NC BL 09/00/2010 Table: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL, Bulletin, February 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $20.49 1.9 36.6 $19.97 2.2 36.4 $23.92 2.7 38.0 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.06 2.5 38.8 32.69 3.0 39.1 29.85 3.4 37.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.08 3.8 40.7 35.30 4.2 40.9 33.16 3.6 39.6 Professional and related.......................................... 30.48 3.4 37.9 30.99 4.4 38.0 29.23 3.9 37.7 Service............................................................. 12.01 4.4 32.6 10.63 4.2 31.3 17.44 4.1 38.9 Sales and office.................................................... 16.40 2.9 35.9 16.30 3.0 35.8 18.31 11.3 39.2 Sales and related................................................. 16.67 6.1 33.3 16.67 6.1 33.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.24 2.5 37.6 16.06 2.5 37.5 18.31 11.3 39.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.18 3.3 39.7 18.07 3.5 39.6 19.38 8.2 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.40 4.6 38.6 15.98 4.4 38.5 19.29 10.6 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.44 4.6 40.3 19.44 4.8 40.4 19.51 6.0 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.00 3.2 37.4 16.99 3.3 37.8 17.27 4.9 30.5 Production........................................................ 14.76 4.0 39.1 14.70 4.0 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.58 5.1 36.3 18.71 5.5 36.9 16.83 3.9 30.0 Full time........................................................... 21.55 2.1 39.8 21.12 2.5 39.9 24.21 2.7 39.4 Part time........................................................... 10.95 4.1 21.3 10.81 4.3 21.5 14.45 8.8 17.9 Union............................................................... 27.41 11.5 37.6 28.03 13.1 37.1 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.15 2.1 36.6 19.57 2.4 36.4 23.98 2.7 37.9 Time................................................................ 20.18 1.9 36.4 19.57 2.2 36.2 23.92 2.7 38.0 Incentive........................................................... 24.64 11.1 39.1 24.64 11.1 39.1 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.29 1.7 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.91 2.6 35.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.19 3.1 35.6 17.10 3.2 35.5 22.37 15.8 38.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 20.22 5.7 37.7 20.41 6.2 37.7 18.12 9.5 37.9 500 workers or more................................................. 26.68 3.2 37.3 27.48 4.8 36.9 25.41 2.5 38.0 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 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $20.49 1.9 $21.55 2.1 $10.95 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 42.80 5.8 43.01 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.05 10.4 23.05 10.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.08 6.3 23.08 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.60 3.8 32.60 3.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.82 4.4 47.82 4.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.23 8.1 51.23 8.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.07 9.0 57.56 9.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 47.83 29.7 47.83 29.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.47 19.9 48.47 19.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 64.32 6.3 64.32 6.3 – – Sales managers.................................................. 44.92 15.9 44.92 15.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.95 7.8 57.95 7.8 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 5.9 54.26 5.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 43.27 10.3 43.27 10.3 – – Construction managers............................................. 40.46 4.7 40.46 4.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.38 8.4 35.38 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.62 9.1 47.62 9.1 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.18 8.3 46.18 8.3 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.17 9.1 38.17 9.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.47 5.0 28.32 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 13.40 14.0 13.40 14.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.41 6.4 21.41 6.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.28 6.5 25.28 6.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.21 6.9 29.73 7.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 30.37 6.9 30.37 6.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.63 5.0 38.67 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.07 13.6 29.07 13.6 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.99 17.7 18.99 17.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.59 10.7 19.59 10.7 – – Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.57 11.9 22.57 11.9 – – Training and development specialists............................ 16.90 26.4 16.90 26.4 – – Management analysts............................................... 47.20 17.7 47.20 17.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.13 4.2 29.71 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.17 4.3 – – – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 36.23 11.3 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.43 5.0 37.43 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.93 6.1 26.93 6.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.33 4.0 33.33 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.04 9.7 32.04 9.7 – – Level 10.................................................. 40.03 2.4 40.03 2.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.56 4.2 47.56 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.14 4.5 38.14 4.5 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 34.66 8.2 34.66 8.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 43.39 6.7 43.39 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.57 8.1 47.57 8.1 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.84 7.6 46.84 7.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.49 5.6 52.49 5.6 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 38.62 3.9 38.62 3.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 32.83 8.0 32.83 8.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.43 4.5 25.43 4.5 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.68 10.2 42.68 10.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.02 12.4 41.02 12.4 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.28 16.3 32.28 16.3 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.01 5.4 36.01 5.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.28 3.9 32.28 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.92 6.3 19.92 6.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.51 3.5 27.51 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.26 5.6 32.26 5.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 38.90 3.7 38.90 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.58 11.6 36.58 11.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.04 4.1 36.04 4.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 36.95 4.4 36.95 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.55 9.8 39.55 9.8 – – Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 15.5 37.08 15.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.44 1.5 32.44 1.5 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 7.3 33.68 7.3 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.60 1.5 30.60 1.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.69 13.0 26.69 13.0 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.73 4.0 22.73 4.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.13 11.7 30.13 11.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.93 11.0 22.19 10.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.99 5.1 17.99 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.49 14.9 29.49 14.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 27.82 13.7 27.82 13.7 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.65 14.0 28.65 14.0 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.55 9.2 19.55 9.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.66 4.8 14.54 5.8 – – Legal occupations................................................... 39.50 11.4 39.50 11.4 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.40 15.1 29.40 15.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.26 2.6 30.53 2.7 18.58 14.8 Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 3.1 14.03 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 .6 14.82 .6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.77 2.3 32.78 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.31 .8 37.31 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.93 4.3 33.93 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 31.38 10.3 31.38 10.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.51 16.0 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.28 12.0 36.42 12.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 31.27 10.7 31.26 11.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.02 1.8 35.02 1.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.77 3.6 33.77 3.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.31 .8 37.31 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.17 3.8 34.17 3.8 – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 33.11 9.1 33.11 9.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.88 1.2 34.88 1.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.81 2.6 33.81 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.87 3.8 36.87 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.80 2.4 34.80 2.4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.93 1.2 34.93 1.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.43 6.7 33.43 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.66 3.6 36.66 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.11 1.8 35.11 1.8 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.71 4.3 34.71 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 34.73 6.1 34.73 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.94 3.6 34.94 3.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 37.83 5.8 37.83 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.82 2.4 35.82 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.08 8.8 33.08 8.8 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.39 4.0 34.39 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.59 3.1 35.59 3.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.04 9.4 32.04 9.4 – – Special education teachers...................................... 38.33 8.7 38.33 8.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.38 14.5 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.76 15.1 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.53 7.6 13.48 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 3.1 14.03 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 .6 14.82 .6 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.93 10.6 21.61 11.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.83 11.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.29 7.3 25.35 5.8 24.97 20.5 Level 5 .................................................. 17.86 6.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.05 8.9 21.02 9.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.22 18.2 18.22 17.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.46 4.4 27.58 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.37 2.1 29.65 2.7 33.79 8.9 Level 10.................................................. 39.70 10.5 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 47.75 3.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.13 6.3 24.36 6.1 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.76 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.10 2.7 29.10 3.1 29.10 3.4 Level 7 .................................................. 25.67 11.3 25.74 11.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.72 6.3 29.72 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.19 1.0 29.34 1.2 – – Therapists........................................................ 23.20 28.3 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.25 2.5 24.60 2.5 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.14 4.9 29.54 4.1 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.13 4.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.91 4.9 17.30 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.53 6.5 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.36 4.6 12.76 4.5 10.25 5.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.72 4.5 10.99 4.4 10.08 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 13.14 3.1 13.21 3.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.33 3.5 11.63 3.4 10.25 5.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 4.0 10.73 3.4 10.08 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 13.30 1.8 13.43 2.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.07 3.7 12.32 3.3 11.07 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 5.7 11.29 6.2 10.96 4.8 Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 1.8 13.52 1.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.96 4.8 14.96 4.8 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 15.19 5.1 15.19 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.98 8.1 17.18 8.2 12.53 21.1 Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 9.0 14.94 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 6.2 16.44 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 3.4 19.79 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.90 9.7 17.90 9.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.88 9.2 25.88 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.45 4.0 27.45 4.0 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 18.03 7.7 18.33 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.77 3.4 17.14 .5 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.19 11.8 15.31 10.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.31 10.8 15.31 10.8 – – Police officers................................................... 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.23 9.0 22.23 9.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.23 9.0 22.23 9.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.37 10.5 11.16 8.1 – – Security guards................................................. 11.37 10.5 11.16 8.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.32 7.6 9.64 12.5 6.89 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.15 11.8 6.71 23.4 5.93 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.55 6.5 8.27 13.3 6.73 5.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.12 13.7 8.99 17.6 9.46 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 13.37 6.6 14.49 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.87 8.3 12.87 8.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.85 8.3 14.11 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.87 8.3 12.87 8.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.07 7.9 14.37 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.16 8.4 13.16 8.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.94 13.3 11.66 11.8 10.16 16.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 2.8 10.15 4.9 10.78 10.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.20 7.9 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.12 15.0 13.26 16.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.96 6.0 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.64 10.6 11.74 9.4 11.56 11.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.31 2.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.43 12.2 – – 7.87 8.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.07 14.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.06 8.1 5.36 22.9 3.08 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 3.74 8.0 – – 2.99 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. 4.10 20.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.01 1.2 – – 2.59 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.54 .8 – – 2.50 3.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.59 14.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.13 1.5 8.88 5.4 7.52 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.73 3.1 – – 7.51 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.19 4.4 8.46 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.63 .4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.15 1.6 8.94 7.1 7.51 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.76 3.4 – – 7.53 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.25 5.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.63 .4 – – – – Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.95 3.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.95 2.8 12.15 3.0 9.80 11.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 3.6 9.25 3.7 8.52 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.92 3.7 10.89 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 3.4 13.29 3.4 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.93 4.9 11.15 4.8 9.80 11.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.11 3.6 9.23 3.8 8.52 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 11.28 7.0 11.35 10.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.56 8.8 13.56 8.8 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.30 6.8 11.67 7.6 9.89 12.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.93 4.4 9.04 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.41 8.1 11.58 12.6 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.69 4.2 9.69 4.2 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 8.2 12.38 8.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.17 16.6 14.36 15.4 13.19 26.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.44 5.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.60 8.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.67 6.1 19.32 6.0 8.94 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 4.9 – – 7.30 5.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.9 9.97 3.2 8.34 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 .7 11.87 7.8 9.90 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 3.6 14.07 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.04 5.0 17.04 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.00 11.0 21.97 11.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.73 10.4 29.73 10.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.93 2.9 42.93 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 12.69 7.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.32 12.6 20.32 12.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.18 11.1 16.18 11.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.58 4.8 18.58 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.20 1.8 18.20 1.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.74 4.6 18.74 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.95 25.6 23.95 25.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.62 2.6 12.28 3.6 8.74 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 4.9 – – 7.30 5.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.9 9.97 3.2 8.34 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 2.4 11.87 7.8 9.27 1.1 Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 2.1 13.78 2.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.32 4.3 – – 7.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 3.5 9.70 3.9 8.48 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 6.0 11.17 7.2 8.67 3.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.32 4.3 – – 7.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 3.5 9.70 3.9 8.48 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 6.0 11.17 7.2 8.67 3.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.54 .8 13.16 2.3 9.49 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 5.3 – – 8.11 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 10.1 – – 9.72 3.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.92 21.1 31.92 21.1 – – Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 21.55 16.6 22.38 16.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.24 2.5 16.46 2.8 12.58 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.24 8.3 10.57 11.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 6.0 12.80 6.5 10.67 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 1.9 12.42 2.2 11.70 8.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.50 1.8 15.52 1.9 15.25 5.3 Level 5 .................................................. 18.48 3.4 18.48 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.12 5.9 21.26 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.86 9.9 27.86 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.40 5.6 16.61 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.22 6.7 25.22 6.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.25 3.7 16.40 3.8 14.22 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 4.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.34 2.3 15.25 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.96 5.9 17.88 6.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.48 16.6 22.04 17.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.12 6.9 18.12 6.9 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.89 11.7 16.52 8.3 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.62 4.4 17.62 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 3.3 15.84 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.79 7.9 16.75 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.39 3.2 14.39 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.58 9.7 16.20 10.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.85 13.6 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.12 3.7 17.12 3.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.76 9.6 12.53 10.6 13.42 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 4.5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.37 6.7 16.37 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 6.4 13.12 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.13 2.6 14.13 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.69 4.1 18.69 4.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.40 5.1 13.66 5.3 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.47 5.0 17.47 5.0 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.70 6.4 14.85 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 3.1 13.24 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.28 5.2 18.58 5.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.79 8.1 13.26 9.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.64 4.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.72 4.7 18.84 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 8.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.85 5.1 16.05 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 1.9 18.91 1.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.85 7.0 19.85 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.12 14.9 29.12 14.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.55 8.8 22.55 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 2.9 19.27 2.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.17 9.3 22.17 9.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.50 17.8 29.50 17.8 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.26 2.0 14.53 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.47 5.5 16.51 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.13 6.1 16.20 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.83 6.6 17.83 6.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.60 6.0 16.02 4.8 12.77 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.58 3.7 14.37 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.27 7.9 21.27 7.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.40 4.6 16.35 4.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.49 8.7 11.49 8.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.30 4.8 11.30 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.76 6.7 15.76 6.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 4.8 17.61 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.03 5.6 24.03 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.55 7.5 24.55 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.49 6.3 24.49 6.3 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.65 12.8 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.22 3.6 12.22 3.6 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.67 7.1 15.67 7.1 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.18 6.4 16.18 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.44 4.6 19.45 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.71 7.7 12.71 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.18 11.9 20.21 12.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.89 5.6 22.89 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.02 6.0 24.02 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.35 9.4 20.35 9.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 22.90 7.0 22.90 7.0 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.70 4.0 29.70 4.0 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 29.70 4.0 29.70 4.0 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.32 14.1 15.32 14.1 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.32 14.1 15.32 14.1 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.12 2.9 18.12 2.9 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 6.0 18.72 6.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.72 5.1 16.74 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.07 5.9 18.15 5.9 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.34 5.8 16.36 5.8 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 12.3 15.97 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.76 4.0 14.65 4.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.19 13.9 10.30 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 4.1 11.22 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.83 3.9 12.83 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 9.8 14.52 10.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.57 9.6 16.57 9.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.78 7.0 19.78 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.64 8.3 24.64 8.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.90 20.9 16.90 20.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.09 7.9 25.09 7.9 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.28 4.4 12.39 5.2 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.81 5.7 12.96 5.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 20.9 16.22 20.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.11 24.0 16.11 24.0 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.85 14.9 14.85 14.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.03 3.6 13.03 3.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.03 7.8 12.98 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.58 5.1 19.57 5.4 8.91 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 3.9 9.95 4.3 7.90 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.18 3.7 11.35 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.75 8.2 15.89 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.61 9.1 19.73 9.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.83 2.0 24.83 2.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.16 4.5 23.16 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.28 10.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.21 6.3 25.21 6.3 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.33 6.2 15.17 6.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.61 8.6 14.47 9.2 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.28 5.1 16.24 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.86 7.9 15.81 9.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.93 6.2 20.83 3.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.34 13.9 16.62 13.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.86 13.2 20.86 13.2 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.97 3.1 21.97 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.48 14.3 18.48 14.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.68 13.6 20.68 13.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.74 11.2 13.85 8.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.17 4.1 15.21 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.52 3.1 12.52 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.05 7.7 16.05 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 2.1 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 2.6 10.61 2.5 8.20 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 4.1 10.11 4.3 7.99 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 5.0 10.71 5.1 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.98 3.6 9.11 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.57 1.9 10.94 2.8 8.29 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.16 3.9 10.46 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 9.7 11.50 10.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.56 8.7 10.85 6.3 7.93 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 5.0 – – 7.97 5.0 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. 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $19.97 2.2 $21.12 2.5 $10.81 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 42.69 6.3 42.92 6.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.05 10.4 23.05 10.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 22.59 6.6 22.59 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.32 4.3 32.32 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.25 4.8 47.25 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.70 9.5 58.32 9.5 – – General and operations managers................................... 47.83 29.7 47.83 29.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.47 19.9 48.47 19.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 64.32 6.3 64.32 6.3 – – Sales managers.................................................. 44.92 15.9 44.92 15.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 57.95 7.8 57.95 7.8 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 5.9 54.26 5.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 43.19 11.2 43.19 11.2 – – Construction managers............................................. 40.46 4.7 40.46 4.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 27.44 14.0 27.44 14.0 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.39 11.7 39.39 11.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.82 5.6 28.66 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.52 8.1 21.52 8.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 24.99 7.5 24.99 7.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.12 7.6 29.57 7.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.59 5.0 39.70 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.42 14.0 29.42 14.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.99 20.9 17.99 20.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.26 5.1 29.71 5.2 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 36.23 11.3 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.91 5.0 37.91 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.72 6.2 27.72 6.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 33.64 4.1 33.64 4.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.66 10.9 31.66 10.9 – – Level 10.................................................. 40.03 2.4 40.03 2.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.22 3.8 48.22 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.14 4.5 38.14 4.5 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 34.59 10.1 34.59 10.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 43.39 6.7 43.39 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.57 8.1 47.57 8.1 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.84 7.6 46.84 7.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.49 5.6 52.49 5.6 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 38.62 3.9 38.62 3.9 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 33.54 7.9 33.54 7.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.55 5.0 25.55 5.0 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.43 10.9 42.43 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.02 12.4 41.02 12.4 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.54 17.3 32.54 17.3 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.01 5.4 36.01 5.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.42 4.1 32.42 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.92 6.3 19.92 6.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.13 4.1 27.13 4.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 39.24 3.9 39.24 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.58 11.6 36.58 11.6 – – Engineers......................................................... 36.58 4.3 36.58 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.28 5.0 37.28 5.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.55 9.8 39.55 9.8 – – Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 15.5 37.08 15.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.72 1.3 32.72 1.3 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 7.3 33.68 7.3 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.60 1.5 30.60 1.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.48 14.0 26.48 14.0 – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 21.83 2.7 21.83 2.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.26 8.6 19.44 8.4 – – Legal occupations................................................... 39.50 11.4 39.50 11.4 – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.40 15.1 29.40 15.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.39 13.2 22.34 13.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.15 17.7 26.15 17.7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.57 17.1 34.63 17.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.78 17.5 25.78 17.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.18 18.1 26.18 18.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.49 11.4 23.50 11.3 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.21 7.7 26.45 5.8 24.94 21.3 Level 6 .................................................. 23.82 4.8 24.12 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.72 21.3 18.05 21.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.46 4.4 27.58 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.43 2.0 29.67 2.6 33.79 8.9 Level 10.................................................. 39.70 10.5 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 47.75 3.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.13 6.3 24.36 6.1 – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.76 1.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.94 1.9 30.07 2.3 29.10 3.4 Level 8 .................................................. 29.72 6.3 29.72 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.37 .6 29.58 .5 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.12 2.7 24.60 2.5 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.14 4.9 29.54 4.1 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.13 4.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.20 1.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.57 5.6 13.03 5.4 9.88 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.48 4.3 10.74 3.6 9.84 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.65 1.8 13.65 1.8 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.41 4.3 11.79 4.0 9.88 5.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.48 4.3 10.74 3.6 9.84 5.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.43 2.0 13.43 2.0 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.29 5.0 12.55 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.19 7.0 11.38 7.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.52 1.8 13.52 1.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.68 4.2 15.68 4.2 – – Medical assistants.............................................. 15.95 2.8 15.95 2.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 12.00 13.3 12.00 13.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.34 11.0 11.12 8.4 – – Security guards................................................. 11.34 11.0 11.12 8.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.03 7.6 9.16 13.1 6.89 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 6.15 11.8 6.71 23.4 5.93 6.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.48 6.7 8.18 13.8 6.73 5.9 Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 14.7 8.47 19.6 9.49 3.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.86 8.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.37 5.2 12.37 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 12.92 3.9 13.17 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 12.37 5.2 12.37 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.08 3.4 13.37 2.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.71 14.5 11.28 13.0 10.19 16.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.37 4.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.40 2.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.64 10.6 11.74 9.4 11.56 11.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.31 2.9 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.97 12.0 – – 7.87 8.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.07 14.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.93 6.0 5.10 20.8 3.08 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 3.74 8.0 – – 2.99 10.5 Level 2 .................................................. 3.64 18.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.01 1.2 – – 2.59 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 2.54 .8 – – 2.50 3.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.31 14.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.10 1.5 8.84 5.4 7.50 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.73 3.1 – – 7.51 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.19 4.4 8.46 6.7 – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.14 1.6 8.94 7.1 7.49 3.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.76 3.4 – – 7.53 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.25 5.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.21 2.2 11.35 1.8 9.87 13.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.93 3.8 9.02 3.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.55 4.6 10.44 4.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.16 3.9 13.16 3.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.81 5.9 9.79 4.8 9.87 13.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 3.7 8.95 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.40 6.2 9.91 4.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.72 9.1 9.65 8.2 9.87 13.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.38 1.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.69 4.2 9.69 4.2 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 8.2 12.38 8.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.28 18.3 14.49 17.1 13.26 27.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.48 9.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.67 6.1 19.32 6.0 8.94 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 4.9 – – 7.30 5.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.9 9.97 3.2 8.34 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 .7 11.87 7.8 9.90 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.90 3.6 14.07 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.04 5.0 17.04 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.00 11.0 21.97 11.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.73 10.4 29.73 10.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.93 2.9 42.93 2.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... – – 12.69 7.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.32 12.6 20.32 12.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.18 11.1 16.18 11.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.58 4.8 18.58 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.20 1.8 18.20 1.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.74 4.6 18.74 4.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.95 25.6 23.95 25.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.62 2.6 12.28 3.6 8.74 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 4.9 – – 7.30 5.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.96 3.9 9.97 3.2 8.34 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.52 2.4 11.87 7.8 9.27 1.1 Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 2.1 13.78 2.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.32 4.3 – – 7.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 3.5 9.70 3.9 8.48 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 6.0 11.17 7.2 8.67 3.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.32 4.3 – – 7.16 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.01 3.5 9.70 3.9 8.48 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.98 6.0 11.17 7.2 8.67 3.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.54 .8 13.16 2.3 9.49 7.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.85 5.3 – – 8.11 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.02 10.1 – – 9.72 3.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.92 21.1 31.92 21.1 – – Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 21.55 16.6 22.38 16.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.06 2.5 16.28 2.7 12.63 5.0 Level 1 .................................................. 10.24 8.3 10.57 11.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.06 5.8 12.46 6.4 10.67 5.3 Level 3 .................................................. 12.32 1.8 12.35 2.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 1.8 15.54 1.9 15.34 5.4 Level 5 .................................................. 18.50 3.7 18.49 3.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.85 6.1 22.02 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.86 1.5 24.86 1.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.40 5.6 16.61 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.21 7.3 25.21 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.26 3.9 16.41 4.0 14.22 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 4.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.44 2.3 15.36 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.78 6.2 17.67 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.48 16.6 22.04 17.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.12 6.9 18.12 6.9 – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.89 11.7 16.52 8.3 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.62 4.4 17.62 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.84 3.3 15.84 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.84 8.4 16.81 8.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.56 3.3 14.56 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.92 9.2 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.85 13.6 – – – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.23 4.0 17.23 4.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.76 9.6 12.53 10.6 13.42 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 4.5 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.51 7.1 16.51 7.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 6.4 13.12 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 2.5 14.22 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.47 3.9 19.47 3.9 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.40 5.1 13.66 5.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.70 6.4 14.85 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 3.1 13.24 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.28 5.2 18.58 5.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.89 8.3 13.40 9.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.64 4.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.25 3.0 18.36 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 6.3 15.98 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.11 2.1 19.11 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.56 6.3 21.56 6.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.59 2.1 24.59 2.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.92 2.9 20.92 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.27 2.9 19.27 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.72 1.4 23.72 1.4 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.26 2.0 14.53 3.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.66 7.4 16.66 7.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.13 8.3 16.13 8.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.56 6.3 15.99 5.0 12.77 15.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.72 3.9 14.51 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.34 8.8 21.34 8.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 4.4 15.92 4.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 5.0 11.26 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 4.8 17.61 5.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.04 6.2 24.04 6.2 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.65 12.8 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.08 3.2 12.08 3.2 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.32 8.9 16.32 8.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.44 4.8 19.45 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.69 8.1 12.69 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.53 12.8 20.56 12.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.05 5.9 23.05 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.61 7.7 23.61 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.35 9.4 20.35 9.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 22.84 8.6 22.84 8.6 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 30.23 2.1 30.23 2.1 – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 30.23 2.1 30.23 2.1 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.14 14.7 15.14 14.7 – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.14 14.7 15.14 14.7 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 6.0 18.72 6.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.92 5.5 16.94 5.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.19 7.0 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.56 6.6 16.58 6.7 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 12.3 15.97 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.70 4.0 14.59 4.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.19 13.9 10.30 .7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.25 4.1 11.22 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.83 3.9 12.83 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 9.8 14.52 10.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.57 9.6 16.57 9.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.78 7.0 19.78 7.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.86 9.7 24.86 9.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.90 20.9 16.90 20.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.09 7.9 25.09 7.9 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.28 4.4 12.39 5.2 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.81 5.7 12.96 5.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 20.9 16.22 20.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.11 24.0 16.11 24.0 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.85 14.9 14.85 14.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.03 3.6 13.03 3.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.03 7.8 12.98 3.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.71 5.5 19.77 5.9 8.44 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 3.9 9.95 4.3 7.90 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.07 4.0 11.24 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.72 9.6 15.88 9.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.88 9.7 19.98 9.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.94 1.9 24.94 1.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.47 10.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.64 6.0 25.64 6.0 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.06 6.3 21.02 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.32 14.6 16.63 14.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.16 13.8 21.16 13.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.16 3.0 22.16 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.48 14.3 18.48 14.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.98 14.2 20.98 14.2 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.22 11.5 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.17 4.1 15.21 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.52 3.1 12.52 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.05 7.7 16.05 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 2.1 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 2.6 10.61 2.5 8.20 3.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 4.1 10.11 4.3 7.99 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.50 5.0 10.71 5.1 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.98 3.6 9.11 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.57 1.9 10.94 2.8 8.29 2.8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.16 3.9 10.46 3.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 9.7 11.50 10.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.56 8.7 10.85 6.3 7.93 4.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 5.0 – – 7.97 5.0 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $23.92 2.7 $24.21 2.7 $14.45 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 43.83 6.9 43.86 7.0 – – Education administrators.......................................... 44.90 8.4 44.90 8.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.72 5.7 25.72 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.00 5.3 21.00 5.3 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.70 6.1 29.70 6.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.97 5.6 30.97 5.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 24.82 16.5 25.17 16.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 37.12 7.4 37.12 7.4 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.56 6.5 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.91 2.1 32.21 2.3 16.31 24.5 Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 3.1 14.03 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 .8 14.82 .8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.70 1.8 33.55 1.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.27 .8 37.27 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.96 .6 35.96 .6 – – Level 11.................................................. 31.75 11.4 31.77 12.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.81 14.7 36.99 14.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.04 .5 36.04 .5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 34.71 2.8 34.71 2.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 37.27 .8 37.27 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.06 .3 36.06 .3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.35 .1 35.35 .1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.81 2.6 33.81 2.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.75 4.0 36.75 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.92 .1 35.92 .1 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.32 .9 35.32 .9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.43 6.7 33.43 6.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.66 3.6 36.66 3.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.02 .3 36.02 .3 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.44 2.8 35.44 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 34.73 6.1 34.73 6.1 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.80 1.4 36.80 1.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 37.83 5.8 37.83 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.82 2.4 35.82 2.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.34 .5 36.34 .5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.59 3.1 35.59 3.1 – – Special education teachers...................................... 38.33 8.7 38.33 8.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.57 16.4 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.49 .9 14.45 1.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.15 3.1 14.03 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.82 .8 14.82 .8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.44 9.9 18.09 9.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.12 5.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.76 3.5 19.90 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 6.2 16.44 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.56 3.4 19.79 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.90 9.7 17.90 9.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.88 9.2 25.88 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.45 4.0 27.45 4.0 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 16.55 4.1 16.76 2.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.77 3.4 17.14 .5 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.19 11.8 15.31 10.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.31 10.8 15.31 10.8 – – Police officers................................................... 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.23 9.0 22.23 9.0 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.23 9.0 22.23 9.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.85 18.7 15.08 19.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.36 9.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 13.41 25.8 13.71 29.0 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.41 25.8 13.71 29.0 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.11 8.8 15.44 9.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.70 5.6 14.00 6.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.85 5.4 14.00 6.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.71 13.5 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.31 11.3 18.48 11.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.10 9.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 7.1 15.29 7.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.36 6.3 18.36 6.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.34 24.0 21.56 24.4 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.94 3.0 16.04 3.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.29 10.6 19.29 10.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.90 .8 23.90 .8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.51 6.0 19.51 6.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.83 3.9 16.85 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.97 6.9 15.94 7.7 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 16.28 5.1 16.24 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.86 7.9 15.81 9.0 – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.28 5.1 16.24 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.86 7.9 15.81 9.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $20.49 1.9 $21.55 2.1 $10.95 4.1 Management occupations.............................................. 42.80 5.8 43.01 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.06 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.94 4.2 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 69.18 14.4 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 47.83 29.7 47.83 29.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.47 19.9 48.47 19.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 44.92 15.9 44.92 15.9 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 5.9 54.26 5.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 43.27 10.3 43.27 10.3 – – Construction managers............................................. 40.46 4.7 40.46 4.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 35.38 8.4 35.38 8.4 – – Group III................................................. 43.85 13.3 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.18 8.3 46.18 8.3 – – Group III................................................. 45.63 13.9 45.63 13.9 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.17 9.1 38.17 9.1 – – Group III................................................. 37.59 9.8 37.59 9.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.47 5.0 28.32 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.71 8.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.55 5.0 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.99 17.7 18.99 17.7 – – Group II.................................................. 14.55 12.4 – – – – Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.57 11.9 22.57 11.9 – – Training and development specialists............................ 16.90 26.4 16.90 26.4 – – Management analysts............................................... 47.20 17.7 47.20 17.7 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.13 4.2 29.71 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 27.01 6.9 27.01 6.9 – – Group III................................................. 36.75 3.7 36.66 4.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 36.23 11.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.08 7.3 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.43 5.0 37.43 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.87 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.93 4.9 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 34.66 8.2 34.66 8.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 43.39 6.7 43.39 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 44.02 4.9 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.84 7.6 46.84 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 46.58 6.2 46.58 6.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 38.62 3.9 38.62 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 39.90 4.1 39.90 4.1 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 32.83 8.0 32.83 8.0 – – Group II.................................................. 28.26 5.0 28.26 5.0 – – Group III................................................. 45.03 12.7 45.03 12.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.68 10.2 42.68 10.2 – – Group III................................................. 48.53 11.8 48.53 11.8 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.28 16.3 32.28 16.3 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.01 5.4 36.01 5.4 – – Group III................................................. 36.79 .0 36.79 .0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.28 3.9 32.28 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.84 6.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.07 5.1 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 36.04 4.1 36.04 4.1 – – Group III................................................. 35.18 2.4 – – – – Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 15.5 37.08 15.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.44 1.5 32.44 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 34.97 2.8 – – – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 7.3 33.68 7.3 – – Drafters.......................................................... 30.60 1.5 30.60 1.5 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.69 13.0 26.69 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 22.83 5.2 – – – – Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.73 4.0 22.73 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 22.73 4.0 22.73 4.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.13 11.7 30.13 11.7 – – Group III................................................. 35.16 4.9 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.93 11.0 22.19 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.73 3.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.01 10.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 27.82 13.7 27.82 13.7 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.65 14.0 28.65 14.0 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.55 9.2 19.55 9.2 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.66 4.8 14.54 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 15.25 4.6 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 39.50 11.4 39.50 11.4 – – Group III................................................. 43.70 7.5 – – – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.40 15.1 29.40 15.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.26 2.6 30.53 2.7 18.58 14.8 Group I................................................... 13.54 7.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 34.06 1.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.97 5.6 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.28 12.0 36.42 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 37.54 17.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.02 1.8 35.02 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 35.80 1.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.17 3.8 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 33.11 9.1 33.11 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 33.66 9.9 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.88 1.2 34.88 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 35.16 .2 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.80 2.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.93 1.2 34.93 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 35.03 1.5 35.03 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 35.11 1.8 35.11 1.8 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.71 4.3 34.71 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 35.64 5.6 35.64 5.6 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.94 3.6 34.94 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 36.42 .3 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.08 8.8 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.39 4.0 34.39 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 36.27 .4 36.27 .4 – – Group III................................................. 32.04 9.4 32.04 9.4 – – Special education teachers...................................... 38.33 8.7 38.33 8.7 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.38 14.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.38 14.5 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.53 7.6 13.48 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.54 7.7 13.49 7.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.93 10.6 21.61 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.99 10.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.29 7.3 25.35 5.8 24.97 20.5 Group II.................................................. 20.19 10.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.70 1.8 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.76 1.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 50.74 1.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.10 2.7 29.10 3.1 29.10 3.4 Group II.................................................. 27.78 7.4 27.81 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 29.78 1.5 29.87 1.8 29.34 4.3 Therapists........................................................ 23.20 28.3 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.25 2.5 24.60 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.04 .9 – – – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.14 4.9 29.54 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 27.86 3.4 – – – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.13 4.9 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.91 4.9 17.30 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.91 4.9 17.30 5.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.36 4.6 12.76 4.5 10.25 5.4 Group I................................................... 11.60 3.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.33 3.5 11.63 3.4 10.25 5.4 Group I................................................... 11.33 3.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.07 3.7 12.32 3.3 11.07 4.4 Group I................................................... 12.07 3.7 12.32 3.3 11.07 4.4 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.96 4.8 14.96 4.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.14 7.1 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 15.19 5.1 15.19 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.98 8.1 17.18 8.2 12.53 21.1 Group I................................................... 11.23 9.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.63 2.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.88 9.2 25.88 9.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.45 4.0 27.45 4.0 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 18.03 7.7 18.33 8.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.48 4.8 16.75 3.4 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.19 11.8 15.31 10.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.31 10.8 15.31 10.8 – – Police officers................................................... 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.22 3.9 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.22 3.9 20.22 3.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.37 10.5 11.16 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 8.6 – – – – Security guards................................................. 11.37 10.5 11.16 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.76 8.6 10.52 5.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.32 7.6 9.64 12.5 6.89 2.3 Group I................................................... 7.87 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.66 11.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.85 8.3 14.11 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 14.66 11.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.07 7.9 14.37 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 15.13 11.3 15.13 11.3 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.94 13.3 11.66 11.8 10.16 16.5 Group I................................................... 10.73 13.6 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.12 15.0 13.26 16.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.09 15.8 12.23 17.3 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.64 10.6 11.74 9.4 11.56 11.8 Group I................................................... 11.64 10.6 11.74 9.4 11.56 11.8 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.43 12.2 – – 7.87 8.0 Group I................................................... 9.43 12.2 – – 7.87 8.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.06 8.1 5.36 22.9 3.08 4.6 Group I................................................... 4.06 8.1 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.01 1.2 – – 2.59 6.1 Group I................................................... 3.01 1.2 – – 2.59 6.1 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.59 14.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.59 14.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.13 1.5 8.88 5.4 7.52 3.6 Group I................................................... 8.11 1.5 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.15 1.6 8.94 7.1 7.51 3.9 Group I................................................... 8.15 1.6 8.94 7.1 7.51 3.9 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.95 3.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.95 2.8 12.15 3.0 9.80 11.9 Group I................................................... 10.89 5.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.93 4.9 11.15 4.8 9.80 11.9 Group I................................................... 10.43 6.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.30 6.8 11.67 7.6 9.89 12.2 Group I................................................... 10.68 8.4 10.92 9.2 9.89 12.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.69 4.2 9.69 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.54 3.5 9.54 3.5 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 8.2 12.38 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 2.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.17 16.6 14.36 15.4 13.19 26.6 Group I................................................... 9.19 7.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.67 6.1 19.32 6.0 8.94 3.1 Group I................................................... 11.07 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.82 4.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.27 5.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.32 12.6 20.32 12.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.66 4.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.20 1.8 18.20 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.77 1.8 18.77 1.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.95 25.6 23.95 25.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.62 2.6 12.28 3.6 8.74 3.7 Group I................................................... 10.29 3.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Group I................................................... 9.41 6.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 5.8 10.95 7.3 8.17 4.3 Group I................................................... 9.41 6.9 10.89 8.7 8.11 4.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.54 .8 13.16 2.3 9.49 7.4 Group I................................................... 11.28 2.4 13.28 1.9 9.47 7.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.92 21.1 31.92 21.1 – – Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 9.3 14.45 9.3 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 21.55 16.6 22.38 16.8 – – Group II.................................................. 27.38 1.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.24 2.5 16.46 2.8 12.58 4.9 Group I................................................... 14.02 1.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.66 4.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.22 6.7 25.22 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.03 7.3 25.03 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.25 3.7 16.40 3.8 14.22 9.0 Group I................................................... 14.58 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.13 7.6 – – – – Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.89 11.7 16.52 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.53 15.1 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.62 4.4 17.62 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.84 3.3 15.84 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.79 7.9 16.75 8.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.30 2.9 14.30 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.77 12.1 20.05 13.8 – – Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.12 3.7 17.12 3.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.76 9.6 12.53 10.6 13.42 4.4 Group I................................................... 12.35 11.3 11.82 13.3 13.42 4.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.37 6.7 16.37 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.72 2.9 13.72 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 20.71 4.0 20.71 4.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.40 5.1 13.66 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.21 6.6 13.48 7.0 – – Dispatchers....................................................... 17.47 5.0 17.47 5.0 – – Group I................................................... 16.99 6.3 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.70 6.4 14.85 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.19 8.4 15.21 8.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.79 8.1 13.26 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.32 8.3 12.76 9.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.72 4.7 18.84 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.93 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.58 7.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.55 8.8 22.55 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.87 9.2 22.87 9.2 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 14.26 2.0 14.53 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.72 .7 13.95 .8 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.47 5.5 16.51 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 15.06 6.6 15.09 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 17.86 4.7 17.86 4.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.60 6.0 16.02 4.8 12.77 15.5 Group I................................................... 14.01 4.2 14.33 2.2 12.77 15.5 Group II.................................................. 21.27 7.9 21.27 7.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.40 4.6 16.35 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.25 2.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.62 5.8 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.49 6.3 24.49 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.49 6.3 24.49 6.3 – – Carpenters........................................................ 17.65 12.8 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 12.22 3.6 12.22 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.96 4.5 11.96 4.5 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.67 7.1 15.67 7.1 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.18 6.4 16.18 6.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.44 4.6 19.45 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.24 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.64 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 22.90 7.0 22.90 7.0 – – Group II.................................................. 20.86 5.7 20.86 5.7 – – Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.70 4.0 29.70 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 29.67 4.4 – – – – Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 29.70 4.0 29.70 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 29.67 4.4 29.67 4.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.32 14.1 15.32 14.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.81 10.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.47 10.8 – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.32 14.1 15.32 14.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.81 10.9 10.81 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.47 10.8 19.47 10.8 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.12 2.9 18.12 2.9 – – Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 6.0 18.72 6.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.72 5.1 16.74 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 18.71 1.6 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.34 5.8 16.36 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.46 1.4 18.53 1.4 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 12.3 15.97 12.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.76 4.0 14.65 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.66 4.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.74 5.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.09 7.9 25.09 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.09 7.9 25.09 7.9 – – Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 4.6 13.53 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.53 4.6 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.28 4.4 12.39 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.28 4.4 – – – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.81 5.7 12.96 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.99 5.6 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 20.9 16.22 20.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.11 24.0 16.11 24.0 – – Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.80 3.2 9.80 3.2 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.85 14.9 14.85 14.9 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.03 3.6 13.03 3.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.03 7.8 12.98 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.01 9.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.58 5.1 19.57 5.4 8.91 4.5 Group I................................................... 13.76 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.84 2.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.21 6.3 25.21 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.66 7.7 25.66 7.7 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 15.33 6.2 15.17 6.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.30 6.2 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.28 5.1 16.24 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.26 5.2 16.24 5.9 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.93 6.2 20.83 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.91 7.7 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.97 3.1 21.97 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 19.93 5.4 19.93 5.4 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.74 11.2 13.85 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.74 11.2 13.85 8.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.17 4.1 15.21 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.17 4.1 15.21 4.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.16 2.6 10.61 2.5 8.20 3.6 Group I................................................... 10.12 2.6 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.98 3.6 9.11 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 8.98 3.6 9.11 3.0 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.57 1.9 10.94 2.8 8.29 2.8 Group I................................................... 10.57 1.9 10.94 2.8 8.29 2.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.56 8.7 10.85 6.3 7.93 4.9 Group I................................................... 9.32 9.1 – – 7.93 4.9 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.57 $11.30 $16.27 $25.79 $37.25 Management occupations.............................................. 21.89 27.69 38.70 53.26 65.51 General and operations managers................................... 11.29 16.52 38.46 72.87 108.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.65 33.65 41.29 60.34 66.92 Sales managers.................................................. 33.65 33.65 33.65 54.13 64.22 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.69 47.72 53.26 58.65 71.63 Financial managers................................................ 15.13 22.25 44.35 56.92 67.31 Construction managers............................................. 22.27 28.35 34.79 67.31 67.31 Education administrators.......................................... 20.80 21.89 30.00 48.70 53.06 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 30.00 44.06 48.70 51.59 54.81 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.25 31.25 34.22 45.14 57.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.46 21.03 25.64 34.19 48.60 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 11.01 11.01 14.90 23.56 30.07 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 18.16 18.75 19.23 25.00 34.62 Training and development specialists............................ 11.01 11.01 11.01 14.90 30.07 Management analysts............................................... 22.01 29.33 51.75 61.25 68.71 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.54 23.50 32.21 35.87 37.50 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.64 25.64 30.81 48.60 48.60 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.12 27.30 35.87 44.68 51.57 Computer programmers.............................................. 26.44 29.15 32.50 37.03 44.31 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.40 35.10 42.22 49.49 56.34 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.10 38.46 46.24 56.26 57.66 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.50 33.65 39.45 43.27 49.49 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.06 23.27 28.09 38.49 50.26 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.70 31.25 39.06 47.01 58.00 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 16.83 25.39 31.56 41.23 50.00 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 26.56 33.41 34.08 38.88 46.08 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.19 25.00 31.25 38.06 44.23 Engineers......................................................... 25.54 28.28 34.03 39.42 47.98 Civil engineers................................................. 25.00 28.28 34.14 39.42 59.26 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.50 27.50 31.77 37.50 41.20 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 25.50 28.23 32.00 38.63 43.94 Drafters.......................................................... 18.75 23.29 35.93 36.54 36.54 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.99 20.09 25.08 28.60 45.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.99 19.53 22.48 23.69 28.13 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.08 18.08 31.49 38.01 40.73 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.39 17.12 19.17 21.99 39.19 Counselors........................................................ 19.17 19.39 19.39 39.00 43.89 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 19.17 19.39 19.39 39.19 44.32 Social workers.................................................... 17.12 17.12 17.12 20.51 25.03 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.87 12.91 15.18 15.40 16.84 Legal occupations................................................... 18.99 24.52 37.37 49.14 65.00 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 18.99 18.99 27.10 33.65 49.14 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.28 20.04 32.60 37.79 43.56 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.34 26.85 31.82 40.08 65.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.05 30.80 34.72 39.93 44.34 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 18.73 27.46 34.44 39.33 44.34 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.97 31.01 34.67 38.91 43.49 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.20 30.98 34.17 39.02 43.74 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.05 31.02 34.67 38.84 43.49 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.92 30.05 35.31 40.67 44.38 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.50 30.05 35.31 39.12 44.16 Special education teachers...................................... 28.46 34.92 37.46 45.55 45.73 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.53 20.04 33.89 35.90 35.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.80 10.61 13.62 15.56 18.09 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.07 14.00 17.68 24.54 38.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.50 17.61 25.14 30.65 37.68 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.98 48.60 51.49 52.47 56.25 Registered nurses................................................. 22.75 26.13 29.54 32.04 34.57 Therapists........................................................ 9.50 11.30 25.00 35.00 38.67 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.21 21.42 24.95 27.08 28.52 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.75 28.24 28.49 30.96 36.90 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.75 28.24 28.49 28.49 36.90 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.42 14.97 17.88 20.38 21.59 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.50 10.00 11.88 14.24 16.48 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.00 11.19 12.61 14.28 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.82 10.50 11.81 13.24 14.56 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.94 13.06 15.25 17.25 18.14 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.94 13.06 15.50 17.56 18.92 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.22 10.30 15.79 21.28 28.28 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.34 18.83 28.55 33.65 34.18 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 17.07 18.83 30.89 33.65 34.18 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.02 14.57 16.69 18.89 30.88 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.98 12.08 13.77 18.22 21.25 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.69 12.08 13.81 18.22 21.25 Police officers................................................... 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.82 9.22 9.22 11.43 14.91 Security guards................................................. 8.82 9.22 9.22 11.43 14.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.00 8.00 10.50 13.40 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.10 11.35 13.27 15.04 20.02 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.10 11.98 13.27 15.04 20.02 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.05 10.25 11.94 14.99 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.43 9.79 11.09 19.33 20.19 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 9.25 11.54 14.72 14.99 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 10.78 13.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 6.00 9.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.45 4.00 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.75 7.25 8.21 9.75 12.33 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.76 7.25 7.54 8.57 9.96 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.76 7.25 7.55 8.62 9.96 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.32 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.16 9.34 11.10 13.75 17.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.75 8.27 10.14 11.85 16.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.90 8.25 10.57 12.96 17.67 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.75 8.40 10.06 10.14 10.94 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 16.46 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 12.29 32.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.72 9.10 12.79 19.27 31.97 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.25 15.84 18.08 21.76 34.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.25 15.77 17.57 21.39 22.76 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 8.16 15.84 19.40 36.06 38.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.00 9.74 12.20 14.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.45 8.50 11.34 13.40 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.45 8.50 11.34 13.40 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.57 8.76 10.61 12.90 15.91 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 15.00 34.54 44.80 44.80 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Real estate sales agents........................................ 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.73 18.30 20.26 27.03 30.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.68 12.82 15.06 18.95 22.50 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.19 18.75 27.04 30.01 32.45 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.28 13.25 15.56 18.67 21.75 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.66 12.67 16.65 19.73 20.85 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.00 15.56 16.03 18.99 23.31 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 13.01 15.50 19.20 23.08 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 13.92 15.25 16.72 18.57 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 8.66 9.88 12.00 15.87 17.31 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.37 14.72 19.28 22.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.68 11.00 13.70 15.94 17.39 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.64 15.48 16.27 19.81 21.50 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.25 11.77 14.00 16.67 20.82 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 10.11 11.90 14.18 18.67 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.46 14.47 17.88 20.55 26.10 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.13 18.00 20.20 24.11 26.92 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.19 12.27 14.45 15.99 17.37 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.30 14.00 16.41 18.90 20.86 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.35 13.46 14.90 17.00 21.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 12.00 14.67 19.35 24.98 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 16.50 21.63 25.05 28.98 28.98 Carpenters........................................................ 12.10 15.90 18.00 19.90 22.75 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 12.97 13.69 14.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 12.50 14.50 17.00 22.00 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 11.50 14.00 16.00 17.00 23.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 13.75 18.18 24.50 31.06 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.71 18.71 21.41 23.58 32.70 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.48 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.48 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.63 15.63 17.00 20.56 23.32 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 13.28 14.00 20.00 22.50 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 14.64 18.07 19.67 20.58 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 14.64 17.41 18.22 20.58 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.50 14.51 14.51 15.92 17.50 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.38 13.40 17.50 21.32 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.60 21.00 23.07 31.25 36.14 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.88 12.06 13.35 14.90 15.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.36 10.67 12.00 14.98 16.02 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.30 10.58 12.75 13.13 18.30 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 9.50 16.00 19.22 31.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 9.50 13.40 19.22 31.00 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.16 9.04 9.75 10.35 11.50 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.03 16.34 17.50 22.11 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 10.50 12.00 13.50 14.07 14.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 10.75 14.25 18.42 20.89 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.61 10.22 14.00 20.85 29.27 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 19.11 23.97 25.38 28.85 28.85 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.26 12.74 15.83 16.67 20.12 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.92 14.09 15.85 17.42 20.53 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.00 13.23 17.25 23.13 32.18 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 16.00 22.40 28.80 33.49 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.25 9.02 12.00 13.00 17.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.20 12.15 14.43 17.24 23.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.30 8.77 9.95 11.38 13.11 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.30 8.77 9.17 9.45 10.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 9.13 10.00 12.17 13.11 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 7.50 9.25 11.17 13.02 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.41 $11.00 $15.56 $24.98 $36.54 Management occupations.............................................. 21.69 27.37 38.46 53.26 66.92 General and operations managers................................... 11.29 16.52 38.46 72.87 108.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.65 33.65 41.29 60.34 66.92 Sales managers.................................................. 33.65 33.65 33.65 54.13 64.22 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.69 47.72 53.26 58.65 71.63 Financial managers................................................ 15.13 18.35 42.55 56.92 70.00 Construction managers............................................. 22.27 28.35 34.79 67.31 67.31 Education administrators.......................................... 19.25 20.80 21.89 30.00 51.59 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.25 31.25 38.24 45.14 57.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 12.50 21.03 25.91 34.93 48.60 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 11.01 11.01 12.50 21.57 25.91 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.19 23.50 32.50 35.87 37.50 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.64 25.64 30.81 48.60 48.60 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.12 27.59 36.57 44.90 52.50 Computer programmers.............................................. 25.83 29.15 31.37 38.47 46.15 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.40 35.10 42.22 49.49 56.34 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.10 38.46 46.24 56.26 57.66 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.50 33.65 39.45 43.27 49.49 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.00 22.98 28.46 40.50 52.67 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.12 31.10 38.00 44.06 60.00 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 16.83 25.39 31.56 41.23 50.00 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 26.56 33.41 34.08 38.88 46.08 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 19.89 24.81 31.25 38.09 45.00 Engineers......................................................... 25.50 29.76 35.58 39.66 48.92 Civil engineers................................................. 25.00 28.28 34.14 39.42 59.26 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.50 27.44 31.96 37.88 41.20 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 25.50 28.23 32.00 38.63 43.94 Drafters.......................................................... 18.75 23.29 35.93 36.54 36.54 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 14.62 19.89 23.18 28.60 45.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.99 19.46 22.00 23.09 25.78 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.39 17.12 18.37 19.39 19.39 Legal occupations................................................... 18.99 24.52 37.37 49.14 65.00 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 18.99 18.99 27.10 33.65 49.14 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.80 14.76 18.95 29.89 37.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 18.00 19.50 31.82 40.08 65.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.09 18.73 24.79 30.05 36.81 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.40 14.71 17.68 28.23 38.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.30 19.72 26.62 31.30 38.67 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.98 48.60 51.49 52.47 56.25 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 26.98 30.16 32.32 35.03 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.79 20.88 24.89 27.08 28.64 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.75 28.24 28.49 30.96 36.90 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.75 28.24 28.49 28.49 36.90 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.74 19.00 20.38 21.00 22.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.82 10.00 12.22 14.53 17.10 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.00 11.25 12.77 14.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.82 10.44 12.35 13.72 14.56 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.06 13.61 16.13 17.56 18.92 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.06 13.82 16.20 17.65 18.92 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.25 9.22 9.22 11.77 22.42 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.82 9.22 9.22 11.11 14.91 Security guards................................................. 8.82 9.22 9.22 11.11 14.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.76 7.75 10.25 13.27 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.10 11.35 12.25 15.04 18.50 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.10 11.08 13.27 15.04 18.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.05 10.25 11.94 14.99 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 9.25 11.54 14.72 14.99 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.74 13.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 6.00 8.21 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.45 4.00 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.75 7.25 7.25 9.25 12.33 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.76 7.25 7.54 8.53 9.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.76 7.25 7.55 8.60 9.80 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.00 10.26 12.42 15.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.23 9.50 10.94 12.21 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.23 9.00 11.36 12.36 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.75 8.40 10.06 10.14 10.94 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 16.46 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 11.31 51.10 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.72 9.10 12.79 19.27 31.97 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.25 15.84 18.08 21.76 34.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.25 15.77 17.57 21.39 22.76 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 8.16 15.84 19.40 36.06 38.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.00 9.74 12.20 14.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.45 8.50 11.34 13.40 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.45 8.50 11.34 13.40 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.57 8.76 10.61 12.90 15.91 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 15.00 34.54 44.80 44.80 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Real estate sales agents........................................ 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.73 18.30 20.26 27.03 30.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.68 12.60 15.00 18.98 22.13 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.00 18.75 26.88 30.01 32.45 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.66 13.78 15.56 18.65 21.75 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.66 12.67 16.65 19.73 20.85 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.00 15.56 16.03 18.99 23.31 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.02 13.25 15.50 19.20 23.08 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 13.92 15.25 16.90 19.23 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 8.66 9.88 12.00 15.87 17.31 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.35 15.06 19.90 22.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.68 11.00 13.70 15.94 17.39 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.25 11.77 14.00 16.67 20.82 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 10.11 11.96 14.18 18.67 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.27 14.47 18.30 20.86 25.76 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.13 18.00 20.20 23.29 26.12 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.19 12.27 14.45 15.99 17.37 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 14.00 16.83 19.23 21.39 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.35 13.46 14.60 17.00 21.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.64 12.00 14.50 18.49 22.75 Carpenters........................................................ 12.10 15.90 18.00 19.90 22.75 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 12.00 12.97 14.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.50 12.50 16.00 18.49 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 13.50 18.18 25.00 31.06 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.71 18.71 21.41 21.41 38.17 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.09 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 29.09 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 13.28 14.00 20.00 22.50 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 14.64 18.18 19.76 20.58 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 14.93 18.18 18.22 20.58 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.50 14.51 14.51 15.92 17.50 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.38 13.40 17.50 21.16 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.60 21.00 23.07 31.25 36.14 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.88 12.06 13.35 14.90 15.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.36 10.67 12.00 14.98 16.02 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.30 10.58 12.75 13.13 18.30 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 9.50 16.00 19.22 31.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 9.50 13.40 19.22 31.00 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.16 9.04 9.75 10.35 11.50 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.03 16.34 17.50 22.11 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 10.50 12.00 13.50 14.07 14.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 10.75 14.25 18.42 20.89 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 13.50 22.40 30.28 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 20.60 24.05 27.43 28.85 28.85 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.74 13.00 17.40 23.13 32.50 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 16.00 22.40 29.46 33.62 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.25 9.02 11.00 13.00 13.23 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.20 12.15 14.43 17.24 23.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.30 8.77 9.95 11.38 13.11 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.30 8.77 9.17 9.45 10.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 9.13 10.00 12.17 13.11 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 7.50 9.25 11.17 13.02 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.57 $14.91 $20.62 $31.88 $39.69 Management occupations.............................................. 31.25 35.35 44.35 50.74 57.40 Education administrators.......................................... 26.15 42.51 47.94 50.74 54.81 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.20 21.16 23.56 29.63 35.45 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.54 21.61 29.86 36.33 37.86 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.82 25.56 28.63 35.87 47.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.30 15.70 21.15 34.20 43.08 Counselors........................................................ 23.48 31.38 37.86 44.32 47.36 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.36 12.30 14.39 15.96 17.66 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.37 26.85 33.56 38.30 44.05 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.85 27.71 32.09 39.11 46.49 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.85 31.99 35.31 40.67 44.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.72 31.52 34.67 39.02 43.83 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.63 31.92 34.69 39.12 43.81 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.85 31.02 34.67 38.84 43.98 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.85 32.52 36.04 42.21 45.60 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.85 31.92 35.31 41.98 45.39 Special education teachers...................................... 28.46 34.92 37.46 45.55 45.73 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.53 20.04 33.89 35.90 35.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.49 12.42 14.02 16.49 19.17 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.84 14.11 16.72 19.18 28.59 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.04 9.71 10.98 11.75 14.45 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.65 14.92 18.63 23.38 30.43 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.34 18.83 28.55 33.65 34.18 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 17.07 18.83 30.89 33.65 34.18 Fire fighters..................................................... 13.96 14.57 16.58 18.10 20.18 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 10.98 12.08 13.77 18.22 21.25 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.69 12.08 13.81 18.22 21.25 Police officers................................................... 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.75 10.94 12.84 20.19 23.04 Cooks............................................................. 8.50 8.75 11.43 20.19 20.19 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.50 8.75 11.43 20.19 20.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.71 10.90 13.09 19.52 21.80 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.02 10.59 12.96 17.67 20.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.76 10.80 12.96 17.67 20.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 9.92 11.52 14.29 19.45 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.92 13.89 15.80 18.58 25.44 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.50 14.80 17.12 18.15 55.48 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.21 14.71 15.66 17.60 18.15 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.57 13.69 17.73 23.83 28.98 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.60 16.10 18.62 23.58 27.48 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.52 14.09 16.12 19.11 22.25 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.92 14.09 15.85 17.42 20.53 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.92 14.09 15.85 17.42 20.53 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.50 $12.24 $17.40 $27.31 $38.19 Management occupations.............................................. 21.89 28.10 39.86 53.26 66.68 General and operations managers................................... 11.29 16.52 38.46 72.87 108.35 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 33.65 33.65 41.29 60.34 66.92 Sales managers.................................................. 33.65 33.65 33.65 54.13 64.22 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.69 47.72 53.26 58.65 71.63 Financial managers................................................ 15.13 22.25 44.35 56.92 67.31 Construction managers............................................. 22.27 28.35 34.79 67.31 67.31 Education administrators.......................................... 20.80 21.89 30.00 48.70 53.06 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 30.00 44.06 48.70 51.59 54.81 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.25 31.25 34.22 45.14 57.30 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.46 21.03 25.64 33.01 48.60 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 11.01 11.01 14.90 23.56 30.07 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 18.16 18.75 19.23 25.00 34.62 Training and development specialists............................ 11.01 11.01 11.01 14.90 30.07 Management analysts............................................... 22.01 29.33 51.75 61.25 68.71 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.54 23.50 30.43 35.13 37.66 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.12 27.30 35.87 44.68 51.57 Computer programmers.............................................. 26.44 29.15 32.50 37.03 44.31 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.40 35.10 42.22 49.49 56.34 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.10 38.46 46.24 56.26 57.66 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.50 33.65 39.45 43.27 49.49 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.06 23.27 28.09 38.49 50.26 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.70 31.25 39.06 47.01 58.00 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 16.83 25.39 31.56 41.23 50.00 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 26.56 33.41 34.08 38.88 46.08 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.19 25.00 31.25 38.06 44.23 Engineers......................................................... 25.54 28.28 34.03 39.42 47.98 Civil engineers................................................. 25.00 28.28 34.14 39.42 59.26 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 25.50 27.50 31.77 37.50 41.20 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 25.50 28.23 32.00 38.63 43.94 Drafters.......................................................... 18.75 23.29 35.93 36.54 36.54 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.99 20.09 25.08 28.60 45.00 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.99 19.53 22.48 23.69 28.13 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.08 18.08 31.49 38.01 40.73 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.22 17.12 19.17 22.64 39.19 Counselors........................................................ 19.17 19.39 19.39 39.00 43.89 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 19.17 19.39 19.39 39.19 44.32 Social workers.................................................... 17.12 17.12 17.12 20.51 25.03 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.53 12.30 14.71 15.96 17.64 Legal occupations................................................... 18.99 24.52 37.37 49.14 65.00 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 18.99 18.99 27.10 33.65 49.14 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.62 20.17 32.69 37.88 43.81 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.30 26.85 31.82 40.08 65.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.05 30.80 34.72 39.93 44.34 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 18.73 27.46 34.44 39.33 44.34 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.97 31.01 34.67 38.91 43.49 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.20 30.98 34.17 39.02 43.74 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.05 31.02 34.67 38.84 43.49 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.92 30.05 35.31 40.67 44.38 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.50 30.05 35.31 39.12 44.16 Special education teachers...................................... 28.46 34.92 37.46 45.55 45.73 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.84 10.80 13.62 15.56 18.09 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.07 14.42 17.68 25.49 38.16 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.00 17.79 25.48 30.65 36.54 Registered nurses................................................. 22.71 26.07 29.54 32.32 34.59 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.21 23.22 25.00 27.08 28.65 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.42 28.49 28.49 30.96 36.90 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 13.84 14.97 17.51 20.38 21.57 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.82 10.03 12.58 14.56 17.11 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.74 10.00 11.85 12.98 14.56 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.82 10.74 12.24 13.79 14.56 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.94 13.06 15.25 17.25 18.14 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.94 13.06 15.50 17.56 18.92 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.22 10.61 16.18 21.38 28.55 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 13.34 18.83 28.55 33.65 34.18 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 17.07 18.83 30.89 33.65 34.18 Fire fighters..................................................... 14.02 14.90 16.69 19.50 30.88 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 11.69 12.08 13.81 18.22 21.25 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 11.69 12.08 13.81 18.22 21.25 Police officers................................................... 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 13.72 16.48 20.09 23.76 25.68 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.00 9.22 9.22 11.43 14.91 Security guards................................................. 9.00 9.22 9.22 11.43 14.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.58 7.50 9.00 11.98 14.99 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 10.50 11.35 13.27 15.04 20.02 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.50 11.98 13.71 15.04 20.02 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.25 11.09 14.72 19.33 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.69 9.79 11.09 19.33 20.19 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.85 8.95 11.94 14.72 14.99 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.33 9.25 10.52 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.75 8.50 9.20 12.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.90 8.50 9.52 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.23 9.50 11.12 14.01 18.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.90 8.32 10.14 12.76 16.97 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.25 10.53 13.22 17.67 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.75 8.40 10.06 10.14 10.94 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 16.46 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.75 8.00 9.12 12.70 27.35 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.50 11.58 14.71 22.21 35.51 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.25 15.84 18.08 21.76 34.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.25 15.77 17.57 21.39 22.76 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 8.16 15.84 19.40 36.06 38.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 10.00 11.80 13.59 16.51 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 8.41 11.30 13.03 13.88 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 8.41 11.30 13.03 13.88 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.00 10.59 11.90 14.17 17.16 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 13.75 15.00 34.54 44.80 44.80 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Real estate sales agents........................................ 10.00 13.00 13.00 16.30 16.30 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 8.73 18.30 24.10 29.38 30.87 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.75 13.00 15.30 19.09 22.97 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.19 18.75 27.04 30.01 32.45 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.66 13.92 15.56 18.57 21.77 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.66 13.80 16.80 19.73 20.85 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.00 15.56 16.03 18.99 23.31 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 13.01 15.09 18.95 23.08 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 13.92 15.25 16.72 18.57 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 8.66 9.88 11.78 15.54 17.31 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.00 12.37 14.72 19.28 22.94 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.68 11.00 13.70 16.35 17.68 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.64 15.48 16.27 19.81 21.50 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.25 12.08 14.00 17.10 21.02 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.73 10.50 12.62 14.19 18.67 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.46 14.71 17.91 20.77 26.10 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.13 18.00 20.20 24.11 26.92 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.19 12.46 15.00 15.99 17.88 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.30 14.36 16.45 18.90 20.86 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.50 13.50 15.19 17.00 21.23 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 12.00 14.58 19.35 24.99 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 16.50 21.63 25.05 28.98 28.98 Construction laborers............................................. 9.00 11.00 12.97 13.69 14.00 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.00 12.50 14.50 17.00 22.00 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 11.50 14.00 16.00 17.00 23.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.00 13.75 18.18 24.50 31.06 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 18.71 18.71 21.41 23.58 32.70 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.48 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 27.48 29.09 29.96 31.58 31.58 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 8.50 9.25 13.75 19.89 25.40 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.63 15.63 17.00 20.56 23.32 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 13.28 14.00 20.00 22.50 25.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 14.64 18.07 19.67 20.58 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.00 14.64 17.41 18.22 20.58 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.50 14.51 14.51 15.92 17.50 Production occupations.............................................. 9.25 10.38 13.40 17.50 21.60 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.60 21.00 23.07 31.25 36.14 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.88 12.06 13.35 14.90 15.95 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.36 10.67 12.00 14.98 16.09 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.30 10.56 13.13 13.13 18.30 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 9.50 16.00 19.22 31.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 9.50 13.40 19.22 31.00 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.16 9.04 9.75 10.35 11.50 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.03 8.03 16.34 17.50 22.11 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 10.50 12.00 13.50 14.07 14.35 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 10.00 12.50 14.35 18.42 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.30 10.97 14.43 22.40 30.68 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 19.11 23.97 25.38 28.85 28.85 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.89 12.52 15.22 16.82 20.12 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.74 13.85 15.85 18.10 20.80 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.00 14.00 18.64 23.61 32.52 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 16.00 22.40 28.80 33.49 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.02 10.74 13.00 13.23 17.60 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.20 12.00 14.43 17.24 23.13 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.75 9.17 10.00 11.56 13.11 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.50 8.77 9.17 9.45 10.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 9.29 10.30 12.84 13.38 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.00 9.50 10.61 11.38 14.40 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), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.57 $7.25 $8.50 $11.75 $19.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.25 10.53 20.92 26.40 28.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.00 11.85 24.28 30.73 49.19 Registered nurses................................................. 22.84 26.81 29.91 30.73 34.46 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 9.92 10.00 11.39 11.75 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 9.92 10.00 11.39 11.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.92 10.00 11.39 11.75 12.49 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.25 7.65 10.30 14.12 15.33 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.00 7.25 8.05 10.25 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.00 10.25 11.54 14.10 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 10.25 10.85 13.00 15.65 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.60 9.37 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.13 6.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.45 3.60 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 7.25 7.25 7.54 8.57 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.75 7.20 7.25 7.54 8.84 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.12 10.25 11.36 11.36 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.12 10.25 11.36 11.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.25 10.70 11.36 11.36 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.36 9.00 9.24 32.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.50 8.32 9.50 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.50 8.25 9.40 11.05 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.57 7.25 8.00 8.75 9.69 Cashiers...................................................... 6.57 7.25 8.00 8.75 9.69 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.50 7.99 8.87 10.15 12.62 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 10.11 12.35 14.00 18.75 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.00 11.13 14.61 19.23 19.23 Tellers......................................................... 8.15 11.13 12.00 17.00 19.90 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.25 12.35 12.35 13.02 18.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.00 13.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.56 10.58 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.56 10.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.25 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. 3 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $21.55 $17.40 $858 $692 39.8 $43,562 $35,610 2,021 Management occupations.............................................. 43.01 39.86 1,771 1,702 41.2 90,689 84,999 2,108 General and operations managers................................... 47.83 38.46 2,034 1,538 42.5 105,781 80,001 2,212 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.47 41.29 2,182 1,851 45.0 113,476 96,250 2,341 Sales managers.................................................. 44.92 33.65 2,095 1,851 46.6 108,923 96,250 2,425 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 53.26 2,170 2,130 40.0 112,851 110,785 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 43.27 44.35 1,715 1,774 39.6 88,683 88,500 2,050 Construction managers............................................. 40.46 34.79 1,673 1,392 41.4 87,022 72,367 2,151 Education administrators.......................................... 35.38 30.00 1,402 1,200 39.6 65,728 68,885 1,858 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.18 48.70 1,819 1,948 39.4 76,776 77,951 1,663 Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.17 34.22 1,557 1,369 40.8 80,965 71,182 2,121 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.32 25.64 1,174 1,084 41.4 60,881 55,994 2,150 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.99 14.90 837 750 44.1 43,509 39,000 2,291 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.57 19.23 903 769 40.0 46,937 39,998 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 16.90 11.01 789 606 46.7 41,047 31,500 2,428 Management analysts............................................... 47.20 51.75 1,873 2,070 39.7 97,397 107,630 2,063 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.71 30.43 1,210 1,204 40.7 62,251 61,499 2,096 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.43 35.87 1,491 1,435 39.8 77,193 74,173 2,062 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.66 32.50 1,386 1,300 40.0 72,084 67,592 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.39 42.22 1,736 1,689 40.0 90,250 87,822 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.84 46.24 1,874 1,849 40.0 97,425 96,173 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 38.62 39.45 1,545 1,578 40.0 80,325 82,046 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 32.83 28.09 1,300 1,124 39.6 67,345 58,240 2,052 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.68 39.06 1,695 1,551 39.7 87,679 80,964 2,054 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.28 31.56 1,282 1,217 39.7 64,678 55,546 2,004 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.01 34.08 1,437 1,363 39.9 74,699 70,859 2,074 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.28 31.25 1,309 1,250 40.6 68,062 65,000 2,109 Engineers......................................................... 36.04 34.03 1,454 1,396 40.4 75,621 72,604 2,098 Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 34.14 1,483 1,365 40.0 77,118 71,001 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.44 31.77 1,319 1,272 40.6 68,571 66,144 2,114 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 32.00 1,394 1,429 41.4 72,494 74,312 2,153 Drafters.......................................................... 30.60 35.93 1,224 1,437 40.0 63,645 74,732 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.69 25.08 1,105 945 41.4 57,439 49,130 2,152 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.73 22.48 909 899 40.0 47,269 46,758 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.13 31.49 1,245 1,486 41.3 62,518 64,082 2,075 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.19 19.17 882 767 39.7 43,446 40,327 1,957 Counselors........................................................ 27.82 19.39 1,103 776 39.6 51,310 43,075 1,844 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 28.65 19.39 1,134 776 39.6 52,133 45,381 1,820 Social workers.................................................... 19.55 17.12 781 685 39.9 40,241 35,605 2,059 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.54 14.71 577 576 39.7 29,991 29,927 2,063 Legal occupations................................................... 39.50 37.37 1,545 1,355 39.1 80,359 70,450 2,034 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.40 27.10 1,176 1,084 40.0 61,160 56,368 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.53 32.69 1,196 1,290 39.2 47,242 49,929 1,547 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.42 31.82 1,565 1,328 43.0 68,714 55,000 1,887 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.02 34.72 1,365 1,387 39.0 52,165 52,703 1,489 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 33.11 34.44 1,271 1,377 38.4 49,268 52,344 1,488 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.88 34.67 1,356 1,365 38.9 51,686 51,894 1,482 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.93 34.17 1,353 1,365 38.7 51,646 51,882 1,478 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.71 34.67 1,369 1,387 39.4 51,829 52,703 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.94 35.31 1,373 1,413 39.3 52,693 53,676 1,508 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.39 35.31 1,353 1,389 39.3 51,947 53,001 1,511 Special education teachers...................................... 38.33 37.46 1,504 1,451 39.2 57,240 55,127 1,493 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.48 13.62 514 512 38.2 21,307 19,801 1,581 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.61 17.68 862 707 39.9 44,813 36,766 2,074 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.35 25.48 1,014 1,006 40.0 52,388 52,285 2,067 Registered nurses................................................. 29.10 29.54 1,140 1,178 39.2 58,540 60,986 2,011 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.60 25.00 979 997 39.8 50,915 51,846 2,070 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.54 28.49 1,161 1,139 39.3 60,397 59,249 2,045 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.30 17.51 687 673 39.7 35,005 34,074 2,023 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.76 12.58 503 503 39.4 25,895 25,208 2,029 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.63 11.85 464 473 39.9 24,130 24,606 2,074 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.32 12.24 491 487 39.8 25,511 25,329 2,071 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.96 15.25 576 578 38.5 29,125 29,016 1,947 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.19 15.50 581 574 38.2 30,216 29,827 1,989 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.18 16.18 718 694 41.8 36,670 35,589 2,135 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.88 28.55 1,055 1,213 40.8 54,875 63,096 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.45 30.89 1,116 1,300 40.6 58,019 67,610 2,114 Fire fighters..................................................... 18.33 16.69 938 898 51.2 48,777 46,711 2,661 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.31 13.81 620 557 40.5 32,263 28,943 2,108 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.31 13.81 620 557 40.5 32,263 28,943 2,108 Police officers................................................... 20.22 20.09 829 810 41.0 43,096 42,128 2,131 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.22 20.09 829 810 41.0 43,096 42,128 2,131 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.16 9.22 446 369 40.0 23,215 19,173 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.16 9.22 446 369 40.0 23,215 19,173 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.64 9.00 359 330 37.3 17,947 16,640 1,863 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.11 13.27 609 664 43.2 30,129 29,902 2,136 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.37 13.71 625 677 43.5 30,761 29,902 2,141 Cooks............................................................. 11.66 11.09 431 382 36.9 20,705 18,616 1,775 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.26 11.09 479 443 36.1 20,012 16,447 1,510 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.74 11.94 441 382 37.6 22,930 19,865 1,953 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.36 2.33 195 85 36.3 9,819 4,430 1,831 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.88 8.50 311 314 35.1 15,945 15,600 1,796 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.94 8.50 316 320 35.4 16,300 15,925 1,824 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.15 11.12 482 444 39.6 24,862 22,880 2,046 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.15 10.14 438 406 39.3 22,444 20,925 2,012 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.67 10.53 455 416 39.0 23,150 21,237 1,984 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.69 10.06 387 402 40.0 20,148 20,925 2,080 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 12.00 495 480 40.0 25,747 24,960 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.36 9.12 512 360 35.6 25,867 18,038 1,801 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.32 14.71 782 578 40.5 40,644 30,077 2,104 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.32 18.08 857 771 42.2 44,584 40,082 2,194 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.20 17.57 760 703 41.8 39,524 36,535 2,171 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.95 19.40 1,028 850 42.9 53,463 44,200 2,233 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.28 11.80 491 470 40.0 25,450 24,440 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.95 11.30 433 450 39.6 22,400 23,421 2,046 Cashiers...................................................... 10.95 11.30 433 450 39.6 22,400 23,421 2,046 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.16 11.90 528 476 40.2 27,477 24,752 2,088 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.92 34.54 1,288 1,382 40.4 67,000 71,839 2,099 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 22.38 24.10 883 964 39.4 45,919 50,132 2,051 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.46 15.30 649 607 39.5 33,669 31,387 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.22 27.04 1,003 1,075 39.8 52,180 55,910 2,069 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.40 15.56 627 604 38.3 32,580 31,385 1,987 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.52 16.80 661 672 40.0 34,371 34,944 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.62 16.03 688 641 39.1 35,783 33,351 2,031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.75 15.09 618 530 36.9 32,036 27,560 1,912 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.12 16.72 685 669 40.0 35,619 34,773 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.53 11.78 498 471 39.7 25,905 24,500 2,067 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.37 14.72 650 596 39.7 33,825 30,971 2,066 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.66 13.70 533 548 39.0 27,709 28,498 2,029 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.47 16.27 704 651 40.3 36,611 33,837 2,096 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.85 14.00 587 542 39.5 30,520 28,163 2,055 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.26 12.62 530 505 40.0 27,576 26,250 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.84 17.91 749 709 39.8 38,724 36,849 2,056 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.55 20.20 902 808 40.0 46,753 42,012 2,073 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.53 15.00 581 600 40.0 30,232 31,200 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.51 16.45 652 661 39.5 33,524 32,625 2,031 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.02 15.19 633 608 39.5 32,818 31,595 2,049 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 14.58 649 583 39.7 33,770 30,333 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 24.49 25.05 980 1,002 40.0 50,944 52,104 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.22 12.97 481 500 39.3 25,009 26,000 2,046 Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.67 14.50 627 580 40.0 32,592 30,160 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.18 16.00 647 640 40.0 33,650 33,280 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.45 18.18 788 727 40.5 40,979 37,814 2,107 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 22.90 21.41 991 963 43.3 51,557 50,088 2,252 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.70 29.96 1,188 1,199 40.0 61,774 62,323 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 29.70 29.96 1,188 1,199 40.0 61,774 62,323 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.32 13.75 639 550 41.7 33,212 28,600 2,168 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.32 13.75 639 550 41.7 33,212 28,600 2,168 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.12 17.00 725 680 40.0 37,688 35,360 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 20.00 749 800 40.0 38,943 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.74 18.07 666 723 39.8 34,585 37,586 2,066 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.36 17.41 654 696 40.0 33,955 36,213 2,076 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 14.51 639 580 40.0 33,226 30,185 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.65 13.40 583 530 39.8 30,295 27,560 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.09 23.07 1,004 923 40.0 52,184 47,986 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 13.35 541 534 40.0 28,145 27,770 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.39 12.00 480 480 38.7 24,969 24,960 2,015 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.96 13.13 518 525 40.0 26,960 27,312 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 16.00 647 640 39.9 33,631 33,280 2,074 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.11 13.40 642 550 39.9 33,398 28,600 2,073 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.80 9.75 392 390 40.0 20,382 20,280 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.85 16.34 588 621 39.6 30,551 32,288 2,058 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.03 13.50 519 540 39.8 26,971 28,080 2,070 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.98 12.50 511 480 39.4 26,584 24,960 2,048 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.57 14.43 768 570 39.3 39,041 29,619 1,995 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.21 25.38 1,031 1,015 40.9 53,615 52,786 2,127 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.17 15.22 428 396 28.2 16,457 14,263 1,085 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.24 15.85 426 396 26.2 15,682 14,263 966 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.83 18.64 893 827 42.9 46,442 43,017 2,230 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.97 22.40 961 925 43.7 49,955 48,110 2,274 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.85 13.00 538 520 38.8 27,966 27,040 2,019 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.21 14.43 608 577 40.0 31,629 30,006 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.61 10.00 425 400 40.1 22,103 20,800 2,083 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.11 9.17 379 367 41.6 19,695 19,076 2,161 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 10.30 435 412 39.7 22,619 21,424 2,067 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.85 10.61 430 420 39.7 22,368 21,840 2,062 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $21.12 $16.60 $842 $665 39.9 $43,643 $34,466 2,067 Management occupations.............................................. 42.92 38.46 1,775 1,702 41.3 92,081 88,500 2,145 General and operations managers................................... 47.83 38.46 2,034 1,538 42.5 105,781 80,001 2,212 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.47 41.29 2,182 1,851 45.0 113,476 96,250 2,341 Sales managers.................................................. 44.92 33.65 2,095 1,851 46.6 108,923 96,250 2,425 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 53.26 2,170 2,130 40.0 112,851 110,785 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 43.19 42.55 1,711 1,748 39.6 88,955 90,900 2,060 Construction managers............................................. 40.46 34.79 1,673 1,392 41.4 87,022 72,367 2,151 Education administrators.......................................... 27.44 21.89 1,092 876 39.8 55,298 45,540 2,015 Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.39 38.24 1,614 1,530 41.0 83,903 79,548 2,130 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.66 25.64 1,193 1,084 41.6 62,051 56,364 2,165 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.99 12.50 811 606 45.1 42,155 31,500 2,343 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.71 31.16 1,217 1,246 41.0 63,277 64,809 2,130 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.91 36.57 1,511 1,443 39.9 78,326 75,048 2,066 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.59 31.37 1,384 1,255 40.0 71,954 65,245 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.39 42.22 1,736 1,689 40.0 90,250 87,822 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.84 46.24 1,874 1,849 40.0 97,425 96,173 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 38.62 39.45 1,545 1,578 40.0 80,325 82,046 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 33.54 28.46 1,327 1,141 39.6 68,696 58,240 2,048 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.43 38.00 1,690 1,500 39.8 87,898 78,000 2,072 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.54 31.56 1,298 1,262 39.9 65,779 55,546 2,022 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.01 34.08 1,437 1,363 39.9 74,699 70,859 2,074 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.42 31.25 1,316 1,250 40.6 68,418 65,000 2,110 Engineers......................................................... 36.58 35.58 1,477 1,432 40.4 76,812 74,476 2,100 Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 34.14 1,483 1,365 40.0 77,118 71,001 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.72 31.96 1,332 1,306 40.7 69,274 67,918 2,117 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 32.00 1,394 1,429 41.4 72,494 74,312 2,153 Drafters.......................................................... 30.60 35.93 1,224 1,437 40.0 63,645 74,732 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.48 23.18 1,098 924 41.5 57,086 48,027 2,156 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 21.83 22.00 873 880 40.0 45,409 45,760 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.44 19.17 775 767 39.9 40,291 39,874 2,073 Legal occupations................................................... 39.50 37.37 1,545 1,355 39.1 80,359 70,450 2,034 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.40 27.10 1,176 1,084 40.0 61,160 56,368 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.34 18.73 860 749 38.5 37,788 31,190 1,691 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.63 31.82 1,356 1,280 39.2 60,508 51,500 1,747 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.78 24.79 1,023 919 39.7 39,594 33,999 1,536 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.50 17.68 936 707 39.8 48,695 36,766 2,072 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.45 26.70 1,060 1,046 40.1 55,117 54,371 2,084 Registered nurses................................................. 30.07 30.23 1,176 1,182 39.1 61,156 61,449 2,034 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.60 25.00 979 997 39.8 50,915 51,846 2,070 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.54 28.49 1,161 1,139 39.3 60,397 59,249 2,045 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.03 12.77 512 511 39.3 26,630 26,555 2,044 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.79 11.88 470 475 39.9 24,439 24,700 2,073 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.55 12.58 500 503 39.8 25,976 26,158 2,069 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.68 16.13 599 594 38.2 31,125 30,888 1,985 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.95 16.20 607 604 38.0 31,540 31,395 1,977 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.00 9.22 479 369 39.9 23,771 19,173 1,981 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.12 9.22 445 369 40.0 23,129 19,173 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.12 9.22 445 369 40.0 23,129 19,173 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.16 8.75 345 324 37.6 17,813 16,640 1,944 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.17 12.25 586 575 44.5 30,484 29,902 2,314 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.37 13.27 602 664 45.0 31,309 34,502 2,342 Cooks............................................................. 11.28 11.00 427 382 37.9 21,950 19,865 1,946 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.74 11.94 441 382 37.6 22,930 19,865 1,953 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.10 2.33 187 85 36.7 9,636 4,430 1,888 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.84 8.50 311 314 35.2 16,034 15,600 1,813 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.94 8.50 316 320 35.4 16,300 15,925 1,824 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.35 10.14 450 406 39.7 23,425 21,091 2,064 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.79 9.50 384 380 39.3 19,986 19,760 2,041 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.65 8.32 373 333 38.7 19,407 17,295 2,011 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.69 10.06 387 402 40.0 20,148 20,925 2,080 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 12.00 495 480 40.0 25,747 24,960 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.49 9.00 525 360 36.2 27,302 18,720 1,884 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.32 14.71 782 578 40.5 40,644 30,077 2,104 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.32 18.08 857 771 42.2 44,584 40,082 2,194 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.20 17.57 760 703 41.8 39,524 36,535 2,171 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.95 19.40 1,028 850 42.9 53,463 44,200 2,233 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.28 11.80 491 470 40.0 25,450 24,440 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.95 11.30 433 450 39.6 22,400 23,421 2,046 Cashiers...................................................... 10.95 11.30 433 450 39.6 22,400 23,421 2,046 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.16 11.90 528 476 40.2 27,477 24,752 2,088 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.92 34.54 1,288 1,382 40.4 67,000 71,839 2,099 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 22.38 24.10 883 964 39.4 45,919 50,132 2,051 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.28 15.19 642 602 39.4 33,356 31,321 2,049 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 25.21 26.88 1,002 1,075 39.8 52,115 55,910 2,067 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.41 15.56 627 601 38.2 32,604 31,242 1,987 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.52 16.80 661 672 40.0 34,371 34,944 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.62 16.03 688 641 39.1 35,783 33,351 2,031 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.81 15.09 617 530 36.7 32,076 27,560 1,909 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.23 16.90 689 676 40.0 35,830 35,152 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.53 11.78 498 471 39.7 25,905 24,500 2,067 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.51 15.06 656 602 39.7 34,095 31,321 2,065 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.66 13.70 533 548 39.0 27,709 28,498 2,029 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.85 14.00 587 542 39.5 30,520 28,163 2,055 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.40 13.40 536 536 40.0 27,876 27,872 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.36 18.40 730 709 39.8 37,898 36,849 2,065 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.92 20.20 837 808 40.0 43,340 42,012 2,072 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.53 15.00 581 600 40.0 30,232 31,200 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.66 16.83 657 673 39.4 34,179 35,000 2,051 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.99 15.19 631 608 39.5 32,822 31,595 2,053 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.92 14.50 632 580 39.7 32,852 30,160 2,063 Construction laborers............................................. 12.08 12.00 475 480 39.3 24,681 24,960 2,043 Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.32 16.00 653 640 40.0 33,936 33,280 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.45 18.18 789 727 40.6 41,014 37,814 2,109 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 22.84 21.41 1,010 963 44.2 52,512 50,088 2,299 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 30.23 29.96 1,209 1,199 40.0 62,873 62,323 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................................................ 30.23 29.96 1,209 1,199 40.0 62,873 62,323 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.14 13.75 632 550 41.7 32,863 28,600 2,171 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.14 13.75 632 550 41.7 32,863 28,600 2,171 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 20.00 749 800 40.0 38,943 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.94 18.18 673 727 39.8 35,018 37,814 2,068 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.58 18.18 663 727 40.0 34,487 37,814 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 14.51 639 580 40.0 33,226 30,185 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.59 13.32 580 530 39.8 30,159 27,560 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 25.09 23.07 1,004 923 40.0 52,184 47,986 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 13.35 541 534 40.0 28,145 27,770 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.39 12.00 480 480 38.7 24,969 24,960 2,015 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.96 13.13 518 525 40.0 26,960 27,312 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.22 16.00 647 640 39.9 33,631 33,280 2,074 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.11 13.40 642 550 39.9 33,398 28,600 2,073 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.80 9.75 392 390 40.0 20,382 20,280 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.85 16.34 588 621 39.6 30,551 32,288 2,058 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.03 13.50 519 540 39.8 26,971 28,080 2,070 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.98 12.50 511 480 39.4 26,584 24,960 2,048 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.77 14.25 791 581 40.0 41,156 30,212 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................... 25.64 27.43 1,050 1,154 41.0 54,625 60,000 2,130 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.02 18.90 905 827 43.0 47,050 43,017 2,239 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.16 22.40 973 925 43.9 50,592 48,110 2,283 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.21 14.43 608 577 40.0 31,629 30,006 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.61 10.00 425 400 40.1 22,103 20,800 2,083 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.11 9.17 379 367 41.6 19,695 19,076 2,161 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.94 10.30 435 412 39.7 22,619 21,424 2,067 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.85 10.61 430 420 39.7 22,368 21,840 2,062 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $24.21 $20.85 $953 $842 39.4 $43,132 $42,128 1,781 Management occupations.............................................. 43.86 44.35 1,738 1,774 39.6 79,264 79,546 1,807 Education administrators.......................................... 44.90 47.94 1,768 1,888 39.4 76,258 77,951 1,699 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.72 23.56 1,029 942 40.0 52,394 48,994 2,037 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.70 29.86 1,188 1,194 40.0 59,237 58,648 1,995 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.97 28.63 1,221 1,145 39.4 62,167 59,550 2,007 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.17 21.47 997 859 39.6 46,476 45,381 1,847 Counselors........................................................ 37.12 37.86 1,451 1,476 39.1 58,206 57,608 1,568 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.21 33.89 1,267 1,320 39.3 48,983 51,219 1,521 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.99 32.09 1,641 1,443 44.4 71,621 62,820 1,936 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.04 35.31 1,402 1,390 38.9 53,507 53,074 1,485 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.35 34.67 1,375 1,379 38.9 52,452 52,606 1,484 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.32 34.69 1,367 1,365 38.7 52,214 51,882 1,478 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.44 34.67 1,405 1,387 39.6 53,388 52,703 1,506 Secondary school teachers....................................... 36.80 36.04 1,433 1,413 38.9 54,770 53,884 1,488 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.34 35.31 1,415 1,413 38.9 54,098 53,676 1,489 Special education teachers...................................... 38.33 37.46 1,504 1,451 39.2 57,240 55,127 1,493 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.45 13.98 549 539 38.0 20,826 20,492 1,441 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.09 16.32 718 627 39.7 35,475 31,140 1,961 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.90 18.80 851 813 42.8 44,274 42,286 2,225 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.88 28.55 1,055 1,213 40.8 54,875 63,096 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.45 30.89 1,116 1,300 40.6 58,019 67,610 2,114 Fire fighters..................................................... 16.76 16.69 888 885 53.0 46,181 45,995 2,756 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.31 13.81 620 557 40.5 32,263 28,943 2,108 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.31 13.81 620 557 40.5 32,263 28,943 2,108 Police officers................................................... 20.22 20.09 829 810 41.0 43,096 42,128 2,131 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 20.22 20.09 829 810 41.0 43,096 42,128 2,131 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.08 13.23 506 467 33.6 18,948 18,223 1,256 Cooks............................................................. 13.71 11.43 448 350 32.7 16,569 13,306 1,209 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.71 11.43 448 350 32.7 16,569 13,306 1,209 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.44 13.60 609 523 39.5 30,516 27,219 1,976 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.00 12.96 551 518 39.3 27,360 24,885 1,954 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.00 12.96 551 518 39.3 27,360 24,885 1,954 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.48 15.99 738 640 39.9 37,131 32,469 2,010 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.56 17.12 858 685 39.8 43,249 34,355 2,006 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.04 15.66 637 626 39.7 31,665 32,365 1,974 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.29 17.73 772 709 40.0 40,125 36,878 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.51 18.62 780 745 40.0 40,451 38,730 2,074 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.85 16.12 527 463 31.3 21,718 16,417 1,289 Bus drivers....................................................... 16.24 15.85 426 396 26.2 15,682 14,263 966 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.24 15.85 426 396 26.2 15,682 14,263 966 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $19.97 $17.10 $20.41 $27.48 Management, professional, and related...... 32.69 29.63 33.81 35.36 Management, business, and financial...... 35.30 30.80 43.11 36.23 Professional and related................. 30.99 28.38 30.01 34.87 Service.................................... 10.63 9.77 9.05 17.21 Sales and office........................... 16.30 16.68 14.93 18.03 Sales and related........................ 16.67 17.83 14.21 17.40 Office and administrative support........ 16.06 15.75 15.35 18.18 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.07 16.66 17.00 25.91 Construction and extraction............. 15.98 15.29 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.44 17.29 18.76 28.80 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.99 13.05 16.57 30.42 Production............................... 14.70 13.13 14.17 21.01 Transportation and material moving....... 18.71 12.99 18.16 37.70 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.2 3.2 6.2 4.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.0 4.8 6.6 3.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.2 8.8 7.5 4.1 Professional and related.......................................... 4.4 5.7 7.1 4.1 Service............................................................. 4.2 4.9 3.6 8.8 Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 5.8 3.7 5.3 Sales and related................................................. 6.1 9.1 6.5 20.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 5.2 3.8 3.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.5 5.1 2.9 8.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.4 7.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.8 6.1 7.5 3.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.3 4.2 6.2 17.6 Production........................................................ 4.0 4.8 4.7 7.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 6.0 8.5 22.6 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $18.28 $14.63 $735 $583 40.2 $38,149 $30,185 2,087 Management occupations.............................................. 38.07 33.65 1,631 1,538 42.9 84,833 80,001 2,229 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 42.21 33.65 2,026 1,851 48.0 105,349 96,250 2,496 Construction managers............................................. 44.39 35.92 1,863 1,634 42.0 96,891 84,968 2,183 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.11 25.52 1,092 1,021 43.5 56,762 53,084 2,261 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 14.03 11.01 656 606 46.8 34,109 31,500 2,432 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.51 32.50 1,289 1,463 42.3 67,048 76,050 2,198 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.40 33.41 1,375 1,336 40.0 71,478 69,482 2,078 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.40 46.24 1,936 1,849 40.0 100,681 96,173 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 51.54 48.08 2,062 1,923 40.0 107,206 100,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.95 36.54 1,331 1,250 41.7 69,208 65,000 2,166 Legal occupations................................................... 39.02 37.37 1,517 1,355 38.9 78,886 70,450 2,022 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.26 14.76 587 591 38.5 28,461 30,707 1,866 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.16 28.49 1,122 1,139 39.9 58,365 59,249 2,073 Registered nurses................................................. 32.14 30.51 1,275 1,220 39.7 66,284 63,463 2,063 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.27 12.58 516 504 38.9 26,845 26,208 2,023 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.86 16.20 601 604 37.9 31,243 31,395 1,970 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.28 8.76 345 320 37.2 17,773 16,640 1,916 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.01 11.98 572 575 43.9 29,734 29,902 2,285 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.22 12.25 588 575 44.5 30,590 29,902 2,314 Cooks............................................................. 9.09 8.25 329 324 36.2 16,773 16,640 1,844 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.90 3.75 228 150 38.6 11,648 13,195 1,973 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.81 8.25 302 300 34.3 15,562 15,015 1,767 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.92 8.50 308 300 34.5 15,819 15,015 1,774 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.68 11.25 462 440 39.6 24,041 22,880 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.64 8.23 328 329 38.0 17,069 17,110 1,975 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.38 12.00 495 480 40.0 25,747 24,960 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.30 9.00 417 340 40.5 21,687 17,680 2,106 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.09 16.35 862 654 40.9 44,752 34,008 2,122 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.42 19.40 920 850 43.0 47,833 44,200 2,234 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.85 20.02 807 723 42.8 41,970 37,606 2,226 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.38 19.40 1,051 850 43.1 54,656 44,200 2,242 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.37 11.45 456 458 40.1 23,588 23,816 2,074 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.33 10.25 412 410 39.9 21,208 21,320 2,053 Cashiers...................................................... 10.33 10.25 412 410 39.9 21,208 21,320 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.04 11.45 482 458 40.0 25,053 23,816 2,080 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Real estate sales agents........................................ 14.45 13.00 578 520 40.0 30,050 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.21 29.38 1,053 1,102 38.7 54,749 57,289 2,012 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.03 15.00 623 580 38.9 32,410 30,160 2,022 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.52 15.00 616 580 37.3 32,012 30,160 1,938 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.44 16.03 705 641 38.2 36,677 33,351 1,989 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.76 15.00 610 520 36.4 31,741 27,063 1,894 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.34 14.63 644 585 39.4 33,478 30,430 2,049 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.23 13.01 516 504 39.0 26,827 26,208 2,027 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.15 16.83 680 673 39.7 35,365 35,000 2,062 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.62 18.00 785 720 40.0 40,805 37,440 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.02 14.47 633 673 39.5 32,902 35,000 2,054 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.59 16.56 649 653 39.2 33,769 33,937 2,036 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.17 14.00 601 560 39.6 31,261 29,120 2,060 Construction laborers............................................. 11.88 12.00 459 480 38.6 23,853 24,960 2,007 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.29 15.63 706 625 40.8 36,709 32,500 2,123 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.03 13.75 629 550 41.8 32,697 28,600 2,175 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.03 13.75 629 550 41.8 32,697 28,600 2,175 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers....................................................... 18.72 20.00 749 800 40.0 38,943 41,600 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.39 18.22 656 729 40.0 34,096 37,898 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.75 14.51 590 580 40.0 30,690 30,185 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.16 12.00 527 470 40.1 27,418 24,430 2,083 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.69 13.40 546 550 39.9 28,389 28,600 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.11 12.00 476 470 39.3 24,751 24,430 2,044 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.90 12.00 570 464 41.0 29,632 24,107 2,132 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.04 13.50 648 560 43.1 33,691 29,120 2,241 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.30 14.60 742 650 45.5 38,588 33,800 2,367 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.05 11.75 522 470 40.0 27,149 24,440 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.22 10.00 411 400 40.2 21,359 20,800 2,090 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.36 10.00 409 400 39.5 21,260 20,800 2,052 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $23.99 $19.42 $948 $781 39.5 $49,079 $40,331 2,046 Management occupations.............................................. 46.95 43.31 1,886 1,732 40.2 97,687 90,087 2,081 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 61.15 64.22 2,446 2,569 40.0 127,192 133,580 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.26 53.26 2,170 2,130 40.0 112,851 110,785 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 46.24 45.15 1,829 1,806 39.6 95,119 93,912 2,057 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.06 41.63 1,783 1,619 41.4 92,725 84,198 2,153 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.41 28.89 1,292 1,156 39.9 67,175 60,093 2,073 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.09 26.47 1,163 1,059 40.0 60,499 55,058 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.82 37.96 1,546 1,495 39.8 80,101 77,399 2,063 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.77 33.06 1,431 1,322 40.0 74,399 68,765 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.65 40.88 1,626 1,635 40.0 84,557 85,037 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.11 43.73 1,684 1,749 40.0 87,581 90,952 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 39.48 40.85 1,579 1,634 40.0 82,112 84,966 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 34.39 29.81 1,359 1,178 39.5 70,357 61,260 2,046 Computer systems analysts......................................... 44.17 38.93 1,759 1,520 39.8 91,466 79,040 2,071 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 39.12 39.00 1,559 1,560 39.8 77,947 77,717 1,992 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.61 38.18 1,504 1,527 40.0 78,227 79,421 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.56 30.38 1,311 1,246 40.3 68,182 64,813 2,094 Engineers......................................................... 36.85 35.73 1,489 1,443 40.4 77,407 75,028 2,101 Civil engineers................................................. 37.08 34.14 1,483 1,365 40.0 77,118 71,001 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 32.72 31.96 1,332 1,306 40.7 69,274 67,918 2,117 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.68 32.00 1,394 1,429 41.4 72,494 74,312 2,153 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.23 22.50 929 900 40.0 48,323 46,800 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.83 30.05 1,227 1,246 38.6 47,854 49,097 1,504 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.73 40.08 1,701 1,403 36.4 71,944 54,715 1,539 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.83 25.79 1,063 1,030 39.6 40,498 37,074 1,509 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.95 17.68 913 707 39.8 47,497 36,766 2,070 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.73 25.67 1,034 1,016 40.2 53,746 52,811 2,089 Registered nurses................................................. 29.16 29.57 1,134 1,127 38.9 58,951 58,614 2,021 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.74 12.77 507 511 39.8 26,367 26,555 2,070 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.54 12.77 499 511 39.8 25,943 26,555 2,069 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.52 12.65 498 504 39.8 25,896 26,208 2,068 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.84 14.01 631 560 39.9 29,427 25,480 1,858 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.25 13.50 570 540 40.0 29,637 28,080 2,080 Security guards................................................. 14.25 13.50 570 540 40.0 29,637 28,080 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.99 8.49 344 330 38.2 17,878 17,160 1,989 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.44 10.06 417 402 40.0 21,705 20,925 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.44 10.06 417 402 40.0 21,705 20,925 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.65 10.00 426 400 40.0 22,144 20,800 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.87 10.06 395 402 40.0 20,538 20,925 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.49 13.57 658 541 39.9 34,208 28,122 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.99 16.35 679 654 40.0 35,330 34,006 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.85 12.00 512 480 39.8 26,628 24,960 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.59 11.80 455 470 39.2 23,635 24,440 2,040 Cashiers...................................................... 11.59 11.80 455 470 39.2 23,635 24,440 2,040 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.58 12.42 546 498 40.2 28,396 25,917 2,091 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.50 15.39 658 614 39.9 34,185 31,990 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 28.27 27.92 1,131 1,117 40.0 58,793 58,069 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.24 16.28 645 648 39.7 33,546 33,717 2,065 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.59 17.05 704 682 40.0 36,584 35,464 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.71 15.73 668 629 40.0 34,751 32,718 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.10 18.95 656 758 38.4 34,128 39,416 1,996 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.23 16.90 689 676 40.0 35,830 35,152 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.63 15.06 664 602 39.9 34,537 31,321 2,077 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.34 14.27 527 553 39.5 27,380 28,754 2,053 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 16.03 15.90 640 636 39.9 33,271 33,072 2,075 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.25 13.40 570 536 40.0 29,633 27,872 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.50 19.63 778 782 39.9 40,311 40,675 2,067 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.42 20.54 857 822 40.0 44,318 42,723 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.60 18.60 730 744 39.3 37,973 38,686 2,041 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.12 14.43 604 577 39.9 31,411 30,014 2,077 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.93 16.64 673 665 39.7 34,983 34,603 2,067 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.14 29.09 1,003 1,164 39.9 52,140 60,503 2,074 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.34 18.18 687 727 39.6 35,701 37,814 2,059 Production occupations.............................................. 16.09 14.30 634 563 39.4 32,988 29,266 2,051 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.53 13.35 541 534 40.0 28,145 27,770 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.88 10.93 515 437 40.0 26,795 22,734 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.23 18.64 953 765 39.3 49,548 39,790 2,045 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 25.04 23.13 1,077 925 43.0 56,026 48,110 2,237 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 25.13 23.13 1,084 925 43.1 56,358 48,110 2,243 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.26 16.15 650 646 40.0 33,821 33,592 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.19 10.68 446 427 39.9 23,195 22,212 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.46 10.78 458 431 40.0 23,836 22,422 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 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........................................................... $27.41 $28.03 – $20.15 $19.57 $23.98 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 32.04 32.67 29.85 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.08 35.30 33.16 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 30.45 30.94 29.23 Service............................................................. 20.99 – – 11.76 10.54 17.02 Sales and office.................................................... 18.37 18.37 – 16.33 16.23 18.31 Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.55 16.55 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.22 17.22 – 16.21 16.02 18.31 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.89 27.97 – 16.81 16.70 18.04 Construction and extraction...................................... 25.19 24.40 – 15.48 15.15 17.85 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 29.00 29.27 – 17.83 17.80 18.30 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 31.91 32.38 – 14.55 14.42 17.45 Production........................................................ 20.50 20.50 – 14.03 13.95 – Transportation and material moving................................ 37.59 – – 14.95 14.79 16.97 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........................................................... 11.5 13.1 – 2.1 2.4 2.7 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 2.6 3.1 3.4 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 3.8 4.2 3.6 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 3.5 4.4 3.9 Service............................................................. 11.8 – – 4.4 4.1 4.9 Sales and office.................................................... 21.1 21.1 – 3.0 3.1 11.3 Sales and related................................................. – – – 6.1 6.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 15.0 15.0 – 2.6 2.6 11.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.5 3.9 – 3.0 3.2 4.5 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.6 8.0 – 2.6 2.0 7.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.8 2.7 – 4.3 4.5 2.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.6 20.2 – 3.1 3.2 5.8 Production........................................................ 13.9 13.9 – 4.2 4.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 28.9 – – 3.8 4.1 4.7 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $20.18 $19.57 $24.64 $24.64 Management, professional, and related............................... 31.65 32.20 40.67 40.67 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.52 34.70 39.35 39.35 Professional and related.......................................... 30.31 30.75 – – Service............................................................. 11.95 10.48 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.56 15.40 22.66 22.66 Sales and related................................................. 14.06 14.06 27.52 27.52 Office and administrative support................................. 16.32 16.14 15.19 15.19 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.02 17.89 20.19 20.19 Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.98 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.34 19.33 20.19 20.19 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.79 16.77 20.85 20.85 Production........................................................ 14.79 14.73 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.32 18.44 21.60 21.60 Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.9 2.2 11.1 11.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.6 3.1 17.6 17.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 3.1 3.5 18.4 18.4 Professional and related.......................................... 3.4 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 4.7 4.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.8 2.9 11.2 11.2 Sales and related................................................. 7.4 7.4 12.1 12.1 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.5 4.3 4.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.4 3.6 14.7 14.7 Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.7 5.0 14.7 14.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.4 3.6 8.0 8.0 Production........................................................ 3.8 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.2 5.6 10.2 10.2 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $18.50 $21.25 $19.23 – – – $19.58 $9.32 – Management, professional, and related............................... 36.65 39.10 35.71 – – – 25.67 24.74 – Management, business, and financial............................... 39.50 49.58 39.63 – – – 28.40 25.70 – Professional and related.......................................... – 34.85 31.57 – – – 24.89 – – Service............................................................. – – 21.01 – – – 10.85 7.84 – Sales and office.................................................... 16.20 19.10 14.93 – – – 15.91 9.58 – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.87 – – – – 9.34 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.96 17.17 16.59 – – – 15.94 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.68 20.38 18.31 – – – 20.37 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.69 20.13 18.65 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.66 15.11 21.75 – – – – 8.91 – Production........................................................ – 15.56 14.01 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.93 11.77 22.26 – – – – 8.93 – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.7 0.7 3.0 – – – 4.1 2.9 – Management, professional, and related............................... 13.8 5.0 6.9 – – – 5.6 1.9 – Management, business, and financial............................... 15.8 13.3 4.8 – – – 2.4 8.3 – Professional and related.......................................... – 2.0 14.6 – – – 7.6 – – Service............................................................. – – 1.7 – – – 5.8 6.5 – Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 6.1 5.3 – – – 2.4 20.1 – Sales and related................................................. – – 6.9 – – – – 23.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.4 4.7 – – – 2.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.2 3.9 7.1 – – – 3.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. .0 8.4 7.4 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 23.1 4.1 7.6 – – – – 3.8 – Production........................................................ – 3.9 2.7 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.5 2.1 8.4 – – – – 3.0 – 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 2,166,300 1,858,500 307,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 623,700 457,200 166,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 194,900 172,600 22,300 Professional and related.......................................... 428,800 284,600 144,200 Service............................................................. 432,800 356,500 76,300 Sales and office.................................................... 616,100 587,100 29,000 Sales and related................................................. 242,700 242,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 373,400 344,400 29,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 183,400 168,000 15,400 Construction and extraction...................................... 71,800 63,000 8,800 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 109,800 103,100 6,700 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 310,300 289,700 20,600 Production........................................................ 121,300 120,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 189,000 169,200 19,800 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA, February 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 83,907 80,957 2,950 Total in sample....................................................... 696 631 65 Responding........................................................ 410 358 52 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 188 175 13 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 98 98 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.