NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, Bulletin, July 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $18.91 3.7 34.0 $17.50 4.5 34.2 $26.32 5.0 33.1 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 28.71 5.2 36.0 26.39 7.7 36.8 34.97 5.2 33.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 30.09 7.6 38.9 28.95 7.8 40.6 38.71 19.4 29.8 Professional and related.......................................... 28.19 6.7 35.0 25.12 11.0 35.2 34.48 6.2 34.6 Service............................................................. 11.85 3.9 28.6 10.13 3.7 27.9 18.12 7.9 31.5 Sales and office.................................................... 14.98 3.9 33.2 14.35 3.9 33.3 20.28 9.3 32.8 Sales and related................................................. 15.24 10.1 29.1 14.97 10.4 29.1 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.88 3.2 35.2 14.07 2.4 35.6 19.83 9.5 33.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.42 8.9 39.3 22.55 9.8 39.3 21.16 3.5 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.76 12.4 39.2 22.80 13.8 39.1 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.91 10.0 39.5 22.20 11.0 39.5 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.36 4.7 39.0 17.31 4.8 39.3 – – – Production........................................................ 18.31 4.0 39.2 18.30 4.0 39.2 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.10 8.2 38.7 15.91 8.9 39.5 – – – Full time........................................................... 20.48 4.0 39.3 18.95 4.9 39.7 27.92 4.7 37.8 Part time........................................................... 10.71 6.1 19.8 10.42 6.5 20.3 13.08 11.9 16.4 Union............................................................... 24.47 4.3 36.2 21.03 7.0 36.0 27.50 4.3 36.4 Nonunion............................................................ 17.02 4.7 33.3 16.92 4.8 33.9 19.88 15.6 22.1 Time................................................................ 18.85 4.0 33.8 17.34 4.8 34.0 26.32 5.0 33.1 Incentive........................................................... 20.02 8.2 37.4 20.02 8.2 37.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.61 7.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.67 3.6 31.8 15.67 3.7 32.3 15.79 17.7 21.6 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.89 6.3 36.2 16.94 7.4 36.5 28.67 6.9 34.9 500 workers or more................................................. 24.73 5.7 36.3 23.40 8.7 37.1 26.88 6.3 35.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.91 3.7 $20.48 4.0 $10.71 6.1 Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 11.5 38.02 11.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.57 19.4 26.57 19.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.98 4.7 43.98 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.32 6.4 51.84 6.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 3.9 23.38 4.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.24 4.3 23.24 4.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.82 6.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.70 8.3 23.24 9.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 11.9 24.76 11.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.53 7.1 26.66 7.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 15.0 33.08 15.0 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.00 13.7 39.00 13.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.48 2.7 17.49 6.8 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 47.22 19.2 47.62 18.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.39 4.0 36.15 5.2 14.34 23.3 Level 8 .................................................. 33.00 15.1 33.00 15.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.34 3.1 37.34 3.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.00 19.9 37.73 20.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.61 27.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 3.4 35.49 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.34 3.1 37.34 3.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.44 3.1 40.54 2.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.31 3.4 40.44 3.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 2.4 34.63 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.61 3.3 34.61 3.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.57 2.6 34.57 2.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.46 3.4 34.46 3.4 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.27 11.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 4.4 22.31 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.81 4.4 24.85 5.3 31.09 7.1 Level 5 .................................................. 15.92 3.3 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.49 4.8 29.65 7.0 29.26 3.1 Registered nurses................................................. 28.90 3.9 28.12 4.8 31.74 4.2 Level 8 .................................................. 30.70 1.4 – – 29.26 3.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.98 3.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.31 7.4 13.93 7.3 10.48 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 2.6 11.78 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 9.0 14.31 9.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.68 9.4 14.23 9.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.83 5.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.93 4.7 12.88 5.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.19 5.9 26.17 4.9 11.47 16.4 Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 14.5 – – 11.52 16.6 Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.70 3.8 10.66 15.1 7.23 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 2.1 – – 7.24 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.89 4.4 – – 7.06 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 8.7 10.40 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.58 5.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 17.45 14.8 17.45 14.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.89 9.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.75 17.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 5.00 5.1 – – 5.17 1.1 Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 – – 4.70 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 4.71 1.0 – – 4.74 .4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 4.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 5.7 13.23 6.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.73 10.3 12.90 10.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.98 4.1 12.63 4.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.40 8.4 13.50 8.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 4.0 12.85 4.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 14.10 7.0 14.24 7.1 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.30 21.3 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.30 21.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 14.6 12.79 10.5 9.17 13.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.18 3.4 9.67 3.0 8.77 5.2 Child care workers................................................ 8.59 10.2 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.77 6.6 – – 9.43 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.97 1.8 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.77 6.6 – – 9.43 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.97 1.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.24 10.1 18.08 10.4 8.83 3.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 4.3 – – 7.95 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.10 7.0 – – 9.36 8.7 Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 14.27 2.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.78 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 4.4 – – 7.95 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.76 3.5 – – 9.36 8.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 4.7 – – 8.73 3.6 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 4.7 – – 8.73 3.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.88 3.2 15.41 3.6 11.20 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.41 5.1 – – 8.41 5.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 5.7 10.69 8.4 9.86 5.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 3.4 11.98 3.8 10.90 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 15.06 2.1 15.26 1.8 13.29 6.5 Level 5 .................................................. 15.86 7.2 15.92 7.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.97 6.6 20.29 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.09 4.5 15.34 4.9 12.30 7.3 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.7 14.92 4.2 12.83 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 4.8 12.04 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.79 2.5 14.79 2.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.42 10.6 15.53 12.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 5.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.40 4.8 15.60 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 6.3 14.54 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.39 5.7 18.42 3.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.22 5.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... – – 13.21 4.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.66 9.4 20.47 8.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.27 6.6 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 15.2 21.13 15.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.57 16.3 18.93 16.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.30 5.5 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.93 4.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 4.7 13.79 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 7.5 14.54 7.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.76 12.4 22.86 12.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.46 8.2 16.46 8.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.11 14.6 22.11 14.6 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.51 11.7 16.51 11.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.38 10.0 28.38 10.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.57 7.5 25.64 7.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.31 4.0 18.58 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.54 3.0 11.54 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 19.60 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 12.6 16.48 12.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.38 4.1 18.38 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 8.6 22.93 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 7.4 16.07 7.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.4 17.37 14.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.10 8.2 16.38 8.0 11.72 8.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.58 6.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 9.7 13.39 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.79 6.9 15.99 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.26 8.1 16.61 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 1.2 17.91 1.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 10.1 17.47 10.1 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 25.9 14.81 25.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.5 14.94 6.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.50 4.5 $18.95 4.9 $10.42 6.5 Management occupations.............................................. 36.10 12.2 36.10 12.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 25.93 20.9 25.93 20.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.66 5.2 44.66 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.84 6.2 51.84 6.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.46 4.3 23.37 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.70 4.5 22.70 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.24 9.1 23.24 9.1 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.51 8.2 24.63 8.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.46 16.4 33.46 16.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.76 13.4 39.76 13.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.58 2.8 17.56 7.2 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.90 18.4 28.88 23.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.53 17.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 4.2 22.31 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.14 3.8 26.14 5.0 31.09 7.1 Level 8 .................................................. 29.49 4.8 29.65 7.0 29.26 3.1 Registered nurses................................................. 30.43 4.1 29.85 5.6 31.74 4.2 Level 8 .................................................. 30.70 1.4 – – 29.26 3.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.76 8.0 13.35 8.3 10.20 7.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.40 3.1 11.78 3.5 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.01 3.1 12.40 1.4 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.68 6.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.52 2.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.43 4.1 10.26 16.0 7.15 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 2.3 – – 7.17 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 6.89 4.4 – – 7.06 5.8 Level 3 .................................................. 9.06 7.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.58 5.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.54 8.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.75 17.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 5.00 5.1 – – 5.17 1.1 Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 – – 4.70 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 4.71 1.0 – – 4.74 .4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.48 4.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.65 7.0 12.39 8.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.56 14.4 12.64 15.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.08 3.8 11.72 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 13.22 12.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.35 4.3 12.21 6.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.79 19.7 – – 8.89 17.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.09 4.9 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.97 10.4 17.74 10.8 8.76 3.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 4.3 – – 7.95 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.02 7.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 14.27 2.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.11 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.70 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 4.4 – – 7.95 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 3.2 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.38 4.3 – – 8.53 1.7 Cashiers...................................................... 9.38 4.3 – – 8.53 1.7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 2.4 14.50 2.8 11.09 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.9 – – 8.60 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 4.4 10.11 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.79 3.5 11.98 3.8 10.86 5.9 Level 4 .................................................. 14.75 1.8 14.96 1.5 12.77 4.6 Level 5 .................................................. 15.30 6.8 15.34 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.60 4.0 18.06 2.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.24 4.8 15.52 5.3 12.30 7.3 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.18 2.7 14.36 3.2 12.80 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 4.8 12.04 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 2.6 14.66 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 5.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.02 5.2 15.18 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.42 5.3 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.28 5.3 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.80 12.1 17.71 12.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.27 6.6 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.64 10.8 14.83 11.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.20 4.7 13.44 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.92 7.0 13.92 7.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.80 13.8 22.90 14.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.35 8.3 15.35 8.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.55 15.6 21.55 15.6 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 11.0 22.20 11.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.51 11.7 16.51 11.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.17 6.8 27.30 7.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.30 4.0 18.57 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.54 3.0 11.54 3.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 19.60 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 12.6 16.48 12.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.33 4.3 18.33 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 8.6 22.93 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 7.4 16.07 7.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.17 15.4 17.17 15.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.91 8.9 16.13 8.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 9.7 13.39 8.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.90 7.4 15.99 7.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.72 5.7 14.98 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 1.2 17.91 1.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.32 10.4 17.32 10.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.5 14.94 6.5 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $26.32 5.0 $27.92 4.7 $13.08 11.9 Legal occupations................................................... 54.37 14.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.49 4.5 37.68 5.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 3.5 38.22 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.01 7.2 32.14 4.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.43 2.3 38.43 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 3.5 38.22 3.5 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.47 2.7 41.47 2.7 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.63 2.4 41.63 2.4 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.68 .7 35.68 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.52 .0 35.52 .0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.79 .7 35.79 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.47 .0 35.47 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.50 6.9 21.50 6.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.88 5.5 26.17 4.9 – – Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.62 6.6 15.11 5.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.68 4.3 14.68 4.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.25 3.9 14.25 3.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.84 11.9 – – 10.14 9.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 2.6 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.27 6.6 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 10.27 6.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.83 9.5 20.84 8.9 11.93 10.7 Level 4 .................................................. 17.71 5.1 17.85 5.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 19.07 4.8 19.42 5.1 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.23 7.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.91 3.7 $20.48 4.0 $10.71 6.1 Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 11.5 38.02 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.42 11.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.62 15.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 3.9 23.38 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 22.17 3.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.02 5.9 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 11.9 24.76 11.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.53 7.1 26.66 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 27.44 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.10 6.1 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 15.0 33.08 15.0 – – Group II.................................................. 27.06 10.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.68 12.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 39.00 13.7 39.00 13.7 – – Group III................................................. 38.67 12.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.48 2.7 17.49 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 15.12 2.7 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 – – – – Legal occupations................................................... 47.22 19.2 47.62 18.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.39 4.0 36.15 5.2 14.34 23.3 Group II.................................................. 26.69 18.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.16 6.9 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.61 27.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 3.4 35.49 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 29.43 20.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.60 3.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.44 3.1 40.54 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 41.25 1.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.31 3.4 40.44 3.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 2.4 34.63 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 34.95 2.6 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.57 2.6 34.57 2.6 – – Group III................................................. 34.85 2.8 34.85 2.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.27 11.2 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 4.4 22.31 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 24.92 13.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.81 4.4 24.85 5.3 31.09 7.1 Group II.................................................. 22.33 4.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.72 6.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 28.90 3.9 28.12 4.8 31.74 4.2 Group II.................................................. 27.48 4.9 26.78 7.1 29.26 3.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.98 3.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.31 7.4 13.93 7.3 10.48 8.6 Group I................................................... 12.92 8.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.68 9.4 14.23 9.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.70 9.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.93 4.7 12.88 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.88 5.2 12.88 5.2 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.19 5.9 26.17 4.9 11.47 16.4 Group I................................................... 20.46 12.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.56 6.4 – – – – Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.44 9.7 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.44 9.7 26.44 9.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.70 3.8 10.66 15.1 7.23 2.0 Group I................................................... 7.89 2.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 17.45 14.8 17.45 14.8 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.89 9.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.89 9.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0 Group I................................................... 5.30 7.5 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.74 10.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 – – 4.70 1.4 Group I................................................... 4.68 1.2 – – 4.70 1.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 4.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.57 4.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 5.7 13.23 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 6.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.98 4.1 12.63 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.06 4.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 4.0 12.85 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.17 5.0 13.23 5.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.30 21.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.07 21.2 – – – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.30 21.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.07 21.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 14.6 12.79 10.5 9.17 13.9 Group I................................................... 9.08 7.9 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 8.59 10.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.40 8.5 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.77 6.6 – – 9.43 1.3 Group I................................................... 9.77 6.6 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 9.77 6.6 – – 9.43 1.3 Group I................................................... 9.77 6.6 – – 9.43 1.3 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.24 10.1 18.08 10.4 8.83 3.8 Group I................................................... 10.41 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.65 11.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.78 4.7 Group I................................................... 9.69 1.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 4.7 – – 8.73 3.6 Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 4.7 – – 8.73 3.6 Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 – – 8.73 3.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.26 3.2 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1 Group I................................................... 9.62 14.4 – – 8.21 10.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.88 3.2 15.41 3.6 11.20 2.7 Group I................................................... 13.23 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.17 7.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.7 14.92 4.2 12.83 6.0 Group I................................................... 13.83 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 9.2 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.40 4.8 15.60 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 5.3 13.66 5.8 – – Group II.................................................. 17.70 3.8 18.35 2.3 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.32 14.3 12.40 15.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.22 5.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.22 5.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... – – 13.21 4.8 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.60 3.4 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.66 9.4 20.47 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.76 5.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 15.2 21.13 15.2 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.57 16.3 18.93 16.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.30 5.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.54 6.2 – – – – Word processors and typists..................................... 15.93 4.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 4.7 13.79 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.31 5.6 13.55 6.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.76 12.4 22.86 12.6 – – Group I................................................... 17.29 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.06 9.0 – – – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 23.10 11.1 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.57 7.5 25.64 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 27.30 7.0 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.31 4.0 18.58 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 16.46 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.51 7.1 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.26 6.4 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.4 17.37 14.4 – – Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.40 15.1 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 5.1 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.10 8.2 16.38 8.0 11.72 8.0 Group I................................................... 13.88 8.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.45 5.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 10.1 17.47 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.65 10.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.27 5.8 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 25.9 14.81 25.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.40 14.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 – – 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.26 $11.36 $15.76 $24.00 $33.08 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 23.57 38.50 49.62 62.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.15 18.27 22.88 26.92 34.73 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.97 20.48 22.88 27.88 42.63 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.03 21.63 27.27 32.15 35.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 24.21 29.45 42.93 50.20 Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 41.93 47.77 50.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.68 20.56 23.61 Social workers.................................................... 15.68 16.94 20.56 23.61 27.94 Legal occupations................................................... 16.33 30.05 55.41 62.58 63.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.75 25.66 35.05 41.16 49.65 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 13.51 32.58 46.10 56.67 79.08 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.11 29.89 35.76 41.16 47.71 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.91 35.82 41.15 42.04 50.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.53 34.54 41.16 42.04 54.44 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.89 29.67 33.67 39.37 47.25 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.71 28.70 33.67 40.38 47.33 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.30 7.52 8.69 10.10 15.88 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.84 15.83 22.78 27.79 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 17.00 26.24 32.56 36.95 Registered nurses................................................. 17.00 26.17 29.75 32.65 35.64 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.36 14.87 16.14 19.28 20.08 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.24 10.82 12.50 15.91 17.57 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.61 11.95 13.06 15.59 19.10 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.42 13.00 14.13 16.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.24 10.24 10.94 15.91 15.91 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.26 21.36 26.79 30.82 31.84 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 8.00 9.50 13.33 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.00 13.33 13.95 20.00 26.20 Cooks............................................................. 7.40 7.80 10.00 13.00 16.51 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 7.15 Bartenders...................................................... 4.60 5.00 5.15 7.15 7.15 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.40 8.00 8.00 9.11 9.95 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.30 11.86 14.37 17.90 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 9.38 11.86 14.13 17.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.63 11.86 14.13 16.95 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.82 8.00 16.13 19.55 24.23 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.82 8.00 16.13 19.55 24.23 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.45 9.15 10.09 15.86 Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.30 8.00 10.00 10.38 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.00 9.15 9.21 10.00 10.38 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.00 9.15 9.21 10.00 10.38 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 9.50 11.75 18.13 29.52 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 14.73 15.39 19.23 29.07 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.55 14.73 19.23 24.01 29.07 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.55 10.00 12.41 14.34 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.60 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.60 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.80 10.00 10.00 13.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.60 11.20 13.08 17.05 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.95 11.71 14.03 16.83 20.86 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 10.50 11.50 18.27 24.42 25.91 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.84 12.89 14.40 16.18 19.11 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.43 13.30 15.37 18.00 19.16 Tellers......................................................... 10.24 11.09 12.47 14.18 15.42 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 14.23 17.60 18.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 9.57 10.00 11.71 12.95 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 8.26 9.68 12.16 15.15 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 13.35 19.10 24.57 26.92 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.02 16.23 18.51 26.92 35.01 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.50 17.17 24.57 25.64 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.40 12.40 14.03 15.14 18.17 Word processors and typists..................................... 13.19 14.58 15.14 18.01 18.55 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.57 16.16 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.50 24.00 28.73 29.42 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.15 29.81 33.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.87 19.38 26.30 33.36 33.62 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 17.55 23.40 28.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 19.73 28.76 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 13.60 14.20 16.47 18.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.71 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.00 15.85 19.65 23.99 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.80 16.73 20.00 24.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 11.00 17.71 35.23 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.52 17.12 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 10.72 15.85 17.12 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.80 $14.78 $21.00 $30.51 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 19.58 37.18 45.17 62.05 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.08 18.13 22.88 26.44 34.73 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.48 21.61 23.65 30.26 33.08 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 23.08 29.45 42.93 50.20 Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 42.93 47.77 50.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.84 20.56 24.29 Social workers.................................................... 15.68 16.94 20.56 23.61 27.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.52 9.10 25.66 32.60 58.78 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.10 9.10 26.44 30.51 35.26 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.98 16.45 22.78 27.79 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 17.00 29.32 33.96 36.95 Registered nurses................................................. 20.79 28.90 31.67 33.18 35.64 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.24 10.44 12.36 15.91 15.91 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.65 11.19 12.36 13.06 14.13 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.25 12.56 13.67 14.52 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.24 10.24 10.94 15.91 15.91 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 5.17 7.80 9.20 13.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.40 7.80 10.00 13.00 16.51 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 7.15 Bartenders...................................................... 4.60 5.00 5.15 7.15 7.15 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.40 8.00 8.00 9.11 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.00 10.64 12.42 17.67 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.58 11.86 15.52 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.30 10.85 11.86 15.52 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.30 8.00 10.00 11.65 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 9.40 11.75 16.50 29.52 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 14.73 15.39 19.23 29.07 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.55 14.73 19.23 24.01 29.07 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.55 10.00 12.40 14.34 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.20 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.20 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.80 10.00 10.00 13.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.60 11.20 13.08 17.05 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.68 11.54 13.62 16.04 18.39 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 10.50 11.50 18.27 24.42 25.91 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.43 12.47 14.15 15.32 17.99 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 13.00 14.41 17.99 18.60 Tellers......................................................... 10.24 11.09 12.47 14.18 15.42 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 14.23 17.60 18.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 9.57 10.00 11.71 12.95 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 8.26 9.68 12.16 15.15 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.86 12.00 15.81 19.75 23.09 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.00 12.80 15.81 22.80 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.23 16.16 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.18 24.30 28.73 29.42 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.15 32.10 33.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.38 21.54 26.30 33.36 33.62 Production occupations.............................................. 10.82 13.03 17.50 23.40 28.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 15.87 28.76 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 13.60 14.20 16.47 18.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.71 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 11.95 15.63 19.17 24.19 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.75 16.73 19.79 24.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.52 17.12 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 10.72 15.85 17.12 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.16 $16.15 $23.29 $32.87 $42.04 Legal occupations................................................... 29.55 51.09 59.78 63.03 63.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.80 29.64 36.91 42.04 48.80 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.67 32.64 40.08 42.04 48.80 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.55 39.04 41.16 42.04 51.43 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.00 36.70 41.16 42.04 54.67 Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.56 29.89 35.67 40.38 47.45 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.56 29.89 33.67 40.38 47.45 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.87 16.33 20.59 26.24 27.66 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.98 23.15 26.79 30.82 31.84 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.37 12.63 14.13 16.95 19.10 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.66 12.63 14.13 17.25 18.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.13 12.63 14.13 15.26 18.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 9.15 10.00 14.28 17.05 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.15 9.15 10.38 15.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.00 9.15 9.15 10.38 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.17 14.58 19.16 23.89 26.92 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.39 17.62 19.98 20.96 21.64 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.40 12.99 14.58 18.01 18.55 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.38 $13.00 $17.23 $25.50 $34.20 Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 23.57 38.50 49.62 62.50 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.15 18.13 22.64 26.44 33.80 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.97 20.48 22.88 27.88 42.63 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.03 21.85 27.27 32.15 35.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 24.21 29.45 42.93 50.20 Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 41.93 47.77 50.20 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.91 15.24 17.23 19.95 23.61 Legal occupations................................................... 16.33 30.50 55.86 62.58 63.35 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.92 28.27 35.76 41.55 50.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.04 29.89 35.76 41.16 47.71 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.91 36.70 41.16 42.04 50.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.53 34.49 41.16 42.04 54.44 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.89 29.67 33.67 39.37 47.25 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.71 28.70 33.67 40.38 47.33 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.98 16.45 22.78 27.79 31.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 16.92 25.02 31.70 35.64 Registered nurses................................................. 17.00 25.69 28.90 32.56 33.96 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.43 10.94 13.40 15.91 19.10 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.19 12.36 13.19 16.15 19.12 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.26 12.92 14.20 16.15 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.57 23.59 26.87 30.82 31.84 Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.65 5.15 9.50 13.33 16.51 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.00 13.33 13.95 20.00 26.20 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.65 4.65 5.15 7.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 10.13 12.20 15.52 18.70 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 10.13 11.86 14.37 17.67 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.38 10.85 12.00 14.21 17.67 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 10.00 10.09 15.86 20.41 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 11.00 13.36 22.14 30.64 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 15.39 19.23 20.32 29.07 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.60 10.00 11.75 13.25 15.35 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.80 10.40 12.33 13.90 18.13 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.65 12.00 14.40 17.60 21.71 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.30 14.40 16.75 19.16 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.43 13.30 15.63 18.47 19.98 Tellers......................................................... 10.43 12.26 14.18 15.42 15.42 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 11.25 14.45 17.60 18.90 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.85 11.10 13.55 14.00 17.49 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.45 11.12 12.16 14.52 16.20 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 15.81 21.03 25.36 26.92 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.02 16.23 18.51 26.92 35.01 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.50 19.10 25.46 25.64 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 12.00 12.70 16.68 16.83 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.50 24.15 28.73 29.42 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.07 29.81 33.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.87 19.38 26.30 33.36 33.62 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 17.55 23.40 28.76 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 19.73 28.76 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.60 13.60 15.83 16.47 18.30 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.75 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.30 16.06 19.76 24.07 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.80 16.73 20.00 24.72 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 11.00 17.71 35.23 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.30 15.85 17.12 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.85 17.12 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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.45 $8.50 $11.00 $15.73 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.30 7.52 13.51 15.78 24.59 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.93 24.26 31.59 35.64 47.00 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 29.76 31.59 34.72 36.89 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 9.00 9.24 12.82 13.54 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.50 9.50 15.00 17.83 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.50 8.00 8.50 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.17 7.15 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.17 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.45 8.00 9.21 10.38 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.15 9.15 9.21 9.21 10.38 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.15 9.15 9.21 9.21 10.38 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.15 7.35 8.40 9.55 10.80 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.25 8.25 9.40 11.20 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 8.40 10.00 10.66 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 8.40 10.00 10.66 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.63 7.95 9.60 11.40 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 9.50 11.00 12.77 14.41 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.61 11.70 12.46 14.41 15.32 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.65 9.50 12.30 14.06 14.80 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.48 $17.23 $806 $673 39.3 $41,092 $35,027 2,007 Management occupations.............................................. 38.02 38.50 1,559 1,482 41.0 81,066 77,069 2,132 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.38 22.64 952 926 40.7 49,528 48,152 2,118 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 22.88 974 915 39.3 50,635 47,580 2,045 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.66 27.27 1,058 1,022 39.7 55,032 53,169 2,064 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 29.45 1,349 1,338 40.8 70,174 69,582 2,122 Engineers......................................................... 39.00 41.93 1,607 1,717 41.2 83,548 89,303 2,142 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.49 17.23 660 659 37.7 34,296 34,287 1,960 Legal occupations................................................... 47.62 55.86 1,738 1,970 36.5 90,378 102,461 1,898 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.15 35.76 1,311 1,290 36.3 54,336 55,061 1,503 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 35.76 1,286 1,309 36.2 53,793 55,000 1,516 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.54 41.16 1,458 1,441 36.0 60,302 60,791 1,487 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.44 41.16 1,465 1,441 36.2 60,163 58,859 1,488 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 33.67 1,249 1,223 36.1 50,703 50,070 1,464 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 34.57 33.67 1,256 1,187 36.3 50,930 48,435 1,473 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 22.78 872 911 39.1 45,347 47,382 2,033 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.85 25.02 960 946 38.7 49,282 48,831 1,983 Registered nurses................................................. 28.12 28.90 1,083 1,140 38.5 54,567 59,301 1,941 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.93 13.40 539 486 38.7 28,010 25,253 2,011 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.23 13.19 535 464 37.6 27,807 24,102 1,955 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.88 12.92 469 462 36.4 24,377 24,006 1,893 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.17 26.87 1,036 1,075 39.6 53,106 55,881 2,030 Police officers................................................... 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.66 9.50 399 364 37.4 20,547 17,290 1,928 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 17.45 13.95 727 600 41.7 37,813 31,199 2,167 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.34 4.65 191 163 35.7 9,803 8,463 1,837 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.23 12.20 520 474 39.3 25,402 24,667 1,920 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.63 11.86 496 474 39.3 24,431 24,667 1,934 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.85 12.00 506 474 39.4 24,680 24,667 1,921 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.79 10.09 495 404 38.7 25,756 20,987 2,014 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.08 13.36 720 538 39.8 37,462 27,993 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.47 19.23 728 769 39.4 37,863 39,998 2,050 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.86 11.75 513 470 39.9 26,681 24,440 2,075 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 12.33 567 493 39.8 29,476 25,655 2,071 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.41 14.40 608 576 39.4 31,573 29,952 2,049 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.92 14.40 589 576 39.5 30,617 29,952 2,052 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.60 15.63 616 625 39.5 32,052 32,500 2,054 Tellers......................................................... 13.49 14.18 514 532 38.1 26,721 27,659 1,981 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.24 14.45 569 556 40.0 29,590 28,937 2,078 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.21 13.55 524 525 39.7 27,265 27,290 2,064 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.89 12.16 505 460 39.1 26,240 23,920 2,036 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.47 21.03 783 831 38.2 40,699 43,235 1,988 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 18.51 797 740 37.7 41,445 38,482 1,962 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.93 19.10 736 764 38.9 38,269 39,736 2,021 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.79 12.70 549 508 39.8 28,538 26,416 2,069 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.86 24.15 907 911 39.7 47,148 47,385 2,063 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 26.46 885 1,059 38.2 46,000 55,045 1,984 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 26.46 885 1,059 38.2 46,000 55,045 1,984 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 20.07 872 803 39.8 45,329 41,746 2,069 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.64 26.30 1,026 1,052 40.0 53,339 54,704 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.58 17.55 738 702 39.7 38,379 36,504 2,066 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 16.28 601 651 40.0 31,271 33,862 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.79 687 592 39.6 35,732 30,763 2,058 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.60 15.83 624 633 40.0 32,447 32,928 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.96 11.72 514 469 39.7 26,751 24,378 2,065 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.38 16.06 661 638 40.4 34,396 33,197 2,100 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 16.73 728 700 41.7 37,877 36,400 2,168 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 16.73 708 669 42.2 36,794 34,798 2,197 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 11.00 610 440 41.2 31,730 22,880 2,142 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.61 12.30 502 492 39.8 26,116 25,584 2,070 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.99 12.00 476 480 39.7 24,773 24,960 2,067 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.95 $16.00 $752 $636 39.7 $38,893 $32,994 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 36.10 37.18 1,488 1,406 41.2 77,354 73,124 2,143 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.37 22.64 956 926 40.9 49,715 48,152 2,127 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.63 23.65 975 946 39.6 50,693 49,200 2,058 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.46 29.45 1,368 1,445 40.9 71,161 75,119 2,127 Engineers......................................................... 39.76 42.93 1,641 1,717 41.3 85,350 89,303 2,147 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.56 17.38 660 659 37.6 34,302 34,287 1,953 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.88 27.46 1,123 1,098 38.9 49,341 50,225 1,708 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 22.78 872 911 39.1 45,347 47,382 2,033 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.14 28.40 1,008 1,065 38.6 51,920 55,380 1,986 Registered nurses................................................. 29.85 31.70 1,159 1,221 38.8 58,739 63,492 1,967 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.35 12.36 513 464 38.5 26,697 24,102 2,000 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.26 9.30 384 348 37.4 19,884 17,290 1,937 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.34 4.65 191 163 35.7 9,803 8,463 1,837 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.39 11.86 484 474 39.1 23,522 22,835 1,899 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.72 11.86 458 474 39.1 22,033 22,568 1,880 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.21 11.86 479 474 39.2 22,740 23,400 1,862 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.74 13.25 709 530 40.0 36,861 27,560 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.47 19.23 728 769 39.4 37,863 39,998 2,050 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.86 11.75 513 470 39.9 26,681 24,440 2,075 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 12.33 567 493 39.8 29,476 25,655 2,071 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.50 13.96 574 554 39.6 29,863 28,800 2,059 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.36 14.18 568 566 39.5 29,521 29,432 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.18 15.60 600 624 39.6 31,212 32,448 2,057 Tellers......................................................... 13.49 14.18 514 532 38.1 26,721 27,659 1,981 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.24 14.45 569 556 40.0 29,590 28,937 2,078 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.89 12.16 505 460 39.1 26,240 23,920 2,036 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.71 16.23 678 649 38.3 35,239 33,765 1,990 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.83 12.50 566 500 38.1 29,423 26,000 1,983 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.44 12.70 534 508 39.8 27,794 26,416 2,069 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.90 24.50 908 980 39.6 47,194 50,960 2,061 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.82 26.46 867 1,059 38.0 45,106 55,045 1,977 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.82 26.46 867 1,059 38.0 45,106 55,045 1,977 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 20.15 883 806 39.8 45,915 41,918 2,068 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.30 26.30 1,092 1,052 40.0 56,781 54,704 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.57 17.55 738 702 39.8 38,397 36,504 2,068 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 16.28 601 651 40.0 31,271 33,862 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.17 14.79 687 592 40.0 35,716 30,763 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.60 15.83 624 633 40.0 32,447 32,928 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.96 11.72 514 469 39.7 26,751 24,378 2,065 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.13 15.85 660 614 40.9 34,332 31,952 2,128 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.32 16.73 723 699 41.7 37,581 36,338 2,170 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 16.73 708 669 42.2 36,794 34,798 2,197 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.61 12.30 502 492 39.8 26,116 25,584 2,070 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.99 12.00 476 480 39.7 24,773 24,960 2,067 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.92 $25.33 $1,056 $969 37.8 $50,564 $48,217 1,811 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.68 37.74 1,347 1,347 35.8 55,243 56,538 1,466 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.43 40.08 1,368 1,403 35.6 55,779 56,715 1,451 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.47 41.16 1,480 1,441 35.7 60,418 60,791 1,457 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.63 41.16 1,494 1,441 35.9 60,302 58,980 1,448 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.68 35.67 1,258 1,240 35.3 50,440 50,070 1,414 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.79 33.67 1,269 1,179 35.5 50,674 47,141 1,416 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.50 20.59 837 824 38.9 42,505 42,315 1,977 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.17 26.87 1,036 1,075 39.6 53,106 55,881 2,030 Police officers................................................... 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.11 14.13 601 565 39.8 29,735 29,397 1,968 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.68 14.13 584 565 39.8 30,346 29,397 2,068 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.25 14.13 566 565 39.7 29,440 29,397 2,066 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.84 19.98 801 765 38.4 41,489 39,753 1,991 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.42 19.98 755 760 38.9 39,268 39,500 2,022 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $17.50 $15.67 $16.94 $23.40 Management, professional, and related...... 26.39 22.25 27.90 30.76 Management, business, and financial...... 28.95 24.29 31.65 30.02 Professional and related................. 25.12 21.65 23.99 31.13 Service.................................... 10.13 9.93 10.31 11.81 Sales and office........................... 14.35 14.41 13.55 15.55 Sales and related........................ 14.97 15.80 – – Office and administrative support........ 14.07 13.14 13.96 15.43 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 22.55 21.85 18.81 29.42 Construction and extraction............. 22.80 22.27 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.20 21.01 – 29.29 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 17.31 15.85 15.90 23.69 Production............................... 18.30 16.09 16.34 24.00 Transportation and material moving....... 15.91 15.57 15.51 21.62 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........................................................... 4.5 3.7 7.4 8.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.7 7.2 7.4 9.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 7.8 14.8 10.8 7.6 Professional and related.......................................... 11.0 8.9 6.4 12.9 Service............................................................. 3.7 5.4 2.2 1.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 7.7 5.2 5.4 Sales and related................................................. 10.4 13.0 – – Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 3.4 6.0 5.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.8 13.6 13.2 2.1 Construction and extraction...................................... 13.8 16.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.0 18.5 – 6.7 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 9.0 5.0 2.2 Production........................................................ 4.0 9.9 3.5 3.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.9 14.3 9.0 8.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.65 $15.75 $701 $615 39.7 $36,259 $31,970 2,054 Management occupations.............................................. 26.56 19.58 1,135 943 42.8 59,043 49,026 2,223 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.16 28.85 1,086 1,154 40.0 56,484 60,008 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.74 13.40 541 536 39.4 28,146 27,872 2,049 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.69 9.11 360 333 37.2 18,639 17,290 1,924 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.21 15.39 768 602 40.0 39,916 31,299 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.86 19.23 743 769 39.4 38,614 39,998 2,048 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.66 12.33 544 493 39.8 28,293 25,655 2,072 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.02 13.30 555 532 39.6 28,839 27,664 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.67 15.42 619 578 39.5 32,197 30,063 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.13 16.75 645 670 40.0 33,542 34,840 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.39 24.50 891 980 39.8 46,312 50,960 2,068 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.01 19.00 837 760 39.8 43,515 39,520 2,072 Production occupations.............................................. 16.53 14.79 655 592 39.6 34,046 30,763 2,060 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.72 15.50 644 594 41.0 33,508 30,908 2,132 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.25 16.64 720 700 41.7 37,448 36,400 2,171 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.43 15.75 708 602 43.1 36,803 31,304 2,240 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.96 9.00 435 360 39.7 22,609 18,720 2,064 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.96 9.00 435 360 39.7 22,609 18,720 2,064 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.26 $16.58 $803 $659 39.6 $41,548 $34,216 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 43.63 41.68 1,748 1,667 40.1 90,885 86,701 2,083 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.13 23.08 960 923 39.8 49,925 48,006 2,069 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.41 24.72 976 927 38.4 50,762 48,204 1,998 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.89 25.02 958 963 38.5 48,959 49,784 1,967 Registered nurses................................................. 28.91 30.85 1,103 1,188 38.2 55,096 61,152 1,906 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.70 11.71 421 442 39.3 21,883 22,984 2,045 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.88 11.86 427 452 39.3 22,227 23,517 2,043 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.39 11.86 450 474 39.5 23,410 24,667 2,055 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.72 14.36 583 568 39.6 30,318 29,536 2,059 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.96 14.15 552 566 39.5 28,688 29,432 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.48 13.97 568 559 39.2 29,531 29,047 2,040 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.00 14.45 560 556 40.0 29,101 28,937 2,078 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.65 16.92 719 638 38.5 37,379 33,170 2,005 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.49 12.74 534 510 39.6 27,757 26,499 2,058 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.25 24.30 984 911 39.0 51,147 47,385 2,026 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.98 26.30 951 1,052 39.7 49,456 54,704 2,062 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.51 26.30 1,100 1,052 40.0 57,219 54,704 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.65 19.02 824 758 39.9 42,866 39,416 2,076 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.40 14.25 616 570 40.0 32,037 29,640 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.83 16.50 686 669 40.8 35,693 34,798 2,121 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.48 16.73 729 669 41.7 37,891 34,798 2,168 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.98 14.94 599 598 40.0 31,169 31,075 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.47 $21.03 $27.50 $17.02 $16.92 $19.88 Management, professional, and related............................... 33.89 26.48 36.19 26.45 26.38 27.55 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 28.96 28.95 29.04 Professional and related.......................................... 33.12 26.48 35.35 24.98 24.89 26.67 Service............................................................. 16.37 11.82 19.84 9.84 9.79 10.67 Sales and office.................................................... 20.30 20.04 20.34 14.39 14.25 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.01 15.01 – Office and administrative support................................. 20.05 21.80 19.78 14.11 13.91 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.97 29.84 21.16 17.87 17.87 – Construction and extraction...................................... 27.83 29.22 – 17.87 17.87 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.24 31.05 – 17.87 17.87 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.78 19.88 – 16.33 16.35 – Production........................................................ 22.63 22.69 – 16.43 16.43 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.86 14.86 – 16.20 16.23 – 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........................................................... 4.3 7.0 4.3 4.7 4.8 15.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.8 12.3 5.0 7.9 8.4 13.1 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 7.4 7.8 11.6 Professional and related.......................................... 5.6 12.3 6.4 12.3 13.0 23.6 Service............................................................. 7.8 6.7 6.2 4.4 4.6 10.9 Sales and office.................................................... 8.7 9.8 10.1 4.0 3.9 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 10.5 10.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 8.6 8.5 10.2 2.9 2.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.6 3.1 3.5 6.2 6.2 – Construction and extraction...................................... 3.4 3.2 – 4.9 4.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.8 5.3 – 11.8 11.8 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.8 8.8 – 5.7 5.7 – Production........................................................ 6.6 6.8 – 5.5 5.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.2 17.2 – 9.4 9.4 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.85 $17.34 $20.02 $20.02 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.87 26.53 22.26 22.26 Management, business, and financial............................... 30.79 29.64 22.33 22.33 Professional and related.......................................... 28.20 25.13 – – Service............................................................. 11.71 9.93 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.71 13.97 17.79 17.79 Sales and related................................................. 14.03 13.70 23.59 23.59 Office and administrative support................................. 14.96 14.08 13.95 13.95 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.16 22.28 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 22.80 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.23 21.47 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.02 16.96 – – Production........................................................ 18.31 18.30 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.90 14.53 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.0 4.8 8.2 8.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 8.0 3.6 3.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 8.2 8.5 4.0 4.0 Professional and related.......................................... 6.7 11.1 – – Service............................................................. 3.5 2.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 3.8 16.4 16.4 Sales and related................................................. 11.4 11.7 17.0 17.0 Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 2.6 3.8 3.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.7 9.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 13.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.9 8.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.5 4.7 – – Production........................................................ 4.0 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 7.2 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $19.99 $20.56 $15.25 – – – – – – Management, professional, and related............................... 25.70 29.99 26.72 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 40.04 25.20 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... 22.51 25.58 – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – 24.01 12.73 – – – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 12.57 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 18.29 12.99 – – – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.07 27.97 19.92 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 26.96 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.31 17.06 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 17.92 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 15.28 16.54 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 23.3 6.3 3.7 – – – – – – Management, professional, and related............................... 12.7 3.0 9.3 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 6.5 16.2 – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... 13.7 1.1 – – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – – – – Sales and office.................................................... – 23.0 5.2 – – – – – – Sales and related................................................. – – 8.3 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 1.2 1.0 – – – – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.7 2.8 28.1 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 2.3 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.9 11.2 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 1.9 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 10.7 11.9 – – – – – – 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 537,800 443,600 94,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 140,900 96,500 44,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 33,700 28,600 5,200 Professional and related.......................................... 107,200 67,900 39,300 Service............................................................. 131,700 105,300 26,400 Sales and office.................................................... 157,100 140,200 16,900 Sales and related................................................. 51,300 50,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 105,800 89,900 15,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,300 26,500 2,800 Construction and extraction...................................... 17,600 15,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,700 10,700 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 78,800 75,100 – Production........................................................ 44,500 44,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,200 30,900 – 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,442 21,808 634 Total in sample....................................................... 270 240 30 Responding........................................................ 175 148 27 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 66 63 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 29 29 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.