NC BL 03/00/1998 Table: Arkansas, Bulletin 3090-26, July 1997 Table A-1. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers (2), all industries, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All occupations....................................................... $13.58 $6.20 $7.64 $10.85 $16.60 $24.77 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.65 6.21 7.70 10.89 16.58 25.05 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.80 7.00 9.62 15.70 23.08 31.21 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.25 7.47 10.00 15.91 23.67 31.65 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± - - - - - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 21.67 13.56 16.61 20.65 25.72 30.19 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ ± - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... ± - - - - - Registered nurses........................................... 16.88 12.18 13.94 16.15 18.57 22.50 Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.29 17.21 20.31 25.00 28.21 33.04 Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.49 14.44 16.63 19.12 22.47 25.74 Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.27 - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 20.28 15.80 16.63 19.35 23.18 26.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.46 - - - - - Social workers.............................................. 13.80 - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ ± - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... ± - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 9.63 7.90 8.57 9.16 10.40 12.07 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 10.61 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 17.90 - - - - - Management related occupations................................ ± - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 15.35 - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 11.71 5.25 6.50 8.50 18.64 20.83 Cashiers.................................................... 5.93 - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± - - - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 8.52 - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.60 7.07 9.35 9.57 10.10 11.42 General office clerks....................................... 7.96 6.00 6.31 7.42 9.57 10.00 Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.31 6.40 7.45 9.57 12.18 15.14 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.20 7.00 8.65 11.78 14.43 16.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 6.50 7.50 9.23 11.50 12.46 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.66 6.45 6.95 7.70 10.15 11.74 Assemblers.................................................. 9.18 - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.54 - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... $12.30 $7.00 $8.85 $10.92 $16.36 $18.92 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.91 - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.98 5.25 6.18 7.35 9.05 11.92 Construction laborers....................................... 7.98 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.15 - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.01 5.00 5.90 6.65 7.05 9.66 Service occupations................................................. 7.34 4.83 5.35 6.25 8.79 11.51 Protective service occupations................................ ± - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 5.53 3.00 5.00 5.39 6.07 6.81 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.48 4.77 5.00 5.25 6.00 6.50 Health service occupations.................................... $6.09 $4.98 $5.25 $5.75 $6.71 $7.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.88 4.83 5.15 5.50 6.50 7.00 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.08 5.00 5.50 6.25 7.80 10.05 Maids and housemen.......................................... 5.33 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.04 5.40 5.62 6.41 7.80 9.90 Personal service occupations.................................. ± - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-2. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers (2), private and government industries, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean Mean 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $13.38 $6.00 $7.45 $10.50 $15.84 $25.04 $14.33 $6.54 $8.79 $13.00 $18.43 $23.98 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.44 6.05 7.50 10.50 15.78 25.45 14.39 6.59 8.79 13.18 18.44 24.04 White-collar occupations............................................ 18.55 7.00 9.50 15.81 24.54 32.98 16.16 7.19 9.78 15.70 20.41 25.72 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 19.25 7.50 10.00 16.05 25.48 33.59 16.26 7.25 9.97 15.70 20.43 25.74 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± - - - - - 19.70 11.02 15.69 18.84 23.32 27.75 Professional specialty occupations.............................. ± - - - - - 20.47 13.84 16.39 19.24 23.80 28.07 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ - - - - - - ± - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... ± - - - - - 16.85 11.33 13.35 16.35 19.45 22.57 Registered nurses........................................... 16.75 12.10 13.88 16.00 18.00 22.50 17.15 12.30 14.00 16.72 19.63 22.66 Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.62 - - - - - ± - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 13.58 - - - - - 19.70 15.14 16.66 19.15 22.56 25.74 Elementary school teachers.................................. - - - - - - 20.35 - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... - - - - - - 20.32 15.80 16.63 19.35 23.18 26.22 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± - - - - - - - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 9.73 7.75 8.53 9.27 10.80 12.51 9.09 - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Management related occupations................................ ± - - - - - 14.75 - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 11.94 5.25 6.50 9.40 19.18 20.83 ± - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± - - - - - 9.44 6.21 6.86 9.13 11.06 13.57 Secretaries................................................. 9.86 - - - - - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.26 - - - - - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 8.12 6.00 6.50 7.42 9.73 10.00 - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.34 6.43 7.45 9.61 12.20 15.14 9.73 6.36 7.22 9.27 11.03 15.32 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.19 6.88 8.25 11.78 14.43 16.97 12.34 8.70 9.88 11.03 15.32 16.97 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 6.50 7.50 9.23 11.50 12.46 ± - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.66 6.45 6.95 7.70 10.15 11.74 - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 9.18 - - - - - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.54 - - - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.69 7.47 9.06 11.76 16.51 19.23 8.69 6.24 7.47 8.70 9.50 11.73 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.91 - - - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.96 5.15 6.10 7.35 9.04 11.92 8.19 - - - - - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.15 - - - - - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 6.93 - - - - - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. $5.87 $4.75 $5.00 $5.62 $6.50 $7.25 $9.64 $5.61 $6.97 $9.00 $11.36 $14.57 Protective service occupations................................ ± - - - - - 11.03 8.56 8.92 9.73 12.94 15.60 Food service occupations...................................... 5.44 3.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.69 ± - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.46 - - - - - - - - - - - Health service occupations.................................... $6.08 $4.85 $5.17 $5.75 $6.70 $7.50 $6.23 $5.15 $5.50 $6.00 $6.72 $7.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.86 4.77 5.15 5.50 6.50 7.00 6.07 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.05 4.77 5.40 5.75 6.50 7.80 ± - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.20 - - - - - 7.70 5.50 6.00 7.33 8.65 12.23 Personal service occupations.................................. 5.80 4.85 5.00 5.15 6.00 7.75 ± - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-3. Hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All industries Full-time Part-time Occupation(3) Percentiles Percentiles Mean Mean 10 25 Median 75 90 10 25 Median 75 90 50 50 All occupations....................................................... $13.89 $6.43 $7.91 $11.16 $16.97 $25.24 $7.21 $4.75 $5.00 $5.77 $7.25 $12.85 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.93 6.45 7.91 11.16 16.82 25.43 7.30 4.75 5.00 6.00 7.37 13.91 White-collar occupations............................................ 18.13 7.35 9.95 15.90 23.35 31.41 9.57 5.00 5.75 7.00 12.85 17.75 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.49 7.64 10.26 16.03 23.94 31.86 ± - - - - - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 21.92 13.84 16.67 21.03 26.02 30.61 ± - - - - - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± - - - - - - - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± - - - - - - - - - - - Natural scientists............................................ ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Health related occupations.................................... ± - - - - - 16.79 12.22 14.56 16.83 19.24 20.00 Registered nurses........................................... 17.05 12.21 13.94 16.20 18.86 22.76 15.61 - - - - - Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.31 17.31 20.31 25.05 28.22 33.04 ± - - - - - Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.51 14.66 16.63 19.10 22.40 25.74 ± - - - - - Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.27 - - - - - - - - - - - Secondary school teachers................................... 20.28 15.80 16.63 19.35 23.18 26.22 - - - - - - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± - - - - - - - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 13.87 - - - - - ± - - - - - Lawyers and judges............................................ ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± - - - - - - - - - - - Technical occupations........................................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Licensed practical nurses................................... 9.55 7.77 8.53 9.05 10.40 11.82 - - - - - - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 10.79 - - - - - - - - - - - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Administrators, education and related fields................ 17.90 - - - - - - - - - - - Management related occupations................................ ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Accountants and auditors.................................... 15.35 - - - - - - - - - - - Sales occupations................................................. 12.62 6.40 7.00 10.13 19.18 23.08 ± - - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± - - - - - 6.45 5.25 5.65 6.32 7.00 7.50 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 8.54 - - - - - - - - - - - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.60 7.07 9.35 9.57 10.10 11.42 - - - - - - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 9.90 - - - - - - - - - - - General office clerks....................................... 8.18 6.18 6.75 7.55 9.73 10.00 - - - - - - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.46 6.53 7.57 9.70 12.20 15.30 5.79 4.75 5.00 5.15 6.25 7.68 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.23 7.00 8.72 11.78 14.47 16.97 ± - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 6.50 7.50 9.23 11.50 12.46 ± - - - - - Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.66 6.45 6.95 7.70 10.15 11.74 - - - - - - Assemblers.................................................. 9.18 - - - - - - - - - - - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... $9.60 - - - - - - - - - - - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.60 $7.50 $9.06 $11.24 $16.51 $19.07 ± - - - - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 10.28 - - - - - - - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.37 6.00 6.65 8.00 9.52 11.92 ± - - - - - Construction laborers....................................... 7.98 - - - - - - - - - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.44 - - - - - - - - - - - Service occupations................................................. 7.65 5.00 5.50 6.50 8.96 12.23 $5.42 $4.75 $4.75 $5.10 $6.08 $6.73 Protective service occupations................................ ± - - - - - ± - - - - - Food service occupations...................................... 5.76 3.00 5.10 5.60 6.25 7.00 5.03 - - - - - Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... - - - - - - 5.43 - - - - - Health service occupations.................................... 6.14 4.83 5.25 5.85 6.86 7.50 5.76 - - - - - Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.90 4.77 5.17 5.56 6.50 7.00 5.74 - - - - - Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 7.19 5.00 5.50 6.29 7.93 10.36 6.11 - - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.13 5.50 5.65 6.41 7.80 9.90 - - - - - - Personal service occupations.................................. 5.20 - - - - - 6.65 - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings(1) and hours for selected white-collar occupations, full-time workers only(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All industries Occupation(3) Mean Weekly earnings Mean Annual earnings weekly annual hours(4) hours Mean Median Mean Median White-collar occupations............................................ 39.9 $724 $633 1,983 $35,964 $30,555 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 39.8 736 638 1,971 36,459 30,867 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. - ± - - ± - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 39.3 861 816 1,776 38,943 35,100 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... - ± - - ± - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... - ± - - ± - Natural scientists............................................ - ± - - ± - Health related occupations.................................... - ± - - ± - Registered nurses........................................... 39.9 680 644 2,064 35,206 33,280 Teachers, college and university.............................. 39.9 1,010 998 1,675 42,399 41,215 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.0 741 724 1,449 28,261 27,375 Elementary school teachers.................................. 37.7 764 - 1,405 28,470 - Secondary school teachers................................... 38.2 775 737 1,437 29,136 28,114 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... - ± - - ± - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... - ± - - ± - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 40.0 555 - 2,080 28,852 - Lawyers and judges............................................ - ± - - ± - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... - ± - - ± - Technical occupations........................................... - ± - - ± - Licensed practical nurses................................... 39.1 373 360 1,947 18,590 18,720 Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 40.0 432 - 2,080 22,445 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. - ± - - ± - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... - ± - - ± - Administrators, education and related fields................ 39.7 711 - 2,014 36,048 - Management related occupations................................ - ± - - ± - Accountants and auditors.................................... 40.0 614 - 2,079 31,907 - Sales occupations................................................. 42.0 530 408 2,183 27,540 21,216 Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ - ± - - ± - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 39.8 340 - 2,025 17,289 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 39.6 381 383 2,061 19,793 19,906 Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 40.8 404 - 2,123 21,025 - General office clerks....................................... 40.2 328 299 2,005 16,392 15,434 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and level(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All workers (4) All industries Occupational group(3) and level All State and indus- Private local Full-time Part-time tries industry govern- workers workers ment All occupations....................................................... $13.58 $13.38 $14.33 $13.89 $7.21 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.65 13.44 14.39 13.93 7.30 White-collar occupations............................................ 17.80 18.55 16.16 18.13 9.57 Level 2................................................... 7.15 7.26 6.86 7.45 6.03 Level 3................................................... 7.55 7.32 8.25 7.70 6.10 Level 4................................................... 9.40 9.61 9.07 9.41 - Level 5................................................... 11.65 12.21 9.89 11.74 - Level 6................................................... 12.89 12.72 13.08 12.91 - Level 7................................................... 15.59 15.19 16.26 15.59 - Level 8................................................... 19.41 19.33 19.48 19.47 - Level 9................................................... 20.38 20.66 19.81 20.40 - Level 10.................................................. 23.19 - 20.68 23.39 - Level 11.................................................. 22.73 23.12 22.27 22.71 - Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.81 - - - - White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 18.25 19.25 16.26 18.49 ± Level 2................................................... 7.37 7.59 6.86 7.58 - Level 3................................................... 7.77 7.56 - 7.85 - Level 4................................................... 9.48 9.78 9.07 9.49 - Level 5................................................... 10.86 11.25 9.89 10.94 - Level 6................................................... 13.40 13.78 13.08 13.43 - Level 7................................................... 15.56 15.15 16.26 15.57 - Level 8................................................... 19.42 - 19.48 19.47 - Level 9................................................... 20.43 20.78 19.81 20.45 - Level 10.................................................. 23.20 - 20.68 23.41 - Level 11.................................................. 22.73 23.12 22.27 22.71 - Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± 19.70 ± ± Professional specialty occupations.............................. 21.67 ± 20.47 21.92 ± Level 5................................................... 10.18 - - - - Level 6................................................... 15.97 - - - - Level 7................................................... 17.01 17.52 16.74 17.07 - Level 8................................................... 19.25 - 19.90 19.26 - Level 9................................................... 19.82 18.89 20.28 19.84 - Level 10.................................................. 24.10 - 23.02 24.53 - Level 11.................................................. 23.88 24.02 - 23.88 - Level 12.................................................. 29.64 - - 29.63 - Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± ± ± ± - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± ± ± ± - Natural scientists............................................ ± - ± ± ± Health related occupations.................................... ± ± 16.85 ± 16.79 Level 7................................................... 15.13 15.52 - 14.79 - Level 9................................................... 18.26 18.52 - 18.08 - Teachers, college and university.............................. 25.29 25.62 ± 25.31 ± Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.49 13.58 19.70 19.51 ± Level 7................................................... 17.37 - 17.48 17.37 - Level 8................................................... 21.20 - 21.26 21.20 - Level 9................................................... $20.47 - $20.48 $20.47 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± ± ± ± - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± ± - ± ± Social, religious, and recreation workers..................... 13.46 ± ± 13.87 ± Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± ± ± ± - Technical occupations........................................... ± ± ± ± ± Level 5................................................... 11.18 $11.61 - 11.13 - Level 6................................................... 11.24 - - 11.26 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± ± ± ± Level 6................................................... 14.27 - - - - Level 7................................................... 15.37 - - 15.37 - Level 8................................................... 20.45 - - - - Level 9................................................... 19.57 20.83 - 19.57 - Level 10.................................................. 19.68 - - 19.68 - Level 11.................................................. 21.89 - - 21.89 - Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± ± ± ± ± Level 9................................................... 19.87 - - 19.87 - Level 12.................................................. 33.51 - - 33.51 - Management related occupations................................ ± ± 14.75 ± ± Sales occupations................................................. 11.71 11.94 ± 12.62 ± Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± ± 9.44 ± $6.45 Level 2................................................... 7.37 7.59 6.86 7.58 - Level 3................................................... 7.76 7.54 - 7.83 - Level 4................................................... 9.42 9.72 9.01 9.43 - Level 5................................................... 10.80 10.93 - 10.82 - Level 6................................................... 12.88 - - 12.88 - Blue-collar occupations............................................... 10.31 10.34 9.73 10.46 5.79 Level 1................................................... 6.74 6.75 - 7.11 - Level 2................................................... 8.11 8.14 - 8.16 - Level 3................................................... 8.10 8.12 - 8.09 - Level 4................................................... 11.40 11.47 - 11.41 - Level 5................................................... 11.05 11.10 10.06 11.05 - Level 6................................................... 14.38 14.47 - 14.38 - Level 7................................................... 14.86 15.13 - 14.86 - Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.20 12.19 12.34 12.23 ± Level 3................................................... 7.69 7.71 - 7.68 - Level 4................................................... 10.43 10.45 - 10.43 - Level 5................................................... 11.44 11.51 - 11.44 - Level 6................................................... 12.18 12.14 - 12.18 - Level 7................................................... 14.89 15.14 - 14.89 - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 9.52 ± 9.52 ± Level 1................................................... 6.78 6.78 - 6.76 - Level 2................................................... 7.94 7.94 - 7.94 - Level 3................................................... 8.08 8.08 - 8.08 - Level 4................................................... $10.63 $10.63 - $10.63 - Level 5................................................... 11.27 11.27 - 11.27 - Level 6................................................... 13.97 13.97 - 13.97 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.30 12.69 $8.69 12.60 ± Level 3................................................... 8.52 - - - - Level 5................................................... 10.32 10.37 - 10.32 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 7.98 7.96 8.19 8.37 ± Level 1................................................... 6.73 6.75 - 7.28 - Level 2................................................... 8.16 - - 8.26 - Level 3................................................... 8.53 8.63 - 8.53 - Service occupations................................................. 7.34 5.87 9.64 7.65 $5.42 Level 1................................................... 5.66 5.57 6.12 5.83 5.26 Level 2................................................... 5.81 5.35 7.90 5.96 - Level 3................................................... 6.88 6.36 8.22 6.97 - Level 4................................................... 6.95 - - - - Level 7................................................... 13.57 - - 13.58 - Protective service occupations.............................. ± ± 11.03 ± ± Food service occupations..................................... 5.53 5.44 ± 5.76 5.03 Level 1................................................... 5.37 5.35 - 5.57 5.04 Health service occupations.................................. $6.09 $6.08 $6.23 $6.14 $5.76 Level 2................................................... 5.87 5.84 - 5.85 - Level 3................................................... 6.80 - - 7.02 - Cleaning and building service occupations................... 7.08 6.05 ± 7.19 6.11 Level 1................................................... 6.08 5.93 6.40 6.08 - Personal service occupations................................ ± 5.80 ± 5.20 6.65 Level 3................................................... 5.79 - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations and levels(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All workers(4) All industries Occupation(3) and level All State and indus- Private local Full-time Part-time tries industry govern- workers workers ment White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Registered nurses........................................... $16.88 $16.75 $17.15 $17.05 $15.61 Level 7................................................... 15.34 - - - - Level 9................................................... 16.68 - - 16.71 - Elementary school teachers.................................. 20.27 - 20.35 20.27 - Secondary school teachers................................... 20.28 - 20.32 20.28 - Social workers.............................................. 13.80 - - - - Technical occupations: Licensed practical nurses................................... 9.63 9.73 9.09 9.55 - Level 5................................................... 10.58 10.66 - 10.43 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 10.61 - - 10.79 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators, education and related fields................ 17.90 - - 17.90 - Accountants and auditors.................................... 15.35 - - 15.35 - Sales occupations: Cashiers.................................................... 5.93 - - - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Secretaries................................................. - 9.86 - - - Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 8.52 - - 8.54 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 9.60 9.26 - 9.60 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. - - - 9.90 - General office clerks....................................... 7.96 8.12 - 8.18 - Level 3................................................... 6.94 - - 7.19 - Blue-collar occupations: Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 8.66 8.66 - 8.66 - Assemblers.................................................. 9.18 9.18 - 9.18 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 9.54 9.54 - 9.60 - Transportation and material moving occupations: Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 9.91 9.91 - 10.28 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Construction laborers....................................... 7.98 - - 7.98 - Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.15 8.15 - - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 7.01 6.93 - 7.44 - Level 1................................................... 6.68 - - - - Service occupations: Food service occupations: Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 5.48 5.46 - - 5.43 Level 1................................................... - - - - 5.09 Health service occupations: Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 5.88 5.86 6.07 5.90 5.74 Level 2................................................... 5.82 5.79 - 5.79 - Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen.......................................... $5.33 - - - - Level 1................................................... 5.26 - - - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 7.04 $6.20 $7.70 $7.13 - Level 1................................................... 6.30 6.22 - 6.32 - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group and selected characteristic, all industries, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group(2) workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) All occupations....................................................... $13.89 $7.21 $12.08 $13.79 $13.71 $11.85 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.93 7.30 12.08 13.87 13.80 11.05 White-collar occupations............................................ 18.13 9.57 13.37 17.82 17.91 14.85 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 18.49 ± 13.38 18.28 18.24 18.75 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± ± ± ± - Professional specialty occupations.............................. 21.92 ± - 21.67 21.67 - Technical occupations........................................... ± ± ± ± ± - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± - ± ± ± Sales occupations................................................. 12.62 ± ± 11.72 ± ± Administrative support including clerical occupations............. ± 6.45 ± ± ± - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.46 5.79 12.05 9.63 10.22 ± Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.23 ± ± 11.81 12.15 ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 ± 10.98 8.88 9.75 ± Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.60 ± ± ± 11.32 ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 8.37 ± 10.11 7.46 7.85 ± Service occupations................................................. 7.65 5.42 ± 7.34 7.36 ± 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, all workers(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(5) ries(4) Trans- Fin- Occupational group(3) All private port- Whole- ance, industries Con- Manu- ation sale in- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and and sur- Serv- tion turing public retail ance, ices util- trade and ities real estate All occupations....................................................... $13.38 $11.15 $17.11 $10.85 $11.14 - - - $12.39 ± All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.44 11.11 17.01 10.85 11.09 - - - 12.45 ± White-collar occupations............................................ 18.55 ± ± ± ± - - - 12.61 ± White-collar excluding sales...................................... 19.25 ± ± ± ± - - - 12.68 ± Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± ± ± ± - - - ± ± Professional specialty occupations.............................. ± ± ± - ± - - - ± ± Technical occupations........................................... ± ± - ± ± - - - ± ± Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± ± ± ± - - - 17.15 ± Sales occupations................................................. 11.94 ± ± - ± - - - ± ± Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ ± 10.69 ± ± 10.68 - - - 8.97 ± Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.34 10.13 11.48 10.39 10.12 - - - ± ± Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.19 ± ± 11.76 ± - - - ± $10.71 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 9.56 ± ± 9.55 - - - - ± Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.69 10.98 ± ± 11.05 - - - ± ± Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 7.96 8.81 ± ± 8.91 - - - - 5.96 Service occupations................................................. 5.87 ± - - ± - - - ± 5.89 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group, private industry, by establishment employment size, all workers(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 100 workers or more Occupational group(3) All 50 - 99 workers workers 100 - 499 500 Total workers workers or more All occupations....................................................... $13.38 $9.29 ± $11.14 ± All occupations excluding sales..................................... 13.44 ± ± 11.11 ± White-collar occupations............................................ 18.55 10.65 ± 15.23 ± White-collar excluding sales...................................... 19.25 10.04 ± ± ± Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± ± ± ± Professional specialty occupations.............................. ± ± ± ± ± Technical occupations........................................... ± ± ± 11.02 ± Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± 17.68 ± ± ± Sales occupations................................................. 11.94 11.97 $11.89 ± ± Administrative support, including clerical occupations............ ± ± ± 9.69 ± Blue-collar occupations............................................. 10.34 ± 10.39 9.92 $10.97 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 12.19 ± 12.10 ± ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 9.52 9.65 9.50 9.55 9.43 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 12.69 ± 13.42 ± 16.20 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 7.96 6.82 8.17 7.87 8.79 Service occupations................................................. 5.87 5.27 6.42 6.18 7.11 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Table C-4. Number of workers(1) within scope of survey by occupational group, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All workers Occupational group(2) All Private indus- industry tries All occupations....................................................... 701,149 539,269 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 677,887 517,277 White-collar occupations............................................ 340,000 222,506 White-collar excluding sales...................................... 316,738 200,514 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± Professional specialty occupations.............................. 103,967 ± Technical occupations........................................... ± ± Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± Sales occupations................................................. 23,262 21,992 Administrative support including clerical occupations............. ± ± Blue-collar occupations............................................. 281,884 265,958 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 62,841 58,461 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 121,760 121,745 Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 45,310 38,410 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.............. 51,975 47,343 Service occupations................................................. 79,265 50,805 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size, and number represented by industry group, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 Number of establishments studied Within Industry scope of 100 workers or more survey Total 50 - 99 studied workers Total 100 - 499 500 workers workers or more All industries........................................................ 3,156 215 65 150 101 49 Private industry.................................................... 2,647 163 52 111 76 35 Goods-producing industries........................................ 935 66 14 52 32 20 Mining.......................................................... 14 7 5 2 2 - Construction.................................................... 123 10 6 4 4 - Manufacturing................................................... 798 49 3 46 26 20 Service-producing industries...................................... 1,712 97 38 59 44 15 Tranportation and public utilities.............................. 164 8 4 4 1 3 Wholesale and retail trade...................................... 774 18 9 9 8 1 Finance, insurance and real estate.............................. 119 9 5 4 3 1 Services........................................................ 654 62 20 42 32 10 State and local government.......................................... 509 52 13 39 25 14 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings(1) for selected occupations, all workers(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All State and Occupation(3) indus- Private local tries industry govern- ment All occupations....................................................... 11.7 15.2 2.9 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 11.9 15.7 2.9 White-collar occupations............................................ 12.2 15.6 3.3 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 12.1 15.1 3.2 Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± 3.3 Professional specialty occupations.............................. 5.6 ± 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± ± ± Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± ± ± Natural scientists............................................ ± - ± Health related occupations.................................... ± ± 4.4 Registered nurses........................................... 2.5 3.6 2.1 Teachers, college and university.............................. ± ± ± Teachers, except college and university....................... 4.4 ± 4.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 4.0 - 4.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 5.1 - 5.1 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± ± ± Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± ± - Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... ± ± ± Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± ± ± Technical occupations........................................... ± ± ± Licensed practical nurses................................... 3.3 3.9 1.5 Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± ± Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± ± ± Management related occupations................................ ± ± ± Sales occupations................................................. 7.6 7.7 ± Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± ± 5.7 Secretaries................................................. - 5.6 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 2.4 3.1 - General office clerks....................................... 5.2 5.7 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 3.2 3.4 5.1 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 6.0 6.4 5.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3.4 3.4 ± Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 5.7 5.7 - Assemblers.................................................. 5.9 5.9 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 4.4 4.4 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6.5 6.9 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 5.5 5.5 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 4.2 4.6 6.8 Construction laborers....................................... 3.1 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 5.4 5.7 - Service occupations................................................. 4.0 2.6 4.9 Protective service occupations................................ ± ± 5.7 Food service occupations...................................... 4.2 4.5 ± Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2.9 2.9 - Health service occupations.................................... 2.7 3.0 2.0 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 2.8 3.1 1.6 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 6.3 3.4 ± Maids and housemen.......................................... 4.7 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 6.1 3.8 7.2 Personal service occupations.................................. ± ± ± 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupational groups, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All Full-t- Part-ti- Occupation(1) workers ime me workers workers All occupations....................................................... 6 6 3 All occupations excluding sales..................................... 6 6 3 White-collar occupations............................................ 7 8 5 White-collar occupations excluding sales.......................... 8 8 ± Professional specialty and technical occupations.................. ± ± ± Professional specialty occupations.............................. 9 9 ± Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... ± ± - Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... ± ± - Natural scientists............................................ ± ± ± Health related occupations.................................... ± ± 8 Registered nurses........................................... 8 8 7 Teachers, college and university.............................. 11 11 ± Teachers, except college and university....................... 8 8 ± Elementary school teachers.................................. 8 8 - Secondary school teachers................................... 8 8 - Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... ± ± - Social scientists and urban planners.......................... ± ± ± Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 7 7 ± Social workers.............................................. 7 - - Lawyers and judges............................................ ± ± ± Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C...................................................... ± ± - Technical occupations........................................... ± ± ± Licensed practical nurses................................... 5 5 - Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C................. 5 5 - Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations............. ± ± ± Executives, administrators, and managers...................... ± ± ± Administrators, education and related fields................ 7 7 - Management related occupations................................ ± ± ± Accountants and auditors.................................... 6 6 - Sales occupations................................................. 5 6 ± Cashiers.................................................... 3 - - Administrative support occupations, including clerical............ ± ± 2 Records clerks, N.E.C....................................... 4 4 - Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 4 4 - Stock and inventory clerks.................................. - 5 - General office clerks....................................... 3 3 - Blue-collar occupations............................................. 4 4 2 Precision production, craft, and repair occupations............... 5 5 ± Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 3 3 ± Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C...................... 3 3 - Assemblers.................................................. 3 3 - Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 4 4 - Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 4 4 ± Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 3 3 - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 2 2 ± Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 2 - - Laborers except construction, N.E.C......................... 2 2 - Service occupations................................................. 3 3 2 Protective service occupations................................ ± ± ± Food service occupations...................................... 2 2 2 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C......................... 2 - 2 Health service occupations.................................... 2 2 2 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 2 2 2 Cleaning and building service occupations..................... 2 2 ± Maids and housemen.......................................... 1 - - Janitors and cleaners....................................... 2 2 - Personal service occupations.................................. ± 4 3 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 1. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in construction industries(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $11.20 - - - $11.20 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 2. Hourly earnings(1) for construction trades occupations in non-construction industries(2), Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 All workers(4) Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupational group(3) and level Middle Range Middle Range Middle Range Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median 25 75 25 75 25 75 Construction trades occupations....................................... $12.96 - - - $12.96 - - - - - - - Craft workers and helpers............................................. 10.12 - - - 10.33 - - - - - - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, hazard pay, and on-call 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. At the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. The middle range is defined by two rates of pay; at the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown; at the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." Supplemental Table 3. Number of workers in construction trades occupations, Statewide Arkansas, July, 1997 Construction industries(2) Non-construction industries(2) Occupational group(1) and level All Full-time Part-time All Full-time Part-time workers(- workers workers workers(- workers workers 3) 3) Construction trades occupations....................................... 3,639 3,639 - 5,363 5,363 - Craft workers and helpers............................................. - - - 7,533 6,360 - 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 2 The Standard Industrial Classification Manual was used in classifying establishments by industry. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."