NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, Bulletin, June 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $20.97 4.8 35.1 $20.71 5.5 35.1 $22.61 3.4 35.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 32.85 5.9 37.5 35.19 7.1 38.5 26.06 4.7 34.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 41.29 6.0 39.9 42.09 6.1 39.9 34.67 25.7 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 28.03 7.7 36.2 29.87 10.5 37.6 24.49 4.9 33.9 Service............................................................. 11.35 5.0 28.2 9.65 2.5 26.9 18.95 10.7 35.7 Sales and office.................................................... 16.15 4.8 35.3 16.27 5.0 35.3 13.75 2.7 35.5 Sales and related................................................. 16.79 13.1 32.0 16.79 13.1 32.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.78 2.2 37.6 15.95 2.4 37.7 13.75 2.7 35.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.55 6.2 39.3 19.65 6.4 39.2 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 15.55 7.5 38.3 15.58 7.9 38.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.76 10.0 40.0 22.93 10.4 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.68 6.5 37.4 15.74 6.6 37.4 – – – Production........................................................ 16.09 5.8 38.6 16.09 5.8 38.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.37 7.7 36.5 15.46 8.1 36.5 – – – Full time........................................................... 22.60 4.9 39.5 22.57 5.6 39.6 22.78 4.0 39.1 Part time........................................................... 10.11 3.8 20.1 9.35 4.5 20.6 20.29 7.2 14.8 Union............................................................... 22.13 20.7 35.8 22.13 20.7 35.8 – – – Nonunion............................................................ 20.93 4.9 35.1 20.66 5.7 35.0 22.61 3.4 35.2 Time................................................................ 18.73 3.3 34.7 18.06 3.9 34.6 22.61 3.4 35.2 Incentive........................................................... 43.84 10.4 40.3 43.84 10.4 40.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.68 4.8 39.4 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.93 6.5 34.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.18 7.2 33.6 17.17 7.5 33.5 17.42 7.5 35.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.11 4.2 36.1 17.86 4.3 36.0 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 28.87 7.0 37.0 31.74 9.3 38.3 23.46 4.0 34.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.97 4.8 $22.60 4.9 $10.11 3.8 Management occupations.............................................. 40.76 6.6 40.87 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.48 8.4 27.43 8.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.06 6.6 43.06 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.69 7.3 45.69 7.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.43 13.4 39.43 13.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 41.72 9.6 41.72 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.75 13.5 28.75 13.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.93 4.6 26.93 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.63 6.7 29.63 6.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.35 5.3 41.35 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.02 15.7 50.02 15.7 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 12.1 28.15 12.1 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.01 7.3 31.01 7.3 – – Training and development specialists............................ 26.68 13.0 26.68 13.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 4.4 30.20 4.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.40 7.9 41.40 7.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.20 2.4 39.20 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 8.9 33.35 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.23 .9 46.23 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.57 11.0 48.57 11.0 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 50.03 2.2 50.03 2.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.37 16.3 26.37 16.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.99 2.9 38.99 2.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.01 5.2 31.01 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.40 15.6 28.40 15.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 9.2 29.39 9.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.81 5.9 24.12 5.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.79 7.3 16.59 7.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 17.86 1.3 17.73 1.4 – – Counselors........................................................ 18.19 3.1 17.85 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.19 3.1 17.85 4.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.01 5.9 26.02 6.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.64 1.0 13.64 1.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 .8 28.07 .8 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 15.7 46.65 12.8 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.06 16.4 48.57 14.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.71 15.7 46.65 12.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.11 .6 28.11 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 .8 28.07 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.08 .7 28.09 .7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.08 .8 28.08 .8 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.43 1.2 28.44 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.46 1.2 28.46 1.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.84 2.3 26.84 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.73 2.5 26.73 2.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.17 3.4 28.17 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.17 3.4 28.17 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.33 4.3 12.33 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 5.4 12.13 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.64 1.0 13.64 1.0 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.26 28.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.92 5.7 23.28 6.6 26.92 3.0 Level 4 .................................................. 13.27 3.1 13.29 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.01 3.7 19.01 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.18 14.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.93 6.0 25.10 5.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.21 10.5 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.11 4.2 27.60 5.5 25.95 2.0 Level 7 .................................................. 26.21 4.2 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 1.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.20 3.2 13.12 3.3 13.52 5.1 Level 3 .................................................. 11.74 1.7 11.74 1.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 4.0 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.27 3.5 – – 11.30 2.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.33 4.0 – – 11.30 2.8 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.47 3.0 14.33 2.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 4.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.37 11.9 21.98 11.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 4.4 7.71 3.8 6.71 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 2.5 8.78 2.2 6.87 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.85 9.8 6.94 13.9 5.49 10.9 Level 3 .................................................. 6.86 12.6 – – 7.22 13.2 Level 4 .................................................. 10.11 3.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.56 1.6 9.50 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.11 3.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.12 4.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.55 11.5 – – 3.80 12.4 Level 2 .................................................. 2.59 19.4 – – 2.62 22.3 Level 3 .................................................. 4.47 18.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.84 14.6 – – 2.95 17.0 Level 2 .................................................. 2.50 17.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.01 1.3 – – 7.60 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.24 2.2 – – 7.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 8.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.00 1.7 – – 7.61 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.47 8.4 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.24 13.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.24 13.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.44 6.3 11.43 5.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.21 4.4 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.39 8.2 10.97 5.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.35 3.7 12.35 3.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.62 9.0 11.18 7.0 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.03 2.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.72 10.4 16.98 12.0 8.44 14.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.79 9.0 – – 9.57 20.3 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.19 19.3 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 13.53 19.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.79 13.1 19.80 16.5 9.54 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 2.0 – – 7.89 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 2.3 – – 8.29 8.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 2.5 11.22 2.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.12 14.5 23.12 14.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.66 19.7 36.66 19.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.93 13.6 18.93 13.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.40 7.9 11.10 5.0 9.55 8.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 2.0 – – 7.89 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 2.3 – – 8.29 8.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.31 2.4 11.22 2.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 1.0 – – 8.12 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.50 2.4 – – 8.51 4.9 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 1.0 – – 8.12 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.50 2.4 – – 8.51 4.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.18 3.4 12.05 3.7 10.20 3.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.59 10.0 33.59 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.98 12.1 26.98 12.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.43 21.2 39.43 21.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.78 2.2 16.03 2.1 11.53 10.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.56 6.7 12.23 7.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 3.0 12.80 2.7 10.99 9.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 2.5 15.32 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.36 7.1 19.33 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.68 3.9 19.76 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 5.3 21.91 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.63 4.8 14.63 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.13 4.5 23.13 4.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.50 2.3 15.51 1.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.09 4.3 15.09 4.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.80 6.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.30 5.6 15.69 5.2 – – Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.06 5.9 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.47 6.8 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 3.2 18.13 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.54 9.0 11.14 7.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.35 9.5 20.35 9.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.58 5.5 21.58 5.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.96 9.9 20.96 9.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.55 1.3 15.52 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.51 3.8 14.60 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.46 5.5 14.72 5.8 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.55 7.5 15.82 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.05 5.4 16.05 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.76 10.0 22.76 10.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.74 4.5 18.74 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.68 5.2 24.68 5.2 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 8.7 17.97 8.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.53 7.7 17.53 7.7 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.52 10.1 16.52 10.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.09 5.8 16.35 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 3.3 10.47 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.69 12.3 15.69 12.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.70 4.5 16.70 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 10.6 21.69 10.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.06 3.8 22.06 3.8 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 .6 18.52 .6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.01 8.4 14.01 8.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.40 2.9 15.40 2.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 5.2 16.32 5.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.37 7.7 15.67 8.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 12.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.49 8.4 12.48 8.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.12 7.4 14.00 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 7.9 16.67 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.27 5.5 20.27 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.28 29.7 15.28 29.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.88 7.1 17.88 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.56 10.7 16.56 10.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.15 9.3 19.15 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.56 10.7 16.56 10.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.11 4.1 15.21 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.2 15.10 5.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.37 9.0 11.11 9.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 12.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.42 10.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.05 14.6 10.05 14.6 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.46 9.4 10.84 8.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.10 8.7 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.67 8.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.71 5.5 $22.57 5.6 $9.35 4.5 Management occupations.............................................. 39.81 6.9 39.92 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.48 8.4 27.43 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.01 7.9 46.01 7.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 39.43 13.4 39.43 13.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 44.02 9.8 44.02 9.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.75 13.5 28.75 13.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.93 4.6 26.93 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.86 3.4 31.86 3.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.35 5.3 41.35 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.38 11.1 55.38 11.1 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 12.1 28.15 12.1 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.23 9.2 32.23 9.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 4.4 30.20 4.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.40 7.9 41.40 7.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.89 2.3 39.89 2.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 8.9 33.35 8.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.23 .9 46.23 .9 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 50.03 2.2 50.03 2.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.37 16.3 26.37 16.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.36 3.1 39.36 3.1 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.01 5.2 31.01 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.40 15.6 28.40 15.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 9.2 29.39 9.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.66 9.6 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.48 17.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.26 28.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.13 8.1 23.58 8.6 29.26 5.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.93 1.6 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.18 14.2 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.69 7.1 25.96 7.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 1.8 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.12 3.7 29.25 4.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 1.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.29 3.5 13.16 3.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.14 6.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.14 6.0 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.40 3.4 14.21 3.1 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 11.97 5.4 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.93 4.4 7.66 3.9 6.70 6.2 Level 1 .................................................. 7.10 2.5 8.60 .0 6.87 2.9 Level 2 .................................................. 5.82 9.8 6.94 13.9 5.45 10.9 Level 3 .................................................. 6.86 12.6 – – 7.22 13.2 Level 4 .................................................. 10.11 3.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.56 1.6 9.50 5.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 10.11 3.7 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.12 4.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.51 11.7 – – 3.76 12.7 Level 2 .................................................. 2.50 17.9 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.47 18.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.84 14.6 – – 2.95 17.0 Level 2 .................................................. 2.50 17.9 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.99 1.4 – – 7.60 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 7.16 1.9 – – 7.16 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.40 8.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.96 1.6 – – 7.61 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.47 8.4 – – – – Dishwashers....................................................... 9.24 13.5 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.24 13.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.56 7.9 11.56 7.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.97 12.7 11.24 10.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.86 10.4 – – – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.03 2.1 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.94 11.7 17.68 14.0 8.34 14.8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.79 9.0 – – 9.57 20.3 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.77 22.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.79 13.1 19.80 16.5 9.54 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 2.0 – – 7.89 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 2.3 – – 8.29 8.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 2.5 11.22 2.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.12 14.5 23.12 14.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.66 19.7 36.66 19.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.93 13.6 18.93 13.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.40 7.9 11.10 5.0 9.55 8.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.98 2.0 – – 7.89 2.4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.73 2.3 – – 8.29 8.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.31 2.4 11.22 2.2 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 1.0 – – 8.12 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.50 2.4 – – 8.51 4.9 Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.16 1.0 – – 8.12 .3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.50 2.4 – – 8.51 4.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.18 3.4 12.05 3.7 10.20 3.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.59 10.0 33.59 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.98 12.1 26.98 12.1 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.43 21.2 39.43 21.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.95 2.4 16.23 2.4 11.53 10.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.62 5.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.74 3.2 12.83 3.0 10.98 10.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.41 2.8 15.52 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.36 7.1 19.33 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.91 3.9 20.00 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.91 5.3 21.91 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.65 5.8 14.65 5.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.13 4.5 23.13 4.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.50 2.4 15.51 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.05 4.9 15.05 4.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.80 6.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.30 5.6 15.69 5.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.47 6.8 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 3.2 18.13 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.54 9.0 11.14 7.9 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.35 9.5 20.35 9.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.58 5.5 21.58 5.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.96 9.9 20.96 9.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.55 1.3 15.52 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.80 4.7 14.96 5.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 7.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.58 7.9 15.85 6.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.05 5.4 16.05 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.93 10.4 22.93 10.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.74 4.5 18.74 4.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.27 5.6 25.27 5.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.93 8.8 17.93 8.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.53 7.7 17.53 7.7 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.44 10.3 16.44 10.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.09 5.8 16.35 5.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 3.3 10.47 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.69 12.3 15.69 12.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.70 4.5 16.70 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.69 10.6 21.69 10.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.06 3.8 22.06 3.8 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 .6 18.52 .6 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.01 8.4 14.01 8.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.40 2.9 15.40 2.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 5.2 16.32 5.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.46 8.1 15.77 8.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 12.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.51 9.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.13 7.4 14.00 8.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 7.9 16.67 7.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.27 5.5 20.27 5.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.88 7.1 17.88 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.56 10.7 16.56 10.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.15 9.3 19.15 9.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.56 10.7 16.56 10.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.11 4.1 15.21 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.2 15.10 5.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.28 9.4 10.98 9.6 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.95 12.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.42 10.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.33 10.0 10.62 9.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.10 8.7 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.67 8.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.61 3.4 $22.78 4.0 $20.29 7.2 Management occupations.............................................. 48.89 21.5 48.89 21.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.43 7.0 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.24 4.5 19.10 4.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.06 6.2 26.05 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.05 6.0 12.05 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.54 .6 13.54 .6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.29 .4 28.29 .4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.35 17.8 50.17 16.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.29 .4 28.29 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.29 .4 28.29 .4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.31 .4 28.31 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.31 .4 28.31 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.59 1.2 28.59 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.59 1.2 28.59 1.2 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.25 4.8 12.25 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.05 6.0 12.05 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.54 .6 13.54 .6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.49 5.0 22.45 6.0 25.55 2.1 Registered nurses................................................. 25.58 5.4 25.65 8.2 25.49 2.5 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.02 5.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.83 11.0 25.30 10.2 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.83 6.7 10.83 6.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.83 6.7 10.83 6.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.58 6.1 10.58 6.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.75 2.7 13.78 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.89 4.2 13.89 4.2 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.43 2.6 13.43 2.6 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $20.97 4.8 $22.60 4.9 $10.11 3.8 Management occupations.............................................. 40.76 6.6 40.87 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 39.72 16.5 – – – – Financial managers................................................ 39.43 13.4 39.43 13.4 – – Group III................................................. 45.43 4.7 45.43 4.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 41.72 9.6 41.72 9.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.92 5.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.31 15.9 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 12.1 28.15 12.1 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.01 7.3 31.01 7.3 – – Group III................................................. 31.17 6.7 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 26.68 13.0 26.68 13.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 4.4 30.20 4.4 – – Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.40 7.9 41.40 7.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.20 2.4 39.20 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 42.23 5.9 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 50.03 2.2 50.03 2.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 26.37 16.3 26.37 16.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.99 2.9 38.99 2.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.01 5.2 31.01 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 38.97 4.7 – – – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 9.2 29.39 9.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.81 5.9 24.12 5.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.79 7.3 16.59 7.2 – – Group II.................................................. 16.39 6.7 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 18.19 3.1 17.85 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.19 3.1 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.01 5.9 26.02 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.33 4.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.68 3.9 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.06 16.4 48.57 14.5 – – Group III................................................. 44.71 15.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.11 .6 28.11 .6 – – Group III................................................. 28.07 .8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.08 .7 28.09 .7 – – Group III................................................. 28.08 .8 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.43 1.2 28.44 1.2 – – Group III................................................. 28.46 1.2 28.46 1.2 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.84 2.3 26.84 2.3 – – Group III................................................. 26.73 2.5 26.73 2.5 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.17 3.4 28.17 3.4 – – Group III................................................. 27.97 3.5 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.17 3.4 28.17 3.4 – – Group III................................................. 27.97 3.5 27.97 3.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.33 4.3 12.33 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 12.33 4.3 12.33 4.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.26 28.2 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.92 5.7 23.28 6.6 26.92 3.0 Group I................................................... 13.27 3.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.03 3.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.21 9.3 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 27.11 4.2 27.60 5.5 25.95 2.0 Group II.................................................. 27.40 1.9 27.16 3.3 – – Group III................................................. 28.79 5.7 29.16 6.6 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.20 3.2 13.12 3.3 13.52 5.1 Group I................................................... 13.07 3.4 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.27 3.5 – – 11.30 2.8 Group I................................................... 11.23 4.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.33 4.0 – – 11.30 2.8 Group I................................................... 11.32 5.2 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.47 3.0 14.33 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.40 3.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 21.37 11.9 21.98 11.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.71 7.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.53 7.3 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.95 4.4 7.71 3.8 6.71 6.2 Group I................................................... 6.95 4.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 9.56 1.6 9.50 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.56 1.6 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.12 4.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.12 4.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.55 11.5 – – 3.80 12.4 Group I................................................... 3.55 11.5 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.84 14.6 – – 2.95 17.0 Group I................................................... 2.84 14.6 – – 2.95 17.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.01 1.3 – – 7.60 3.3 Group I................................................... 8.01 1.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.00 1.7 – – 7.61 4.8 Group I................................................... 8.00 1.7 – – 7.61 4.8 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.24 13.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.24 13.5 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.44 6.3 11.43 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 3.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.39 8.2 10.97 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.75 7.9 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.62 9.0 11.18 7.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.13 8.0 11.79 4.7 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.03 2.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.06 2.0 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.72 10.4 16.98 12.0 8.44 14.6 Group I................................................... 10.18 12.5 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.19 19.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.26 20.5 – – – – Recreation workers.............................................. 13.53 19.7 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.79 13.1 19.80 16.5 9.54 8.4 Group I................................................... 10.78 7.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.08 15.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.93 13.6 18.93 13.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.40 7.9 11.10 5.0 9.55 8.8 Group I................................................... 10.37 8.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Group I................................................... 9.44 9.9 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 8.8 10.08 5.4 8.70 7.1 Group I................................................... 9.44 9.9 10.01 7.3 8.70 7.1 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.18 3.4 12.05 3.7 10.20 3.7 Group I................................................... 11.17 3.7 12.07 3.6 10.20 3.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.59 10.0 33.59 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 33.01 14.9 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.43 21.2 39.43 21.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.78 2.2 16.03 2.1 11.53 10.0 Group I................................................... 13.71 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.79 4.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.13 4.5 23.13 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 23.13 4.5 23.13 4.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.50 2.3 15.51 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.53 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.09 3.6 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.80 6.7 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.30 5.6 15.69 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.48 6.2 14.97 4.9 – – Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.06 5.9 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.47 6.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 13.47 6.8 – – – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 3.2 18.13 3.2 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.54 9.0 11.14 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.55 9.6 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.77 6.3 19.77 6.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.53 7.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.58 5.5 21.58 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.73 5.2 21.73 5.2 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.55 1.3 15.52 1.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.15 4.2 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.51 3.8 14.60 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.83 5.8 13.89 6.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.55 7.5 15.82 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.62 9.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.91 2.6 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.76 10.0 22.76 10.0 – – Group II.................................................. 22.33 7.2 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 8.7 17.97 8.7 – – Group II.................................................. 19.26 6.4 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.52 10.1 16.52 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 17.83 8.8 17.83 8.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.09 5.8 16.35 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.69 4.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.43 7.0 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 .6 18.52 .6 – – Group I................................................... 18.45 .1 – – – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.01 8.4 14.01 8.4 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.40 2.9 15.40 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.94 8.8 12.94 8.8 – – Group II.................................................. 20.98 20.7 20.98 20.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 5.2 16.32 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.27 7.9 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.37 7.7 15.67 8.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.44 4.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.02 5.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.88 7.1 17.88 7.1 – – Group I................................................... 15.49 8.4 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.15 9.3 19.15 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.58 9.4 16.58 9.4 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.11 4.1 15.21 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.09 4.3 15.20 4.0 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.37 9.0 11.11 9.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.61 8.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.46 9.4 10.84 8.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.48 9.7 10.74 9.0 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.67 8.2 – – – – 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, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.50 $16.38 $24.90 $36.60 Management occupations.............................................. 21.04 23.36 37.80 53.06 67.45 Financial managers................................................ 21.04 21.04 40.81 53.06 60.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.33 24.94 31.82 38.81 64.66 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 17.00 19.37 26.00 32.69 40.82 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.87 20.71 31.93 35.10 36.70 Training and development specialists............................ 18.95 19.87 24.01 29.89 40.90 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.07 26.92 31.50 31.50 38.22 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.89 31.82 34.98 50.12 65.78 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.35 29.33 40.38 48.00 57.76 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.90 43.27 46.57 61.74 61.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.13 19.29 25.21 30.45 40.15 Computer systems analysts......................................... 20.35 30.00 38.01 46.55 56.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 22.99 30.23 39.84 43.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.07 21.55 31.60 34.60 37.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.22 21.30 24.35 26.15 29.80 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.85 15.39 16.99 18.92 20.92 Counselors........................................................ 14.00 16.23 17.70 19.85 22.26 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.52 18.62 25.29 31.90 37.84 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.00 33.56 42.66 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 22.87 27.24 32.20 36.26 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 22.87 27.11 32.25 36.12 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.74 27.51 32.70 36.12 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.33 21.93 24.92 30.58 35.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.32 23.74 27.51 32.13 35.55 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.32 23.74 27.51 32.13 35.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.21 11.45 11.93 12.78 14.85 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 6.66 7.00 18.38 18.38 27.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.79 18.36 23.78 28.88 32.06 Registered nurses................................................. 21.33 24.03 26.39 29.74 32.05 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.31 10.95 12.25 15.02 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.41 11.00 11.92 13.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.26 10.41 11.11 12.23 13.34 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.81 12.10 14.09 16.74 18.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.92 12.55 20.67 27.49 28.79 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.39 7.35 9.00 10.37 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.76 9.75 10.49 10.75 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.76 9.75 10.49 10.49 10.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 4.39 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.28 3.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.75 7.25 7.50 9.00 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.25 7.25 8.28 10.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.75 7.25 9.50 11.20 11.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 9.50 10.50 13.00 15.25 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.85 9.28 11.33 13.85 14.41 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.44 9.60 11.59 13.85 14.41 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.00 10.00 15.16 39.50 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.83 8.93 11.10 15.16 22.34 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.93 8.93 11.10 15.16 22.34 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.62 12.33 20.16 30.84 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.66 12.66 17.09 23.96 31.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.54 8.01 10.35 12.27 13.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 8.85 11.35 12.43 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.85 11.35 12.43 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.54 9.80 11.09 12.98 14.25 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.85 22.13 30.84 34.62 53.09 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 17.48 28.85 34.62 50.23 70.23 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.91 12.96 15.21 17.81 21.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.67 19.30 23.61 25.36 28.06 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 14.24 15.41 16.51 19.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.47 14.50 15.50 15.51 18.37 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.41 14.70 15.90 17.10 18.09 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 11.28 12.75 14.15 15.56 17.09 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.77 11.27 13.80 14.73 14.73 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.85 16.57 16.57 19.24 24.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 9.00 9.85 11.85 13.25 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.59 15.90 18.83 23.00 25.64 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.41 18.75 22.36 23.80 26.73 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.87 13.50 15.71 16.86 17.87 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.76 12.41 14.57 15.72 18.68 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.50 15.00 17.00 23.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.66 15.01 20.76 26.00 32.10 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.73 14.46 16.71 21.04 24.11 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.25 12.73 14.62 20.85 21.36 Production occupations.............................................. 8.90 10.00 14.75 19.65 25.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.75 13.07 23.61 24.31 24.31 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.46 12.50 14.00 15.60 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.50 10.44 15.24 16.53 24.85 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.15 14.75 17.79 17.79 18.30 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.14 10.89 13.93 17.48 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.91 13.93 16.06 21.55 23.59 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.75 14.50 18.38 21.55 23.61 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.09 12.52 14.00 16.49 21.14 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.13 8.35 10.89 12.74 16.14 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 8.98 10.89 12.60 15.58 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.60 7.98 9.10 10.82 10.82 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, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.13 $11.00 $15.90 $23.96 $37.85 Management occupations.............................................. 21.04 23.30 35.59 52.56 67.45 Financial managers................................................ 21.04 21.04 40.81 53.06 60.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.07 26.00 32.31 40.05 65.78 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 17.00 19.37 26.00 32.69 40.82 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.87 24.01 33.25 35.10 40.90 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.07 26.92 31.50 31.50 38.22 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.89 31.82 34.98 50.12 65.78 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.19 29.33 41.86 48.90 58.85 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.90 43.27 46.57 61.74 61.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.13 19.29 25.21 30.45 40.15 Computer systems analysts......................................... 20.29 30.00 40.35 47.71 56.73 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 22.99 30.23 39.84 43.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.07 21.55 31.60 34.60 37.10 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.25 14.00 16.00 18.16 19.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.72 16.67 22.50 31.22 38.45 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 6.66 7.00 18.38 18.38 27.13 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.78 16.35 22.54 30.84 33.09 Registered nurses................................................. 22.55 26.23 28.88 31.88 34.09 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 11.25 12.25 15.44 18.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.00 10.30 11.00 11.83 13.34 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 10.30 11.00 11.83 13.34 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.40 12.00 13.99 16.81 18.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.46 12.00 12.00 12.27 13.43 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.39 7.25 9.00 10.37 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 8.76 9.75 10.49 10.75 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.76 9.75 10.49 10.49 10.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 4.39 6.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.28 3.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 7.25 7.50 8.90 9.75 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.25 7.25 8.28 10.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.75 7.25 9.50 11.20 11.20 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 10.50 13.85 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 10.00 13.85 14.41 14.41 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.00 11.84 13.85 14.41 14.41 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.00 9.00 15.16 39.50 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.92 8.93 15.16 17.94 22.34 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.62 12.33 20.16 30.84 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.66 12.66 17.09 23.96 31.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.54 8.01 10.35 12.27 13.40 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 8.85 11.35 12.43 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.85 11.35 12.43 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.54 9.80 11.09 12.98 14.25 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.85 22.13 30.84 34.62 53.09 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 17.48 28.85 34.62 50.23 70.23 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.87 13.00 15.38 18.09 21.93 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.67 19.30 23.61 25.36 28.06 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 14.00 15.45 16.82 20.10 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.47 14.50 15.50 15.51 18.37 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.41 14.70 15.90 17.10 18.09 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.77 11.27 13.80 14.73 14.73 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.85 16.57 16.57 19.24 24.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 9.00 9.85 11.85 13.25 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.59 15.90 18.83 23.00 25.64 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.41 18.75 22.36 23.80 26.73 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.87 13.50 15.71 16.86 17.87 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 13.00 15.00 16.82 19.12 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.00 12.25 15.00 17.50 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.66 14.62 20.85 26.00 32.10 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.02 14.46 16.71 21.04 24.11 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.25 12.73 14.62 20.85 21.04 Production occupations.............................................. 8.90 10.00 14.75 19.65 25.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.75 13.07 23.61 24.31 24.31 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.46 12.50 14.00 15.60 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.50 10.44 15.24 16.53 24.85 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.15 14.75 17.79 17.79 18.30 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.13 10.89 13.93 17.61 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.91 13.93 16.06 21.55 23.59 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.75 14.50 18.38 21.55 23.61 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.09 12.52 14.00 16.49 21.14 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.13 8.14 10.89 12.53 16.58 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 8.75 10.89 12.50 15.58 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.60 7.98 9.10 10.82 10.82 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, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.43 $14.39 $20.71 $27.49 $34.26 Management occupations.............................................. 25.05 28.30 41.39 57.69 93.46 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.31 19.90 24.85 26.15 28.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.86 16.83 18.21 20.97 24.09 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.45 18.87 25.61 31.94 37.61 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.00 37.30 44.01 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 23.07 27.40 32.56 36.35 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 22.99 27.40 32.56 36.18 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.80 27.87 32.85 36.35 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.26 23.59 27.32 31.85 34.78 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.26 23.59 27.32 31.85 34.78 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.21 11.34 11.52 12.74 14.82 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.48 20.46 24.03 26.39 30.09 Registered nurses................................................. 20.91 23.60 25.44 28.04 30.35 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.34 10.87 12.46 14.09 16.25 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.28 18.55 27.08 27.69 31.52 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.64 9.19 11.00 11.88 12.81 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.64 9.19 11.00 11.88 12.81 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.60 9.10 11.00 11.48 12.06 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.10 12.36 13.64 15.41 15.75 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.98 12.36 13.39 14.39 15.61 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, June 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $12.74 $17.79 $26.15 $39.66 Management occupations.............................................. 21.04 23.36 38.08 53.06 68.85 Financial managers................................................ 21.04 21.04 40.81 53.06 60.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.33 24.94 31.82 38.81 64.66 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 17.00 19.37 26.00 32.69 40.82 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.87 20.71 31.93 35.10 36.70 Training and development specialists............................ 18.95 19.87 24.01 29.89 40.90 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.07 26.92 31.50 31.50 38.22 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.89 31.82 34.98 50.12 65.78 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.35 29.33 40.38 48.00 57.76 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.90 43.27 46.57 61.74 61.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.13 19.29 25.21 30.45 40.15 Computer systems analysts......................................... 20.35 30.00 38.01 46.55 56.64 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 18.00 22.99 30.23 39.84 43.93 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.07 21.55 31.60 34.60 37.10 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.46 21.30 24.35 26.27 29.80 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.85 15.39 16.98 18.54 20.61 Counselors........................................................ 14.00 15.79 17.55 19.85 20.77 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.52 16.67 25.29 31.98 37.89 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.04 37.16 43.56 61.34 81.14 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.33 22.87 27.24 32.20 36.26 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.33 22.87 27.11 32.25 36.12 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.33 23.78 27.51 32.70 36.12 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.33 21.93 24.92 30.58 35.21 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.32 23.74 27.51 32.13 35.55 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 21.32 23.74 27.51 32.13 35.55 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.21 11.45 11.93 12.78 14.85 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.79 16.27 22.18 28.88 31.99 Registered nurses................................................. 21.00 23.32 28.56 31.14 32.46 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.31 11.00 12.25 15.00 17.63 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.66 12.00 13.87 16.25 18.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.00 13.43 20.94 27.49 30.02 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.75 9.00 9.50 11.23 Cooks............................................................. 7.75 9.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.00 10.50 12.50 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.24 9.20 11.00 12.06 13.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.69 9.51 11.19 11.94 13.85 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.93 10.14 22.34 39.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.20 11.35 13.55 24.52 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.66 12.66 17.09 23.96 31.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.01 9.66 11.09 12.43 13.46 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.01 9.66 11.51 12.50 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.01 9.66 11.51 12.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.87 10.80 11.80 13.20 14.25 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.85 22.13 30.84 34.62 53.09 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 17.48 28.85 34.62 50.23 70.23 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.55 13.12 15.40 17.95 21.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 18.67 19.30 23.61 25.36 28.06 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.25 14.24 15.41 16.49 19.13 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.36 15.00 15.90 17.40 18.09 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.85 16.57 16.57 19.24 24.62 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 9.00 11.85 12.45 14.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.70 15.90 18.83 23.00 25.64 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.41 18.75 22.36 23.80 26.73 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.87 13.12 15.71 16.86 18.84 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.76 12.36 14.57 15.72 18.87 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.50 13.00 15.00 17.94 24.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.66 15.01 20.76 26.00 32.10 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 12.73 14.46 16.71 21.04 24.11 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.25 12.73 14.62 20.85 21.36 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 10.25 14.82 20.57 25.19 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.75 13.07 23.61 24.31 24.31 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 9.46 12.50 14.00 15.60 18.83 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.50 10.44 15.24 16.53 24.85 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.15 14.75 17.79 17.79 18.30 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.14 10.89 14.00 18.38 23.08 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.91 13.93 16.06 21.55 23.59 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.75 14.50 18.38 21.55 23.61 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.09 12.52 14.00 16.49 21.80 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.13 8.13 10.89 12.02 15.14 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 8.13 10.89 11.25 14.67 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. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $4.39 $7.25 $8.45 $11.25 $16.83 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.03 24.03 26.25 30.84 32.50 Registered nurses................................................. 24.03 24.03 26.25 26.39 29.30 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.71 10.57 12.46 16.74 23.03 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.26 10.41 11.11 12.46 13.31 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.26 10.41 11.11 12.46 13.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 4.39 7.25 8.25 10.37 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.35 4.39 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.35 3.35 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.46 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 6.55 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.55 6.75 7.28 8.89 12.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.10 7.54 8.75 10.75 13.30 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.54 8.50 10.95 13.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.61 8.10 9.57 12.33 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.61 8.10 9.57 12.33 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.85 7.54 9.90 11.90 14.90 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.00 17.28 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, June 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.60 $17.79 $894 $703 39.5 $45,637 $35,984 2,019 Management occupations.............................................. 40.87 38.08 1,651 1,523 40.4 85,592 79,206 2,094 Financial managers................................................ 39.43 40.81 1,598 1,632 40.5 83,096 84,874 2,108 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 41.72 31.82 1,685 1,273 40.4 87,645 66,179 2,101 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 26.00 1,126 1,040 40.0 58,559 54,080 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.01 31.93 1,243 1,277 40.1 64,622 66,414 2,084 Training and development specialists............................ 26.68 24.01 1,067 960 40.0 55,504 49,935 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 31.50 1,232 1,260 40.8 64,039 65,520 2,121 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.40 34.98 1,656 1,399 40.0 86,102 72,763 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.20 40.38 1,575 1,622 40.2 81,898 84,325 2,089 Computer software engineers....................................... 50.03 46.57 2,001 1,863 40.0 104,065 96,859 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.37 25.21 1,055 1,008 40.0 54,860 52,441 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.99 38.01 1,577 1,532 40.4 82,008 79,660 2,103 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.01 30.23 1,240 1,209 40.0 64,474 62,876 2,079 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 31.60 1,169 1,264 39.8 60,775 65,728 2,068 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.12 24.35 965 974 40.0 50,173 50,638 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.59 16.98 654 674 39.4 33,996 35,060 2,049 Counselors........................................................ 17.85 17.55 714 702 40.0 37,124 36,498 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.02 25.29 976 948 37.5 41,229 40,680 1,584 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.57 43.56 1,866 1,674 38.4 75,618 67,949 1,557 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.11 27.24 1,052 1,023 37.4 44,615 43,708 1,587 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.09 27.11 1,052 1,016 37.5 44,733 43,708 1,593 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.44 27.51 1,064 1,036 37.4 45,282 44,273 1,592 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 26.84 24.92 1,008 941 37.6 42,787 40,187 1,594 Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.17 27.51 1,055 1,033 37.5 44,829 44,400 1,592 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.17 27.51 1,055 1,033 37.5 44,829 44,400 1,592 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.33 11.93 462 447 37.4 19,577 18,576 1,588 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.28 22.18 910 871 39.1 47,080 45,245 2,022 Registered nurses................................................. 27.60 28.56 1,067 1,102 38.7 55,293 57,171 2,003 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.12 12.25 475 438 36.2 24,698 22,776 1,882 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.33 13.87 535 555 37.3 27,804 28,850 1,940 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.98 20.94 887 912 40.4 46,129 47,407 2,098 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.71 9.00 301 328 39.0 15,584 17,077 2,022 Cooks............................................................. 9.50 9.00 377 360 39.6 19,587 18,720 2,061 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.43 10.50 453 420 39.6 20,984 19,136 1,836 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.97 11.00 424 440 38.6 21,835 22,878 1,990 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.18 11.19 447 448 40.0 22,971 22,878 2,055 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.98 10.14 594 444 35.0 29,899 23,084 1,761 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.80 13.55 785 540 39.6 40,798 28,059 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.93 17.09 757 684 40.0 39,371 35,543 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.10 11.09 435 432 39.2 22,636 22,464 2,040 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.08 9.66 400 386 39.7 20,806 20,089 2,064 Cashiers...................................................... 10.08 9.66 400 386 39.7 20,806 20,089 2,064 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.05 11.80 467 460 38.8 24,308 23,920 2,018 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.59 30.84 1,344 1,234 40.0 69,866 64,156 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.43 34.62 1,577 1,385 40.0 82,010 71,999 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.03 15.40 634 607 39.5 32,955 31,533 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.13 23.61 925 944 40.0 48,111 49,098 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.51 15.41 618 616 39.9 32,142 32,053 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.69 15.90 624 636 39.7 32,436 33,074 2,067 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 16.57 725 663 40.0 37,715 34,468 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.14 11.85 446 474 40.0 23,181 24,648 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.77 18.83 785 751 39.7 40,803 39,042 2,063 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.58 22.36 863 894 40.0 44,891 46,500 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.52 15.71 611 628 39.4 31,792 32,677 2,049 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.60 14.57 572 583 39.2 29,745 30,304 2,037 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.82 15.00 633 600 40.0 32,777 31,200 2,072 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.76 20.76 911 830 40.0 47,361 43,181 2,081 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 16.71 717 668 39.9 37,275 34,757 2,074 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.52 14.62 661 585 40.0 34,331 30,410 2,078 Production occupations.............................................. 16.35 14.82 649 592 39.7 33,763 30,784 2,066 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 23.61 741 944 40.0 38,516 49,109 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.01 14.00 547 560 39.1 28,462 29,120 2,032 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.40 15.24 614 610 39.9 31,953 31,699 2,075 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 17.79 633 676 38.8 32,912 35,153 2,017 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.67 14.00 624 560 39.8 32,410 28,983 2,069 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.88 16.06 722 642 40.4 37,454 33,405 2,095 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.15 18.38 775 752 40.5 40,187 39,104 2,098 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.21 14.00 608 580 40.0 31,636 30,160 2,079 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.11 10.89 444 436 40.0 23,102 22,647 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.84 10.89 434 436 40.0 22,546 22,647 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, June 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.57 $17.44 $894 $682 39.6 $46,155 $35,360 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 39.92 35.66 1,614 1,436 40.4 83,953 74,672 2,103 Financial managers................................................ 39.43 40.81 1,598 1,632 40.5 83,096 84,874 2,108 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 44.02 32.31 1,781 1,330 40.4 92,590 69,160 2,103 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 26.00 1,126 1,040 40.0 58,559 54,080 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.23 33.25 1,292 1,330 40.1 67,201 69,160 2,085 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 31.50 1,232 1,260 40.8 64,039 65,520 2,121 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.40 34.98 1,656 1,399 40.0 86,102 72,763 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.89 41.86 1,603 1,674 40.2 83,359 87,073 2,090 Computer software engineers....................................... 50.03 46.57 2,001 1,863 40.0 104,065 96,859 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.37 25.21 1,055 1,008 40.0 54,860 52,441 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.36 40.35 1,593 1,614 40.5 82,846 83,926 2,105 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.01 30.23 1,240 1,209 40.0 64,474 62,876 2,079 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 31.60 1,169 1,264 39.8 60,775 65,728 2,068 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.58 22.18 929 887 39.4 48,167 45,760 2,042 Registered nurses................................................. 29.25 28.88 1,162 1,155 39.7 60,051 60,070 2,053 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.16 12.15 465 432 35.3 24,155 22,464 1,835 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.21 13.25 521 510 36.6 27,074 26,520 1,905 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.66 9.00 300 328 39.1 15,580 17,077 2,034 Cooks............................................................. 9.50 9.00 377 360 39.6 19,587 18,720 2,061 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.56 10.50 457 410 39.5 20,693 17,160 1,790 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.24 11.84 407 457 36.2 20,701 21,500 1,841 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.68 10.14 605 400 34.2 31,436 20,800 1,779 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.80 13.55 785 540 39.6 40,798 28,059 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.93 17.09 757 684 40.0 39,371 35,543 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.10 11.09 435 432 39.2 22,636 22,464 2,040 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.08 9.66 400 386 39.7 20,806 20,089 2,064 Cashiers...................................................... 10.08 9.66 400 386 39.7 20,806 20,089 2,064 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.05 11.80 467 460 38.8 24,308 23,920 2,018 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.59 30.84 1,344 1,234 40.0 69,866 64,156 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products........................................ 39.43 34.62 1,577 1,385 40.0 82,010 71,999 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.23 15.50 642 615 39.5 33,382 32,001 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.13 23.61 925 944 40.0 48,111 49,098 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.51 15.45 618 618 39.9 32,148 32,132 2,072 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.69 15.90 624 636 39.7 32,436 33,074 2,067 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 16.57 725 663 40.0 37,715 34,468 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.14 11.85 446 474 40.0 23,181 24,648 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.77 18.83 785 751 39.7 40,803 39,042 2,063 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.58 22.36 863 894 40.0 44,891 46,500 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.52 15.71 611 628 39.4 31,792 32,677 2,049 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.96 15.00 588 600 39.3 30,584 31,200 2,045 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.85 15.00 634 600 40.0 32,848 31,200 2,072 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.93 20.85 918 834 40.0 47,715 43,368 2,081 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.93 16.71 716 668 39.9 37,218 34,757 2,076 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.44 14.62 657 585 40.0 34,188 30,410 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.35 14.82 649 592 39.7 33,763 30,784 2,066 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 23.61 741 944 40.0 38,516 49,109 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.01 14.00 547 560 39.1 28,462 29,120 2,032 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.40 15.24 614 610 39.9 31,953 31,699 2,075 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 17.79 633 676 38.8 32,912 35,153 2,017 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.77 14.00 628 560 39.8 32,618 28,983 2,068 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.88 16.06 722 642 40.4 37,454 33,405 2,095 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.15 18.38 775 752 40.5 40,187 39,104 2,098 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.21 14.00 608 580 40.0 31,636 30,160 2,079 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.98 10.82 439 433 40.0 22,832 22,499 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.62 10.89 425 436 40.0 22,093 22,647 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, June 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.78 $20.61 $890 $813 39.1 $42,821 $39,979 1,880 Management occupations.............................................. 48.89 41.39 1,956 1,656 40.0 98,832 86,091 2,021 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.10 18.03 750 702 39.3 38,977 36,500 2,041 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.05 25.56 975 959 37.4 41,468 41,307 1,592 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.17 44.18 1,910 1,760 38.1 77,414 68,919 1,543 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.29 27.40 1,057 1,027 37.4 45,113 44,174 1,595 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.31 27.40 1,060 1,027 37.4 45,284 44,174 1,599 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.59 27.87 1,069 1,045 37.4 45,636 44,937 1,596 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.97 27.32 1,045 1,024 37.3 44,547 44,174 1,592 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.97 27.32 1,045 1,024 37.3 44,547 44,174 1,592 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.25 11.52 458 432 37.4 19,609 18,576 1,601 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.45 21.53 860 828 38.3 44,205 43,000 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 25.65 25.00 960 944 37.4 49,923 49,088 1,946 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.30 27.08 1,050 1,089 41.5 54,624 56,638 2,159 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.83 11.00 433 440 40.0 22,481 22,878 2,075 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.83 11.00 433 440 40.0 22,481 22,878 2,075 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.58 11.00 423 440 40.0 21,958 22,878 2,075 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.78 13.91 543 536 39.4 28,258 27,851 2,050 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.43 13.39 519 505 38.7 27,008 26,277 2,011 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, June 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $20.71 $17.17 $17.86 $31.74 Management, professional, and related...... 35.19 28.84 26.88 48.04 Management, business, and financial...... 42.09 34.45 33.37 52.03 Professional and related................. 29.87 26.04 21.44 43.06 Service.................................... 9.65 8.44 11.14 21.77 Sales and office........................... 16.27 16.29 15.20 17.31 Sales and related........................ 16.79 16.57 14.73 – Office and administrative support........ 15.95 16.02 15.72 15.99 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 19.65 16.59 21.03 30.65 Construction and extraction............. 15.58 15.19 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.93 18.51 21.70 33.62 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.74 14.35 14.80 20.01 Production............................... 16.09 14.95 13.77 21.84 Transportation and material moving....... 15.46 13.86 15.60 18.65 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........................................................... 5.5 7.5 4.3 9.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 7.1 8.2 10.7 7.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.1 10.9 5.9 9.6 Professional and related.......................................... 10.5 12.3 17.2 16.5 Service............................................................. 2.5 4.6 8.2 22.9 Sales and office.................................................... 5.0 10.8 6.1 7.3 Sales and related................................................. 13.1 21.3 14.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 5.1 4.3 3.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.4 4.8 18.0 17.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 7.9 10.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.4 4.7 21.6 14.8 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.6 6.4 6.2 17.2 Production........................................................ 5.8 6.9 12.4 8.2 Transportation and material moving................................ 8.1 7.0 9.0 28.0 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, June 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.28 $15.92 $766 $637 39.7 $39,274 $32,640 2,037 Management occupations.............................................. 38.12 26.41 1,529 1,057 40.1 79,491 54,941 2,085 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.44 28.75 1,158 1,150 40.7 60,222 59,800 2,117 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.50 21.00 891 840 39.6 46,337 43,680 2,060 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.27 9.00 284 349 39.0 14,742 18,154 2,028 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.50 15.90 775 636 39.7 40,287 33,072 2,066 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.54 10.00 414 395 39.3 21,554 20,521 2,045 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.93 28.85 1,277 1,154 40.0 66,423 60,000 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.35 15.50 648 609 39.6 33,699 31,678 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.99 15.09 596 580 39.8 30,987 30,160 2,067 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.48 15.00 619 600 40.0 32,054 31,200 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.51 20.00 742 800 40.1 38,606 41,600 2,085 Production occupations.............................................. 15.39 14.00 613 580 39.8 31,870 30,160 2,070 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.14 14.00 569 560 40.2 29,532 28,983 2,089 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.52 14.00 590 560 40.6 30,569 28,983 2,105 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.47 14.50 634 580 41.0 32,755 30,160 2,117 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, June 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.90 $18.93 $1,024 $757 39.5 $53,197 $39,374 2,054 Management occupations.............................................. 41.51 41.30 1,692 1,652 40.8 87,969 85,904 2,119 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 48.72 34.62 1,967 1,385 40.4 102,267 71,999 2,099 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.59 34.62 1,389 1,385 40.2 72,212 71,999 2,088 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.20 31.50 1,232 1,260 40.8 64,039 65,520 2,121 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.54 40.35 1,632 1,614 40.3 84,877 83,926 2,093 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.36 40.35 1,593 1,614 40.5 82,846 83,926 2,105 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.21 33.46 1,325 1,338 39.9 68,920 69,595 2,075 Engineers......................................................... 35.58 35.24 1,423 1,409 40.0 74,005 73,289 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.39 31.60 1,169 1,264 39.8 60,775 65,728 2,068 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.61 33.56 1,504 1,342 40.0 60,368 59,057 1,605 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.41 24.00 957 944 39.2 49,530 46,904 2,029 Registered nurses................................................. 29.33 30.07 1,164 1,197 39.7 60,046 61,610 2,047 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.79 13.34 544 522 39.4 28,271 27,144 2,050 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.42 8.53 331 328 39.3 17,231 17,077 2,045 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.39 12.43 804 494 39.4 41,790 25,688 2,049 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.15 15.50 638 618 39.5 33,170 32,115 2,053 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.27 16.49 651 660 40.0 33,850 34,299 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.13 16.57 725 663 40.0 37,715 34,468 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.44 18.77 778 751 40.0 40,443 39,042 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.25 21.27 850 851 40.0 44,193 44,250 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.99 15.00 597 600 39.9 31,049 31,200 2,071 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.01 23.00 1,079 920 39.9 56,113 47,840 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.19 14.62 686 585 39.9 35,651 30,410 2,073 Production occupations.............................................. 17.20 16.71 682 665 39.6 35,458 34,590 2,061 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.52 23.61 741 944 40.0 38,516 49,109 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.57 10.44 583 417 40.0 30,306 21,705 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.41 13.80 686 566 39.4 35,650 29,411 2,048 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.77 21.55 911 862 40.0 47,362 44,824 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.77 21.55 911 862 40.0 47,362 44,824 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.61 14.25 625 570 40.0 32,479 29,640 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.60 10.89 464 436 40.0 24,130 22,647 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.68 10.89 467 436 40.0 24,301 22,647 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, June 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.13 $22.13 – $20.93 $20.66 $22.61 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 32.85 35.19 26.06 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 41.29 42.09 34.67 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 28.03 29.87 24.49 Service............................................................. – – – 10.89 9.03 18.95 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 16.15 16.27 13.75 Sales and related................................................. – – – 16.79 16.79 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 15.78 15.95 13.75 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 19.31 19.40 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 15.55 15.58 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 22.53 22.70 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.44 19.44 – 15.06 15.11 – Production........................................................ 23.92 23.92 – 15.26 15.26 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.89 14.98 – 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........................................................... 20.7 20.7 – 4.9 5.7 3.4 Management, professional, and related............................... – – – 5.9 7.1 4.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 6.0 6.1 25.7 Professional and related.......................................... – – – 7.7 10.5 4.9 Service............................................................. – – – 5.2 2.6 10.7 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 4.8 5.0 2.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.1 13.1 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 2.2 2.4 2.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – 6.3 6.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 7.5 7.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 10.5 10.9 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 24.1 24.1 – 6.3 6.5 – Production........................................................ .1 .1 – 6.7 6.7 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 7.0 7.4 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.73 $18.06 $43.84 $43.84 Management, professional, and related............................... 28.47 29.49 60.29 60.29 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.96 35.01 60.80 60.80 Professional and related.......................................... 25.43 25.99 59.36 59.36 Service............................................................. 11.34 9.62 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.67 14.73 25.87 25.87 Sales and related................................................. 13.60 13.60 33.93 33.93 Office and administrative support................................. 15.26 15.40 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.69 18.76 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 15.58 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.50 21.62 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.10 15.14 32.34 32.34 Production........................................................ 15.41 15.41 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.87 14.94 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.3 3.9 10.4 10.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.1 5.4 8.2 8.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 6.1 5.9 18.1 18.1 Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 7.7 17.1 17.1 Service............................................................. 5.0 2.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.1 2.2 13.9 13.9 Sales and related................................................. 5.4 5.4 19.2 19.2 Office and administrative support................................. 2.1 2.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.3 4.5 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.5 7.8 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.9 6.1 13.4 13.4 Production........................................................ 5.0 5.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 7.4 7.8 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, June 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $17.39 $21.15 $17.92 – – $22.62 $18.29 $10.11 $10.86 Management, professional, and related............................... – 32.26 32.35 – – 32.39 21.39 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 35.86 37.65 – – 35.54 23.42 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 28.52 27.85 – – 30.74 21.03 – – Service............................................................. – – 19.73 – – 12.44 11.15 6.95 9.24 Sales and office.................................................... – 27.34 15.15 – – 17.61 15.59 13.74 – Sales and related................................................. – – 15.58 – – – – 9.01 – Office and administrative support................................. – 15.97 14.06 – – 17.34 15.70 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 15.66 20.08 26.04 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 22.37 26.04 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 17.36 15.48 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 17.60 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.24 16.33 – – 8.30 – – – 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........................................................... 9.8 7.1 7.6 – – 9.5 5.7 22.3 10.9 Management, professional, and related............................... – 9.8 8.8 – – 1.1 10.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 11.9 4.7 – – 4.4 5.5 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 19.6 18.7 – – 5.5 11.8 – – Service............................................................. – – 15.9 – – 11.4 3.4 4.6 22.6 Sales and office.................................................... – 22.0 11.5 – – 5.4 1.4 13.6 – Sales and related................................................. – – 15.9 – – – – 9.3 – Office and administrative support................................. – 3.3 7.7 – – 5.6 1.8 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.4 5.6 12.4 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – .6 12.4 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 1.9 9.2 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 1.1 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 7.1 8.9 – – .0 – – – 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, June 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 785,700 674,400 111,200 Management, professional, and related............................... 240,700 169,500 71,200 Management, business, and financial............................... 79,700 71,000 8,800 Professional and related.......................................... 161,000 98,500 62,500 Service............................................................. 168,300 143,800 24,500 Sales and office.................................................... 199,300 189,400 10,000 Sales and related................................................. 79,200 79,200 – Office and administrative support................................. 120,200 110,200 10,000 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 62,900 60,400 – Construction and extraction...................................... 27,200 26,100 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 34,800 33,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 114,400 111,400 – Production........................................................ 47,200 47,200 – Transportation and material moving................................ 67,200 64,200 – 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, June 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 38,218 37,099 1,120 Total in sample....................................................... 300 276 24 Responding........................................................ 196 172 24 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 53 53 0 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 51 51 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.