NC BL 12/00/2009 Table: Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, Bulletin, August 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 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........................................................... $13.57 4.8 35.1 $11.61 3.9 34.2 $20.74 11.5 39.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.55 6.2 38.8 24.11 8.9 38.9 26.56 7.6 38.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 31.64 8.6 41.3 31.32 12.3 42.3 32.11 11.9 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 24.47 9.2 38.3 22.12 8.4 38.1 25.90 11.8 38.5 Service............................................................. 8.61 2.8 29.6 7.70 2.8 28.0 13.00 10.5 40.7 Sales and office.................................................... 11.40 6.0 36.1 11.11 6.8 35.8 13.73 3.8 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 12.36 11.8 34.3 12.37 11.8 34.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 10.77 4.3 37.4 10.09 4.5 37.1 13.79 3.4 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.70 4.9 40.1 12.81 5.2 40.1 11.63 5.1 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 11.17 2.1 40.0 11.06 2.2 40.0 11.78 5.1 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.80 7.3 40.2 14.88 7.3 40.2 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.78 7.7 38.9 10.67 7.8 38.8 13.76 11.7 40.0 Production........................................................ 12.16 6.6 38.4 11.99 6.7 38.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.98 9.3 39.2 9.93 9.5 39.1 – – – Full time........................................................... 14.76 5.5 39.8 12.68 4.7 39.7 20.82 11.4 40.1 Part time........................................................... 7.82 1.5 22.5 7.74 1.5 22.7 13.51 24.2 13.2 Union............................................................... 18.48 28.4 40.0 14.27 30.7 40.0 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 13.51 4.8 35.1 11.58 3.9 34.1 20.60 11.7 39.2 Time................................................................ 13.20 4.8 34.8 10.99 3.1 33.7 20.74 11.5 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 20.10 10.2 41.2 20.10 10.2 41.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.26 2.5 39.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 11.52 4.5 33.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 11.53 5.0 36.6 11.34 5.3 36.6 17.16 8.4 38.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.26 7.9 32.3 11.11 7.6 30.8 17.03 11.5 40.6 500 workers or more................................................. 18.48 9.9 35.6 13.57 4.4 32.1 22.34 14.6 38.9 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.57 4.8 $14.76 5.5 $7.82 1.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.94 10.4 33.94 10.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.74 12.1 26.74 12.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.73 22.6 19.73 22.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.00 9.1 14.00 9.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.55 23.7 29.55 23.7 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.55 23.7 29.55 23.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.86 8.8 11.86 8.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.25 10.6 26.44 10.2 16.29 27.3 Level 9 .................................................. 31.61 .1 31.65 .2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.73 1.0 30.73 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.77 .5 31.77 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.32 1.2 31.32 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.21 1.2 31.21 1.2 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.26 .5 30.26 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.38 2.2 29.38 2.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.93 2.4 31.93 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.92 2.4 31.92 2.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.91 2.4 31.91 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.92 2.4 31.92 2.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.59 2.6 11.65 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.12 8.6 26.32 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.75 8.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.91 6.0 30.91 6.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.83 2.9 19.54 2.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.09 4.0 8.58 8.6 7.27 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 1.0 8.19 3.1 7.48 .7 Level 3 .................................................. 7.68 4.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.60 1.0 7.78 2.7 7.38 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.70 1.2 7.89 3.3 7.48 .7 Home health aides............................................... 7.40 1.1 – – 7.33 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 .5 – – 7.44 .4 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.13 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.11 4.0 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.56 11.7 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 9.56 11.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.89 16.0 17.89 16.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.41 7.2 7.69 7.1 6.96 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.73 2.5 6.69 2.0 6.77 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.32 7.4 7.58 8.0 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.24 10.0 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.24 10.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.27 3.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.24 1.3 6.26 .8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.36 3.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.87 16.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.48 3.6 7.80 6.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.83 2.7 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 5.0 7.96 12.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.70 3.4 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.08 5.2 9.15 5.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.78 2.8 7.75 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.82 2.0 8.82 2.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 3.2 10.59 3.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 5.8 9.21 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.79 3.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.77 2.4 8.77 2.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.29 6.1 9.37 6.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 3.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.70 1.4 8.21 5.5 7.57 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.68 .2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.43 2.3 – – 7.26 .8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.57 .6 – – 7.62 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.18 1.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.36 11.8 13.77 13.0 8.09 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 4.0 9.13 1.7 7.72 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 4.0 10.08 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 11.4 13.51 12.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.56 31.2 14.56 31.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 19.4 19.33 19.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.30 17.7 17.30 17.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.11 3.9 11.15 6.3 8.11 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.37 5.1 8.98 1.6 7.72 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 4.0 10.08 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 8.9 14.51 9.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.43 6.8 9.03 6.6 7.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.51 10.2 – – 7.75 7.3 Cashiers...................................................... 8.43 6.8 9.03 6.6 7.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.51 10.2 – – 7.75 7.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.78 12.6 11.36 10.7 8.47 7.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.12 2.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 8.9 14.51 9.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.77 4.3 11.13 4.3 7.82 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 5.4 – – 7.29 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.56 3.0 8.70 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 1.9 9.34 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.52 2.6 12.47 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.50 12.0 15.50 12.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.84 8.2 9.89 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 10.2 9.37 10.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... – – 9.90 1.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.33 9.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.64 6.7 12.85 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 5.4 9.54 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.41 11.1 16.41 11.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 5.2 9.36 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.13 8.2 9.24 8.6 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.43 4.4 14.43 4.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.30 4.9 9.69 5.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.07 2.7 8.14 3.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.17 2.1 11.17 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.00 4.1 8.00 4.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.07 7.8 9.07 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 11.20 9.1 11.20 9.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.97 5.7 13.97 5.7 – – Construction laborers............................................. 9.34 .9 9.34 .9 – – Electricians...................................................... 13.10 10.8 13.10 10.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.80 7.3 14.77 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.73 7.0 14.65 7.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.16 6.6 12.57 7.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.01 2.3 8.01 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 5.7 9.41 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.76 2.7 14.92 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.90 4.6 16.90 4.6 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.21 18.8 10.21 18.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.18 10.3 9.71 14.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.98 9.3 9.99 9.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.80 4.0 7.56 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.04 4.8 8.06 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.29 6.2 9.29 6.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.91 5.9 7.91 5.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.10 4.2 7.94 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.81 5.1 7.52 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.33 4.6 8.33 4.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.23 5.5 8.01 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 6.9 – – – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $11.61 3.9 $12.68 4.7 $7.74 1.5 Management occupations.............................................. 31.58 14.9 31.58 14.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 12.39 1.1 12.39 1.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.86 9.6 27.12 10.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.75 8.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.22 6.2 31.22 6.2 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.59 1.9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.05 4.1 8.55 9.0 7.27 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 1.0 8.19 3.1 7.48 .7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.60 1.0 7.78 2.7 7.38 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.70 1.2 7.89 3.3 7.48 .7 Home health aides............................................... 7.40 1.1 – – 7.33 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 .5 – – 7.44 .4 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.13 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.11 4.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.31 7.8 7.54 7.9 6.96 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 6.71 2.5 6.67 2.1 6.77 6.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.69 6.1 6.85 6.5 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.24 10.0 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.24 10.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.27 3.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.24 1.3 6.26 .8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.36 3.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.87 16.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.19 2.2 7.29 6.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.81 2.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.10 4.3 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 6.66 3.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 3.5 8.22 3.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 2.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 3.7 8.28 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.25 5.8 8.29 6.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.68 1.4 8.14 5.8 7.57 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.68 .2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.37 2.4 – – 7.26 .8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.57 .6 – – 7.62 .0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.18 1.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.37 11.8 13.79 13.0 8.09 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 4.2 9.12 1.8 7.72 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 4.0 10.08 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.38 11.4 13.51 12.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.56 31.2 14.56 31.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 19.4 19.33 19.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.30 17.7 17.30 17.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.11 4.0 11.16 6.4 8.11 4.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.35 5.3 8.96 1.8 7.72 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 4.0 10.08 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 8.9 14.51 9.9 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.42 6.9 9.02 6.8 7.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.48 10.7 – – 7.75 7.3 Cashiers...................................................... 8.42 6.9 9.02 6.8 7.96 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.48 10.7 – – 7.75 7.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.78 12.6 11.36 10.7 8.47 7.3 Level 3 .................................................. 8.12 2.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.19 8.9 14.51 9.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.09 4.5 10.43 4.7 7.81 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 5.4 – – 7.29 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 3.1 8.53 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.26 1.9 9.30 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.44 3.3 12.13 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.48 23.4 16.48 23.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.56 8.3 9.61 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 10.2 9.37 10.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... – – 9.90 1.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.33 9.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.11 10.4 11.34 10.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 5.4 9.54 5.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 5.2 9.36 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.13 8.2 9.24 8.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 8.72 4.5 9.03 5.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.72 2.4 7.77 2.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.06 2.2 11.06 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.07 7.8 9.07 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.52 6.7 14.52 6.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.88 7.3 14.85 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.73 7.0 14.65 7.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.99 6.7 12.41 7.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.01 2.3 8.01 2.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.41 5.7 9.41 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 13.90 3.0 15.31 5.7 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.21 18.8 10.21 18.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.18 10.3 9.71 14.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.93 9.5 9.93 9.8 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.80 4.0 7.56 2.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.04 4.8 8.06 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.01 5.0 9.01 5.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.91 5.9 7.91 5.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.10 4.2 7.94 3.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.81 5.1 7.52 2.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.33 4.6 8.33 4.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.23 5.5 8.01 4.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.99 6.9 – – – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.74 11.5 $20.82 11.4 $13.51 24.2 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.42 22.4 23.42 22.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.13 10.1 27.27 9.6 18.58 30.6 Level 9 .................................................. 31.61 .1 31.65 .2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.78 .4 31.78 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.77 .5 31.77 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.32 1.2 31.32 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.21 1.2 31.21 1.2 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.26 .5 30.26 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.38 2.2 29.38 2.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.93 2.4 31.93 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.92 2.4 31.92 2.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.91 2.4 31.91 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.92 2.4 31.92 2.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.91 2.3 11.91 2.3 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.10 16.5 18.10 16.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.89 2.6 9.93 2.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.96 2.6 10.00 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.96 2.6 10.00 2.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.79 3.4 13.92 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.76 6.3 13.55 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.68 7.2 14.68 7.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.69 3.8 14.69 3.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.98 5.9 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.78 5.1 11.78 5.1 – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $13.57 4.8 $14.76 5.5 $7.82 1.5 Management occupations.............................................. 33.94 10.4 33.94 10.4 – – Group III................................................. 36.67 12.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.74 12.1 26.74 12.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.73 22.6 19.73 22.6 – – Group II.................................................. 14.11 5.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.55 23.7 29.55 23.7 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.55 23.7 29.55 23.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.86 8.8 11.86 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 11.86 8.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.25 10.6 26.44 10.2 16.29 27.3 Group I................................................... 9.07 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.11 21.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.78 3.6 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.73 1.0 30.73 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 31.77 .5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.32 1.2 31.32 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.21 1.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Group III................................................. 32.24 .5 32.24 .5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.26 .5 30.26 .5 – – Group III................................................. 29.38 2.2 29.38 2.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.93 2.4 31.93 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 31.92 2.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.91 2.4 31.91 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 31.92 2.4 31.92 2.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 11.59 2.6 11.65 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.07 7.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.12 8.6 26.32 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 16.76 9.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.20 10.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.91 6.0 30.91 6.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.83 2.9 19.54 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 19.92 3.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.09 4.0 8.58 8.6 7.27 1.4 Group I................................................... 8.09 4.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.60 1.0 7.78 2.7 7.38 .4 Group I................................................... 7.60 1.0 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 7.40 1.1 – – 7.33 .0 Group I................................................... 7.40 1.1 – – 7.33 .0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.13 4.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.13 4.0 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.56 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.56 11.7 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 9.56 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.56 11.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.89 16.0 17.89 16.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.35 21.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.41 7.2 7.69 7.1 6.96 7.4 Group I................................................... 7.25 5.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.24 10.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.24 10.0 – – – – Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.24 10.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.24 10.0 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.27 3.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.27 3.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.24 1.3 6.26 .8 – – Group I................................................... 6.24 1.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.87 16.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 2.87 16.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.48 3.6 7.80 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 7.48 3.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.50 5.0 7.96 12.3 – – Group I................................................... 7.50 5.0 7.96 12.3 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.08 5.2 9.15 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 9.07 5.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 5.8 9.21 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.11 5.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.29 6.1 9.37 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.28 6.3 9.36 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.70 1.4 8.21 5.5 7.57 .4 Group I................................................... 7.70 1.4 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.57 .6 – – 7.62 .0 Group I................................................... 7.57 .6 – – 7.62 .0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.36 11.8 13.77 13.0 8.09 4.1 Group I................................................... 10.10 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.16 26.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 19.4 19.33 19.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.30 17.7 17.30 17.7 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.11 3.9 11.15 6.3 8.11 4.3 Group I................................................... 9.98 2.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.43 6.8 9.03 6.6 7.96 7.1 Group I................................................... 8.30 7.4 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.43 6.8 9.03 6.6 7.96 7.1 Group I................................................... 8.30 7.4 8.82 6.5 7.86 7.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.78 12.6 11.36 10.7 8.47 7.3 Group I................................................... 10.61 8.8 10.84 8.3 9.01 10.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.77 4.3 11.13 4.3 7.82 5.9 Group I................................................... 9.44 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.50 8.2 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 9.84 8.2 9.89 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.65 8.1 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... – – 9.90 1.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.33 9.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.09 8.8 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.64 6.7 12.85 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 9.74 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.88 6.9 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.28 5.2 9.36 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.28 5.2 9.36 4.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.43 4.4 14.43 4.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.30 4.9 9.69 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.80 4.1 9.14 5.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.17 2.1 11.17 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.50 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.58 4.4 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 9.34 .9 9.34 .9 – – Group I................................................... 9.24 1.0 9.24 1.0 – – Electricians...................................................... 13.10 10.8 13.10 10.8 – – Group II.................................................. 14.32 6.5 14.32 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.80 7.3 14.77 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 17.39 7.2 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 12.16 6.6 12.57 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.17 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.75 4.2 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.91 10.9 12.91 10.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.21 18.8 10.21 18.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.18 10.3 9.71 14.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.98 9.3 9.99 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.36 8.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.91 5.9 7.91 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 7.91 5.9 7.91 5.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.10 4.2 7.94 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.10 4.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.23 5.5 8.01 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.23 5.5 8.01 4.1 – – 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.60 $9.50 $15.04 $27.86 Management occupations.............................................. 16.00 20.00 36.19 41.87 46.44 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.55 19.27 27.66 35.00 35.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.37 12.15 15.77 22.22 37.62 Counselors........................................................ 15.77 15.77 37.62 37.62 37.62 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.77 15.77 37.62 37.62 37.62 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.66 9.61 11.54 13.58 14.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.21 12.65 28.39 34.03 39.97 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.80 27.39 30.53 34.95 38.78 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.47 27.39 29.69 34.74 38.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.47 28.14 31.74 36.32 38.97 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.30 27.23 28.88 32.50 37.79 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.00 27.48 31.41 35.86 38.61 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.00 27.48 31.39 35.86 38.61 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.28 11.06 11.83 12.28 13.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.10 14.81 20.00 25.00 37.14 Registered nurses................................................. 22.05 25.17 33.69 35.45 36.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.92 18.12 20.00 20.81 24.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.30 9.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.49 Home health aides............................................... 7.00 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.25 7.50 8.01 9.05 9.05 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 6.55 8.28 9.00 10.00 14.00 Medical assistants.............................................. 6.55 8.28 9.00 10.00 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.81 12.73 15.51 23.75 28.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.23 6.59 7.25 8.25 9.00 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 7.58 8.72 12.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.55 7.25 7.58 8.72 12.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.55 6.59 7.10 8.20 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.15 3.50 4.65 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.23 6.62 7.25 7.75 8.71 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.00 6.42 7.25 8.54 8.92 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.50 8.71 10.00 11.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.55 8.71 10.04 11.57 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.24 8.85 10.91 11.63 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.25 7.65 7.77 8.36 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.00 7.25 7.66 7.75 8.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.60 9.15 13.18 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.77 10.11 15.98 27.86 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.77 9.96 13.46 22.35 34.18 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.40 8.51 11.00 18.60 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.80 9.02 11.16 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.80 9.02 11.16 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.97 8.72 11.83 19.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 8.00 9.45 13.00 14.76 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.55 9.00 11.54 13.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.50 10.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.50 9.00 12.51 14.76 19.11 Medical secretaries............................................. 6.55 8.50 9.00 10.38 11.91 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.88 13.87 14.76 14.76 14.76 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.25 7.25 8.00 10.50 13.30 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.60 8.68 10.74 13.20 15.82 Construction laborers............................................. 7.64 8.71 8.89 11.02 11.02 Electricians...................................................... 7.53 11.50 13.00 15.82 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 10.00 13.00 18.15 20.84 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.00 11.25 16.00 19.40 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 7.50 7.73 7.89 8.50 20.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.75 6.85 7.75 11.51 13.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.90 7.25 8.50 10.25 15.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.25 7.42 9.00 9.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.81 7.25 7.50 8.84 9.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.29 7.50 9.00 9.93 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.10 $7.30 $8.65 $12.56 $19.90 Management occupations.............................................. 13.22 20.00 25.82 44.91 49.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.00 9.61 11.54 15.85 15.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.43 38.74 Registered nurses................................................. 22.05 25.72 34.22 35.45 36.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.00 20.00 20.00 20.81 24.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.28 9.05 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.49 Home health aides............................................... 7.00 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.25 7.50 8.01 9.05 9.05 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.23 6.59 7.25 7.75 8.72 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 7.25 7.58 8.72 12.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.55 7.25 7.58 8.72 12.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.55 6.59 7.10 8.20 8.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 6.55 7.25 7.25 7.75 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.15 3.50 4.65 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.20 6.42 7.25 7.40 8.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 5.85 6.42 6.63 7.25 8.65 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.55 7.25 7.55 8.70 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.50 7.50 8.50 11.13 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.25 7.53 7.75 8.36 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.00 7.25 7.66 7.75 8.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.60 9.15 13.18 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.77 10.11 15.98 27.86 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.77 9.96 13.46 22.35 34.18 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.40 8.51 11.00 18.60 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 9.00 11.16 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 9.00 11.16 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.97 8.72 11.83 19.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 7.80 8.95 11.09 13.94 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.55 9.00 11.54 12.98 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.50 10.75 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 7.61 8.75 9.00 11.87 21.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 6.55 8.50 9.00 10.38 11.91 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.25 7.25 7.99 8.75 11.06 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.53 8.10 10.74 13.20 15.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 10.00 13.00 18.15 20.84 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 7.89 10.09 16.00 18.25 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 7.50 7.73 7.89 8.50 20.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.75 6.85 7.75 11.51 13.25 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.90 7.25 8.30 9.90 15.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.25 7.42 9.00 9.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.81 7.25 7.50 8.84 9.90 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.29 7.50 9.00 9.93 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.45 $11.83 $15.51 $29.90 $37.62 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.66 15.77 17.47 37.62 37.62 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.81 14.12 28.88 34.49 40.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.47 27.73 30.99 35.35 38.97 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.47 27.39 29.69 34.74 38.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.47 28.14 31.74 36.32 38.97 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.30 27.23 28.88 32.50 37.79 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.00 27.48 31.41 35.86 38.61 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.00 27.48 31.39 35.86 38.61 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.07 11.44 11.83 12.37 13.86 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.81 12.75 15.51 23.80 28.21 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.71 9.70 11.45 11.63 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.71 9.66 11.45 11.65 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 8.71 9.66 11.45 11.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.46 12.51 14.18 14.76 15.31 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.51 13.87 14.76 14.76 15.48 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 10.10 11.90 13.28 14.42 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.89 9.93 12.03 13.42 15.82 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $8.36 $11.06 $16.00 $28.97 Management occupations.............................................. 16.00 20.00 36.19 41.87 46.44 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.55 19.27 27.66 35.00 35.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.37 12.15 15.77 22.22 37.62 Counselors........................................................ 15.77 15.77 37.62 37.62 37.62 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.77 15.77 37.62 37.62 37.62 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.66 9.61 11.54 13.58 14.83 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.42 12.92 28.53 34.03 39.98 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.80 27.39 30.53 34.95 38.78 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.47 27.39 29.69 34.74 38.97 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.47 28.14 31.74 36.32 38.97 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.30 27.23 28.88 32.50 37.79 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.00 27.48 31.41 35.86 38.61 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.00 27.48 31.39 35.86 38.61 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.28 11.08 11.83 12.28 13.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.00 14.81 20.00 25.17 38.20 Registered nurses................................................. 22.05 25.17 33.69 35.45 36.06 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.92 18.00 20.00 20.81 24.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.05 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.81 12.73 15.51 23.75 28.21 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.42 6.63 7.25 8.71 11.67 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 4.65 7.25 7.25 8.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.42 6.63 7.40 8.61 9.87 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.42 6.42 6.63 8.92 10.74 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.50 8.89 10.04 11.57 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.65 8.89 10.40 11.59 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.50 8.89 11.11 11.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.15 6.83 7.50 9.00 9.24 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.30 8.50 10.11 18.60 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 8.77 10.11 15.98 27.86 27.86 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 8.77 9.96 13.46 22.35 34.18 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.30 7.97 9.15 13.00 18.60 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.30 7.50 8.90 9.80 12.42 Cashiers...................................................... 7.30 7.50 8.90 9.80 12.42 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.30 7.97 9.15 13.18 19.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.50 10.18 13.28 14.76 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.55 9.00 11.54 13.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 8.50 9.50 10.50 12.10 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.75 9.00 12.80 14.76 20.38 Medical secretaries............................................. 6.55 8.75 9.00 10.62 12.10 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.88 13.87 14.76 14.76 14.76 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.25 7.50 8.00 11.06 13.75 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.60 8.68 10.74 13.20 15.82 Construction laborers............................................. 7.64 8.71 8.89 11.02 11.02 Electricians...................................................... 7.53 11.50 13.00 15.82 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 10.00 13.00 18.15 20.84 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.00 12.00 16.00 19.90 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.50 11.50 12.48 14.50 17.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 7.50 7.73 7.89 8.50 20.97 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.75 7.25 8.85 11.86 13.37 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.90 7.25 8.50 9.93 15.95 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.00 7.25 7.42 9.00 9.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.81 7.25 7.50 8.84 9.88 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.29 7.50 8.53 9.90 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), Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.70 $7.25 $7.25 $7.90 $8.50 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.05 8.05 9.22 28.00 32.26 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.55 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.03 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.00 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.30 Home health aides............................................... 7.00 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.30 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.85 6.55 7.25 7.25 8.25 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.10 7.25 7.65 7.75 8.25 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.10 7.25 7.66 7.75 8.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.25 7.40 8.25 10.45 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.82 7.25 7.40 8.30 10.70 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.82 7.25 7.25 8.15 10.45 Cashiers...................................................... 6.82 7.25 7.25 8.15 10.45 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.90 8.80 11.36 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.91 7.25 7.25 7.40 8.50 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.76 $11.06 $587 $440 39.8 $28,678 $21,840 1,943 Management occupations.............................................. 33.94 36.19 1,423 1,446 41.9 68,703 63,402 2,025 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.74 27.66 1,070 1,107 40.0 55,624 57,539 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.73 15.77 789 631 40.0 38,126 32,970 1,932 Counselors........................................................ 29.55 37.62 1,180 1,505 39.9 50,889 58,983 1,722 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.55 37.62 1,180 1,505 39.9 50,889 58,983 1,722 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.86 11.54 474 462 40.0 24,666 24,003 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.44 28.53 1,053 1,136 39.8 35,855 41,201 1,356 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.73 30.53 1,223 1,214 39.8 41,048 44,042 1,336 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.32 29.69 1,243 1,178 39.7 40,583 43,210 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.24 31.74 1,275 1,233 39.6 37,489 43,354 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.26 28.88 1,206 1,155 39.8 45,177 43,210 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.93 31.41 1,271 1,238 39.8 40,727 44,386 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.91 31.39 1,270 1,233 39.8 40,694 44,340 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.65 11.83 464 473 39.8 15,513 17,696 1,332 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.32 20.00 1,053 800 40.0 54,045 41,600 2,054 Registered nurses................................................. 30.91 33.69 1,236 1,350 40.0 64,056 69,680 2,072 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.54 20.00 782 800 40.0 39,136 41,600 2,002 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.58 8.00 298 290 34.8 15,513 15,080 1,808 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.78 7.50 254 280 32.6 13,191 14,567 1,695 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.89 15.51 778 744 43.5 40,456 38,680 2,262 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.69 7.25 295 290 38.3 14,823 15,080 1,928 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.26 7.25 234 290 37.4 12,168 15,080 1,945 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.80 7.40 298 290 38.2 14,021 13,799 1,796 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.96 6.63 303 265 38.1 13,547 13,354 1,703 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.15 8.89 356 348 38.9 18,401 17,680 2,010 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.21 8.89 357 347 38.7 18,421 17,605 2,000 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.37 8.89 372 356 39.7 19,185 18,096 2,048 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.21 7.50 323 300 39.4 16,546 15,600 2,016 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.77 10.11 557 400 40.4 28,964 20,800 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 15.98 809 639 41.8 42,043 33,238 2,175 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.30 13.46 725 466 41.9 37,696 24,253 2,179 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.15 9.15 446 356 40.0 23,201 18,512 2,081 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.03 8.90 359 356 39.7 18,664 18,512 2,066 Cashiers...................................................... 9.03 8.90 359 356 39.7 18,664 18,512 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.36 9.15 456 346 40.2 23,724 17,998 2,089 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.13 10.18 445 407 39.9 22,881 21,320 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.89 9.00 396 360 40.0 20,574 18,720 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.90 9.50 396 380 40.0 20,587 19,760 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.85 12.80 512 512 39.9 25,815 26,804 2,010 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.36 9.00 375 360 40.0 19,477 18,720 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.43 14.76 574 590 39.8 27,754 26,804 1,923 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.69 8.00 387 320 39.9 19,819 17,680 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.17 10.74 447 430 40.0 23,009 22,337 2,060 Construction laborers............................................. 9.34 8.89 374 355 40.0 18,637 18,485 1,995 Electricians...................................................... 13.10 13.00 524 520 40.0 27,250 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.77 13.00 597 520 40.4 31,060 27,040 2,103 Production occupations.............................................. 12.57 12.00 505 480 40.2 26,267 24,960 2,090 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.91 12.48 516 499 40.0 26,849 25,958 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.91 12.48 516 499 40.0 26,849 25,958 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.21 7.89 408 316 40.0 21,237 16,407 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.71 8.85 386 354 39.8 20,082 18,408 2,068 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.99 8.50 403 326 40.3 20,816 16,640 2,084 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.91 7.42 316 297 40.0 16,444 15,442 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.94 7.50 313 300 39.4 16,278 15,600 2,050 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.01 7.50 321 300 40.0 16,669 15,600 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $12.68 $9.39 $503 $368 39.7 $26,144 $19,136 2,062 Management occupations.............................................. 31.58 25.82 1,358 1,160 43.0 70,632 60,301 2,237 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.39 11.54 496 462 40.0 25,777 24,003 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.12 20.00 1,085 800 40.0 56,407 41,600 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 31.22 34.22 1,249 1,369 40.0 64,948 71,178 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 8.00 295 290 34.5 15,344 15,080 1,796 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.78 7.50 254 280 32.6 13,191 14,567 1,695 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.54 7.25 291 290 38.6 15,153 15,080 2,009 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.26 7.25 234 290 37.4 12,168 15,080 1,945 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.29 7.25 286 279 39.3 14,886 14,508 2,042 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.22 7.50 309 300 37.6 16,071 15,600 1,956 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.28 7.50 309 300 37.3 16,065 15,600 1,940 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.29 7.50 325 300 39.2 16,890 15,600 2,037 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.14 7.50 320 300 39.3 16,663 15,600 2,046 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.79 10.11 558 400 40.5 29,012 20,800 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.33 15.98 809 639 41.8 42,043 33,238 2,175 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.30 13.46 725 466 41.9 37,696 24,253 2,179 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.16 9.15 447 356 40.0 23,232 18,512 2,081 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.02 8.65 358 346 39.7 18,640 17,992 2,066 Cashiers...................................................... 9.02 8.65 358 346 39.7 18,640 17,992 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.36 9.15 456 346 40.2 23,724 17,998 2,089 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.43 9.00 416 360 39.9 21,658 18,720 2,076 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.61 9.00 384 360 40.0 19,988 18,720 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.90 9.50 396 380 40.0 20,587 19,760 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.34 9.06 451 360 39.8 23,471 18,720 2,070 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.36 9.00 375 360 40.0 19,477 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.03 8.00 360 320 39.9 18,724 16,640 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.06 10.74 442 430 40.0 23,006 22,337 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.85 13.00 601 520 40.5 31,249 27,040 2,104 Production occupations.............................................. 12.41 11.50 499 460 40.2 25,957 23,920 2,091 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.91 12.48 516 499 40.0 26,849 25,958 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.91 12.48 516 499 40.0 26,849 25,958 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.21 7.89 408 316 40.0 21,237 16,407 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.71 8.85 386 354 39.8 20,082 18,408 2,068 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.93 8.50 401 320 40.3 20,829 16,640 2,097 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.91 7.42 316 297 40.0 16,444 15,442 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.94 7.50 313 300 39.4 16,278 15,600 2,050 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.01 7.50 321 300 40.0 16,669 15,600 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.82 $15.51 $835 $631 40.1 $34,610 $32,559 1,662 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.42 17.47 936 699 40.0 43,700 39,144 1,866 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.27 28.88 1,086 1,155 39.8 36,339 41,604 1,333 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.78 30.99 1,264 1,226 39.8 41,648 44,510 1,310 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.32 29.69 1,243 1,178 39.7 40,583 43,210 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.24 31.74 1,275 1,233 39.6 37,489 43,354 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 30.26 28.88 1,206 1,155 39.8 45,177 43,210 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.93 31.41 1,271 1,238 39.8 40,727 44,386 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.91 31.39 1,270 1,233 39.8 40,694 44,340 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.91 11.83 474 473 39.8 15,502 17,696 1,302 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.10 15.51 792 744 43.7 41,165 38,680 2,274 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.93 9.73 397 389 40.0 20,424 19,900 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 9.73 400 389 40.0 20,536 19,729 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 9.73 400 389 40.0 20,536 19,729 2,054 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.92 14.18 557 567 40.0 27,511 26,804 1,976 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.69 14.76 587 590 40.0 28,497 26,804 1,940 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.78 12.03 471 481 40.0 23,024 25,022 1,955 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $11.61 $11.34 $11.11 $13.57 Management, professional, and related...... 24.11 18.26 36.61 25.64 Management, business, and financial...... 31.32 27.49 – – Professional and related................. 22.12 14.04 36.84 22.26 Service.................................... 7.70 7.76 7.57 7.68 Sales and office........................... 11.11 11.95 9.84 9.33 Sales and related........................ 12.37 13.27 10.48 – Office and administrative support........ 10.09 10.71 9.23 9.33 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 12.81 12.65 13.09 – Construction and extraction............. 11.06 10.63 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 14.88 15.05 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 10.67 10.97 9.05 – Production............................... 11.99 12.94 10.35 – Transportation and material moving....... 9.93 10.36 7.98 – 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........................................................... 3.9 5.3 7.6 4.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.9 14.7 13.5 8.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 12.3 15.0 – – Professional and related.......................................... 8.4 6.4 13.8 4.4 Service............................................................. 2.8 6.3 4.6 .4 Sales and office.................................................... 6.8 8.4 3.1 6.7 Sales and related................................................. 11.8 13.3 6.9 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.5 5.8 7.6 6.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.2 5.8 9.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 2.2 2.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.3 7.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.8 6.0 9.5 – Production........................................................ 6.7 9.2 8.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.5 9.0 6.0 – 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 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $11.94 $9.40 $477 $368 40.0 $24,826 $19,136 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 25.97 20.00 1,047 800 40.3 54,456 41,600 2,097 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.39 11.54 496 462 40.0 25,777 24,003 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.66 7.25 301 290 39.3 15,629 15,080 2,041 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.35 7.50 313 300 37.4 16,252 15,600 1,946 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.46 7.50 313 300 37.0 16,275 15,600 1,923 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.12 7.50 317 300 39.0 16,473 15,600 2,030 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.12 9.96 573 385 40.6 29,802 20,020 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.82 22.35 833 1,088 42.0 43,298 56,551 2,185 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.59 8.65 424 320 40.0 22,041 16,653 2,082 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.70 8.65 470 340 40.2 24,465 17,699 2,092 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.95 9.39 438 376 40.0 22,759 19,535 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.01 9.00 400 360 40.0 20,824 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.93 7.50 355 293 39.8 18,456 15,210 2,068 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.63 9.68 425 387 40.0 22,106 20,134 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.02 13.00 608 520 40.5 31,633 27,040 2,107 Production occupations.............................................. 14.13 13.00 565 520 40.0 29,381 27,040 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.43 8.93 421 354 40.4 21,913 18,387 2,101 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.18 7.90 327 316 40.0 17,007 16,432 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.17 7.90 327 316 40.0 16,999 16,432 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 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.02 $9.35 $548 $372 39.1 $28,515 $19,323 2,034 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.86 20.60 1,274 824 40.0 66,265 42,848 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.93 7.50 251 200 31.7 13,058 10,400 1,646 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.90 7.50 247 200 31.3 12,858 10,400 1,627 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.59 11.83 504 473 40.0 26,189 24,608 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.37 11.64 495 466 40.0 25,723 24,211 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.65 8.90 385 354 39.9 20,027 18,408 2,075 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.03 9.64 398 373 39.7 20,673 19,386 2,062 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.04 9.64 402 386 40.0 20,885 20,051 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.59 16.00 584 640 40.0 30,349 33,280 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 11.74 10.09 473 400 40.3 24,612 20,800 2,096 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.27 7.50 373 300 40.2 19,396 15,600 2,092 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 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........................................................... $18.48 $14.27 – $13.51 $11.58 $20.60 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 25.55 24.11 26.56 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 31.64 31.32 32.11 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 24.47 22.12 25.90 Service............................................................. – – – 8.35 7.69 11.74 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 11.40 11.11 13.73 Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.36 12.37 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 10.77 10.09 13.79 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 12.40 12.48 11.63 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 11.17 11.06 11.78 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 14.17 14.25 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.80 10.68 13.76 Production........................................................ – – – 12.08 11.90 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 10.04 9.99 – 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........................................................... 28.4 30.7 – 4.8 3.9 11.7 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 6.2 8.9 7.6 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.6 12.3 11.9 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 9.2 8.4 11.8 Service............................................................. – – – 2.4 2.8 4.0 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 6.0 6.8 3.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 11.8 11.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.3 4.5 3.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 5.2 5.6 5.1 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 2.1 2.2 5.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 7.6 7.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 8.3 8.4 11.7 Production........................................................ – – – 6.7 6.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 10.1 10.4 – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $13.20 $10.99 $20.10 $20.10 Management, professional, and related............................... 24.59 21.70 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 31.64 31.32 – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.32 18.96 – – Service............................................................. 8.60 7.67 – – Sales and office.................................................... 10.76 10.33 15.73 15.73 Sales and related................................................. 10.44 10.44 18.33 18.33 Office and administrative support................................. 10.93 10.25 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.09 12.15 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.06 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.67 13.76 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.52 10.40 – – Production........................................................ 12.16 11.99 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 9.51 9.44 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.8 3.1 10.2 10.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.8 9.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 8.6 12.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... 10.3 7.8 – – Service............................................................. 2.8 2.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... 5.3 6.1 16.4 16.4 Sales and related................................................. 13.7 13.8 12.7 12.7 Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 4.4 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.6 5.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.1 7.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.1 8.2 – – Production........................................................ 6.6 6.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.1 10.4 – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 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........................................................... $10.61 $13.23 $12.06 – $15.53 $9.54 $12.55 $7.37 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 29.30 – – – 23.43 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – 27.40 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 22.12 – – Service............................................................. – – 8.95 – – – 7.81 7.37 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 10.51 – 15.41 9.68 9.90 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.88 – 22.17 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 9.54 – 11.36 9.68 10.06 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.53 – 15.74 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 16.07 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 12.25 11.18 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 12.48 14.42 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.85 10.30 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 1.1 3.1 11.5 – 9.6 3.8 2.3 7.0 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 33.0 – – – 9.6 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – 20.3 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 8.5 – – Service............................................................. – – 10.1 – – – 1.5 7.4 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 7.6 – 15.3 11.6 5.9 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.3 – 18.3 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 6.1 – 7.0 11.6 7.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... .4 – 9.5 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 11.6 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.5 5.4 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 2.8 20.4 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 7.8 6.6 – – – – – – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 116,700 89,700 27,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 25,900 8,500 17,400 Management, business, and financial............................... 3,100 1,700 1,400 Professional and related.......................................... 22,800 6,900 16,000 Service............................................................. 37,200 32,200 4,900 Sales and office.................................................... 29,700 26,500 3,200 Sales and related................................................. 12,300 12,200 – Office and administrative support................................. 17,400 14,200 3,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9,300 8,400 900 Construction and extraction...................................... 5,400 4,600 900 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3,900 3,800 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14,600 14,000 600 Production........................................................ 5,400 5,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9,200 9,000 – 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,740 4,598 142 Total in sample....................................................... 200 173 27 Responding........................................................ 141 116 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 23 21 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 36 36 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.