NC BL 05/00/2010 Table: Birmingham-Hoover, AL, Bulletin, February 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $18.98 4.8 36.2 $18.19 5.7 35.9 $23.46 7.2 37.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 30.91 5.0 36.9 30.75 6.2 36.4 31.40 8.0 38.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.03 8.8 40.0 32.86 8.3 40.1 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.94 5.2 35.6 29.35 7.5 34.3 28.11 2.3 38.3 Service............................................................. 11.44 7.6 32.1 9.62 6.2 30.9 18.84 4.4 38.1 Sales and office.................................................... 15.12 4.7 36.4 14.98 5.3 36.1 16.24 5.4 38.9 Sales and related................................................. 15.89 9.3 35.8 15.89 9.3 35.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.80 4.2 36.6 14.54 5.0 36.2 16.24 5.4 38.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.72 8.0 40.0 18.56 8.7 40.0 20.59 10.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.39 8.6 40.0 15.91 9.5 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.94 11.1 40.0 20.95 11.7 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.56 2.9 37.3 14.52 2.9 38.1 15.14 13.7 29.3 Production........................................................ 15.29 3.2 40.1 15.30 2.9 40.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.72 5.6 34.6 13.62 6.3 36.0 – – – Full time........................................................... 20.27 5.3 40.0 19.51 6.2 40.0 24.14 8.4 40.1 Part time........................................................... 11.08 8.8 23.0 10.95 9.8 23.2 13.03 6.5 20.5 Union............................................................... 24.65 7.3 39.1 24.13 8.5 39.6 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.64 5.2 36.1 17.83 6.3 35.7 23.22 7.2 37.9 Time................................................................ 19.01 4.9 36.1 18.18 5.9 35.8 23.46 7.2 37.9 Incentive........................................................... 18.33 15.1 39.9 18.33 15.1 39.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.38 6.7 35.3 15.38 6.7 35.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.58 7.4 35.8 17.68 7.1 35.5 29.27 21.8 39.4 500 workers or more................................................. 24.66 6.6 38.0 26.27 9.5 38.4 22.57 7.8 37.6 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 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $18.98 4.8 $20.27 5.3 $11.08 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 41.95 10.5 42.48 10.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.92 9.2 40.50 7.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.49 6.1 25.49 6.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 11.8 25.52 11.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.24 3.8 32.24 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.77 4.1 33.77 4.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.56 15.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.62 2.6 30.05 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.18 4.0 31.34 4.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.80 7.8 32.80 7.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.62 5.9 30.99 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.18 4.0 31.34 4.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.23 6.5 32.23 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.92 6.6 30.92 6.6 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.37 8.9 29.37 8.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.03 12.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.28 5.3 25.97 8.6 21.08 2.7 Level 5 .................................................. 18.19 6.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.53 3.7 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.41 3.8 30.21 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.53 3.7 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.26 3.6 19.21 3.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.97 7.1 12.80 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 1.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.35 3.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.35 3.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.52 7.3 20.70 6.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.69 6.4 8.55 1.8 5.91 13.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.37 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 6.09 17.7 – – 5.00 20.6 Cooks............................................................. 8.42 4.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 4.3 8.29 5.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.19 4.4 8.27 5.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.89 9.3 17.08 8.2 8.66 2.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.16 20.1 17.73 18.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.53 4.4 13.82 5.4 8.66 2.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 4.2 15.19 4.3 11.51 10.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 5.0 10.83 4.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.62 8.8 10.62 8.9 10.61 13.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 2.3 15.09 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.99 5.2 17.99 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.13 5.5 20.41 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.70 7.4 22.70 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.49 12.1 14.49 12.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.80 4.3 17.00 4.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.62 6.4 20.05 6.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.46 12.0 15.46 12.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.44 9.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 5.4 17.64 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.63 7.5 19.63 7.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.20 7.7 20.20 7.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.71 2.8 16.07 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.70 3.2 15.70 3.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.39 8.6 16.39 8.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.11 8.1 15.11 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.21 9.6 20.21 9.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.94 11.1 20.99 11.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.21 7.7 17.21 7.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.29 3.2 15.36 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.13 2.3 11.13 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.46 1.7 13.62 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.35 2.0 18.35 2.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.84 10.5 20.84 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.72 5.6 14.22 6.3 11.59 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.86 8.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.52 2.8 15.52 2.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.85 13.3 13.15 13.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.31 15.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.83 12.1 12.56 16.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.31 11.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.25 12.0 – – – – 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $18.19 5.7 $19.51 6.2 $10.95 9.8 Management occupations.............................................. 38.93 10.7 39.47 10.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.09 10.2 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.49 6.1 25.49 6.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 11.8 25.52 11.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.24 3.8 32.24 3.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.75 3.3 34.75 3.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.57 .9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.73 5.6 25.53 10.3 21.08 2.7 Registered nurses................................................. 29.05 4.3 29.76 7.8 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.91 7.2 12.74 6.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 1.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.14 2.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.14 2.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.39 2.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.32 7.1 – – 5.87 13.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.37 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 5.51 10.9 – – 4.89 19.9 Cooks............................................................. 8.23 3.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.96 3.6 8.00 4.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.94 3.6 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.94 3.6 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.89 9.3 17.08 8.2 8.66 2.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.16 20.1 17.73 18.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.53 4.4 13.82 5.4 8.66 2.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.54 5.0 14.97 5.2 11.42 11.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 3.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.54 9.1 10.59 9.1 10.30 14.4 Level 4 .................................................. 14.90 2.3 14.99 2.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 6.2 17.73 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.35 4.8 21.79 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.58 14.5 14.58 14.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.69 4.5 16.89 4.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.62 6.4 20.05 6.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.46 12.0 15.46 12.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.37 11.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.54 7.4 17.75 7.8 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.38 4.2 22.38 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.80 2.9 16.33 3.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.91 9.5 15.91 9.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.02 8.5 15.02 8.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.95 11.7 21.00 11.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.04 8.2 16.04 8.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.30 2.9 15.37 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.46 1.7 13.62 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.18 1.9 18.18 1.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.84 10.5 20.84 10.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.62 6.3 14.18 6.5 10.63 6.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.86 8.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.52 2.8 15.52 2.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.63 14.5 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.31 15.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.83 12.1 12.56 16.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.31 11.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.25 12.0 – – – – 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $23.46 7.2 $24.14 8.4 $13.03 6.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.14 1.0 30.43 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.49 4.0 31.49 4.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.14 4.5 32.14 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.49 4.0 31.49 4.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.23 6.5 32.23 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.83 1.2 32.83 1.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.55 10.3 27.55 10.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 20.01 4.3 20.09 4.3 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.24 5.4 16.26 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.70 7.3 15.70 7.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.37 5.0 17.37 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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $18.98 4.8 $20.27 5.3 $11.08 8.8 Management occupations.............................................. 41.95 10.5 42.48 10.3 – – Group III................................................. 43.09 12.2 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.49 6.1 25.49 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.55 7.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.17 7.4 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 11.8 25.52 11.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.24 3.8 32.24 3.8 – – Group III................................................. 34.06 4.6 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.77 4.1 33.77 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 32.43 6.5 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.56 15.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.62 2.6 30.05 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 28.08 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.70 5.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.80 7.8 32.80 7.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.62 5.9 30.99 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 29.63 5.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.23 6.5 32.23 6.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.92 6.6 30.92 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.28 9.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.37 8.9 29.37 8.9 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.03 12.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.28 5.3 25.97 8.6 21.08 2.7 Group I................................................... 16.50 6.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.89 7.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.38 6.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.41 3.8 30.21 7.0 – – Group III................................................. 30.23 6.0 30.73 8.4 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.26 3.6 19.21 3.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.97 7.1 12.80 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.38 5.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.35 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.35 3.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.35 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.35 3.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 19.52 7.3 20.70 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.17 4.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.69 6.4 8.55 1.8 5.91 13.5 Group I................................................... 6.69 6.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.42 4.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.42 4.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 4.3 8.29 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.19 4.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.19 4.4 8.27 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 8.19 4.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.89 9.3 17.08 8.2 8.66 2.9 Group I................................................... 11.80 10.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.61 18.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.53 4.4 13.82 5.4 8.66 2.9 Group I................................................... 11.84 10.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.72 11.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 12.39 9.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.72 11.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 4.2 15.19 4.3 11.51 10.9 Group I................................................... 12.83 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.55 4.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.80 4.3 17.00 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.94 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.84 5.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.62 6.4 20.05 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 21.55 6.0 22.48 4.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.46 12.0 15.46 12.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.44 9.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.46 9.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 5.4 17.64 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.51 5.7 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.20 7.7 20.20 7.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 7.7 20.20 7.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.71 2.8 16.07 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.99 3.0 15.07 4.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.39 8.6 16.39 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.07 11.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.40 6.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.94 11.1 20.99 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.00 7.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.71 5.2 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.21 7.7 17.21 7.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.29 3.2 15.36 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.38 4.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 6.7 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.72 5.6 14.22 6.3 11.59 3.3 Group I................................................... 12.02 6.2 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.85 13.3 13.15 13.3 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.31 15.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.83 12.1 12.56 16.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.93 11.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.25 12.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.29 11.2 – – – – 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.34 $11.50 $15.75 $23.64 $32.64 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 33.75 40.30 45.78 73.08 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.51 20.62 25.00 28.38 36.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.51 18.51 25.00 27.81 36.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.75 25.96 33.65 37.50 39.61 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.75 29.70 31.74 39.71 43.54 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.50 16.85 20.50 27.74 31.51 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.45 26.89 31.24 32.91 36.64 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.50 30.81 32.14 32.64 38.06 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.70 27.74 32.13 34.54 36.64 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.89 27.78 32.13 35.25 39.23 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.70 27.74 32.81 34.09 36.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 13.15 27.74 32.13 34.09 34.53 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 12.00 14.92 15.00 20.60 30.29 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.02 17.46 21.64 31.50 34.03 Registered nurses................................................. 21.05 25.24 30.00 31.70 37.55 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.00 17.00 17.50 19.61 20.22 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 10.00 11.43 13.00 15.42 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 10.00 10.00 10.57 12.30 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.25 10.00 10.00 10.57 12.30 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.89 15.52 18.88 22.96 25.95 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.00 7.25 7.62 9.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.30 10.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.38 7.72 8.00 8.00 9.83 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.38 7.72 8.00 8.00 9.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.85 10.50 13.85 20.86 26.11 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.85 9.75 12.50 14.86 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.05 9.50 13.00 14.86 14.86 Cashiers...................................................... 8.05 9.50 13.00 14.86 14.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.42 11.70 14.75 16.81 21.76 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.45 11.98 16.81 22.00 24.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.92 16.50 18.84 22.29 24.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.76 12.81 13.27 19.59 20.48 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.24 10.00 13.00 13.05 13.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.11 15.14 15.32 20.74 22.30 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.72 16.79 20.35 22.30 27.23 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.17 15.00 15.14 16.28 19.03 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.94 12.64 16.25 19.50 23.34 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.99 16.04 21.78 28.52 29.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.92 12.92 16.75 20.75 21.78 Production occupations.............................................. 10.40 12.00 14.13 17.40 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 9.88 12.00 17.96 19.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 9.00 11.17 17.12 19.44 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 9.00 10.92 13.42 19.89 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.52 8.90 12.00 13.99 18.47 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.52 12.00 12.00 13.99 18.47 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.04 $10.65 $15.14 $22.87 $31.72 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 27.78 35.27 42.35 46.63 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.51 20.62 25.00 28.38 36.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.51 18.51 25.00 27.81 36.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.75 25.96 33.65 37.50 39.61 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.13 31.02 31.74 41.16 43.84 Education, training, and library occupations Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.93 12.45 13.15 15.00 22.94 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.05 17.00 21.51 31.50 32.44 Registered nurses................................................. 20.95 25.24 30.00 31.62 37.89 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.25 10.00 11.43 13.00 15.42 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.25 10.00 10.00 10.57 11.12 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.25 10.00 10.00 10.57 11.12 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.00 7.25 7.40 8.25 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.25 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.38 7.72 8.00 8.00 8.68 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.38 7.72 7.72 8.00 8.68 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.85 10.50 13.85 20.86 26.11 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.85 9.75 12.50 14.86 15.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.05 9.50 13.00 14.86 14.86 Cashiers...................................................... 8.05 9.50 13.00 14.86 14.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.42 11.20 14.48 15.91 21.76 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.35 11.92 16.81 22.00 24.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.92 16.50 18.84 22.29 24.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.76 12.81 13.27 19.59 20.48 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.24 8.24 13.00 13.05 13.05 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.11 15.14 15.14 20.74 24.78 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.54 20.74 22.30 26.58 27.75 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.73 15.00 15.14 15.91 18.52 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.94 12.39 16.25 19.50 22.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.99 16.04 22.61 28.66 29.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.12 12.92 16.04 17.25 21.78 Production occupations.............................................. 10.40 12.00 14.13 17.40 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 9.75 12.00 17.96 19.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 9.00 11.00 18.00 19.89 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 9.00 10.92 13.42 19.89 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.52 8.90 12.00 13.99 18.47 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.52 12.00 12.00 13.99 18.47 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.72 $15.82 $20.47 $29.22 $34.56 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.95 27.50 31.26 33.67 36.64 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.89 28.31 32.47 34.93 37.03 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.89 27.78 32.13 35.25 39.23 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.74 31.30 34.09 34.53 36.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.46 20.22 23.21 36.94 51.07 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.13 16.29 20.47 23.39 25.64 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.84 13.40 16.22 18.57 21.11 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.05 15.55 17.11 19.26 21.69 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.99 $13.00 $16.82 $25.00 $33.75 Management occupations.............................................. 21.37 33.75 41.06 45.78 73.08 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.51 20.62 25.00 28.38 36.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.51 18.51 25.00 27.81 36.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.75 25.96 33.65 37.50 39.61 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.75 29.70 31.74 39.71 43.54 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.38 27.50 31.45 33.78 36.64 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.50 30.81 32.14 32.64 38.06 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.05 27.74 32.13 34.54 36.77 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.89 27.78 32.13 35.25 39.23 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.70 27.74 32.81 34.09 36.64 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 13.15 27.74 32.13 34.09 34.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.50 19.54 25.24 32.31 37.55 Registered nurses................................................. 21.05 25.24 31.33 34.03 39.22 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 17.83 19.61 20.22 23.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.57 11.43 13.00 15.42 15.42 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.13 16.63 20.47 23.39 26.46 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.35 9.30 12.43 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.38 7.72 8.00 8.68 11.06 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.38 7.72 7.72 8.68 11.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.08 12.50 14.86 23.37 26.11 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.15 12.00 13.85 15.75 15.75 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.90 12.50 15.00 17.16 22.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.51 13.00 16.99 22.00 24.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.32 18.47 22.00 22.29 24.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.76 12.81 13.27 19.59 20.48 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.54 15.14 15.40 20.74 22.60 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.72 16.79 20.35 22.30 27.23 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.58 15.14 15.50 17.16 21.76 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.94 12.64 16.25 19.50 23.34 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.99 16.04 21.78 28.66 29.96 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.92 12.92 16.75 20.75 21.78 Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.00 14.13 17.40 19.84 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.00 12.51 18.47 19.89 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.00 9.00 11.57 18.00 19.89 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.52 6.52 13.87 13.99 18.47 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), Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.00 $7.62 $9.89 $14.73 $17.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.05 17.00 17.50 28.21 31.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.13 7.25 7.35 8.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.50 8.25 9.55 10.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.50 8.25 9.55 10.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.95 8.04 11.05 15.00 15.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 9.67 11.41 12.00 16.89 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $20.27 $16.82 $810 $670 40.0 $41,444 $34,965 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 42.48 41.06 1,719 1,612 40.5 89,202 83,824 2,100 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.49 25.00 1,033 1,000 40.5 53,732 52,000 2,108 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 25.00 1,021 1,000 40.0 53,091 52,000 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.24 33.65 1,290 1,346 40.0 67,064 70,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.77 31.74 1,351 1,269 40.0 70,241 66,011 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.05 31.45 1,217 1,251 40.5 47,893 46,346 1,594 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.80 32.14 1,433 1,513 43.7 63,848 53,280 1,947 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.99 32.13 1,201 1,258 38.8 44,525 46,041 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.23 32.13 1,238 1,252 38.4 45,997 46,041 1,427 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.92 32.81 1,211 1,313 39.2 44,972 50,176 1,454 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 29.37 32.13 1,141 1,238 38.8 41,912 45,811 1,427 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.97 25.24 1,031 947 39.7 52,860 49,222 2,035 Registered nurses................................................. 30.21 31.33 1,201 1,253 39.8 62,150 65,166 2,058 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.21 19.61 754 765 39.2 37,430 38,230 1,948 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.80 13.00 508 520 39.7 26,400 27,040 2,062 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.70 20.47 840 857 40.5 43,654 44,543 2,109 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 7.35 317 276 37.1 15,720 14,333 1,838 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.29 8.00 321 309 38.8 16,695 16,066 2,015 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.27 7.72 320 309 38.7 16,658 16,066 2,014 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.08 14.86 683 594 40.0 35,516 30,909 2,079 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.82 13.85 553 554 40.0 28,736 28,800 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.19 15.00 605 590 39.8 31,459 30,680 2,071 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.00 16.99 676 680 39.8 35,150 35,339 2,068 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.05 22.00 792 880 39.5 41,190 45,760 2,055 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.46 13.27 618 531 40.0 32,148 27,610 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.64 15.40 703 611 39.9 36,562 31,762 2,073 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.20 20.35 809 808 40.1 42,074 41,995 2,083 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.07 15.50 635 620 39.5 33,012 32,244 2,054 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.39 16.25 656 650 40.0 34,093 33,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.99 21.78 841 871 40.1 43,749 45,302 2,084 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.21 16.75 688 670 40.0 35,797 34,836 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.36 14.13 619 565 40.3 32,176 29,380 2,095 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.22 12.51 573 500 40.3 29,810 26,012 2,096 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.15 11.57 526 463 40.0 27,350 24,066 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.56 13.87 502 555 40.0 26,122 28,852 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $19.51 $15.76 $780 $630 40.0 $40,497 $32,775 2,075 Management occupations.............................................. 39.47 35.27 1,603 1,411 40.6 83,366 73,362 2,112 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.49 25.00 1,033 1,000 40.5 53,732 52,000 2,108 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 25.00 1,021 1,000 40.0 53,091 52,000 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.24 33.65 1,290 1,346 40.0 67,064 70,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.75 31.74 1,390 1,269 40.0 72,288 66,011 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ – – 690 667 31.5 25,449 25,131 1,162 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.53 25.24 1,014 947 39.7 52,704 49,222 2,064 Registered nurses................................................. 29.76 29.59 1,182 1,178 39.7 61,482 61,277 2,066 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.74 13.00 505 520 39.6 26,257 27,040 2,062 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 7.72 309 309 38.7 16,088 16,066 2,011 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.08 14.86 683 594 40.0 35,516 30,909 2,079 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.82 13.85 553 554 40.0 28,736 28,800 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.97 14.54 597 582 39.9 31,068 30,245 2,075 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.89 16.81 671 680 39.8 34,911 35,339 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.05 22.00 792 880 39.5 41,190 45,760 2,055 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.46 13.27 618 531 40.0 32,148 27,610 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.75 15.14 709 605 39.9 36,853 31,481 2,076 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.38 22.30 907 856 40.5 47,156 44,491 2,107 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.33 15.50 647 620 39.6 33,630 32,244 2,060 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.91 16.25 637 650 40.0 33,102 33,800 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.00 22.87 842 915 40.1 43,781 47,568 2,084 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.04 16.04 642 642 40.0 33,372 33,363 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.37 14.13 620 565 40.3 32,225 29,380 2,096 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.18 12.51 572 500 40.3 29,740 26,000 2,097 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.56 13.87 502 555 40.0 26,122 28,852 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $24.14 $20.75 $967 $830 40.1 $45,862 $41,716 1,900 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.43 31.87 1,249 1,269 41.0 49,352 47,286 1,622 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.14 32.47 1,243 1,276 38.7 46,165 47,542 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.23 32.13 1,238 1,252 38.4 45,997 46,041 1,427 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.83 34.09 1,283 1,351 39.1 47,797 50,176 1,456 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.55 23.21 1,093 870 39.7 53,384 42,058 1,938 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.09 20.47 812 833 40.4 42,223 43,326 2,102 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.26 16.23 642 649 39.5 33,378 33,738 2,052 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.37 17.11 690 686 39.7 35,862 35,672 2,065 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.19 $15.38 $17.68 $26.27 Management, professional, and related...... 30.75 26.68 30.37 34.30 Management, business, and financial...... 32.86 28.93 31.87 40.07 Professional and related................. 29.35 23.62 29.54 31.97 Service.................................... 9.62 8.85 10.43 – Sales and office........................... 14.98 14.21 14.74 17.93 Sales and related........................ 15.89 15.72 14.51 – Office and administrative support........ 14.54 13.56 14.95 16.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.56 18.58 14.81 24.72 Construction and extraction............. 15.91 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.95 19.69 – 24.31 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 14.52 13.29 15.23 17.60 Production............................... 15.30 14.40 15.37 – Transportation and material moving....... 13.62 11.80 15.13 – 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........................................................... 5.7 6.7 7.1 9.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.2 6.5 8.8 10.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 8.3 4.2 10.0 19.6 Professional and related.......................................... 7.5 14.3 12.2 9.0 Service............................................................. 6.2 13.4 6.6 – Sales and office.................................................... 5.3 7.0 9.2 9.6 Sales and related................................................. 9.3 11.6 12.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 6.6 9.3 7.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.7 11.0 12.8 5.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 9.5 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.7 16.8 – 5.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.9 6.0 9.7 6.2 Production........................................................ 2.9 5.3 4.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.3 9.3 17.6 – 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $16.55 $15.00 $660 $594 39.9 $34,279 $30,909 2,071 Management occupations.............................................. 34.21 33.75 1,368 1,350 40.0 71,162 70,200 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.56 23.75 986 950 40.1 51,270 49,400 2,088 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.31 14.86 652 594 40.0 33,930 30,909 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.77 13.50 551 540 40.0 28,674 28,080 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.88 16.50 669 660 39.7 34,809 34,320 2,062 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.76 19.56 793 783 40.1 41,246 40,691 2,087 Production occupations.............................................. 14.51 14.04 588 562 40.6 30,593 29,212 2,109 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.87 10.59 483 424 40.7 25,113 22,027 2,116 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $22.75 $20.18 $911 $800 40.0 $47,323 $41,600 2,080 Management occupations.............................................. 43.27 41.89 1,777 1,675 41.1 92,423 87,125 2,136 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.46 27.16 1,084 1,112 41.0 56,348 57,845 2,130 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.98 36.51 1,399 1,460 40.0 72,763 75,945 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.75 31.74 1,390 1,269 40.0 72,288 66,011 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.55 28.22 1,062 1,129 40.0 55,230 58,698 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.13 19.42 725 800 40.0 37,692 41,600 2,079 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.63 15.33 661 608 39.7 34,357 31,616 2,066 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.89 17.15 672 686 39.8 34,955 35,672 2,070 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.06 22.00 794 880 39.6 41,275 45,760 2,058 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.80 18.44 742 738 39.5 38,571 38,355 2,051 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.27 22.30 851 892 40.0 44,249 46,384 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.88 12.64 595 505 40.0 30,947 26,283 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.84 22.91 913 916 40.0 47,500 47,653 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.50 15.40 660 616 40.0 34,317 32,032 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 17.96 647 718 40.0 33,636 37,357 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... $24.65 $24.13 – $18.64 $17.83 $23.22 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 30.99 30.75 31.79 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 35.03 32.86 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 28.97 29.35 28.09 Service............................................................. – – – 11.25 9.36 18.84 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.79 14.61 16.24 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.20 15.20 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.63 14.34 16.24 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.49 25.49 – 16.70 16.28 20.59 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 15.94 15.38 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.83 17.57 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 14.40 14.34 15.14 Production........................................................ – – – 15.24 15.25 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 13.51 13.38 – 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........................................................... 7.3 8.5 – 5.2 6.3 7.2 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.1 6.2 9.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.8 8.3 – Professional and related.......................................... – – – 5.5 7.5 4.0 Service............................................................. – – – 7.7 6.0 4.4 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.6 5.3 5.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.3 10.3 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.3 5.1 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.6 4.6 – 6.3 6.9 10.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 9.2 10.3 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 7.1 7.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 3.0 3.0 13.7 Production........................................................ – – – 3.9 3.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 6.0 6.8 – 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.01 $18.18 $18.33 $18.33 Management, professional, and related............................... 30.95 30.80 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 35.13 32.96 – – Professional and related.......................................... 28.95 29.37 – – Service............................................................. 11.44 9.62 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.79 14.59 19.08 19.08 Sales and related................................................. 14.72 14.72 – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.81 14.55 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.01 18.86 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.91 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.04 22.13 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.40 14.35 – – Production........................................................ 15.29 15.30 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.31 13.17 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.9 5.9 15.1 15.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.0 6.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 8.8 8.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.2 7.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.6 6.2 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.8 19.1 19.1 Sales and related................................................. 7.8 7.8 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.2 5.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.0 8.9 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 9.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.2 9.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.3 3.3 – – Production........................................................ 3.2 2.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.2 5.8 – – 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, 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........................................................... – – – – $17.11 – – – $16.77 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 27.46 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 25.49 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 13.61 – – – 17.89 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 12.58 – – – 18.00 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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........................................................... – – – – 16.7 – – – 0.0 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 11.4 – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 16.0 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 14.5 – – – .0 Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 11.4 – – – .0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 438,400 369,900 68,500 Management, professional, and related............................... 114,800 83,700 31,100 Management, business, and financial............................... 32,500 30,200 – Professional and related.......................................... 82,300 53,600 28,800 Service............................................................. 85,300 70,700 14,600 Sales and office.................................................... 137,800 123,600 14,200 Sales and related................................................. 40,000 40,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 97,800 83,500 14,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 48,600 44,900 3,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 23,700 21,300 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24,900 23,700 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 51,800 46,900 4,900 Production........................................................ 25,500 23,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 26,400 23,200 – 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, Birmingham-Hoover, AL, February 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 19,907 18,996 911 Total in sample....................................................... 151 136 15 Responding........................................................ 91 78 13 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 45 43 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 15 15 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.