NC BL 09/00/2009 Table: Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, Bulletin, May 2009 Table 1. ummary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $17.20 4.5 35.8 $16.07 5.0 35.1 $22.21 5.9 39.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 27.52 4.8 38.9 27.94 6.9 38.5 26.98 6.5 39.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 27.93 6.2 41.1 27.70 6.5 41.2 28.80 18.2 40.6 Professional and related.......................................... 27.35 6.0 38.0 28.11 9.6 36.8 26.67 8.0 39.2 Service............................................................. 9.64 3.5 31.8 8.91 5.6 30.7 13.89 4.8 40.4 Sales and office.................................................... 14.62 3.3 35.0 14.65 3.6 34.8 14.42 5.5 37.3 Sales and related................................................. 15.90 8.2 33.5 15.89 8.3 33.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 13.85 2.1 36.0 13.76 2.5 35.8 14.31 5.2 37.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.33 8.8 40.6 17.20 9.6 40.7 18.84 7.0 39.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 16.54 14.3 40.2 16.35 15.3 40.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.13 7.8 41.0 18.09 8.3 41.3 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.69 9.3 36.6 15.67 9.4 36.6 – – – Production........................................................ 18.01 13.4 38.5 18.02 13.6 38.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.47 5.9 35.0 13.47 5.9 35.0 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.07 4.8 39.8 17.02 5.6 39.8 22.20 5.7 39.7 Part time........................................................... 11.02 6.8 20.8 10.34 3.7 20.4 – – – Union............................................................... – – – – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.11 4.6 35.7 15.92 5.1 35.0 22.21 5.9 39.3 Time................................................................ 16.95 4.7 35.6 15.68 5.3 34.8 22.21 5.9 39.3 Incentive........................................................... 21.34 13.3 39.6 21.34 13.3 39.6 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.00 6.4 33.9 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.10 3.4 33.6 14.94 3.4 33.5 23.50 10.0 39.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.08 7.0 37.6 14.42 7.8 37.6 19.06 9.8 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 24.20 5.9 38.9 25.82 9.8 37.7 23.05 6.8 39.8 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 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $17.20 4.5 $18.07 4.8 $11.02 6.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.08 6.7 31.08 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.02 7.0 28.02 7.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 45.33 17.6 45.33 17.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 33.16 11.3 33.16 11.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.02 13.1 23.02 13.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.41 11.8 26.41 11.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.45 13.2 37.45 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.89 3.2 35.89 3.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.47 3.6 40.47 3.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.69 11.3 27.69 11.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.15 12.3 16.15 12.3 – – Counselors........................................................ 20.05 9.8 20.05 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.51 7.5 27.97 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.16 4.5 24.13 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.10 10.8 28.23 10.5 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.52 8.8 39.50 8.8 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.69 8.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.52 .0 30.52 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.54 7.6 30.66 10.9 26.59 3.4 Level 6 .................................................. 18.45 10.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.84 5.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.32 5.3 31.20 6.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.28 6.7 36.71 13.0 27.81 4.2 Level 7 .................................................. 30.85 3.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.98 2.0 29.77 2.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.55 4.6 11.35 3.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.29 8.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.55 4.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.55 4.1 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.65 2.9 11.65 2.9 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.77 5.6 14.77 5.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.38 5.2 7.76 8.1 6.74 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.87 2.2 6.78 4.2 6.98 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.92 15.0 7.49 25.4 6.14 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.20 24.1 5.98 17.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 9.92 .9 10.29 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.35 2.5 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 10.7 4.26 6.2 3.73 27.1 Level 1 .................................................. 4.74 16.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 3.19 9.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.54 3.9 2.31 1.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.37 .0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.74 3.1 8.45 8.5 7.19 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 4.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.73 3.1 8.43 8.7 7.19 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.64 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.66 2.4 10.95 2.3 8.37 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.67 4.7 8.55 5.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.96 20.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.39 5.4 11.15 6.0 8.37 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.38 4.6 8.03 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.12 5.9 12.57 6.1 8.40 2.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.03 2.4 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 2.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 2.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.90 8.2 17.64 8.6 8.73 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 9.1 12.43 19.5 8.45 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.78 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 11.3 17.25 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.98 10.3 18.98 10.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.44 4.1 16.44 4.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.77 10.1 13.20 12.0 8.45 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 9.1 12.43 19.5 8.45 2.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.37 7.1 15.37 7.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 3.6 – – 8.35 3.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 3.6 – – 8.35 3.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.87 15.3 15.58 15.3 9.86 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.32 16.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.85 2.1 14.19 2.0 10.93 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.20 3.0 – – 7.20 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.42 3.3 10.52 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.05 3.5 13.15 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 3.9 15.10 3.6 14.49 14.0 Level 5 .................................................. 15.19 5.2 15.19 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.61 3.6 17.61 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.90 5.0 11.96 5.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.26 9.3 17.26 9.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.86 6.3 14.19 6.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.60 7.5 12.58 8.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.17 10.1 13.17 10.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.99 7.3 13.16 7.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.10 5.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.84 6.3 15.58 6.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.86 9.0 15.19 9.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.00 8.9 16.00 8.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.81 4.0 12.81 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.49 3.1 13.49 3.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.54 14.3 16.54 14.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.87 6.1 15.87 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.14 6.5 23.14 6.5 – – Electricians...................................................... 18.72 16.6 18.72 16.6 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.76 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.76 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.13 7.8 18.13 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 14.27 5.3 14.27 5.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.97 6.1 23.97 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.23 5.0 20.23 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.04 7.3 17.04 7.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.78 4.1 20.78 4.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.62 12.7 15.62 12.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.01 13.4 18.31 13.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.86 3.6 15.28 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.34 6.6 13.61 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.61 6.4 18.61 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.27 15.3 16.27 15.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.14 29.6 32.14 29.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.79 11.3 16.79 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.47 5.9 14.27 6.2 9.88 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.53 3.5 9.97 3.1 9.00 10.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.99 2.4 12.26 2.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 17.9 18.09 21.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.71 7.0 12.45 13.5 10.11 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.68 3.1 9.97 3.1 9.21 13.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.60 4.6 11.39 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.57 5.5 – – – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $16.07 5.0 $17.02 5.6 $10.34 3.7 Management occupations.............................................. 29.95 6.1 29.95 6.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.02 7.0 28.02 7.0 – – Financial managers................................................ 33.16 11.3 33.16 11.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.60 17.2 23.60 17.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.89 3.2 35.89 3.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.47 3.6 40.47 3.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.12 19.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.51 3.2 27.55 3.1 27.44 3.8 Level 7 .................................................. 29.84 5.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.17 7.8 32.92 8.8 – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.20 1.5 30.50 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.85 3.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.69 1.8 30.20 2.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.51 5.2 11.42 4.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.29 8.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.27 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.27 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.65 2.9 11.65 2.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 5.2 7.67 8.3 6.74 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 6.87 2.2 6.78 4.2 6.98 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 6.92 15.0 7.49 25.4 6.14 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 7.16 24.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.92 .9 10.29 5.9 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 10.7 4.26 6.2 3.73 27.1 Level 1 .................................................. 4.74 16.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 3.19 9.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.54 3.9 2.31 1.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 2.37 .0 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.62 2.6 8.23 8.1 7.19 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 4.0 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.60 2.6 8.20 8.3 7.19 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 2.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.64 4.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.14 4.8 – – 8.37 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.67 4.7 8.55 5.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.59 3.9 8.75 6.5 8.37 2.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.38 4.6 8.03 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.91 5.3 – – 8.40 2.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.03 2.4 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 2.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 2.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.89 8.3 17.64 8.7 8.73 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 9.1 12.43 19.5 8.45 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.78 4.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 11.3 17.25 11.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.98 10.3 18.98 10.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.44 4.1 16.44 4.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.77 10.1 13.20 12.0 8.45 2.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.16 9.1 12.43 19.5 8.45 2.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.37 7.1 15.37 7.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 3.6 – – 8.35 3.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.83 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.61 3.6 – – 8.35 3.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.87 15.3 15.58 15.3 9.86 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.32 16.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.76 2.5 14.12 2.2 11.05 11.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.20 3.0 – – 7.20 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.52 3.2 10.52 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.18 4.0 13.25 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 4.1 15.53 3.7 14.49 14.0 Level 5 .................................................. 14.78 5.9 14.78 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.85 6.1 18.85 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.90 5.0 11.96 5.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.60 6.3 13.91 6.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.60 7.5 12.58 8.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.17 10.1 13.17 10.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.68 8.6 13.14 9.5 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.10 5.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.26 9.0 15.66 10.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 4.9 12.76 4.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 15.3 16.35 15.3 – – Electricians...................................................... 17.51 13.8 17.51 13.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.09 8.3 18.09 8.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.27 6.0 24.27 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.23 5.0 20.23 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.21 7.7 17.21 7.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.78 4.1 20.78 4.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.87 13.5 15.87 13.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.02 13.6 18.33 13.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.86 3.6 15.28 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.34 6.6 13.61 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.61 6.4 18.61 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.09 18.0 16.09 18.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.14 29.6 32.14 29.6 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.79 11.3 16.79 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.47 5.9 14.27 6.2 9.88 8.1 Level 1 .................................................. 9.53 3.5 9.97 3.1 9.00 10.9 Level 2 .................................................. 11.99 2.4 12.26 2.3 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 17.9 18.09 21.7 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.71 7.0 12.45 13.5 10.11 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.68 3.1 9.97 3.1 9.21 13.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.60 4.6 11.39 5.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.57 5.5 – – – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $22.21 5.9 $22.20 5.7 – – Management occupations.............................................. 36.97 24.5 36.97 24.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.53 8.9 21.53 8.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.81 7.1 18.81 7.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.82 7.7 21.82 7.7 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.92 7.8 28.00 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.10 10.8 28.23 10.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.52 .0 30.52 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.74 11.8 35.35 16.2 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.99 6.2 14.99 6.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.59 4.6 13.59 4.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.31 5.2 14.51 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.24 3.2 13.24 3.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.53 8.3 15.53 8.3 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.53 8.3 15.53 8.3 – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $17.20 4.5 $18.07 4.8 $11.02 6.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.08 6.7 31.08 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.93 8.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.81 7.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 45.33 17.6 45.33 17.6 – – Group III................................................. 47.43 17.3 47.43 17.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 33.16 11.3 33.16 11.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.02 13.1 23.02 13.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.86 11.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.00 11.8 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.45 13.2 37.45 13.2 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.89 3.2 35.89 3.2 – – Group III................................................. 37.87 1.0 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.47 3.6 40.47 3.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.69 11.3 27.69 11.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.15 12.3 16.15 12.3 – – Group II.................................................. 14.63 12.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 20.05 9.8 20.05 9.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.51 7.5 27.97 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 27.40 6.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.33 6.2 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.52 8.8 39.50 8.8 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.69 8.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.52 .0 30.52 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.54 7.6 30.66 10.9 26.59 3.4 Group II.................................................. 24.97 3.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.30 7.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.28 6.7 36.71 13.0 27.81 4.2 Group II.................................................. 28.76 3.1 29.57 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.40 11.3 42.07 15.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.55 4.6 11.35 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 10.55 4.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.55 4.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.55 4.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.55 4.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.55 4.1 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.65 2.9 11.65 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.65 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.77 5.6 14.77 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 15.85 8.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.38 5.2 7.76 8.1 6.74 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.02 5.6 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.92 .9 10.29 5.8 – – Group I................................................... 9.92 .9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 10.7 4.26 6.2 3.73 27.1 Group I................................................... 4.12 10.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.54 3.9 2.31 1.0 – – Group I................................................... 2.54 3.9 2.31 1.0 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.74 3.1 8.45 8.5 7.19 1.6 Group I................................................... 7.74 3.1 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.73 3.1 8.43 8.7 7.19 1.6 Group I................................................... 7.73 3.1 8.43 8.7 7.19 1.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.66 2.4 10.95 2.3 8.37 2.6 Group I................................................... 10.09 5.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.39 5.4 11.15 6.0 8.37 2.6 Group I................................................... 8.89 4.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.12 5.9 12.57 6.1 8.40 2.6 Group I................................................... 9.34 5.6 10.62 10.4 8.40 2.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.03 2.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.03 2.4 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.96 2.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.99 3.4 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.90 8.2 17.64 8.6 8.73 3.7 Group I................................................... 12.79 8.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.89 11.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.98 10.3 18.98 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 11.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.44 4.1 16.44 4.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.77 10.1 13.20 12.0 8.45 2.7 Group I................................................... 10.28 2.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Group I................................................... 8.64 .9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.86 2.1 9.51 3.5 8.06 .5 Group I................................................... 8.64 .9 9.28 2.1 8.06 .5 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.87 15.3 15.58 15.3 9.86 4.4 Group I................................................... 13.05 8.8 13.88 11.5 9.86 4.4 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.85 2.1 14.19 2.0 10.93 11.1 Group I................................................... 13.40 3.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.98 2.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.26 9.3 17.26 9.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.68 7.4 18.68 7.4 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.86 6.3 14.19 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.37 5.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.40 5.3 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.17 10.1 13.17 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.16 10.0 12.16 10.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.99 7.3 13.16 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 11.98 7.4 13.17 7.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.10 5.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.11 8.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.84 6.3 15.58 6.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.05 7.9 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.00 8.9 16.00 8.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.81 4.0 12.81 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.96 4.0 12.96 4.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.54 14.3 16.54 14.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.37 3.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.42 6.1 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 18.72 16.6 18.72 16.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.14 12.0 21.14 12.0 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.76 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.76 7.7 13.76 7.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.13 7.8 18.13 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.93 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.16 8.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.04 7.3 17.04 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.60 8.2 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.62 12.7 15.62 12.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 18.01 13.4 18.31 13.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.68 5.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 6.1 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.79 11.3 16.79 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 15.77 11.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.47 5.9 14.27 6.2 9.88 8.1 Group I................................................... 13.03 8.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.04 17.9 18.09 21.7 – – Group I................................................... 18.16 19.7 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.71 7.0 12.45 13.5 10.11 9.7 Group I................................................... 10.57 2.9 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.60 4.6 11.39 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.29 4.4 – – – – 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.96 $10.15 $14.25 $20.95 $30.36 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 22.65 31.28 34.67 55.97 General and operations managers................................... 22.65 25.39 52.91 63.73 63.73 Financial managers................................................ 18.91 24.50 30.00 38.46 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.90 17.00 22.05 26.08 32.92 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.82 23.08 35.47 52.89 61.30 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.28 26.61 36.97 43.30 48.08 Engineers......................................................... 30.27 35.90 40.77 44.47 49.32 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.01 24.54 25.25 26.49 34.24 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.31 10.49 15.67 20.94 22.40 Counselors........................................................ 15.25 15.25 18.26 23.16 28.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.74 21.88 25.54 34.02 40.74 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.32 31.03 35.28 48.08 56.89 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.54 31.58 37.14 48.95 58.42 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.23 25.26 29.47 35.11 40.07 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 23.25 29.03 31.02 37.38 Registered nurses................................................. 23.82 27.00 30.00 31.93 37.38 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 8.78 10.84 11.12 13.91 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.45 8.78 8.78 10.88 11.27 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.45 8.78 8.78 10.88 11.27 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.84 10.84 12.19 14.54 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.06 11.73 13.80 16.55 19.88 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 6.42 7.00 9.00 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 9.00 9.75 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.91 6.00 7.96 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.14 2.75 3.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.65 6.85 7.00 8.45 10.23 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.65 6.85 7.00 8.25 10.23 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.66 10.00 12.00 14.38 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.80 9.25 12.53 15.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 8.00 10.49 12.99 15.31 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.20 8.80 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.76 9.00 13.15 19.00 24.88 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.92 16.59 18.13 19.00 29.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.92 12.23 17.10 18.35 24.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.23 8.15 9.50 13.09 20.42 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.83 8.50 9.50 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.83 8.50 9.50 10.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 9.80 12.77 18.35 28.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.47 10.80 13.50 16.50 19.14 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 9.50 14.42 17.07 22.04 24.11 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.16 11.00 13.46 16.50 18.14 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 10.67 12.18 16.11 18.14 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.55 10.40 12.36 15.18 16.08 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.29 8.00 9.29 9.90 10.59 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.27 13.00 14.36 19.14 20.25 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.14 13.05 15.20 17.89 21.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 11.72 13.45 13.90 14.03 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.38 12.00 15.00 19.31 23.95 Electricians...................................................... 11.19 13.50 17.86 22.50 29.26 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 9.38 11.00 13.00 15.37 19.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 9.38 11.00 13.00 15.37 19.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.28 13.10 16.98 22.85 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.91 13.10 16.98 22.39 23.20 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.24 11.91 16.11 18.80 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.55 16.32 19.11 26.69 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.63 14.25 16.40 20.55 22.80 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 12.71 15.90 18.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 13.75 14.75 18.43 28.87 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.74 9.05 11.00 13.08 14.70 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.14 11.34 13.08 14.70 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $9.41 $13.45 $19.00 $29.37 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 22.65 30.48 33.85 38.46 Financial managers................................................ 18.91 24.50 30.00 38.46 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.50 15.75 22.05 29.94 33.36 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.28 26.61 36.97 43.30 48.08 Engineers......................................................... 30.27 35.90 40.77 44.47 49.32 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.67 8.67 24.31 28.39 31.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 23.41 30.00 30.72 35.00 Registered nurses................................................. 25.74 29.31 30.00 31.06 35.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 8.78 10.84 12.00 13.91 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.72 8.78 8.78 12.06 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.25 8.72 8.78 8.78 12.06 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.84 10.84 12.19 14.54 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 6.42 7.00 9.00 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 9.00 9.75 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.91 6.00 7.96 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.14 2.75 3.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.60 6.85 7.00 8.00 9.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.60 6.80 7.00 8.00 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.50 9.50 12.00 13.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.49 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.29 8.25 9.50 10.49 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.20 8.80 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.76 9.00 13.12 19.00 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.92 16.59 18.13 19.00 29.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.92 12.23 17.10 18.35 24.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.23 8.15 9.50 13.09 20.42 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.83 8.50 9.50 10.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.83 8.50 9.50 10.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 9.80 12.77 18.35 28.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.20 10.50 13.45 16.50 19.35 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.14 11.00 12.80 16.50 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 10.67 12.18 16.11 18.14 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.55 10.40 10.40 15.45 16.08 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.29 8.00 9.29 9.90 10.59 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.63 13.00 13.76 20.25 20.25 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 11.75 13.45 13.90 14.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.38 11.50 15.00 19.31 23.95 Electricians...................................................... 11.19 12.40 17.86 20.00 24.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.65 13.10 16.98 22.85 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 9.24 13.10 16.98 22.39 23.20 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.24 11.91 17.47 18.81 19.99 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.00 16.00 19.11 26.69 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.63 14.25 16.40 20.55 22.80 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.00 12.71 15.90 18.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 13.75 14.75 18.43 28.87 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.74 9.05 11.00 13.08 14.70 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.14 11.34 13.08 14.70 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.75 $13.80 $18.38 $25.94 $35.11 Management occupations.............................................. 16.04 22.01 33.28 52.91 63.73 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.02 17.00 21.51 25.46 25.46 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.50 15.67 17.63 20.95 25.49 Counselors........................................................ 15.68 17.63 20.78 25.49 30.07 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.91 21.88 25.96 34.71 40.84 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.23 25.26 29.47 35.11 40.07 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.47 23.17 27.01 32.40 68.64 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.72 12.91 13.80 16.92 19.88 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.60 12.06 12.99 15.31 17.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.80 12.33 14.03 15.63 18.38 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.10 12.98 14.79 17.55 19.87 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.10 12.98 14.79 17.55 19.87 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.86 $11.00 $15.01 $21.88 $31.28 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 22.65 31.28 34.67 55.97 General and operations managers................................... 22.65 25.39 52.91 63.73 63.73 Financial managers................................................ 18.91 24.50 30.00 38.46 55.97 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 14.90 17.00 22.05 26.08 32.92 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.82 23.08 35.47 52.89 61.30 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.28 26.61 36.97 43.30 48.08 Engineers......................................................... 30.27 35.90 40.77 44.47 49.32 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.01 24.54 25.25 26.49 34.24 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.31 10.49 15.67 20.94 22.40 Counselors........................................................ 15.25 15.25 18.26 23.16 28.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.08 22.39 25.94 34.32 40.84 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.32 31.03 35.28 48.08 56.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.23 25.26 29.47 35.11 40.07 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.83 23.25 28.75 32.73 38.04 Registered nurses................................................. 25.24 28.39 30.82 35.00 68.30 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.84 10.88 12.02 14.19 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.50 10.84 10.84 12.19 14.54 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.06 11.73 13.80 16.55 19.88 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.26 5.60 7.75 9.84 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 9.40 10.55 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 6.00 7.96 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.14 2.26 2.75 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.65 7.00 8.25 9.75 10.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.00 8.00 9.75 10.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.53 14.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.00 10.92 13.30 15.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.80 10.05 12.53 14.85 17.47 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 10.25 15.92 20.32 25.77 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 9.92 16.59 18.13 19.00 29.37 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.92 12.23 17.10 18.35 24.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.77 10.80 14.61 21.78 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.20 8.50 9.40 10.06 11.20 Cashiers...................................................... 8.20 8.50 9.40 10.06 11.20 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.58 10.25 13.11 20.42 28.30 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 11.14 13.90 16.50 19.27 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 9.50 14.42 17.07 22.04 24.11 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.19 11.08 15.15 16.50 18.14 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.50 10.67 12.18 16.11 18.14 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.40 10.40 13.45 15.45 16.08 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.15 13.00 14.14 17.89 20.25 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.14 13.05 15.20 17.89 21.59 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 11.72 13.45 13.90 14.03 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.38 12.00 15.00 19.31 23.95 Electricians...................................................... 11.19 13.50 17.86 22.50 29.26 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 9.38 11.00 13.00 15.37 19.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 9.38 11.00 13.00 15.37 19.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.28 13.10 16.98 22.85 27.00 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.91 13.10 16.98 22.39 23.20 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 9.24 11.91 16.11 18.80 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.68 16.32 19.53 26.69 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.63 14.25 16.40 20.55 22.80 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.31 10.88 13.00 17.00 18.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.13 13.87 15.31 20.32 28.87 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.69 11.23 13.40 14.70 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 9.75 11.14 12.71 14.70 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), Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.55 $7.00 $8.50 $10.85 $22.80 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.80 22.80 29.57 30.00 30.00 Registered nurses................................................. 22.80 24.56 30.00 30.00 30.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 6.55 7.00 7.48 8.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.15 3.91 4.00 6.42 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.65 6.80 7.00 7.35 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.65 6.80 7.00 7.35 8.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.33 10.49 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.33 10.49 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.33 10.49 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.00 7.65 8.10 9.70 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.53 8.00 9.25 9.85 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.23 7.53 7.90 8.20 9.30 Cashiers...................................................... 7.23 7.53 7.90 8.20 9.30 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 8.15 9.33 10.10 14.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.55 7.92 10.00 12.01 19.14 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.90 8.00 9.74 11.85 13.08 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.75 8.00 9.85 13.08 13.08 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $18.07 $15.01 $718 $600 39.8 $36,675 $31,200 2,030 Management occupations.............................................. 31.08 31.28 1,286 1,214 41.4 66,809 63,107 2,150 General and operations managers................................... 45.33 52.91 2,120 2,116 46.8 110,214 110,051 2,431 Financial managers................................................ 33.16 30.00 1,329 1,214 40.1 68,872 63,107 2,077 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.02 22.05 937 882 40.7 48,571 45,870 2,110 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.45 35.47 1,498 1,419 40.0 77,896 73,778 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.89 36.97 1,465 1,539 40.8 76,004 80,016 2,118 Engineers......................................................... 40.47 40.77 1,668 1,687 41.2 86,402 87,720 2,135 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.69 25.25 1,092 1,010 39.4 56,775 52,520 2,050 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.15 15.67 638 588 39.5 32,577 30,564 2,017 Counselors........................................................ 20.05 18.26 765 705 38.1 37,845 36,206 1,887 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.97 25.94 1,096 1,010 39.2 43,507 42,000 1,556 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.50 35.28 1,580 1,411 40.0 61,616 55,043 1,560 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.52 29.47 1,184 1,140 38.8 44,996 43,320 1,474 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.66 28.75 1,193 1,080 38.9 61,921 56,160 2,019 Registered nurses................................................. 36.71 30.82 1,360 1,093 37.0 70,695 56,859 1,926 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.35 10.88 427 434 37.7 22,220 22,547 1,958 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.65 10.84 436 434 37.5 22,689 22,547 1,948 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.77 13.80 615 552 41.6 31,972 28,698 2,165 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.76 7.75 290 279 37.4 15,030 14,487 1,937 Cooks............................................................. 10.29 10.55 404 420 39.3 20,805 21,840 2,022 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.26 3.00 155 110 36.4 8,073 5,720 1,893 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.14 82 79 35.7 4,287 4,115 1,859 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.45 8.25 318 292 37.6 16,354 14,820 1,936 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.43 8.00 317 285 37.6 16,491 14,820 1,956 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.95 10.50 436 420 39.8 22,691 21,840 2,071 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.15 10.92 441 408 39.5 22,925 21,216 2,057 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.57 12.53 500 501 39.8 26,007 26,071 2,069 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.64 15.92 698 642 39.6 36,301 33,366 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.98 18.13 746 725 39.3 38,794 37,700 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.44 17.10 657 684 40.0 34,187 35,574 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.20 10.80 543 434 41.2 28,248 22,568 2,140 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.51 9.40 377 376 39.6 19,610 19,552 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 9.51 9.40 377 376 39.6 19,610 19,552 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.58 13.11 649 529 41.6 33,749 27,518 2,166 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.19 13.90 563 547 39.7 29,211 28,454 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.26 17.07 674 683 39.1 35,073 35,506 2,032 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.19 15.15 558 568 39.3 28,796 28,517 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.17 12.18 503 440 38.2 25,781 22,422 1,958 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.16 13.45 520 538 39.5 27,001 27,976 2,052 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.58 14.14 610 552 39.2 31,740 28,704 2,037 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.00 15.20 621 589 38.8 32,269 30,603 2,017 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.81 13.45 509 526 39.7 26,397 27,351 2,061 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.54 15.00 664 600 40.2 34,446 31,200 2,083 Electricians...................................................... 18.72 17.86 749 714 40.0 38,934 37,153 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.76 13.00 551 520 40.0 28,628 27,040 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.76 13.00 551 520 40.0 28,628 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.13 16.98 744 720 41.0 38,656 37,430 2,132 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.04 16.98 680 679 39.9 35,247 33,966 2,069 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.62 16.11 621 644 39.8 32,309 33,509 2,068 Production occupations.............................................. 18.31 16.32 732 653 40.0 37,904 33,946 2,070 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.79 16.40 672 656 40.0 34,647 34,112 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.27 13.00 578 520 40.5 29,857 27,040 2,092 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.09 15.31 760 689 42.0 39,539 35,818 2,186 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.45 11.23 498 449 40.0 25,898 23,350 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.39 11.14 456 446 40.0 23,701 23,171 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $17.02 $14.35 $677 $563 39.8 $35,115 $29,273 2,064 Management occupations.............................................. 29.95 30.48 1,242 1,214 41.5 64,505 63,107 2,153 Financial managers................................................ 33.16 30.00 1,329 1,214 40.1 68,872 63,107 2,077 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.60 22.05 964 882 40.8 49,916 45,870 2,115 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.89 36.97 1,465 1,539 40.8 76,004 80,016 2,118 Engineers......................................................... 40.47 40.77 1,668 1,687 41.2 86,402 87,720 2,135 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.55 29.67 1,019 1,004 37.0 53,012 52,233 1,924 Registered nurses................................................. 30.50 30.60 1,099 1,080 36.0 57,122 56,160 1,873 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.42 10.84 426 434 37.3 22,162 22,547 1,941 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.65 10.84 436 434 37.5 22,689 22,547 1,948 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.67 7.75 287 279 37.4 14,864 14,487 1,937 Cooks............................................................. 10.29 10.55 408 420 39.6 21,194 21,840 2,059 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.26 3.00 155 110 36.4 8,073 5,720 1,893 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.31 2.14 82 79 35.7 4,287 4,115 1,859 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.23 7.50 307 281 37.3 15,802 14,524 1,919 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.20 7.50 306 281 37.3 15,928 14,625 1,941 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.75 8.00 345 320 39.4 17,927 16,640 2,049 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.64 15.92 698 642 39.6 36,299 33,366 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.98 18.13 746 725 39.3 38,794 37,700 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.44 17.10 657 684 40.0 34,187 35,574 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.20 10.80 543 434 41.2 28,248 22,568 2,140 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.51 9.40 377 376 39.6 19,610 19,552 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 9.51 9.40 377 376 39.6 19,610 19,552 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.58 13.11 649 529 41.6 33,749 27,518 2,166 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.12 13.90 563 556 39.8 29,203 28,829 2,068 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.91 14.77 546 544 39.3 28,174 26,624 2,026 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.17 12.18 503 440 38.2 25,781 22,422 1,958 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.14 13.45 516 538 39.3 26,858 27,976 2,045 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.66 13.50 625 540 39.9 32,521 28,080 2,076 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 13.45 510 538 40.0 26,464 27,976 2,074 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.35 15.00 657 592 40.2 34,056 30,192 2,083 Electricians...................................................... 17.51 17.86 700 714 40.0 36,411 37,153 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.09 16.98 747 720 41.3 38,812 37,430 2,146 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.21 16.98 688 679 40.0 35,696 34,445 2,074 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.87 17.47 635 699 40.0 33,004 36,338 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.33 16.32 733 653 40.0 37,942 33,946 2,070 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.79 16.40 672 656 40.0 34,647 34,112 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.27 13.00 578 520 40.5 29,857 27,040 2,092 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.09 15.31 760 689 42.0 39,539 35,818 2,186 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.45 11.23 498 449 40.0 25,898 23,350 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.39 11.14 456 446 40.0 23,701 23,171 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.20 $18.12 $880 $735 39.7 $42,358 $36,706 1,908 Management occupations.............................................. 36.97 33.28 1,515 1,165 41.0 78,791 60,564 2,131 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.53 21.51 868 854 40.3 45,140 44,413 2,097 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.81 17.63 720 671 38.3 36,439 34,782 1,937 Counselors........................................................ 21.82 20.78 837 790 38.3 40,604 38,949 1,861 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.00 26.24 1,096 1,010 39.2 43,230 41,624 1,544 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.52 29.47 1,184 1,140 38.8 44,996 43,320 1,474 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.35 27.84 1,490 1,136 42.1 77,101 58,030 2,181 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.99 13.80 620 552 41.4 32,252 28,698 2,152 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.59 12.99 540 520 39.7 28,022 27,021 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.51 14.03 563 541 38.8 29,249 28,121 2,015 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.53 14.79 601 584 38.7 31,278 30,364 2,014 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.53 14.79 601 584 38.7 31,278 30,364 2,014 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.07 $14.94 $14.42 $25.82 Management, professional, and related...... 27.94 26.56 21.66 33.75 Management, business, and financial...... 27.70 25.95 22.07 35.51 Professional and related................. 28.11 27.24 21.50 32.94 Service.................................... 8.91 8.33 – 9.89 Sales and office........................... 14.65 14.97 14.11 12.90 Sales and related........................ 15.89 16.93 14.49 – Office and administrative support........ 13.76 13.81 13.67 13.46 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.20 15.57 18.29 19.82 Construction and extraction............. 16.35 16.73 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.09 14.15 20.80 21.37 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.67 13.45 14.89 24.14 Production............................... 18.02 14.68 15.35 24.29 Transportation and material moving....... 13.47 12.87 14.39 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.0 3.4 7.8 9.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.9 5.0 25.6 3.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.5 7.9 16.8 8.3 Professional and related.......................................... 9.6 7.3 31.7 8.0 Service............................................................. 5.6 2.2 – 11.3 Sales and office.................................................... 3.6 4.5 4.6 11.7 Sales and related................................................. 8.3 11.7 6.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 3.4 5.5 5.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.6 12.2 10.1 5.4 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.3 17.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.3 5.8 10.7 3.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.4 5.7 7.1 18.8 Production........................................................ 13.6 9.8 3.0 17.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.9 6.9 15.5 – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $15.94 $14.00 $631 $560 39.6 $32,697 $29,016 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 27.75 30.21 1,130 1,173 40.7 58,679 61,000 2,115 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.22 25.74 1,003 979 38.2 52,139 50,918 1,988 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 10.84 412 434 37.2 21,399 22,547 1,933 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.38 10.84 421 434 37.0 21,890 22,547 1,924 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.75 7.50 287 272 37.0 14,849 13,650 1,917 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.03 2.26 143 85 35.5 7,423 4,430 1,844 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 7.50 304 281 37.2 15,645 14,128 1,913 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.15 7.50 303 279 37.2 15,769 14,524 1,936 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.68 8.66 382 346 39.5 19,868 18,013 2,051 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.36 8.07 327 323 39.1 17,004 16,786 2,035 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.02 18.33 743 698 39.1 38,586 36,317 2,029 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.16 18.35 716 734 39.4 37,214 38,168 2,050 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.48 10.50 589 420 40.7 30,614 21,840 2,114 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.01 9.00 361 360 40.0 18,750 18,720 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.01 9.00 361 360 40.0 18,750 18,720 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.30 13.90 569 556 39.8 29,492 28,912 2,063 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.80 14.77 540 512 39.2 27,829 24,133 2,017 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.99 11.08 492 440 37.9 25,163 22,194 1,938 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.74 13.45 510 538 40.0 26,399 27,976 2,072 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.73 17.86 675 666 40.4 34,904 33,966 2,086 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.15 13.10 601 524 42.5 31,273 27,248 2,211 Production occupations.............................................. 15.18 14.25 607 570 40.0 31,499 29,640 2,075 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.42 13.00 546 520 40.7 28,115 27,040 2,096 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... $18.39 $14.68 $737 $587 40.1 $38,257 $30,532 2,080 Management occupations.............................................. 39.94 36.23 1,805 1,625 45.2 93,849 84,490 2,350 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.49 25.21 1,059 1,009 40.0 55,091 52,445 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.36 35.94 1,453 1,534 41.1 75,294 79,747 2,129 Engineers......................................................... 40.65 39.08 1,693 1,645 41.6 87,587 85,463 2,155 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.96 30.00 1,036 1,052 35.8 53,886 54,696 1,861 Registered nurses................................................. 29.65 30.00 1,042 1,052 35.1 54,163 54,683 1,827 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.26 8.14 288 326 39.6 14,960 16,952 2,061 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.46 13.10 626 526 40.5 32,545 27,373 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.55 10.80 483 438 41.8 25,110 22,797 2,174 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.93 11.19 513 456 43.0 26,699 23,712 2,238 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.69 13.47 548 539 40.0 28,470 28,018 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.52 15.64 581 626 40.0 30,201 32,531 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.98 13.55 639 542 40.0 33,238 28,184 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.97 22.31 849 896 40.5 44,050 46,571 2,101 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.74 19.00 790 760 40.0 40,896 39,520 2,072 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.83 17.83 713 713 40.0 37,081 37,091 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.90 16.32 796 653 40.0 41,138 33,946 2,067 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.27 16.40 651 656 40.0 33,440 34,112 2,055 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.70 14.70 668 588 40.0 34,743 30,576 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.11 12.71 564 508 40.0 29,346 26,437 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... – – – $17.11 $15.92 $22.21 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 27.52 27.94 26.98 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 27.93 27.70 28.80 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 27.35 28.11 26.67 Service............................................................. – – – 9.64 8.91 13.89 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 14.52 14.54 14.42 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.69 15.68 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 13.85 13.76 14.31 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 16.74 16.54 18.84 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 16.44 16.24 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.09 16.90 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 15.38 15.36 – Production........................................................ – – – 17.97 17.98 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.86 12.86 – 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........................................................... – – – 4.6 5.1 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 4.8 6.9 6.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.2 6.5 18.2 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 6.0 9.6 8.0 Service............................................................. – – – 3.5 5.6 4.8 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 3.4 3.7 5.5 Sales and related................................................. – – – 8.9 9.0 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.1 2.5 5.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 8.8 9.6 7.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.4 15.5 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 5.4 5.5 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – 10.3 10.4 – Production........................................................ – – – 14.5 14.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 5.5 5.5 – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.95 $15.68 $21.34 $21.34 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.61 28.11 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 28.27 28.12 – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.35 28.11 – – Service............................................................. 9.61 8.87 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.94 13.88 21.02 21.02 Sales and related................................................. 13.98 13.94 24.13 24.13 Office and administrative support................................. 13.92 13.84 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.54 17.41 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 16.35 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.85 18.89 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.63 14.61 26.06 26.06 Production........................................................ 16.12 16.10 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.17 13.17 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.7 5.3 13.3 13.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.9 7.1 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.7 7.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 6.0 9.6 – – Service............................................................. 3.6 5.7 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.5 2.8 15.1 15.1 Sales and related................................................. 5.8 5.9 23.9 23.9 Office and administrative support................................. 2.1 2.4 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.8 10.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.0 9.9 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.7 3.8 37.0 37.0 Production........................................................ 5.0 5.1 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.8 7.8 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 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........................................................... – $21.91 $13.98 $22.15 – – $16.56 $8.19 $19.12 Management, professional, and related............................... – 31.92 – – – – 22.82 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 31.33 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 32.61 – – – – 22.48 – – Service............................................................. – – 11.77 – – – 9.58 7.30 – Sales and office.................................................... – 15.35 13.54 – – – 14.42 9.10 – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.51 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 13.58 – – – 14.42 9.61 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 19.09 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.12 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 19.16 12.80 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 19.30 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 17.83 12.75 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 11.4 3.2 1.9 – – 12.7 5.0 27.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – 10.8 – – – – 13.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 20.2 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 6.7 – – – – 13.5 – – Service............................................................. – – 3.9 – – – 4.7 3.8 – Sales and office.................................................... – 9.3 3.2 – – – 5.0 3.3 – Sales and related................................................. – – 5.6 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 6.2 – – – 5.0 1.7 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 15.8 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 6.5 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.0 5.7 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 15.0 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 25.3 6.3 – – – – – – 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, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 264,300 217,200 47,100 Management, professional, and related............................... 66,300 36,300 30,000 Management, business, and financial............................... 18,000 14,300 3,800 Professional and related.......................................... 48,200 22,000 26,200 Service............................................................. 71,500 63,200 8,300 Sales and office.................................................... 70,000 63,300 6,600 Sales and related................................................. 27,600 27,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 42,300 35,900 6,400 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22,900 21,000 1,900 Construction and extraction...................................... 11,700 10,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,200 10,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 33,600 33,400 – Production........................................................ 15,600 15,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18,000 18,000 – 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,753 11,613 139 Total in sample....................................................... 218 198 20 Responding........................................................ 140 122 18 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 45 43 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 33 33 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.