Reading, PA National Compensation Survey (NCS) Bulletin
NC BL 10/00/2010 Table: Reading, PA, Bulletin, January 2010
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Reading, PA, January 2010
Civilian Private industry State and local government
workers workers workers
Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment
characteristics Mean Mean Mean
weekly weekly weekly
Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(-
Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3)
(percen- (percen- (percen-
t) t) t)
All workers........................................................... $25.94 26.1 35.9 $25.69 29.9 36.2 $27.85 1.7 34.2
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – – – 36.24 2.1 35.1
Management, business, and financial............................... 35.51 6.3 38.3 35.45 6.8 39.5 35.90 16.7 31.6
Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 36.29 1.1 35.7
Service............................................................. 11.42 9.7 31.3 9.88 10.9 30.4 16.54 12.2 34.8
Sales and office.................................................... 15.64 5.9 33.6 15.50 6.2 33.8 18.40 3.4 30.7
Sales and related................................................. 16.14 15.9 29.3 16.14 15.9 29.3 – – –
Office and administrative support................................. 15.41 3.4 36.1 15.19 3.6 36.6 18.40 3.4 30.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.48 3.5 37.4 17.34 3.6 37.9 19.63 4.4 30.7
Construction and extraction...................................... 17.29 2.0 38.7 17.12 2.1 39.7 – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.02 6.9 35.5 17.99 7.5 35.1 – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.56 5.2 39.2 15.56 5.2 39.3 – – –
Production........................................................ 16.25 7.7 39.0 16.25 7.7 39.0 – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 14.89 4.5 39.4 14.89 4.5 39.6 – – –
Full time........................................................... 28.10 26.8 39.6 – – – 28.96 2.3 37.3
Part time........................................................... 9.56 9.9 21.2 9.31 10.3 21.7 12.99 20.0 16.1
Union............................................................... 23.77 3.8 37.9 17.38 4.4 39.7 28.80 1.8 36.6
Nonunion............................................................ – – – – – – 22.59 5.6 24.9
Time................................................................ 20.88 10.5 35.6 19.91 12.8 35.8 27.85 1.7 34.2
Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – –
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.01 6.8 39.6 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ – – – – – – – – –
100-499 workers..................................................... 21.12 7.5 37.3 20.59 8.8 37.5 24.64 11.3 35.5
500 workers or more................................................. 22.95 2.3 37.3 19.61 1.2 38.2 29.27 3.0 35.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $25.94 26.1 $28.10 26.8 $9.56 9.9
Management occupations.............................................. 44.83 16.1 45.06 16.4 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 31.60 9.3 31.60 9.3 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.43 7.3 – – – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 6.6 28.03 6.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.55 10.8 20.55 10.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.78 4.9 34.78 4.9 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.27 9.5 34.27 9.5 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.23 8.6 36.23 8.6 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 23.9 22.93 23.9 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.88 6.6 36.69 7.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.16 1.3 42.21 1.4 – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.81 2.7 41.83 2.8 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.70 6.7 38.69 6.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.45 1.4 42.51 1.6 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.97 7.1 38.96 7.3 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 43.42 2.5 43.54 2.9 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.45 4.8 39.46 5.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.94 2.0 43.07 2.5 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.82 6.0 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – – – 19.40 2.5
Level 6 .................................................. 19.20 11.1 – – – –
Level 8 .................................................. 29.43 1.9 29.43 1.9 – –
Registered nurses................................................. 34.13 27.3 37.79 25.9 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.69 3.2 12.70 3.2 – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.62 3.0 12.62 3.0 – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.72 11.1 21.39 12.7 – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.76 11.9 9.71 7.0 6.65 15.0
Level 1 .................................................. 6.95 13.6 – – 6.10 15.2
Level 2 .................................................. 6.22 27.0 – – 6.22 27.0
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.76 24.2 – – 4.14 17.2
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.09 7.8 13.10 3.8 8.16 9.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 8.3 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 9.4 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.74 8.0 12.32 5.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 8.3 – – – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 9.4 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.77 5.5 12.55 6.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 9.4 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.10 8.2 – – 10.86 9.8
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.14 15.9 20.51 13.6 8.75 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 2.3 – – 9.18 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 9.24 8.7 – – – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.48 15.2 14.16 15.6 8.72 4.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.04 3.0 – – 9.27 4.7
Level 3 .................................................. 9.24 8.7 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 .9 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 .9 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. – – 16.03 22.2 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.41 3.4 15.69 3.4 12.20 10.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.79 9.5 11.54 9.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.66 2.0 12.74 2.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 3.8 15.86 3.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.28 6.3 18.70 6.5 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.23 5.7 18.95 6.0 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.89 5.5 15.89 5.5 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.93 4.9 16.08 4.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.93 4.8 15.93 4.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 7.2 15.98 7.1 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.06 2.4 16.16 2.8 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 5.9 – – – –
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.72 3.7 12.78 4.3 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.77 6.0 19.25 6.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.86 5.1 16.86 5.1 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.50 4.1 20.50 4.1 – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.78 11.8 18.78 11.9 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.32 6.1 15.32 6.2 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.29 2.0 17.30 2.0 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.02 6.9 18.88 6.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.08 4.1 19.34 4.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 22.09 10.5 22.09 10.5 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.54 9.9 20.68 4.0 – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.81 11.1 – – – –
Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.22 11.3 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 7.7 16.44 7.7 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 2.0 8.69 2.2 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.95 2.7 13.05 2.2 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 10.5 15.62 9.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.55 4.5 16.55 4.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.53 6.6 18.53 6.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.87 15.9 21.87 15.9 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.01 3.0 15.01 3.0 – –
Printers.......................................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Printing machine operators...................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.62 .6 11.62 .6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 4.5 15.55 3.6 7.77 15.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 10.5 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 7.4 12.98 8.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.57 2.5 16.57 2.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.34 6.2 16.34 6.2 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.56 11.0 16.64 4.4 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 3.4 17.93 3.4 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.36 2.5 15.60 2.3 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 9.3 13.22 10.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.62 3.4 16.62 3.4 – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.36 4.4 15.59 4.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 7.5 12.05 10.4 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 17.13 3.9 17.13 3.9 – –
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 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), Reading, PA,
January 2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $25.69 29.9 – – $9.31 10.3
Management occupations.............................................. 48.45 20.8 $48.45 20.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.62 6.4 29.62 6.4 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 6.6 28.03 6.6 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 20.55 10.8 20.55 10.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.78 4.9 34.78 4.9 – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.46 9.7 35.46 9.7 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.23 8.6 36.23 8.6 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.84 8.9 18.81 8.8 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.82 6.0 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – – – 19.40 2.5
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.42 10.3 9.32 4.7 6.42 13.9
Level 1 .................................................. 6.95 13.6 – – 6.10 15.2
Level 2 .................................................. 5.94 26.0 – – 5.94 26.0
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.62 25.3 – – 3.92 16.3
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.53 11.6 12.55 6.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 7.1 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.37 8.7 10.81 6.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.25 7.1 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.23 7.4 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.14 15.9 20.51 13.6 8.75 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 2.3 – – 9.18 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 9.24 8.7 – – – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.48 15.2 14.16 15.6 8.72 4.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.04 3.0 – – 9.27 4.7
Level 3 .................................................. 9.24 8.7 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 .9 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 .9 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. – – 16.03 22.2 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.19 3.6 15.47 3.6 12.17 10.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.79 9.5 11.54 9.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.65 2.0 12.74 2.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.57 4.0 15.54 4.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.29 6.8 18.74 7.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.19 6.5 18.84 6.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.89 5.5 15.89 5.5 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.93 4.9 16.08 4.9 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 15.93 4.8 15.93 4.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 7.2 15.98 7.1 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.06 2.4 16.16 2.8 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 5.9 – – – –
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.72 3.7 12.78 4.3 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.59 8.0 19.22 8.7 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.28 5.6 20.28 5.6 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.04 6.8 15.05 6.9 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.12 2.1 17.11 2.1 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.99 7.5 18.93 7.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 19.23 4.8 19.55 4.9 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.58 11.3 21.21 3.4 – –
Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.22 11.3 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 7.7 16.44 7.7 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 2.0 8.69 2.2 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.95 2.7 13.05 2.2 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 10.5 15.62 9.7 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.55 4.5 16.55 4.5 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.53 6.6 18.53 6.6 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.87 15.9 21.87 15.9 – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.01 3.0 15.01 3.0 – –
Printers.......................................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Printing machine operators...................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.62 .6 11.62 .6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 4.5 15.55 3.7 7.77 15.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.53 10.5 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 7.4 12.98 8.1 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.59 2.6 16.59 2.6 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.34 6.2 16.34 6.2 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.56 11.0 16.64 4.4 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 3.4 17.93 3.4 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.36 2.5 15.60 2.3 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 9.3 13.22 10.7 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 16.62 3.4 16.62 3.4 – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.36 4.4 15.59 4.8 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 7.5 12.05 10.4 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 17.13 3.9 17.13 3.9 – –
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 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), Reading,
PA, January 2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $27.85 1.7 $28.96 2.3 $12.99 20.0
Management occupations.............................................. 35.90 16.7 – – – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.86 2.4 39.99 2.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.17 1.3 42.22 1.4 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.60 .8 41.64 .7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.45 1.4 42.51 1.6 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.07 1.1 42.14 .9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 43.42 2.5 43.54 2.9 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.39 2.0 41.46 1.8 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 42.94 2.0 43.07 2.5 – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.10 9.6 23.13 11.3 – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.71 7.1 – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.40 3.4 18.39 3.4 – –
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Reading, PA,
January 2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $25.94 26.1 $28.10 26.8 $9.56 9.9
Management occupations.............................................. 44.83 16.1 45.06 16.4 – –
Group III................................................. 45.59 21.8 – – – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 6.6 28.03 6.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.51 9.6 – – – –
Group III................................................. 36.15 4.1 – – – –
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Group III................................................. 37.99 .6 – – – –
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 3.9 30.76 3.9 – –
Group III................................................. 37.99 .6 37.99 .6 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.27 9.5 34.27 9.5 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.23 8.6 36.23 8.6 – –
Group III................................................. 37.23 18.8 – – – –
Engineers
Group III................................................. 37.23 18.8 – – – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 23.9 22.93 23.9 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.88 6.6 36.69 7.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 18.15 3.0 – – – –
Group III................................................. 42.52 .8 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.81 2.7 41.83 2.8 – –
Group III................................................. 40.78 1.0 – – – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.70 6.7 38.69 6.8 – –
Group III................................................. 42.45 1.4 – – – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.97 7.1 38.96 7.3 – –
Group III................................................. 43.42 2.5 – – – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.45 4.8 39.46 5.0 – –
Group III................................................. 42.94 2.0 43.07 2.5 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.82 6.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 23.82 6.0 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... – – – – 19.40 2.5
Group II.................................................. 20.00 12.2 – – – –
Registered nurses................................................. 34.13 27.3 37.79 25.9 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.69 3.2 12.70 3.2 – –
Group I................................................... 12.61 2.9 – – – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.62 3.0 12.62 3.0 – –
Group I................................................... 12.62 3.0 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.72 11.1 21.39 12.7 – –
Group II.................................................. 25.62 4.8 – – – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.76 11.9 9.71 7.0 6.65 15.0
Group I................................................... 7.76 11.9 – – – –
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.76 24.2 – – 4.14 17.2
Group I................................................... 4.76 24.2 – – – –
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Group I................................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Group I................................................... 10.73 12.0 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.09 7.8 13.10 3.8 8.16 9.6
Group I................................................... 10.78 5.8 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.74 8.0 12.32 5.3 – –
Group I................................................... 10.74 8.0 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.77 5.5 12.55 6.1 – –
Group I................................................... 11.77 5.5 12.55 6.1 – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.10 8.2 – – 10.86 9.8
Group I................................................... 10.28 8.5 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.14 15.9 20.51 13.6 8.75 3.8
Group I................................................... 10.35 7.2 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 24.36 10.7 – – – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.48 15.2 14.16 15.6 8.72 4.2
Group I................................................... 10.51 8.6 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Group I................................................... 8.98 4.7 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 9.10 3.5 – – 9.28 4.7
Group I................................................... 8.98 4.7 – – 9.28 4.7
Retail salespersons............................................. – – 16.03 22.2 – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.41 3.4 15.69 3.4 12.20 10.7
Group I................................................... 13.74 3.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 18.63 4.3 – – – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.93 4.9 16.08 4.9 – –
Group I................................................... 14.46 3.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 17.82 8.4 – – – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.78 7.2 15.98 7.1 – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.06 2.4 16.16 2.8 – –
Group I................................................... 14.07 3.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 18.32 3.9 18.32 3.9 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 5.9 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.08 5.9 – – – –
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.72 3.7 12.78 4.3 – –
Group I................................................... 12.45 2.1 12.50 2.3 – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.77 6.0 19.25 6.3 – –
Group I................................................... 16.50 4.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.67 7.2 – – – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.50 4.1 20.50 4.1 – –
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.78 11.8 18.78 11.9 – –
Group I................................................... 16.35 5.8 – – – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.32 6.1 15.32 6.2 – –
Group I................................................... 13.82 7.3 13.81 7.4 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.29 2.0 17.30 2.0 – –
Group I................................................... 13.73 2.3 – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.02 6.9 18.88 6.5 – –
Group I................................................... 13.56 5.4 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.03 6.4 – – – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.54 9.9 20.68 4.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.52 4.4 – – – –
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.81 11.1 – – – –
Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.22 11.3 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 7.7 16.44 7.7 – –
Group I................................................... 14.21 9.4 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.55 2.4 – – – –
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.01 3.0 15.01 3.0 – –
Group I................................................... 14.94 .6 – – – –
Printers.......................................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Printing machine operators...................................... 21.72 12.1 21.72 12.1 – –
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.62 .6 11.62 .6 – –
Group I................................................... 10.97 9.6 – – – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 4.5 15.55 3.6 7.77 15.7
Group I................................................... 14.16 5.5 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.51 6.4 – – – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.56 11.0 16.64 4.4 – –
Group I................................................... 12.30 16.6 – – – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 3.4 17.93 3.4 – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.36 2.5 15.60 2.3 – –
Group I................................................... 15.36 2.5 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.36 4.4 15.59 4.8 – –
Group I................................................... 15.36 4.4 15.59 4.8 – –
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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.25 $16.28 $23.00 $38.98
Management occupations.............................................. 23.43 24.76 40.39 55.29 71.80
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 20.43 27.17 32.86 40.82
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.50 24.30 35.82 41.83 50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 30.80 35.42 42.79 48.08
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.64 13.85 19.60 23.25 43.20
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.72 27.07 37.35 46.54 54.16
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.07 31.33 36.27 53.59 65.18
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.41 31.36 39.42 46.54 54.75
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 15.41 31.36 39.52 46.54 55.46
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.86 32.07 39.81 46.54 54.75
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.40 21.40 24.66 29.50 31.01
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Registered nurses................................................. 15.37 19.40 30.66 35.07 74.28
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.85 11.29 11.96 13.38 15.76
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.85 11.29 11.76 13.27 15.10
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.00 12.85 21.65 29.21 29.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 5.50 7.50 10.50 11.75
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 7.50 8.00
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 8.00 12.47 12.47 12.47
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.50 8.00 12.47 12.47 12.47
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.30 11.02 15.21 17.81
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.87 12.30 15.72
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.90 12.00 12.48 15.94
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.00 8.75 10.79 15.10
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 8.51 13.50 23.93 28.44
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.12 9.88 14.44 18.46
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.65 9.82 10.00 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.65 9.82 10.00 10.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.22 12.35 14.70 17.50 20.67
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.02 13.46 16.00 18.54 20.67
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.97 12.59 15.71 19.85 20.67
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.25 13.36 15.50 17.34 20.03
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.62 11.22 11.60 12.35 14.70
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.50 11.73 12.71 13.13 16.25
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.97 14.90 16.75 23.16 25.05
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.48 18.65 20.48 22.51 24.04
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.35 15.35 23.25 26.46
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 13.50 16.50 16.50 18.20
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.08 15.00 17.00 19.27 24.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 13.25 17.63 20.46 24.30
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.00 16.22 19.50 22.15 24.61
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.00 12.00 19.13 19.50 20.50
Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 12.50 17.63 21.60 24.05 24.30
Production occupations.............................................. 9.45 12.75 16.10 19.02 23.90
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.42 12.93 15.17 17.00 18.75
Printers.......................................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Printing machine operators...................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 9.43 9.70 13.42 17.18
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.86 11.47 15.60 17.70 19.80
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 10.56 17.00 18.50 19.88
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.58 17.44 18.50 19.88 19.88
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.50 13.60 15.30 17.30 19.28
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.00 11.13 16.00 18.68 19.28
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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.51 $11.93 $16.00 $20.83 $32.85
Management occupations.............................................. 24.45 27.89 42.20 55.29 89.65
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 20.43 27.17 32.86 40.82
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.50 27.41 38.00 42.28 50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 30.80 35.42 42.79 48.08
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.26 12.72 15.41 20.30 30.76
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.40 21.40 24.66 29.50 31.01
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 5.50 7.50 9.70 11.06
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 7.50 8.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.90 9.68 15.21 15.27
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.90 12.00 12.48
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.90 9.30 12.00 12.48
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 8.51 13.50 23.93 28.44
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.12 9.88 14.44 18.46
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.65 9.82 10.00 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.65 9.82 10.00 10.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.22 12.25 14.45 16.98 20.67
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.02 13.46 16.00 18.54 20.67
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.97 12.59 15.71 19.85 20.67
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.25 13.36 15.50 17.34 20.03
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.62 11.22 11.60 12.35 14.70
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.50 11.73 12.71 13.13 16.25
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.97 14.90 15.35 22.49 25.00
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.90 18.15 20.23 22.51 24.04
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 13.50 16.50 16.50 16.59
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.08 15.00 16.00 19.25 24.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 13.25 17.63 20.46 24.61
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.00 12.50 19.50 22.60 24.61
Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 12.50 17.63 21.60 24.05 24.30
Production occupations.............................................. 9.45 12.75 16.10 19.02 23.90
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.42 12.93 15.17 17.00 18.75
Printers.......................................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Printing machine operators...................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 9.43 9.70 13.42 17.18
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.84 11.47 15.60 17.90 19.80
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.00 10.56 17.00 18.50 19.88
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.58 17.44 18.50 19.88 19.88
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.50 13.60 15.30 17.30 19.28
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.00 11.13 16.00 18.68 19.28
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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $12.57 $15.94 $24.12 $38.62 $48.28
Management occupations.............................................. 21.83 23.89 29.77 42.17 58.93
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.74 31.36 39.45 46.54 55.23
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.96 34.84 41.01 47.65 55.46
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.26 35.49 42.45 46.54 56.75
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.18 35.03 41.32 46.54 55.46
Protective service occupations...................................... 12.60 13.95 22.37 29.21 29.56
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.38 11.70 15.72 17.71 18.56
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.38 15.45 18.20 20.59 24.88
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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.91 $13.46 $17.01 $24.14 $41.80
Management occupations.............................................. 23.43 24.97 40.39 55.29 71.80
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.25 20.43 27.17 32.86 40.82
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 20.91 23.41 28.85 36.69 43.75
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.50 24.30 35.82 41.83 50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.00 30.80 35.42 42.79 48.08
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.64 13.85 19.60 23.25 43.20
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.89 29.06 37.96 46.54 54.16
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.07 31.33 36.27 53.59 65.18
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.41 31.27 39.52 46.54 54.75
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 15.41 31.27 39.97 46.54 55.46
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 17.86 32.01 40.06 46.54 55.25
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Registered nurses................................................. 15.37 24.95 31.87 37.58 74.28
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.85 11.29 11.76 13.38 15.89
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.85 11.29 11.76 13.27 15.10
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.73 13.14 22.23 29.21 29.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.00 8.00 10.50 11.75 12.47
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.42 9.68 12.10 15.21 18.56
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.90 9.79 12.00 13.19 16.65
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.90 11.02 12.00 15.72 16.74
Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 14.44 20.12 28.44 28.44
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.65 9.82 14.44 16.41 21.92
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.69 13.50 14.44 19.44 21.92
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.60 12.71 15.27 17.80 20.82
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.14 13.99 16.00 18.54 20.67
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.03 13.99 16.00 19.85 20.67
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.55 13.63 15.54 17.34 20.13
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.50 11.73 12.71 13.13 16.25
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 15.35 18.15 23.16 25.05
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.48 18.65 20.48 22.51 24.04
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.00 15.35 15.35 23.25 26.46
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 13.50 16.50 16.50 18.20
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.08 15.00 17.00 19.27 24.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.25 15.93 19.13 20.46 24.61
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.01 19.24 19.50 22.70 24.61
Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 12.98 16.45 19.03 24.06
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.42 12.93 15.17 17.00 18.75
Printers.......................................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Printing machine operators...................................... 12.85 18.05 20.75 26.99 28.97
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 9.43 9.70 13.42 17.18
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 13.00 15.60 18.15 19.88
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.05 14.58 17.44 19.70 19.88
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.58 17.44 18.50 19.88 19.88
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.66 14.40 15.60 17.30 19.28
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.50 12.96 16.78 19.18 19.28
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), Reading, PA, January 2010
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.25 $8.20 $11.00 $13.97
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.26 13.26 17.46 22.89 35.07
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.83 2.83 7.50 8.00 9.41
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.83 2.83 5.50 7.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.87
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 8.00 8.33 11.00 16.50
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.47 8.00 8.51 10.00 10.00
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.85 8.51 10.00 10.00
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.61 8.25 10.00 10.00 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.61 8.25 10.00 10.00 10.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 9.52 11.00 13.97 17.50
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.00 6.00 6.51 10.00 11.00
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, Reading, PA,
January 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $28.10 $17.01 $1,112 $680 39.6 $56,240 $35,360 2,001
Management occupations.............................................. 45.06 40.39 1,783 1,615 39.6 92,738 84,001 2,058
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 27.17 1,107 1,087 39.5 57,583 56,512 2,054
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.27 35.82 1,348 1,419 39.3 70,143 73,803 2,047
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.23 35.42 1,491 1,510 41.1 77,517 78,520 2,140
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 19.60 907 764 39.6 46,415 39,707 2,024
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.69 37.96 1,348 1,360 36.7 51,560 51,477 1,405
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.83 36.27 1,580 1,392 37.8 62,556 55,769 1,496
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.69 39.52 1,409 1,416 36.4 53,085 53,178 1,372
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.96 39.97 1,412 1,441 36.2 53,175 53,879 1,365
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.46 40.06 1,424 1,441 36.1 53,471 53,621 1,355
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Registered nurses................................................. 37.79 31.87 1,435 1,234 38.0 68,764 62,279 1,820
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.70 11.76 491 455 38.7 25,567 23,673 2,013
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.62 11.76 488 454 38.7 25,386 23,595 2,011
Protective service occupations...................................... 21.39 22.23 853 889 39.9 44,382 46,245 2,075
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.71 10.50 337 420 34.7 17,528 21,840 1,806
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.10 12.10 522 482 39.8 24,758 23,088 1,890
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.32 12.00 486 480 39.4 25,250 24,966 2,049
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.55 12.00 493 480 39.3 25,661 24,966 2,046
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.51 20.12 796 778 38.8 41,394 40,431 2,018
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.16 14.44 535 578 37.8 27,821 30,031 1,965
Retail salespersons............................................. 16.03 14.44 631 578 39.3 32,803 30,031 2,046
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.69 15.27 619 594 39.4 32,182 30,888 2,051
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.08 16.00 632 582 39.3 32,866 30,264 2,044
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 16.00 623 564 39.0 32,419 29,338 2,028
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.16 15.54 643 609 39.8 33,427 31,668 2,069
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.78 12.71 509 508 39.8 26,457 26,437 2,070
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.25 18.15 738 670 38.4 38,384 34,840 1,994
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.50 20.48 786 800 38.3 40,860 41,600 1,994
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.78 15.35 719 614 38.3 37,396 31,928 1,991
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.32 16.50 600 658 39.2 31,198 34,201 2,036
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.30 17.00 691 680 39.9 35,934 35,360 2,077
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.88 19.13 754 765 40.0 39,218 39,790 2,078
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.68 19.50 827 780 40.0 43,011 40,560 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 16.45 656 658 39.9 34,107 34,216 2,074
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.01 15.17 600 607 40.0 31,216 31,547 2,080
Printers.......................................................... 21.72 20.75 852 830 39.2 44,285 43,160 2,039
Printing machine operators...................................... 21.72 20.75 852 830 39.2 44,285 43,160 2,039
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.62 9.70 465 388 40.0 24,160 20,176 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.55 15.60 642 624 41.3 33,184 32,448 2,135
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.64 17.44 711 775 42.7 36,980 40,290 2,222
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 18.50 780 795 43.5 40,571 41,350 2,263
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.60 15.60 624 624 40.0 32,445 32,448 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.59 16.78 624 671 40.0 32,431 34,902 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Reading,
PA, January 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
Management occupations.............................................. $48.45 $42.20 $1,920 $1,688 39.6 $99,861 $87,770 2,061
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.03 27.17 1,107 1,087 39.5 57,583 56,512 2,054
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.46 38.00 1,402 1,520 39.6 72,926 79,030 2,057
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.23 35.42 1,491 1,510 41.1 77,517 78,520 2,140
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.81 15.41 738 578 39.2 29,811 22,216 1,584
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.32 10.50 320 388 34.4 16,659 20,170 1,788
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.55 12.00 501 480 39.9 23,269 21,091 1,855
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.81 11.34 425 440 39.3 22,085 22,901 2,042
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.51 20.12 796 778 38.8 41,394 40,431 2,018
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.16 14.44 535 578 37.8 27,821 30,031 1,965
Retail salespersons............................................. 16.03 14.44 631 578 39.3 32,803 30,031 2,046
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.47 14.85 615 588 39.8 31,979 30,576 2,067
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.08 16.00 632 582 39.3 32,866 30,264 2,044
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.98 16.00 623 564 39.0 32,419 29,338 2,028
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.16 15.54 643 609 39.8 33,427 31,668 2,069
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.78 12.71 509 508 39.8 26,457 26,437 2,070
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.22 16.75 768 670 40.0 39,958 34,840 2,079
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.28 20.23 810 809 40.0 42,139 42,078 2,078
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.05 16.50 596 660 39.6 30,991 34,320 2,060
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.11 16.00 684 640 40.0 35,593 33,280 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.93 19.20 757 768 40.0 39,367 39,936 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.21 20.50 848 820 40.0 44,111 42,640 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 16.45 656 658 39.9 34,107 34,216 2,074
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.01 15.17 600 607 40.0 31,216 31,547 2,080
Printers.......................................................... 21.72 20.75 852 830 39.2 44,285 43,160 2,039
Printing machine operators...................................... 21.72 20.75 852 830 39.2 44,285 43,160 2,039
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.62 9.70 465 388 40.0 24,160 20,176 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.55 15.60 646 626 41.5 33,568 32,552 2,159
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.64 17.44 711 775 42.7 36,980 40,290 2,222
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 18.50 780 795 43.5 40,571 41,350 2,263
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.60 15.60 624 624 40.0 32,445 32,448 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.59 16.78 624 671 40.0 32,431 34,902 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Reading, PA, January 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $28.96 $25.05 $1,081 $915 37.3 $48,499 $46,580 1,674
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.99 40.26 1,452 1,448 36.3 55,050 54,690 1,376
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.64 41.17 1,503 1,486 36.1 56,391 55,568 1,354
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.14 43.15 1,514 1,550 35.9 56,787 57,644 1,347
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.46 42.56 1,489 1,543 35.9 55,848 57,386 1,347
Protective service occupations...................................... 23.13 22.56 921 902 39.8 47,936 46,921 2,073
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.39 18.20 662 637 36.0 34,428 33,126 1,872
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, Reading, PA, January 2010
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $25.69 – $20.59 $19.61
Management, professional, and related...... – – 31.78 25.39
Management, business, and financial...... 35.45 $37.89 31.82 –
Professional and related................. – 113.11 31.75 22.19
Service.................................... 9.88 9.15 12.40 –
Sales and office........................... 15.50 14.98 15.63 16.99
Sales and related........................ 16.14 15.64 12.73 –
Office and administrative support........ 15.19 14.41 16.41 14.98
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 17.34 16.54 – 22.92
Construction and extraction............. 17.12 17.17 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 17.99 15.22 – 22.92
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 15.56 13.69 16.58 17.96
Production............................... 16.25 14.26 17.20 18.24
Transportation and material moving....... 14.89 13.28 15.20 17.78
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........................................................... 29.9 – 8.8 1.2
Management, professional, and related............................... – – 7.2 6.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 6.8 12.7 7.0 –
Professional and related.......................................... – 25.0 10.4 3.9
Service............................................................. 10.9 14.9 9.8 –
Sales and office.................................................... 6.2 10.7 5.8 5.7
Sales and related................................................. 15.9 20.4 18.8 –
Office and administrative support................................. 3.6 6.0 4.3 2.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.6 3.5 – 5.2
Construction and extraction...................................... 2.1 2.3 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.5 7.5 – 5.2
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.2 7.3 8.9 4.3
Production........................................................ 7.7 11.5 11.1 4.6
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.5 7.7 5.0 4.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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, Reading, PA, January 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... $9.32 $10.50 $320 $388 34.4 $16,659 $20,170 1,788
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.76 12.00 510 480 39.9 23,349 21,733 1,830
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.15 18.46 774 738 38.4 40,250 38,401 1,997
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.85 14.44 556 578 37.5 28,914 30,031 1,947
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.05 15.63 596 578 39.6 30,997 30,056 2,060
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.91 16.50 591 660 39.6 30,734 34,320 2,061
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.16 16.50 687 660 40.0 35,703 34,320 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.11 15.93 644 637 40.0 33,505 33,126 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 14.57 14.20 580 568 39.8 30,179 29,536 2,071
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.26 14.85 603 612 42.2 31,331 31,824 2,197
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.93 15.39 625 634 41.9 32,488 32,956 2,177
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.71 15.30 588 612 40.0 30,602 31,824 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, Reading, PA, January 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $20.51 $17.82 $819 $722 39.9 $42,454 $37,460 2,070
Management occupations.............................................. 44.73 49.52 1,788 1,981 40.0 92,998 103,002 2,079
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.40 28.98 1,155 1,154 39.3 60,074 60,008 2,044
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.76 28.85 1,206 1,135 39.2 62,735 59,010 2,040
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.46 38.00 1,402 1,520 39.6 72,926 79,030 2,057
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.04 24.13 921 965 40.0 47,914 50,190 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.52 21.52 861 861 40.0 44,758 44,762 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.78 14.70 629 588 39.9 32,707 30,576 2,072
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.05 13.99 595 560 39.5 30,923 29,099 2,055
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.00 15.45 635 600 39.7 33,033 31,220 2,065
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.23 12.71 489 508 40.0 25,442 26,437 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.38 15.35 775 614 40.0 40,290 31,928 2,079
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.63 22.15 905 886 40.0 47,075 46,072 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.51 20.71 860 828 40.0 44,744 43,077 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 17.60 16.68 703 667 39.9 36,537 34,694 2,076
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.75 15.10 590 604 40.0 30,681 31,408 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.82 17.44 687 707 40.8 35,727 36,774 2,124
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.93 16.38 637 655 40.0 33,143 34,070 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.11 17.30 645 692 40.0 33,516 35,984 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Reading, PA, January 2010
Union Nonunion
Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and
Civilian industry local Civilian industry local
workers workers government workers workers government
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $23.77 $17.38 $28.80 – – $22.59
Management, professional, and related............................... 31.95 – 36.43 – – 34.72
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – $36.24 $35.45 –
Professional and related.......................................... 32.37 – 37.25 – – –
Service............................................................. 17.49 – 17.49 9.88 9.88 9.62
Sales and office.................................................... 18.51 – – 15.52 15.48 –
Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.14 16.14 –
Office and administrative support................................. 18.51 – – 15.21 15.15 –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.47 20.75 – 17.08 17.06 –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 17.11 17.12 –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.13 20.75 – 17.34 17.23 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.78 17.78 – 15.00 14.99 –
Production........................................................ 17.52 17.52 – 15.96 15.96 –
Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.03 14.01 –
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........................................................... 3.8 4.4 1.8 – – 5.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 9.7 – 2.9 – – 6.0
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.6 6.8 –
Professional and related.......................................... 10.2 – 2.0 – – –
Service............................................................. 14.6 – 14.6 10.5 10.9 5.7
Sales and office.................................................... 6.9 – – 6.2 6.3 –
Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.9 15.9 –
Office and administrative support................................. 6.9 – – 3.7 3.8 –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.4 14.1 – 3.3 3.3 –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 2.1 2.1 –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.7 14.1 – 7.9 8.2 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.6 3.6 – 6.4 6.4 –
Production........................................................ 7.8 7.8 – 9.0 9.0 –
Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.7 5.7 –
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, Reading, PA,
January 2010
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $20.88 $19.91 – –
Management, professional, and related............................... 38.30 39.03 – –
Management, business, and financial............................... 35.51 35.45 – –
Professional and related.......................................... 39.20 40.48 – –
Service............................................................. 11.40 9.85 – –
Sales and office.................................................... 14.46 14.24 – –
Sales and related................................................. 11.84 11.84 – –
Office and administrative support................................. 15.36 15.13 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.51 17.38 – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.12 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.14 18.11 – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.74 15.74 $13.51 $13.51
Production........................................................ 16.27 16.27 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 15.12 15.12 – –
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 10.5 12.8 – –
Management, professional, and related............................... 14.3 18.9 – –
Management, business, and financial............................... 6.3 6.8 – –
Professional and related.......................................... 18.0 24.7 – –
Service............................................................. 9.8 11.0 – –
Sales and office.................................................... 3.3 3.4 – –
Sales and related................................................. 5.8 5.8 – –
Office and administrative support................................. 3.4 3.6 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.6 3.7 – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.1 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.2 7.8 – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.3 5.3 14.1 14.1
Production........................................................ 7.7 7.7 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 4.3 – –
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, Reading, PA, January 2010
Goods producing Service providing
Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure
Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other
tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services
and es business services ity
utilities services
All workers........................................................... – $18.20 $17.09 – $23.20 – – $7.75 $9.03
Management, professional, and related............................... – 36.58 38.48 – 29.84 – – – –
Management, business, and financial............................... – 44.03 39.78 – 30.03 – – – –
Professional and related.......................................... – 29.34 – – – – – – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 7.43 –
Sales and office.................................................... – 16.78 15.21 – 18.35 – – 9.53 –
Sales and related................................................. – – 16.66 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support................................. – 16.78 12.92 – 16.41 – – – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 19.97 14.80 – – – – – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 19.97 15.27 – – – – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.82 16.50 – – – – – –
Production........................................................ – 16.12 – – – – – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ – 14.91 16.58 – – – – – –
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........................................................... – 7.6 6.7 – 11.1 – – 10.9 13.8
Management, professional, and related............................... – 6.5 14.3 – 2.9 – – – –
Management, business, and financial............................... – 9.2 19.0 – 2.2 – – – –
Professional and related.......................................... – 7.8 – – – – – – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – – 9.2 –
Sales and office.................................................... – 1.4 14.0 – 15.0 – – 14.9 –
Sales and related................................................. – – 18.1 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support................................. – 1.4 5.9 – 2.2 – – – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 7.6 7.1 – – – – – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 7.6 8.1 – – – – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 7.3 4.3 – – – – – –
Production........................................................ – 8.3 – – – – – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ – 5.1 4.2 – – – – – –
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, Reading, PA, January 2010
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 156,200 134,700 21,400
Management, professional, and related............................... – – 12,500
Management, business, and financial............................... 8,400 7,100 1,300
Professional and related.......................................... – – 11,200
Service............................................................. 26,000 20,400 5,500
Sales and office.................................................... 36,700 34,700 1,900
Sales and related................................................. 13,300 13,300 –
Office and administrative support................................. 23,400 21,500 1,900
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17,400 16,200 1,200
Construction and extraction...................................... 10,100 9,400 –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7,100 6,500 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 35,000 34,700 –
Production........................................................ 17,300 17,300 –
Transportation and material moving................................ 17,700 17,400 –
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the
number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Reading, PA, January 2010
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 7,626 7,341 285
Total in sample....................................................... 167 153 14
Responding........................................................ 112 98 14
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 33 33 0
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 22 22 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.
Last Modified Date: October 8, 2010