 14.50 16.85 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.25 10.90 13.23 14.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.00 11.13 14.05 15.25 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.50 9.00 9.25 10.00 11.42 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.00 9.50 11.99 13.86 15.10 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.95 $13.22 $16.91 $24.00 $29.70 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.91 17.29 23.28 27.53 30.56 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.92 24.83 28.79 31.94 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.23 11.55 12.16 13.28 15.28 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 12.81 18.90 26.75 31.90 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.95 13.22 13.22 14.54 16.58 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.38 11.96 13.22 16.07 19.15 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.68 14.60 15.93 17.41 19.08 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.50 $14.00 $18.11 $24.13 Management occupations.............................................. 16.54 19.52 22.84 39.42 55.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.45 18.33 22.75 29.46 35.72 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.00 14.45 22.33 28.27 31.94 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.83 19.70 23.44 29.14 31.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.92 16.14 23.85 27.67 31.12 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 21.92 24.83 28.79 31.94 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 19.04 21.92 25.26 29.21 32.01 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.23 11.44 12.10 12.89 13.98 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 14.00 20.00 26.07 31.96 Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 25.17 26.07 30.40 44.04 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 11.75 13.00 17.10 22.88 22.88 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.35 25.52 25.52 29.49 30.08 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.32 15.96 18.00 20.00 24.30 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.75 11.73 12.00 13.13 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.49 9.50 11.91 13.91 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.47 10.03 11.77 11.97 14.91 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.73 11.73 12.00 13.13 13.13 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.30 12.39 13.22 14.54 17.72 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.60 7.30 7.75 10.69 12.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.50 7.30 7.30 7.75 8.48 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.36 7.36 9.57 12.65 24.02 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.36 7.36 8.49 11.25 11.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.36 7.36 7.36 11.25 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.75 10.50 15.00 15.00 16.27 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 9.30 15.00 15.00 15.25 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.25 8.98 9.91 12.14 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.25 8.98 9.91 12.14 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.50 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.40 11.97 13.79 16.33 19.39 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 13.32 14.35 18.67 20.00 21.21 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.76 12.50 15.67 16.75 17.68 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.76 11.76 12.71 17.31 17.68 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.40 10.40 13.41 13.79 15.28 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 10.00 12.62 15.23 15.29 16.34 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 11.81 14.00 16.00 18.15 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.96 12.48 13.63 14.94 15.94 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.96 12.48 12.87 12.87 14.75 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 12.41 14.19 20.63 20.63 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.50 10.00 11.00 14.68 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 13.73 16.82 18.55 20.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.01 16.82 18.39 20.61 21.62 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.73 17.35 18.92 20.96 21.62 Production occupations.............................................. 9.21 11.84 14.00 16.91 19.82 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 15.60 16.02 18.42 25.10 25.30 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.00 9.00 12.11 14.03 17.24 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.64 11.05 12.83 15.07 18.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 11.31 14.27 17.24 17.25 19.43 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 7.00 11.00 13.25 17.00 18.15 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 9.50 12.54 12.81 14.50 15.59 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 9.50 13.11 14.50 14.97 17.44 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 11.11 13.37 18.25 21.80 25.47 Upholsterers.................................................... 15.00 16.66 19.82 23.84 28.21 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.25 13.19 15.29 16.34 16.34 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.19 13.84 15.79 16.34 16.34 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.00 11.90 12.74 14.30 16.05 Cutting workers................................................... 12.39 13.19 14.31 17.25 18.35 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 12.62 13.19 14.75 17.98 19.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.84 14.24 17.02 18.64 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 12.36 14.00 15.01 16.55 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.94 10.00 11.99 14.35 20.68 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 10.00 12.00 15.33 20.68 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.20 14.31 20.68 20.68 21.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.08 10.00 11.66 14.27 16.85 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.25 11.49 13.50 14.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.40 13.23 14.83 17.04 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.50 9.00 9.25 10.00 11.42 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.76 10.63 12.00 13.86 15.10 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), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.31 $7.00 $8.25 $10.22 $14.96 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.00 16.36 17.50 19.14 25.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.72 14.96 15.00 25.52 54.50 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 25.52 25.52 40.00 40.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.25 8.75 8.75 13.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.00 13.00 13.00 18.24 21.17 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.30 7.25 7.50 9.36 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.99 7.25 7.50 8.41 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.24 6.35 6.55 8.00 10.89 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.24 6.35 6.55 8.00 10.89 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 6.76 7.25 8.40 9.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 6.76 7.25 8.40 9.65 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.75 7.00 8.05 8.85 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.75 7.00 8.05 8.85 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.75 8.18 10.00 11.96 12.93 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.15 7.75 10.22 13.03 14.50 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.67 $14.00 $621 $560 39.7 $32,020 $29,120 2,043 Management occupations.............................................. 30.52 22.84 1,281 852 42.0 66,596 44,329 2,182 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.85 22.75 957 910 40.1 49,768 47,314 2,087 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.50 22.33 900 893 40.0 46,805 46,453 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 24.17 23.44 952 938 39.4 46,618 44,760 1,929 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.71 23.85 899 918 39.6 39,959 40,179 1,759 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.37 24.83 991 977 39.1 43,104 42,534 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.62 25.26 996 985 38.9 43,319 42,549 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.62 25.26 996 985 38.9 43,319 42,549 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.36 12.10 484 476 39.2 20,981 20,499 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.93 20.00 847 740 38.6 43,626 38,900 1,989 Registered nurses................................................. 29.22 26.07 1,125 1,043 38.5 58,480 54,228 2,002 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.99 17.10 649 547 38.2 33,774 28,454 1,988 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.37 25.52 1,055 1,021 40.0 54,847 53,090 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.70 18.00 700 648 37.5 36,416 33,696 1,948 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.82 11.73 409 432 37.8 21,280 22,464 1,967 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.19 9.50 385 350 37.8 20,036 18,200 1,967 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.53 11.77 420 403 36.4 21,838 20,946 1,895 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.21 12.00 461 469 37.8 23,983 24,392 1,965 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.45 13.22 557 567 41.4 28,961 29,466 2,153 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.94 7.75 361 298 40.3 18,370 15,516 2,055 Cooks............................................................. 7.49 7.30 296 292 39.5 15,389 15,174 2,055 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.77 9.57 471 383 40.0 24,473 19,906 2,079 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.34 8.49 369 340 39.5 19,182 17,659 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.83 7.36 348 295 39.5 18,114 15,317 2,052 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.48 15.00 534 600 39.6 27,760 31,200 2,060 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.65 15.00 497 600 39.3 25,834 31,200 2,042 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.13 8.98 348 354 38.1 18,106 18,408 1,983 Cashiers...................................................... 9.13 8.98 348 354 38.1 18,106 18,408 1,983 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.39 15.00 578 600 40.2 30,059 31,200 2,090 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.31 13.79 571 552 39.9 29,717 28,683 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.50 18.67 700 747 40.0 36,402 38,827 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.79 15.67 591 627 40.0 30,754 32,583 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.02 12.71 561 508 40.0 29,152 26,441 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 13.41 516 536 39.6 26,848 27,893 2,058 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.20 15.23 568 609 40.0 29,526 31,687 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.70 14.00 543 506 39.6 28,243 26,312 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.83 13.63 547 545 39.6 28,451 28,352 2,057 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.93 12.87 501 515 38.8 26,059 26,778 2,016 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.95 14.19 585 568 39.1 30,414 29,515 2,034 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.31 11.00 492 440 40.0 25,595 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.83 16.82 670 669 39.8 34,833 34,798 2,070 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.49 18.39 727 726 39.3 37,790 37,762 2,044 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.05 18.92 762 757 40.0 39,634 39,362 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.59 14.00 569 545 39.0 29,597 28,350 2,029 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.66 18.42 849 825 41.1 44,174 42,919 2,138 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.08 12.11 456 483 37.8 23,727 25,101 1,963 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.38 12.83 523 493 39.1 27,183 25,644 2,031 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.72 17.24 545 552 34.7 28,347 28,704 1,804 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.94 13.25 555 530 39.8 28,835 27,560 2,069 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.15 12.81 523 512 39.8 27,221 26,645 2,071 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.93 14.50 557 580 40.0 28,964 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.06 18.25 712 703 39.5 37,047 36,579 2,051 Upholsterers.................................................... 20.65 19.82 817 793 39.6 42,496 41,219 2,058 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 15.29 577 612 40.0 30,019 31,812 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.28 15.79 611 632 40.0 31,786 32,839 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.02 12.74 521 510 40.0 27,078 26,499 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 15.10 14.31 598 572 39.6 31,105 29,765 2,060 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.56 14.75 615 590 39.5 31,977 30,680 2,055 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.97 14.24 576 549 38.5 29,936 28,558 2,000 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 14.00 532 560 38.7 27,666 29,120 2,014 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.71 11.99 512 480 40.3 26,615 24,939 2,094 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.38 12.00 547 480 40.9 28,440 24,960 2,125 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.45 20.68 802 864 43.5 41,705 44,928 2,261 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.27 11.66 490 448 39.9 25,458 23,296 2,075 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.66 11.49 461 457 39.6 23,983 23,760 2,057 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.90 13.23 503 520 39.0 26,155 27,040 2,027 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.67 9.25 387 370 40.0 20,109 19,240 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.85 12.00 472 480 39.8 24,552 24,960 2,071 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.94 $13.79 $591 $541 39.6 $30,745 $28,119 2,057 Management occupations.............................................. 32.20 22.84 1,372 852 42.6 71,346 44,329 2,215 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.43 30.96 1,173 1,238 39.8 60,980 64,388 2,072 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.50 22.33 900 893 40.0 46,805 46,453 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.80 22.88 863 779 37.9 44,891 40,518 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 30.08 26.07 1,159 1,043 38.5 60,287 54,228 2,004 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.99 17.10 649 547 38.2 33,774 28,454 1,988 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.70 18.00 700 648 37.5 36,416 33,696 1,948 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.82 11.73 409 432 37.8 21,280 22,464 1,967 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.19 9.50 385 350 37.8 20,036 18,200 1,967 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.53 11.77 420 403 36.4 21,838 20,946 1,895 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.21 12.00 461 469 37.8 23,983 24,392 1,965 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.67 7.75 352 298 40.5 18,285 15,516 2,108 Cooks............................................................. 7.49 7.30 296 292 39.5 15,389 15,174 2,055 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.35 8.50 414 340 40.0 21,505 17,680 2,079 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.20 7.36 363 295 39.5 18,874 15,317 2,052 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.64 7.36 340 295 39.4 17,705 15,317 2,050 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.48 15.00 534 600 39.6 27,760 31,200 2,060 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.65 15.00 497 600 39.3 25,834 31,200 2,042 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.13 8.98 348 354 38.1 18,106 18,408 1,983 Cashiers...................................................... 9.13 8.98 348 354 38.1 18,106 18,408 1,983 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.39 15.00 578 600 40.2 30,059 31,200 2,090 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.28 13.79 570 552 39.9 29,646 28,683 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.30 14.35 692 574 40.0 35,985 29,850 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.75 15.67 590 627 40.0 30,688 32,583 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.02 12.71 561 508 40.0 29,152 26,441 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.04 13.41 516 536 39.6 26,848 27,893 2,058 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.20 15.23 568 609 40.0 29,526 31,687 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.70 14.00 543 506 39.6 28,243 26,312 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.52 12.87 532 515 39.3 27,643 26,778 2,045 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.93 12.87 501 515 38.8 26,059 26,778 2,016 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.02 11.00 481 440 40.0 25,003 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.11 18.00 680 720 39.7 35,355 37,440 2,066 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.74 18.55 732 742 39.1 38,059 38,590 2,031 Production occupations.............................................. 14.58 14.00 569 544 39.0 29,569 28,288 2,028 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.66 18.42 849 825 41.1 44,174 42,919 2,138 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.08 12.11 456 483 37.8 23,727 25,101 1,963 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.38 12.83 523 493 39.1 27,183 25,644 2,031 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.72 17.24 545 552 34.7 28,347 28,704 1,804 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.94 13.25 555 530 39.8 28,835 27,560 2,069 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.15 12.81 523 512 39.8 27,221 26,645 2,071 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 13.93 14.50 557 580 40.0 28,964 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 18.06 18.25 712 703 39.5 37,047 36,579 2,051 Upholsterers.................................................... 20.65 19.82 817 793 39.6 42,496 41,219 2,058 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 15.29 577 612 40.0 30,019 31,812 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.28 15.79 611 632 40.0 31,786 32,839 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.02 12.74 521 510 40.0 27,078 26,499 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 15.10 14.31 598 572 39.6 31,105 29,765 2,060 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 15.56 14.75 615 590 39.5 31,977 30,680 2,055 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.97 14.24 576 549 38.5 29,936 28,558 2,000 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.74 14.00 532 560 38.7 27,666 29,120 2,014 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.73 11.99 513 480 40.3 26,651 24,939 2,094 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.38 12.00 547 480 40.9 28,440 24,960 2,125 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.45 20.68 802 864 43.5 41,705 44,928 2,261 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.27 11.66 490 448 39.9 25,458 23,296 2,075 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.66 11.49 461 457 39.6 23,983 23,760 2,057 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.90 13.23 503 520 39.0 26,155 27,040 2,027 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.67 9.25 387 370 40.0 20,109 19,240 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.85 12.00 472 480 39.8 24,552 24,960 2,071 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.23 $16.98 $771 $688 40.1 $38,024 $35,167 1,977 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.54 23.57 883 917 39.2 39,001 39,670 1,730 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.37 24.83 991 977 39.1 43,104 42,534 1,699 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.62 25.26 996 985 38.9 43,319 42,549 1,691 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.62 25.26 996 985 38.9 43,319 42,549 1,691 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.36 12.10 484 476 39.2 20,981 20,499 1,697 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.81 15.55 825 668 39.6 41,965 35,446 2,016 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.08 13.22 605 567 43.0 31,449 29,466 2,234 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.61 13.81 585 552 40.0 30,395 28,725 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.09 15.93 644 637 40.0 33,473 33,143 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $14.39 $12.88 $15.95 $18.22 Management, professional, and related...... 23.96 20.46 28.53 31.01 Management, business, and financial...... 31.04 24.23 34.16 – Professional and related................. 22.23 19.86 24.92 28.91 Service.................................... 8.78 8.41 10.39 10.63 Sales and office........................... 13.60 13.56 13.15 15.71 Sales and related........................ 12.49 12.63 11.64 – Office and administrative support........ 14.19 14.14 13.78 15.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 14.13 13.58 17.87 15.07 Construction and extraction............. 12.02 11.88 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.11 17.16 17.63 – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 13.87 11.81 14.76 16.99 Production............................... 14.56 12.48 15.06 17.45 Transportation and material moving....... 12.49 10.88 13.97 15.58 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 4.6 2.4 4.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.6 10.9 6.3 3.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 17.1 8.1 – Professional and related.......................................... 8.2 12.4 3.1 10.0 Service............................................................. 5.0 6.5 9.4 4.7 Sales and office.................................................... 2.7 3.4 6.2 5.6 Sales and related................................................. 2.2 3.2 10.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 4.7 4.8 6.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.8 10.6 6.4 5.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 9.0 8.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.2 6.0 6.3 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.1 3.0 6.9 5.3 Production........................................................ 3.5 5.3 7.9 3.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 5.6 4.3 10.4 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 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.49 $12.75 $538 $520 39.9 $28,001 $27,040 2,075 Management occupations.............................................. 22.96 21.31 955 852 41.6 49,660 44,329 2,163 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.33 16.50 585 599 35.8 30,432 31,122 1,864 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.96 8.81 371 340 37.2 19,279 17,680 1,935 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.75 7.75 355 298 40.6 18,472 15,516 2,110 Cooks............................................................. 7.49 7.30 296 292 39.5 15,389 15,174 2,055 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.38 15.00 529 600 39.5 27,495 31,200 2,055 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.94 15.00 507 600 39.2 26,367 31,200 2,038 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.96 8.98 338 324 37.8 17,591 16,848 1,964 Cashiers...................................................... 8.96 8.98 338 324 37.8 17,591 16,848 1,964 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.22 13.41 571 554 40.1 29,681 28,821 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.17 14.35 687 574 40.0 35,710 29,850 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.91 15.00 596 600 40.0 31,007 31,200 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.41 14.49 523 553 39.0 27,174 28,763 2,026 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.88 11.00 475 440 40.0 24,717 22,880 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.16 18.00 688 720 40.1 35,786 37,440 2,085 Production occupations.............................................. 12.51 12.75 501 506 40.0 26,061 26,312 2,083 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.34 12.00 534 480 40.0 27,757 24,960 2,080 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.23 12.00 449 480 40.0 23,365 24,960 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 14.05 12.14 562 486 40.0 29,218 25,251 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.12 10.36 445 411 40.0 23,120 21,362 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.94 10.00 437 400 40.0 22,732 20,800 2,078 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.92 11.29 475 448 39.8 24,706 23,296 2,072 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.11 9.50 404 380 40.0 21,031 19,760 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.93 $15.15 $663 $576 39.1 $34,435 $29,952 2,034 Management occupations.............................................. 50.72 55.06 2,271 2,827 44.8 118,083 147,001 2,328 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.69 29.46 1,143 1,179 39.8 59,430 61,283 2,071 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.50 26.07 1,086 1,043 39.5 56,490 54,228 2,054 Registered nurses................................................. 31.96 26.78 1,279 1,071 40.0 66,487 55,698 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.01 11.73 465 453 38.7 24,171 23,530 2,012 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.07 11.91 461 453 38.2 23,991 23,530 1,988 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.07 11.91 461 453 38.2 23,991 23,530 1,988 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.31 9.57 452 383 40.0 23,519 19,906 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.29 9.57 452 383 40.0 23,488 19,906 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.93 13.00 557 520 40.0 28,983 27,040 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.41 14.19 569 549 39.5 29,578 28,537 2,053 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.60 15.67 584 627 40.0 30,362 32,583 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.55 12.65 533 504 39.3 27,702 26,187 2,044 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.04 18.55 666 640 39.1 34,633 33,301 2,033 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.86 18.55 725 742 38.5 37,718 38,590 2,000 Production occupations.............................................. 15.82 15.07 607 570 38.4 31,586 29,619 1,997 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.40 13.20 517 513 38.6 26,896 26,684 2,007 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 16.31 17.00 646 680 39.6 33,594 35,360 2,060 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 14.01 13.54 560 542 40.0 29,131 28,163 2,080 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 14.50 14.50 580 580 40.0 30,161 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 19.57 19.57 768 783 39.2 39,942 40,706 2,041 Upholsterers.................................................... 21.02 19.82 830 793 39.5 43,177 41,219 2,054 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.88 15.29 595 612 40.0 30,951 31,812 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.31 15.29 612 612 40.0 31,848 31,812 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.76 12.60 510 504 40.0 26,541 26,208 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 16.50 15.34 650 614 39.4 33,805 31,907 2,048 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.90 14.24 563 549 37.8 29,257 28,558 1,963 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.25 14.00 538 520 37.7 27,950 27,040 1,961 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.79 14.31 601 562 40.6 31,234 29,224 2,112 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.79 12.18 512 489 40.0 26,602 25,444 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.50 11.99 492 480 39.3 25,567 24,939 2,045 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.93 13.00 503 490 38.9 26,131 25,480 2,021 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.68 11.99 504 480 39.7 26,199 24,939 2,067 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... – – – $15.08 $14.30 $19.00 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 22.99 24.03 21.94 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 26.52 31.04 21.45 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 22.14 22.22 22.05 Service............................................................. – – – 9.84 8.78 14.16 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 13.46 13.41 14.04 Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.49 12.49 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.94 13.93 14.04 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 14.40 14.07 15.87 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 12.18 11.88 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 16.83 17.11 16.09 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 13.83 13.84 – Production........................................................ – – – 14.54 14.53 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.46 12.46 – 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........................................................... – – – 2.0 2.2 3.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.2 7.0 4.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 4.5 6.7 6.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.8 8.6 4.9 Service............................................................. – – – 5.0 5.0 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 2.2 2.3 7.6 Sales and related................................................. – – – 2.2 2.2 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.6 2.7 7.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.2 9.7 3.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 8.8 8.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 3.6 4.2 5.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 3.3 3.3 – Production........................................................ – – – 3.7 3.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 4.1 4.3 – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $15.03 $14.17 $16.48 $16.48 Management, professional, and related............................... 22.98 23.96 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 26.52 31.04 – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.14 22.23 – – Service............................................................. 9.84 8.78 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.47 13.43 15.50 15.50 Sales and related................................................. 12.22 12.22 – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.09 14.09 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.34 13.99 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 12.02 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.72 16.98 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.33 13.32 16.60 16.60 Production........................................................ 14.00 13.98 17.57 17.57 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.97 11.95 14.89 14.89 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 3.1 8.7 8.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.1 6.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 4.5 6.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.7 8.2 – – Service............................................................. 5.0 5.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 2.7 11.7 11.7 Sales and related................................................. 2.8 2.8 – – Office and administrative support................................. 2.9 3.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 9.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.6 4.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.1 2.2 11.1 11.1 Production........................................................ 2.4 2.4 15.2 15.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 4.7 4.9 2.9 2.9 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $12.05 $15.75 $13.28 – $15.27 $12.15 $16.11 $8.82 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 31.79 – – – – 24.26 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 35.81 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 26.32 – – – – 23.25 – – Service............................................................. – 11.26 9.69 – – 8.18 9.35 7.75 – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.30 12.47 – 14.42 13.72 13.87 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 12.37 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 14.94 12.62 – 14.42 13.31 13.87 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.76 18.33 14.52 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 18.90 14.52 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 14.72 13.49 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 15.27 13.79 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.31 13.38 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 11.3 0.3 1.8 – 15.0 6.7 9.1 16.2 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 4.3 – – – – 3.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 1.5 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – .6 – – – – 6.7 – – Service............................................................. – 10.5 11.9 – – 7.5 4.3 18.3 – Sales and office.................................................... – 1.8 1.5 – 16.9 6.4 7.1 – – Sales and related................................................. – – .7 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – .2 4.0 – 16.9 6.4 7.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 1.6 7.8 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 4.5 7.8 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 4.0 5.4 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.7 4.2 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 2.9 8.6 – – – – – – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 146,500 121,200 25,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 30,000 14,800 15,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 5,000 2,600 2,400 Professional and related.......................................... 25,000 12,100 12,900 Service............................................................. 25,100 20,800 4,300 Sales and office.................................................... 24,800 23,000 1,800 Sales and related................................................. 8,600 8,600 – Office and administrative support................................. 16,200 14,400 1,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13,100 10,800 2,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 6,700 6,100 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,300 4,600 1,700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 53,400 51,900 – Production........................................................ 34,400 34,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 19,000 17,800 – 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, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC, January 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 5,852 5,619 233 Total in sample....................................................... 211 193 18 Responding........................................................ 160 143 17 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 20 19 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 31 31 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.