NC SM 06/00/2009 Table: Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, Summary, March 2009 Table 1. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.35 7.8 $22.23 7.7 $11.61 16.0 Management occupations.............................................. 39.92 19.1 39.92 19.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.80 19.6 37.80 19.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.81 7.0 26.66 8.2 28.00 11.9 Level 7 .................................................. 27.29 5.2 27.06 5.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.67 5.5 28.11 5.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.18 28.0 12.20 28.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.13 9.7 7.66 19.6 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.99 16.3 14.16 16.6 8.27 9.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.34 11.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.04 6.6 10.68 7.8 8.32 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.66 12.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.68 1.3 8.68 2.3 – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.68 1.3 8.68 2.3 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.24 10.8 13.24 14.3 8.22 12.2 Level 3 .................................................. 11.13 10.4 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.94 4.2 12.90 4.5 13.23 9.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.92 9.9 11.09 12.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 4.6 13.34 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.17 5.8 13.37 5.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.03 10.5 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.51 19.4 21.51 19.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.12 8.8 19.12 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.28 4.5 18.28 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.73 1.3 28.73 1.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.56 11.5 21.56 11.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.00 12.7 18.00 12.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.30 16.6 13.30 16.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 4.7 13.55 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 7.7 13.75 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.54 8.9 23.54 8.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 20.79 15.2 20.79 15.2 – – Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.23 2.2 14.23 2.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.29 7.9 14.31 7.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.70 11.8 14.70 11.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.65 3.7 16.65 3.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.96 10.8 14.96 10.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.19 1.6 13.19 1.6 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.55 9.0 15.55 9.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.29 10.3 12.32 10.2 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.64 10.0 12.64 10.0 – – 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 2. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.28 $16.92 $30.00 $39.14 Management occupations.............................................. 24.14 24.14 31.15 57.60 65.10 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.37 21.43 27.75 30.00 33.50 Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 24.97 28.44 32.00 40.05 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.55 8.16 9.40 17.25 17.25 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.65 5.92 6.55 8.89 10.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.03 8.09 10.40 16.00 22.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.03 7.80 9.00 11.00 13.62 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.00 7.50 8.09 9.20 11.10 Cashiers...................................................... 7.00 7.50 8.09 9.20 11.10 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.03 8.15 10.00 12.99 16.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.14 11.00 13.28 14.81 16.92 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.13 10.25 11.00 16.50 18.28 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.98 16.00 25.56 25.56 25.56 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.12 12.36 17.51 25.34 30.54 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.07 17.06 21.81 26.44 30.54 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 12.49 15.77 27.00 27.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.05 14.60 23.35 27.00 27.00 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.68 11.05 14.60 16.80 18.12 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.10 11.92 13.82 16.00 22.11 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.25 12.25 13.82 17.29 22.11 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 11.25 11.75 12.44 13.82 16.00 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.94 12.11 14.67 16.23 22.54 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 9.08 12.85 14.09 16.00 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.69 9.10 12.85 13.87 15.54 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 3. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC, March 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.23 $17.52 $882 $701 39.7 $45,787 $36,442 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 39.92 31.15 1,614 1,246 40.4 83,865 64,790 2,101 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.66 28.06 1,057 1,110 39.6 54,952 57,720 2,061 Registered nurses................................................. 28.11 28.11 1,096 1,110 39.0 56,984 57,720 2,027 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.20 9.25 470 360 38.5 24,425 18,741 2,001 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.66 5.92 273 201 35.7 14,215 10,468 1,855 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.16 12.47 576 492 40.7 29,968 25,605 2,116 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.68 9.15 425 360 39.8 22,105 18,720 2,070 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.68 8.09 347 324 40.0 18,062 16,827 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 8.68 8.09 347 324 40.0 18,062 16,827 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.24 12.29 523 486 39.5 27,219 25,293 2,056 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.90 13.28 515 531 39.9 26,787 27,627 2,077 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.51 25.56 860 1,022 40.0 44,742 53,165 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.12 17.51 763 700 39.9 39,674 36,421 2,075 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.56 21.81 855 872 39.7 44,460 45,359 2,063 Production occupations.............................................. 18.00 15.77 718 631 39.9 37,360 32,802 2,075 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 20.79 23.35 830 934 39.9 43,170 48,568 2,076 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.23 14.60 564 584 39.6 29,333 30,368 2,061 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 13.82 572 553 40.0 29,763 28,737 2,080 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.96 13.82 598 553 40.0 31,109 28,737 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.19 12.44 527 498 40.0 27,429 25,881 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.55 14.67 622 587 40.0 32,351 30,514 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.32 12.85 493 514 40.0 25,632 26,728 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.64 12.85 506 514 40.0 26,287 26,728 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately