NC SM 10/00/2010 Table: Anchorage, AK, Summary, November 2009 Table 1. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Anchorage, AK, November 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.53 6.9 $23.66 6.6 $12.25 7.6 Management occupations.............................................. 41.65 17.7 41.65 17.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.43 15.7 35.43 15.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.27 10.7 32.27 10.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.40 8.0 27.40 8.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.41 12.7 27.41 12.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.44 4.5 34.44 4.5 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.28 16.4 32.28 16.4 – – Petroleum engineers............................................. 49.41 14.1 49.41 14.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.43 8.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.44 17.3 38.56 18.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.48 7.1 34.97 8.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.24 7.7 32.56 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.30 6.0 32.38 8.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.34 4.1 15.34 4.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.83 8.0 11.77 12.0 8.82 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 7.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 6.6 – – 9.11 6.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 3.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.61 2.0 9.08 8.7 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.55 1.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.35 4.2 11.55 5.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.35 4.2 11.55 5.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.22 5.1 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.69 2.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.92 7.9 10.81 7.8 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.03 11.2 18.51 9.7 10.19 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.51 10.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.79 6.0 17.81 6.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.40 8.4 24.40 8.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 8.4 24.40 8.4 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.14 10.3 14.25 9.0 9.93 10.8 Level 4 .................................................. 17.80 9.1 17.84 10.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.45 13.5 13.96 13.0 – – Cashiers...................................................... 13.45 13.5 13.96 13.0 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.67 7.2 14.67 7.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.97 3.3 16.45 4.4 12.40 14.2 Level 2 .................................................. 12.49 12.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.86 3.9 13.99 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 4.8 16.98 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.05 8.2 17.76 9.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.44 5.4 22.44 5.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.25 4.6 16.25 4.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.99 4.8 16.99 4.8 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.19 6.4 16.33 4.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.84 5.9 16.66 6.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 9.5 16.85 7.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.14 5.5 32.14 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.35 12.0 24.35 12.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.96 9.2 36.96 9.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 23.61 12.9 24.03 13.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.61 20.9 24.82 20.7 12.01 12.3 Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 6.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.35 5.8 15.51 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.48 8.2 19.58 8.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.22 7.1 19.22 7.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.59 11.7 17.59 11.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.43 2.8 16.31 8.5 11.56 16.7 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.03 .5 16.31 8.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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 2. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Anchorage, AK, November 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.50 $12.79 $18.50 $27.00 $38.37 Management occupations.............................................. 19.46 27.81 28.85 51.34 88.82 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.82 23.86 30.65 35.08 51.35 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 16.50 22.18 28.20 29.59 38.59 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.51 21.50 29.00 40.87 59.45 Engineers......................................................... 20.51 20.51 28.49 40.87 57.69 Petroleum engineers............................................. 29.13 40.87 48.08 59.45 60.72 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.00 16.83 23.86 25.48 28.95 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.53 26.50 30.59 43.56 60.00 Registered nurses................................................. 26.50 27.00 31.77 38.37 44.46 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.88 13.88 14.69 16.53 17.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.47 7.75 9.25 12.91 17.26 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.47 7.75 8.60 12.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.75 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.50 10.50 10.50 12.34 13.33 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.50 10.50 10.50 12.34 13.33 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.58 13.80 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 10.00 12.34 12.37 13.33 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.00 13.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.89 11.42 16.00 20.00 24.52 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.40 19.03 19.53 21.00 55.29 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.40 19.03 19.53 21.00 55.29 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.98 9.90 12.40 17.00 20.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.39 10.30 12.79 18.53 20.00 Cashiers...................................................... 8.39 10.30 12.79 18.53 20.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.50 12.00 14.00 17.00 20.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.49 13.00 15.56 18.31 22.14 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.54 15.00 16.05 17.31 19.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.00 15.00 17.31 17.31 20.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.00 15.16 17.52 18.50 20.36 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.77 12.59 15.56 17.77 22.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.80 27.57 32.84 37.30 41.80 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.00 20.00 22.00 23.50 41.29 Production occupations.............................................. 11.29 19.63 21.86 26.50 32.08 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.36 14.85 17.77 23.08 28.27 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 16.00 19.90 21.23 24.70 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.30 15.00 16.00 19.90 27.67 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.31 11.25 14.50 16.75 18.75 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.45 12.50 14.60 17.50 19.65 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 3. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Anchorage, AK, November 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.66 $19.63 $929 $785 39.3 $47,314 $40,479 2,000 Management occupations.............................................. 41.65 28.85 1,676 1,182 40.2 87,154 61,449 2,093 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.27 30.65 1,284 1,226 39.8 66,771 63,756 2,069 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.41 28.20 1,083 1,044 39.5 56,338 54,294 2,056 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.44 29.00 1,403 1,160 40.7 72,946 60,320 2,118 Engineers......................................................... 32.28 28.49 1,325 1,154 41.0 68,882 60,008 2,134 Petroleum engineers............................................. 49.41 48.08 1,976 1,923 40.0 102,763 100,006 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.56 30.50 1,523 1,211 39.5 79,181 62,993 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 32.56 31.36 1,295 1,237 39.8 67,343 64,334 2,068 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.34 14.69 599 586 39.0 31,130 30,495 2,029 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.77 9.68 447 387 38.0 20,923 19,240 1,778 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.08 8.00 322 298 35.5 15,489 14,560 1,706 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.55 10.50 458 420 39.6 23,797 21,840 2,061 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.55 10.50 458 420 39.6 23,797 21,840 2,061 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.81 10.00 403 380 37.3 17,940 17,160 1,660 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.51 17.00 740 680 40.0 38,505 35,360 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.40 19.53 976 781 40.0 50,751 40,622 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 24.40 19.53 976 781 40.0 50,751 40,622 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.25 13.30 570 532 40.0 29,635 27,664 2,080 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.96 12.91 558 516 40.0 29,038 26,853 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 13.96 12.91 558 516 40.0 29,038 26,853 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.67 14.00 587 560 40.0 30,503 29,120 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.45 15.56 658 623 40.0 34,206 32,373 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.25 16.05 650 642 40.0 33,797 33,384 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.99 17.31 680 692 40.0 35,335 36,005 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.33 15.16 653 607 40.0 33,962 31,539 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.66 15.56 666 623 39.9 34,616 32,373 2,077 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.14 32.84 1,286 1,314 40.0 66,179 68,307 2,059 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.35 22.00 974 880 40.0 49,844 45,760 2,047 Production occupations.............................................. 24.03 23.26 961 930 40.0 49,991 48,372 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.82 18.53 905 800 36.5 46,257 41,392 1,864 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.22 19.90 769 796 40.0 39,971 41,392 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.59 16.00 704 640 40.0 36,585 33,280 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.31 15.10 652 604 40.0 33,926 31,408 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.31 15.10 652 604 40.0 33,926 31,408 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