Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC National Compensation Survey (NCS) Bulletin
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC,
July 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........................................................... $18.80 3.8 34.7 $18.04 4.7 34.5 $22.70 2.5 35.9
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 30.83 4.4 36.9 31.74 5.7 37.6 28.69 2.7 35.3
Management, business, and financial............................... 40.29 10.9 39.9 42.28 12.0 40.3 28.27 7.4 37.9
Professional and related.......................................... 26.69 4.7 35.7 25.48 7.3 36.1 28.76 3.1 34.9
Service............................................................. 10.45 5.6 29.8 9.20 3.3 29.0 17.28 11.0 35.8
Sales and office.................................................... 15.07 8.7 34.2 14.97 9.8 33.9 15.88 5.6 36.9
Sales and related................................................. 16.01 16.6 35.1 16.00 17.0 35.0 – – –
Office and administrative support................................. 14.37 2.5 33.5 14.07 2.7 32.9 15.81 5.7 36.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.04 8.0 38.2 18.15 9.0 37.9 17.34 8.5 40.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 16.42 5.1 38.4 16.23 5.7 38.1 17.32 12.6 40.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.97 11.5 37.9 20.25 12.1 37.6 – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.31 9.1 37.9 15.35 9.5 38.2 14.37 2.3 31.3
Production........................................................ 18.39 18.5 39.4 18.39 18.5 39.4 – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 12.35 4.5 36.5 12.18 4.9 37.0 14.37 2.3 31.3
Full time........................................................... 20.65 3.6 39.5 20.03 4.6 39.8 23.39 2.7 38.4
Part time........................................................... 10.07 3.6 22.0 9.87 3.5 22.3 13.07 15.4 18.9
Union............................................................... 15.64 9.9 35.1 15.64 9.9 35.1 – – –
Nonunion............................................................ 19.00 3.9 34.7 18.22 4.9 34.4 22.70 2.5 35.9
Time................................................................ 18.35 3.4 34.2 17.41 4.3 33.8 22.70 2.5 35.9
Incentive........................................................... 23.82 11.0 41.7 23.82 11.0 41.7 – – –
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.74 3.1 39.1 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 17.54 7.0 34.0 17.59 7.2 33.9 – – –
100-499 workers..................................................... 16.75 4.0 34.7 16.02 4.2 34.3 21.35 5.1 37.5
500 workers or more................................................. 23.31 2.7 36.3 22.88 4.8 37.4 23.77 2.4 35.2
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 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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $18.80 3.8 $20.65 3.6 $10.07 3.6
Management occupations.............................................. 47.03 14.1 47.32 14.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.33 6.8 34.83 6.4 – –
General and operations managers................................... 36.85 20.0 36.85 20.0 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.04 5.8 28.87 6.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.73 8.4 29.83 8.4 – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.83 6.1 26.83 6.1 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.26 4.7 – – – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.54 19.4 29.05 18.3 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.21 8.5 26.21 8.5 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.10 6.0 33.10 6.0 – –
Engineers......................................................... 35.63 1.7 35.63 1.7 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.62 5.2 20.72 5.6 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.46 4.0 26.43 4.8 16.46 14.1
Level 4 .................................................. 10.93 14.1 10.93 14.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 12.59 9.5 – – – –
Level 7 .................................................. 25.42 4.0 – – – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.25 1.5 34.25 1.5 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.27 12.7 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.47 9.2 36.20 8.1 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.27 6.8 32.14 4.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.80 .3 33.80 .3 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.18 3.5 33.18 3.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.33 3.7 33.33 3.7 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.43 2.9 32.43 2.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 32.49 3.1 32.49 3.1 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.96 3.3 34.96 3.3 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 35.36 2.8 35.36 2.8 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.84 3.0 33.84 3.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.92 2.8 33.92 2.8 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 33.01 1.0 33.01 1.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.08 .8 33.08 .8 – –
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.26 22.0 – – 15.26 22.0
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.35 6.1 12.35 6.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.93 5.4 13.93 5.4 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.84 21.4 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.95 16.4 28.74 18.2 31.37 13.9
Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 4.3 19.09 4.2 – –
Level 8 .................................................. – – 24.54 2.2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.38 6.0 27.34 2.1 36.46 12.7
Registered nurses................................................. 26.65 1.2 26.40 1.9 28.18 2.1
Level 9 .................................................. 26.70 1.5 26.31 1.9 28.60 4.9
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.34 7.3 14.34 7.3 – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.09 4.5 – – – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.29 3.3 11.70 1.2 10.13 8.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.24 1.8 11.41 .5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.46 3.6 – – – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.81 3.9 11.52 .3 9.01 6.3
Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 1.8 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.81 3.9 11.52 .3 9.01 6.3
Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 1.8 – – – –
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.35 3.2 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.30 11.4 18.12 10.4 8.86 3.9
Police officers................................................... 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.10 5.7 11.97 6.2 – –
Security guards................................................. 11.10 5.7 11.97 6.2 – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 4.0 11.42 10.2 6.92 9.9
Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 8.1 9.26 9.1 8.53 10.3
Level 2 .................................................. 6.08 18.4 – – 5.27 18.2
Level 3 .................................................. 7.17 4.5 8.45 11.3 6.23 5.9
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.50 5.6 15.50 5.6 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.34 14.4 – – 9.25 12.0
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.98 24.0 – – 5.58 28.6
Level 2 .................................................. 4.46 18.3 – – 3.76 9.8
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 16.9 – – 2.69 18.4
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 10.37 8.1 – – – –
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.51 6.5 – – 8.02 3.3
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.48 6.3 – – 7.97 3.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.25 5.8 10.18 5.5 10.52 8.1
Level 1 .................................................. 10.07 10.1 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.09 8.9 10.13 9.7 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 7.8 10.04 8.1 10.52 8.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 9.9 10.17 11.0 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.06 3.9 11.34 2.3 10.52 8.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.24 3.7 11.50 2.9 – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.64 12.0 – – 9.84 10.7
Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 6.7 – – 7.89 3.7
Child care workers................................................ 7.94 2.7 – – – –
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.04 9.1 – – 11.06 10.0
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.01 16.6 17.84 14.9 8.74 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 4.8 – – 7.95 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 3.3 – – 8.13 3.4
Level 3 .................................................. 10.89 1.8 10.95 2.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 19.6 17.13 19.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.23 4.3 13.60 3.5 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.25 5.8 18.25 5.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.26 5.9 18.26 5.9 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.26 25.1 15.28 23.7 8.72 3.9
Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 4.8 – – 7.95 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 3.5 – – 8.08 2.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 1.6 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 18.49 28.0 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 5.4 10.05 4.9 7.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 3.9 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 1.1 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 8.82 5.4 10.05 4.9 7.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 3.9 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 1.1 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 15.74 28.1 17.49 26.3 9.99 7.6
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.37 2.5 14.79 3.0 12.31 9.3
Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 6.4 11.32 6.3 9.21 2.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 2.5 12.06 2.5 10.59 4.0
Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 3.0 13.93 2.6 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.28 4.3 17.28 4.5 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.72 6.5 19.91 7.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.80 10.1 17.24 9.4 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.97 3.9 14.68 6.2 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 4.5 13.80 3.6 – –
Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.14 8.4 15.05 8.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.95 6.5 – – – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.56 7.7 12.55 8.2 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.23 5.3 13.00 2.0 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.17 6.4 – – – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.15 7.2 16.17 7.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.53 4.2 14.53 4.5 – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.50 9.2 19.71 9.0 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.75 10.5 15.10 9.5 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.72 2.2 – – – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.42 5.1 16.41 4.4 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 5.5 9.84 1.2 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.98 1.2 12.98 1.2 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 17.96 5.2 17.96 5.2 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 19.27 1.7 – – – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.57 5.7 22.52 5.8 – –
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 4.1 11.52 4.1 – –
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.63 4.7 15.63 4.7 – –
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.63 4.7 15.63 4.7 – –
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.13 9.0 9.86 6.0 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.97 11.5 21.27 10.0 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 5.0 18.72 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 21.92 2.8 21.92 2.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.12 12.8 – – – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 25.68 3.4 25.68 3.4 – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 25.74 3.6 25.74 3.6 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.40 5.8 – – – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.16 5.8 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 18.39 18.5 18.43 18.7 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.46 3.3 11.46 3.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.45 6.9 12.40 7.5 – –
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 1.6 17.95 1.6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.35 4.5 13.09 3.9 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.91 2.0 – – 7.60 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 10.18 6.9 11.19 8.9 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.90 7.2 13.69 9.1 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 8.9 16.12 9.9 – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.63 .2 14.65 .0 – –
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.63 .2 14.65 .0 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.10 10.0 14.10 10.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.03 11.7 16.03 11.7 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.03 16.6 15.03 16.6 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.96 7.5 – – – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.69 3.8 10.89 4.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 9.06 3.1 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 8.3 11.71 9.7 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 9.29 4.9 – – – –
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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $18.04 4.7 $20.03 4.6 $9.87 3.5
Management occupations.............................................. 48.78 15.1 48.78 15.1 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.43 6.6 35.43 6.6 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.29 5.5 30.17 5.9 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.65 8.1 30.79 8.1 – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.26 24.7 28.90 23.3 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.53 3.7 34.53 3.7 – –
Engineers......................................................... 35.63 1.7 35.63 1.7 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.71 2.1 – – – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.51 13.0 13.46 14.5 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.81 18.9 28.58 21.1 31.40 15.0
Level 5 .................................................. 19.18 4.7 19.34 4.6 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 29.05 6.5 26.89 1.4 – –
Registered nurses................................................. 26.31 1.1 26.06 2.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 26.53 1.7 26.31 1.9 – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.28 3.4 11.70 1.2 10.06 8.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.24 1.8 11.41 .5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 12.45 3.6 – – – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.79 3.9 11.52 .3 8.89 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 1.8 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.79 3.9 11.52 .3 8.89 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.23 1.8 – – – –
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.35 3.2 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.89 4.9 – – 8.86 3.9
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.27 4.9 – – – –
Security guards................................................. 10.27 4.9 – – – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.44 4.2 11.37 10.4 6.86 10.3
Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 8.1 9.26 9.1 8.53 10.3
Level 2 .................................................. 5.92 19.0 – – 5.02 18.2
Level 3 .................................................. 6.81 3.5 – – 6.14 5.9
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.50 5.6 15.50 5.6 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.36 14.7 – – – –
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.98 24.0 – – 5.58 28.6
Level 2 .................................................. 4.46 18.3 – – 3.76 9.8
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 16.9 – – 2.69 18.4
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 10.37 8.1 – – – –
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.08 4.2 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.08 4.2 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.21 6.5 10.14 6.2 10.50 8.4
Level 1 .................................................. 10.07 10.1 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.11 9.2 10.17 9.9 – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.14 8.6 10.00 9.2 10.50 8.4
Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 10.2 10.21 11.2 – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.16 4.2 11.55 1.9 10.50 8.4
Level 2 .................................................. 11.33 3.5 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.18 12.3 – – 10.04 13.2
Level 2 .................................................. 6.96 6.4 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.00 17.0 17.87 15.2 8.74 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 4.8 – – 7.95 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 3.3 – – 8.13 3.4
Level 3 .................................................. 10.78 1.9 10.82 2.3 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.36 19.6 17.13 19.6 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.23 4.3 13.60 3.5 – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.93 5.8 17.93 5.8 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.27 25.5 15.34 24.0 8.72 3.9
Level 1 .................................................. 8.11 4.8 – – 7.95 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 3.5 – – 8.08 2.4
Level 4 .................................................. 18.49 28.0 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.62 5.2 9.76 5.0 7.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 3.9 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 1.1 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 8.62 5.2 9.76 5.0 7.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.77 3.9 – – – –
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 1.1 – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 15.74 28.1 17.49 26.3 9.99 7.6
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 2.7 14.42 3.4 12.54 9.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.64 6.4 11.32 6.3 9.21 2.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 2.7 12.10 2.7 10.41 4.2
Level 4 .................................................. 13.97 3.5 13.73 2.9 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.13 4.9 18.17 5.1 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 20.10 9.1 – – – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.33 13.1 16.68 12.7 – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.96 4.1 14.66 6.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 4.5 13.80 3.6 – –
Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.14 8.4 15.05 8.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.95 6.5 – – – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.57 8.1 12.55 8.2 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.23 5.3 13.00 2.0 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 12.17 6.4 – – – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.75 10.0 15.77 10.4 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 14.12 3.4 – – – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.91 15.1 20.33 14.8 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.61 12.4 15.00 11.8 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 11.72 2.2 – – – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.23 5.7 16.22 4.7 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 10.05 5.5 9.84 1.2 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.60 4.5 18.60 4.5 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 22.24 6.9 22.15 7.0 – –
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 4.1 11.52 4.1 – –
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.12 .0 15.12 .0 – –
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.12 .0 15.12 .0 – –
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.13 9.0 9.86 6.0 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.25 12.1 21.78 10.1 – –
Level 5 .................................................. 18.72 5.0 18.72 5.0 – –
Level 6 .................................................. 22.45 2.8 22.45 2.8 – –
Level 7 .................................................. 27.12 12.8 – – – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 26.40 .0 26.40 .0 – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.16 5.8 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 18.39 18.5 18.43 18.7 – –
Level 2 .................................................. 11.46 3.3 11.46 3.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.45 6.9 12.40 7.5 – –
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 1.6 17.95 1.6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.18 4.9 12.96 4.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 8.91 2.0 – – 7.60 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.92 7.3 10.85 10.3 – –
Level 3 .................................................. 12.81 8.6 – – – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 10.6 16.19 11.9 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.06 10.5 14.06 10.5 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 16.12 12.9 16.12 12.9 – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.04 18.1 15.04 18.1 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.96 7.5 – – – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.69 3.8 10.89 4.3 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 9.06 3.1 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 8.3 11.71 9.7 – –
Level 1 .................................................. 9.29 4.9 – – – –
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), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $22.70 2.5 $23.39 2.7 $13.07 15.4
Management occupations.............................................. 32.87 13.4 34.60 13.1 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.90 2.7 23.90 2.7 – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 23.81 7.5 23.81 7.5 – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.03 3.1 31.15 2.4 17.96 16.5
Level 4 .................................................. 13.93 5.4 13.93 5.4 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 34.29 1.5 34.29 1.5 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.78 .2 33.78 .2 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.83 .3 33.83 .3 – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.32 3.5 33.32 3.5 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.36 3.7 33.36 3.7 – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 2.9 32.46 2.9 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 32.49 3.1 32.49 3.1 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.54 2.7 35.54 2.7 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 35.54 2.7 35.54 2.7 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.87 3.0 33.87 3.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.96 2.8 33.96 2.8 – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 33.03 1.0 33.03 1.0 – –
Level 9 .................................................. 33.10 .8 33.10 .8 – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.39 2.0 13.39 2.0 – –
Level 4 .................................................. 13.93 5.4 13.93 5.4 – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.82 17.1 29.76 18.0 – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.11 8.7 20.11 8.7 – –
Police officers................................................... 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.92 20.0 – – – –
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.54 4.0 – – – –
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.98 15.9 – – 9.21 12.7
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.81 5.7 16.36 4.4 – –
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.06 13.4 – – – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.00 10.2 17.00 10.2 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.32 12.6 17.32 12.6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.37 2.3 14.37 2.3 – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.65 .0 14.65 .0 – –
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.65 .0 14.65 .0 – –
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $18.80 3.8 $20.65 3.6 $10.07 3.6
Management occupations.............................................. 47.03 14.1 47.32 14.1 – –
Group III................................................. 43.95 6.6 – – – –
General and operations managers................................... 36.85 20.0 36.85 20.0 – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.04 5.8 28.87 6.1 – –
Group II.................................................. 22.72 5.2 – – – –
Group III................................................. 31.56 7.7 – – – –
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.83 6.1 26.83 6.1 – –
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.26 4.7 – – – –
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.54 19.4 29.05 18.3 – –
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.10 6.0 33.10 6.0 – –
Group III................................................. 37.21 4.9 – – – –
Engineers......................................................... 35.63 1.7 35.63 1.7 – –
Group III................................................. 37.70 5.9 – – – –
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.62 5.2 20.72 5.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 18.00 4.9 – – – –
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.46 4.0 26.43 4.8 16.46 14.1
Group I................................................... 10.93 7.2 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 15.77 9.5 – – – –
Group III................................................. 34.78 2.1 – – – –
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.47 9.2 36.20 8.1 – –
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.27 6.8 32.14 4.5 – –
Group III................................................. 33.80 .3 – – – –
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.18 3.5 33.18 3.5 – –
Group III................................................. 33.33 3.7 – – – –
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.43 2.9 32.43 2.9 – –
Group III................................................. 32.49 3.1 32.49 3.1 – –
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.96 3.3 34.96 3.3 – –
Group III................................................. 35.36 2.8 35.36 2.8 – –
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.84 3.0 33.84 3.0 – –
Group III................................................. 33.92 2.8 – – – –
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 33.01 1.0 33.01 1.0 – –
Group III................................................. 33.08 .8 33.08 .8 – –
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.26 22.0 – – 15.26 22.0
Group II.................................................. 15.76 23.1 – – – –
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.35 6.1 12.35 6.1 – –
Group I................................................... 12.35 6.1 12.35 6.1 – –
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.84 21.4 – – – –
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.95 16.4 28.74 18.2 31.37 13.9
Group I................................................... 13.41 4.8 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 21.85 4.0 – – – –
Group III................................................. 30.87 5.1 – – – –
Registered nurses................................................. 26.65 1.2 26.40 1.9 28.18 2.1
Group II.................................................. – – 25.34 1.2 – –
Group III................................................. 27.03 1.0 26.73 2.0 28.60 4.9
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.34 7.3 14.34 7.3 – –
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.09 4.5 – – – –
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.29 3.3 11.70 1.2 10.13 8.8
Group I................................................... 11.30 3.3 – – – –
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.81 3.9 11.52 .3 9.01 6.3
Group I................................................... 10.81 3.9 – – – –
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.81 3.9 11.52 .3 9.01 6.3
Group I................................................... 10.81 3.9 11.52 .3 9.01 6.3
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.35 3.2 – – – –
Group I................................................... 12.35 3.2 – – – –
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.30 11.4 18.12 10.4 8.86 3.9
Group I................................................... 10.17 6.1 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.98 5.0 – – – –
Police officers................................................... 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.47 2.8 – – – –
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.47 2.8 20.47 2.8 – –
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.10 5.7 11.97 6.2 – –
Group I................................................... 10.57 6.0 – – – –
Security guards................................................. 11.10 5.7 11.97 6.2 – –
Group I................................................... 10.57 6.0 – – – –
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 4.0 11.42 10.2 6.92 9.9
Group I................................................... 7.79 8.8 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.50 5.6 15.50 5.6 – –
Cooks............................................................. 10.34 14.4 – – 9.25 12.0
Group I................................................... 10.34 14.4 – – – –
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.98 24.0 – – 5.58 28.6
Group I................................................... 5.98 24.0 – – – –
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.59 16.9 – – 2.69 18.4
Group I................................................... 2.59 16.9 – – 2.69 18.4
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 10.37 8.1 – – – –
Group I................................................... 10.37 8.1 – – – –
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.51 6.5 – – 8.02 3.3
Group I................................................... 8.51 6.5 – – – –
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.48 6.3 – – 7.97 3.1
Group I................................................... 8.48 6.3 – – 7.97 3.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.25 5.8 10.18 5.5 10.52 8.1
Group I................................................... 10.23 6.4 – – – –
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 7.8 10.04 8.1 10.52 8.1
Group I................................................... 10.21 7.9 – – – –
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.06 3.9 11.34 2.3 10.52 8.1
Group I................................................... 11.06 3.9 11.34 2.3 10.52 8.1
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.64 12.0 – – 9.84 10.7
Group I................................................... 8.02 10.5 – – – –
Child care workers................................................ 7.94 2.7 – – – –
Group I................................................... 7.94 2.7 – – – –
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.04 9.1 – – 11.06 10.0
Group I................................................... 11.59 8.0 – – – –
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.01 16.6 17.84 14.9 8.74 3.8
Group I................................................... 11.50 14.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 26.01 10.6 – – – –
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.25 5.8 18.25 5.8 – –
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.26 5.9 18.26 5.9 – –
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.26 25.1 15.28 23.7 8.72 3.9
Group I................................................... 11.39 17.9 – – – –
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.82 5.4 10.05 4.9 7.61 2.0
Group I................................................... 8.82 5.4 – – – –
Cashiers...................................................... 8.82 5.4 10.05 4.9 7.61 2.0
Group I................................................... 8.82 5.4 10.05 4.9 7.61 2.0
Retail salespersons............................................. 15.74 28.1 17.49 26.3 9.99 7.6
Group I................................................... 13.77 23.2 16.14 24.0 10.11 7.2
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.37 2.5 14.79 3.0 12.31 9.3
Group I................................................... 12.52 1.7 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 18.69 3.0 – – – –
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.97 3.9 14.68 6.2 – –
Group I................................................... 13.17 2.4 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 18.04 4.3 – – – –
Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.14 8.4 15.05 8.8 – –
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.95 6.5 – – – –
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.56 7.7 12.55 8.2 – –
Group I................................................... 11.24 2.7 11.12 3.0 – –
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.23 5.3 13.00 2.0 – –
Group I................................................... 11.99 6.5 – – – –
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.15 7.2 16.17 7.5 – –
Group I................................................... 13.73 3.6 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 20.25 10.5 – – – –
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.50 9.2 19.71 9.0 – –
Group II.................................................. 20.28 10.6 20.28 10.6 – –
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.75 10.5 15.10 9.5 – –
Group I................................................... 12.53 7.4 13.59 6.5 – –
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.42 5.1 16.41 4.4 – –
Group I................................................... 12.08 2.7 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.61 2.5 – – – –
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 4.1 11.52 4.1 – –
Group I................................................... 10.63 1.5 10.63 1.5 – –
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.63 4.7 15.63 4.7 – –
Group I................................................... 13.88 2.2 – – – –
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.63 4.7 15.63 4.7 – –
Group I................................................... 13.88 2.2 13.88 2.2 – –
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 10.13 9.0 9.86 6.0 – –
Group I................................................... 10.13 9.0 – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.97 11.5 21.27 10.0 – –
Group I................................................... 12.56 6.0 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 23.28 8.8 – – – –
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 25.68 3.4 25.68 3.4 – –
Group II.................................................. 26.95 4.7 – – – –
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 25.74 3.6 25.74 3.6 – –
Group II.................................................. 27.12 5.1 27.12 5.1 – –
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.40 5.8 – – – –
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.16 5.8 – – – –
Production occupations.............................................. 18.39 18.5 18.43 18.7 – –
Group I................................................... 12.28 9.9 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 19.73 2.8 – – – –
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 1.6 17.95 1.6 – –
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.35 4.5 13.09 3.9 – –
Group I................................................... 12.03 4.1 – – – –
Group II.................................................. 16.76 9.1 – – – –
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.63 .2 14.65 .0 – –
Group I................................................... 14.63 .2 – – – –
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.63 .2 14.65 .0 – –
Group I................................................... 14.63 .2 14.65 .0 – –
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.10 10.0 14.10 10.0 – –
Group I................................................... 15.04 11.6 – – – –
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.03 16.6 15.03 16.6 – –
Group I................................................... 16.07 18.0 16.07 18.0 – –
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.96 7.5 – – – –
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.69 3.8 10.89 4.3 – –
Group I................................................... 11.03 4.8 – – – –
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 8.3 11.71 9.7 – –
Group I................................................... 11.45 8.3 11.71 9.7 – –
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I
combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.57 $15.00 $22.50 $34.33
Management occupations.............................................. 23.15 25.86 41.60 56.00 80.91
General and operations managers................................... 23.15 23.15 27.47 57.64 57.94
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.27 23.16 27.50 36.91 38.67
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.89 23.63 28.40 28.40 32.74
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.63 22.98 24.04 33.27 33.27
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.74 18.55 26.57 36.42 47.61
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.58 24.04 33.50 39.38 42.58
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 30.48 37.48 40.20 44.32
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.82 18.55 18.55 20.43 28.27
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.24 12.62 28.08 35.19 40.65
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.68 31.65 35.19 40.38 49.64
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.56 27.67 30.58 38.47 40.81
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.46 29.05 31.17 38.35 40.25
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.26 28.85 30.22 36.38 40.25
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 27.79 29.87 34.87 40.21 41.57
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.85 28.66 32.40 40.65 41.40
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 26.85 28.24 31.33 38.02 40.65
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 8.13 12.60 20.42 31.71
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.75 10.50 12.50 14.38 14.96
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.98 19.50 27.57 46.64 46.84
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.77 17.18 23.00 29.03 42.70
Registered nurses................................................. 20.80 23.00 27.09 29.48 31.59
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.20 10.50 13.86 15.84 21.56
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.87 16.66 17.46 19.39 20.89
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.57 10.42 11.12 12.32 13.99
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 10.00 11.00 11.87 12.82
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 10.00 11.00 11.87 12.82
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 11.00 11.99 13.99 14.80
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.24 10.14 16.68 20.53 25.07
Police officers................................................... 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 9.72 10.18 11.67 14.42
Security guards................................................. 8.00 9.72 10.18 11.67 14.42
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.75 8.50 11.38 14.71
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 14.31 15.00 15.28 16.11 19.42
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.50 10.50 11.50 14.00
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.20 3.75 11.23 11.38
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.20 2.37
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.80 11.04 11.38 11.38 11.38
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.35 7.44 7.44 9.53 10.29
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.35 7.44 7.44 9.49 10.17
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.22 11.07 11.92 12.03
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 11.22 11.92 12.26
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.10 10.20 11.27 11.92 12.26
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 9.25 14.62
Child care workers................................................ 7.25 7.25 7.55 8.56 9.14
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.53 10.00 11.00 14.62 14.62
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.38 9.00 12.54 20.48 29.86
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.36 15.87 20.00 20.48 24.46
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.36 15.87 20.00 20.48 24.46
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.12 10.57 15.03 26.65
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.38 8.00 9.85 12.54
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.38 8.00 9.85 12.54
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.53 10.20 11.61 23.71 26.65
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.50 13.50 16.40 19.55
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.96 12.75 14.00 17.50 19.00
Bill and account collectors..................................... 12.74 13.00 13.75 16.11 21.30
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.10 15.93 16.05 17.50 19.00
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.11 10.49 11.50 13.62 17.92
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.22 10.26 12.60 14.85 15.39
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.54 12.75 14.59 18.59 24.02
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.32 15.82 18.87 24.02 28.46
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.04 11.00 12.15 16.87 20.51
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.75 12.00 15.97 20.00 22.80
Construction laborers............................................. 9.01 10.31 10.88 13.00 15.00
Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 21.45
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 21.45
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 7.22 8.00 10.50 11.42 12.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.45 14.83 18.59 21.48 31.68
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.07 19.47 23.97 31.68 37.07
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.34 19.47 24.12 31.68 36.49
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.72 15.39 16.80 21.33 21.33
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.30 10.45 14.83 18.59 19.80
Production occupations.............................................. 9.75 11.84 16.00 21.84 34.24
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.09 15.50 17.25 20.04 22.31
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.16 9.00 11.00 15.00 18.90
Bus drivers....................................................... 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.41 18.07
Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.41 18.07
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.60 12.60 17.00 23.57
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.20 11.42 13.25 18.19 23.60
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 11.30 15.27 15.82 17.40
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.76 8.92 9.06 12.06 14.78
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.85 8.85 9.71 12.52 17.46
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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.80 $10.09 $13.70 $21.02 $33.59
Management occupations.............................................. 23.15 27.47 45.67 56.38 103.85
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.62 24.04 28.58 36.91 38.67
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.74 18.55 21.23 36.42 47.61
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 29.09 33.98 39.38 43.46
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 30.48 37.48 40.20 44.32
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.82 16.63 18.55 18.55 18.55
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.44 9.21 11.48 15.01 26.02
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.83 17.52 22.85 29.00 33.95
Registered nurses................................................. 20.75 22.49 26.65 29.08 31.32
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.37 10.42 11.12 12.30 13.99
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.93 11.00 11.87 12.72
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 9.93 11.00 11.87 12.72
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.00 11.00 11.99 13.99 14.80
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.80 8.00 9.85 10.30 11.07
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.65 9.50 9.85 10.30 11.07
Security guards................................................. 7.65 9.50 9.85 10.30 11.07
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.75 8.50 11.38 14.71
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 14.31 15.00 15.28 16.11 19.42
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.50 10.50 11.50 14.00
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.20 3.75 11.23 11.38
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.20 2.37
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.80 11.04 11.38 11.38 11.38
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.30 7.44 7.44 8.20 10.00
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.30 7.44 7.44 8.20 10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 11.22 11.92 12.03
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 11.22 11.92 12.03
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.25 11.22 11.27 11.92 12.26
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.10 10.13
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.38 9.00 12.43 20.00 29.86
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.36 14.34 20.00 20.00 24.46
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.05 10.57 15.11 26.65
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.38 8.00 9.00 12.54
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.38 8.00 9.00 12.54
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.53 10.20 11.61 23.71 26.65
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.60 11.00 13.00 16.00 19.46
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.94 12.75 14.00 17.50 19.00
Bill and account collectors..................................... 12.74 13.00 13.75 16.11 21.30
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.10 15.93 16.05 17.50 19.00
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.11 10.49 11.50 13.62 17.92
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.22 10.26 12.60 14.85 15.39
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.11 13.00 13.65 16.55 28.46
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.27 14.59 18.27 28.46 28.46
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.94 12.09 19.53 20.51
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.50 11.42 15.33 20.00 22.80
Construction laborers............................................. 9.01 10.31 10.88 13.00 15.00
Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 24.31
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 24.31
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 7.22 8.00 10.50 11.42 12.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.45 14.83 18.59 22.94 31.68
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.46 19.47 24.95 31.68 40.93
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 8.30 10.45 14.83 18.59 19.80
Production occupations.............................................. 9.75 11.84 16.00 21.84 34.24
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.09 15.50 17.25 20.04 22.31
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.16 8.92 10.25 14.78 20.00
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.56 12.00 17.00 23.57
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.20 11.42 13.10 18.19 23.60
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 11.30 15.27 15.82 17.40
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.76 8.92 9.06 12.06 14.78
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.85 8.85 9.71 12.52 17.46
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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July
2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $11.67 $14.62 $20.05 $28.70 $38.13
Management occupations.............................................. 17.50 24.26 30.76 39.32 57.64
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.05 21.89 23.63 24.32 32.74
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.89 19.67 22.31 26.59 31.94
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.88 26.33 30.82 38.57 41.40
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.26 29.05 32.32 40.10 41.40
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.49 29.05 31.33 38.57 40.25
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.39 28.85 30.22 36.48 40.25
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 28.08 30.52 36.10 40.21 41.65
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.85 28.62 32.40 40.65 41.40
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 26.85 28.24 31.31 38.02 40.65
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.83 12.50 13.27 14.96 15.48
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.73 14.79 27.09 31.81 75.29
Protective service occupations...................................... 13.79 17.41 19.63 23.64 26.53
Police officers................................................... 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.49 8.79 9.66 14.89 14.89
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.61 9.29 10.43 11.26 13.10
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.55 7.85 10.97 14.62 14.62
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.54 12.79 15.29 18.44 21.55
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.54 12.16 17.06 18.87 24.02
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.10 14.05 16.01 20.53 24.27
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.21 12.40 14.44 16.31 17.67
Bus drivers....................................................... 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.48 18.07
Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.48 18.07
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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.20 $11.90 $17.00 $24.52 $36.91
Management occupations.............................................. 23.15 25.86 42.53 56.00 103.85
General and operations managers................................... 23.15 23.15 27.47 57.64 57.94
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.85 22.98 27.13 36.91 38.67
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.89 23.63 28.40 28.40 32.74
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.95 18.55 26.57 36.42 47.61
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.58 24.04 33.50 39.38 42.58
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 30.48 37.48 40.20 44.32
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.82 18.55 18.55 20.96 28.27
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.75 12.88 29.05 35.73 40.96
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.68 31.65 35.19 40.38 49.64
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.92 28.08 31.17 39.16 40.98
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.46 29.05 31.17 38.35 40.25
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.26 28.85 30.22 36.38 40.25
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 27.79 29.87 34.87 40.21 41.57
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.85 28.66 32.40 40.65 41.40
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 26.85 28.24 31.33 38.02 40.65
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.75 10.50 12.50 14.38 14.96
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.42 17.00 22.65 28.86 33.95
Registered nurses................................................. 20.75 22.86 27.09 29.00 31.11
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 10.20 10.50 13.86 15.84 21.56
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.38 11.00 11.35 12.39 13.99
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.38 10.80 11.34 12.07 12.89
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.38 10.80 11.34 12.07 12.89
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.14 13.00 18.63 22.66 26.26
Police officers................................................... 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.66 18.16 19.70 22.31 24.54
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.72 10.14 11.07 14.20 14.42
Security guards................................................. 9.72 10.14 11.07 14.20 14.42
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 9.00 11.04 14.71 15.58
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 14.31 15.00 15.28 16.11 19.42
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 10.86 11.92 12.03
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.75 11.22 11.92 12.03
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.83 11.22 11.37 11.92 12.03
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 10.53 13.52 24.04 29.86
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.36 15.87 20.00 20.48 24.46
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.36 15.87 20.00 20.48 24.46
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.12 9.46 11.85 20.18 26.65
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.25 9.64 12.54 12.54
Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.25 9.64 12.54 12.54
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.34 10.53 14.30 25.94 26.65
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.50 12.11 13.65 17.01 20.51
Financial clerks.................................................. 11.10 12.75 13.75 16.05 18.17
Bill and account collectors..................................... 12.74 13.00 13.75 14.84 21.30
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.11 10.49 11.50 13.62 17.92
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.09 12.38 12.73 14.85 16.40
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.54 12.75 14.36 18.80 24.02
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.27 16.55 18.87 24.02 28.46
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.43 12.09 13.15 19.53 20.51
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.10 15.83 20.00 22.80
Construction laborers............................................. 9.01 10.31 10.88 13.00 15.00
Construction equipment operators.................................. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 21.45
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 10.76 13.90 15.33 15.33 21.45
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 7.22 8.00 10.00 11.42 12.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.42 15.39 19.47 24.16 32.04
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.07 19.47 23.97 31.68 37.07
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.34 19.47 24.12 31.68 36.49
Production occupations.............................................. 9.72 11.84 16.48 21.84 34.24
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.09 15.50 17.25 20.04 22.31
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.85 9.06 11.99 15.82 20.30
Bus drivers....................................................... 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.48 18.07
Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.35 12.36 14.44 16.48 18.07
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 10.60 12.60 17.00 23.57
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 10.20 11.42 13.25 18.19 23.60
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.85 8.92 9.06 12.06 17.46
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.85 9.00 11.99 12.15 17.46
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), Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $3.75 $7.44 $9.00 $11.38 $16.00
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.13 12.25 15.01 20.42 31.71
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 8.13 8.13 12.60 20.42 31.71
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.18 22.50 30.10 45.34 45.34
Registered nurses................................................. 21.60 24.90 29.03 31.26 33.00
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.75 8.00 9.38 12.30 14.47
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.75 8.00 8.24 10.12 10.51
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.75 8.00 8.24 10.12 10.51
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.65 7.80 8.31 9.85 10.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.75 7.44 9.65 11.38
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 9.00 10.65 12.00
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.75 11.38 11.38
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.22 7.25
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.30 7.44 7.44 8.00 9.65
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.30 7.44 7.44 8.00 9.65
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.25 11.27 11.37 12.26
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 9.25 11.27 11.37 12.26
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 9.25 11.27 11.37 12.26
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 8.10 10.13 16.20
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.85 9.68 10.13 11.99 15.00
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 10.67 11.80
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.50 10.67 11.80
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.38 7.50 8.30
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.38 7.50 8.30
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.06 7.57 10.67 11.04 12.10
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 9.04 10.32 16.00 19.00
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, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $20.65 $17.00 $816 $669 39.5 $40,921 $34,112 1,982
Management occupations.............................................. 47.32 42.53 1,925 1,578 40.7 99,707 81,779 2,107
General and operations managers................................... 36.85 27.47 1,474 1,099 40.0 76,647 57,142 2,080
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.87 27.13 1,190 1,040 41.2 61,882 54,101 2,143
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.83 28.40 1,073 1,136 40.0 55,812 59,072 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.05 26.57 1,159 1,063 39.9 60,284 55,274 2,075
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.10 33.50 1,324 1,340 40.0 68,841 69,678 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 35.63 37.48 1,425 1,499 40.0 74,116 77,958 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.72 18.55 795 742 38.4 40,698 38,574 1,964
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.43 29.05 982 1,071 37.2 40,894 42,968 1,547
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.20 35.19 1,448 1,408 40.0 63,177 60,991 1,745
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.14 31.17 1,176 1,146 36.6 46,969 46,837 1,461
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.18 31.17 1,206 1,142 36.4 48,141 46,837 1,451
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.43 30.22 1,186 1,103 36.6 47,220 46,837 1,456
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.96 34.87 1,255 1,278 35.9 50,297 52,014 1,439
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.84 32.40 1,226 1,187 36.2 48,212 47,146 1,425
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 33.01 31.33 1,201 1,146 36.4 47,407 45,695 1,436
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.35 12.50 439 421 35.6 17,285 17,061 1,399
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.74 22.65 1,134 895 39.5 58,039 44,845 2,019
Registered nurses................................................. 26.40 27.09 1,021 1,040 38.7 50,768 52,456 1,923
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.34 13.86 574 554 40.0 29,824 28,827 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.70 11.35 461 450 39.4 23,955 23,379 2,047
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.52 11.34 450 445 39.0 23,389 23,147 2,030
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.52 11.34 450 445 39.0 23,389 23,147 2,030
Protective service occupations...................................... 18.12 18.63 752 758 41.5 38,413 39,183 2,120
Police officers................................................... 20.47 19.70 825 788 40.3 42,886 40,980 2,095
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.47 19.70 825 788 40.3 42,886 40,980 2,095
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.97 11.07 471 443 39.3 23,722 22,734 1,981
Security guards................................................. 11.97 11.07 471 443 39.3 23,722 22,734 1,981
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.42 11.04 424 385 37.1 21,478 19,520 1,880
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.50 15.28 619 623 39.9 32,164 32,400 2,075
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.18 10.86 393 434 38.6 20,434 22,589 2,008
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.04 11.22 383 447 38.2 19,939 23,244 1,987
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.34 11.37 445 447 39.2 23,135 23,244 2,039
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.84 13.52 730 541 40.9 35,250 26,416 1,976
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.25 20.00 772 819 42.3 40,141 42,590 2,200
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.26 20.00 773 819 42.3 40,184 42,590 2,201
Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.28 11.85 645 445 42.2 29,300 20,539 1,918
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.05 9.64 390 334 38.8 20,172 17,389 2,007
Cashiers...................................................... 10.05 9.64 390 334 38.8 20,172 17,389 2,007
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.49 14.30 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.79 13.65 582 542 39.4 29,093 27,456 1,968
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.68 13.75 569 527 38.7 29,159 27,414 1,986
Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.05 13.75 602 550 40.0 31,296 28,600 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.55 11.50 500 460 39.9 20,520 22,880 1,635
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.00 12.73 520 509 40.0 27,039 26,478 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.17 14.36 640 582 39.6 33,209 30,285 2,054
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.71 18.87 772 755 39.2 39,958 39,258 2,028
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.10 13.15 595 530 39.4 30,965 27,560 2,050
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.41 15.83 654 613 39.8 33,992 31,893 2,071
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 10.88 461 435 40.0 23,964 22,624 2,080
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.63 15.33 625 613 40.0 32,508 31,893 2,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.63 15.33 625 613 40.0 32,508 31,893 2,080
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.86 10.00 382 400 38.8 19,877 20,800 2,016
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.27 19.47 881 779 41.4 45,794 40,506 2,153
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 25.68 23.97 1,117 923 43.5 58,060 48,003 2,261
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 25.74 24.12 1,117 923 43.4 58,062 48,003 2,256
Production occupations.............................................. 18.43 16.48 733 658 39.8 38,117 34,195 2,068
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 17.25 718 690 40.0 37,332 35,880 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.09 11.99 517 480 39.5 26,013 23,758 1,987
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.65 14.44 418 357 28.5 15,836 13,007 1,081
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.65 14.44 418 357 28.5 15,836 13,007 1,081
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.10 12.60 582 524 41.3 30,274 27,248 2,147
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.03 13.25 601 530 40.0 31,255 27,560 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.89 9.06 436 362 40.0 22,580 18,836 2,073
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.71 11.99 468 480 40.0 24,224 24,939 2,069
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, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $20.03 $15.58 $797 $613 39.8 $40,694 $31,541 2,032
Management occupations.............................................. 48.78 45.67 1,994 1,820 40.9 103,669 94,661 2,125
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.17 28.40 1,254 1,136 41.5 65,183 59,072 2,161
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.90 21.23 1,156 849 40.0 60,102 44,163 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.53 33.98 1,381 1,359 40.0 71,823 70,685 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 35.63 37.48 1,425 1,499 40.0 74,116 77,958 2,080
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.46 11.48 530 459 39.4 25,211 21,252 1,872
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.58 22.41 1,132 895 39.6 58,852 46,547 2,059
Registered nurses................................................. 26.06 26.33 1,018 1,040 39.1 52,944 54,080 2,031
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.70 11.35 461 450 39.4 23,955 23,379 2,047
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.52 11.34 450 445 39.0 23,389 23,147 2,030
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.52 11.34 450 445 39.0 23,389 23,147 2,030
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.37 11.04 427 403 37.6 21,962 20,954 1,932
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.50 15.28 619 623 39.9 32,164 32,400 2,075
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.14 11.22 390 447 38.5 20,267 23,244 2,000
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 11.22 380 447 38.0 19,773 23,244 1,976
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.55 11.92 451 449 39.1 23,456 23,342 2,032
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.87 13.52 731 535 40.9 35,268 26,208 1,974
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.93 20.00 765 687 42.7 39,768 35,699 2,218
Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.34 11.73 648 440 42.2 29,362 20,539 1,914
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.76 9.00 378 334 38.7 19,513 17,389 2,000
Cashiers...................................................... 9.76 9.00 378 334 38.7 19,513 17,389 2,000
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.49 14.30 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.42 13.13 569 520 39.5 28,341 27,040 1,965
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.66 13.61 567 525 38.7 29,080 27,310 1,983
Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.05 13.75 602 550 40.0 31,296 28,600 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.55 11.50 500 460 39.9 20,520 22,880 1,635
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.00 12.73 520 509 40.0 27,039 26,478 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.77 13.65 627 546 39.8 32,620 28,392 2,068
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.33 18.27 805 731 39.6 41,856 38,000 2,059
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.00 12.65 589 508 39.3 30,647 26,395 2,044
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.22 15.33 645 613 39.8 33,557 31,893 2,069
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 10.88 461 435 40.0 23,964 22,624 2,080
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.12 15.33 605 613 40.0 31,444 31,893 2,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.12 15.33 605 613 40.0 31,444 31,893 2,080
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 9.86 10.00 382 400 38.8 19,877 20,800 2,016
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.78 19.47 906 779 41.6 47,112 40,506 2,163
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 26.40 24.95 1,160 1,107 44.0 60,326 57,585 2,285
Production occupations.............................................. 18.43 16.48 733 658 39.8 38,117 34,195 2,068
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 17.25 718 690 40.0 37,332 35,880 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.96 11.42 526 482 40.5 27,300 24,939 2,106
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.06 12.00 581 524 41.4 30,236 27,248 2,150
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.04 13.10 601 524 40.0 31,273 27,248 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.89 9.06 436 362 40.0 22,580 18,836 2,073
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.71 11.99 468 480 40.0 24,224 24,939 2,069
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,
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $23.39 $20.85 $898 $830 38.4 $41,796 $40,980 1,787
Management occupations.............................................. 34.60 33.76 1,352 1,260 39.1 67,910 58,997 1,963
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.90 23.63 956 945 40.0 49,718 49,157 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 23.81 22.31 907 837 38.1 45,299 43,512 1,902
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.15 31.52 1,134 1,146 36.4 45,332 46,837 1,455
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.78 32.32 1,227 1,183 36.3 48,518 46,968 1,436
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.32 31.33 1,212 1,151 36.4 48,093 46,837 1,443
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.46 30.22 1,186 1,103 36.5 47,251 46,837 1,456
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.54 36.10 1,278 1,300 36.0 50,179 52,014 1,412
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.87 32.40 1,226 1,187 36.2 48,219 47,146 1,423
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 33.03 31.31 1,200 1,145 36.3 47,394 45,695 1,435
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.39 13.27 463 471 34.6 17,435 17,523 1,302
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.76 27.09 1,149 948 38.6 53,543 36,027 1,799
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.11 19.63 849 788 42.2 43,123 40,970 2,144
Police officers................................................... 20.47 19.70 825 788 40.3 42,886 40,980 2,095
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.47 19.70 825 788 40.3 42,886 40,980 2,095
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.36 16.03 638 637 39.0 32,368 32,448 1,979
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.00 17.06 666 656 39.1 34,412 34,104 2,024
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.32 16.01 693 640 40.0 36,028 33,301 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.37 14.44 450 425 31.3 18,262 14,606 1,271
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.65 14.44 418 357 28.5 15,836 13,007 1,081
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.65 14.44 418 357 28.5 15,836 13,007 1,081
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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC,
July 2010
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $18.04 $17.59 $16.02 $22.88
Management, professional, and related...... 31.74 32.50 28.38 32.23
Management, business, and financial...... 42.28 47.03 30.79 42.11
Professional and related................. 25.48 25.43 26.28 –
Service.................................... 9.20 8.75 10.24 11.07
Sales and office........................... 14.97 15.45 14.61 13.48
Sales and related........................ 16.00 17.06 14.25 –
Office and administrative support........ 14.07 13.84 14.97 13.67
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 18.15 17.80 17.78 –
Construction and extraction............. 16.23 15.46 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.25 22.45 17.89 –
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 15.35 13.93 12.03 –
Production............................... 18.39 15.54 13.85 –
Transportation and material moving....... 12.18 12.73 10.90 –
1-99 100-499 500
Total workers workers workers
or more
Occupational group(2)
Relative error(3)
(percent)
Relative error(3) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 4.7 7.2 4.2 4.8
Management, professional, and related............................... 5.7 8.7 5.5 10.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 12.0 20.3 12.6 12.2
Professional and related.......................................... 7.3 11.3 8.7 –
Service............................................................. 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.4
Sales and office.................................................... 9.8 12.9 7.2 5.9
Sales and related................................................. 17.0 19.2 14.0 –
Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 3.7 5.5 7.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.0 12.4 8.5 –
Construction and extraction...................................... 5.7 5.8 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12.1 15.2 10.3 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.5 4.9 8.0 –
Production........................................................ 18.5 9.5 13.2 –
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.9 7.0 10.1 –
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $19.90 $15.19 $787 $588 39.5 $39,927 $29,203 2,007
Management occupations.............................................. 54.59 45.51 – – – – – –
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.78 36.91 1,496 1,476 43.0 77,809 76,773 2,237
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.62 11.23 431 403 37.1 22,389 20,954 1,927
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.55 9.19 360 366 37.7 18,707 19,053 1,960
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.31 15.11 789 541 40.8 36,720 26,998 1,901
Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.44 11.61 – – – – – –
Retail salespersons............................................. 20.06 23.83 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.34 13.00 559 509 39.0 27,390 26,208 1,911
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.04 13.13 529 525 37.7 27,531 27,310 1,961
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.84 15.00 674 600 40.0 35,032 31,200 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.41 15.25 612 610 39.7 31,837 31,720 2,066
Construction laborers............................................. 11.52 10.88 461 435 40.0 23,964 22,624 2,080
Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.12 15.33 605 613 40.0 31,444 31,893 2,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 15.12 15.33 605 613 40.0 31,444 31,893 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.45 19.47 937 779 41.7 48,715 40,506 2,170
Production occupations.............................................. 15.60 15.44 615 608 39.4 31,956 31,595 2,049
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.14 11.42 537 500 40.9 27,923 26,000 2,125
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.63 13.10 611 530 41.8 31,766 27,560 2,171
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.86 13.10 595 524 40.0 30,918 27,248 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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $20.22 $17.08 $811 $685 40.1 $41,851 $35,302 2,070
Management occupations.............................................. 42.98 51.94 1,715 2,077 39.9 89,190 108,025 2,075
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.94 25.76 998 1,030 40.0 51,882 53,581 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.90 21.23 956 849 40.0 49,717 44,163 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.88 36.24 1,435 1,449 40.0 74,635 75,373 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 36.46 38.69 1,458 1,547 40.0 75,832 80,465 2,080
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.13 29.51 1,125 1,147 38.6 50,318 49,380 1,727
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Registered nurses................................................. 25.71 26.00 1,009 1,018 39.3 52,493 52,936 2,041
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.70 11.50 462 453 39.5 24,031 23,537 2,054
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.09 9.39 410 367 40.6 19,727 19,071 1,954
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.25 11.27 450 451 40.0 23,407 23,442 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.03 12.43 618 490 41.1 32,066 25,376 2,133
Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.19 11.80 634 445 41.7 32,824 23,130 2,161
Retail salespersons............................................. 15.05 11.10 626 427 41.6 32,529 22,214 2,162
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.51 13.55 579 540 39.9 29,377 28,002 2,024
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.47 14.72 619 589 40.0 31,124 30,618 2,012
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.24 12.55 530 502 40.0 25,651 25,709 1,937
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.73 13.65 540 546 39.3 28,097 28,392 2,046
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.06 20.04 762 802 40.0 39,637 41,683 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.05 19.24 873 788 41.5 45,372 40,976 2,156
Production occupations.............................................. 20.21 17.13 808 685 40.0 42,029 35,630 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.67 11.99 507 480 40.0 26,277 24,939 2,074
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.67 11.99 467 480 40.0 24,144 24,939 2,068
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.19 12.06 488 482 40.0 25,181 25,079 2,066
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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
VA-NC, July 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........................................................... $15.64 $15.64 – $19.00 $18.22 $22.70
Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 30.83 31.74 28.69
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 40.29 42.28 28.27
Professional and related.......................................... – – – 26.69 25.48 28.76
Service............................................................. 11.50 11.50 – 10.33 8.87 17.28
Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.04 14.94 15.88
Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.01 16.00 –
Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.33 14.02 15.81
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 17.81 17.89 17.34
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.03 15.74 17.32
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 20.01 20.34 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.22 17.22 – 14.95 14.98 14.37
Production........................................................ 16.75 16.75 – 18.98 18.98 –
Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.92 11.71 14.37
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........................................................... 9.9 9.9 – 3.9 4.9 2.5
Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.4 5.7 2.7
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.9 12.0 7.4
Professional and related.......................................... – – – 4.7 7.3 3.1
Service............................................................. .6 .6 – 6.3 2.5 11.0
Sales and office.................................................... – – – 8.7 9.8 5.6
Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.6 17.0 –
Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.5 2.6 5.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.9 10.3 8.5
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 5.4 6.0 12.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 12.8 13.6 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.2 7.2 – 11.2 11.7 2.3
Production........................................................ 6.6 6.6 – 22.8 22.8 –
Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.3 5.9 2.3
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Virginia
Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $18.35 $17.41 $23.82 $23.82
Management, professional, and related............................... 30.63 31.51 35.34 35.34
Management, business, and financial............................... 41.07 43.59 35.34 35.34
Professional and related.......................................... 26.69 25.48 – –
Service............................................................. 10.32 9.01 – –
Sales and office.................................................... 13.43 13.07 22.03 22.03
Sales and related................................................. 11.65 11.49 23.71 23.71
Office and administrative support................................. 14.33 14.00 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.73 16.62 27.00 27.00
Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.23 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.25 17.23 27.00 27.00
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.42 15.46 – –
Production........................................................ 18.39 18.39 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 12.37 12.19 – –
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 3.4 4.3 11.0 11.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 6.1 8.6 8.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 12.2 13.5 8.6 8.6
Professional and related.......................................... 4.7 7.3 – –
Service............................................................. 6.1 4.0 – –
Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 2.8 13.9 13.9
Sales and related................................................. 5.7 5.9 14.6 14.6
Office and administrative support................................. 2.7 2.8 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.6 3.9 6.6 6.6
Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.7 – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.5 5.1 6.6 6.6
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.5 10.0 – –
Production........................................................ 18.5 18.5 – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 5.0 5.3 – –
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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July
2010
Goods producing Service providing
Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure
Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other
tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services
and es business services ity
utilities services
All workers........................................................... $19.39 $23.16 $16.21 – – – $21.28 $8.55 $11.38
Management, professional, and related............................... – 42.58 31.07 – – – 27.65 – –
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – 74.40 – –
Professional and related.......................................... – 31.63 25.39 – – – 22.17 – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.91 7.91 10.88
Sales and office.................................................... – – 14.59 – – – 14.35 11.88 9.81
Sales and related................................................. – – 15.13 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support................................. – 14.65 12.59 – – – 14.34 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.98 18.23 23.58 – – – – – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 23.58 – – – – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.02 18.54 13.74 – – – – – –
Production........................................................ – 18.80 19.69 – – – – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 17.02 – 12.58 – – – – – –
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........................................................... 4.4 5.6 17.5 – – – 12.9 3.6 5.4
Management, professional, and related............................... – 3.8 17.6 – – – 15.6 – –
Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – 27.0 – –
Professional and related.......................................... – 5.3 19.2 – – – 12.8 – –
Service............................................................. – – – – – – 3.1 1.8 8.9
Sales and office.................................................... – – 21.1 – – – 4.4 16.1 1.0
Sales and related................................................. – – 22.7 – – – – – –
Office and administrative support................................. – .6 8.7 – – – 4.4 – –
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.9 7.4 10.5 – – – – – –
Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – –
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 10.5 – – – – – –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.3 23.6 5.2 – – – – – –
Production........................................................ – 24.0 12.3 – – – – – –
Transportation and material moving................................ 3.3 – 5.5 – – – – – –
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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News,
VA-NC, July 2010
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 639,000 528,900 110,100
Management, professional, and related............................... 172,500 113,200 59,400
Management, business, and financial............................... 44,400 37,700 6,700
Professional and related.......................................... 128,100 75,500 52,600
Service............................................................. 163,500 141,400 22,100
Sales and office.................................................... 151,700 137,000 14,700
Sales and related................................................. 63,500 62,500 –
Office and administrative support................................. 88,200 74,600 13,600
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 69,500 60,300 9,200
Construction and extraction...................................... 37,400 31,300 6,200
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 32,000 29,100 –
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 81,700 76,900 4,700
Production........................................................ 38,000 38,000 –
Transportation and material moving................................ 43,700 38,900 4,700
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, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC, July 2010
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 30,164 29,454 710
Total in sample....................................................... 239 212 27
Responding........................................................ 156 133 23
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 61 57 4
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.
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