NC BL 06/00/2006 Table: Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, Bulletin 3130-66, October 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government 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) Total................................................................. $24.06 2.8 34.7 $23.58 3.3 34.5 $26.39 4.0 35.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 29.08 3.5 35.3 28.86 4.0 35.5 30.17 6.6 34.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.11 3.4 35.3 32.26 4.0 35.4 36.32 6.0 35.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.82 3.9 39.1 39.50 4.2 39.7 33.95 9.0 35.4 Sales............................................................. 22.46 21.3 29.5 22.53 21.5 29.4 17.48 13.6 36.5 Administrative support............................................ 17.68 2.5 35.7 17.77 3.1 36.4 17.27 .9 33.1 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 18.17 3.0 36.6 17.82 3.3 36.3 22.08 2.3 39.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 2.6 39.9 25.16 2.9 39.9 25.10 3.3 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.06 5.0 39.6 13.63 4.7 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.05 5.4 33.9 16.54 7.2 33.3 20.88 6.9 39.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.89 5.4 32.3 11.51 5.6 31.9 17.61 5.0 39.7 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.82 3.4 30.9 11.39 3.0 28.9 20.11 1.9 37.6 Full time........................................................... 25.62 2.8 39.0 25.32 3.4 39.2 26.89 4.2 37.8 Part time........................................................... 13.84 6.0 20.2 13.73 6.3 20.4 15.59 4.9 17.0 Union............................................................... 24.61 3.3 35.1 22.65 5.2 33.4 26.27 3.7 36.7 Nonunion............................................................ 23.85 4.2 34.5 23.75 4.3 34.7 27.23 7.0 30.5 Time................................................................ 23.60 2.8 34.6 23.00 3.4 34.3 26.39 4.0 35.8 Incentive........................................................... 36.07 21.0 37.9 36.07 21.0 37.9 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 28.21 7.9 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 18.72 6.8 32.5 18.67 7.0 32.5 20.64 1.7 34.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 22.61 3.8 34.1 21.25 3.6 34.2 30.73 7.8 33.8 500 workers or more................................................. 27.63 4.4 36.3 28.76 5.6 36.0 24.28 1.3 37.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $24.06 2.8 $23.58 3.3 $26.39 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 24.17 2.2 23.68 2.6 26.43 4.0 White collar........................................................ 29.08 3.5 28.86 4.0 30.17 6.6 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.89 2.9 29.80 3.2 30.28 6.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.11 3.4 32.26 4.0 36.32 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.56 3.0 35.18 3.4 36.73 6.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.51 2.7 40.34 2.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.97 5.0 41.97 5.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 5.3 33.85 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.60 6.3 45.80 7.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.92 4.1 37.43 4.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.29 4.1 37.67 4.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.46 9.4 26.45 9.5 – – Health related................................................ 31.91 2.3 32.21 2.5 29.10 4.2 Physicians.................................................. 25.83 9.7 27.21 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.91 3.3 33.16 3.7 30.65 2.3 Physical therapists......................................... 32.90 22.0 32.90 22.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.90 6.0 51.98 6.4 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 50.67 14.1 50.67 14.1 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.25 6.8 50.10 .9 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.24 8.6 24.97 11.1 39.89 8.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43.09 3.8 – – 43.24 3.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.86 6.4 29.65 8.9 42.07 5.5 Teachers, special education................................. 31.01 4.7 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.42 3.3 29.46 7.2 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 32.70 8.0 – – 36.55 13.4 Librarians.................................................. 34.33 12.8 – – 36.55 13.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 32.05 9.8 32.05 9.8 – – Economists.................................................. 37.43 3.4 37.43 3.4 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.19 8.4 17.84 12.4 25.46 6.9 Social workers.............................................. 21.41 9.1 16.31 10.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.12 4.4 26.65 5.1 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 25.80 4.2 25.80 4.2 – – Athletes.................................................... 21.42 6.6 21.42 6.6 – – Technical....................................................... 21.41 3.1 21.14 3.4 26.61 11.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.22 7.6 18.20 7.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.88 2.0 21.40 2.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.92 3.5 17.74 3.3 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.99 8.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38.82 3.9 39.50 4.2 33.95 9.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.66 6.1 45.16 6.7 40.69 8.7 Administrators and officials, public administration......... $32.57 5.6 – – $32.57 5.6 Financial managers.......................................... 45.93 9.2 $45.92 9.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 44.74 9.1 44.74 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.65 3.5 39.92 3.2 44.50 7.1 Managers, medicine and health............................... 41.95 13.0 41.95 13.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 47.37 8.6 47.16 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 28.86 5.8 29.56 6.3 24.48 6.4 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.92 14.2 28.53 15.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.32 10.1 32.09 9.6 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.15 3.6 27.69 2.5 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 32.28 10.6 32.28 10.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.99 9.6 27.06 11.6 26.67 7.6 Sales............................................................. 22.46 21.3 22.53 21.5 17.48 13.6 Supervisors, sales.......................................... 23.47 23.4 23.60 23.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.01 9.9 22.01 9.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 46.41 15.7 46.41 15.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.82 6.7 14.82 6.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.15 4.1 8.85 3.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 17.68 2.5 17.77 3.1 17.27 .9 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.84 14.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 20.16 2.7 20.03 3.4 20.64 5.4 Typists..................................................... 16.93 3.3 – – – – Interviewers................................................ 13.78 4.8 14.08 4.9 – – Receptionists............................................... 12.90 4.6 12.85 4.7 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.63 7.0 15.67 7.1 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.59 13.0 19.59 13.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 18.60 6.2 – – 18.81 4.0 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.25 3.8 15.24 3.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 16.82 5.2 16.41 5.9 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.46 4.0 15.46 4.0 – – Telephone operators......................................... 11.43 3.1 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.27 7.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 18.99 5.0 18.99 5.0 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 14.53 13.1 13.21 11.7 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 21.20 2.3 21.20 2.3 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 20.19 14.8 20.19 14.8 – – General office clerks....................................... 17.42 3.7 18.43 5.5 16.37 3.1 Data entry keyers........................................... 13.94 5.1 13.27 9.2 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 15.84 1.6 – – 15.84 1.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 17.86 8.3 17.88 8.5 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.17 3.0 17.82 3.3 22.08 2.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 2.6 25.16 2.9 25.10 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $21.13 12.3 $21.13 12.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 22.25 9.5 – – – – Electricians................................................ 32.18 4.0 32.38 4.1 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 30.87 3.0 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 26.26 5.4 25.66 4.4 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.32 10.7 – – $17.32 10.7 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.12 10.7 21.12 10.7 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 18.54 10.8 18.54 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.06 5.0 13.63 4.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.85 7.4 13.79 4.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.74 4.3 14.74 4.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.82 15.3 13.82 15.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.05 5.4 16.54 7.2 20.88 6.9 Truck drivers............................................... 18.70 9.0 18.85 9.5 – – Bus drivers................................................. 17.52 12.5 14.25 1.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.15 10.0 17.15 10.0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.89 5.4 11.51 5.6 17.61 5.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 16.11 7.7 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 21.10 14.4 – – 16.79 1.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.54 3.7 10.54 3.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.26 10.3 14.23 10.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 10.69 21.9 9.79 21.9 18.86 9.6 Service............................................................. 13.82 3.4 11.39 3.0 20.11 1.9 Protective service............................................ 20.63 4.4 14.78 10.3 23.31 .5 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.73 .9 – – 26.73 .9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.82 15.9 – – 33.00 16.9 Firefighting................................................ 22.05 2.2 – – 22.05 2.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.57 6.4 – – 23.57 6.4 Guards and police, except public service.................... 14.69 12.4 14.69 12.4 – – Protective service, n.e.c................................... 9.39 4.1 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.20 2.6 9.08 2.7 13.54 7.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.91 18.6 4.91 18.6 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.66 13.9 4.66 13.9 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.73 27.8 4.73 27.8 – – Other food service........................................... 11.30 3.1 11.21 3.0 13.54 7.1 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 18.15 2.5 18.14 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.01 4.3 11.74 4.1 – – Food counter, fountain, and related......................... 9.34 5.4 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 8.65 14.0 8.65 14.0 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.20 6.6 9.19 6.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.46 .8 12.27 1.1 13.25 1.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.60 8.9 13.59 9.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... $12.38 1.1 $12.14 1.5 $13.25 1.9 Cleaning and building service................................. 12.97 4.1 11.59 3.1 16.51 7.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.36 3.0 11.72 2.6 16.53 7.4 Personal service.............................................. 14.01 15.7 14.01 16.9 14.07 19.5 Public transportation attendants............................ 29.33 8.2 29.65 8.4 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.75 12.5 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $25.62 2.8 $25.32 3.4 $26.89 4.2 All excluding sales............................................... 25.38 2.4 25.01 2.8 26.91 4.2 White collar........................................................ 30.29 3.6 30.20 4.1 30.70 6.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 30.30 3.0 30.19 3.3 30.76 6.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.36 3.6 32.44 4.4 36.52 5.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.76 3.1 35.35 3.7 36.90 5.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.01 2.8 39.79 2.2 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.97 5.0 41.97 5.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 5.3 33.85 5.3 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 39.30 4.5 43.23 2.8 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.87 4.1 37.38 4.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.23 4.1 37.62 4.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.46 9.4 26.45 9.5 – – Health related................................................ 30.99 5.0 31.37 5.8 28.50 4.4 Physicians.................................................. 22.87 6.6 24.37 3.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.16 6.3 32.46 7.4 30.33 3.0 Teachers, college and university.............................. 52.07 5.9 54.76 6.5 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 50.67 14.1 50.67 14.1 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 45.89 6.9 51.39 2.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.64 8.3 24.27 10.3 40.17 8.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43.09 3.8 – – 43.24 3.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.90 6.4 29.35 8.7 42.07 5.5 Teachers, special education................................. 31.01 4.7 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 32.73 8.0 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 34.41 12.9 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 32.09 10.0 32.09 10.0 – – Economists.................................................. 37.43 3.4 37.43 3.4 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.19 8.7 17.39 13.7 – – Social workers.............................................. 21.32 9.5 15.35 9.1 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.55 4.7 27.12 5.4 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 25.80 4.2 25.80 4.2 – – Technical....................................................... 21.28 3.7 20.95 4.1 27.11 10.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 17.17 8.6 17.14 8.7 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.00 3.9 16.73 3.7 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 39.00 3.9 39.61 4.1 34.41 8.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 44.78 6.1 45.16 6.7 41.58 6.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 32.44 6.0 – – 32.44 6.0 Financial managers.......................................... 45.93 9.2 45.92 9.2 – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 44.74 9.1 44.74 9.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.45 2.6 39.92 3.2 47.30 2.2 Managers, medicine and health............................... 41.95 13.0 41.95 13.0 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $47.37 8.6 $47.16 9.1 – – Management related............................................ 28.96 5.9 29.65 6.5 $24.48 6.2 Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.92 14.2 28.53 15.6 – – Other financial officers.................................... 31.32 10.1 32.09 9.6 – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.72 4.0 28.38 2.5 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 32.28 10.6 32.28 10.6 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 26.91 9.7 26.95 11.9 – – Sales............................................................. 30.13 20.3 30.27 20.5 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 24.64 22.2 24.81 22.5 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 22.01 9.9 22.01 9.9 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 46.41 15.7 46.41 15.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 15.91 7.1 15.91 7.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 12.30 11.9 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 18.03 2.5 18.16 3.0 17.48 .7 Supervisors, general office................................. 24.84 14.0 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 20.48 3.2 20.33 3.9 21.01 7.1 Typists..................................................... 16.89 3.4 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.89 4.6 12.85 4.8 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 15.87 6.2 15.92 6.3 – – Order clerks................................................ 20.05 14.0 20.05 14.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.54 3.8 15.53 3.9 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 17.11 5.4 16.74 5.7 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.49 4.4 15.49 4.4 – – Dispatchers................................................. 16.27 7.6 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 19.32 6.2 19.32 6.2 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.62 11.9 14.23 10.5 – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 21.20 2.3 21.20 2.3 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 20.20 15.4 20.20 15.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 17.63 3.4 19.11 4.9 16.14 1.9 Teachers' aides............................................. 16.40 1.3 – – 16.40 1.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 18.26 9.5 18.26 9.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.94 3.6 18.63 4.0 22.18 2.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 25.15 2.6 25.16 2.9 25.11 3.3 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.13 12.3 21.13 12.3 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 22.25 9.5 – – – – Electricians................................................ 32.18 4.0 32.38 4.1 – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 30.87 3.0 – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 26.26 5.4 25.66 4.4 – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 17.32 10.7 – – 17.32 10.7 Supervisors, production..................................... 21.12 10.7 21.12 10.7 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 18.54 10.8 18.54 10.8 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $14.13 5.6 $13.69 5.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.87 7.5 13.80 4.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.89 3.7 14.89 3.7 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 13.82 15.3 13.82 15.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.54 6.7 17.03 8.4 $21.03 7.1 Truck drivers............................................... 19.20 9.0 19.41 9.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.47 8.6 17.47 8.6 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.78 7.9 12.35 8.2 17.78 5.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 16.16 7.7 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 21.10 14.4 – – 16.79 1.2 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 13.32 4.1 13.32 4.1 – – Service............................................................. 15.70 3.8 12.89 3.5 20.62 1.7 Protective service............................................ 22.31 4.6 17.09 15.8 23.84 1.1 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 26.73 .9 – – 26.73 .9 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 32.82 15.9 – – 33.00 16.9 Firefighting................................................ 22.07 2.2 – – 22.07 2.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.69 6.0 – – 23.69 6.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 16.61 17.4 16.62 17.4 – – Food service.................................................. 11.45 5.8 11.36 6.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 7.14 13.4 7.14 13.4 – – Other food service........................................... 12.67 6.1 12.60 6.4 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 18.12 2.4 18.12 2.5 – – Cooks....................................................... 12.24 7.4 11.96 7.5 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.33 14.8 10.33 14.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 9.55 8.5 9.54 8.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.50 1.4 12.25 2.0 13.22 1.8 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.49 1.5 12.23 2.2 13.22 1.8 Cleaning and building service................................. 13.55 6.2 11.99 5.2 16.62 7.6 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.22 4.5 12.37 3.9 16.63 7.6 Personal service.............................................. 18.05 10.6 17.99 11.2 – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $13.84 6.0 $13.73 6.3 $15.59 4.9 All excluding sales............................................... 14.93 6.3 14.86 6.8 15.80 5.2 White collar........................................................ 18.66 5.9 18.70 6.4 18.04 5.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 24.61 5.1 25.29 5.6 18.57 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.52 6.4 30.81 6.6 21.99 18.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.30 7.8 33.70 8.0 22.90 20.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... – – – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 34.01 8.1 33.91 8.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 34.58 3.9 34.52 4.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 19.85 7.5 19.75 7.5 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 23.01 19.4 28.88 10.6 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 22.27 2.8 22.38 2.8 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.90 2.0 20.90 2.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 21.92 8.7 22.20 8.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 25.93 5.1 – – 26.25 4.8 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ 25.35 8.5 – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.98 2.4 8.97 2.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 11.05 8.7 11.05 8.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.51 3.0 8.50 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.99 3.9 13.81 4.7 14.82 2.8 Secretaries................................................. 13.20 2.6 13.42 3.6 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.27 22.2 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.42 7.3 10.33 7.6 16.19 4.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.93 7.4 13.71 8.3 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.67 3.5 14.38 .0 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.16 2.9 9.16 2.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.84 3.2 8.84 3.2 – – Service............................................................. $8.96 4.5 $8.77 4.5 $12.03 9.3 Protective service............................................ 10.98 8.6 11.15 10.0 10.21 6.2 Guards and police, except public service.................... 11.44 7.9 11.44 7.9 – – Food service.................................................. 6.13 6.0 6.02 6.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.50 14.3 3.50 14.3 – – Bartenders.................................................. 4.13 11.0 4.13 11.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.25 16.9 3.25 16.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.52 10.8 8.39 10.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 4.7 8.71 4.7 – – Health service................................................ 12.35 3.0 12.32 3.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 13.86 11.6 13.83 11.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.90 2.7 11.86 2.7 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $11.13 5.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.16 5.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.02 9.5 $8.80 9.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $998 3.0 39.0 $994 3.5 39.2 $1,015 4.6 37.8 All excluding sales............................................... 988 2.6 38.9 982 3.0 39.2 1,016 4.6 37.8 White collar........................................................ 1,172 3.8 38.7 1,187 4.3 39.3 1,112 7.4 36.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,172 3.3 38.7 1,187 3.6 39.3 1,113 7.4 36.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,282 3.9 38.4 1,273 4.7 39.2 1,309 6.0 35.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,368 3.5 38.2 1,387 4.2 39.2 1,319 6.1 35.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,578 3.5 40.5 1,633 2.2 41.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,740 4.8 41.5 1,740 4.8 41.5 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 1,369 4.9 40.4 1,369 4.9 40.4 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,531 5.9 39.0 1,729 2.8 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,469 3.7 39.8 1,493 3.6 39.9 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,485 3.7 39.9 1,504 3.6 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,041 9.8 39.3 1,040 9.8 39.3 – – – Health related................................................ 1,181 7.2 38.1 1,179 8.2 37.6 1,197 2.8 42.0 Physicians.................................................. 1,018 4.4 44.5 1,011 4.8 41.5 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,200 8.7 37.3 1,199 10.1 36.9 1,207 2.9 39.8 Teachers, college and university.............................. 2,020 4.5 38.8 2,134 4.4 39.0 – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 2,244 6.4 44.3 2,244 6.4 44.3 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 1,696 7.1 37.0 1,881 4.5 36.6 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,352 8.8 35.0 1,021 16.2 42.1 1,381 8.9 34.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,469 6.7 34.1 – – – 1,471 6.8 34.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,426 9.1 34.9 1,493 17.4 50.9 1,421 9.9 33.8 Teachers, special education................................. 1,123 3.0 36.2 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 1,175 7.6 35.9 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 1,269 10.0 36.9 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 1,274 11.4 39.7 1,274 11.4 39.7 – – – Economists.................................................. 1,594 5.1 42.6 1,594 5.1 42.6 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 790 7.9 37.3 646 10.2 37.2 – – – Social workers.............................................. 815 8.8 38.2 605 9.1 39.4 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,015 5.7 38.2 1,038 6.6 38.3 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 930 3.2 36.1 930 3.2 36.1 – – – Technical....................................................... 837 3.8 39.3 824 4.2 39.3 1,048 10.1 38.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 678 8.6 39.5 676 8.7 39.5 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 672 3.9 39.5 662 3.7 39.6 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,554 4.5 39.8 1,587 4.8 40.1 1,315 10.9 38.2 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,774 6.4 39.6 1,795 7.0 39.7 1,606 10.9 38.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,197 7.1 36.9 – – – 1,197 7.1 36.9 Financial managers.......................................... $1,874 12.2 40.8 $1,874 12.2 40.8 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 1,867 9.5 41.7 1,867 9.5 41.7 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,584 4.6 37.3 1,424 3.3 35.7 $1,936 11.4 40.9 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,719 14.4 41.0 1,719 14.4 41.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,884 8.7 39.8 1,882 9.1 39.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,165 7.1 40.2 1,206 7.7 40.7 922 6.4 37.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,021 13.9 37.9 1,084 14.9 38.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,403 26.2 44.8 1,454 27.2 45.3 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 1,101 4.4 39.7 1,131 2.6 39.8 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 1,327 12.5 41.1 1,327 12.5 41.1 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,085 11.7 40.3 1,102 14.6 40.9 – – – Sales............................................................. 1,180 20.6 39.2 1,185 20.8 39.2 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 977 22.5 39.7 984 22.7 39.7 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 888 9.8 40.3 888 9.8 40.3 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,857 15.7 40.0 1,857 15.7 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 602 6.9 37.8 602 6.9 37.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 481 12.5 39.1 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 688 2.5 38.2 703 2.9 38.7 628 .8 35.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 971 12.7 39.1 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 777 3.3 37.9 775 3.8 38.1 783 8.1 37.3 Typists..................................................... 613 3.8 36.3 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 508 4.5 39.4 507 4.7 39.5 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 616 6.6 38.8 617 6.8 38.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 779 13.0 38.8 779 13.0 38.8 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 620 3.8 39.9 621 3.9 40.0 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 651 4.9 38.0 643 4.5 38.4 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 610 3.5 39.4 610 3.5 39.4 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 651 7.6 40.0 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 769 6.3 39.8 769 6.3 39.8 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 610 10.6 39.0 568 10.6 39.9 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 798 1.4 37.6 798 1.4 37.6 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 790 13.9 39.1 790 13.9 39.1 – – – General office clerks....................................... 660 4.0 37.4 720 5.5 37.7 600 1.5 37.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 523 3.9 31.9 – – – 523 3.9 31.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 700 9.0 38.3 700 9.1 38.3 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 755 3.6 39.9 743 3.9 39.9 884 2.3 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 1,005 2.6 39.9 1,005 2.9 39.9 1,004 3.4 40.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 845 12.3 40.0 845 12.3 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $886 9.7 39.8 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 1,287 4.0 40.0 $1,295 4.1 40.0 – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 1,235 3.0 40.0 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 1,050 5.4 40.0 1,026 4.4 40.0 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 693 10.7 40.0 – – – $693 10.7 40.0 Supervisors, production..................................... 845 10.7 40.0 845 10.7 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 742 10.8 40.0 742 10.8 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 561 5.4 39.7 545 5.1 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 581 7.1 39.1 542 4.2 39.3 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 596 3.7 40.0 596 3.7 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 551 15.4 39.9 551 15.4 39.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 700 6.7 39.9 679 8.6 39.9 841 7.1 40.0 Truck drivers............................................... 768 9.0 40.0 776 9.6 40.0 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 681 11.2 39.0 681 11.2 39.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 509 7.7 39.8 492 8.1 39.8 711 5.8 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 641 6.9 39.7 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 844 14.4 40.0 – – – 672 1.2 40.0 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 524 4.2 39.3 524 4.2 39.3 – – – Service............................................................. 608 4.2 38.7 486 3.8 37.7 838 1.7 40.6 Protective service............................................ 909 4.9 40.7 677 14.8 39.6 979 1.9 41.1 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 1,118 .9 41.8 – – – 1,118 .9 41.8 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 1,311 15.9 39.9 – – – 1,318 17.0 39.9 Firefighting................................................ 959 2.1 43.5 – – – 959 2.1 43.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 944 6.1 39.9 – – – 944 6.1 39.9 Guards and police, except public service.................... 658 16.3 39.6 658 16.3 39.6 – – – Food service.................................................. 434 7.4 37.9 430 7.6 37.9 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 250 14.2 35.0 250 14.2 35.0 – – – Other food service........................................... 492 7.5 38.8 489 7.8 38.8 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 765 3.2 42.2 764 3.2 42.2 – – – Cooks....................................................... 468 7.9 38.2 455 7.7 38.0 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 398 17.8 38.5 398 17.8 38.5 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 359 9.9 37.6 358 10.0 37.6 – – – Health service................................................ 491 1.1 39.3 479 1.8 39.1 528 1.9 39.9 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 491 1.3 39.3 478 2.2 39.1 528 1.9 39.9 Cleaning and building service................................. $524 6.9 38.7 $458 6.2 38.2 $662 7.6 39.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 550 5.4 38.7 468 6.0 37.8 663 7.6 39.9 Personal service.............................................. 557 7.5 30.9 550 7.7 30.5 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $50,519 3.0 1,972 $51,372 3.5 2,029 $47,275 4.6 1,758 All excluding sales............................................... 49,987 2.6 1,969 50,739 3.0 2,029 47,288 4.6 1,757 White collar........................................................ 58,559 3.8 1,933 61,262 4.3 2,029 48,800 7.4 1,590 White collar excluding sales.................................... 58,353 3.3 1,926 61,248 3.6 2,029 48,828 7.4 1,587 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 61,714 3.9 1,850 65,191 4.7 2,010 53,149 6.0 1,455 Professional specialty.......................................... 64,952 3.5 1,816 70,785 4.2 2,002 53,109 6.1 1,439 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 82,077 3.5 2,104 84,897 2.2 2,134 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 90,487 4.8 2,156 90,487 4.8 2,156 – – – Industrial engineers........................................ 71,167 4.9 2,102 71,167 4.9 2,102 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 79,606 5.9 2,026 89,924 2.8 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 76,364 3.7 2,071 77,643 3.6 2,077 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 77,213 3.7 2,074 78,191 3.6 2,079 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 54,120 9.8 2,045 54,104 9.8 2,046 – – – Health related................................................ 61,357 7.2 1,980 61,318 8.2 1,955 61,635 2.8 2,162 Physicians.................................................. 52,928 4.4 2,314 52,562 4.8 2,157 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 62,303 8.7 1,937 62,329 10.1 1,920 62,134 2.9 2,048 Teachers, college and university.............................. 86,060 4.5 1,653 92,341 4.4 1,686 – – – Medical science teachers.................................... 108,362 6.4 2,138 108,362 6.4 2,138 – – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... 65,916 7.1 1,437 72,940 4.5 1,419 – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,210 8.8 1,299 44,452 16.2 1,832 50,630 8.9 1,260 Elementary school teachers.................................. 54,086 6.7 1,255 – – – 54,100 6.8 1,251 Secondary school teachers................................... 52,428 9.1 1,282 57,344 17.4 1,954 52,112 9.9 1,239 Teachers, special education................................. 42,483 3.0 1,370 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 57,780 7.6 1,765 – – – – – – Librarians.................................................. 58,864 10.0 1,711 – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 66,010 11.4 2,057 66,010 11.4 2,057 – – – Economists.................................................. 82,901 5.1 2,215 82,901 5.1 2,215 – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 41,020 7.9 1,936 33,526 10.2 1,928 – – – Social workers.............................................. 42,294 8.8 1,984 31,311 9.1 2,040 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 52,696 5.7 1,985 53,880 6.6 1,987 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 48,369 3.2 1,875 48,369 3.2 1,875 – – – Technical....................................................... 43,371 3.8 2,038 42,723 4.2 2,039 54,511 10.1 2,011 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 35,240 8.6 2,052 35,165 8.7 2,052 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 34,760 3.9 2,044 34,246 3.7 2,047 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 80,637 4.5 2,068 82,452 4.8 2,081 67,736 10.9 1,969 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 91,958 6.4 2,054 93,192 7.0 2,063 82,146 10.9 1,976 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 62,227 7.1 1,918 – – – 62,227 7.1 1,918 Financial managers.......................................... $97,464 12.2 2,122 $97,449 12.2 2,122 – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 97,106 9.5 2,170 97,106 9.5 2,170 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 80,376 4.6 1,893 72,869 3.3 1,825 $96,434 11.4 2,039 Managers, medicine and health............................... 89,371 14.4 2,131 89,371 14.4 2,131 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 97,972 8.7 2,068 97,861 9.1 2,075 – – – Management related............................................ 60,585 7.1 2,092 62,711 7.7 2,115 47,958 6.4 1,959 Accountants and auditors.................................... 53,067 13.9 1,971 56,363 14.9 1,976 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 72,953 26.2 2,329 75,632 27.2 2,357 – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 57,256 4.4 2,065 58,787 2.6 2,072 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 69,009 12.5 2,138 69,009 12.5 2,138 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 56,443 11.7 2,098 57,299 14.6 2,126 – – – Sales............................................................. 61,139 20.6 2,029 61,397 20.8 2,028 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 50,813 22.5 2,063 51,168 22.7 2,062 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 46,172 9.8 2,098 46,172 9.8 2,098 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 96,541 15.7 2,080 96,541 15.7 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 31,315 6.9 1,968 31,315 6.9 1,968 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,905 12.5 1,944 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 35,209 2.5 1,953 36,568 2.9 2,014 30,328 .8 1,735 Supervisors, general office................................. 50,487 12.7 2,032 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 40,381 3.3 1,972 40,277 3.8 1,982 40,739 8.1 1,939 Typists..................................................... 31,309 3.8 1,853 – – – – – – Receptionists............................................... 26,417 4.5 2,049 26,367 4.7 2,052 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 32,039 6.6 2,018 32,109 6.8 2,017 – – – Order clerks................................................ 40,495 13.0 2,019 40,495 13.0 2,019 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 32,226 3.8 2,074 32,313 3.9 2,080 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 33,835 4.9 1,977 33,415 4.5 1,996 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 31,695 3.5 2,046 31,695 3.5 2,046 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 33,847 7.6 2,080 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 39,970 6.3 2,069 39,970 6.3 2,069 – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 31,719 10.6 2,030 29,522 10.6 2,074 – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 41,492 1.4 1,958 41,492 1.4 1,958 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 41,070 13.9 2,033 41,070 13.9 2,033 – – – General office clerks....................................... 34,306 4.0 1,946 37,423 5.5 1,958 31,196 1.5 1,933 Teachers' aides............................................. 20,103 3.9 1,226 – – – 20,103 3.9 1,226 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 36,396 9.0 1,993 36,418 9.1 1,994 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 39,260 3.6 2,073 38,607 3.9 2,073 45,978 2.3 2,073 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 52,240 2.6 2,077 52,244 2.9 2,077 52,199 3.4 2,078 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 43,955 12.3 2,080 43,955 12.3 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. $46,074 9.7 2,071 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 66,930 4.0 2,080 $67,341 4.1 2,080 – – – Electrical power installers and repairers................... 64,208 3.0 2,080 – – – – – – Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters...................... 54,623 5.4 2,080 53,369 4.4 2,080 – – – Construction trades, n.e.c.................................. 36,028 10.7 2,080 – – – $36,028 10.7 2,080 Supervisors, production..................................... 43,936 10.7 2,080 43,936 10.7 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 38,561 10.8 2,080 38,561 10.8 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,194 5.4 2,067 28,323 5.1 2,069 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 30,218 7.1 2,032 28,191 4.2 2,043 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 30,971 3.7 2,080 30,971 3.7 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 28,653 15.4 2,073 28,653 15.4 2,073 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,361 6.7 2,073 35,283 8.6 2,072 43,744 7.1 2,080 Truck drivers............................................... 39,908 9.0 2,078 40,329 9.6 2,078 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 35,437 11.2 2,029 35,437 11.2 2,029 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,462 7.7 2,070 25,563 8.1 2,070 36,969 5.8 2,079 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 33,316 6.9 2,062 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 43,886 14.4 2,080 – – – 34,926 1.2 2,080 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 27,226 4.2 2,044 27,226 4.2 2,044 – – – Service............................................................. 31,365 4.2 1,998 24,992 3.8 1,939 43,508 1.7 2,110 Protective service............................................ 47,252 4.9 2,118 35,200 14.8 2,060 50,900 1.9 2,135 Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention............... 58,140 .9 2,175 – – – 58,140 .9 2,175 Supervisors, police and detectives.......................... 68,170 15.9 2,077 – – – 68,535 17.0 2,077 Firefighting................................................ 49,881 2.1 2,260 – – – 49,881 2.1 2,260 Police and detectives, public service....................... 49,114 6.1 2,073 – – – 49,114 6.1 2,073 Guards and police, except public service.................... 34,199 16.3 2,059 34,207 16.3 2,059 – – – Food service.................................................. 22,146 7.4 1,934 21,968 7.6 1,934 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 12,979 14.2 1,818 12,979 14.2 1,818 – – – Other food service........................................... 24,959 7.5 1,970 24,843 7.8 1,971 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 38,552 3.2 2,127 38,539 3.2 2,127 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,090 7.9 1,968 23,635 7.7 1,975 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 20,673 17.8 2,001 20,673 17.8 2,001 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,140 9.9 1,900 18,106 10.0 1,899 – – – Health service................................................ 25,508 1.1 2,041 24,860 1.8 2,030 27,437 1.9 2,075 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 25,529 1.3 2,044 24,869 2.2 2,034 27,437 1.9 2,075 Cleaning and building service................................. $27,270 6.9 2,013 $23,796 6.2 1,984 $34,438 7.6 2,073 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,618 5.4 2,012 24,354 6.0 1,968 34,465 7.6 2,073 Personal service.............................................. 27,932 7.5 1,547 27,515 7.7 1,529 – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $24.06 2.8 $23.58 3.3 $26.39 4.0 All excluding sales............................................... 24.17 2.2 23.68 2.6 26.43 4.0 White collar........................................................ 29.08 3.5 28.86 4.0 30.17 6.6 1....................................................... 8.41 1.6 8.41 1.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.70 2.6 10.12 3.0 13.90 4.1 3....................................................... 14.54 3.8 14.15 5.5 15.63 1.3 4....................................................... 15.79 2.2 15.40 2.7 17.60 2.1 5....................................................... 19.19 4.4 19.07 5.0 20.16 2.8 6....................................................... 19.65 2.1 19.60 2.1 20.09 9.8 7....................................................... 28.43 12.2 24.87 4.7 35.76 19.5 8....................................................... 27.33 4.1 27.51 4.4 25.51 7.8 9....................................................... 35.61 4.4 35.17 6.3 36.67 1.6 10........................................................ 34.35 4.4 34.98 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 40.29 4.7 41.32 5.1 35.27 2.7 12........................................................ 51.55 7.1 51.65 7.6 50.15 .5 13........................................................ 58.61 2.7 58.75 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.32 4.9 33.34 5.1 32.98 12.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 29.89 2.9 29.80 3.2 30.28 6.6 2....................................................... 12.43 3.2 11.82 4.1 14.17 4.3 3....................................................... 14.83 4.2 14.58 6.3 15.36 .6 4....................................................... 16.01 1.7 15.60 2.0 17.67 1.9 5....................................................... 19.29 4.7 19.17 5.4 20.16 2.8 6....................................................... 19.85 2.2 19.83 2.3 20.09 9.8 7....................................................... 28.04 12.8 24.05 1.9 35.87 19.5 8....................................................... 26.75 3.9 26.88 4.3 25.51 7.8 9....................................................... 33.71 1.7 32.39 2.2 36.67 1.6 10........................................................ 34.35 4.4 34.98 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 39.32 3.6 40.26 4.2 35.27 2.7 12........................................................ 51.55 7.1 51.65 7.6 50.15 .5 13........................................................ 58.61 2.7 58.75 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.71 3.6 34.80 3.8 32.98 12.7 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 33.11 3.4 32.26 4.0 36.32 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 35.56 3.0 35.18 3.4 36.73 6.1 5....................................................... 14.83 11.8 14.76 13.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.66 11.3 17.77 11.7 – – 7....................................................... 31.24 15.8 24.99 1.6 39.74 14.9 8....................................................... 32.55 3.9 32.85 4.1 – – 9....................................................... 34.31 1.6 32.62 2.1 37.48 2.4 10........................................................ 36.37 5.7 37.71 4.6 – – 11........................................................ 38.21 5.4 39.60 7.0 34.28 2.8 12........................................................ 50.51 10.4 50.46 10.5 – – 13........................................................ 64.62 7.9 64.62 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.42 9.0 36.75 9.1 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.51 2.7 40.34 2.2 – – 9....................................................... $34.16 5.2 $34.16 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 39.84 6.7 43.39 9.0 – – 12........................................................ 49.83 3.9 49.83 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.79 6.4 38.79 6.4 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 41.97 5.0 41.97 5.0 – – 9....................................................... 35.56 5.4 35.56 5.4 – – 11........................................................ 44.86 9.0 44.86 9.0 – – Industrial engineers........................................ 33.85 5.3 33.85 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.81 4.1 31.81 4.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 41.60 6.3 45.80 7.0 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 36.92 4.1 37.43 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 27.21 3.5 27.21 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.58 3.6 34.02 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 42.70 4.2 42.70 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.42 10.8 44.42 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.34 16.0 39.34 16.0 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 37.29 4.1 37.67 4.1 – – 7....................................................... 27.21 3.5 27.21 3.5 – – 9....................................................... 33.07 3.7 34.19 3.0 – – 11........................................................ 42.70 4.2 42.70 4.2 – – 12........................................................ 44.42 10.8 44.42 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.94 16.2 39.94 16.2 – – Natural scientists............................................ 26.46 9.4 26.45 9.5 – – Health related................................................ 31.91 2.3 32.21 2.5 $29.10 4.2 7....................................................... 25.03 3.4 25.03 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 36.83 2.6 36.89 2.6 – – 9....................................................... 33.34 2.1 33.67 2.5 31.25 1.0 10........................................................ 27.77 18.0 30.73 16.6 – – 11........................................................ 37.70 8.6 39.43 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.23 12.6 28.23 12.6 – – Physicians.................................................. 25.83 9.7 27.21 9.4 – – 10........................................................ 20.93 7.7 22.97 1.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 32.91 3.3 33.16 3.7 30.65 2.3 7....................................................... 25.93 3.6 25.93 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 37.01 3.1 37.07 3.1 – – 9....................................................... 33.11 1.2 33.42 1.5 31.25 1.0 11........................................................ 38.49 12.1 40.93 13.2 – – Physical therapists......................................... 32.90 22.0 32.90 22.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.90 6.0 51.98 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 42.18 13.2 40.34 21.9 – – 10........................................................ 36.87 5.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 42.87 22.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 55.78 11.1 55.70 11.5 – – 13........................................................ 66.01 12.4 66.01 12.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.52 12.0 50.52 12.0 – – Medical science teachers.................................... 50.67 14.1 50.67 14.1 – – Other post-secondary teachers............................... $45.25 6.8 $50.10 0.9 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.24 8.6 24.97 11.1 $39.89 8.5 7....................................................... 41.00 12.9 – – 41.94 10.9 9....................................................... 38.31 3.3 29.48 9.4 38.94 4.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 43.09 3.8 – – 43.24 3.6 7....................................................... 44.05 .0 – – 44.05 .0 9....................................................... 42.27 7.0 – – 42.63 7.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.86 6.4 29.65 8.9 42.07 5.5 7....................................................... 40.90 12.6 – – 40.90 12.6 9....................................................... 40.98 .7 – – 44.48 .7 Teachers, special education................................. 31.01 4.7 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37.42 3.3 29.46 7.2 – – 9....................................................... 37.66 2.6 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 32.70 8.0 – – 36.55 13.4 9....................................................... 36.52 9.6 – – – – Librarians.................................................. 34.33 12.8 – – 36.55 13.4 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 32.05 9.8 32.05 9.8 – – Economists.................................................. 37.43 3.4 37.43 3.4 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.19 8.4 17.84 12.4 25.46 6.9 7....................................................... 22.67 9.8 – – – – Social workers.............................................. 21.41 9.1 16.31 10.4 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 26.12 4.4 26.65 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.24 4.3 27.24 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.79 8.1 25.79 8.1 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 25.80 4.2 25.80 4.2 – – Athletes.................................................... 21.42 6.6 21.42 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.42 6.6 21.42 6.6 – – Technical....................................................... 21.41 3.1 21.14 3.4 26.61 11.0 4....................................................... 15.41 6.1 14.91 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 18.08 5.6 17.86 6.1 – – 6....................................................... 20.53 5.5 20.53 5.5 – – 7....................................................... 23.51 7.3 23.54 7.4 – – 8....................................................... 18.78 9.6 18.78 9.6 – – 9....................................................... 35.03 9.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.47 9.9 22.11 10.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 18.22 7.6 18.20 7.7 – – 5....................................................... 17.88 5.4 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 20.88 2.0 21.40 2.2 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 17.92 3.5 17.74 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.23 8.7 14.73 8.5 – – Computer programmers........................................ 29.99 8.7 –