NC SM 03/00/2010 Table: Columbia, SC, Summary, June 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Columbia, 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........................................................... $18.46 5.0 32.6 $17.81 6.5 31.7 $20.70 6.4 36.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 26.99 5.5 35.4 27.05 7.5 34.7 26.86 5.7 36.7 Management, business, and financial............................... 26.77 9.0 38.8 26.65 11.0 39.4 27.30 9.5 36.3 Professional and related.......................................... 27.06 5.7 34.4 27.21 7.9 33.2 26.79 7.0 36.8 Service............................................................. 9.90 6.5 22.8 8.35 5.6 19.3 13.51 9.6 39.4 Sales and office.................................................... 15.87 8.3 34.0 16.08 9.7 34.5 14.83 7.9 32.1 Sales and related................................................. 17.34 15.2 33.4 17.34 15.2 33.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 14.63 5.2 34.6 14.55 6.5 35.8 14.83 7.9 32.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.91 4.5 38.6 16.80 4.6 38.6 17.51 13.4 38.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 15.71 1.7 36.3 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.54 6.9 39.9 17.24 7.6 40.0 19.01 14.0 39.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.98 6.1 36.0 12.91 6.3 36.0 14.31 21.0 35.9 Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.66 12.4 34.6 11.37 14.1 34.4 14.31 21.0 35.9 Full time........................................................... 19.91 5.5 39.3 19.50 7.0 39.5 21.16 7.4 38.8 Part time........................................................... 10.39 11.4 16.7 9.81 12.3 16.3 14.97 13.6 20.2 Union............................................................... 21.43 15.5 34.1 – – – – – – Nonunion............................................................ 18.43 5.0 32.6 17.76 6.4 31.6 20.72 6.4 36.2 Time................................................................ 18.30 5.3 31.9 17.50 7.0 30.7 20.70 6.4 36.3 Incentive........................................................... 19.79 10.2 39.7 19.79 10.2 39.7 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.38 6.5 37.8 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.93 8.1 30.3 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.64 6.0 30.7 15.64 6.0 30.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.52 12.2 33.1 19.59 16.5 33.0 15.78 10.8 33.5 500 workers or more................................................. 23.10 8.2 36.0 23.74 16.5 34.2 22.59 6.5 37.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Columbia, 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........................................................... $18.46 5.0 $19.91 5.5 $10.39 11.4 Management occupations.............................................. 33.00 14.9 34.17 15.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.43 6.5 23.35 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.42 8.8 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.79 10.6 34.17 10.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.38 7.1 24.38 7.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.26 17.3 14.45 17.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.63 8.8 31.63 8.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.06 1.1 33.06 1.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 .2 33.32 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.25 .7 33.25 .7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 1.2 32.63 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 1.0 32.44 1.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 1.8 32.10 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 1.7 31.78 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 1.0 13.00 1.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.77 11.8 30.10 13.1 27.36 14.3 Level 8 .................................................. 26.04 3.6 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.47 2.8 26.37 3.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 26.06 5.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.57 11.0 – – 13.06 23.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 3.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 3.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 3.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.19 14.5 16.19 14.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 11.1 9.96 3.4 6.31 8.0 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 9.98 16.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 9.31 13.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 11.06 10.0 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.34 15.2 19.70 16.8 7.94 10.8 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.39 12.9 14.74 22.4 7.94 10.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 12.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 12.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 24.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.63 5.2 15.17 4.0 10.86 23.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 8.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.65 7.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.03 3.2 14.03 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.51 1.5 15.45 1.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.03 4.3 21.03 4.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.41 7.1 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.79 9.1 18.89 9.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.62 4.7 16.62 4.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 13.21 6.0 13.21 6.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 1.7 15.69 1.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.54 6.9 17.54 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.65 8.8 21.65 8.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.66 12.4 12.32 12.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.15 11.5 13.15 12.2 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.83 13.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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), Columbia, 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........................................................... $17.81 6.5 $19.50 7.0 $9.81 12.3 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 7.0 22.86 7.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 13.73 18.3 13.23 17.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.68 10.7 34.81 11.9 26.64 17.5 Registered nurses................................................. 26.53 3.3 26.80 4.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.05 22.7 – – 13.06 23.4 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.42 11.3 – – 6.31 8.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.34 15.2 19.70 16.8 7.94 10.8 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.39 12.9 14.74 22.4 7.94 10.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 12.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 12.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 24.2 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.55 6.5 14.80 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 8.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 4.9 14.18 4.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 7.6 17.24 7.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.37 14.1 12.05 13.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.35 12.5 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.79 14.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Columbia, 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........................................................... $20.70 6.4 $21.16 7.4 $14.97 13.6 Management occupations.............................................. 27.03 15.2 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.43 18.8 21.70 24.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.61 9.4 31.61 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.23 1.2 33.23 1.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 .2 33.32 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.25 .7 33.25 .7 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 1.2 32.63 1.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 1.0 32.44 1.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 1.8 32.10 1.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 1.7 31.78 1.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 1.0 13.00 1.0 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.88 12.0 19.06 11.4 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.93 11.8 17.93 11.8 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.72 10.2 12.80 10.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.89 5.9 11.89 5.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.37 6.6 12.37 6.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.83 7.9 16.08 4.2 8.79 9.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.82 2.1 13.82 2.1 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.93 10.6 18.93 10.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.01 14.0 19.01 14.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 21.0 14.31 21.0 – – 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 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. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.08 $15.30 $23.07 $33.33 Management occupations.............................................. 18.11 22.16 27.12 49.28 49.28 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 20.35 20.89 26.44 33.33 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.95 25.33 35.22 41.76 52.17 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.32 20.35 21.14 27.65 35.62 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.67 11.15 12.76 21.72 21.97 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.81 20.62 30.88 38.03 46.23 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.80 28.21 33.29 37.72 42.55 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.18 27.28 32.07 37.72 41.86 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.70 26.54 31.07 37.18 42.52 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.15 11.60 12.66 14.46 16.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.20 21.54 26.74 37.38 55.62 Registered nurses................................................. 20.32 22.71 24.96 31.01 33.31 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.29 9.39 10.48 10.48 15.12 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.29 9.32 10.48 10.48 10.48 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.90 10.30 15.65 19.96 25.33 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 7.50 10.25 11.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.09 8.71 13.50 24.69 33.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.25 10.24 14.79 23.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.35 8.71 12.74 15.05 24.95 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.11 14.18 16.47 22.22 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 14.41 18.13 22.22 22.50 24.33 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.14 15.15 16.12 22.98 28.02 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.14 15.04 15.87 17.05 22.98 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 11.00 12.91 15.30 15.30 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.05 13.95 14.50 18.10 20.66 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.27 13.94 16.00 20.34 26.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 8.00 12.25 13.50 15.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 7.00 8.00 10.50 13.10 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 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.76 $15.00 $22.22 $33.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 20.24 20.70 25.48 33.33 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.67 9.66 11.40 18.38 21.72 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.90 24.00 32.01 40.00 55.62 Registered nurses................................................. 19.90 22.49 24.73 31.13 34.13 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.29 9.29 9.39 15.00 25.09 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.50 7.50 10.25 11.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.09 8.71 13.50 24.69 33.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.25 10.24 14.79 23.63 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.35 8.71 12.74 15.05 24.95 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.00 14.06 16.13 22.37 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.20 13.94 16.00 19.00 26.00 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 7.09 11.85 13.50 14.67 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 6.55 7.09 10.85 13.10 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. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.48 $12.59 $17.33 $25.33 $35.61 Management occupations.............................................. 17.33 17.61 26.15 33.29 40.36 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.76 15.53 24.44 24.44 34.25 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.63 18.77 30.80 38.46 46.39 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.80 28.21 33.29 37.72 42.55 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.18 27.28 32.07 37.72 41.86 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.70 26.54 31.07 37.18 42.52 Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.15 11.60 12.66 14.46 16.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.19 15.94 20.55 24.40 27.90 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 14.09 16.87 25.13 25.33 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 10.64 12.31 14.18 17.69 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.81 10.64 10.90 12.50 14.56 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.81 10.51 12.38 12.95 15.14 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.28 11.99 14.41 17.13 22.11 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.18 15.00 17.87 22.98 25.23 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.82 12.83 18.60 25.90 30.01 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.64 10.63 12.73 19.73 23.54 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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, 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........................................................... $19.91 $16.35 $783 $660 39.3 $39,715 $33,957 1,995 Management occupations.............................................. 34.17 27.12 1,365 1,085 39.9 70,957 56,401 2,076 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.35 20.70 933 828 40.0 48,532 43,050 2,078 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.17 35.22 1,348 1,321 39.4 70,094 68,685 2,051 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.38 21.14 965 846 39.6 50,200 43,971 2,059 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.45 11.40 554 456 38.4 28,179 23,714 1,950 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.63 30.88 1,183 1,165 37.4 48,016 46,923 1,518 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 33.29 1,207 1,226 36.2 44,688 45,581 1,341 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 32.07 1,177 1,175 36.1 43,564 43,985 1,335 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 31.07 1,159 1,165 36.1 42,749 42,144 1,332 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 12.66 461 456 35.5 17,008 16,501 1,309 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.10 26.25 1,176 1,050 39.1 61,136 54,600 2,031 Registered nurses................................................. 26.37 24.73 1,019 970 38.7 53,006 50,440 2,010 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.19 15.65 663 636 40.9 32,951 32,548 2,036 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.96 10.25 372 410 37.3 18,783 20,800 1,886 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 9.52 399 381 40.0 20,108 18,533 2,014 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.31 8.43 372 337 40.0 18,836 17,472 2,024 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.06 10.63 442 425 40.0 21,767 20,417 1,968 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.70 15.14 802 650 40.7 41,702 33,802 2,117 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.74 14.49 612 592 41.5 31,830 30,763 2,159 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.17 14.45 592 570 39.0 30,654 29,390 2,021 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.89 16.12 731 643 38.7 36,721 32,677 1,944 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.62 15.87 625 566 37.6 31,120 28,874 1,873 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.21 12.91 514 484 38.9 26,713 25,169 2,023 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.69 14.50 576 513 36.7 28,682 25,151 1,827 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.54 16.00 700 640 39.9 36,345 33,280 2,072 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.32 12.90 491 516 39.9 24,663 25,838 2,002 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 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, 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........................................................... $19.50 $16.00 $770 $650 39.5 $39,916 $33,802 2,047 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.86 20.70 919 828 40.2 47,774 43,050 2,090 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.23 11.40 509 456 38.5 26,451 23,714 2,000 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.81 35.18 1,334 1,332 38.3 69,346 69,285 1,992 Registered nurses................................................. 26.80 25.48 1,043 998 38.9 54,237 51,917 2,024 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.70 15.14 802 650 40.7 41,702 33,802 2,117 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.74 14.49 612 592 41.5 31,830 30,763 2,159 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 14.42 580 555 39.2 30,180 28,874 2,040 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 16.00 690 640 40.0 35,861 33,280 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.05 12.90 488 516 40.5 25,232 26,832 2,094 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 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, 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........................................................... $21.16 $17.69 $821 $699 38.8 $39,160 $34,646 1,850 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.70 19.07 819 708 37.8 36,890 35,105 1,700 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.61 30.80 1,177 1,143 37.2 47,172 45,543 1,492 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 33.29 1,207 1,226 36.2 44,688 45,581 1,341 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 32.07 1,177 1,175 36.1 43,564 43,985 1,335 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 31.07 1,159 1,165 36.1 42,749 42,144 1,332 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 12.66 461 456 35.5 17,008 16,501 1,309 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.06 20.00 781 758 40.9 40,594 39,390 2,129 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.93 16.87 738 728 41.2 36,287 37,185 2,024 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.80 12.31 512 493 40.0 24,988 23,643 1,953 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.89 10.90 476 436 40.0 23,306 22,125 1,960 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.37 12.38 495 495 40.0 23,720 23,643 1,917 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.08 15.19 619 600 38.5 31,783 30,834 1,977 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.93 17.87 749 715 39.6 36,713 35,241 1,939 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.01 18.60 748 698 39.4 38,623 36,276 2,032 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 12.73 513 434 35.9 21,636 18,187 1,512 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