NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Great Falls, MT, Bulletin, December 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $16.66 2.8 35.2 $15.75 3.0 35.4 $23.04 7.0 33.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.07 5.5 38.1 23.65 6.0 39.0 29.79 10.3 35.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 31.44 10.1 40.3 29.13 8.0 40.5 35.09 15.0 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 23.87 5.7 37.7 22.85 7.1 38.8 27.87 7.0 34.0 Service............................................................. 10.26 3.8 32.0 9.23 2.3 32.7 17.72 15.5 27.9 Sales and office.................................................... 12.85 3.1 34.9 12.69 3.4 34.7 14.78 6.7 37.6 Sales and related................................................. 13.64 9.7 32.1 13.75 9.8 32.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.44 2.3 36.6 12.10 2.5 36.2 15.44 6.3 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.42 5.8 39.1 20.78 6.3 39.0 17.25 7.4 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 19.85 9.5 38.8 20.15 10.7 38.6 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.28 8.7 39.6 21.63 9.2 39.5 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.66 9.8 33.1 15.79 9.8 33.3 – – – Production........................................................ 17.01 15.8 33.3 17.01 15.8 33.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.18 12.1 33.0 15.34 12.2 33.4 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.56 3.1 39.5 16.52 3.2 39.5 24.82 9.0 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.66 6.2 20.5 10.63 6.7 21.1 10.84 17.9 17.1 Union............................................................... 20.69 5.1 37.8 20.46 9.0 38.2 20.94 4.7 37.4 Nonunion............................................................ 15.76 3.5 34.7 15.17 3.3 35.1 27.88 15.7 27.7 Time................................................................ 16.49 3.0 35.1 15.52 3.3 35.3 23.04 7.0 33.8 Incentive........................................................... 23.33 4.4 38.4 23.33 4.4 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.80 7.5 38.2 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.14 2.9 35.0 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.21 4.4 34.6 15.16 4.5 34.6 17.29 11.4 35.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.69 7.7 34.4 18.57 8.2 34.9 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 19.07 5.3 37.2 15.84 4.5 39.4 24.66 9.2 34.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.66 2.8 $17.56 3.1 $10.66 6.2 Management occupations.............................................. 32.81 12.0 32.81 12.0 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.55 11.7 25.55 11.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.60 4.1 16.29 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.44 8.3 30.29 7.3 12.31 16.1 Level 9 .................................................. 32.21 7.5 32.63 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 7.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.59 2.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.43 8.9 30.05 6.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.43 8.9 30.05 6.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.53 14.6 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.53 14.6 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 29.04 23.9 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.11 7.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.37 10.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.18 7.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.63 5.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.27 1.6 10.26 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 1.7 10.59 1.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.44 1.8 10.45 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 1.7 10.59 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.48 3.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.06 17.1 24.21 17.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 4.5 8.85 5.6 7.74 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 3.8 – – 7.67 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.59 5.8 9.01 7.6 7.54 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 8.41 7.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.49 4.2 8.53 3.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.28 3.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 .3 7.59 .8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 .9 7.69 1.0 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.53 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.56 1.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.32 1.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.41 5.5 11.03 5.3 8.37 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 7.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.14 6.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.52 3.2 10.06 3.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.82 5.2 10.36 4.9 8.26 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 7.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.52 3.2 10.06 3.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.17 6.4 10.84 6.5 8.47 7.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 3.5 10.10 5.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.06 9.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.61 1.2 – – 7.61 1.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.64 9.7 15.50 5.4 8.06 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.28 2.0 – – 7.73 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.10 6.9 10.54 7.8 8.62 1.7 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.78 10.5 12.03 7.5 8.06 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.28 2.0 – – 7.73 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.10 6.9 10.54 7.8 8.62 1.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.45 1.7 10.34 3.0 8.16 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 4.5 – – 7.79 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.74 4.3 10.53 5.4 – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.45 1.7 10.34 3.0 8.16 2.3 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 4.5 – – 7.79 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.74 4.3 10.53 5.4 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.66 16.5 13.04 10.1 7.93 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 .7 – – 7.69 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 10.9 10.54 10.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.44 2.3 12.59 2.2 10.74 13.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 4.4 9.85 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.78 7.0 11.12 5.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.13 2.6 12.28 2.8 10.58 6.7 Level 5 .................................................. 15.62 7.4 14.92 5.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.45 5.3 16.45 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.46 2.7 13.46 2.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.06 8.0 13.67 7.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.93 9.2 13.65 8.3 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 4.5 10.92 4.6 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.06 12.9 13.06 12.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.27 3.9 12.96 4.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.85 9.5 20.00 10.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.71 4.0 17.77 4.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.42 2.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.28 8.7 21.28 8.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.01 15.8 19.14 15.2 8.94 10.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.59 11.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.18 12.1 15.92 13.5 11.25 12.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 5.2 – – 8.90 6.0 Level 3 .................................................. 14.45 2.6 14.45 2.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 25.6 18.86 25.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.87 4.2 10.12 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 5.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.50 5.1 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $15.75 3.0 $16.52 3.2 $10.63 6.7 Management occupations.............................................. 30.60 11.2 30.60 11.2 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.47 3.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.93 20.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.44 10.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.18 7.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.63 5.8 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.27 1.6 10.26 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 1.7 10.59 1.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.44 1.8 10.45 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 1.7 10.59 1.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.48 3.0 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.47 4.5 8.84 5.6 7.62 .9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 3.8 – – 7.67 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 8.59 5.8 9.01 7.6 7.54 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 8.41 7.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.35 3.3 8.48 3.3 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.28 3.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 .3 7.59 .8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 .9 7.69 1.0 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.53 1.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.56 1.1 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.33 1.0 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.84 4.9 10.09 4.4 8.69 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 7.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.55 4.8 9.76 4.0 8.69 7.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 7.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.90 4.4 9.99 5.2 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.06 9.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.63 1.4 – – 7.63 1.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.75 9.8 15.50 5.4 8.02 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.28 2.0 – – 7.73 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 7.1 10.54 7.8 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.84 10.8 12.03 7.5 8.02 1.2 Level 2 .................................................. 8.28 2.0 – – 7.73 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.25 7.1 10.54 7.8 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.52 1.4 10.34 3.0 8.11 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 4.5 – – 7.79 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.03 3.5 10.53 5.4 – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.52 1.4 10.34 3.0 8.11 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 8.58 4.5 – – 7.79 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.03 3.5 10.53 5.4 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.66 16.5 13.04 10.1 7.93 .8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 .7 – – 7.69 .3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 10.9 10.54 10.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.10 2.5 12.24 2.5 10.73 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 4.4 9.85 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.13 4.8 10.47 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.13 2.6 12.28 2.8 10.58 6.7 Level 5 .................................................. 15.46 9.1 14.58 6.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.69 5.5 16.69 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.87 1.3 11.87 1.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.72 8.9 13.35 8.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.52 10.3 13.25 9.8 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 4.5 10.92 4.6 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.03 4.3 12.85 5.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.15 10.7 20.34 11.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 9.2 21.63 9.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.01 15.8 19.14 15.2 8.94 10.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.59 11.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.34 12.2 15.92 13.5 11.65 13.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 4.0 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 5.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.45 2.6 14.45 2.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 25.6 18.86 25.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.94 4.6 10.12 4.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.03 5.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.55 5.8 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $23.04 7.0 $24.82 9.0 $10.84 17.9 Management occupations.............................................. 36.04 17.4 36.04 17.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.79 9.5 31.74 8.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.46 7.2 33.46 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.32 .5 31.32 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.32 .5 31.32 .5 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 33.09 16.7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 27.26 14.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.69 14.3 13.76 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.09 3.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.67 16.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.09 3.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.67 16.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.09 3.3 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 6.3 15.44 6.3 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.66 2.8 $17.56 3.1 $10.66 6.2 Management occupations.............................................. 32.81 12.0 32.81 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 30.73 11.0 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.55 11.7 25.55 11.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.60 4.1 16.29 5.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.44 8.3 30.29 7.3 12.31 16.1 Group III................................................. 32.74 6.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.59 2.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.43 8.9 30.05 6.3 – – Group III................................................. 29.43 8.9 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.53 14.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 30.53 14.6 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 29.04 23.9 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.37 10.5 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.18 7.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.44 8.4 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.27 1.6 10.26 1.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.27 1.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.44 1.8 10.45 1.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.44 1.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.48 3.0 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.06 17.1 24.21 17.2 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 4.5 8.85 5.6 7.74 1.7 Group I................................................... 8.48 4.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.49 4.2 8.53 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.42 3.7 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.28 3.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 .3 7.59 .8 – – Group I................................................... 7.52 .3 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.53 1.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.53 1.2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.32 1.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.32 1.1 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.41 5.5 11.03 5.3 8.37 5.9 Group I................................................... 9.90 5.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.82 5.2 10.36 4.9 8.26 6.0 Group I................................................... 9.65 5.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.17 6.4 10.84 6.5 8.47 7.5 Group I................................................... 9.97 7.1 10.69 7.8 8.47 7.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.06 9.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.06 9.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.61 1.2 – – 7.61 1.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.64 9.7 15.50 5.4 8.06 1.0 Group I................................................... 10.52 13.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.18 5.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.78 10.5 12.03 7.5 8.06 1.0 Group I................................................... 10.50 13.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.45 1.7 10.34 3.0 8.16 2.3 Group I................................................... 9.07 4.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.45 1.7 10.34 3.0 8.16 2.3 Group I................................................... 9.07 4.2 10.09 5.8 7.95 1.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.66 16.5 13.04 10.1 7.93 .8 Group I................................................... 11.52 21.4 13.46 13.3 7.93 .8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.44 2.3 12.59 2.2 10.74 13.0 Group I................................................... 11.07 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.16 4.4 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.06 8.0 13.67 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 10.57 5.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.93 9.2 13.65 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.67 6.1 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 4.5 10.92 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 10.70 6.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.06 12.9 13.06 12.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.27 3.9 12.96 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.91 3.7 12.60 4.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.85 9.5 20.00 10.2 – – Group I................................................... 17.28 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.38 9.6 – – – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.42 2.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.28 8.7 21.28 8.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.07 14.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.24 8.3 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.01 15.8 19.14 15.2 8.94 10.2 Group I................................................... 11.52 4.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.94 13.8 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.18 12.1 15.92 13.5 11.25 12.9 Group I................................................... 14.61 13.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 25.6 18.86 25.6 – – Group I................................................... 19.07 28.1 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.87 4.2 10.12 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.87 4.2 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.50 5.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.50 5.1 – – – – 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $9.80 $13.29 $20.19 $30.47 Management occupations.............................................. 13.62 23.00 34.19 46.26 46.68 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.20 21.20 23.39 29.68 39.44 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.10 14.10 17.05 17.69 20.49 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.92 25.60 32.25 35.27 40.06 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.83 34.70 34.70 39.69 39.69 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.14 27.43 28.83 35.27 35.27 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.81 24.97 35.27 35.27 35.27 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 13.34 15.03 31.03 40.06 43.73 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.50 10.00 16.83 16.83 17.80 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.85 16.14 23.18 26.42 44.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.16 10.75 11.25 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 9.95 10.40 10.75 11.43 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.30 9.95 10.14 10.86 12.12 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.29 21.71 23.42 32.11 32.17 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.27 7.95 9.00 11.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.88 8.00 8.40 8.50 9.34 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.75 7.77 8.00 8.50 9.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.65 7.95 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.64 7.64 7.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.00 11.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 9.00 10.00 11.85 14.84 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.50 10.75 12.64 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.61 8.64 9.50 11.45 13.92 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.33 7.33 8.06 8.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.50 10.50 14.00 21.52 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.25 9.35 11.93 14.11 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.10 8.80 10.45 13.20 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.10 8.80 10.45 13.20 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.30 8.31 9.85 13.00 16.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.70 10.00 11.64 13.74 17.14 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.68 11.43 11.55 16.40 18.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.78 11.43 11.55 16.40 18.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.57 10.00 10.06 12.25 13.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.27 9.32 12.68 17.10 17.10 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.44 11.50 12.00 13.50 15.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.21 17.00 18.55 22.15 27.96 Construction laborers............................................. 13.00 15.79 18.55 19.36 19.36 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 12.19 20.19 24.16 38.65 Production occupations.............................................. 8.10 10.75 13.16 25.72 32.16 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 9.50 13.50 17.51 29.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.50 11.50 14.04 29.34 29.34 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.82 8.96 8.96 10.60 13.99 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.96 8.96 9.00 11.58 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.95 $9.44 $12.25 $18.00 $27.96 Management occupations.............................................. 13.62 21.21 31.93 39.61 49.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.34 14.10 14.94 17.05 17.69 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.34 15.03 33.83 34.75 34.75 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.50 10.00 16.83 16.83 17.80 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.85 16.14 23.18 26.42 44.50 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.16 10.75 11.25 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 9.95 10.40 10.75 11.43 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.30 9.95 10.14 10.86 12.12 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.27 7.88 8.75 11.50 Cooks............................................................. 7.88 8.00 8.25 8.50 9.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.75 7.77 8.00 8.50 9.75 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.65 7.95 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.64 7.64 7.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.00 11.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.00 9.55 10.51 12.28 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 9.00 9.50 10.00 11.25 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 9.00 9.50 11.00 12.16 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 7.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.33 7.33 7.50 8.06 8.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.56 10.65 14.00 21.52 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.25 9.50 12.00 14.11 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.10 8.80 10.55 13.28 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.10 8.80 10.55 13.28 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.30 8.31 9.85 13.00 16.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.57 9.75 11.50 13.48 17.10 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.68 11.00 11.50 17.00 18.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.78 11.43 11.43 13.00 18.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.57 10.00 10.06 12.25 13.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.44 9.44 11.50 13.50 15.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.21 17.13 18.55 23.07 27.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 12.19 20.19 25.85 38.65 Production occupations.............................................. 8.10 10.75 13.16 25.72 32.16 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 9.56 13.50 17.51 29.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.50 11.50 14.04 29.34 29.34 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.82 8.96 8.96 11.58 13.99 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.96 8.96 9.50 11.73 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.97 $14.57 $19.95 $31.24 $39.69 Management occupations.............................................. 14.67 27.51 37.96 46.56 46.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.92 27.43 32.06 35.27 41.28 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.43 27.43 28.83 35.27 35.27 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.00 30.06 32.25 41.28 43.73 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.71 21.71 32.11 32.11 32.17 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.61 7.61 12.10 14.84 15.34 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.61 7.61 10.58 14.84 14.84 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.61 7.61 10.58 14.84 14.84 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.54 13.21 16.30 17.80 18.37 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.70 $10.50 $14.10 $21.20 $32.11 Management occupations.............................................. 13.62 23.00 34.19 46.26 46.68 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.20 21.20 23.39 29.68 39.44 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.75 14.10 17.05 17.05 20.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.92 27.43 33.83 35.27 40.06 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.73 27.43 28.83 35.27 35.27 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 9.50 10.07 10.75 11.53 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 9.82 10.25 10.75 11.74 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.29 21.71 23.42 32.11 32.17 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.64 7.99 9.75 12.15 Cooks............................................................. 7.88 8.00 8.50 8.50 9.34 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.64 7.95 7.99 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.29 10.00 12.64 15.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.65 9.29 10.00 11.25 13.85 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 9.22 10.58 12.20 14.84 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 9.55 12.01 15.75 21.52 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.25 10.75 13.29 15.04 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 8.65 9.90 11.45 13.71 Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 8.65 9.90 11.45 13.71 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.60 9.25 11.40 13.71 16.15 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.82 10.15 12.00 13.85 17.14 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 11.43 11.55 17.00 18.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 11.43 11.55 16.40 18.25 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.57 10.00 10.06 12.25 13.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 9.27 9.32 12.68 17.10 17.10 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.50 11.50 12.00 13.92 15.50 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.21 17.13 18.55 23.07 27.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 12.19 20.19 24.16 38.65 Production occupations.............................................. 10.75 13.16 15.00 26.77 32.16 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.96 11.26 13.99 19.44 29.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.50 11.50 14.04 29.34 29.34 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.82 8.96 8.96 12.00 13.99 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), Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.50 $8.25 $10.45 $17.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.54 9.54 9.54 13.08 21.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.61 7.61 9.00 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.61 7.61 9.00 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.61 7.61 7.61 9.00 10.75 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.33 7.33 8.06 8.06 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.30 7.75 8.50 9.25 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.30 7.75 8.50 9.25 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 7.90 8.50 9.35 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 7.90 8.50 9.35 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.42 9.04 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.25 8.50 9.44 11.50 21.11 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.01 8.10 11.17 11.17 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 8.74 9.50 15.63 15.63 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, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.56 $14.10 $693 $557 39.5 $35,135 $28,517 2,000 Management occupations.............................................. 32.81 34.19 1,324 1,519 40.4 66,540 78,963 2,028 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.55 23.39 1,022 936 40.0 53,154 48,660 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.29 17.05 805 846 49.4 41,719 43,976 2,562 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.29 33.83 1,164 1,323 38.4 46,824 47,193 1,546 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.05 28.83 1,125 1,081 37.4 42,018 40,427 1,398 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.26 10.07 406 400 39.6 21,127 20,821 2,059 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.45 10.25 414 406 39.6 21,537 21,133 2,061 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.21 23.42 976 937 40.3 49,990 48,720 2,065 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 7.99 320 272 36.2 16,608 14,144 1,876 Cooks............................................................. 8.53 8.50 288 272 33.8 14,853 14,144 1,742 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.59 7.64 266 244 35.0 13,815 12,706 1,819 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.03 10.00 431 400 39.1 21,106 20,800 1,914 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.36 10.00 403 400 38.9 20,935 20,800 2,021 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.84 10.58 426 422 39.3 22,136 21,944 2,043 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.50 12.01 613 480 39.6 31,889 24,949 2,058 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.03 10.75 473 430 39.3 24,581 22,360 2,043 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.34 9.90 401 396 38.8 20,857 20,592 2,017 Cashiers...................................................... 10.34 9.90 401 396 38.8 20,857 20,592 2,017 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.04 11.40 515 453 39.5 26,802 23,546 2,056 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.59 12.00 496 462 39.4 25,422 23,783 2,019 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.67 11.55 534 462 39.0 27,750 24,026 2,030 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.65 11.55 530 462 38.8 27,567 24,026 2,020 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.92 10.06 437 402 40.0 22,717 20,919 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.06 12.68 522 507 40.0 26,782 26,381 2,051 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.96 12.00 484 431 37.4 23,047 22,425 1,779 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.00 18.55 794 715 39.7 39,537 35,630 1,977 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.28 20.19 842 808 39.6 43,779 41,995 2,057 Production occupations.............................................. 19.14 15.00 745 600 38.9 38,752 31,200 2,025 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.92 13.99 618 520 38.8 31,474 28,080 1,977 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 14.04 754 562 40.0 39,222 29,209 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.12 8.96 366 314 36.2 19,032 16,307 1,880 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, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $16.52 $13.30 $652 $520 39.5 $33,599 $26,381 2,034 Management occupations.............................................. 30.60 31.93 1,243 1,437 40.6 64,624 74,716 2,112 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.26 10.07 406 400 39.6 21,127 20,821 2,059 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.45 10.25 414 406 39.6 21,537 21,133 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 7.99 320 272 36.1 16,620 14,144 1,879 Cooks............................................................. 8.48 8.50 286 272 33.7 14,846 14,144 1,751 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.59 7.64 266 244 35.0 13,815 12,706 1,819 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.09 10.00 392 400 38.8 18,840 19,178 1,866 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.76 10.00 378 382 38.7 19,645 19,864 2,013 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.99 9.50 391 380 39.2 20,357 19,760 2,038 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.50 12.01 613 480 39.6 31,889 24,949 2,058 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.03 10.75 473 430 39.3 24,581 22,360 2,043 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.34 9.90 401 396 38.8 20,857 20,592 2,017 Cashiers...................................................... 10.34 9.90 401 396 38.8 20,857 20,592 2,017 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.04 11.40 515 453 39.5 26,802 23,546 2,056 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.24 11.50 481 455 39.3 25,030 23,670 2,045 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.35 11.55 520 462 38.9 27,027 24,018 2,024 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.25 11.55 513 462 38.7 26,656 24,018 2,011 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.92 10.06 437 402 40.0 22,717 20,919 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 12.00 471 431 36.7 24,484 22,425 1,906 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.34 19.36 806 715 39.6 39,890 36,972 1,961 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 20.19 855 808 39.5 44,462 41,995 2,056 Production occupations.............................................. 19.14 15.00 745 600 38.9 38,752 31,200 2,025 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.92 13.99 618 520 38.8 31,474 28,080 1,977 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.86 14.04 754 562 40.0 39,222 29,209 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.12 8.96 366 314 36.2 19,032 16,307 1,880 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, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $24.82 $23.03 $979 $921 39.5 $44,575 $42,338 1,796 Management occupations.............................................. 36.04 37.96 1,442 1,519 40.0 69,086 81,411 1,917 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.74 32.27 1,205 1,212 38.0 45,622 47,193 1,437 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.32 28.83 1,172 1,081 37.4 43,778 40,427 1,398 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.76 14.18 547 567 39.8 28,447 29,503 2,067 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 16.30 618 652 40.0 28,230 28,600 1,828 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, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $15.75 $15.16 $18.57 $15.84 Management, professional, and related...... 23.65 22.74 30.73 – Management, business, and financial...... 29.13 26.64 – – Professional and related................. 22.85 21.85 29.07 – Service.................................... 9.23 8.78 9.22 – Sales and office........................... 12.69 12.81 14.87 10.79 Sales and related........................ 13.75 13.14 17.44 – Office and administrative support........ 12.10 12.65 11.53 10.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 20.78 20.78 – – Construction and extraction............. 20.15 20.15 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.63 21.63 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.79 14.19 22.38 – Production............................... 17.01 15.95 – – Transportation and material moving....... 15.34 13.46 – – 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........................................................... 3.0 4.5 8.2 4.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.0 10.8 21.5 – Management, business, and financial............................... 8.0 5.1 – – Professional and related.......................................... 7.1 12.9 27.3 – Service............................................................. 2.3 3.4 1.8 – Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.9 9.4 1.7 Sales and related................................................. 9.8 11.7 17.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.3 6.3 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 10.7 10.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.2 9.2 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.8 7.8 15.4 – Production........................................................ 15.8 20.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.2 4.5 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $16.06 $13.34 $636 $522 39.6 $32,637 $26,381 2,032 Management occupations.............................................. 27.47 28.95 1,122 1,158 40.8 58,342 60,216 2,123 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.22 7.88 291 269 35.4 15,144 13,978 1,842 Cooks............................................................. 8.38 8.50 280 272 33.4 14,559 14,144 1,737 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.66 7.64 269 254 35.2 14,009 13,195 1,829 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.24 10.00 405 400 39.6 18,388 20,800 1,796 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 10.00 380 400 39.5 19,774 20,800 2,053 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.15 13.29 608 531 40.1 31,612 27,637 2,087 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.03 11.57 520 463 40.0 27,061 24,061 2,077 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.22 11.57 568 463 39.9 29,511 24,061 2,076 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.85 12.00 501 464 39.0 26,042 24,151 2,026 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.82 11.55 534 462 38.6 27,772 24,018 2,009 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.91 10.00 436 400 40.0 22,686 20,800 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 12.00 471 431 36.7 24,484 22,425 1,906 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.34 19.36 806 715 39.6 39,890 36,972 1,961 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 20.19 855 808 39.5 44,462 41,995 2,056 Production occupations.............................................. 18.10 14.81 702 552 38.8 36,485 28,687 2,016 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.80 12.18 537 480 38.9 27,197 25,332 1,971 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.70 11.50 468 460 40.0 24,339 23,920 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.42 $13.20 $683 $507 39.2 $35,476 $26,354 2,036 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.31 10.05 406 398 39.4 21,110 20,717 2,048 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.73 10.16 421 406 39.2 21,884 21,112 2,040 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.91 9.39 375 361 37.9 19,503 18,782 1,969 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.91 9.39 375 361 37.9 19,503 18,782 1,969 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.94 10.90 620 435 38.9 32,232 22,618 2,022 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.99 10.40 425 414 38.6 22,077 21,528 2,008 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.74 10.20 412 408 38.3 21,410 21,216 1,993 Cashiers...................................................... 10.74 10.20 412 408 38.3 21,410 21,216 1,993 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.14 10.90 446 436 40.0 23,174 22,672 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, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $20.69 $20.46 $20.94 $15.76 $15.17 $27.88 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.33 – 27.33 24.69 23.65 34.01 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 32.34 29.13 38.19 Professional and related.......................................... 28.07 – 28.07 23.04 22.85 27.02 Service............................................................. 12.75 – 14.93 9.93 9.24 22.26 Sales and office.................................................... 13.45 10.07 15.46 12.78 12.81 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 13.86 13.98 – Office and administrative support................................. 14.22 – 15.46 12.18 12.18 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.94 24.50 – 18.42 18.45 – Construction and extraction...................................... 20.36 21.16 – 19.35 19.41 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.26 30.40 – 17.33 17.33 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.77 22.77 – 11.72 11.80 – Production........................................................ 27.84 27.84 – 11.96 11.96 – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.23 21.23 – 11.62 11.73 – 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........................................................... 5.1 9.0 4.7 3.5 3.3 15.7 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.2 – 6.2 6.2 6.0 16.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 10.4 8.0 11.3 Professional and related.......................................... 6.1 – 6.1 6.9 7.1 18.0 Service............................................................. 15.7 – 19.5 5.0 2.3 19.0 Sales and office.................................................... 7.6 4.4 6.2 3.2 3.2 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.2 9.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 9.0 – 6.2 2.4 2.4 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.5 3.8 – 7.8 7.8 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.8 5.3 – 14.1 14.2 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 13.3 14.3 – 8.0 8.0 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 9.4 9.4 – 4.8 4.7 – Production........................................................ 5.5 5.5 – 5.2 5.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.7 12.7 – 6.9 6.9 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.49 $15.52 $23.33 $23.33 Management, professional, and related............................... 25.09 23.66 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 31.52 29.26 – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.87 22.85 – – Service............................................................. 10.26 9.23 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.00 11.76 24.50 24.50 Sales and related................................................. 10.91 10.97 24.50 24.50 Office and administrative support................................. 12.44 12.10 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.32 20.67 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 20.15 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.09 21.45 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.74 15.87 – – Production........................................................ 17.01 17.01 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.27 15.44 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 3.3 4.4 4.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.5 6.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 10.1 8.2 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.7 7.1 – – Service............................................................. 3.8 2.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.4 2.6 7.3 7.3 Sales and related................................................. 6.1 6.3 7.3 7.3 Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.2 6.8 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 10.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.0 10.5 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.0 10.0 – – Production........................................................ 15.8 15.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.3 12.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Great Falls, MT, December 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........................................................... $20.91 $16.86 $16.07 – $16.81 – $15.70 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 32.50 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 33.90 – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.09 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – 11.44 – 15.18 – 11.49 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 11.52 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 11.24 – 11.18 – 11.58 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.56 – 23.83 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 24.37 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.80 16.51 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 15.65 20.59 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.19 15.68 – – – – – – 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........................................................... 8.5 2.7 4.7 – 3.2 – 5.8 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 7.5 – – – – – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 6.2 – – – – – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 3.1 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – 6.6 – 3.7 – 2.6 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 10.0 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 5.1 – 2.7 – 3.5 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.6 – 18.6 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 19.2 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.7 15.2 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 4.8 28.4 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 1.1 17.4 – – – – – – 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, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 32,700 27,400 5,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 8,200 5,800 2,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 1,200 700 500 Professional and related.......................................... 7,000 5,100 1,900 Service............................................................. 8,800 7,000 1,800 Sales and office.................................................... 9,400 8,600 700 Sales and related................................................. 3,400 3,300 – Office and administrative support................................. 5,900 5,300 600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3,200 2,900 300 Construction and extraction...................................... 2,000 1,700 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1,200 1,200 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3,300 3,100 – Production........................................................ 800 800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,400 2,300 – 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, Great Falls, MT, December 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 1,708 1,645 63 Total in sample....................................................... 176 160 16 Responding........................................................ 107 93 14 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 39 38 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 30 29 1 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.