Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $21.22 4.5 35.2 $20.97 5.3 35.2 $22.72 3.3 35.5 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.35 6.0 37.3 34.82 7.6 38.3 25.93 4.5 35.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.85 4.7 39.8 39.42 4.4 39.7 34.47 25.5 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 28.80 8.5 36.1 31.31 12.0 37.2 24.45 4.7 34.4 Service............................................................. 12.18 5.9 29.2 10.64 5.7 28.1 19.07 11.0 35.7 Sales and office.................................................... 17.59 6.6 34.4 17.84 7.1 34.2 13.73 3.4 36.3 Sales and related................................................. 19.41 19.8 34.3 19.41 19.8 34.3 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.61 3.8 34.4 16.91 4.3 34.2 13.73 3.4 36.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.61 5.9 39.2 18.78 6.2 39.1 16.12 7.8 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 14.55 4.0 37.8 14.60 4.2 37.6 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.60 8.8 40.2 21.74 9.2 40.2 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.22 6.3 39.1 15.22 6.4 39.1 – – – Production........................................................ 15.62 6.2 39.8 15.62 6.2 39.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.93 8.2 38.5 14.93 8.3 38.7 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.56 4.6 39.5 22.50 5.3 39.6 22.89 3.8 39.0 Part time........................................................... 10.39 4.0 18.7 9.50 4.8 19.1 20.15 7.6 15.2 Union............................................................... 22.09 20.6 35.2 22.09 20.6 35.2 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 21.20 4.6 35.2 20.93 5.5 35.2 22.72 3.3 35.5 Time................................................................ 19.76 3.5 34.9 19.21 4.1 34.8 22.72 3.3 35.5 Incentive........................................................... 41.77 15.1 40.4 41.77 15.1 40.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.29 5.3 39.3 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.29 6.1 34.5 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 18.02 7.5 33.9 18.04 7.7 33.8 17.58 7.5 35.9 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.41 7.9 35.6 18.12 8.3 35.4 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 27.69 7.5 37.1 30.07 10.5 38.2 23.48 3.8 35.2 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 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $21.22 4.5 $22.56 4.6 $10.39 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 41.50 6.5 41.63 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.23 11.1 28.20 11.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.99 7.6 44.99 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.78 9.1 43.78 9.1 – – Financial managers................................................ 44.29 10.6 44.29 10.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.25 7.9 49.25 7.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.07 5.9 37.07 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.23 15.3 27.23 15.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.59 7.4 27.59 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.64 7.0 29.64 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.68 4.6 41.68 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 97.48 20.0 97.48 20.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.82 7.9 42.82 7.9 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.68 11.8 29.68 11.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.98 10.4 34.98 10.4 – – Training and development specialists............................ 31.10 14.0 31.10 14.0 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.79 6.6 37.79 6.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 39.27 9.3 39.27 9.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.85 2.9 40.85 2.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.64 5.5 33.64 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.40 1.1 46.40 1.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.50 9.1 48.50 9.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.80 1.7 47.80 1.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.46 15.5 27.46 15.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 10.9 33.16 10.9 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.61 8.3 21.76 8.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.76 6.0 16.51 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.30 2.6 17.12 2.8 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.13 5.1 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.13 5.1 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.93 21.0 13.93 21.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.28 5.5 25.29 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 4.5 12.18 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.73 1.3 27.73 1.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.16 11.9 48.88 11.0 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.17 15.8 49.68 15.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.16 11.9 48.88 11.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.74 1.2 27.75 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.64 1.4 27.64 1.4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.72 1.1 27.73 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.69 1.2 27.69 1.2 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.01 1.5 28.02 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.02 1.5 28.02 1.5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.77 2.1 26.77 2.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.56 2.5 26.56 2.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.57 3.9 28.57 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.14 3.9 28.14 3.9 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.57 3.9 28.57 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.14 3.9 28.14 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.31 4.2 12.31 4.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 4.5 12.18 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.23 3.9 13.23 3.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.78 8.8 24.25 9.7 27.40 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.61 3.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.91 3.1 18.91 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.34 12.3 23.50 8.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.28 6.6 26.38 7.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.90 2.3 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.66 11.0 30.45 15.0 26.04 4.3 Registered nurses................................................. 27.26 4.4 27.77 5.7 26.08 2.4 Level 8 .................................................. 27.90 2.3 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.92 4.0 – – 25.42 4.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.05 12.4 15.42 13.5 12.65 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.53 1.8 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.24 3.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.58 2.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.30 4.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.75 1.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.70 12.3 22.55 11.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.35 1.9 8.19 2.6 6.98 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.24 3.2 9.01 3.9 7.00 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.07 8.3 8.12 3.3 6.19 10.2 Level 3 .................................................. 7.34 7.3 – – 7.77 8.5 Level 4 .................................................. 9.90 9.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.41 2.4 9.60 1.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.90 9.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.78 8.8 – – 3.88 11.8 Level 2 .................................................. 3.11 28.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.67 22.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.72 14.8 – – 2.84 16.8 Level 2 .................................................. 2.16 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.04 1.9 – – 7.67 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 1.4 – – 7.42 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.70 8.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.19 1.3 – – 7.77 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.81 8.6 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.34 12.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.34 12.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.78 13.8 12.94 14.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.34 2.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.56 2.3 11.56 2.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.98 5.5 11.15 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.51 6.3 11.51 6.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.10 6.1 11.32 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.33 6.7 11.33 6.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.27 1.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.96 7.1 18.11 10.1 – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.33 16.8 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 12.89 18.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.41 19.8 21.65 25.5 9.61 10.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 1.5 – – 8.08 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 1.8 – – 8.30 9.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 .9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.24 3.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 11.9 22.93 11.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.76 13.3 14.02 8.1 9.61 10.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 1.5 – – 8.08 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 1.8 – – 8.30 9.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.5 – – 8.13 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 2.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.5 – – 8.13 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 2.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.12 10.6 16.75 13.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.14 10.9 29.14 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.61 3.8 16.96 3.7 12.35 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 12.60 7.6 13.09 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.82 4.1 12.91 4.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.38 3.1 15.54 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.40 5.6 19.34 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.66 5.1 20.76 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.49 8.0 24.49 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.18 12.2 17.18 12.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.27 7.3 23.27 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.47 7.9 23.47 7.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.55 5.0 16.52 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.42 5.7 15.42 5.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.55 11.6 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.72 8.8 14.88 9.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.30 7.4 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 3.3 19.16 3.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.84 10.1 12.63 8.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.53 9.6 20.54 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.06 10.9 20.06 10.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.15 7.4 23.15 7.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.23 3.0 14.39 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 2.4 13.62 2.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.55 4.0 14.82 5.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.60 8.8 21.60 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.07 3.8 20.07 3.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.40 7.8 18.40 7.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.40 7.5 18.40 7.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.08 10.7 17.08 10.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 6.2 15.62 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.08 5.0 12.08 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.22 8.2 15.22 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.47 8.4 16.47 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.52 11.6 21.52 11.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.12 1.7 21.12 1.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 4.6 19.06 4.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.92 3.7 15.92 3.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.59 12.1 11.59 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.93 8.2 15.05 8.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.31 7.4 12.26 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.12 8.3 13.19 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.41 8.2 17.41 8.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 8.4 16.80 8.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.78 9.5 18.78 9.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.33 3.0 13.42 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 5.6 13.84 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.58 8.0 10.54 7.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.29 12.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.55 6.9 10.42 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 10.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.97 5.3 $22.50 5.3 $9.50 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 40.51 6.5 40.65 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.23 11.1 28.20 11.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 48.01 5.3 48.01 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.05 9.6 44.05 9.6 – – Financial managers................................................ 44.29 10.6 44.29 10.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 49.25 7.9 49.25 7.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.71 5.3 38.71 5.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.23 15.3 27.23 15.3 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.59 7.4 27.59 7.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.03 3.3 32.03 3.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.68 4.6 41.68 4.6 – – Level 12.................................................. 97.48 20.0 97.48 20.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.67 7.7 44.67 7.7 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.68 11.8 29.68 11.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.92 12.0 36.92 12.0 – – Training and development specialists............................ 33.99 18.7 33.99 18.7 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.79 6.6 37.79 6.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 39.27 9.3 39.27 9.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.60 3.3 41.60 3.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.64 5.5 33.64 5.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.40 1.1 46.40 1.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.80 1.7 47.80 1.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.46 15.5 27.46 15.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 10.9 33.16 10.9 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.69 6.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.28 12.2 24.78 12.6 30.14 4.7 Level 6 .................................................. 24.34 12.3 23.50 8.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.98 4.7 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.90 2.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.20 3.5 29.34 3.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.90 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.00 15.4 16.07 15.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.65 6.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.33 1.9 8.14 2.5 6.97 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.21 3.2 8.79 2.6 7.00 4.6 Level 2 .................................................. 7.05 8.4 8.12 3.3 6.14 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.34 7.3 – – 7.77 8.5 Level 4 .................................................. 9.90 9.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.41 2.4 9.60 1.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.90 9.9 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.72 9.1 – – 3.79 12.1 Level 2 .................................................. 2.97 29.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.67 22.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.72 14.8 – – 2.84 16.8 Level 2 .................................................. 2.16 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.01 1.9 – – 7.67 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.42 .9 – – 7.42 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.70 8.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.15 1.3 – – 7.77 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 8.81 8.6 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.34 12.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.34 12.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.14 16.3 13.36 17.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.10 10.0 11.63 9.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.27 1.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.18 7.9 18.99 11.5 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.41 19.8 21.65 25.5 9.61 10.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 1.5 – – 8.08 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 1.8 – – 8.30 9.7 Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 .9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.24 3.5 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 11.9 22.93 11.9 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.76 13.3 14.02 8.1 9.61 10.8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.21 1.5 – – 8.08 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.93 1.8 – – 8.30 9.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.5 – – 8.13 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 2.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.26 1.5 – – 8.13 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.60 2.1 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 14.12 10.6 16.75 13.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.14 10.9 29.14 10.9 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.91 4.3 17.31 4.1 12.36 6.7 Level 2 .................................................. 11.27 4.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.86 4.6 12.97 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.74 3.6 15.97 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.40 5.6 19.34 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.88 5.1 20.99 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.49 8.0 24.49 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.26 12.4 17.26 12.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.27 7.3 23.27 7.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.47 7.9 23.47 7.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.65 5.4 16.62 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.46 6.5 15.46 6.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.55 11.6 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.72 8.8 14.88 9.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.30 7.4 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 3.3 19.16 3.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.47 12.7 12.51 12.5 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.53 9.6 20.54 9.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.06 10.9 20.06 10.9 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.15 7.4 23.15 7.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.57 4.4 14.88 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.60 4.2 14.90 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.74 9.2 21.74 9.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.07 3.8 20.07 3.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.33 7.9 18.33 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.40 7.5 18.40 7.5 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.91 10.9 16.91 10.9 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 6.2 15.62 6.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.08 5.0 12.08 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.22 8.2 15.22 8.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.47 8.4 16.47 8.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.52 11.6 21.52 11.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.12 1.7 21.12 1.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 4.6 19.06 4.6 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.92 3.7 15.92 3.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.59 12.1 11.59 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.93 8.3 15.03 8.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.31 7.4 12.26 7.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.13 8.3 13.19 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.41 8.2 17.41 8.2 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 8.4 16.80 8.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.78 9.5 18.78 9.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.33 3.0 13.42 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 5.6 13.84 6.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.58 8.0 10.54 7.9 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.43 3.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.29 12.4 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.55 6.9 10.42 7.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.97 10.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $22.72 3.3 $22.89 3.8 $20.15 7.6 Management occupations.............................................. 48.39 22.3 48.39 22.3 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.44 6.8 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.93 4.6 18.75 4.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.70 5.8 25.70 5.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.06 5.4 12.06 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 3.8 12.98 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 .7 28.07 .7 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.60 15.4 50.60 15.4 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.97 1.0 27.97 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 1.0 27.97 1.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 .6 28.01 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.01 .6 28.01 .6 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.24 1.5 28.24 1.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.24 1.5 28.24 1.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.14 4.0 28.14 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.14 4.0 28.14 4.0 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.14 4.0 28.14 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.14 4.0 28.14 4.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.18 5.0 12.18 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.06 5.4 12.06 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.98 3.8 12.98 3.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.66 5.3 22.67 6.2 25.66 2.6 Level 9 .................................................. 24.98 3.9 – – 25.42 4.1 Registered nurses................................................. 25.76 6.0 25.87 9.0 25.62 3.0 Level 9 .................................................. 24.92 4.0 – – 25.42 4.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.00 6.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.09 11.3 25.56 10.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.91 6.2 10.91 6.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.91 6.2 10.91 6.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.67 5.7 10.67 5.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.73 3.4 13.75 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.85 3.1 13.85 3.1 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.33 2.7 13.33 2.7 – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $21.22 4.5 $22.56 4.6 $10.39 4.0 Management occupations.............................................. 41.50 6.5 41.63 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 40.19 13.9 – – – – Financial managers................................................ 44.29 10.6 44.29 10.6 – – Group III................................................. 48.58 5.2 48.58 5.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.07 5.9 37.07 5.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.09 9.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.39 7.8 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.68 11.8 29.68 11.8 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.98 10.4 34.98 10.4 – – Group III................................................. 34.40 8.3 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 31.10 14.0 31.10 14.0 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.79 6.6 37.79 6.6 – – Financial analysts.............................................. 39.27 9.3 39.27 9.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.85 2.9 40.85 2.9 – – Group III................................................. 41.75 4.8 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 47.80 1.7 47.80 1.7 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.46 15.5 27.46 15.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 10.9 33.16 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 27.47 5.2 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.61 8.3 21.76 8.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.76 6.0 16.51 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 16.34 5.0 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 18.13 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.13 5.1 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.93 21.0 13.93 21.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.28 5.5 25.29 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.31 4.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.14 3.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.17 15.8 49.68 15.4 – – Group III................................................. 48.16 11.9 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.74 1.2 27.75 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 27.64 1.4 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.72 1.1 27.73 1.0 – – Group III................................................. 27.69 1.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.01 1.5 28.02 1.5 – – Group III................................................. 28.02 1.5 28.02 1.5 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.77 2.1 26.77 2.1 – – Group III................................................. 26.56 2.5 26.56 2.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.57 3.9 28.57 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 28.14 3.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.57 3.9 28.57 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 28.14 3.9 28.14 3.9 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.31 4.2 12.31 4.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.31 4.2 12.31 4.2 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.78 8.8 24.25 9.7 27.40 3.5 Group I................................................... 13.61 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.41 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.80 9.2 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.26 4.4 27.77 5.7 26.08 2.4 Group II.................................................. 27.57 2.2 27.38 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 27.09 6.2 28.04 8.4 25.42 4.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.05 12.4 15.42 13.5 12.65 6.1 Group I................................................... 12.44 2.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.24 3.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.24 3.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.30 4.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.30 4.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.70 12.3 22.55 11.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.49 7.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.98 7.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.35 1.9 8.19 2.6 6.98 1.6 Group I................................................... 7.35 1.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.41 2.4 9.60 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 9.41 2.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.78 8.8 – – 3.88 11.8 Group I................................................... 3.78 8.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.72 14.8 – – 2.84 16.8 Group I................................................... 2.72 14.8 – – 2.84 16.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.04 1.9 – – 7.67 2.9 Group I................................................... 8.04 1.9 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.19 1.3 – – 7.77 3.6 Group I................................................... 8.19 1.3 – – 7.77 3.6 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.34 12.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.34 12.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.78 13.8 12.94 14.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.19 2.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.98 5.5 11.15 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.98 5.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.10 6.1 11.32 6.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.10 6.1 11.32 6.5 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.27 1.9 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.96 7.1 18.11 10.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.95 13.2 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.33 16.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.22 18.6 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 12.89 18.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.41 19.8 21.65 25.5 9.61 10.1 Group I................................................... 11.85 11.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 8.8 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.76 13.3 14.02 8.1 9.61 10.8 Group I................................................... 11.90 11.4 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Group I................................................... 10.01 11.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.05 10.1 10.74 5.1 8.22 1.9 Group I................................................... 10.01 11.1 10.70 6.3 8.22 1.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.12 10.6 16.75 13.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.90 5.1 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.14 10.9 29.14 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 26.80 8.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.61 3.8 16.96 3.7 12.35 6.7 Group I................................................... 13.81 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.72 4.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.27 7.3 23.27 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.27 7.3 23.27 7.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.55 5.0 16.52 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.97 3.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.55 11.6 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.72 8.8 14.88 9.0 – – Group I................................................... 13.60 11.3 13.78 11.8 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.30 7.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.30 7.4 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 3.3 19.16 3.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.84 10.1 12.63 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.78 8.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.53 9.6 20.54 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 22.12 9.9 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.15 7.4 23.15 7.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.33 7.2 23.33 7.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.23 3.0 14.39 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.81 2.7 13.95 2.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.55 4.0 14.82 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 12.05 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.42 3.7 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.60 8.8 21.60 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 21.09 1.6 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.40 7.8 18.40 7.8 – – Group II.................................................. 19.53 5.9 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.08 10.7 17.08 10.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.36 9.4 18.36 9.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 6.2 15.62 6.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.72 3.7 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 4.6 19.06 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 18.77 7.5 – – – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.92 3.7 15.92 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.92 6.2 13.92 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 19.97 16.3 19.97 16.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.59 12.1 11.59 12.1 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.93 8.2 15.05 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.91 6.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 8.4 16.80 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 15.52 9.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.78 9.5 18.78 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 17.16 9.2 17.16 9.2 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.33 3.0 13.42 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.33 3.0 13.42 3.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.58 8.0 10.54 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.59 8.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.55 6.9 10.42 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.57 6.9 10.44 7.0 – – 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.64 $11.68 $16.92 $25.14 $39.66 Management occupations.............................................. 22.73 25.29 38.08 54.87 70.39 Financial managers................................................ 22.85 34.74 43.06 55.42 60.71 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.33 23.48 32.21 41.11 57.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 21.64 21.64 26.00 29.90 47.32 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.59 23.48 33.13 39.66 43.92 Training and development specialists............................ 19.87 20.59 31.20 43.92 43.92 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.44 30.00 32.92 47.12 55.00 Financial analysts.............................................. 28.85 30.77 34.66 48.00 55.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.67 32.96 42.07 48.08 50.72 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.67 42.45 46.87 50.14 62.82 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.22 20.22 24.33 30.75 40.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.11 22.99 31.25 39.84 46.66 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.00 15.00 22.59 25.18 29.30 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.88 15.39 16.11 18.03 21.60 Counselors........................................................ 14.00 16.02 17.00 19.80 23.56 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 9.11 9.25 11.38 16.61 22.41 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.67 16.26 25.35 30.34 36.82 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.03 37.41 44.01 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 23.40 27.24 30.87 35.27 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 23.18 27.11 31.24 35.27 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.85 27.46 31.72 35.27 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.33 21.93 25.62 29.78 35.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.62 25.67 28.23 31.31 35.23 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.62 25.67 28.23 31.31 35.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.31 11.60 12.13 12.78 14.39 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.51 19.06 23.85 29.08 33.27 Registered nurses................................................. 23.08 23.85 26.51 29.74 32.08 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.28 11.32 13.69 15.13 25.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.69 10.50 11.32 11.60 12.65 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.50 10.87 11.32 11.60 13.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.20 13.43 20.94 27.49 30.02 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.82 8.53 9.00 10.00 11.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 5.15 7.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 3.18 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.45 8.55 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.74 9.39 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.50 9.00 11.04 11.04 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 12.00 17.31 17.31 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.85 9.59 11.00 12.12 13.77 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.90 9.59 11.26 12.12 13.92 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.28 7.93 9.06 17.97 39.90 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.28 9.12 11.10 17.31 18.28 Recreation workers.............................................. 7.28 9.12 11.10 17.31 18.28 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.22 11.10 13.73 23.96 44.41 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.05 11.50 13.73 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.17 10.32 11.50 11.86 Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.17 10.32 11.50 11.86 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.22 10.05 12.02 13.97 18.07 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.45 20.19 24.87 28.99 56.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 13.19 15.50 19.13 23.45 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.46 19.70 23.41 28.83 28.83 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.50 14.30 15.50 17.89 21.28 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.50 15.50 15.50 19.23 22.47 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.58 11.78 15.00 16.15 19.13 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.78 12.00 14.00 16.92 17.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 16.00 16.72 18.58 21.64 25.23 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.10 9.25 11.85 12.87 18.30 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 15.90 20.00 23.20 30.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.97 20.00 22.60 26.92 30.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.32 12.96 14.24 15.21 16.05 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.16 11.00 14.10 17.50 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.70 15.00 21.00 23.75 27.65 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.48 13.11 19.26 21.50 23.75 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.48 12.48 16.97 21.50 23.75 Production occupations.............................................. 9.33 10.72 14.67 18.45 25.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.26 14.34 19.84 24.80 24.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.75 14.67 15.77 16.48 24.46 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 9.50 14.00 17.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.99 13.00 17.82 21.55 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.05 13.00 14.50 21.55 21.55 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.50 14.50 15.82 21.55 21.55 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.99 10.60 12.43 14.00 17.82 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 12.13 16.89 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.21 9.06 12.13 13.25 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.21 $11.37 $16.14 $24.50 $39.90 Management occupations.............................................. 22.58 24.41 37.07 54.19 67.45 Financial managers................................................ 22.85 34.74 43.06 55.42 60.71 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.43 26.25 32.72 43.92 65.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 21.64 21.64 26.00 29.90 47.32 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.87 23.48 35.10 41.11 43.92 Training and development specialists............................ 18.27 19.87 41.70 43.92 43.92 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.44 30.00 32.92 47.12 55.00 Financial analysts.............................................. 28.85 30.77 34.66 48.00 55.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.89 33.17 43.46 48.59 50.72 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.67 42.45 46.87 50.14 62.82 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.22 20.22 24.33 30.75 40.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.11 22.99 31.25 39.84 46.66 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.25 15.14 16.11 18.03 20.25 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.04 19.02 22.97 31.50 40.00 Registered nurses................................................. 22.22 26.14 28.88 32.08 34.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 11.50 14.00 16.10 32.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 11.00 12.00 12.27 13.99 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.82 8.53 9.00 10.00 11.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 5.00 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.35 3.18 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.45 8.50 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.70 9.39 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.50 9.00 11.04 11.04 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 12.12 17.31 17.31 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.85 12.12 13.77 13.92 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 14.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.50 8.96 18.28 39.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.22 11.10 13.73 23.96 44.41 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.05 11.50 13.73 15.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.17 10.32 11.50 11.86 Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.17 10.32 11.50 11.86 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.22 10.05 12.02 13.97 18.07 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.45 20.19 24.87 28.99 56.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.97 13.39 15.97 19.70 23.75 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.46 19.70 23.41 28.83 28.83 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.46 14.45 15.50 18.31 21.28 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.50 15.50 15.50 19.23 22.47 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.58 11.78 15.00 16.15 19.13 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.78 12.00 14.00 16.92 17.50 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 16.00 16.72 18.58 21.64 25.23 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.10 9.00 10.28 11.85 18.30 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 15.90 20.00 23.20 30.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.97 20.00 22.60 26.92 30.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.91 13.00 14.57 15.39 18.30 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.06 11.00 14.10 17.50 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.70 15.00 21.00 24.45 27.65 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.48 13.11 19.26 21.50 23.75 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.48 12.48 16.97 21.50 23.75 Production occupations.............................................. 9.33 10.72 14.67 18.45 25.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.26 14.34 19.84 24.80 24.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.75 14.67 15.77 16.48 24.46 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 9.50 14.00 17.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.99 12.95 17.82 21.55 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.05 13.00 14.50 21.55 21.55 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.50 14.50 15.82 21.55 21.55 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.99 10.60 12.43 14.00 17.82 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 12.13 16.89 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.21 9.06 12.13 13.25 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.49 $14.39 $21.32 $27.49 $33.27 Management occupations.............................................. 25.29 26.71 41.39 57.69 94.13 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.30 19.58 24.68 26.15 27.44 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.18 16.26 17.92 21.17 24.05 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.60 16.61 26.35 30.75 36.82 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.03 38.82 44.18 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 23.85 27.46 31.39 35.27 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 23.78 27.46 31.78 35.27 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.98 27.46 31.80 35.27 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.62 25.30 27.66 30.34 34.16 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.62 25.30 27.66 30.34 34.16 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.31 11.49 11.67 12.48 14.94 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.37 20.46 23.85 26.51 29.74 Registered nurses................................................. 23.33 23.85 24.07 26.98 30.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.42 11.23 11.32 14.51 16.57 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.16 18.73 27.08 27.96 31.52 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.59 9.59 11.00 11.63 12.81 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.59 9.59 11.00 11.63 12.81 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.59 9.59 11.00 11.63 11.71 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.32 12.87 13.85 14.52 15.94 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.64 12.36 13.39 13.85 15.11 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $12.90 $17.97 $26.59 $40.00 Management occupations.............................................. 22.58 25.29 38.46 54.87 70.39 Financial managers................................................ 22.85 34.74 43.06 55.42 60.71 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.33 23.48 32.21 41.11 57.00 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 21.64 21.64 26.00 29.90 47.32 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.59 23.48 33.13 39.66 43.92 Training and development specialists............................ 19.87 20.59 31.20 43.92 43.92 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.44 30.00 32.92 47.12 55.00 Financial analysts.............................................. 28.85 30.77 34.66 48.00 55.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.67 32.96 42.07 48.08 50.72 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.67 42.45 46.87 50.14 62.82 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.22 20.22 24.33 30.75 40.75 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.11 22.99 31.25 39.84 46.66 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.00 15.00 22.59 26.15 29.30 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.86 15.14 16.11 18.03 20.66 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 9.11 9.25 11.38 16.61 22.41 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.67 16.26 25.37 30.34 36.82 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.03 37.41 44.01 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 23.40 27.29 30.87 35.27 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 23.20 27.11 31.24 35.27 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.85 27.46 31.72 35.27 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.33 21.93 25.62 29.78 35.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.62 25.67 28.23 31.31 35.23 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.62 25.67 28.23 31.31 35.23 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.31 11.60 12.13 12.78 14.39 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.04 18.60 22.97 29.08 35.72 Registered nurses................................................. 22.30 23.85 28.52 31.29 32.67 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.41 11.33 14.00 15.47 25.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.61 15.84 21.99 27.69 30.02 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.50 9.00 10.00 10.38 Cooks............................................................. 8.53 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 12.00 17.31 17.31 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.91 9.59 11.26 12.12 13.92 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.59 9.59 11.48 12.12 13.92 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.93 8.96 11.76 19.71 39.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.40 11.86 13.95 24.87 46.54 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.24 11.27 12.19 13.73 18.07 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 9.82 11.50 11.50 12.73 Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 9.82 11.50 11.50 12.73 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.05 11.65 13.27 14.68 19.72 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.45 20.19 24.87 28.99 56.38 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.30 13.79 15.90 19.70 23.75 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 16.46 19.70 23.41 28.83 28.83 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.50 14.30 15.50 17.80 21.28 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.59 12.00 15.00 16.15 19.13 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 16.00 16.72 18.58 21.64 25.23 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.28 12.87 12.87 18.30 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 15.90 20.00 23.20 30.29 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.97 20.00 22.60 26.92 30.29 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.91 12.36 14.57 15.21 17.02 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.25 11.75 14.84 17.50 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.70 15.00 21.00 23.75 27.65 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.48 13.11 19.26 21.50 23.75 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.48 12.48 16.97 21.50 23.75 Production occupations.............................................. 9.33 10.72 14.67 18.45 25.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.26 14.34 19.84 24.80 24.80 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.75 14.67 15.77 16.48 24.46 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 9.50 14.00 17.75 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.99 13.00 17.92 21.69 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.05 13.00 14.50 21.55 21.55 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.50 14.50 15.82 21.55 21.55 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.99 10.50 12.05 14.00 20.10 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.00 9.00 12.13 15.94 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.21 9.00 12.13 13.25 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), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $6.00 $7.25 $8.00 $11.37 $20.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.07 24.07 26.51 31.54 32.50 Registered nurses................................................. 24.07 24.07 26.51 26.51 29.21 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.28 11.32 11.32 11.32 22.86 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.25 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.35 6.00 7.90 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.62 3.18 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.77 9.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.35 8.15 9.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.75 8.75 10.75 13.55 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.50 10.80 13.67 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.50 7.95 8.55 9.70 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.50 7.95 8.55 9.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.30 11.01 12.03 13.38 15.67 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $22.56 $17.97 $892 $717 39.5 $45,444 $36,400 2,014 Management occupations.............................................. 41.63 38.46 1,674 1,559 40.2 86,686 80,900 2,082 Financial managers................................................ 44.29 43.06 1,798 1,706 40.6 93,515 88,733 2,112 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.07 32.21 1,495 1,288 40.3 77,730 66,976 2,097 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.68 26.00 1,187 1,040 40.0 61,733 54,080 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.98 33.13 1,402 1,325 40.1 72,924 68,917 2,085 Training and development specialists............................ 31.10 31.20 1,244 1,248 40.0 64,695 64,890 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.79 32.92 1,511 1,317 40.0 78,595 68,474 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 39.27 34.66 1,571 1,386 40.0 81,691 72,093 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.85 42.07 1,635 1,683 40.0 85,021 87,499 2,081 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.80 46.87 1,912 1,875 40.0 99,414 97,485 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 27.46 24.33 1,099 973 40.0 57,122 50,608 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 31.25 1,327 1,250 40.0 68,981 65,000 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.76 22.59 870 904 40.0 45,260 46,989 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.51 16.11 651 644 39.4 33,859 33,500 2,051 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.93 11.38 538 455 38.6 27,996 23,672 2,009 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.29 25.37 948 957 37.5 39,871 40,567 1,577 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.68 44.01 1,897 1,760 38.2 76,819 68,659 1,546 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.75 27.29 1,040 1,023 37.5 43,917 43,892 1,583 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.73 27.11 1,039 1,016 37.5 43,992 43,552 1,586 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.02 27.46 1,049 1,030 37.4 44,507 44,273 1,588 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.77 25.62 1,006 961 37.6 42,309 40,567 1,581 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.57 28.23 1,071 1,060 37.5 45,302 45,434 1,586 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.57 28.23 1,071 1,060 37.5 45,302 45,434 1,586 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.31 12.13 461 455 37.5 19,427 18,818 1,578 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.25 22.97 951 892 39.2 49,229 46,384 2,030 Registered nurses................................................. 27.77 28.52 1,075 1,098 38.7 55,773 56,285 2,008 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.42 14.00 575 548 37.3 29,912 28,477 1,940 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.55 21.99 917 1,037 40.7 47,674 53,934 2,114 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.19 9.00 300 300 36.6 15,540 15,600 1,898 Cooks............................................................. 9.60 10.00 329 300 34.2 17,092 15,600 1,781 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.94 12.00 513 480 39.7 24,541 22,395 1,897 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.15 11.26 432 440 38.7 22,038 22,878 1,977 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.32 11.48 453 459 40.0 22,995 22,878 2,032 Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.11 11.76 621 692 34.3 31,303 28,209 1,728 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.65 13.95 862 558 39.8 44,849 29,016 2,071 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.02 12.19 556 481 39.7 28,932 25,002 2,064 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.74 11.50 429 460 40.0 22,330 23,920 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.74 11.50 429 460 40.0 22,330 23,920 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.75 13.27 654 519 39.0 34,014 27,000 2,030 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.14 24.87 1,166 995 40.0 60,608 51,734 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.96 15.90 676 629 39.8 35,130 32,698 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.27 23.41 931 936 40.0 48,408 48,693 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.52 15.50 661 620 40.0 34,355 32,240 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.88 15.00 591 600 39.7 30,751 31,200 2,067 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 18.58 766 743 40.0 39,855 38,646 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.63 12.87 505 515 40.0 26,267 26,759 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.54 20.00 818 798 39.8 42,513 41,517 2,070 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.15 22.60 926 904 40.0 48,146 47,008 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.39 14.57 560 581 38.9 29,145 30,192 2,025 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.82 14.84 593 594 40.0 30,823 30,867 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.60 21.00 868 840 40.2 45,120 43,680 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.40 19.26 736 770 40.0 38,226 40,061 2,077 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.08 16.97 683 679 40.0 35,451 35,298 2,075 Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 14.67 622 587 39.8 32,336 30,516 2,070 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 19.84 762 794 40.0 39,636 41,267 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.92 15.77 637 631 40.0 33,122 32,802 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.59 9.50 461 380 39.7 23,951 19,760 2,066 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.05 13.00 601 520 40.0 31,267 27,040 2,078 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 14.50 685 580 40.8 35,627 30,160 2,121 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.78 15.82 773 712 41.1 40,173 37,019 2,140 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.42 12.05 544 525 40.6 28,311 27,284 2,109 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.54 9.00 422 360 40.0 21,921 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.42 9.00 417 360 40.0 21,674 18,720 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $22.50 $17.31 $891 $692 39.6 $46,005 $35,999 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 40.65 37.22 1,636 1,538 40.2 85,062 80,001 2,093 Financial managers................................................ 44.29 43.06 1,798 1,706 40.6 93,515 88,733 2,112 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.71 32.72 1,563 1,325 40.4 81,259 68,917 2,099 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.68 26.00 1,187 1,040 40.0 61,733 54,080 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 36.92 35.10 1,481 1,404 40.1 77,010 73,000 2,086 Training and development specialists............................ 33.99 41.70 1,360 1,668 40.0 70,704 86,736 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.79 32.92 1,511 1,317 40.0 78,595 68,474 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 39.27 34.66 1,571 1,386 40.0 81,691 72,093 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.60 43.46 1,665 1,737 40.0 86,596 90,341 2,082 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.80 46.87 1,912 1,875 40.0 99,414 97,485 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 27.46 24.33 1,099 973 40.0 57,122 50,608 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.16 31.25 1,327 1,250 40.0 68,981 65,000 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.78 22.97 979 919 39.5 50,856 47,778 2,052 Registered nurses................................................. 29.34 28.88 1,168 1,155 39.8 60,534 60,070 2,063 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.07 14.00 593 548 36.9 30,828 28,477 1,918 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 9.00 299 300 36.7 15,529 15,600 1,907 Cooks............................................................. 9.60 10.00 329 300 34.2 17,092 15,600 1,781 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.36 13.00 529 485 39.6 24,896 22,001 1,864 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.63 12.12 423 485 36.4 20,984 22,001 1,805 Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.99 17.31 635 692 33.4 33,021 36,005 1,739 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.65 13.95 862 558 39.8 44,849 29,016 2,071 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.02 12.19 556 481 39.7 28,932 25,002 2,064 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.74 11.50 429 460 40.0 22,330 23,920 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.74 11.50 429 460 40.0 22,330 23,920 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.75 13.27 654 519 39.0 34,014 27,000 2,030 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.14 24.87 1,166 995 40.0 60,608 51,734 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.31 16.25 690 646 39.9 35,895 33,588 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.27 23.41 931 936 40.0 48,408 48,693 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.62 15.50 665 620 40.0 34,570 32,240 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.88 15.00 591 600 39.7 30,751 31,200 2,067 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 18.58 766 743 40.0 39,855 38,646 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.51 11.85 501 474 40.0 26,027 24,648 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.54 20.00 818 798 39.8 42,513 41,517 2,070 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.15 22.60 926 904 40.0 48,146 47,008 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.88 15.00 581 600 39.0 30,217 31,200 2,030 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.90 15.00 596 600 40.0 30,999 31,200 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.74 21.00 874 840 40.2 45,436 43,680 2,090 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.33 19.26 733 770 40.0 38,119 40,061 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.91 16.97 676 679 40.0 35,171 35,298 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.62 14.67 622 587 39.8 32,336 30,516 2,070 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 19.84 762 794 40.0 39,636 41,267 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.92 15.77 637 631 40.0 33,122 32,802 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.59 9.50 461 380 39.7 23,951 19,760 2,066 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.03 13.00 601 520 40.0 31,233 27,040 2,078 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.80 14.50 685 580 40.8 35,627 30,160 2,121 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.78 15.82 773 712 41.1 40,173 37,019 2,140 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.42 12.05 544 525 40.6 28,311 27,284 2,109 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.54 9.00 422 360 40.0 21,921 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.42 9.00 417 360 40.0 21,674 18,720 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $22.89 $20.94 $892 $824 39.0 $42,630 $40,768 1,862 Management occupations.............................................. 48.39 41.39 1,936 1,656 40.0 97,385 86,091 2,013 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.75 17.84 735 683 39.2 38,224 35,500 2,039 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.70 26.35 962 988 37.4 40,911 42,517 1,592 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.60 44.18 1,926 1,760 38.1 77,879 68,919 1,539 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.97 27.46 1,046 1,030 37.4 44,710 44,273 1,598 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.01 27.46 1,048 1,030 37.4 44,798 44,273 1,599 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.24 27.46 1,056 1,030 37.4 45,078 44,276 1,596 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.14 27.66 1,051 1,037 37.3 44,811 44,819 1,592 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.14 27.66 1,051 1,037 37.3 44,811 44,819 1,592 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.18 11.67 456 438 37.4 19,508 18,818 1,601 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.67 23.33 869 859 38.3 44,523 44,655 1,964 Registered nurses................................................. 25.87 23.85 968 933 37.4 50,353 48,520 1,946 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.56 27.23 1,060 1,091 41.5 55,144 56,722 2,157 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.91 11.00 436 440 40.0 22,639 22,878 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.91 11.00 436 440 40.0 22,639 22,878 2,075 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.67 11.00 427 440 40.0 22,130 22,878 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.75 13.85 543 554 39.5 28,254 28,816 2,054 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.33 13.39 516 527 38.7 26,838 27,425 2,014 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.97 $18.04 $18.12 $30.07 Management, professional, and related...... 34.82 28.69 30.19 44.86 Management, business, and financial...... 39.42 34.14 35.46 44.75 Professional and related................. 31.31 26.36 24.75 45.00 Service.................................... 10.64 9.93 10.00 24.39 Sales and office........................... 17.84 19.21 15.05 18.03 Sales and related........................ 19.41 – 14.66 – Office and administrative support........ 16.91 17.91 15.41 16.81 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.78 16.66 18.69 31.08 Construction and extraction............. 14.60 13.39 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.74 19.34 18.32 34.91 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.22 14.68 13.84 18.14 Production............................... 15.62 15.54 14.24 18.24 Transportation and material moving....... 14.93 14.17 13.37 18.08 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 5.3 7.7 8.3 10.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.6 10.4 6.2 7.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.4 10.4 3.8 4.8 Professional and related.......................................... 12.0 15.5 7.6 17.8 Service............................................................. 5.7 7.5 4.2 18.0 Sales and office.................................................... 7.1 16.9 9.5 8.0 Sales and related................................................. 19.8 – 17.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.3 7.7 5.3 5.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.2 5.7 7.4 23.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 4.2 3.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.2 5.5 11.6 18.6 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 5.3 15.7 17.0 Production........................................................ 6.2 5.8 13.0 15.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.3 5.8 23.5 24.4 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $19.75 $16.11 $783 $644 39.7 $40,171 $33,500 2,034 Management occupations.............................................. 37.40 26.44 1,496 1,058 40.0 77,800 54,999 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.79 31.25 1,251 1,231 40.6 65,057 64,000 2,113 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.58 26.00 1,053 1,134 39.6 54,774 58,968 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.49 8.65 268 300 35.8 13,950 15,600 1,862 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.38 13.00 530 485 39.6 24,900 22,001 1,862 Sales and related occupations Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.89 11.50 475 460 39.9 24,684 23,920 2,076 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 26.70 24.52 1,068 981 40.0 55,541 50,997 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.53 16.35 740 654 39.9 38,468 34,000 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.67 13.50 547 540 40.0 28,438 28,080 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.34 20.62 780 840 40.3 40,535 43,659 2,096 Production occupations.............................................. 15.54 15.50 616 620 39.7 32,052 32,240 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 14.00 581 525 40.6 30,233 27,300 2,113 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.28 14.50 587 580 41.1 30,503 30,160 2,136 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $25.51 $19.58 $1,009 $780 39.6 $52,448 $40,560 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 42.90 42.47 1,734 1,699 40.4 90,163 88,342 2,102 Financial managers................................................ 46.74 44.86 1,910 1,777 40.9 99,343 92,400 2,126 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 41.33 34.62 1,665 1,377 40.3 86,576 71,594 2,095 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.28 32.69 1,491 1,308 40.0 77,538 67,999 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 39.08 32.69 1,563 1,308 40.0 81,291 67,999 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 43.99 44.23 1,762 1,769 40.1 91,625 91,998 2,083 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.21 45.29 1,888 1,812 40.0 98,191 94,199 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.28 35.28 1,571 1,411 40.0 81,702 73,382 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 44.11 42.31 1,764 1,692 40.0 91,743 88,005 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.74 22.97 936 915 39.4 48,618 47,486 2,048 Registered nurses................................................. 29.46 30.02 1,172 1,198 39.8 60,645 62,317 2,059 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.98 9.80 392 392 39.3 20,406 20,380 2,044 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.46 12.81 847 512 39.5 44,062 26,649 2,053 Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.82 12.63 663 501 39.4 34,468 26,062 2,049 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.70 16.14 666 640 39.8 34,611 33,280 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.45 19.87 858 795 40.0 44,610 41,319 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.69 16.91 707 676 40.0 36,790 35,173 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.22 13.59 524 526 39.6 27,230 27,376 2,060 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 18.58 766 743 40.0 39,855 38,646 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.23 19.86 769 794 40.0 39,998 41,309 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.91 21.64 876 865 40.0 45,572 45,001 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.01 15.21 557 608 39.8 28,988 31,631 2,069 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.82 22.05 1,033 882 40.0 53,703 45,864 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.29 15.06 692 602 40.0 35,959 31,325 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.68 14.32 626 573 39.9 32,538 29,786 2,075 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.06 19.84 762 794 40.0 39,636 41,267 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.49 15.77 620 631 40.0 32,226 32,802 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.73 9.50 426 380 39.7 22,144 19,760 2,064 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.77 11.20 620 456 39.3 32,235 23,712 2,043 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.38 12.80 575 512 40.0 29,910 26,624 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 9.00 429 360 40.0 22,319 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.68 9.00 427 360 40.0 22,208 18,720 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $22.09 $22.09 – $21.20 $20.93 $22.72 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 32.35 34.82 25.93 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 38.85 39.42 34.47 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 28.80 31.31 24.45 Service............................................................. – – – 11.65 9.95 19.07 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 17.59 17.84 13.73 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.41 19.41 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 16.61 16.91 13.73 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 18.32 18.48 16.12 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 14.55 14.60 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 21.32 21.46 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.18 19.18 – 14.55 14.55 – Production........................................................ – – – 14.92 14.92 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.24 14.22 – 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........................................................... 20.6 20.6 – 4.6 5.5 3.3 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 6.0 7.6 4.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 4.7 4.4 25.5 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 8.5 12.0 4.7 Service............................................................. – – – 6.3 6.1 11.0 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 6.6 7.1 3.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.8 19.8 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 3.8 4.3 3.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 6.4 6.7 7.8 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 4.0 4.2 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 9.5 9.9 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 24.3 24.3 – 7.4 7.4 – Production........................................................ – – – 7.5 7.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 8.2 8.3 – 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $19.76 $19.21 $41.77 $41.77 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.66 31.28 62.52 62.52 Management, business, and financial............................... 35.77 35.98 53.12 53.12 Professional and related.......................................... 26.83 28.27 93.35 93.35 Service............................................................. 12.18 10.62 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.54 16.74 27.18 27.18 Sales and related................................................. 17.23 17.23 29.13 29.13 Office and administrative support................................. 16.22 16.49 23.55 23.55 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.22 17.30 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 14.60 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.70 19.76 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.84 14.83 – – Production........................................................ 15.22 15.22 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.56 14.55 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.5 4.1 15.1 15.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 6.1 7.7 7.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.6 5.4 9.3 9.3 Professional and related.......................................... 6.0 8.7 21.9 21.9 Service............................................................. 5.9 5.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 7.7 8.3 11.8 11.8 Sales and related................................................. 25.4 25.4 16.6 16.6 Office and administrative support................................. 3.8 4.2 6.0 6.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.4 2.5 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.4 4.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.0 6.0 – – Production........................................................ 5.6 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 8.2 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 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........................................................... $17.45 $20.28 $18.68 – $30.15 – $19.23 $9.90 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 30.22 31.98 – 46.86 – 21.89 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 34.40 35.68 – 47.21 – 22.77 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 27.99 – – 45.46 – 21.76 – – Service............................................................. – – 23.70 – – – 12.97 7.28 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 17.91 – 17.68 – 15.74 14.63 – Sales and related................................................. – – 18.94 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 16.90 14.64 – 17.68 – 15.88 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 14.61 19.42 21.65 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 21.69 21.65 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.01 15.58 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 17.05 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.81 15.90 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 13.4 7.3 7.1 – 11.8 – 10.4 20.6 – Management, professional, and related............................... – 1.8 9.1 – 4.1 – 12.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 6.2 3.3 – 5.0 – 5.0 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 6.1 – – 1.1 – 14.5 – – Service............................................................. – – 17.9 – – – 19.5 1.9 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 14.4 – 6.5 – 2.9 16.5 – Sales and related................................................. – – 21.4 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 3.5 11.6 – 6.5 – 2.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.6 3.4 3.1 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 1.9 3.1 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 1.5 6.6 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – .1 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 11.3 8.3 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 778,900 659,300 119,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 247,900 169,600 78,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 79,300 70,000 9,300 Professional and related.......................................... 168,600 99,600 69,000 Service............................................................. 168,900 143,400 25,600 Sales and office.................................................... 199,600 188,300 11,300 Sales and related................................................. 69,800 69,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 129,800 118,500 11,300 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 53,500 50,200 3,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 22,100 20,200 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 30,500 29,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 108,900 107,900 – Production........................................................ 45,300 45,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 63,700 62,600 – 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, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, July 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 38,570 37,483 1,088 Total in sample....................................................... 274 250 24 Responding........................................................ 175 154 21 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 57 54 3 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 42 42 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.