Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Great Falls, MT, November 2010 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $17.28 3.6 35.0 $16.40 3.8 35.1 $23.66 10.0 34.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 25.45 5.7 38.9 24.24 5.3 40.1 29.57 14.1 35.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 32.59 9.6 42.1 31.70 9.0 42.9 34.98 21.4 40.0 Professional and related.......................................... 23.74 5.2 38.2 22.58 5.6 39.5 27.95 10.2 33.9 Service............................................................. 10.67 4.5 31.3 9.49 2.5 31.7 19.59 13.9 28.4 Sales and office.................................................... 13.70 5.8 34.4 13.61 6.2 34.2 14.88 6.1 38.6 Sales and related................................................. 15.57 14.7 33.3 15.64 14.9 33.4 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.54 1.9 35.2 12.21 2.0 34.7 15.22 6.2 40.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.42 7.6 39.0 21.85 8.2 38.9 17.70 8.9 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 22.05 5.3 38.4 22.63 5.4 38.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.65 15.9 39.7 20.99 16.4 39.7 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.34 12.0 33.2 16.40 12.0 33.3 – – – Production........................................................ 17.26 25.6 32.1 17.26 25.6 32.1 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.07 13.7 33.5 16.16 13.8 33.7 – – – Full time........................................................... 18.42 3.7 39.6 17.50 3.8 39.7 24.95 11.7 39.4 Part time........................................................... 10.19 4.3 20.3 9.79 3.8 20.8 13.78 13.7 16.8 Union............................................................... 21.46 7.3 37.9 21.41 13.1 38.4 21.51 7.0 37.3 Nonunion............................................................ 16.39 3.7 34.5 15.85 3.6 34.8 29.28 15.4 28.0 Time................................................................ 16.97 3.6 34.9 15.99 3.8 35.1 23.66 10.0 34.2 Incentive........................................................... 23.03 18.1 36.2 23.03 18.1 36.2 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.62 8.4 37.6 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.74 3.9 34.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.68 5.5 34.2 15.63 5.7 34.1 17.68 11.7 35.3 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.65 9.7 35.3 19.75 10.5 35.5 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 19.92 7.0 37.1 – – – 25.37 13.0 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, November 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.28 3.6 $18.42 3.7 $10.19 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 36.49 9.3 36.49 9.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.55 2.4 16.25 5.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.30 11.5 30.21 10.4 12.48 16.5 Level 9 .................................................. 31.69 12.8 32.13 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.18 8.5 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.62 5.9 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.39 7.6 27.93 5.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.39 7.6 27.93 5.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.08 12.3 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.08 12.3 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.63 23.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.18 8.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.25 11.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.14 8.8 25.12 9.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.62 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.72 1.5 10.76 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.64 1.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.89 1.4 10.94 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.64 1.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.05 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.97 19.5 25.13 19.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.60 2.8 9.07 3.4 7.79 1.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.17 1.6 – – 7.83 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.57 2.3 9.13 3.3 7.60 .8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 7.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.80 4.8 8.89 4.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.78 2.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.74 2.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.60 .2 7.73 .7 7.37 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 .2 7.80 .7 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.56 1.6 7.64 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 1.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.63 1.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.77 5.6 11.75 5.5 11.83 14.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 4.1 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.56 9.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.61 9.6 10.46 3.6 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.13 6.0 10.83 4.1 11.94 14.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 4.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.61 9.6 10.46 3.6 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.65 7.4 11.27 6.1 12.49 14.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.30 9.7 10.78 4.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.49 1.6 – – 7.82 4.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 14.7 17.82 10.4 8.17 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.8 9.98 6.7 7.93 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.72 6.3 11.18 6.0 8.88 2.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 15.3 16.37 15.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.58 16.7 13.14 13.1 8.17 .9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.8 9.98 6.7 7.93 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.72 6.3 11.18 6.0 8.88 2.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.60 .7 10.71 3.2 8.29 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 1.3 – – 8.06 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.66 2.5 11.49 3.9 – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.60 .7 10.71 3.2 8.29 1.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 1.3 – – 8.06 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.66 2.5 11.49 3.9 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.82 22.5 14.27 17.3 7.99 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.99 1.4 – – 7.77 .1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 12.2 10.95 11.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.54 1.9 12.79 2.0 10.73 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 1.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.25 4.8 11.46 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 2.5 12.92 3.3 10.90 3.1 Level 5 .................................................. 16.42 6.3 15.89 5.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.46 6.1 16.46 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.75 1.5 13.75 1.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.36 8.0 13.06 8.6 9.23 13.9 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.93 8.6 12.95 8.9 9.23 13.9 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.07 4.2 10.08 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.93 10.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.60 10.9 12.60 10.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.73 1.3 12.73 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 4.2 13.48 4.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.05 5.3 22.44 5.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.65 15.9 20.65 15.9 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 2.5 17.45 2.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.26 25.6 20.15 24.0 8.06 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.98 17.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.07 13.7 16.67 15.1 12.37 12.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 7.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 5.7 – – 9.13 6.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.61 25.5 20.61 25.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 4.6 10.70 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.66 7.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.08 7.3 – – – – 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. 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, November 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.40 3.8 $17.50 3.8 $9.79 3.8 Management occupations.............................................. 36.82 5.4 36.82 5.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 15.18 4.4 15.18 4.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.14 20.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.14 8.8 25.12 9.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.62 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.72 1.5 10.76 1.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.64 1.9 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.89 1.4 10.94 1.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.64 1.9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.05 2.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.57 2.8 9.05 3.4 7.70 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.17 1.6 – – 7.83 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.57 2.3 9.13 3.3 7.60 .8 Level 3 .................................................. 8.76 7.5 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.67 4.1 8.83 4.3 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.78 2.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.74 2.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.60 .2 7.73 .7 7.37 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 7.67 .2 7.80 .7 – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.56 1.6 7.64 2.7 – – Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 1.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.64 1.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.67 6.1 11.00 6.5 9.03 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 4.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.02 3.0 10.25 2.6 9.03 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.15 4.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.23 4.0 10.49 4.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.55 1.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.64 14.9 17.82 10.4 8.16 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.8 9.98 6.7 7.93 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.85 6.2 11.18 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 15.3 16.37 15.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.62 16.9 13.14 13.1 8.16 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.76 1.8 9.98 6.7 7.93 1.8 Level 3 .................................................. 10.85 6.2 11.18 6.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.63 .7 10.71 3.2 8.27 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 1.3 – – 8.06 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.92 2.0 11.49 3.9 – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.63 .7 10.71 3.2 8.27 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.54 1.3 – – 8.06 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.92 2.0 11.49 3.9 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.82 22.5 14.27 17.3 7.99 .4 Level 2 .................................................. 8.99 1.4 – – 7.77 .1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.79 12.2 10.95 11.2 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.21 2.0 12.44 2.1 10.72 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.37 1.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.85 4.3 11.08 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.55 2.5 12.92 3.3 10.90 3.1 Level 5 .................................................. 16.35 7.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.74 6.8 16.74 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.25 1.6 12.25 1.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 11.86 8.1 12.53 8.7 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.05 5.8 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.07 4.2 10.08 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.93 10.0 – – – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.73 1.3 12.73 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.70 5.4 13.49 6.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.63 5.4 23.14 5.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.99 16.4 20.99 16.4 – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 2.5 17.45 2.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.26 25.6 20.15 24.0 8.06 3.6 Level 3 .................................................. 11.98 17.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.16 13.8 16.67 15.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.61 7.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 6.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.61 25.5 20.61 25.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.48 4.8 10.70 5.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.66 7.5 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.17 7.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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, November 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.66 10.0 $24.95 11.7 $13.78 13.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.71 13.9 31.66 12.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.93 13.1 32.93 13.1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.93 .4 28.93 .4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.93 .4 28.93 .4 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 34.56 17.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 28.71 15.7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.13 3.3 13.93 5.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.03 3.6 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.17 2.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.03 3.6 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.17 2.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.03 3.6 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.22 6.2 15.22 6.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Great Falls, MT, November 2010 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $17.28 3.6 $18.42 3.7 $10.19 4.3 Management occupations.............................................. 36.49 9.3 36.49 9.3 – – Group III................................................. 36.66 5.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.55 2.4 16.25 5.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.30 11.5 30.21 10.4 12.48 16.5 Group III................................................. 32.16 11.3 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.62 5.9 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.39 7.6 27.93 5.2 – – Group III................................................. 27.39 7.6 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.08 12.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.08 12.3 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.63 23.5 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.25 11.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.14 8.8 25.12 9.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.92 1.8 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 26.62 2.3 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.72 1.5 10.76 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.72 1.5 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.89 1.4 10.94 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.89 1.4 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.05 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.97 19.5 25.13 19.7 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.60 2.8 9.07 3.4 7.79 1.3 Group I................................................... 8.58 2.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 8.80 4.8 8.89 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 8.69 4.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.78 2.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 7.74 2.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.60 .2 7.73 .7 7.37 1.0 Group I................................................... 7.60 .2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.56 1.6 7.64 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 7.56 1.6 7.64 2.7 – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.63 1.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.63 1.6 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.77 5.6 11.75 5.5 11.83 14.4 Group I................................................... 11.49 6.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.13 6.0 10.83 4.1 11.94 14.9 Group I................................................... 11.07 6.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.65 7.4 11.27 6.1 12.49 14.1 Group I................................................... 11.63 8.4 11.16 7.3 12.49 14.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.49 1.6 – – 7.82 4.0 Group I................................................... 8.55 1.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.57 14.7 17.82 10.4 8.17 .9 Group I................................................... 10.72 12.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.50 7.6 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.58 16.7 13.14 13.1 8.17 .9 Group I................................................... 10.65 14.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.60 .7 10.71 3.2 8.29 1.5 Group I................................................... 9.25 2.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.60 .7 10.71 3.2 8.29 1.5 Group I................................................... 9.25 2.3 10.46 5.7 8.13 1.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.82 22.5 14.27 17.3 7.99 .4 Group I................................................... 11.94 23.7 13.76 19.5 7.99 .4 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.54 1.9 12.79 2.0 10.73 5.9 Group I................................................... 11.29 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.45 4.9 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.36 8.0 13.06 8.6 9.23 13.9 Group I................................................... 10.42 5.5 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.93 8.6 12.95 8.9 9.23 13.9 Group I................................................... 10.23 9.0 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.07 4.2 10.08 4.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.93 10.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.93 10.0 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.60 10.9 12.60 10.9 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.73 1.3 12.73 1.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 4.2 13.48 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.15 4.1 12.72 4.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.05 5.3 22.44 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 17.35 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.54 6.3 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.65 15.9 20.65 15.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.65 13.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.70 15.5 – – – – Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 2.5 17.45 2.5 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.26 25.6 20.15 24.0 8.06 3.6 Group I................................................... 11.55 6.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.07 13.7 16.67 15.1 12.37 12.2 Group I................................................... 15.51 14.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.61 25.5 20.61 25.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.40 4.6 10.70 5.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.40 4.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.08 7.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.08 7.3 – – – – 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, November 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.00 $13.76 $21.00 $31.24 Management occupations.............................................. 21.15 25.00 40.17 46.65 49.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.94 14.10 17.05 17.69 20.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.44 19.11 33.19 36.45 40.01 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.92 35.05 35.05 39.69 39.69 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.98 22.50 28.78 31.61 36.82 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.62 22.50 26.87 35.03 43.08 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 14.42 19.11 34.47 37.76 43.08 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.00 11.54 16.83 18.00 18.15 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 16.92 24.05 26.93 34.07 Registered nurses................................................. 23.46 24.40 25.29 28.44 33.09 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.31 10.01 10.75 10.95 12.33 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.11 10.76 10.95 12.33 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.55 10.10 10.76 11.57 13.85 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 20.99 23.92 35.17 35.17 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.40 7.84 9.00 11.91 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.09 8.72 9.50 10.20 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.40 7.84 7.95 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.45 7.84 7.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.37 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 9.52 10.75 15.00 15.62 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.75 9.50 10.00 12.55 15.62 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 9.35 11.24 14.35 15.62 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 8.25 10.00 10.20 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.55 8.81 11.37 14.90 21.99 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.55 8.40 9.97 13.00 16.15 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.10 9.00 11.00 13.03 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.10 9.00 11.00 13.03 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.55 8.91 10.79 14.24 20.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.75 10.00 12.00 14.01 17.10 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.94 11.00 11.11 13.28 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.94 11.00 11.50 13.00 16.77 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.00 9.50 10.00 10.40 12.25 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.35 8.00 8.75 9.61 9.61 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.91 9.55 12.24 12.69 17.10 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.12 11.85 13.05 13.76 14.07 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.60 11.17 12.00 14.44 16.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.57 17.00 21.92 26.50 28.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 12.40 19.00 24.33 36.89 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.50 10.50 15.26 23.00 26.22 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 8.50 13.40 26.51 33.39 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.14 11.99 14.38 17.51 30.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.99 11.99 18.90 30.09 30.09 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.01 9.14 9.14 12.49 14.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.75 9.14 9.14 9.30 14.28 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, November 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.95 $9.75 $12.50 $19.16 $28.26 Management occupations.............................................. 23.00 31.64 38.00 43.96 49.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.94 14.10 15.24 17.05 17.45 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.42 15.83 22.50 34.08 40.01 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.50 16.92 24.05 26.93 34.07 Registered nurses................................................. 23.46 24.40 25.29 28.44 33.09 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.31 10.01 10.75 10.95 12.33 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.11 10.76 10.95 12.33 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.55 10.10 10.76 11.57 13.85 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.40 7.84 9.00 12.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.80 8.09 8.72 8.72 9.58 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 7.50 7.75 7.95 8.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.40 7.84 7.95 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.45 7.84 7.95 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.37 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 9.28 10.00 11.24 14.52 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.11 9.25 10.00 10.75 12.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.11 9.00 9.84 11.24 13.01 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 8.25 10.20 10.20 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.55 8.91 11.55 14.90 21.99 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.55 8.40 10.00 13.03 16.15 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.03 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.03 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.55 8.91 10.79 14.24 20.86 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.60 9.61 11.85 13.60 17.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 8.94 11.00 11.00 13.00 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.26 10.98 11.00 11.81 13.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.00 9.50 10.00 10.40 12.25 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.35 8.00 8.75 9.61 9.61 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.12 11.85 13.05 13.76 14.07 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.60 12.00 12.00 14.44 16.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.57 17.78 23.00 28.26 28.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.00 12.40 20.19 24.52 36.89 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.50 10.50 15.26 23.00 26.22 Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 8.50 13.40 26.51 33.39 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.14 11.99 14.38 18.00 30.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.99 11.99 18.90 30.09 30.09 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.01 9.14 9.14 12.98 14.38 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.75 9.14 9.14 10.50 14.28 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, November 2010 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.85 $15.42 $20.30 $32.89 $39.69 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.44 24.11 33.70 36.95 43.08 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.01 23.31 28.78 31.61 37.59 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.00 34.07 36.05 38.17 43.08 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.99 20.99 32.89 35.17 35.17 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.00 12.55 15.42 15.62 15.62 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.35 12.30 15.42 15.62 15.62 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.35 12.30 15.42 15.62 15.62 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.17 12.69 16.10 17.41 18.38 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, November 2010 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.00 $14.52 $23.23 $33.39 Management occupations.............................................. 21.15 25.00 40.17 46.65 49.00 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.94 14.10 17.05 17.45 20.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.79 22.50 33.19 36.63 40.01 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.01 22.50 28.78 31.61 36.95 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.33 16.68 23.46 27.21 34.10 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.13 10.00 10.88 11.00 12.33 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.11 10.93 11.00 12.33 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 20.99 23.92 35.17 35.17 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.70 8.09 10.71 12.33 Cooks............................................................. 8.09 8.09 8.72 9.50 10.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.84 7.84 7.95 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.25 7.25 7.84 7.84 7.95 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.28 9.65 11.00 14.10 15.42 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.07 9.52 10.00 12.00 14.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 9.50 11.24 12.55 15.42 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.92 10.25 12.71 16.15 25.80 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.81 9.54 11.15 14.14 19.79 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.25 9.00 10.75 11.55 14.14 Cashiers...................................................... 8.25 9.00 10.75 11.55 14.14 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.00 9.97 12.20 15.23 21.99 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.85 10.54 12.00 14.30 17.10 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 11.00 11.55 16.77 17.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 11.00 11.81 13.28 16.77 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.00 9.50 10.00 10.40 12.25 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.91 9.55 12.24 12.69 17.10 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.12 11.85 13.05 13.76 14.07 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.17 12.00 12.00 16.00 16.10 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.57 17.78 22.78 27.00 28.26 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.50 12.40 19.00 24.33 36.89 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 10.50 10.50 15.26 23.00 26.22 Production occupations.............................................. 10.75 13.40 16.05 26.51 33.39 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.14 11.99 14.38 18.00 30.09 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.99 11.99 18.90 30.09 30.09 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.01 9.14 9.14 14.28 14.38 3 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. 4 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, November 2010 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.25 $7.50 $8.50 $10.75 $15.63 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.64 9.64 9.64 11.88 22.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.40 8.00 8.53 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.11 9.00 10.75 15.62 15.62 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.75 15.62 15.62 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.11 9.00 15.62 15.62 15.62 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.50 8.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 7.50 7.73 8.45 9.57 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 7.50 7.73 8.45 9.57 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 8.59 10.40 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 8.59 10.40 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.35 7.55 7.55 7.73 9.22 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.35 9.60 10.00 11.34 13.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.26 7.26 8.94 11.11 11.50 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.26 7.26 8.94 11.11 11.50 Production occupations.............................................. 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.19 8.22 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.75 9.30 10.50 15.63 18.13 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, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.42 $14.52 $730 $583 39.6 $37,096 $30,071 2,014 Management occupations.............................................. 36.49 40.17 1,477 1,607 40.5 73,954 82,664 2,027 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.25 17.05 778 757 47.9 40,356 39,374 2,483 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.21 33.19 1,161 1,275 38.4 46,127 47,663 1,527 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.93 28.78 1,054 1,079 37.7 39,354 40,357 1,409 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.12 23.46 984 938 39.2 51,144 48,797 2,036 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.76 10.88 426 428 39.6 22,169 22,235 2,061 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.94 10.93 434 435 39.7 22,589 22,632 2,064 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.13 23.92 1,013 957 40.3 51,923 49,758 2,066 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.07 8.09 332 300 36.6 17,215 15,600 1,899 Cooks............................................................. 8.89 8.72 297 279 33.5 15,299 14,508 1,721 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.73 7.84 273 251 35.3 14,202 13,044 1,837 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.64 7.84 268 251 35.1 13,935 13,044 1,824 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.75 11.00 458 438 39.0 21,992 20,800 1,871 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.83 10.00 420 400 38.8 21,827 20,800 2,015 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.27 11.24 445 450 39.5 23,157 23,379 2,055 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.82 12.71 702 495 39.4 36,490 25,738 2,047 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.14 11.15 512 440 39.0 26,639 22,880 2,028 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.71 10.75 414 411 38.6 21,524 21,358 2,009 Cashiers...................................................... 10.71 10.75 414 411 38.6 21,524 21,358 2,009 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.27 12.20 557 472 39.1 28,973 24,554 2,031 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.79 12.00 506 480 39.5 25,841 24,648 2,021 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.06 11.55 522 462 40.0 27,155 24,018 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.95 11.81 518 473 40.0 26,940 24,571 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.08 10.00 399 400 39.6 20,734 20,800 2,057 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.60 12.24 504 490 40.0 25,816 25,459 2,050 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.73 13.05 509 522 40.0 26,469 27,144 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.48 12.00 509 450 37.8 24,061 23,400 1,785 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.44 22.78 898 911 40.0 46,671 47,376 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.65 19.00 819 760 39.7 42,605 39,520 2,064 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 15.26 698 610 40.0 36,293 31,743 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.15 16.05 785 642 38.9 40,804 33,384 2,025 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.67 14.38 656 571 39.3 34,108 29,702 2,046 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.61 18.90 824 756 40.0 42,871 39,312 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.70 9.14 386 320 36.1 20,085 16,640 1,877 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, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $17.50 $14.00 $694 $544 39.7 $35,918 $27,898 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 36.82 38.00 1,500 1,607 40.7 78,007 83,545 2,119 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.18 15.24 768 752 50.6 39,940 39,125 2,631 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.12 23.46 984 938 39.2 51,144 48,797 2,036 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.76 10.88 426 428 39.6 22,169 22,235 2,061 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.94 10.93 434 435 39.7 22,589 22,632 2,064 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.05 8.09 331 300 36.6 17,229 15,600 1,903 Cooks............................................................. 8.83 8.72 294 279 33.3 15,285 14,508 1,730 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.73 7.84 273 251 35.3 14,202 13,044 1,837 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.64 7.84 268 251 35.1 13,935 13,044 1,824 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.00 10.00 426 400 38.7 19,937 20,072 1,812 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.25 10.00 395 400 38.6 20,558 20,800 2,006 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.49 10.00 415 400 39.5 21,556 20,800 2,055 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.82 12.71 702 495 39.4 36,490 25,738 2,047 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.14 11.15 512 440 39.0 26,639 22,880 2,028 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.71 10.75 414 411 38.6 21,524 21,358 2,009 Cashiers...................................................... 10.71 10.75 414 411 38.6 21,524 21,358 2,009 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.27 12.20 557 472 39.1 28,973 24,554 2,031 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.44 12.00 491 471 39.5 25,543 24,482 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.53 11.00 501 440 40.0 26,060 22,880 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.08 10.00 399 400 39.6 20,734 20,800 2,057 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.73 13.05 509 522 40.0 26,469 27,144 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.49 12.00 500 450 37.1 26,008 23,400 1,928 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.14 24.00 925 960 40.0 48,126 49,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.99 20.19 833 808 39.7 43,290 41,995 2,063 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 15.26 698 610 40.0 36,293 31,743 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.15 16.05 785 642 38.9 40,804 33,384 2,025 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.67 14.38 656 571 39.3 34,108 29,702 2,046 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.61 18.90 824 756 40.0 42,871 39,312 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.70 9.14 386 320 36.1 20,085 16,640 1,877 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, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.95 $22.78 $984 $911 39.4 $44,298 $44,107 1,776 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.66 34.07 1,205 1,281 38.1 45,454 47,663 1,436 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.93 28.78 1,092 1,079 37.7 40,779 40,357 1,410 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.93 14.29 553 571 39.7 28,768 29,713 2,065 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.22 16.10 609 644 40.0 27,718 26,387 1,821 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, November 2010 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $16.40 $15.63 $19.75 – Management, professional, and related...... 24.24 23.29 30.29 – Management, business, and financial...... 31.70 30.81 35.57 – Professional and related................. 22.58 20.46 28.82 – Service.................................... 9.49 8.93 9.81 – Sales and office........................... 13.61 13.09 17.12 $11.19 Sales and related........................ 15.64 13.59 – – Office and administrative support........ 12.21 12.68 11.93 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 21.85 21.85 – – Construction and extraction............. 22.63 22.63 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.99 20.99 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.40 14.83 – – Production............................... 17.26 17.27 – – Transportation and material moving....... 16.16 13.96 – – 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........................................................... 3.8 5.7 10.5 – Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 8.9 18.7 – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.0 10.3 13.1 – Professional and related.......................................... 5.6 10.1 25.0 – Service............................................................. 2.5 3.5 2.2 – Sales and office.................................................... 6.2 6.8 17.6 1.7 Sales and related................................................. 14.9 14.8 – – Office and administrative support................................. 2.0 2.7 3.6 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.2 8.2 – – Construction and extraction...................................... 5.4 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.4 16.4 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.0 9.7 – – Production........................................................ 25.6 26.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.8 7.2 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $16.94 $14.04 $676 $544 39.9 $34,894 $27,898 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 35.26 36.06 1,446 1,538 41.0 75,171 80,000 2,132 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.29 7.84 295 279 35.6 15,359 14,508 1,852 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.73 7.84 273 251 35.3 14,202 13,044 1,837 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.64 7.84 268 251 35.1 13,935 13,044 1,824 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.42 10.00 452 400 39.6 19,706 20,800 1,725 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.44 13.35 616 533 39.9 32,037 27,724 2,075 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.32 11.81 569 450 39.7 29,593 23,400 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.43 13.33 656 533 39.9 34,121 27,724 2,077 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.13 12.24 512 490 39.0 26,631 25,459 2,028 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.49 12.00 500 450 37.1 26,008 23,400 1,928 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.14 24.00 925 960 40.0 48,126 49,920 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.99 20.19 833 808 39.7 43,290 41,995 2,063 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.45 15.26 698 610 40.0 36,293 31,743 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.26 15.50 788 581 38.9 40,996 30,225 2,023 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.18 13.50 560 540 39.5 29,127 28,080 2,054 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, November 2010 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.54 $13.89 $728 $538 39.3 $37,813 $27,955 2,040 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.04 10.76 436 425 39.5 22,670 22,090 2,054 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.39 10.93 449 433 39.4 23,354 22,526 2,050 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.21 11.80 853 454 38.4 44,362 23,600 1,998 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.49 11.10 437 438 38.0 22,730 22,755 1,978 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.49 11.15 436 430 38.0 22,696 22,360 1,975 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.68 11.59 467 464 40.0 24,295 24,107 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, November 2010 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.46 $21.41 $21.51 $16.39 $15.85 $29.28 Management, professional, and related............................... 27.39 – 27.39 25.11 24.24 33.81 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 33.41 31.70 – Professional and related.......................................... 28.15 – 28.15 22.80 22.58 27.14 Service............................................................. 13.98 – 16.64 10.23 9.48 24.44 Sales and office.................................................... 13.50 10.09 15.24 13.72 13.74 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.79 15.86 – Office and administrative support................................. 14.02 – 15.24 12.30 12.30 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.87 25.65 – 19.47 19.50 – Construction and extraction...................................... 22.00 – – 22.11 22.22 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.25 31.25 – 17.45 17.45 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 24.14 24.14 – 12.63 12.68 – Production........................................................ – – – 11.73 11.73 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.86 22.86 – 12.89 12.95 – 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........................................................... 7.3 13.1 7.0 3.7 3.6 15.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 9.7 – 9.7 5.8 5.3 19.7 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 9.5 9.0 – Professional and related.......................................... 9.8 – 9.8 5.5 5.6 17.9 Service............................................................. 11.1 – 11.5 5.6 2.5 19.8 Sales and office.................................................... 7.7 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.2 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 14.3 14.4 – Office and administrative support................................. 9.0 – 6.2 1.8 1.8 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.3 11.1 – 7.6 7.6 – Construction and extraction...................................... 4.3 – – 7.4 7.2 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.0 20.0 – 6.6 6.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.5 10.5 – 2.4 2.4 – Production........................................................ – – – 8.1 8.1 – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.5 14.5 – 2.7 2.7 – 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, November 2010 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $16.97 $15.99 $23.03 $23.03 Management, professional, and related............................... 25.46 24.25 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 32.67 31.80 – – Professional and related.......................................... 23.74 22.58 – – Service............................................................. 10.67 9.49 – – Sales and office.................................................... 12.02 11.76 23.99 23.99 Sales and related................................................. 10.73 10.76 25.96 25.96 Office and administrative support................................. 12.58 12.24 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.53 22.01 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 22.63 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.76 21.18 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.40 16.46 – – Production........................................................ 17.26 17.26 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.14 16.23 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.6 3.8 18.1 18.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.7 5.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 9.5 8.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.2 5.6 – – Service............................................................. 4.5 2.5 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.7 2.8 21.5 21.5 Sales and related................................................. 5.1 5.2 17.8 17.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.0 2.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.9 8.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.6 19.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.1 12.2 – – Production........................................................ 25.6 25.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.9 14.0 – – 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, November 2010 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $16.56 $15.93 – $19.82 $15.98 $16.93 $9.03 $16.87 Management, professional, and related............................... – – 42.18 – 27.05 – 23.36 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 23.25 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.68 8.21 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 11.71 – 17.99 12.58 11.70 11.83 15.17 Sales and related................................................. – – 11.90 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 10.93 – 11.92 11.96 11.78 – 15.17 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 22.24 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 22.66 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 14.16 17.69 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 13.42 22.92 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 15.65 16.79 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 0.6 10.5 – 13.7 11.1 3.4 3.7 15.1 Management, professional, and related............................... – – 1.5 – 12.9 – 5.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – – – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 5.8 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 1.8 .7 – Sales and office.................................................... – – 12.2 – 11.8 4.8 3.1 9.3 7.9 Sales and related................................................. – – 15.4 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – 4.4 – 2.1 9.3 3.9 – 7.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – 28.2 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 28.9 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 5.0 14.8 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.1 26.9 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – .7 16.5 – – – – – – 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, November 2010 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 31,700 26,900 4,700 Management, professional, and related............................... 8,000 5,700 2,300 Management, business, and financial............................... 1,400 1,000 400 Professional and related.......................................... 6,600 4,700 1,900 Service............................................................. 8,100 6,700 1,400 Sales and office.................................................... 9,500 8,800 700 Sales and related................................................. 3,700 3,700 – Office and administrative support................................. 5,800 5,200 600 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2,700 2,400 300 Construction and extraction...................................... 1,500 1,300 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1,200 1,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3,400 3,300 – Production........................................................ 800 800 – Transportation and material moving................................ 2,600 2,500 – 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, November 2010 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 1,677 1,613 64 Total in sample....................................................... 161 145 16 Responding........................................................ 107 93 14 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 29 28 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 25 24 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.