NC BL 09/00/2010 Table: Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, Bulletin, May 2010 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $17.70 4.8 35.4 $16.52 5.3 34.6 $22.59 6.1 39.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.36 6.4 38.5 31.09 9.9 37.7 27.30 7.2 39.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.22 12.9 41.1 32.38 15.0 41.2 31.55 23.1 40.7 Professional and related.......................................... 27.89 5.3 37.3 29.79 7.4 34.7 26.57 8.6 39.2 Service............................................................. 9.64 2.3 32.0 9.01 3.4 31.0 13.86 5.9 40.5 Sales and office.................................................... 15.15 5.5 35.5 15.25 6.0 35.3 14.31 5.8 37.2 Sales and related................................................. 17.32 14.7 33.9 17.32 14.8 33.9 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.02 3.8 36.3 13.98 4.4 36.2 14.20 5.6 37.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.43 6.0 39.4 17.21 6.7 39.5 19.28 6.9 39.2 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.48 7.4 39.6 15.08 7.9 39.6 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.32 8.5 39.3 19.34 9.3 39.4 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.72 6.7 35.1 15.68 6.7 35.0 – – – Production........................................................ 17.78 7.4 37.8 17.75 7.5 37.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.32 10.3 32.3 13.32 10.3 32.3 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.81 5.3 39.5 17.76 6.3 39.5 22.57 5.9 39.7 Part time........................................................... 11.25 7.8 22.1 10.63 6.0 21.7 – – – Union............................................................... 23.69 1.6 37.3 23.69 1.6 37.3 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 17.54 4.9 35.4 16.29 5.5 34.5 22.59 6.1 39.3 Time................................................................ 17.33 5.3 35.4 15.99 6.1 34.5 22.59 6.1 39.3 Incentive........................................................... 25.62 11.1 36.9 25.62 11.1 36.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.51 3.0 40.0 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.62 6.7 33.6 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 14.09 5.0 34.0 13.91 5.1 33.9 23.52 10.1 39.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.17 11.6 36.1 18.94 14.2 35.8 20.17 13.7 37.6 500 workers or more................................................. 23.99 6.0 38.2 24.99 10.6 36.2 23.25 6.9 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.70 4.8 $18.81 5.3 $11.25 7.8 Management occupations.............................................. 37.69 14.9 37.69 14.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.88 5.4 28.88 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.54 10.2 46.54 10.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 46.75 27.4 46.75 27.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.66 12.8 25.66 12.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.56 12.4 27.56 12.4 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.73 1.4 38.73 1.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 42.68 3.4 42.68 3.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.05 6.3 18.17 6.2 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.13 7.0 21.13 7.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.29 7.1 27.81 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.30 4.6 24.26 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.70 10.2 27.83 9.9 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.36 8.5 39.34 8.5 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.47 8.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.76 .0 30.76 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.58 9.2 30.79 13.0 26.90 3.8 Level 6 .................................................. 18.02 7.6 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.58 3.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.18 5.7 32.47 7.7 28.56 1.4 Registered nurses................................................. 34.66 7.3 40.32 13.9 28.23 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 29.70 1.0 – – 28.56 1.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.58 6.6 11.06 8.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 10.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.59 2.9 10.03 5.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.66 4.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.26 5.1 12.26 5.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.31 6.6 15.31 6.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.62 5.0 7.98 6.2 7.02 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.07 3.3 7.02 6.4 7.13 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.20 17.1 7.72 28.5 6.64 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 7.47 21.5 6.88 17.9 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.50 5.9 10.45 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.24 3.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 4.0 4.12 3.7 3.98 25.1 Level 1 .................................................. 4.82 16.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 3.32 8.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 3.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.98 3.3 8.68 4.7 7.41 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 4.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.98 3.3 8.68 4.7 7.41 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 4.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.24 1.9 10.60 1.9 8.21 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.2 8.70 3.8 8.46 8.6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.77 17.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.88 1.6 10.77 3.0 8.21 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 4.0 – – 8.46 8.6 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.36 2.4 12.06 4.4 8.22 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.42 8.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.69 6.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.32 14.7 19.41 16.9 8.98 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.28 15.6 – – 8.87 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 8.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 12.4 15.73 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.51 2.8 17.51 2.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.93 14.4 16.93 14.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.01 8.1 15.01 8.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.36 16.0 14.01 20.6 8.53 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 15.7 – – 8.53 3.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.66 .0 17.66 .0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 – – 8.30 2.4 Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 – – 8.30 2.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.21 24.3 16.90 24.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.02 3.8 14.35 3.7 11.14 16.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.55 1.3 – – 7.55 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.06 3.3 10.23 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.43 4.8 12.52 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.29 4.2 15.06 3.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.70 3.3 15.70 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.67 4.7 17.67 4.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.80 10.2 12.97 11.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.70 11.2 17.70 11.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.17 6.9 13.29 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.56 8.6 12.33 10.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 10.2 11.90 10.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.33 11.6 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.92 4.4 12.92 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.18 4.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.61 6.1 16.61 6.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.61 8.5 16.61 8.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.16 4.2 13.16 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 3.0 13.76 3.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.48 7.4 15.48 7.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.87 5.0 15.87 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.06 6.2 23.06 6.2 – – Electricians...................................................... 20.92 13.6 20.92 13.6 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.16 9.0 14.16 9.0 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 14.16 9.0 14.16 9.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.32 8.5 19.41 8.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.44 6.9 24.44 6.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.99 .8 21.99 .8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.93 8.6 17.93 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.92 1.1 21.92 1.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 .8 22.75 .8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 12.0 15.79 12.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.78 7.4 18.57 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.72 4.6 15.25 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.34 5.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.08 8.7 18.08 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.20 17.0 16.20 17.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.16 27.3 28.16 27.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.49 9.0 16.49 9.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.32 10.3 14.68 14.1 10.44 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 3.7 – – 9.31 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 6.2 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.88 5.5 12.44 12.0 11.18 6.4 Level 1 .................................................. 10.01 3.8 – – 9.67 13.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.85 5.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.52 5.3 $17.76 6.3 $10.63 6.0 Management occupations.............................................. 36.76 16.8 36.76 16.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.88 5.4 28.88 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.54 10.2 46.54 10.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.74 15.5 26.74 15.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.73 1.4 38.73 1.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 42.68 3.4 42.68 3.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.47 22.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.26 4.9 27.17 5.4 27.42 5.1 Level 7 .................................................. 28.58 3.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.53 8.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 30.85 2.3 31.85 3.4 29.69 .0 Level 9 .................................................. 30.06 1.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.56 7.1 11.08 8.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.85 10.2 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.44 2.6 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.40 4.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.26 5.1 12.26 5.1 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.56 5.0 7.90 6.5 7.02 .4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.07 3.3 7.02 6.4 7.13 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.20 17.1 7.72 28.5 6.64 2.6 Level 3 .................................................. 7.43 21.7 6.82 18.1 – – Cooks............................................................. 10.50 5.9 10.45 7.6 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 4.0 4.12 3.7 3.98 25.1 Level 1 .................................................. 4.82 16.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 3.32 8.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 3.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.85 3.1 8.46 5.3 7.41 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 4.8 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.85 3.1 8.46 5.3 7.41 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 4.8 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.86 3.5 – – 8.21 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.2 8.70 3.8 8.46 8.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.66 2.0 9.09 6.4 8.21 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.36 4.0 – – 8.46 8.6 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.84 2.5 – – 8.22 3.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.42 8.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.69 6.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.32 14.8 19.44 17.1 8.98 3.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.28 15.6 – – 8.87 1.9 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 8.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 12.4 15.73 13.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.51 2.8 17.51 2.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.93 14.4 16.93 14.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.01 8.1 15.01 8.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.36 16.0 14.01 20.6 8.53 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.90 6.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.19 15.7 – – 8.53 3.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.66 .0 17.66 .0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 – – 8.30 2.4 Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 5.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 – – 8.30 2.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.21 24.3 16.90 24.0 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.98 4.4 14.34 4.4 11.25 17.5 Level 1 .................................................. 7.55 1.3 – – 7.55 1.3 Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 3.4 10.23 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.43 5.7 12.51 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 4.2 15.49 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.54 3.6 15.54 3.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.80 10.2 12.97 11.8 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.82 6.4 12.89 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.56 8.6 12.33 10.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 10.2 11.90 10.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.37 11.0 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.92 4.4 12.92 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.18 4.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.87 4.8 17.87 4.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.12 5.0 13.12 5.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.08 7.9 15.08 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.34 9.3 19.44 9.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.78 6.7 24.78 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.99 .8 21.99 .8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.21 8.9 18.21 8.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.92 1.1 21.92 1.1 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 .8 22.75 .8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.75 7.5 18.55 6.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.72 4.6 15.25 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.34 5.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.08 8.7 18.08 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 20.6 15.56 20.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.16 27.3 28.16 27.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.49 9.0 16.49 9.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.32 10.3 14.68 14.1 10.44 7.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 3.7 – – 9.31 11.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.88 6.2 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.88 5.5 12.44 12.0 11.18 6.4 Level 1 .................................................. 10.01 3.8 – – 9.67 13.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.85 5.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.59 6.1 $22.57 5.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.02 8.8 22.02 8.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.59 6.7 18.59 6.7 – – Counselors........................................................ 21.13 7.1 21.13 7.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.74 7.2 27.82 7.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.70 10.2 27.83 9.9 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.76 .0 30.76 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.86 13.3 35.23 18.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.31 6.9 15.31 6.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.20 5.6 14.39 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.12 3.0 13.12 3.0 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.05 9.6 15.05 9.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.05 9.6 15.05 9.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.70 4.8 $18.81 5.3 $11.25 7.8 Management occupations.............................................. 37.69 14.9 37.69 14.9 – – Group II.................................................. 18.50 6.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.62 15.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 46.75 27.4 46.75 27.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.66 12.8 25.66 12.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.72 9.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.74 17.0 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.73 1.4 38.73 1.4 – – Engineers......................................................... 42.68 3.4 42.68 3.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.05 6.3 18.17 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.86 5.7 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 21.13 7.0 21.13 7.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.29 7.1 27.81 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.44 7.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.39 6.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.36 8.5 39.34 8.5 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.47 8.4 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.76 .0 30.76 .0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.58 9.2 30.79 13.0 26.90 3.8 Group II.................................................. 24.26 2.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.99 6.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.66 7.3 40.32 13.9 28.23 3.5 Group II.................................................. 28.97 3.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.79 10.6 – – 28.56 1.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.58 6.6 11.06 8.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.58 6.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.59 2.9 10.03 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.59 2.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.66 4.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.66 4.3 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.26 5.1 12.26 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.26 5.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 15.31 6.6 15.31 6.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.20 8.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.62 5.0 7.98 6.2 7.02 .4 Group I................................................... 7.24 6.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.50 5.9 10.45 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.50 5.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.08 4.0 4.12 3.7 3.98 25.1 Group I................................................... 3.88 2.3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.61 3.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 2.61 3.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.98 3.3 8.68 4.7 7.41 .4 Group I................................................... 7.98 3.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.98 3.3 8.68 4.7 7.41 .4 Group I................................................... 7.98 3.3 8.68 4.7 7.41 .4 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.24 1.9 10.60 1.9 8.21 3.7 Group I................................................... 9.73 3.5 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.88 1.6 10.77 3.0 8.21 3.7 Group I................................................... 8.91 2.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.36 2.4 12.06 4.4 8.22 3.8 Group I................................................... 9.17 3.6 10.78 10.3 8.22 3.8 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.69 6.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.90 2.3 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.32 14.7 19.41 16.9 8.98 3.0 Group I................................................... 11.87 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.76 9.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.93 14.4 16.93 14.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.01 8.1 15.01 8.1 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.36 16.0 14.01 20.6 8.53 4.7 Group I................................................... 10.74 10.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Group I................................................... 9.16 6.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 6.2 10.15 11.4 7.99 .2 Group I................................................... 9.16 6.3 10.25 15.1 7.99 .2 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.21 24.3 16.90 24.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.82 25.7 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.02 3.8 14.35 3.7 11.14 16.8 Group I................................................... 13.18 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.24 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.70 11.2 17.70 11.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.26 8.2 19.26 8.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.17 6.9 13.29 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 11.47 4.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 10.2 11.90 10.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.33 11.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.02 12.7 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.92 4.4 12.92 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.18 4.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.18 7.7 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.61 6.1 16.61 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.44 11.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.71 4.4 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.61 8.5 16.61 8.5 – – Group II.................................................. 18.10 4.3 18.10 4.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.16 4.2 13.16 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.86 5.2 12.86 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.48 7.4 15.48 7.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.63 3.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.79 4.5 – – – – Electricians...................................................... 20.92 13.6 20.92 13.6 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.16 9.0 14.16 9.0 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 14.16 9.0 14.16 9.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.32 8.5 19.41 8.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.48 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.12 8.9 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.93 8.6 17.93 8.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.71 9.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 .8 22.75 .8 – – Group II.................................................. 22.75 .8 22.75 .8 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 12.0 15.79 12.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.78 7.4 18.57 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.59 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.89 3.4 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.49 9.0 16.49 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.85 11.7 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.32 10.3 14.68 14.1 10.44 7.3 Group I................................................... 13.12 11.4 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.88 5.5 12.44 12.0 11.18 6.4 Group I................................................... 11.07 3.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.85 5.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.61 5.6 – – – – 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $9.95 $14.00 $21.00 $31.48 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 18.53 31.43 51.15 79.33 General and operations managers................................... 25.92 26.54 33.81 58.03 87.49 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.32 17.58 24.04 29.89 38.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 32.05 40.87 44.23 51.40 Engineers......................................................... 33.29 38.78 41.32 45.12 53.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.94 15.67 16.67 20.95 22.82 Counselors........................................................ 15.68 16.88 20.47 25.13 27.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.84 21.35 28.05 31.48 39.10 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.39 31.17 35.08 47.76 57.69 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.74 31.92 36.09 48.07 58.42 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.11 27.93 31.48 31.48 36.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.47 23.18 28.39 31.82 37.93 Registered nurses................................................. 23.50 27.00 30.00 33.69 39.81 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.00 9.82 12.00 13.04 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 8.91 9.31 9.98 10.88 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.75 8.91 10.88 12.16 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 11.61 12.00 13.22 15.09 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.72 13.14 14.19 16.92 20.63 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 6.00 7.25 9.50 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 9.25 9.50 10.69 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.16 4.00 6.00 6.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.16 2.75 4.01 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 10.23 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 10.23 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.75 9.75 12.12 13.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.73 8.75 12.06 13.73 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.50 9.94 12.50 14.40 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.91 8.41 11.87 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.06 9.00 13.44 18.92 25.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.42 13.75 13.75 19.49 24.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.42 12.55 13.75 16.10 21.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.25 9.12 14.02 20.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 8.05 8.97 9.12 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 8.05 8.97 9.12 11.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 9.70 14.00 19.55 25.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.57 13.63 16.54 19.35 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 9.47 14.42 18.01 21.22 22.80 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.20 12.77 15.94 17.61 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.00 10.00 11.10 15.50 16.11 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.25 7.45 10.57 11.32 14.57 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.70 12.06 13.16 15.00 15.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.45 8.10 9.00 9.75 11.34 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.41 12.98 15.54 18.94 23.18 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.00 12.98 16.68 18.48 22.10 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.50 10.89 14.00 14.39 15.94 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.38 11.75 14.00 17.79 23.00 Electricians...................................................... 12.40 16.00 21.00 26.95 29.23 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 9.38 11.96 12.16 17.79 20.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 9.38 11.96 12.16 17.79 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.17 13.10 18.88 24.84 27.81 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.91 13.10 17.24 22.85 25.59 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.24 22.45 22.85 25.33 25.59 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.16 11.91 13.50 19.47 20.59 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.00 16.32 19.82 25.70 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.80 11.80 16.90 19.59 23.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 9.31 11.54 14.00 18.09 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.15 9.69 11.25 13.02 13.77 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.30 11.97 13.02 13.60 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $9.15 $13.02 $19.23 $29.62 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 18.40 30.21 45.57 68.40 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.32 16.22 24.81 31.73 46.76 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 32.05 40.87 44.23 51.40 Engineers......................................................... 33.29 38.78 41.32 45.12 53.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.59 8.59 24.31 28.39 31.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.32 19.23 30.00 31.22 37.93 Registered nurses................................................. 27.00 29.66 30.00 32.29 37.93 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 8.91 9.48 12.00 13.22 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.32 8.91 9.31 9.48 10.75 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.00 8.50 8.91 9.00 13.04 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 11.61 12.00 13.22 15.09 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.75 6.00 7.25 9.50 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 9.25 9.50 10.69 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.16 4.00 6.00 6.55 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.15 2.16 2.75 4.01 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.35 7.65 9.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.35 7.65 9.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.65 9.15 10.75 13.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.36 8.00 9.00 10.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 7.80 9.49 10.64 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.91 8.41 11.87 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.06 9.00 13.38 18.92 25.25 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.42 13.75 13.75 19.49 24.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.42 12.55 13.75 16.10 21.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.25 9.12 14.02 20.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 8.05 8.97 9.12 11.50 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 8.05 8.97 9.12 11.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 9.70 14.00 19.55 25.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.45 13.62 16.54 19.35 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.20 12.77 15.50 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.00 10.00 11.10 15.50 16.11 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.25 7.25 10.57 10.57 10.57 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.70 12.06 13.16 15.00 15.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.45 8.10 9.00 9.75 11.34 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.98 14.64 18.22 21.88 24.04 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.50 10.50 14.00 14.39 15.94 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.00 11.23 14.00 17.00 21.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.75 13.10 19.24 24.84 27.81 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.91 13.10 17.99 22.85 25.59 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.24 22.45 22.85 25.33 25.59 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.00 16.00 19.59 26.60 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.80 11.80 16.90 19.59 23.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.40 9.31 11.54 14.00 18.09 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.15 9.69 11.25 13.02 13.77 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.30 11.97 13.02 13.60 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 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.75 $13.80 $18.48 $27.14 $34.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.39 17.58 21.04 26.23 26.23 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.60 15.67 17.60 20.95 24.83 Counselors........................................................ 15.68 16.88 20.05 25.13 27.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.02 21.82 29.16 31.61 39.32 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.11 27.93 31.48 31.48 36.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.11 23.50 27.09 33.37 66.64 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.39 12.91 13.59 17.85 20.63 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.80 12.02 13.75 15.97 18.38 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.75 12.52 13.94 17.36 19.42 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.75 12.52 13.94 17.36 19.42 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 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.66 $10.75 $15.00 $22.46 $33.06 Management occupations.............................................. 16.75 18.53 31.43 51.15 79.33 General and operations managers................................... 25.92 26.54 33.81 58.03 87.49 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.32 17.58 24.04 29.89 38.25 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.00 32.05 40.87 44.23 51.40 Engineers......................................................... 33.29 38.78 41.32 45.12 53.09 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.94 15.67 16.67 20.95 23.16 Counselors........................................................ 15.68 16.88 20.47 25.13 27.19 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.18 21.88 28.54 31.49 39.32 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.39 31.17 35.08 47.76 57.69 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.11 27.93 31.48 31.48 36.77 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.11 18.72 28.20 33.94 54.11 Registered nurses................................................. 25.92 29.38 32.70 37.93 76.90 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.31 10.88 12.17 13.75 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.50 9.31 9.46 10.88 12.16 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 11.61 12.00 13.22 15.09 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.72 13.14 14.19 16.92 20.63 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.31 5.72 7.65 10.23 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 9.00 9.50 9.75 11.00 12.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.15 2.16 3.50 6.00 6.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.35 7.50 7.65 10.23 10.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.35 7.50 7.65 10.23 10.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.08 10.25 12.25 14.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.73 8.00 10.00 12.84 15.15 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.80 10.00 12.50 13.45 15.31 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 10.26 15.22 20.58 26.27 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.42 13.75 13.75 19.49 24.25 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.42 12.55 13.75 16.10 21.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.25 9.00 11.19 17.46 23.85 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.40 11.65 Cashiers...................................................... 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.40 11.65 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.25 10.30 14.02 20.58 25.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 11.00 14.00 16.83 19.35 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 9.47 14.42 18.01 21.22 22.80 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.00 10.20 12.77 16.11 18.04 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.00 10.00 11.10 15.50 16.11 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.70 12.06 13.16 15.00 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.41 12.98 15.54 18.94 23.18 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.00 12.98 16.68 18.48 22.10 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.50 10.89 14.00 14.39 15.94 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.38 11.75 14.00 17.79 23.00 Electricians...................................................... 12.40 16.00 21.00 26.95 29.23 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 9.38 11.96 12.16 17.79 20.00 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 9.38 11.96 12.16 17.79 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.28 13.10 19.24 24.84 27.81 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.91 13.10 17.24 22.85 25.59 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 17.24 22.45 22.85 25.33 25.59 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.16 11.91 13.50 19.47 20.59 Production occupations.............................................. 11.80 13.77 16.32 20.95 27.00 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.80 11.80 16.90 19.59 23.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.25 9.93 13.02 18.09 29.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.05 10.30 11.00 13.02 13.77 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 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.25 $8.25 $12.00 $23.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.50 24.68 29.91 30.00 30.00 Registered nurses................................................. 23.50 25.46 30.00 30.00 30.18 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 7.25 7.25 7.32 8.55 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.75 4.00 4.01 7.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.35 7.90 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.35 7.90 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 7.36 8.75 10.64 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.36 8.75 10.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 7.36 8.75 10.64 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.41 8.06 10.07 12.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.41 8.06 9.10 10.07 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.40 8.06 8.15 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.40 8.06 8.15 9.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 7.45 9.00 12.98 22.12 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 8.00 10.00 12.50 13.60 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.39 11.50 13.60 13.60 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.81 $15.00 $744 $600 39.5 $37,955 $31,200 2,018 Management occupations.............................................. 37.69 31.43 1,576 1,257 41.8 81,888 65,381 2,173 General and operations managers................................... 46.75 33.81 2,277 1,623 48.7 118,395 84,397 2,532 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.66 24.04 1,032 962 40.2 53,547 50,001 2,086 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.73 40.87 1,592 1,653 41.1 82,786 85,935 2,137 Engineers......................................................... 42.68 41.32 1,767 1,727 41.4 91,891 89,808 2,153 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.17 16.67 700 640 38.5 35,558 33,292 1,957 Counselors........................................................ 21.13 20.47 811 770 38.4 39,384 37,700 1,864 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.81 28.54 1,090 1,137 39.2 43,241 44,677 1,555 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.34 35.08 1,574 1,403 40.0 61,377 54,726 1,560 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.76 31.48 1,193 1,181 38.8 45,340 44,863 1,474 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.79 28.20 1,204 1,052 39.1 62,620 54,725 2,034 Registered nurses................................................. 40.32 32.70 1,486 1,186 36.9 77,278 61,693 1,916 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.06 10.88 423 435 38.2 21,996 22,630 1,988 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.03 9.46 392 376 39.1 20,405 19,573 2,035 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.26 12.00 457 476 37.3 23,749 24,752 1,938 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.31 14.19 635 574 41.5 33,038 29,834 2,158 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.98 7.65 293 285 36.8 15,231 14,820 1,909 Cooks............................................................. 10.45 9.75 399 390 38.2 20,593 20,280 1,970 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 3.50 150 112 36.4 7,801 5,824 1,894 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.68 7.65 306 287 35.3 15,917 14,916 1,834 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.68 7.65 306 287 35.3 15,917 14,916 1,834 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.60 10.25 422 410 39.9 21,960 21,174 2,072 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.77 10.00 426 396 39.6 22,165 20,613 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 12.50 479 500 39.7 24,914 26,000 2,066 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.41 15.22 768 620 39.6 39,906 32,001 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.93 13.75 672 550 39.7 34,920 28,600 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.01 13.75 600 550 40.0 31,218 28,600 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.01 11.19 564 448 40.3 29,352 23,275 2,095 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.15 9.00 402 360 39.6 20,903 18,720 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 10.15 9.00 402 360 39.6 20,903 18,720 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.90 14.02 676 561 40.0 35,147 29,164 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.35 14.00 571 560 39.8 29,665 29,120 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.70 18.01 691 721 39.1 35,954 37,469 2,031 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.29 12.77 532 511 40.0 27,650 26,564 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 11.10 466 416 39.2 24,240 21,649 2,038 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.92 13.16 517 527 40.0 26,872 27,379 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.61 15.54 665 605 40.0 34,559 31,454 2,081 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.61 16.68 666 632 40.1 34,608 32,858 2,084 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.16 14.00 518 548 39.3 26,871 28,340 2,042 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.48 14.00 613 560 39.6 31,782 29,120 2,053 Electricians...................................................... 20.92 21.00 837 840 40.0 43,516 43,680 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.16 12.16 566 486 40.0 29,457 25,293 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 14.16 12.16 566 486 40.0 29,457 25,293 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.41 19.24 766 760 39.4 39,763 39,520 2,049 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.93 17.24 698 689 39.0 36,220 34,472 2,020 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 22.85 910 914 40.0 46,968 47,528 2,065 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.79 13.50 595 540 37.7 30,952 28,080 1,960 Production occupations.............................................. 18.57 16.32 743 653 40.0 38,598 33,946 2,079 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.49 16.90 660 676 40.0 34,295 35,152 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.68 13.02 587 521 40.0 30,529 27,071 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.44 11.00 498 440 40.0 25,875 22,880 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.76 $14.00 $702 $560 39.5 $36,447 $29,120 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 36.76 30.21 1,544 1,296 42.0 80,193 67,379 2,181 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.74 24.81 1,074 992 40.2 55,705 51,603 2,083 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.73 40.87 1,592 1,653 41.1 82,786 85,935 2,137 Engineers......................................................... 42.68 41.32 1,767 1,727 41.4 91,891 89,808 2,153 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.17 28.13 1,001 945 36.9 52,074 49,138 1,917 Registered nurses................................................. 31.85 31.80 1,121 1,075 35.2 58,287 55,894 1,830 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.08 11.48 422 397 38.1 21,942 20,654 1,981 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.26 12.00 457 476 37.3 23,749 24,752 1,938 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.90 7.65 290 285 36.7 15,067 14,820 1,908 Cooks............................................................. 10.45 9.75 402 390 38.5 20,922 20,280 2,002 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 3.50 150 112 36.4 7,801 5,824 1,894 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.46 7.65 294 285 34.7 15,266 14,820 1,804 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.46 7.65 294 285 34.7 15,266 14,820 1,804 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.09 8.00 360 320 39.6 18,709 16,640 2,058 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.44 14.76 769 609 39.5 39,946 31,660 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.93 13.75 672 550 39.7 34,920 28,600 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.01 13.75 600 550 40.0 31,218 28,600 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.01 11.19 564 448 40.3 29,352 23,275 2,095 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.15 9.00 402 360 39.6 20,903 18,720 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 10.15 9.00 402 360 39.6 20,903 18,720 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.90 14.02 676 561 40.0 35,147 29,164 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.34 14.00 573 560 40.0 29,805 29,120 2,078 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.89 12.77 515 494 40.0 26,802 25,688 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.90 11.10 466 416 39.2 24,240 21,649 2,038 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.92 13.16 517 527 40.0 26,872 27,379 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.87 18.22 736 865 41.2 38,250 45,001 2,140 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.12 14.00 518 560 39.5 26,879 29,120 2,049 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.08 14.00 597 560 39.6 30,931 29,120 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.44 19.35 769 772 39.6 39,963 40,165 2,055 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.21 17.99 711 689 39.0 36,857 34,472 2,024 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 22.85 910 914 40.0 46,968 47,528 2,065 Production occupations.............................................. 18.55 16.32 742 653 40.0 38,564 33,946 2,078 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.49 16.90 660 676 40.0 34,295 35,152 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.68 13.02 587 521 40.0 30,529 27,071 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.44 11.00 498 440 40.0 25,875 22,880 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.57 $18.25 $895 $735 39.7 $42,965 $37,622 1,904 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.02 21.04 889 860 40.3 46,193 44,720 2,097 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.59 17.60 711 665 38.3 35,980 33,112 1,936 Counselors........................................................ 21.13 20.05 810 770 38.4 39,288 37,700 1,860 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.82 29.16 1,089 1,150 39.1 42,941 44,677 1,544 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.76 31.48 1,193 1,181 38.8 45,340 44,863 1,474 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.23 28.39 1,489 1,145 42.3 77,439 59,550 2,198 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.31 13.59 634 543 41.4 32,975 28,261 2,153 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.39 13.92 558 541 38.8 28,990 28,121 2,015 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.05 13.94 583 542 38.7 30,292 28,178 2,013 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.05 13.94 583 542 38.7 30,292 28,178 2,013 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 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.52 $13.91 $18.94 $24.99 Management, professional, and related...... 31.09 24.31 41.21 35.05 Management, business, and financial...... 32.38 22.61 43.76 37.72 Professional and related................. 29.79 26.01 31.02 33.90 Service.................................... 9.01 9.02 8.60 10.38 Sales and office........................... 15.25 15.10 15.60 15.54 Sales and related........................ 17.32 17.75 17.04 14.61 Office and administrative support........ 13.98 13.58 14.33 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 17.21 14.60 19.01 20.53 Construction and extraction............. 15.08 14.15 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.34 15.17 22.96 20.25 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.68 13.09 16.10 23.22 Production............................... 17.75 14.49 16.79 24.46 Transportation and material moving....... 13.32 12.13 15.14 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 5.1 14.2 10.6 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.9 8.4 22.4 3.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 15.0 5.1 24.7 8.5 Professional and related.......................................... 7.4 12.8 15.0 8.0 Service............................................................. 3.4 3.6 9.1 11.5 Sales and office.................................................... 6.0 8.3 6.5 10.5 Sales and related................................................. 14.8 21.8 8.7 28.0 Office and administrative support................................. 4.4 5.9 9.1 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.7 5.3 10.6 4.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.9 5.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.3 9.5 9.6 4.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.7 7.2 8.9 19.4 Production........................................................ 7.5 11.2 7.3 17.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 8.9 21.1 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $14.73 $12.75 $580 $490 39.4 $30,126 $25,480 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 23.79 26.04 995 1,041 41.8 51,666 54,153 2,172 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.22 19.23 927 769 38.3 48,223 40,000 1,991 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.54 11.90 427 464 37.0 22,183 24,149 1,922 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.08 7.50 292 263 36.2 15,204 13,650 1,882 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.78 2.31 134 86 35.5 6,981 4,472 1,845 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.89 13.75 792 550 39.8 41,127 28,600 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.27 13.75 608 550 39.8 31,605 28,600 2,070 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.38 10.26 584 380 40.6 30,363 19,760 2,111 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.30 9.00 372 360 40.0 19,352 18,720 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 9.30 9.00 372 360 40.0 19,352 18,720 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.86 13.16 554 527 40.0 28,795 27,379 2,077 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.07 11.10 483 408 40.0 25,107 21,216 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.58 13.00 496 519 39.4 25,705 26,998 2,043 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.15 14.00 553 560 39.1 28,599 29,120 2,022 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.17 13.10 591 524 39.0 30,748 27,248 2,026 Production occupations.............................................. 15.98 15.27 639 611 40.0 33,156 31,762 2,075 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.85 11.54 514 461 40.0 26,725 23,993 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.77 $17.79 $906 $708 39.8 $47,024 $36,818 2,066 Management occupations.............................................. 55.07 52.00 2,324 2,080 42.2 120,846 108,150 2,195 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.43 28.85 1,217 1,154 40.0 63,301 60,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations Engineers......................................................... 42.71 42.31 1,779 1,731 41.6 92,498 90,000 2,165 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.94 30.26 1,066 1,033 35.6 55,436 53,731 1,852 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.92 8.16 274 326 39.6 14,247 16,973 2,060 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.52 16.27 723 650 39.1 37,617 33,800 2,032 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 11.90 504 474 39.3 26,227 24,669 2,044 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.40 15.03 616 601 40.0 32,037 31,271 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.83 16.11 633 644 40.0 32,925 33,509 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.99 14.00 639 560 40.0 33,251 29,120 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.37 22.86 895 914 40.0 46,435 47,549 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.74 22.43 830 897 40.0 42,961 46,654 2,071 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.75 22.85 910 914 40.0 46,968 47,528 2,065 Production occupations.............................................. 19.83 16.90 793 676 40.0 41,246 35,152 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.68 14.70 627 588 40.0 32,608 30,576 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.29 13.02 772 521 40.0 40,133 27,071 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 2010 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $23.69 $23.69 – $17.54 $16.29 $22.59 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 29.36 31.09 27.30 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 32.22 32.38 31.55 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 27.89 29.79 26.57 Service............................................................. – – – 9.64 9.01 13.86 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 15.00 15.08 14.31 Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.98 16.97 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 14.02 13.98 14.20 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 16.46 16.08 19.28 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 15.39 14.98 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 17.71 17.45 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.09 22.09 – 14.99 14.93 – Production........................................................ 21.62 21.62 – 17.39 17.35 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 12.13 12.13 – 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........................................................... 1.6 1.6 – 4.9 5.5 6.1 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 6.4 9.9 7.2 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 12.9 15.0 23.1 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 5.3 7.4 8.6 Service............................................................. – – – 2.3 3.4 5.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 5.6 6.2 5.8 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.9 16.1 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.8 4.4 5.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 4.7 5.1 6.9 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 7.4 8.0 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 6.0 6.2 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.0 5.0 – 8.7 8.9 – Production........................................................ 10.4 10.4 – 10.6 10.9 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 6.9 6.9 – 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 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $17.33 $15.99 $25.62 $25.62 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.71 31.87 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.63 34.21 – – Professional and related.......................................... 27.89 29.79 – – Service............................................................. 9.61 8.98 – – Sales and office.................................................... 13.91 13.86 26.72 26.72 Sales and related................................................. 13.69 13.64 – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.01 13.97 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.38 17.14 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.08 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.38 19.41 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.75 14.69 – – Production........................................................ 16.30 16.23 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.07 13.07 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 6.1 11.1 11.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.6 10.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 13.6 15.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 2.4 3.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.2 3.6 16.5 16.5 Sales and related................................................. 5.4 5.5 – – Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 4.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.3 7.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.2 10.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 4.8 – – Production........................................................ 4.1 4.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.4 10.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC, May 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $16.10 $22.96 $16.22 $23.36 $22.86 – $15.93 $8.65 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 35.24 – – – – 24.43 19.06 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 35.44 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 34.83 – – – – 24.11 – – Service............................................................. – – 11.37 – – – 9.67 7.48 – Sales and office.................................................... – 16.39 13.97 – 22.91 – 13.01 9.34 – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.99 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 13.94 – 13.49 – 13.01 9.64 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.21 19.91 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.99 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 18.97 12.64 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 18.93 11.38 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 12.89 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 4.9 1.1 13.0 3.7 9.4 – 15.4 5.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 6.3 – – – – 11.4 15.6 – Management, business, and financial............................... – 11.9 – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – 9.3 – – – – 11.3 – – Service............................................................. – – 5.2 – – – 3.8 3.7 – Sales and office.................................................... – 5.2 6.8 – 11.1 – 9.1 2.3 – Sales and related................................................. – – 11.9 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 8.2 – 8.2 – 9.1 .5 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.8 10.6 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 3.0 – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 7.4 11.2 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 7.6 10.8 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – 12.8 – – – – – – 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 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 247,400 201,500 45,900 Management, professional, and related............................... 62,800 33,000 29,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 18,900 15,200 3,800 Professional and related.......................................... 43,900 17,900 26,000 Service............................................................. 71,600 64,200 7,300 Sales and office.................................................... 65,600 59,000 6,600 Sales and related................................................. 23,600 23,400 – Office and administrative support................................. 42,000 35,700 6,400 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17,900 16,000 2,000 Construction and extraction...................................... 8,800 8,000 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9,200 8,000 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 29,500 29,200 – Production........................................................ 14,700 14,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14,800 14,800 – 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 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 9,513 9,373 141 Total in sample....................................................... 193 173 20 Responding........................................................ 134 115 19 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 31 30 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 28 28 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.