Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, Bulletin, August 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $14.14 5.1 34.7 $12.21 5.3 33.6 $20.90 11.5 39.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.86 5.8 39.2 24.68 7.5 39.9 26.76 7.7 38.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 33.86 6.5 41.8 34.31 7.8 42.6 32.87 11.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 23.97 9.9 38.6 20.50 5.1 38.8 26.03 12.2 38.5 Service............................................................. 9.01 2.5 29.1 8.09 .5 27.3 13.17 10.8 40.7 Sales and office.................................................... 11.57 6.2 35.0 11.25 7.1 34.5 13.85 4.2 39.1 Sales and related................................................. 12.06 13.0 32.0 12.07 13.1 32.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 11.24 4.5 37.3 10.59 4.9 36.8 13.91 3.9 39.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.08 6.9 39.9 13.25 7.6 39.9 11.75 6.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 11.60 4.0 40.0 11.52 4.7 40.0 11.91 6.2 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.52 5.6 39.8 14.60 5.4 39.8 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.52 8.5 38.7 11.44 8.7 38.7 13.73 12.4 40.0 Production........................................................ 11.83 7.7 38.8 11.67 7.9 38.7 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.31 10.9 38.6 11.29 11.1 38.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 15.45 5.5 39.6 13.42 5.7 39.4 20.98 11.4 40.1 Part time........................................................... 8.18 1.7 22.3 8.10 1.6 22.5 13.81 23.8 13.3 Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 14.10 5.1 34.7 12.22 5.3 33.6 20.75 11.7 39.2 Time................................................................ 14.15 5.1 34.5 12.10 5.3 33.3 20.90 11.5 39.2 Incentive........................................................... 13.95 12.7 40.3 13.95 12.7 40.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.34 5.0 40.2 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 12.05 6.1 32.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 12.67 6.9 36.2 12.50 7.4 36.2 17.54 7.8 38.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 12.00 8.0 32.0 10.64 7.9 30.3 17.19 11.4 40.6 500 workers or more................................................. 18.49 9.8 35.0 13.61 4.4 31.1 22.49 14.7 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.14 5.1 $15.45 5.5 $8.18 1.7 Management occupations.............................................. 38.10 10.1 38.10 10.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.71 4.9 41.71 4.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.61 11.9 25.61 11.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.69 22.6 20.69 22.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 14.17 10.2 14.17 10.2 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.97 23.0 29.97 23.0 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.97 23.0 29.97 23.0 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.30 7.9 12.30 7.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.74 10.9 26.86 10.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.57 .9 31.61 .8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.17 1.3 31.17 1.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.68 .5 31.68 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 1.8 31.95 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.86 1.9 31.86 1.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.21 1.6 31.21 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.58 .4 30.58 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.13 2.2 31.13 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.10 2.1 31.10 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.11 2.1 31.11 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.10 2.1 31.10 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.06 2.7 12.06 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.20 4.6 22.13 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.81 5.5 17.30 5.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.99 5.0 29.99 5.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.53 3.9 18.14 2.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.85 2.4 9.26 5.7 7.98 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 1.3 8.54 3.5 8.16 3.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.43 5.8 8.72 6.2 7.98 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 1.7 8.20 2.8 8.16 3.5 Home health aides............................................... 7.93 2.4 – – 7.95 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.12 1.8 – – 8.14 3.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.35 9.5 9.40 9.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 3.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 17.0 18.46 17.0 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.37 2.1 7.94 6.8 6.40 9.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.35 9.6 6.94 2.0 5.75 12.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.50 4.6 7.68 6.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.32 5.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.68 1.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 20.7 6.32 2.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.96 3.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.98 5.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.37 4.5 9.36 5.5 9.42 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.92 3.8 7.83 4.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 1.0 9.10 2.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.59 3.0 10.59 3.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.46 4.7 9.47 5.9 9.42 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.97 4.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.38 .9 9.08 3.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.58 5.0 9.65 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.02 5.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 1.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.24 .4 8.14 3.7 8.25 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 .7 – – 8.09 .5 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.30 .1 – – 8.30 .1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.06 13.0 13.88 14.6 8.20 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 1.9 9.06 2.3 7.82 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.58 2.7 10.91 3.4 9.42 8.5 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.69 27.2 18.69 27.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.17 6.7 11.87 10.7 8.20 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.25 2.0 – – 7.77 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.58 2.7 10.91 3.4 9.42 8.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 4.3 8.35 4.4 8.01 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.31 6.3 – – 7.78 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 4.3 8.35 4.4 8.01 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.31 6.3 – – 7.78 1.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.31 28.1 13.52 27.8 8.45 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 9.52 5.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.24 4.5 11.62 4.6 8.06 6.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.78 5.7 – – 7.32 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.81 3.3 8.88 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.95 3.2 10.02 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 3.8 12.89 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.11 6.2 15.11 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.53 10.5 17.53 10.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 8.4 10.42 8.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.02 11.9 10.09 12.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.08 1.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.10 6.2 13.38 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 5.1 10.05 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.13 8.8 16.13 8.8 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.46 5.0 9.62 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.59 7.5 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.84 4.5 14.84 4.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.39 4.4 9.80 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 2.7 8.22 3.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.60 4.0 11.60 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.89 10.9 10.89 10.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.14 5.0 14.14 5.0 – – Electricians...................................................... 13.60 11.1 13.60 11.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.52 5.6 14.49 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.14 6.1 14.00 6.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.83 7.7 12.00 8.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 6.0 8.83 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.12 5.4 9.12 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 4.5 14.29 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.23 5.5 15.53 4.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.66 4.1 17.66 4.1 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.93 5.5 12.93 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.31 10.9 11.36 11.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 5.2 8.06 5.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 12.7 8.93 12.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.35 13.9 10.35 13.9 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.37 12.7 15.37 12.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.66 13.8 15.66 13.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.06 15.9 9.06 15.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.35 4.8 8.31 5.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 5.7 8.06 6.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.36 5.5 8.31 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.19 6.2 8.10 6.8 – – 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $12.21 5.3 $13.42 5.7 $8.10 1.6 Management occupations.............................................. 37.70 13.8 37.70 13.8 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.38 17.3 26.38 17.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 12.53 1.9 12.53 1.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.49 5.3 22.43 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.81 5.5 17.30 5.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.11 5.1 30.11 5.1 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.78 4.7 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.84 2.5 9.26 6.0 7.98 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 1.3 8.54 3.5 8.16 3.5 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.43 5.8 8.72 6.2 7.98 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.18 1.7 8.20 2.8 8.16 3.5 Home health aides............................................... 7.93 2.4 – – 7.95 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.12 1.8 – – 8.14 3.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.35 9.5 9.40 9.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 3.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.24 1.9 7.79 7.7 6.40 9.1 Level 1 .................................................. 6.33 9.7 6.91 2.1 5.75 12.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.10 1.4 7.12 .2 – – Cooks............................................................. 8.32 5.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.68 1.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 20.7 6.32 2.1 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.57 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.60 4.5 8.26 5.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.83 3.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.53 1.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.73 4.4 8.37 6.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 4.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.53 1.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.71 6.7 8.66 7.6 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.22 .3 – – 8.25 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 8.33 .1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.09 .4 – – 8.09 .5 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.30 .1 – – 8.30 .1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.07 13.1 13.90 14.7 8.20 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.41 1.9 9.05 2.4 7.82 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.58 2.7 10.91 3.4 9.42 8.5 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.69 27.2 18.69 27.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.17 6.7 11.90 10.8 8.20 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.23 2.0 – – 7.77 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.58 2.7 10.91 3.4 9.42 8.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.15 4.3 8.32 4.5 8.01 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 6.6 – – 7.78 1.8 Cashiers...................................................... 8.15 4.3 8.32 4.5 8.01 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.27 6.6 – – 7.78 1.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.31 28.1 13.52 27.8 8.45 .0 Level 3 .................................................. 9.52 5.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.59 4.9 10.96 5.2 8.04 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.78 5.7 – – 7.32 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.67 3.3 8.74 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.93 3.2 10.01 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.04 4.9 12.64 5.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 10.13 8.6 10.17 8.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.02 11.9 10.09 12.3 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.08 1.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.31 10.0 11.67 10.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 5.1 10.05 4.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.46 5.0 9.62 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.59 7.5 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 8.86 4.1 9.21 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.79 2.4 7.84 2.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.52 4.7 11.52 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.86 5.7 14.86 5.7 – – Electricians...................................................... 13.05 11.4 13.05 11.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.60 5.4 14.57 5.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.14 6.1 14.00 6.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.67 7.9 11.84 8.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.83 6.0 8.83 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.12 5.4 9.12 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 4.5 14.29 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.50 6.2 16.15 4.1 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.93 5.5 12.93 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.29 11.1 11.34 11.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.13 5.2 8.06 5.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 12.7 8.93 12.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.23 15.1 10.23 15.1 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.37 12.7 15.37 12.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.66 13.8 15.66 13.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.06 15.9 9.06 15.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.35 4.8 8.31 5.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.15 5.7 8.06 6.2 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.36 5.5 8.31 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.19 6.2 8.10 6.8 – – 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.90 11.5 $20.98 11.4 $13.81 23.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.69 22.3 23.69 22.3 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.18 10.6 27.30 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.57 .9 31.61 .8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.74 .5 31.74 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.68 .5 31.68 .5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 1.8 31.95 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.86 1.9 31.86 1.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.21 1.6 31.21 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.58 .4 30.58 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.13 2.2 31.13 2.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.10 2.1 31.10 2.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.11 2.1 31.11 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.10 2.1 31.10 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.20 2.8 12.20 2.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 17.0 18.46 17.0 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.95 2.8 9.98 2.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 2.6 10.07 2.5 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.03 2.6 10.07 2.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.91 3.9 14.04 3.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 5.3 13.54 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.87 5.7 14.87 5.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.90 3.0 14.90 3.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 11.78 4.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.91 6.2 11.91 6.2 – – 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $14.14 5.1 $15.45 5.5 $8.18 1.7 Management occupations.............................................. 38.10 10.1 38.10 10.1 – – Group III................................................. 37.82 8.6 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.61 11.9 25.61 11.9 – – Group III................................................. 28.77 11.1 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.69 22.6 20.69 22.6 – – Group II.................................................. 14.47 4.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 29.97 23.0 29.97 23.0 – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.97 23.0 29.97 23.0 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.30 7.9 12.30 7.9 – – Group II.................................................. 12.30 7.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.74 10.9 26.86 10.5 – – Group II.................................................. 15.66 22.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 32.71 3.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.17 1.3 31.17 1.3 – – Group III................................................. 31.68 .5 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 1.8 31.95 1.8 – – Group III................................................. 31.86 1.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Group III................................................. 32.58 .9 32.58 .9 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.21 1.6 31.21 1.6 – – Group III................................................. 30.58 .4 30.58 .4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.13 2.2 31.13 2.2 – – Group III................................................. 31.10 2.1 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.11 2.1 31.11 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 31.10 2.1 31.10 2.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.06 2.7 12.06 2.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.20 4.6 22.13 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.94 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.48 11.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.94 21.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.99 5.0 29.99 5.0 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.53 3.9 18.14 2.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.85 2.4 9.26 5.7 7.98 2.0 Group I................................................... 8.85 2.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.43 5.8 8.72 6.2 7.98 2.0 Group I................................................... 8.43 5.8 – – – – Home health aides............................................... 7.93 2.4 – – 7.95 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.93 2.4 – – 7.95 1.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.35 9.5 9.40 9.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.35 9.5 9.40 9.8 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 17.0 18.46 17.0 – – Group II.................................................. 17.94 21.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.37 2.1 7.94 6.8 6.40 9.1 Group I................................................... 7.21 1.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.32 5.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.32 5.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.68 1.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.68 1.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.47 20.7 6.32 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 5.47 20.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.96 3.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.96 3.6 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.98 5.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.98 5.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.37 4.5 9.36 5.5 9.42 7.3 Group I................................................... 9.37 4.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.46 4.7 9.47 5.9 9.42 7.3 Group I................................................... 9.46 4.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.58 5.0 9.65 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.58 5.0 9.65 5.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.24 .4 8.14 3.7 8.25 .4 Group I................................................... 8.24 .4 – – – – Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.30 .1 – – 8.30 .1 Group I................................................... 8.30 .1 – – 8.30 .1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.06 13.0 13.88 14.6 8.20 4.4 Group I................................................... 9.71 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.61 27.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.69 27.2 18.69 27.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.17 6.7 11.87 10.7 8.20 4.7 Group I................................................... 9.33 4.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.16 4.3 8.35 4.4 8.01 5.3 Group I................................................... 8.06 4.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.16 4.3 8.35 4.4 8.01 5.3 Group I................................................... 8.06 4.2 8.28 4.9 7.84 3.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.31 28.1 13.52 27.8 8.45 .0 Group I................................................... 9.51 3.6 10.36 10.2 8.38 .0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.24 4.5 11.62 4.6 8.06 6.8 Group I................................................... 9.82 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.39 6.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 10.38 8.4 10.42 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.21 8.3 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.08 1.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.10 6.2 13.38 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.02 4.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.83 5.6 – – – – Medical secretaries............................................. 9.46 5.0 9.62 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.46 5.0 9.62 4.5 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.84 4.5 14.84 4.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 9.39 4.4 9.80 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 8.89 3.8 9.24 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.60 4.0 11.60 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.78 6.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.77 3.9 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 13.60 11.1 13.60 11.1 – – Group II.................................................. 14.77 6.7 14.77 6.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.52 5.6 14.49 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 16.12 6.3 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 11.83 7.7 12.00 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.79 10.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.20 5.2 – – – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.60 11.7 12.60 11.7 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.93 5.5 12.93 5.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.31 10.9 11.36 11.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.16 10.1 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.37 12.7 15.37 12.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.66 13.8 15.66 13.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.06 15.9 9.06 15.9 – – Group I................................................... 9.06 15.9 9.06 15.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.35 4.8 8.31 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 8.35 4.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.36 5.5 8.31 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.36 5.5 8.31 6.1 – – 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $8.05 $10.22 $16.00 $29.44 Management occupations.............................................. 15.00 26.73 37.45 44.91 65.57 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.71 19.66 22.75 30.71 36.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.39 13.58 16.33 31.50 38.33 Counselors........................................................ 15.92 16.35 33.28 38.33 42.45 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.92 16.35 33.28 38.33 42.45 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 9.27 11.25 11.54 13.58 15.34 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.83 13.06 28.96 33.11 40.15 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.74 27.81 31.73 34.03 37.70 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.74 27.88 30.66 34.80 39.99 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.74 28.24 31.08 36.32 42.31 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.91 27.73 29.52 34.65 38.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.73 11.83 11.83 13.06 13.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.68 14.78 20.00 25.56 36.00 Registered nurses................................................. 21.72 25.56 30.00 34.49 36.51 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 16.92 18.75 20.00 21.53 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 7.45 8.25 9.36 11.77 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.25 7.45 8.10 8.75 10.50 Home health aides............................................... 7.23 7.25 8.10 8.25 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.25 8.00 8.65 10.56 12.40 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 12.51 15.51 23.84 29.18 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 7.25 7.25 8.25 9.24 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.70 8.85 9.75 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.80 7.25 7.65 8.25 8.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 3.00 7.25 7.25 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.65 9.03 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.74 9.24 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.30 9.03 10.72 11.55 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.42 9.21 11.00 11.59 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.70 9.21 11.18 11.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.42 8.00 8.08 8.55 8.86 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.75 8.05 8.08 8.55 8.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.54 9.20 13.23 24.01 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.11 10.25 15.37 29.76 29.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.40 8.12 9.74 14.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.40 9.74 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.40 9.74 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.65 8.90 10.68 14.97 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.34 8.25 10.30 13.46 15.87 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.50 11.00 12.37 13.37 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.45 8.75 9.50 10.75 12.18 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.50 9.25 12.85 15.33 18.56 Medical secretaries............................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.38 11.85 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.96 14.80 15.79 18.02 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.25 7.45 8.23 10.86 13.28 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.67 8.81 11.00 13.77 16.20 Electricians...................................................... 7.67 12.50 15.00 16.20 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.04 12.32 14.00 17.00 18.50 Production occupations.............................................. 7.25 8.00 10.39 15.87 17.29 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 9.44 15.00 16.00 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.50 9.04 14.45 19.72 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.25 7.25 7.66 9.40 13.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.50 7.52 9.00 10.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.50 7.52 8.72 11.30 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.75 $9.00 $13.59 $20.00 Management occupations.............................................. 14.00 15.00 37.45 45.58 72.09 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.02 20.51 22.75 36.06 36.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.27 9.61 11.54 16.33 16.33 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.65 14.81 20.00 27.91 36.51 Registered nurses................................................. 21.00 25.56 30.34 34.49 36.51 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 16.00 19.00 20.00 21.53 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 7.45 8.18 9.25 11.77 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.25 7.45 8.10 8.75 10.50 Home health aides............................................... 7.23 7.25 8.10 8.25 9.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.25 8.00 8.65 10.56 12.40 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.85 Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 7.70 8.85 9.75 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.80 7.25 7.65 8.25 8.35 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 3.00 7.25 7.25 8.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.00 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 8.30 10.00 11.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.38 10.05 11.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 8.92 9.69 11.72 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.42 8.00 8.08 8.55 8.86 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.75 8.05 8.08 8.55 8.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.54 9.20 13.23 24.01 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.11 10.25 15.37 29.76 29.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.40 8.12 9.74 14.59 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.30 9.74 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.30 9.74 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.65 8.90 10.68 14.97 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 12.00 14.94 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.50 10.00 12.00 13.37 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.45 8.75 9.50 10.75 12.18 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.00 8.50 9.25 11.71 21.25 Medical secretaries............................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.38 11.85 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.25 7.45 8.00 9.00 11.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.50 8.26 11.00 14.25 16.00 Electricians...................................................... 7.67 11.50 13.00 16.00 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.04 12.32 14.00 17.58 18.50 Production occupations.............................................. 7.25 8.00 10.00 15.87 17.29 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 9.44 15.00 16.00 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.50 9.00 14.78 19.72 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.25 7.25 7.66 9.40 13.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.50 7.52 9.00 10.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.50 7.52 8.72 11.30 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.51 $11.89 $15.92 $30.71 $36.96 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.92 17.46 34.20 39.77 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.83 13.92 28.98 33.57 40.15 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.95 27.89 31.74 34.03 37.70 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.74 27.88 30.66 34.80 39.99 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.74 28.24 31.08 36.32 42.31 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.91 27.73 29.52 34.65 38.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.25 11.83 11.83 13.06 13.33 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 12.51 15.51 23.84 29.18 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.93 9.77 11.45 11.63 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.96 9.80 11.45 11.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 8.96 9.80 11.45 11.63 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.46 12.59 13.92 15.33 16.94 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.74 13.22 14.79 15.76 17.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.50 9.82 11.73 13.28 13.41 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.12 9.82 12.03 13.77 16.20 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 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.40 $8.69 $11.94 $17.58 $31.25 Management occupations.............................................. 15.00 26.73 37.45 44.91 65.57 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.71 19.66 22.75 30.71 36.06 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.39 13.58 16.33 31.50 38.33 Counselors........................................................ 15.92 16.35 33.28 38.33 42.45 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.92 16.35 33.28 38.33 42.45 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 9.27 11.25 11.54 13.58 15.34 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.83 13.06 28.98 33.57 40.15 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.74 27.81 31.73 34.03 37.70 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.74 27.88 30.66 34.80 39.99 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.74 28.24 31.08 36.32 42.31 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.91 27.73 29.52 34.65 38.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.74 27.48 30.36 34.03 36.50 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.73 11.83 11.83 13.06 13.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 10.68 14.76 19.23 26.50 36.51 Registered nurses................................................. 21.72 25.56 30.00 34.49 36.51 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 16.00 18.14 20.00 20.29 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 8.10 8.50 10.00 13.59 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.25 8.00 8.10 9.05 11.77 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.25 8.00 8.65 10.56 12.40 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 12.51 15.51 23.84 29.18 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.80 7.25 7.75 8.75 10.22 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 4.80 7.25 7.25 8.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.50 9.03 10.50 11.57 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.50 9.15 11.10 11.63 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.91 9.27 11.21 11.65 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.35 7.50 8.50 8.86 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.12 10.15 16.20 29.76 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.11 10.25 15.37 29.76 29.76 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.90 12.25 18.93 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.35 9.74 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.35 9.74 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.40 8.60 9.36 12.25 37.08 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.65 10.89 13.71 16.40 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.25 7.50 11.00 12.50 13.37 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.50 10.16 13.02 15.33 19.11 Medical secretaries............................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.59 12.06 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.96 14.80 15.79 18.02 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.45 7.50 8.48 11.46 14.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.67 8.81 11.00 13.77 16.20 Electricians...................................................... 7.67 12.50 15.00 16.20 17.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.04 12.32 14.00 17.00 18.50 Production occupations.............................................. 7.25 8.00 10.76 15.89 17.55 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.00 10.00 13.00 15.50 17.00 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 9.44 15.00 16.00 16.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.50 9.04 14.78 19.72 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 8.25 11.54 16.20 19.72 19.72 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.25 7.25 7.66 9.40 13.40 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.50 7.52 9.00 10.18 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.50 7.52 8.72 10.68 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 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.25 $8.00 $8.50 $9.25 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.23 7.23 7.75 8.50 9.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.23 7.23 7.75 8.50 9.00 Home health aides............................................... 7.23 7.23 7.75 8.50 9.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.15 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.30 10.05 11.00 11.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.30 10.05 11.00 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 8.00 8.08 8.50 8.70 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.75 8.05 8.08 8.55 8.70 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.65 10.14 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.54 8.70 10.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.99 7.25 7.40 8.25 9.74 Cashiers...................................................... 6.99 7.25 7.40 8.25 9.74 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.85 9.12 11.49 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.03 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $15.45 $11.94 $611 $473 39.6 $29,775 $23,920 1,928 Management occupations.............................................. 38.10 37.45 1,597 1,498 41.9 78,266 72,044 2,054 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.61 22.75 1,063 1,024 41.5 55,281 53,226 2,158 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.69 16.33 827 653 40.0 39,659 34,000 1,917 Counselors........................................................ 29.97 33.28 1,197 1,331 39.9 51,525 54,344 1,719 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.97 33.28 1,197 1,331 39.9 51,525 54,344 1,719 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.30 11.54 492 462 40.0 25,594 24,003 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.86 28.98 1,070 1,142 39.8 36,115 41,729 1,345 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.17 31.73 1,240 1,251 39.8 41,277 44,732 1,324 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 30.66 1,268 1,214 39.7 41,393 43,360 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.58 31.08 1,289 1,233 39.6 37,887 43,360 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.21 29.52 1,244 1,168 39.8 46,601 43,900 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.13 30.36 1,239 1,214 39.8 39,713 44,047 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.11 30.36 1,239 1,214 39.8 39,675 44,047 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.06 11.83 480 473 39.8 15,880 17,692 1,317 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.13 19.23 885 769 40.0 45,525 39,520 2,057 Registered nurses................................................. 29.99 30.00 1,199 1,200 40.0 62,248 62,400 2,075 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.14 18.14 726 726 40.0 36,490 37,731 2,012 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.26 8.50 325 300 35.1 16,883 15,600 1,823 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.72 8.10 294 290 33.7 15,272 15,080 1,751 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.40 8.65 369 327 39.3 19,184 17,014 2,041 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 15.51 808 754 43.8 41,996 39,190 2,275 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.94 7.75 305 296 38.4 15,258 15,080 1,922 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.32 7.25 236 290 37.4 12,287 15,080 1,945 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.36 9.03 369 360 39.5 19,076 18,420 2,038 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.47 9.15 373 361 39.4 19,221 18,420 2,030 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.65 9.27 382 368 39.6 19,670 18,554 2,039 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.14 8.50 319 306 39.2 16,194 15,912 1,988 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.88 10.15 554 435 40.0 28,833 22,637 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.69 15.37 774 615 41.4 40,274 31,978 2,154 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.87 8.90 465 343 39.2 24,179 17,849 2,036 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.35 7.75 334 310 40.0 17,360 16,120 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 8.35 7.75 334 310 40.0 17,360 16,120 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.52 9.36 – – – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.62 10.89 462 439 39.7 23,741 22,360 2,043 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.42 11.00 417 440 40.0 21,679 22,880 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.38 13.02 521 516 38.9 26,096 26,520 1,950 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.62 9.00 385 360 40.0 20,008 18,720 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.84 14.80 590 592 39.8 28,504 28,112 1,921 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.80 8.48 391 330 39.9 20,046 17,680 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.60 11.00 464 440 40.0 23,817 22,880 2,053 Electricians...................................................... 13.60 15.00 544 600 40.0 28,297 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.49 14.00 579 560 40.0 30,129 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.00 10.76 472 420 39.3 24,537 21,840 2,044 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 26,209 27,040 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 26,209 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.93 15.00 517 600 40.0 26,897 31,200 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.36 9.04 448 362 39.4 23,154 18,803 2,038 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.37 16.20 590 600 38.4 30,689 31,200 1,996 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.66 16.20 600 600 38.3 31,204 31,200 1,993 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.06 7.66 362 306 40.0 18,838 15,924 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.31 7.52 329 301 39.6 17,126 15,631 2,062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.31 7.52 332 301 40.0 17,278 15,631 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.42 $10.19 $528 $404 39.4 $27,481 $21,008 2,048 Management occupations.............................................. 37.70 37.45 1,609 1,498 42.7 83,685 77,896 2,220 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.38 22.75 1,123 1,024 42.6 58,385 53,226 2,213 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.53 11.54 501 462 40.0 26,060 24,003 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.43 20.00 897 800 40.0 46,650 41,600 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.11 30.34 1,204 1,214 40.0 62,628 63,107 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.26 8.25 323 300 34.9 16,794 15,600 1,813 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.72 8.10 294 290 33.7 15,272 15,080 1,751 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.40 8.65 369 327 39.3 19,184 17,014 2,041 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.79 7.60 302 290 38.7 15,692 15,080 2,015 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.32 7.25 236 290 37.4 12,287 15,080 1,945 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.26 7.30 318 292 38.5 16,558 15,188 2,004 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.37 7.50 320 292 38.2 16,649 15,188 1,989 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.66 8.92 334 324 38.6 17,371 16,848 2,005 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.90 10.25 556 435 40.0 28,889 22,637 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.69 15.37 774 615 41.4 40,274 31,978 2,154 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.90 8.90 466 343 39.1 24,233 17,849 2,036 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.32 7.75 333 310 40.0 17,296 16,120 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 8.32 7.75 333 310 40.0 17,296 16,120 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.52 9.36 – – – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.96 9.50 434 380 39.7 22,590 19,760 2,062 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.17 10.35 407 414 40.0 21,159 21,528 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.67 9.88 440 400 37.7 22,893 20,800 1,962 Medical secretaries............................................. 9.62 9.00 385 360 40.0 20,008 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.21 8.00 367 320 39.9 19,102 16,640 2,075 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.52 11.00 461 440 40.0 23,965 22,880 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 13.05 13.00 522 520 40.0 27,135 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.57 14.00 583 560 40.0 30,298 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 11.84 10.39 465 416 39.3 24,189 21,611 2,042 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 26,209 27,040 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 26,209 27,040 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.93 15.00 517 600 40.0 26,897 31,200 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.34 9.04 447 362 39.4 23,249 18,809 2,049 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.37 16.20 590 600 38.4 30,689 31,200 1,996 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.66 16.20 600 600 38.3 31,204 31,200 1,993 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.06 7.66 362 306 40.0 18,838 15,924 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.31 7.52 329 301 39.6 17,126 15,631 2,062 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.31 7.52 332 301 40.0 17,278 15,631 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.98 $15.92 $842 $648 40.1 $34,859 $32,989 1,661 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.69 17.46 947 699 40.0 44,129 39,853 1,863 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.30 29.09 1,087 1,159 39.8 36,367 41,894 1,332 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.74 31.74 1,262 1,269 39.8 41,590 45,350 1,310 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 30.66 1,268 1,214 39.7 41,393 43,360 1,296 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.58 31.08 1,289 1,233 39.6 37,887 43,360 1,163 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.21 29.52 1,244 1,168 39.8 46,601 43,900 1,493 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.13 30.36 1,239 1,214 39.8 39,713 44,047 1,276 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.11 30.36 1,239 1,214 39.8 39,675 44,047 1,275 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.20 11.83 485 473 39.8 15,869 17,692 1,301 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.46 15.51 808 754 43.8 41,996 39,190 2,275 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 9.77 399 391 40.0 20,544 19,968 2,058 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.07 9.80 403 392 40.0 20,677 20,228 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.07 9.80 403 392 40.0 20,677 20,228 2,054 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 14.04 562 562 40.0 27,731 27,748 1,975 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.90 14.79 596 592 40.0 28,903 28,148 1,939 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.91 12.03 477 481 40.0 23,289 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 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $12.21 $12.50 $10.64 $13.61 Management, professional, and related...... 24.68 23.48 27.69 25.71 Management, business, and financial...... 34.31 33.06 – – Professional and related................. 20.50 16.74 27.68 22.21 Service.................................... 8.09 8.04 7.89 8.34 Sales and office........................... 11.25 12.03 10.14 9.24 Sales and related........................ 12.07 12.67 10.90 – Office and administrative support........ 10.59 11.46 9.19 9.24 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 13.25 13.13 13.14 – Construction and extraction............. 11.52 11.05 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 14.60 14.66 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 11.44 11.61 10.15 – Production............................... 11.67 10.96 11.25 – Transportation and material moving....... 11.29 12.00 9.44 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 7.4 7.9 4.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.5 12.5 9.1 8.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.8 9.7 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.1 11.7 9.4 2.9 Service............................................................. .5 2.1 3.1 .5 Sales and office.................................................... 7.1 9.2 4.4 6.8 Sales and related................................................. 13.1 16.8 7.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.9 4.7 6.3 6.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.6 8.8 9.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.7 4.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.4 6.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.7 9.8 13.7 – Production........................................................ 7.9 12.7 11.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.1 13.2 16.9 – 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 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.26 $10.25 $525 $422 39.6 $27,308 $21,965 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 37.07 37.45 1,511 1,498 40.8 78,562 77,896 2,120 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.53 11.54 501 462 40.0 26,060 24,003 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.65 15.40 786 616 40.0 40,865 32,032 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.95 7.70 313 290 39.3 16,265 15,080 2,045 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.24 7.25 322 290 39.1 16,763 15,080 2,034 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.96 10.11 560 400 40.1 29,137 20,800 2,087 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.17 7.80 437 312 39.2 22,747 16,224 2,036 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.96 8.90 – – – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.68 10.63 462 430 39.5 24,015 22,360 2,056 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.04 11.00 442 440 40.0 22,967 22,880 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.15 7.45 365 298 39.8 18,958 15,500 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.05 10.87 442 435 40.0 22,978 22,601 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.62 14.00 585 560 40.0 30,420 29,120 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 11.27 10.19 430 388 38.2 22,383 20,197 1,986 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.00 9.35 465 376 38.8 24,182 19,552 2,015 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.42 16.20 589 591 38.2 30,620 30,755 1,985 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.19 8.02 327 321 40.0 17,026 16,682 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.02 8.02 321 321 40.0 16,678 16,682 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $13.73 $10.05 $535 $384 38.9 $27,812 $19,947 2,025 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.42 20.00 977 800 40.0 50,783 41,600 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.10 261 215 31.7 13,595 11,180 1,649 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.24 8.10 258 215 31.3 13,424 11,180 1,629 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.69 13.26 539 530 39.3 28,007 27,581 2,046 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.51 12.25 528 478 39.1 27,477 24,877 2,034 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.65 8.76 385 340 39.9 19,998 17,680 2,073 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.23 15.50 569 620 40.0 29,597 32,240 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 12.35 10.50 497 420 40.3 25,861 21,840 2,094 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.57 7.66 425 306 40.2 22,097 15,924 2,091 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 2010 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... – – – $14.10 $12.22 $20.75 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 25.86 24.68 26.76 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 33.86 34.31 32.87 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 23.97 20.50 26.03 Service............................................................. – – – 8.73 8.09 11.85 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 11.57 11.25 13.85 Sales and related................................................. – – – 12.06 12.07 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 11.24 10.59 13.91 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 13.08 13.25 11.75 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 11.60 11.52 11.91 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 14.52 14.60 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 11.55 11.47 13.73 Production........................................................ – – – 11.74 11.57 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.42 11.40 – 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........................................................... – – – 5.1 5.3 11.7 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.8 7.5 7.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.5 7.8 11.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 9.9 5.1 12.2 Service............................................................. – – – 1.5 .5 4.0 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 6.2 7.1 4.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.0 13.1 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 4.5 4.9 3.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 6.9 7.6 6.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 4.0 4.7 6.2 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 5.6 5.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 9.0 9.2 12.4 Production........................................................ – – – 7.7 7.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.7 12.0 – 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 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $14.15 $12.10 $13.95 $13.95 Management, professional, and related............................... 25.86 24.68 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.86 34.31 – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.97 20.50 – – Service............................................................. 9.01 8.08 – – Sales and office.................................................... 11.20 10.77 14.00 14.00 Sales and related................................................. 10.92 10.93 17.03 17.03 Office and administrative support................................. 11.37 10.65 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.07 13.25 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 11.52 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 14.67 14.76 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.34 11.25 – – Production........................................................ 11.83 11.67 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.00 10.97 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.1 5.3 12.7 12.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.8 7.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.5 7.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 9.9 5.1 – – Service............................................................. 2.5 .5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 6.1 7.3 16.1 16.1 Sales and related................................................. 15.4 15.5 19.1 19.1 Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 4.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.3 8.1 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.8 5.6 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 8.3 8.5 – – Production........................................................ 7.7 7.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.5 10.8 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $13.64 $12.06 – $18.04 $9.52 $13.12 $7.38 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 28.34 – – – 22.95 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 20.19 – – Service............................................................. – – 8.11 – – – 8.53 7.38 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 10.51 – 15.77 9.50 10.33 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.51 – 20.97 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 10.52 – 12.26 9.50 10.48 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 13.05 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 13.04 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 12.75 13.10 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 12.97 15.25 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 12.30 12.72 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 1.9 10.6 – 3.7 2.6 7.8 2.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 24.1 – – – 5.4 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 3.7 – – Service............................................................. – – 6.0 – – – .8 2.6 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 7.2 – 22.0 9.6 7.0 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 9.3 – 22.5 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 4.9 – 2.9 9.6 8.6 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 5.4 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 3.3 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 2.4 7.5 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 1.8 12.7 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 5.4 9.7 – – – – – – 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 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 118,100 90,200 28,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 27,300 9,300 18,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 4,100 2,600 1,500 Professional and related.......................................... 23,200 6,700 16,500 Service............................................................. 37,400 32,300 5,100 Sales and office.................................................... 29,200 25,900 3,300 Sales and related................................................. 12,500 12,500 – Office and administrative support................................. 16,700 13,500 3,300 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8,200 7,300 1,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 4,100 3,200 900 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4,200 4,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16,000 15,400 600 Production........................................................ 6,400 6,100 – Transportation and material moving................................ 9,600 9,300 – 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 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 4,896 4,751 145 Total in sample....................................................... 187 160 27 Responding........................................................ 128 103 25 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 24 22 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 35 35 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.